NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE SCOTTISH GOLF UNIONSam Torrance, the victorious former Ryder Cup captain, last night expressed his delight after receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award during a memorable night at the 2012 Annodata Scottish Golf Awards Torrance, one of Scottish Golf’s most popular personalities, was given the award in the year that marks a [...]
That time of year when each paper has a riff on the same theme: “Hibs fans don’t need reminding that it’s been 110 years since their side won the Scottish Cup.” Well, no. We don’t. Yet everybody does remind us. Constantly. The scraggy punchline of a 110 year joke. Mostly a joke that bludgeons you [...]
I’m slaving away trying to come up with a greatest Scottish league XI for the The Away End’s current search for the best of the best. I’ve actually already had my vote but now I’ve been asked to put something down in writing and I find myself with too many names, too many options. Should [...]
University of the West of Scotland (UWS) and Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) are officially launching their new £81 million Ayr Campus at a ceremony on Friday 27 January 2012. Michael Russell MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, together with Lord Jamie Lindsay, Chairman of the SAC Board, and Lord Robert Smith, Chancellor of [...]
A group of expert economic advisers to the Scottish Government has held its first meeting of the new Parliamentary session. The first meeting of the new Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) – which includes two Nobel Laureates – focused on the Scottish Government’s priorities of jobs and recovery, internationalisation and economic levers during a six-hour [...]
A January weekend to cast off the shackles of league pressure and revel in the romance of what is, at this stage, the most egalitarian of our competitions. A Scottish Cup weekend. Breathe in the fresh air of potential shocks and brace yourself butchers, bakers and candlestick makers making SPL defences look like part-time amateurs. [...]
By: Iain Ferguson ICONIC 80s band The Human League are to play at Ayr Racecourse after racing on Friday 20 April, the opening afternoon of the Coral Scottish Grand National Festival. The band comprise Philip Oakey, Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley and they will play a full concert in the Ayrshire Suite at the [...]
A Christmas break in a cosy cottage with a log fire in the beautiful Scottish countryside is hard to beat, whilst spending New Year in an idyllic country mansion or stunning castle with a group of friends is the perfect way to see in the New Year in style. Celebrating a festive getaway in Scotland [...]
FROM THE R and A WEBSITE The Walker Cup match has been named Event of the Year at the annual Sunday Mail/SportScotland Scottish Sports Awards 2011.Royal Aberdeen Golf Club hosted the two-day biennial team competition in September which attracted thousands of spectators to watch the 10 best male amateurs from Great Britain and Ireland take [...]
A futuristic city in the middle of the desert could be a hub for further developing Scottish low carbon technology, First Minister Alex Salmond said this week. [Pictured: First Minister Alex Salmond tours the Masdar Institute in Abu Dhabi with Lena Wilson of Scottish Enterprise. The First Minister visited the futuristic city as he discussed [...]