Farewell to Primary 7. An end of term Mass for St Cuthbert’s primary pupils was held on Monday 28th June. After a joyful celebration of the Eucharist, prizes were awarded for achievements during the school year. Primary 7 shared memories of the school as they move on to secondary, and one or two tears were even shed. They entertained the congregation after Mass with music and dance. Class teacher Mrs Laura McGarva was presented with flowers as she is leaving as well.  more

Photo shows left to right Susan Selkirk, MacMillan Cancer Support; David Kiltie; Gavin Loch; Davie Anderson; Des Johnston; and Billy Herd, CLIC Sargent The 25th anniversary dance held by local rock'n'roll band The Peas was a great night out and after all expenses were paid there was a fabulous £800 for charity. Last week two cheques for £400 each were handed over to representatives of MacMillan Cancer Support and CLIC Sargent by band members Gavin Loch and Davie Anderson, Jimmy Murdoch was unable to be there.  more

Following the death of Maybole’s Willie Boyce last year, local firefighters decided that they would like to do something in his honour. As their 2010 charity dance was being organised at the time, it was suggested that all the proceeds could go to a charity of the Boyce family's choice. Kevin McDermott contacted Mrs Boyce to let her and her family know that they were thinking of them and keen to do something in honour of Willie. The Boyce family were touched by this offer and decided that the charity that they would like to see benefit from the fundraising was Brain Tumour UK. Kevin told us, “The dance was a huge success raising a staggering £2500 which is fantastic.” more

Maybole Memorial Park Bowling Club held their open pairs competition recently, once again sponsored by John Jamieson of Jamieson Plant hire Kirkoswald road, Maybole. The winners, being presented with the trophy by President Winnie McCulloch were, Shane Longdon and Thomas Handlin from Sandhead. The runners up were father and son team, David Welsh and David Welsh Jnr, of Memorial Park BC. Thank you to all who attended.

Residents of Crosne St sheltered housing raised £250 collecting coins which was donated to Marie Curie Cancer care.

Maybole & District Committee for Cancer Research would like to thank everyone who contributed so generously to their recent fundraising totalled £2,209. A house to house collection in the surrounding villages raised £1483 and, within Maybole, £726 was raised by packing bags in Somerfields.

The Pontoon Golf Club from Maybole was at Ladybank GC, Cupar and Letheam Grange GC, Arbroath for their summer outing. The winner of the outing was Kevin McEwan with Ramsay Eccles runner up. The golfers are shown in the picture before the start of their round at Letham Grange wearing polo shirts that were sponsored by the Maybole Arms pub.

Local businessman Tim Morrison (centre back row) recently attended a coaching session at Maybole Golf Club to pass on the good news that they had been successful in obtaining a grant from the Stanley Morrison Charitable Trust. The grant of £1000 will be put towards the cost of professional coaching by PGA professional Mr. Gareth Hardy to continue the development of the junior golfers within Maybole golf club. The committee and coaching staff thanked Mr. Morrison for his continued support of the junior golf section and look forward to inviting Tim back to view the progress made by the kids benefitting from the tuition.

Maybole Golf Club invited local councilors and members of South Ayrshire council to go along and observe Club Golf in action. With over 80 kids registered within the programme and more joining every week, Maybole has now become the biggest centre for club golf in South Ayrshire. As part of the on-going partnership with South Ayrshire council, Thursday nights and Sunday afternoons have been handed over to the young golfers. This allows them to develop their skill on a golf course with professional coaching available during these times. Maybole Golf Club boasts seven level one coaches and recently obtained the services of PGA professional Gareth Hardy, who is coaching the older ones in course management, golf etiquette and shot making. If you want your child to learn how to play golf then go along and enrol them on Thursday nights at Maybole Golf Club around 6pm..Golf equipment will be supplied if necessary.

Maybole Youth Action Group recently held a well attended fun day for all in the community after members had secured funding from the Voluntary Action Fund’s community chest. The boys put on a fantastic event to promote use of the skatepark and to celebrate installing new ramps. Thanks go to the community support officers who brought down the mini skate park for everyone to try out and the youth express bus. There was a bouncy castle and a fabulous BBQ with rolls and burgers donated from Maybole Round Table; Alex Kelly and the Ayrshire Rivers Trust helped out with gazebos, The day was supported by South Ayrshire Council Community Learning & Development.

I have recently started my new post of Ancient tree hunt assistant where I have to attempt to make the public aware and to get them involved in finding and recording ancient or notable trees throughout Ayrshire. We hope that the public will be able to find and record 1000 Ayrshire trees. These trees have to be either interesting, old or have a large girth which denotes age in most cases. I am based with East Ayrshire Woodlands in Cumnock The tree hunt recording system is active on the woodland trust web site http://www.ancient-tree-hunt.org.uk/ where full information on recording can be found. more