Stonehaven Golf Club finds itself with an ‘after the Lord Mayor’s Show’ vibe right now; the Summer season formally over while the Winter season is yet to begin. Whilst the debris is swept away by the caretaker, the bunting hanging apologetically from the ceiling, we’re forced to wait a little longer for the Winter League […]
There was some fine scoring this weekend at Stonehaven Golf Club with almost a hundred competitors taking part in the Barlow Cup, the last competition of the season. Players who’d hitherto failed to realise their potential attempted to step up to the plate before the season’s fat lady sang. But it was too little, too […]
From Sandra Mcwilliam – FRIDAY night saw the annual presentation of prizes at Stonehaven Bowling Club. After such a hard year it was great to see the bowlers out in force. This year’s ladies’ champion was Catherine McIntosh who along with the Championship won a fantastic 10 trophies. This years men’s championship winner was Graham […]
Stonehaven Golf Club’s season reached its crescendo last week with various matchplay events bringing the curtain down. As the season progresses, knockout competitions complement the weekly strokeplay/stableford fixture list, such ties being bare knuckle fights, in a golfing context, with players competing one-on-one or in pairs. No blood is spilt but comprehensive defeats can hurt […]
From Sandra Mcwilliam – The final of Stonehaven Bowling Clubs men’s novice competition took place this weekend between new members Ian Davidson and Mark Robertson. In a keenly contested game Ian ran out the winner beating Mark 21 -12
Those watching the Ryder Cup on Sky television last week will have noticed the dearth of information regards Stonehaven Golf Club’s latest results. The information bar whizzing across the bottom of the screen failed to inform the global audience of happenings in our corner of Scotland. We’ll endeavour therefore to redress the balance here. Sunday’s […]
Every Monday night our sporting & tittle tattle correspondent, Alex Russon, presents a sports show from Stonehaven based radio station Mearns FM. It starts at 8pm and covers sport in all its forms here in our beautiful town. A different Stonehaven sports club is featured every week. Organisers of each club join Alex to talk […]
From Sandra Mcwilliam – The final of the ladies championship was played at Stonehaven Bowling Club today in brilliant sunshine between Catherine McIntosh and June Rattray. Both players were equally matched for the first few ends then Catherine began to pile in the shots winning 21-12. This will be Catherine’s 17th championship win. Photo shows […]
Willie Donald was a member of Stonehaven Golf Club for many a decade before his sad passing in 2017, devoting himself to the club and barely a day passing without his appearance up at the club. Each year Willie’s name is commemorated with the playing of the Willie Donald Champions Trophy, an end of season […]
From Sandra Mcwilliam of Stonehaven Bowling Club – The final of the novice competition was held today at Stonehaven Bowling Club between Arlene Scott and Janice Irvine. It was a keenly contested game with the players going into the last end peels at 19-19. However Janice kept her nerve and produced the winning two shots […]