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2018

Station Masters Autumn Outing – more pics

Autumn Outing runner-up – Alan Clark

More to follow …..

Now the dust has settled on the Open extravaganza… some pics to remind you!

Staple diet for the week

Can’t get the staff these days. Hands in pockets – very slovenly.

Spectators-eye view from the most efficiently run stand at the Open

Seven swans a swimming (six actually)

The ‘main man’

A well-deserved break from marshalling for Captain Simpson – here with Captain Davie at the Links hospitality

Sun shining over the 18th

Top team – Hole Controller Des Muir, Assistant Hole Controller Captain Simpson and ordinary run-of-the-mill marshal Boath on the 18th

Annual Texas Scramble – December 2017

The victorious team on the course

Scramble runners-up – Byars, Miller, Connor and Stark

Surprise of the year – Darts winners Saunders and Holland!

Bones champions – Coutie and Bullit-heid

Pool champs – Miller and Byars

Jack Frost everywhere

Masters Annual Dinner and Presentation of Trophies

Handicap Champion and Country Members Cup winner – Iain Burnett

Greensomes winners – David Keith and Gordon Whiting

Enfield Cup fourball winners Jim Fulton and Rik Fulton

Winter Trophy winner – Coutie just can’t stand still for 5 seconds!

David Morton accepts the Club Championship trophy on behalf of this year’s winner – Sandy Norrie

One of two monthly medals for John Jeans

Another double monthly medal winner – Norman Reid

Monthly medal winner – Andy Mackenzie

Master of Ceremonies – John Knox

Trophy winners – with one or two interlopers!

Top table!

Masters Spring Outing

Captain Campbell sees-off the competitors

Lovely weather for the first outing of the season

Champion and Yellow Jecket winner, David Morton

Runner-up Steve Logan. No wonder everyone’s laughing!

In 3rd place, the young Darren Halley

Nearest the pin, Stewart Hunter

Think we’ve got fotos mixed up! Winner of longest drive, David Morton

Sorry foto’s blurred but perhaps it’s a blessing in disguise! Most-improved player on the day, Peter Phinn?

Worst nett score (by far), and winner of the Beg of Tetties, George Doherty

2016

Christmas Texas Scramble 2016

The sun rises above the horizon as we prepare to tee-off for the 2016 Texas Scramble

Burnett, Shepherd Coutie and Ritchie wait in eager anticipation

Swans heading for the pond at the 11th

Half the runner’s up team turn-up for the prize-giving. Alan Clark and son Garry bag the choccies

Games-day organiser Coutie lays down the law to GreenTractorMan. Arthur polishes-off a large gin and tonic while Jessica keeps up-to-date with social media.

A tense game of bones. Shepherd and Reid v Ritchie and Phinn

Members of the winning Scramble team, affectionately referred to by some as ‘the cheatin b*st*rds’, display their booty on the bar

Another tense game of bones! Holland and Meek take on Doherty and Smith

Apologies for fuzzy foto! Pool Winners – Gilbride and Fulton

Dominoes and Darts winners to follow ……

Works start on Pro-Centre extension

w/e December 18th 2016 – groundworks start on the Pro-Centre extension. Only another 50 odd weeks to go!

Annual Dinner and Presentation of Trophies 2016

Master of Ceremonies, John Knox

Championship Eclectic winner, Elliot Davie

Burnside Eclectic winner, Arthur Smith

Buddon Eclectic winner, John Jeans

Monthly Medal winner, Dave Meek

Monthly Medal winner, Stan Shepherd (unbelievable)!

Monthly Medal winner, Iain Burnett

Not sure what Nor Reid’s doing here?

The George Anderson Greensomes winners, Arthur Smith and Nor Reid

The Enfield Trophy Fourball, Stewart Hunter Jnr and Martin Coull

The Dunbar Cup Foursomes, Elaine Jewson and Robbie Murray (unfortunately Robbie couldnt be there)

The Country Members Cup, Iain Burnett

The Dave McNicoll Handicap Championship, a rather scruffy Stewart Hunter Jnr.

and ….wait for it ………………………….

The Arthur Christieson Club Championship, Andy Gilbride (nice tie!)

Masters member in Madrid

Is there no limit to this man’s talent?

Station Masters Autumn Outing

Norman Fox, Captain Simpson and Honourary Captain Campbell with his ‘state-of-the-art’ buggy.

