Firth of Clyde Golf League

The 3rd matches of the 2018 FOC league were held at Skelmorlie golf club on Sunday 12th Aug. Skelmorlie used their home advantage to win all 4 matches and 4 points with their game 2, J. Anderson and S. Riddell winning by the biggest margin of the day by virtue of 7&6 win over Gourock’s game 2 pairing. Gourock however faired well in their other matches and left Skelmorlie with 2 points along with Rothesay who also recorded 2 points. Cowal golf club managed 1 win and a half match which left the leaders port Bannatyne going into round 3 fighting hard for a half match. Skelmorlie’s home fixture was kindly sponsored by tommy Campbell of Green Oak cleaning, Skelmorlie golf club and FOC league would like to thank Tommy for his kind donation.
Nearest the pin prizes were won by the following:
7th hole: Hugh Charker
11th hole: Paul Mangan
18th hole: Nicky Simmons
There are now only 2 points between first and last with port Bannatyne still in the lead with 7.5 points closely followed by Skelmorlie on 6 points.
The next round of the FOC league is Saturday 15th September at Cowal golf club with the final match held at Gourock golf club on Sunday 7th October.
Photos attached showing league positions and winners from Skelmorlie.

A great day was held at Port Bannatyne golf club yesterday which saw the home club extend their lead in this years FOC league when all 4 pairings from the Port won their matches gaining 4 points added to the 3 from the match at Rothesay. Cowal golf club also had a good day as usual at the Port winning 3 of their 4 matches. The Port on 7 points are 3 clear of Cowal golf club.
Other winners on the day were Graham Fisher winning closest to the pin (twice)!! At the 10th and 18th hole winning 12 Pro Vs, Ross McGinn making a long awaited return to the FOC league won nearest the pin at the 4th/16th hole. Largest win of the day was recorded by James Dainty and Graham Blair from Cowal golf club with a 6&5 defeat over Craig Charker and Stephen Mc Donald.
The home fixture at the Port was very kindly sponsored by George and Katie Ross of the Macs bar, Rothesay. Port Bannatyne golf club and the FOC league would like to thank them both for their continuing support.

Good day for Port Bannatyne at home. Report to follow.

Draw for today at Port Bannatyne.

Second round matches in this years FOC league take place tomorrow at Port Bannatyne golf club. 12 noon shotgun start with 3 nearest the pin prizes up for grabs at the 4th, 10th and 18th.

League positions after first match along with photos of the nearest the pin winners and biggest win of the day. The home fixture at Rothesay golf club was very kindly sponsored by Stuart Robertson (Builders) Rothesay and Gary Morrison (GSM Shop fitting). Rothesay Golf Club and FOC league would like to thank both for their sponsorship.
Biggest win of the day, Iain Simpson and Steven McDonald 8&6, nearest the pin at 8th hole - George Reynolds, nearest the pin at 13th hole - Jim Anderson and nearest the pin at 18th hole - Steven McDonald.

Results from the first match of the new season which was held at rothesay golf club on Sunday in glorious sunshine ☀️. Port Bannatyne have taken an early lead with 3 wins on day one but just half a point behind are last years winners Rothesay.

Team members from Rothesay, Gourock, Port Bannatyne, Skelmorlie and Cowal waiting for their tee off. What a brill day for golf 🏌️‍♀️

Draw for the first game of the new season. Taking place today at Rothesay Golf Club winners of last seasons league. Best of luck to all involved on this beautiful Sunday for golf. Nice to have Skelmorlie back in the league as well.

FOC AGM will be held at Gourock golf club on Saturday 20th January starting at 10.30. Any member of the FOC clubs welcome to attend. If not available but you would like to make any suggestions prior to the meeting please comment below.

Rothesay Golf Club winners of The Firth of Clyde league 2017. Well done to everyone that played for the team.

