Outing to Kilspindie – July 11 2019

Blackford began using Kilspindie for outings back in the first decade of the 20th century and have been back regularly ever since. Kilspindie has hosted more Blackford outings than any other club. In the days before this outing, our concern was the weather. Forecasts...

A Gift From The Captain

At the end of the outing to Elie, Captain John Matheson took the opportunity to present a fine gift to our club – a lovely silver badge, for the office of Vice-Captain, which exactly matches the Captain’s badge. John Stevenson, as the current holder of...

Outing to Elie – June 6th 2019

We finally made it! 33 Blackford members took part in our outing to Elie. After two failed attempts, in 2017 when heavy rain prevented play and in 2018 when strong winds would have blown away any attempt to play golf, we were able to enjoy the magnificent golf course...

Outing to Elie

A reminder to all Blackford members that there is a planned outing to Elie on Thursday June 6. We say a planned outing to avoid sounding over-optimistic – we also planned outings to Elie in 2017 & 2018 but the weather beat us both times. In 2017 it was a...

Gullane Outing 9th May 2019

With some trepidation about the weather 23 Blackford members arrived to take part in the first Outing of the Season on Gullane 3. Captain John remarked that on playing the previous afternoon at Murrayfield in the pouring rain he could not feel his fingers due to the...