This competition, sponsored by Border Safeguard, was played on Saturday, 26th June, in cool and overcast weather with moderate to strong winds from the north east. The winner of the day with a very good score of 83(23) 60 was Grant Kinghorn: second on a score of 68(6)62 was Gerald McMorrow; and third on a score of 81(17)64 was Ian Potts. Fourth was Colin Robinson with a score of 81(16)65; fifth was Gerald Beggs on 80(15)65; and sixth was Ranald Wilkie on 71(6)65. These winners received prizes of £45; £35; £25; £15; £10 and £5 respectively. The nominated two’s holes were the 7th and 18th and six players managed to achieve this feat, those being Peter Henderson & Callum Anderson at the 7th, with Mitch Thomson, Ian Main, Jocky Hume & Gerald McMorrow accomplishing it at the 18th; each receiving £4 for their efforts. David Heard did one better and scored a ‘hole in one’ at the 7th hole and doubled his money to £8. In the time honoured fashion he generously provided a bottle of whiskey for the other contestants. The entry fee was £3, making a total of £177 from the 59 players; £135 was paid out in prize money to the winners, and with £32 being paid out to the 2’s winners, this left £10 for the contingency fund.

Our thanks go to Border Safeguard who have continued to sponsor this competition for a number of years.

The Selkirk Rosebowl, which is a two man team event with the best net score at each hole counting for the team, was played on Saturday, 12th June, in perfect weather conditions with long sunny spells and medium to strong winds from the west. The winners of the Rosebowl, with a magnificent score of net 55, was the team of Andy Pickersgill and Jim Farrell. Second equal were the teams of Grant Gill and David Beveridge; Ian Wilkie and Norman Roxburgh, both on scores of net 57. These teams received prizes of £40 each; £30 each and £20 each respectively. Four individual players managed to score a two at the 6th hole; these being Grant Kinghorn, Tom Welsh, Mitch Thomson and Jackson Cockburn, and they received a prize of £6 each for their efforts. No one managed to score a two at the 18th hole. Twenty four teams took part in the competition and with the entry fee being £10 per team this left a total of £240 for distribution; of this amount £180 was paid out in prize money to the winners and with £24 going to the two’s winners, this left £36 for the contingency fund.

This competition which consisted of a stableford points based event was played on Saturday, 5th June, in perfect weather conditions, but with a strong westerly breeze. The winner of the cup who managed to achieve a total of 42 points was Colin Robinson, and he was closely followed by Ian Stephenson on 41 points. Third equal was Norman Roxburgh; Chris Kemp and Grant Kinghorn on 38 points. These winners received prizes of £45; £35 and £10 each for the third equal participants. The nominated 2’s holes were the 6th and 18th and ten contestants managed to achieve this feat; Neil Beaumont; Gordon Inglis; Les McAllister; John A. Hume; Colin Robinson; Graeme Bell and Gerald McMorrow doing it at the 6th; and Hughie Macdonald; Michael McVie and Ian Stephenson at the 18th; each of them receiving the sum of £3 for their efforts. A total of 53 members took part in the event and the entry fee was £3, making a total of £159 for distribution. With £110 being paid out in prizes and £30 for the two’s winners, this left £19 for the contingency fund.

Many thanks to Ex-Captain Jim Farrell who has sponsored this competition for many years.

The above tournament took place on 1st June in perfect conditions for playing golf with long sunny spells and light winds. This was reflected in the scoring which was generally very good. The team scores consisted of the aggregate best two net scores at each hole, and the winners with a total of 126 were Gerald Beggs; Alan Brown and Robert J. Wilson. Second was the team of David Heard; Ron Robertson and Andrew Reid on 128; and third was the team of Ian Wilkie; David Beveridge and Norman Roxburgh on 129. Prizes of £35 each; £25 each and £15 each were awarded to these winners. Individual prizes for scoring a 2 at the nominated holes were awarded to Les Rutherford; Ron Robertson and Rodney Pow at the 6th hole, and to Ronnie Douglas who was the only player who managed this feat at the 18th; each of these lucky people receiving £10 each for their efforts. Nearest the hole at the 6th/15th was Brian Barnard who won 3 miniatures of gin and 3 golf balls; and nearest the hole at the 9th/18th was Len Gateson who also received 3 miniatures of gin and £10 cash for his efforts. Twelve teams took part in the competition and with the entry fee being £24 per team this amounted to a total of £288; and with £225 being paid out to the winning teams and £40 being paid to the 2’s winners, this left £23 for the contingency fund.

Many thanks go to our President Jocky Hume who, as well as providing the pies and filled rolls for our sustenance, also donated the golf balls and £10 cash as part of the prizes for nearest the hole. Our thanks also go to Grant Kinghorn who donated the miniatures of gin. Last, but by no means least, our thanks also go to Andrew Robertson; Stuart McCall and of course our bar convener Donald Ballantyne, for attending to our needs.