Campbell celebrates his suspect win

Masters Autumn Outing winner – Sandy Norrie

Runner-up Alan Clark

Joint 3rd – Andy Gilbride, Danie Van Wyk and Captain Simpson

Longest drive – Dave Meek

George Duncanson Trophy, Most Improved Player – George Doherty

Winner of beg of tetties for worst player – John Gamack (gross 121)

Stan Shepherd – high tea pineapple cake thief!

Inaugular Martin Roy Memorial Tournament

Masters members compete in the Martin Roy Memorial at Arbroath. Drinking on the course – disgraceful!

Sec Coutie tries fishing instead of golf

Craws Nest Tassie – 2016

Andy with his fantastic caddie on the Buddon

Andy in a rather fetching pink outfit poses with some of his supporters

New caddie hits the track

Top caddie AJ Boath adorns the new recruit with his bib. Standards appear to be slipping …

There’s always one annoying person ….

Photo courtesy of George Doherty who says, the ‘Not Suitable For Children’ scarier version of the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale: “There once was an Andy ducking……”

Walkies on the Buddon

Mum takes the bairns for a walk over the 10th green of the Buddon Course

“Keep in line”!

Hidden secret revealed

Friends of a former prominent local businessman have revealed that the ‘high-flying’ entrepeneur has recently accepted a new post as locker-room attendant at an exclusive golf club. The prospective Station Masters GC member claimed that following his early retirement, he was looking for some excitement in his life.

Former local businessman with favourite publication

Masters away-day outing at Alyth

Aaron Smart, Andy Gilbride and Sandy Norrie

Ian Chaplain, Stan Shepherd and Alan Clark

Nor Reid, Neil Holland and Gordon Smart

Captain Simpson, Peter Phinn and Secretary Coutie

Longest drive – Peter Phinn

Nearest the pin – Aaron Smart

Winning team – bunch of sharks

Stan polishes-off another plateful of lemon meringue peh and waffles

More action from the Masters Spring Outing

Fox. Holland, Jeans and Rutherford

Young Phinn, Old Phinn, Sec. Coutie and Dave Ritchie

Exgreentractorman, Stan Shepherd, Garry Clark and Matt Edmond

Yellow jecket winner Alan Clark

Runner-up Nor Reid moved as photo was being taken – idiot

Nearest the pin – popular winner Brian Morton

Highest score of the day and winner of the famous beg of tetties – Sean Phinn

Most improved player – not another Phinn!! This time it’s Peter

2015

Annual Texas Scramble

Club Champions presented with their trophies. (Apologies for picture quality – it’s either a dodgy i-phone or the boy working it!)

David Morton gets his mitts on the Arthur Christieson Trophy

Capt. Simpson presents Elaine Jewson with the Dave McNicoll Cup

Scramble winners and runners-up

Winners – Muir, Soutar, Holland and Mann

Runners-up – Connor, Gillespie and Millar

Annual Dinner 2015

The Station Masters 10th Anniversary Dinner and Presentation of Trophies took place last week in the Station Hotel. Here are a few pics courtesy of Official Photographer, Bob Geddes:

: Pete Coutie – Buddon Eclectic

: Arthur Smith – Burnside Eclectic

: Sandy Norrie – Championship Eclectic

: Andy Gilbride – Monthly Medal

: Coutie again! – Winter Trophy

: Gilbride again!! – Kiwi Shield

: Monthly Medal – Alfie Boath

: Monthly Medal – Dave Leslie

: Pensioners Cup – Greentractorman

: The George Anderson Greensomes Cup – these two again!

: The Dunbar Cup – presented by Matt Edmond to half the Morton dynasty

: The Enfield Cup – presented by Arliss Rhind to Smith and Meek

: The Dave McNicoll Trophy – accepted by JS on behalf of Handicap Champion, Elaine Jewson

The Arthur Christieson Trophy – presented by Evelyn to Brian on behalf of David Morton

Herr Klump and his brother

MC – Captain Elliot

Masters take to the high-seas in search of golf and the elusive sea eagle

Masters members recently embarked on a voyage of discovery, in search of the perfect ‘hidden gem’ golf course on Scotland’s rugged West Coast. The expedition was also an opportunity for one member of the group to fulfill his lifetime ambition of sighting a sea eagle in flight. One of the group’s ambitions was fulfilled!