SOME might call them mad, and some may envy them, but four golfers managed to complete 100 holes at Dunaverty Golf Club last week and it was all in aid of charity.

GEORGE McMillan came out Club Champion on Saturday at Machrihanish Golf Club with 65, with Ross Currie coming in second with 67.

A FINE team performance during Saturday’s match saw the Pupils return to the top division.

They opened up a square Dunoon defence almost at will during the match with only poor finishing and last ditch defending keeping the score down.

SATURDAY’S match was a crucial game for both Campbeltown Pupils and Rutherglen as a win for the Pupils would have promoted them and lessened the pressure for tomorrow’s match.

IT WAS a weekend for the McCallum family out at Machrihanish Golf Club and the late Councillor ‘Baldie’ McCallum would have been proud of them all.

THE Pupils’ excellent victory last Saturday has put them in pole position for the Scottish Amateur Premier Division 1 title.

CAMPBELTOWN Boys fell to a 5-2 home defeat on Saturday May 10, after mid-table Arkleston proved too strong for the Whisky Macs sponsored side.

CAMPBELTOWN Boys exited the Jimmy Marshall Trophy at the Quarter Final stage on Saturday, as they fell to a 2-1 defeat against Dunoon.

AFTER a convincing display against Shawlands last Saturday the Pupils picked up all three points putting them back into second place and right on the tail of the league leaders Kilpatrick.

A FIRST-class Campbeltown Boys performance ensured an emphatic 3-0 away win on Saturday when they travelled to the banks of the Clyde to take on Port Glasgow OBU.

THE Pupils travelled to Anniesland on Saturday to face league leaders Kilpatrick and returned with a creditable point after the game finished one each.

ARGYLL athletics team returned from UK Final’s disappointed after the floor surface was deemed dangerous by organisers, forcing the running events to be cancelled.

THE PUPILS first game in almost four months ended with a disappointing 1-0 defeat last week against Rutherglen.

AT Kinloch Park on Saturday Campbeltown Boys played host to Glencastle Sparta in Premier Division Two.

A frustrating match for the Boys, where sloppiness proved the home team’s downfall, and saw them sink to a three-goal defeat.

Kintyre Angling Club opened their season at the Lussa loch with their Annual Opening Day Competition on Saturday, March 15.

LAST weekend saw the third Sport Relief Event in Campbeltown taking place. Home-Start MAJIK hosted the Campbeltown Loch Esplanade Mile again this year providing the opportunity for the whole family to get involved in the challenge, walk, run, jog a mile and raise funds for a good cause.

FOOTBALL coaches in Campbeltown have joined forces to prove that interest in football here is anything but lacking.

CAMPBELTOWN has once again been excluded from having top football coaches visiting the area because lack of interest from in training sessions.

ENTRIES for the Mull of Kintyre Run are filling up fast but there are a limited amount of places left and anyone wishing to take part is urged to get their entry in a soon as possible.

CAMPBELTOWN Pupils are still on course for a return to the premier division after a hard fought win last Saturday against Clydebank side Kilbowie Union.

CAMPBELTOWN United were knocked out of the Under 17s Regional Cup on Saturday when they played home to Glenvale.

A KINTYRE American footballer has become the toast of New York after kicking his team to the Super Bowl with a dramatic extra time goal.

PRESIDENT John Johnston welcomed a full house to Campbeltown Bowling Club’s Burns Supper last Friday.

AFTER playing Octopush for nearly 10 years, as well as playing for one of Scotland’s biggest clubs and successfully completing a teaching course, Margaret Coward will now travel to play for the Scottish Ladies Elite team in the Czech Republic at the end of this month.

LACHIE Black from Campbeltown recently won the Championship for the adult open class of the Oban youth motocross club.

GOLF Kintyre and Machrihanish Dunes were represented at the Cancun Convention centre of the International Golf Travel Market (IGTM) recently.

THE Argyll final of the Sports Hall Athletics saw 117 young athletes gather in Atlantis Leisure in Oban recently.

This indoor event was promoted by Argyll and Bute Local Athletics Partnership and sponsored by an Awards for All Lottery Grant.

CAMPBELTOWN United Schools team held their prize-giving recently.

CAMPBELTOWN Boys battled their way to an impressive cup win over Kilpatrick when they travelled to north Glasgow on Saturday to play in the Jimmy Marshall Trophy Second Round.

THE competition for the Dunaverty Heidbangers Cup was very close throughout the year with at least six players in contention.

JOG Scotland held their first unofficial club 5K this week as they finished up for the festive period.

A GOOD turnout of young athletes made a warm atmosphere at Victoria Hall in Campbeltown last weekend.

Nearly 80 young people entered into various running, jumping, and throwing events in the indoor athletics competition.

CAMPBELTOWN will be bracing itself for its own mini invasion by the Tartan Army next summer.

ALMOST a year after launching their appeal, South Kintyre Sports Council are delighted to announce they will be proudly putting a new mini bus on the road in January 2008.

KINTYRE basketball coach Jim Lay is set for a star-studded night out at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards next month.

The 50-year-old teacher, who is from Campbeltown, coaches the Oban High School team and was chosen as BBC Scotland’s Unsung Hero sponsored by Robinsons, and received his award from former 10,000m world champion Liz McColgan last week.

