The Senior Open Championship will return to the spectacular setting
of Turnberry on the Ayrshire coastline from July 26-29, 2012, continuing
the Scottish resort’s rich history with the prestigious Championship
which began with the inaugural staging in 1987.
It will be the seventh occasion that Turnberry’s Ailsa Course has
hosted The Senior Open Championship, the most of any venue on the
roster, surpassing the six editions played at Royal Portrush in Northern
Ireland.
The classic links hosted the first four Senior Open Championships,
with Neil Coles wining the inaugural Championship in 1987, Gary Player
capturing the title in 1988 and 1990 and Bob Charles lifting the trophy
in 1989.
Tom Watson, whose own career is so closely aligned with Turnberry’s
proud heritage, then held off the European Senior Tour’s leading career
money winner Carl Mason in a play-off when the Championship returned to
the Ayrshire Coast in 2003, before fellow American Loren Roberts
captured his first Senior Open title in 2006.
Turnberry has also hosted The Open Championship on four occasions
with Watson featuring prominently in 1977, when he memorably defeated
Jack Nicklaus in what became known as ‘The Duel in the Sun’, and in 2009
when he lost in a play-off to Stewart Cink at the age of 59.
David Hill, Director of Championships for The R&A, said on behalf
of the Championship: “We are delighted to announce the return of The
Senior Open Championship to Turnberry in 2012, a venue that is steeped
in the history of both The Senior Open and The Open.
“The Ailsa Course has provided some of golf’s most memorable moments
over the years and hopefully we will once again experience the
magnificent support of the Scottish golf fans, just as we did the last
time The Senior Open Championship visited the Ayrshire coast in 2008
when we had record crowds at Royal Troon.”
Stewart Selbie, General Manager of Turnberry, said: “Turnberry is
delighted to welcome The Senior Open Championship back to the Ailsa
course in 2012. Following the success of The 2009 Open, it is entirely
fitting that our next Major should be the Senior Open, a tournament
which has such a strong connection with the Ailsa course over the years.
This announcement confirms Turnberry’s position as a great venue for
major Open Championships”
Councillor Bill McIntosh, Leader of South Ayrshire Council, said:
"Turnberry is an iconic golf location and I am thrilled The Senior Open
Championship is returning to South Ayrshire next year. We are, of
course, the birthplace and home of Open Golf and we are also well-known
for hosting major international events, so it’s going to be a fabulous
sporting occasion.
“I look forward to welcoming players, staff, fans, family and friends
to South Ayrshire for this wonderful event and will ensure a great time
is had by all here on Scotland’s very own golf coast.”
EventScotland,
the national events agency, has supported the staging of The Senior
Open Championship since 2005 and the 2012 event will be the marquee
event on Scotland’s golfing calendar that year.
Paul Bush OBE, Chief Operating Officer for EventScotland said: “The
Senior Open Championship is one of Scotland’s most prestigious regular
golf tournaments. We are delighted to see it return next year with
significant benefits for Turnberry, South Ayrshire and the wider ‘Home
of Golf’ expected. It is important for Scotland to maintain its support
of these major events as we prepare to host The Ryder Cup in 2014 and to
ensure the ongoing development of the sport on our shores.”
The Senior Open last visited Scotland in 2010 when Carnoustie hosted
the Championship for the first time. Germany’s Bernhard Langer claimed
his first Senior Major Championship and will defend the title from July
21-24 when Walton Heath Golf Club, in Surrey, England, is the host venue
for the Championship’s 25th edition.
Discounted advance tickets can be purchased online, with season
tickets now available at £60 for a season pass and any one day passes at
£16.50. They can be booked online at www.europeantourtickets.com, where other discounts and offers can also be found.
Thursday, 22 March 2012
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Enjoy Spring with some delicious food and drink from Ayrshire Food Network Members
Wishing you a happy spring time - always a suitable time for delicious food and drink.
We will be in a position next week with a revamped web site format to confirm the full details of our 4 new members who we are delighted to welcome. They include a cheesemaker of wonderful unpasteurised cheese; a whisky interpretation centre; a chilli relish producer; and an exciting new deli - all established and now thriving in Ayrshire.