A great final day of the new setup of the Firth of Clyde league was played yesterday with Cowal golf club hosting their home fixture. The match was very kindly sponsored by Ross McArthur Contractors Ltd and both Cowal golf club and FOC league would like to thank Ross for his generous sponsorship. The weather was very good and Cowal golf club turned out their course in as good a condition as can be expected with all the rain that has dropped with all players commenting how good the greens are. The final day was very exciting with both Port Bannatyne and Rothesay starting off on 8 points, there were so many twists and turns that happened throughout the day that the impossible looked possible with Cowal having a chance to win the league. Port Bannatyne got off to a really strong start with Donald Standaloft and Ian shaw defeating Steven Higgins and fraser mckillop 4&2 in game 1. Fraser Mcdonald and Donald McKay managed a very hard fought half match against George Reynolds and Ian White in game 2. Unfortunately for Port Bannatyne none of the remaining games could come up with a win and the point changing game between the Port and Rothesay went Rothesay's way with Allan Par Smith and Craig charker beating Graham Fisher and Graham Dunn 5&4. Rothesay had now done enough to secure the league for 2017 and with Ryan Mckirdy and Stephen Reynolds also winning their match rothesay finished on 10.5 points. Cowal had a very good day and won 3 of their games along with the half match got them into a share of second place along with Port Bannatyne on 9 points. The FOC league would like to thank Cowal golf club for the use of their course and for the lovely catering that we had. We were unsure at the start of this years league if the new setup was going to work and if the league had a future but it proved to be a great success and we are looking forward to next years competition and we might even manage to attract some more of the original clubs back into participating.

All the teams have been selected and handed in. The random draw has now been done and has thrown together a lot of tasty games for Sunday's final league match.

Final game of this year league is being played this Sunday at Cowal and is a 2 horse race between Port Bannatyne and Rothesay.
Rothesay have named their team early as teams don't need to be in until Friday, confident or what??
G Reynolds/ I White
C Charker/ A Smith
R McKirdy/ S Reynolds
S McDonald/ J Reynolds
Good luck to both Port Bannatyne and Rothesay.
One thing for sure is the flag is coming to Bute.

This time next Sunday, hopefully weather permitting, we will know you has won the Firth of Clyde league 2017. Looking forward to a good day at Cowal Golf Club.

Gourock golf club was the venue on Sunday for the 3rd round of matches in this years Firth of Clyde league. Considering how much rain had fallen leading up to the day the course was presented in good condition with good running greens. Our thanks go to Gourock golf club for allowing the league the use of their course and for the catering and bar staff for looking after all the players. Gourock's home fixture was kindly sponsored by On Site Scanning of Greenock, thank you to Barry and Steven for their sponsorship.
Rothesay golf club were the biggest winners on the day with 3 points very closely followed by Port Bannatyne on 2 1/2 points. The biggest win of the day is as recorded by Craig Charker and Steven McDonald with a 6&4 win over Cowal. Nearest the pin winners were Jimmy Crawford (Rothesay) 4th hole, Matthew Dunn (Port Bannatyne) 7th hole, M Chamberlain (Gourock) 17th hole and Alastair Shaw (Port Bannatyne) 18th hole.
The final round of games will be played at Cowal golf club on Sunday 17th September with Port Bannatyne and Rothesay both going into the last game with 8 points it looks like the trophy and flag will be coming back to Bute, but to which club?

The 3rd round of matches are being played this Sunday 20th August at Gourock golf club.
This will probably get Gourock back in the race for the league with it being their home fixture. Selected teams to follow.