IN theIR battle against not only Eaglesham but also the weather during their Premier Division One game on Saturday Campbeltown Pupils collected all three points at a storm-lashed Kintyre park.

A howling gale and driving rain made good football near impossible but the Pupils coped better with the conditions than the visiting side and were deserved winners of the match against Eaglesham.

THREE Campbeltown boys have had their names put forward to play in the trials for the Regional South of Scotland league.

ANOTHER Saturday and another missed opportunity for Campbeltown Boys to claim a much-needed three points in the SAFL Premier Division Two.

Once again the Boys dominated for much of the 90 minutes but were undone by some slack defending when they travelled to the south side of Glasgow to take on Glencastle Sparta.

OLD Stoneface John Lowe made an appearance at Whisky Mac’s last Thursday.

The three times ex-World Champion played 16 local people playing one 701 game each against the champion.

DONALD Colville has recently led the Scottish International woman’s shinty team to success against Ireland.

As well as coaching the Scotland woman’s shinty team he has also been coaching the Glasgow Mid Argyll first and second division teams.

DUNAVERTY Golf Club was host to the annual Emergency Services golf competition last Sunday and was organised by Davy Cox of the RNLI.

Northend Thistle travelled from the Isle of Arran to play in the second leg of the Kinloch Quaich.

NEW equipment to help find out what clubs best suit a golfer and help improve their game has been introduced to Machrihanish Golf Club.

CAMPBELTOWN Boys’ cup hopes were dashed last Saturday 13, October.

IN THE Provan Shield Whisky Macs played Davaar at Kinloch Park on Sunday afternoon with Whiskys taking the lead as early as the third minute through Neily Brodie.

A NEW football team has been created to make up the numbers for the Provan Shield competition.

The Commercial is made up of ex-Campbeltown Boys and Pupils players as well as two or three others with the team also featuring ex-Aberdeen player Thomas McGuire.

LEAGUE champions Whisky Macs rounded off their Campbeltown and District League season with a comfortable win over bottom-dogs Davaar on Sunday.

CAMPBELTOWN Pupils’ interest in the Scottish Cup was short-lived as they crashed out at the first hurdle last Saturday against East Kilbride YM. However, it was a very entertaining game for the good crowd of spectators who turned up.

AT Dunaverty Golf Club on Saturday 1 September, the 33rd annual RNLI Open golf competition took place, and despite poor weather conditions during the earlier part of the day a total of £1650 was raised from the event.

THE PUPILS had to settle for one point after drawing last week’s match against Kilpatrick. Two cracking goals from last season’s top goal scorer, Gary Grumoli should have been enough to collect all three points but the Pupils gave away two clear goals as memories of last season’s defensive frailties were once again on show.

CAMPBELTOWN Boys got their season off to a good start on Saturday with a hard-fought win over Dumbarton Harp at the Meadows.

The youthful Boys side showed did well to overcome their more experienced and very physical visitors thanks to goals from John McCallum and Robert McGarrie.

MACHRIHANISH Golf Club Ladies raised £280 for the Kintyre branch of Cancer Research during their charity open.

THE first running of a new relay race from Tarbert to Campbeltown along the Kintyre Way has taken place.

A GROUP of children from Campbeltown Soccer Centre travalled to Islay on Saturday August 11 to play in the annual Diageo Trophy.

AUGUST sees the pre-season training regime start for the Kintye Rugby Club - something always noted in the diary but never really looked forward to.

CAMPBELTOWN Boys fought back from three goals down at half-time on Saturday when they played against local rivals Tarbert at The Meadows.

WHISKY Macs took another decisive step towards the defence of their Kintyre and District Amateur League title as they defeated Campbeltown United 3-1 to move six points ahead of the schoolboys.

IT IS hard to keep up with Matthew Turner on the track and equally hard for the local press to keep up to date with all his successes.

A REPEAT of last year’s finalists but certainly not a repeat score as Southend secured their first piece of silverware of the season with a comprehensive 5-1 over Carradale in the Dalriada Cup Final.

CARRADALE Golf Club’s talented eight-year-old golfer Wee Bobby Willan has just returned from Srathmore Golf Course where he was competing in the regional finals of the HSBC UK Wee Wonders golf tournament.

THE president of the Rotary Club, Agnes Stewart and Frank McHardy from Springbank Distilleries greeted sailor Geoff Holt when he took a well earned rest in Campbeltown overnight during his round Britain tour.

Machrihanish Dunes is set to be finished in 2008 and already the owners of the course have started selling the new links course as an attraction in Kintyre.

YOUNG football enthusiasts from Campbeltown were given the chance to train with two coaches from Rangers Football Club when they visited the Meadows.

The Rangers Soccer Roadshow bombarded the playing fields with mannequins of Rangers footballers and transformed it into a training ground to encourage and help the children improve their football skills and to give the coaches a chance to recognise any talent in the area.

A NEW all weather sports pitch and activity trail at Port Ellen Primary School, costing more than £75,000 to build was opened with over 100 people in attendance last week.

Karen Sloss from the island’s Royal Bank of Scotland officially opened the pitch in Islay.

The funds were gathered from donations of £4,000 by the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Supergrounds grant scheme and £50,000 was provided by The Big Lottery Fund’s ‘People’s Millions’. The rest of the money was raised within the local community at various fundraising events around the island.