The next farmers' market in Ayrshire is scheduled Saturday 17th March in Kilmarnock at the Cross. We will be having a relaunch day programme with Nethergate Larder as the new rare breeds meat supplier & Craufurdland estate as an exciting craft stallholder promoting their activities & supplying seasoned logs. There will be 17 other local food businesses represented.
Postcode-location KA11HZ - HTCU there. Timing 09.00-13.00 You may also get a leaflet delivered through door linking back to this web site! There is a rumour going round there may be some strolling musicians also. Come along and enjoy the Spring event timed to coincide with the relaunched indoor Craft market.
On Saturday 10th March many members will be at either Paisley County Square and / or Glasgow Partick farmers markets - timing 09.00-13.00; and 10.00-14.00 respectively.
We will be in a position next week with a revamped web site format to confirm the full details of our 4 new members who we are delighted to welcome. They include a cheesemaker of wonderful unpasteurised cheese; a whisky interpretation centre; a chilli relish producer; and an exciting new deli - all established and now thriving in Ayrshire.
The next farmers' market in Ayrshire is scheduled Saturday 17th March in Kilmarnock at the Cross. We will be having a relaunch day programme with Nethergate Larder as the new rare breeds meat supplier & Craufurdland estate as an exciting craft stallholder promoting their activities & supplying seasoned logs. There will be 17 other local food businesses represented.
Postcode-location KA11HZ - HTCU there. Timing 09.00-13.00 You may also get a leaflet delivered through door linking back to this web site! There is a rumour going round there may be some strolling musicians also. Come along and enjoy the Spring event timed to coincide with the relaunched indoor Craft market.
On Saturday 10th March many members will be at either Paisley County Square and / or Glasgow Partick farmers markets - timing 09.00-13.00; and 10.00-14.00 respectively.
Thursday, 8 March 2012
Robbie's Drams Whisky An' A' That IX 2012 Whisky Festival Ayr
Robbie's Drams Whisky Specialists are delighted to announce that tickets are now on sale for Whisky An' A' That IX, Ayrshire's annual whisky festival.
The event is held on Saturday 9th June 2pm-6pm Ayr Town Hall
This years festival will be our biggest to date with more than 30 major whisky companies exhibiting a fantastic array of whiskies, including limited editions and rare, hard to find bottlings along with new releases. You will be spoiled for choice as to which whiskies you would like to sample.
Also attending on the day will be celebrity faces and guests from the whisky world, with various talks and displays being held along with whisky master classes.
So whether you are a connoisseur or novice you are guaranteed to be educated and entertained whilst being fully immersed in the world of whisky.
Tickets are £20 each
and are available from
Robbie's Drams, 3 Sandgate, Ayr
Ticket Hotline Number: 01292 284279
You can also order your ticket from our on-line shop www.robbiesdrams.com where you will find more information on what is guaranteed to be a"dram guid day oot".
Times
2pm-6pm
Contact Information
Robbie's Drams
3 Sandgate
Ayr
info@robbiesdrams.com
Tel: 01292 284279
Booking Information
Ticket Price £20 each
The event is held on Saturday 9th June 2pm-6pm Ayr Town Hall
This years festival will be our biggest to date with more than 30 major whisky companies exhibiting a fantastic array of whiskies, including limited editions and rare, hard to find bottlings along with new releases. You will be spoiled for choice as to which whiskies you would like to sample.
Also attending on the day will be celebrity faces and guests from the whisky world, with various talks and displays being held along with whisky master classes.
So whether you are a connoisseur or novice you are guaranteed to be educated and entertained whilst being fully immersed in the world of whisky.
Tickets are £20 each
and are available from
Robbie's Drams, 3 Sandgate, Ayr
Ticket Hotline Number: 01292 284279
You can also order your ticket from our on-line shop www.robbiesdrams.com where you will find more information on what is guaranteed to be a"dram guid day oot".