Firth of Clyde golf league 2nd round matches were held today at Rothesay golf club in lovely sunshine. The course was in very good condition and all the hard work that has been carried out this year is making the course play very well. The FOC league would like to thank Rothesay golf club for the use of their course and to all the bar staff for looking after the golfers. Rothesay's home fixture was kindly sponsored by Tony Poole, Building Maintenance and AGS Training and Stuart Robertson Building contractor.
Rothesay golf club and Port Bannatyne golf club were the biggest winners of the day with 3 points from a possible 4. Nearest the pin winners were Ross Campbell (Gourock) 8th hole and Jimmy Galloway (Cowal) 18th hole. The prize for biggest win on the day went to Sam Jamieson and Jim Thom (Port Bannatyne) 6&5 against Rothesay GC.
After 2 rounds of the new format Port Bannatyne are topping the table with 5 1/2 points, closely followed by Rothesay on 5 points, Cowal have 3 1/2 points and Gourock 1 1/2 points.
The next round of matches will be played over Gourock GC on Sunday 20th August.

This Sunday's fixtures at Rothesay golf club. Can Cowal GC keep up their unbeaten start to the season. At least the weather is going to be nice.

The next round of games in the new setup will be played at Rothesay golf club on Sunday 13th August.

Firth of Clyde golf league has been running for over 40 years, this year the league has a new format with 5 of the original 8 clubs taking part, Port Bannatyne, Rothesay, Gourock, Cowal and Millport. This years first match was held at Port Bannatyne golf club on Sunday 25th June in very windy and testing conditions. The course was presented in very good condition along with first class catering. The FOC league would like to thank Port Bannatyne golf club for the use of their course. The new format has managed to attract local sponsors for each home fixture, with Macs Bar, Rothesay sponsoring the home fixture at Port Bannatyne, thank you to George and Katie Ross for their kind support. Cowal golf club were the biggest winners of the day with an impressive 3 wins and 1 half closely followed by Port Bannatyne golf club with 2 wins and 1 half. Nearest the pin winners were James Dainty (Cowal) 4th hole, Robert Turnbull (Port Bannatyne) 10th hole and George Reynolds (Rothesay) 18th hole. The prize for biggest win on the day went to Donald Standaloft and Alastair Shaw (Port Bannatyne) 5&4 against Gourock GC.
The next round of matches will be played over Rothesay GC on Sunday 13th August.

The first game of the 2016 season sees Port Bannatyne GC playing hosts to Cowal GC this Sunday 22nd May. It should be very interesting with the new format of the last 4 ball game getting played off handicap. Best of luck to everyone for the new season.

Firth of Clyde AGM was held last weekend. Main change was to try a slightly different format of 3 x 4 ball matchplay games off scratch and 1 x 4 ball matchplay game off handicap with maximum handicap of 12. Got to try something different to try and get all 8 clubs competing again.

Firth of Clyde league AGM will be held at Gourock Golf Club on Sat 30th January at 11.00am. Please share post and feel free to pop along to the AGM. If you have any suggestions regarding how to better the league please post them and they can be discussed at the meeting.

Photo of some of the players from Millport Golf Club who are the Firth of Clyde League 2015 winners.

The finals day was played at Largs Golf Club on Sat 10th Oct with a texas scramble format, Winners on the day were the team of Davie McDonald, Steve Ellis, Craig Pirie and Barry Higgins.

League standings so far with only next weekend to go before the finals day on Sat 10th October.

Gourock golf club finally got their FOC season started on Sunday 16th August, recording a fine 3-1 home win against Rothesay golf club. Gourock's next fixture is an away match over to Port Bannatyne golf club this Sunday.

Rothesay golf club played hosts to local rivals Port Bannatyne last night. In horrible wet weather the match result was a 2-2 draw.
R.McEwan & M. Brown bt I. Shaw & M. Dunn 4&3.
G. Reynolds & S. Kernigan lost to D. Standaloft & J. Livingstone 4&2.
I. White & G. Morrison lost to M. Crichton & A. Shaw 1 down.
T. McCready & I. Simpson bt I. McFarlane & J.Jardine 1 up.

Largs golf club recorded another very good home victory on 14th June, winning 3 games to 1.
Andy jones and Ben Taylor being the Cowal pairing to win away from home.

Port Bannatyne G.C face another tough away match this Sunday 31st May when they take on Cowal G.C.