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Andrew Reeves' running blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
53 Threshers shops out of the 219 across Scotland are now to close down. There will be 373 closures across the UK out of a total of 1,300 shops which will affect all of First Quench's brands including Threshers, Wine Rack, Haddows, Bottoms Up and Victoria Wine. As most people know the parent company, First Quench went into administration just last month and have appointed KPMG as their administrator,...
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Scottish Veteran Ladies' Golf Association (West... (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
West Vet Anna Telfer was presented with the Greenlees Trophy at the Ladies Golf Club Troon today To read the full report go to the West of Scotland Website Also to see Anna say a few words when she receives the trophy then CLICK HERE
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Renfrewshire Ladies County Golf Association (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
The 2009 Greenlees Lunch and presentation took place today at The Ladies Golf Club Troon. Milngavie were this years winners. RLCGA Past Captain Aileen Wilson (Haggs Castle) accepted the 3rd Division Winning Trophy. To read the full report go to the West of Scotland Website Also to see Aileen say a few words try CLICKING HERE This is a place for RLCGA Members to add a story
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Ladies Club Golf News around the West of Scotland (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Anna Telfer (Milngavie), Helen Robertson (Douglas Park), Jennifer Graham (Haggs Castle) and Joanna Scott (Cathkin Braes) Click to enlarge Click on the small thumbnail to see some photographs from the lunch and presentation 2009 Greenlees Presentation The 2009 Greenlees Lunch and Prizegiving was held at Troon Ladies Portland today Fiona Roger who took over as Greenlees secretary at the beginning of...
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Kennedy's Corner (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland appointed a special commission this year. Today I received an email asking me to make the information I'm posting in this blog widely known. GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND EAGLAIS NA H-ALBA Special Commission on Same-sex Relationships and the Ministry The Remit The General Assembly of 2009 has given the Special Commission this remit: “A...
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Open Democracy (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
In a series of four newly commissioned essays to mark the opening of the SNP's Annual Conference in Inverness, the party's 75 th anniversary and the publication of the first ever study of the contemporary party, ‘The Modern SNP: From Protest to Power' this week, OurKingdom brings together four commentators on the changing nature of the politics of Scotland and the UK. In an introductory essay,...
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Malc in the Burgh (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
A few days ago - prior to the SNP conference starting - Jeff made a list of potential gains for the SNP in the coming Westminster election. No doubt over the course of the weekend he drank in more optimism from the gathered masses in Inverness and feels pretty good about his prediction. Makes sense - conferences are meant to recharge the batteries , invigorate the activists to campaign and deliver...
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SUBROSA (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Senior tories don't think David Mundell, MP for Dumfriesshire since 2005, is enough of a heavy weight to warrant the job as Scottish Secretary should the tories win the next general election. Their main fear is that Mr Mundell would be no match for Alex Salmond. After seeing his performance on the BBC1 programme The Big Debate last week, I don't think he's even a match for Jim Murphy so I completely...
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Ladies Club Golf News around the West of Scotland (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
The final of the West of Scotland Girls' Championship was played yesterday (Friday 16th October) The main Championship final and the Bronze Championship were both played over Troon Portland on a beautiful autumn day and the golf certainly matched the weather. Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) defended her title by beating Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) by 4&3. This was a very friendly match and both girls...
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L.A. & O.C. Foodventures (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Enjoying the Allagash Black Stout at Silver Lake Wine's annual beer tasting with Heirloom LA Weeks weeks weeks, there's the extended DineLA restaurant week , LA (and OC) Beer Week and Newport Beach restaurant week . All of them sound promising, but having learned the lessons of my dine-out diet last month, and already spending enough as is on restaurant outings (including three DineLA meals at Campanile,...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
TWO of Scotland's best-known golfers are to design golf courses side-by-side – in the Netherlands.
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Ladies Club Golf News around the West of Scotland (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
The Carrick Golf Club - the 14th Hole - Tappit Doon - Click to enlarge On a glorious autumn day, with the sun shining and showing Scotland and Loch Lomond at their best D&A Centenary Competition , was played over the Carrick Golf Club today. Unfortunately the greens at the Carrick are undergoing their end of season tining and sanding, so this understandably made putting more difficult. Results:...
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Mark Nessmith (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
A release just hit my desk announcing nominees for this year’s Golf Tourism Scotland’s Gold Standard Awards. The nominees for Golf Course of the Year are: Ailsa Course at Turnberry Balcomie Links (Crail) Castle Stuart Golf Links (Inverness) Duke’s Course (St Andrews) Kingsbarns Golf Links Muirfield North Berwick West Links Prestwick Torrance Course (St Andrews) So what say ye, guys?...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
CONSERVATIVE leaders always end up feeling frustrated by Scotland, perplexed that their warm words, tailor-made initiatives and endless visits do not produce the same politica
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Blog at the Ballast (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
The photo this week is one of Dan McDonald's most recognisable images as it was used on the back cover of one of his publications. The Turk was built in 1929 by J&J Hay of Kirkintilloch whose archives are in East Dunbartonshire ( details here )
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