Times
2pm-6pm
Contact Information
Robbie's Drams
3 Sandgate
Ayr
info@robbiesdrams.com
Tel: 01292 284279
Booking Information
Ticket Price £20 each
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
A Review of 2011 Ayrshire Food Network Activity
On 22nd December 2011 AFN members were present at the very
successful Paisley Christmas farmers' market 09.00-13.00 at County
Square ...with relatively mild, be it ,windy weather forecast and a
very wide range of produce including seasonal offerings available ,a
visit was very enjoyable ... thanks for coming and buying
the wonderful food ..an excellent opportunity to obtain seasonal, and
Christmas produce.
On Tuesday 29th November 2011 Petrie Fine foods gained national recognition having been shortlisted in two categories of the VIBES Awards for environmental sustainability During the previous week several Ayrshire food network producers were involved in the high profile opening of the Wholefoods Store in Giffnock...We hope the venture is a great success with subsequent ripple effects of reorders to their chosen local suppliers. Dunlop Dairy have been featured on one of their supplier profile.
Saturday 5th november saw a special celebration farmers' market at Ayr with several new stallholders, including the impressive www.everythingchilli.co.uk+ hot food to go + guest craft,fair trade and charity stalls selling Christmas gifts Thanks to everyone for coming ,in particular our first time visitors who came and joined the fun and took advantage to buy fresh, local , quality,value for money food from the stallholders present .We hope you enjoyed your visit ,and look forward to welcoming you again on February 3rd
Here are two links with the story: http://ayrshire.urtv.co.uk/stories/1028-ayrshire-farmers-market http://urstv.com/archives/2011/11/10/update-on-ayrshire-farmers-markets/
Warmest congratulations to two AFN members ,Braidwoods and Glenapp Castle for their outstanding Michelin Star success for 2011. A Real Inspiration to us all. The weekend 21/22/23 October saw many members at various significant events The BBC Good Food show + the very popular quarterly Kilwinning farmers market on Saturday 22nd + the inaugural apple tastic day at West Kilbride community centre : for the latter see www.transitionwk.org
AFN were well presented at the Recipe for Success workshop run by Scottish Land & Estates at Dalduff farm ,Crosshill September 28th ,and were delighted to be involved in the inaugural WSW Heritage meeting at Dumfries House on October 4th . Flavoursome Produce from Nethergate ,Afton Glen and GC Growers were served at the artisan Scottish food lunches at the very well attended Nourish national conference at Govan on October 1st Earlier AFN were represented at the Nourish Sustainable food day at Catrine on September 9th ,making contributions to the debate on public procurement and encouraging local food availability , see www.nourishscotland.org.uk
Recently 6 stallholders from AFN/AFM were trading at the Global Market at Kilmarnock from the 1st-4th September which presented them with a great opportunity to reach a wider market and hence potential customer base for locally provisioned Ayrshire food 3 other members were represented at the inaugural Whitelees Wind Farm farmers' market which was blessed by near perfect weather ....certainly a very interesting and worthwhile experiment see www.whiteleewindfarm.co.uk
AFN member, Chisholms of Ayr has reinforced its position as a leading delicatessen in south west Scotland having been invited by Iain Mellis the renowned speciality cheese wholesaler to stock some outstanding interesting Scottish cheeses from their acclaimed range .Kevin Wadsworth ,the proprietor, is naturally delighted and invites potential customers to visit his premises at 17 Carrick street Ayr.- KA7 1NS. More details can be found at www.chisholmsofayrdeli.com or by calling him on 01292 269555.
Have you heard of ,or visited the hidden gem in Kilmaurs?. We are talking about the exciting slightly decadent cake/chocolate and tea shop which has recently been opened by Divine Inspirations owner Maxine Gough.Quietly endulge yourself with friends or even children! It is located at 4, Townend, Kilmaurs. Check out details at www.lovedivineinspirations.com
If you are looking for that amazing special break then look no further than our most southerly member the outstanding award wining Glenapp Castle ,ideally situated if you looking for a very high quality experience . see www.glenappcastle.com. On June 8th a direct link was created from a leading German travel web portal to the AFN site see the link at: http://www.schottlandberater.de/expertenteam.html this follows meetings at Tourism Expo in April.
