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Rotary Am Am at Glencruitten Golf Club on 7th June 2026
Sunday 7th June saw Oban Rotary Club celebrate the 40th Anniversary of their annual AmAm competition. This event in was established in 1986 by Rotarian Iain MacInnes and has become a key feature of both the Rotary and local golfing calendar.
This year’s competition attracted 37 teams from the Oban area and beyond. Starters included entrants from Glasgow and Rotary colleagues from Dunblane.
Above are the winning team, "The Old Hackers".
Unfortunately, the weather had no respect for our anniversary celebrations and heavy rain added to the challenges presented by the fantastic Glencruitten course. We are extremely grateful to the members and staff of the Glencruitten Club for their patience and generosity in once again hosting our competition. The players certainly enjoyed the hospitality of the club as they dried off. At the top of this page is a link to a list and photographs of the teams participating and contributing to the day.
The weather undoubtedly impacted on the scoring. Nevertheless, the winning teams produced impressive performances with first prize and the Oban Times Trophy being secured by the ‘Old Hackers’. Close on their heels were Dalmally 4 who lifted both the PDK Shellfish Ltd trophy and the prize for the leading visiting team.
Third place went to the imaginatively named ‘Better Lucky Than Good’ who were presented with the Bank of Scotland trophy, now sponsored by Holcim (Glensanda) Ltd. Finally, our yellow ball competition, sponsored by Dunstaffnage Marina, was won by Oban Memorials.
The trophies and prizes were presented by Rotary President Steph Lowe who congratulated all winners and competitors for their performances. Praising both their resilience in the face of monsoon-like deluges and their generosity in supporting this fundraising event. This event continues to be a significant contributor to our Rotary funds, enabling us to provide support to, predominately, local organisations and good causes.
In this respect, we remain indebted to all of our fantastic sponsors who generously donate prizes for the clubhouse raffle, sponsor individual holes and the main competition prizes. We are particularly grateful to our main and principal sponsors, PDK Shellfish Ltd, Holcim (Glensanda) Ltd, The Oban Times and Dunstaffnage Marina.
The generosity of all the players is exemplified by their support of the clubhouse raffle which raised over £1900. We extremely grateful to our band of ticket selling helpers who are adept in persuading them to part with their cash! At the time of writing, we are still awaiting outstanding sponsorship but we are confident that, including the raffle, we will have raised more than £13,000; enabling us to continue our Rotary mission; supporting our local community and having fun in doing so.
Many thanks to our Sponsors:
PDK Shellfish Ltd, HOLCIM (Glensanda), Oban Times Ltd, Dunstaffnage Marina, Ainsley Smith & Co, Alba, Anderson Banks, Aulays Bar, Barrblast Engineering, Barrachander Quarry Ltd /A & L McRae, Bookers, Bruce & Neil, Print Mhor, Clan Cottages, Coast Restaurant, George St Fish Restaurant, Craigard Décor, Dawsons, DM Hall, Dungallan Country House, EDM Plant Hirer & Contractor, Esplanade Court Apartments, Franks Autoparts, S Ferguson Engineering, Ferguson Welders, GH Groundworks & Plant Hire, Gregor Morawski, Hazelbank Motors, Highland Fasteners, Jewsons, John MacAlister (Oban) Ltd, Kerries Tyres, D & K Lafferty & Co Ltd, Lonan Properties, MacArthur Legal, D & A Munn, MacQueen Bros, Manor House, Maurice Lockhart Elect, MKM Building Supplies, Morham & Brotchie, North Ledaig Caravan Park, Nories Fish and Chips, Oban Chocolate Co, Oban Distillery, Oban Electrics, Oban Inn, Oban Memorials, Oban Port Users Ltd, Petals of Oban, RA Clement Associates, The Scot Hotel, Royal Hotel, Simmers & Co, Star Fishing Company Ltd, Strathclyde Scaffolding, T Barbour Ltd, The Lorne, The Pink Shop Benderloch, The Sports Shop, Thornton & Co, Trinity Hairdressing, United Auctions, West Highland Gas.