Our photograph shows the officials of the Newport Bowling Club on the occasion of the opening of the clubhouse extension 1 February 1975. Back row L-R: N McLeod; G Moncur; R Patterson; P Russell; M. Fenton; J Matthew. Front row L-R: W Coss; A D Forrest (Honorary President); W Leslie; R Smith.
Wormit Lawn Tennis Club Gentlemen's Singles Cup. The cup was presented to the club in 1922 by G D MacDougald. After World War II the cup was gifted to Frank Harrison who had won it five times in the 1930s.
Sadly not in our archive but, equally sadly, spotted for sale on Ebay. Wormit Bay Golf Club operated from 1912 until 1940. These trophies were presented to the club in 1925 by Miss Rosa MacDougald. She herself won the trophy, only once, in 1929. Rosa was a member of a well-known and very sporting Wormit ...
A photograph from 1964 showing Wormit's successful amateur football team, who were at that time lying second in the Midlands League (Division II) and were hoping for promotion for the new season. Did they make it? Someone must know. Bob MacKenzie thinks this photo was taken when the team had just had new strips and ...
Young footballers at Windmill Park in 1967.
Wormit Boating Club preparing for their cricket match out on the sandbank in 2007.
The Brig o' Tay ladies football team from the late 1970s. On the left is their coach Frank McGrory who owned the Brig for many years.
Mrs Dunn, wife of Provost John Dunn, returns to the table after cutting the tape to reopen the refurbished Wormit Tennis Club courts in 1953. Standing at the table are Richard Webster, club president (half hidden) and Grant Balfour.
Curling on the top pond in Tayfield 1950s. Small clubhouse on lower pond in the background. Newport plumber John Barlow, and Mrs Barlow, at left of photograph.
The new pavilion was opened by Lady Walker of Sandford in 1961. Here she is being presented with flowers by Jane Howie.
The new pavilion at Wormit Tennis Club was opened in 1961. Here Lady Walker is making her opening speech.
Our photograph shows the reopening ceremony at Wormit Tennis Club in 1953 after years of neglect. In the centre are Provost and Mrs John Dunn, and standing is club President Mr R G Webster. On Provost Dunn's right is club vice-President Mrs W McKay, ready to hit the first tennis ball. Mr Webster's daughter presented ...
Provost Dunn addresses spectators at the reopening of the restored Wormit tennis courts in 1953.
Rowing boats in action off the Newport Braes in the 1920s. The Newport Boating Club was hugely popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but sadly folded around 1930. In its heyday regattas were held at least once a year, and frequently twice.
Wormit Tennis Club was re-formed in 1953 after some years of neglect. Here Mrs Dunn, wife of Provost John Dunn, cuts the tape to signify the opening of the courts.
In 1953 the previously defunct Wormit Tennis Club was re-formed. Our photograph shows an excellent turn-out of spectators to watch the reopening ceremony.
A fancy dress event for Wormit Tennis Club members in early 1950s.
A group of Wormit Tennis Club players in 1950s. Not sure of the location.
Many local people still fondly remember the football and cricket matches held regularly on the sandbank out in the river. “The original sandbank football matches were an annual one between a team from Wormit Boating Club and Dundee Corinthian Boating Club (who were based near Craig Pier). By then they were usually on the sandbank between ...
Kenneth Hart recalls playing for Wormit Football Club in the 1950s. "Wormit Football Club was a force to be reckoned with in these days. I played only twice for the first team but was happy in the second team for a couple of years. I played in goal and my first game was at Wormit where ...
Photograph of members of Wormit Lawn Tennis Club taken around 1929
A delightful photograph of a very happy group of P7 pupils from Newport School, learning their hockey skills up in Windmill Park from PE teacher Margaret Wright. By the time this photograph was taken in 1971, the road bridge, and of course the link dual carriageway, had been open for nearly 5 years. Access to ...
As a swimmer, Jim Muirhead was Scotland's most successful paralympian. Jim lived at 13 Alma Terrace as a schoolboy in the 1950s and 60s. His loss of sight at age 16 put an end to swimming training with the British Olympics team, but he was soon invited to join the paralympians instead. Between 1976 and ...
Newport BB football team from 1966/7. Photograph taken at Windmill Park. Note the windmill in the trees behind. A news report from the Courier noted that the Newport Junior Boys' Brigade team had completed a wonderful season by winning 17 of their 18 matches.