On Thursday 22nd September several members again supported the small and attractive community market at Uplawmoor church hall. 10.00-12.00.produce available includes rare breeds meat,home baking,vegetarian and gluten free food,hand made butter, local farmhouse cheeses ,farm sourced ice cream ,flowers plants & herbs ..as always they also provide a great cup of tea!
Very exciting also was the bold and innovative event which was held in George Square Glasgow on the 14th may when you could achieve "Island Time in no Time " as Arrran with a very full array of activities ranging from cookery demonstrtions ,tastings ,music,massage,art, and even rock climbing came to town big style !! At Hamleys Easter time farmers market adventure Fresh local Produce from Corrie Mains,GC Growers, and Dowhill was on display ,whilst tasting samples of milk and cheese were supplied by Dunlop Dairy,and cakes from Petrie Fine Foods .Watch out for news of the event plus a web site video at www.hamleys.com AFN were delighted to exhibit again at Tourism Expo April 13-14th 2011 in Aberdeen. We were on stand A1-A3 Ayrshire & Arran right beside the main Visit Scotland reception. We met many trade buyers, exhibitors and tourism trade professionals ..there was an appointments system in place via www.visitscotlandexpo.com.
During the two days we had meetings with 35 trade buyers from as far afield as Hawaii, Toronto, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy, Ukraine, India, as well as 10 from the UK They all are interested in varying aspects of food& activity tourism. We have been following up these leads proactively and promptly,and some of them are following us avidly on Twitter On Wednesday 16TH March 2011 AFN presented at the ASVA seminar in Alloway regarding the realities /advantages of local food supply to visitor attraction establishments. February 14th 2011 saw food or ingredients from several AFN /AFM members used at the NFUS annual conference dinner in St andrews .500 guests enjoyed an amazing 5 course dinner .We were delighted to be involved in the sourcing project .
During the AFN seminar tour live fromTartu Hotel ,Voru,Viljandi & Rakvere in Estonia we had V3 international link ups during the last week of January2011. A considerable number of participants have visited the website subsequently. The 2011 version of our leaflet was published electronically with enhanced layout ,the planned inclusion of the vibrant new pan Ayrshire branding, a new map, an overview of aims and objectives, plus 8 advertising slots.
On Tuesday 29th November 2011 Petrie Fine foods gained national recognition having been shortlisted in two categories of the VIBES Awards for environmental sustainability During the previous week several Ayrshire food network producers were involved in the high profile opening of the Wholefoods Store in Giffnock...We hope the venture is a great success with subsequent ripple effects of reorders to their chosen local suppliers. Dunlop Dairy have been featured on one of their supplier profile.
Saturday 5th november saw a special celebration farmers' market at Ayr with several new stallholders, including the impressive www.everythingchilli.co.uk+ hot food to go + guest craft,fair trade and charity stalls selling Christmas gifts Thanks to everyone for coming ,in particular our first time visitors who came and joined the fun and took advantage to buy fresh, local , quality,value for money food from the stallholders present .We hope you enjoyed your visit ,and look forward to welcoming you again on February 3rd
Here are two links with the story: http://ayrshire.urtv.co.uk/stories/1028-ayrshire-farmers-market http://urstv.com/archives/2011/11/10/update-on-ayrshire-farmers-markets/
Warmest congratulations to two AFN members ,Braidwoods and Glenapp Castle for their outstanding Michelin Star success for 2011. A Real Inspiration to us all. The weekend 21/22/23 October saw many members at various significant events The BBC Good Food show + the very popular quarterly Kilwinning farmers market on Saturday 22nd + the inaugural apple tastic day at West Kilbride community centre : for the latter see www.transitionwk.org
AFN were well presented at the Recipe for Success workshop run by Scottish Land & Estates at Dalduff farm ,Crosshill September 28th ,and were delighted to be involved in the inaugural WSW Heritage meeting at Dumfries House on October 4th . Flavoursome Produce from Nethergate ,Afton Glen and GC Growers were served at the artisan Scottish food lunches at the very well attended Nourish national conference at Govan on October 1st Earlier AFN were represented at the Nourish Sustainable food day at Catrine on September 9th ,making contributions to the debate on public procurement and encouraging local food availability , see www.nourishscotland.org.uk
Recently 6 stallholders from AFN/AFM were trading at the Global Market at Kilmarnock from the 1st-4th September which presented them with a great opportunity to reach a wider market and hence potential customer base for locally provisioned Ayrshire food 3 other members were represented at the inaugural Whitelees Wind Farm farmers' market which was blessed by near perfect weather ....certainly a very interesting and worthwhile experiment see www.whiteleewindfarm.co.uk
AFN member, Chisholms of Ayr has reinforced its position as a leading delicatessen in south west Scotland having been invited by Iain Mellis the renowned speciality cheese wholesaler to stock some outstanding interesting Scottish cheeses from their acclaimed range .Kevin Wadsworth ,the proprietor, is naturally delighted and invites potential customers to visit his premises at 17 Carrick street Ayr.- KA7 1NS. More details can be found at www.chisholmsofayrdeli.com or by calling him on 01292 269555.
Have you heard of ,or visited the hidden gem in Kilmaurs?. We are talking about the exciting slightly decadent cake/chocolate and tea shop which has recently been opened by Divine Inspirations owner Maxine Gough.Quietly endulge yourself with friends or even children! It is located at 4, Townend, Kilmaurs. Check out details at www.lovedivineinspirations.com
If you are looking for that amazing special break then look no further than our most southerly member the outstanding award wining Glenapp Castle ,ideally situated if you looking for a very high quality experience . see www.glenappcastle.com. On June 8th a direct link was created from a leading German travel web portal to the AFN site see the link at: http://www.schottlandberater.de/expertenteam.html this follows meetings at Tourism Expo in April.
On Thursday 22nd September several members again supported the small and attractive community market at Uplawmoor church hall. 10.00-12.00.produce available includes rare breeds meat,home baking,vegetarian and gluten free food,hand made butter, local farmhouse cheeses ,farm sourced ice cream ,flowers plants & herbs ..as always they also provide a great cup of tea!
Very exciting also was the bold and innovative event which was held in George Square Glasgow on the 14th may when you could achieve "Island Time in no Time " as Arrran with a very full array of activities ranging from cookery demonstrtions ,tastings ,music,massage,art, and even rock climbing came to town big style !! At Hamleys Easter time farmers market adventure Fresh local Produce from Corrie Mains,GC Growers, and Dowhill was on display ,whilst tasting samples of milk and cheese were supplied by Dunlop Dairy,and cakes from Petrie Fine Foods .Watch out for news of the event plus a web site video at www.hamleys.com AFN were delighted to exhibit again at Tourism Expo April 13-14th 2011 in Aberdeen. We were on stand A1-A3 Ayrshire & Arran right beside the main Visit Scotland reception. We met many trade buyers, exhibitors and tourism trade professionals ..there was an appointments system in place via www.visitscotlandexpo.com.
During the two days we had meetings with 35 trade buyers from as far afield as Hawaii, Toronto, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy, Ukraine, India, as well as 10 from the UK They all are interested in varying aspects of food& activity tourism. We have been following up these leads proactively and promptly,and some of them are following us avidly on Twitter On Wednesday 16TH March 2011 AFN presented at the ASVA seminar in Alloway regarding the realities /advantages of local food supply to visitor attraction establishments. February 14th 2011 saw food or ingredients from several AFN /AFM members used at the NFUS annual conference dinner in St andrews .500 guests enjoyed an amazing 5 course dinner .We were delighted to be involved in the sourcing project .
During the AFN seminar tour live fromTartu Hotel ,Voru,Viljandi & Rakvere in Estonia we had V3 international link ups during the last week of January2011. A considerable number of participants have visited the website subsequently. The 2011 version of our leaflet was published electronically with enhanced layout ,the planned inclusion of the vibrant new pan Ayrshire branding, a new map, an overview of aims and objectives, plus 8 advertising slots.
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