Written by Ena Scott (Gleig) in 1989. Wormit Lawn Tennis Club was always very popular. Gradually it changed to blaze courts. Unfortunately the 2nd World War took its toll and young men and women were called upon to join the forces. The club folded completely despite many efforts to keep it going and it was not ...
Written by Ena Scott (nee Gleig) in 1989. Ena was born in 1912 and lived nearly all her life in Woodhaven and Wormit. The Bowling Club started at the beginning of this century 1901 and many business men were the first members. At one time bowling was considered to be men only and it was not ...
Recollections of Ena Scott (Gleig) in 1989. After the Mars boys had gathered stones from it, the field down at Wormit Bay became Wormit Bay Golf Club. It opened in 1912, and was a very popular 9 hole course. Local people donated cups and trophies, and then a very attractive clubhouse was built where for many ...
Written by Ena Scott (nee Gleig) in 1989. Ena was born in 1912 and lived nearly all her life in Woodhaven and Wormit. The Boating Club formed in January 1911 and was mainly a rowing club. The first clubhouse was mainly just a shed at Wormit Bay, then a clubhouse and sheds were built east of ...
A framed panel showing the sixteen World War II casualties who were members of Wormit Boating Club. More details of all these casualties, and others, can be found under the Poppy Project in our archive.
Newport Cricket Club members in the late 1950s, photographed at Windmill Park where they had a pitch laid out. Back Row: George Smith; Donnie Robertson; Frank Robertson; Claude Taylor; ?? ; ?? ; Jack Dorward. Front Row: ?? ; ? Grieve?; ?? ; Jack Morton; ? .
As part of the celebrations to mark the opening of the Tay Road Bridge on 18th August 1966, a celebration football match was held. The participants were the Boys Brigade versus the Old Crocks. On the left are Provost William Smith and Mrs Smith, on the right is referee John Gordon. In the front row ...
Newport Lifeboys Football football reserves, 1959
Newport Bowling Club Badge, date unknown. The badge features the Fifie in the foreground with the rail bridge beyond.
These five pictures show members of the Newport Curling Club on the curling pond at Tayfield, probably in the 1970s. Outdoor curling at Tayfield continued occasionally until the 1980s, with the last occasion probably being in January 1985.
Newspaper report of the Newport Curling Club prize-giving in 1977.
Prize-giving at Wormit Tennis Club around 1979.
Junior prize-giving at Wormit Tennis Club. This was probably in 1982 and could have been the North Fife Junior Tournament.
Newport Junior Secondary School. Championship Cup for Scratch Events. Presented by Newport Amateur F C June 1940. From 1960 onwards Newport School catered for primary pupils only and so pupils in P6 and P7 competed for the cup which was awarded to the overall sports champion. David Thorne, who won the cup in both P6 ...
Newport Lawn Tennis Club programme cards for the club's annual ball, held in the Blyth Hall on Boxing Day 1952 and in December 1953. A packed evening of dancing was enjoyed.
A series of photographs showing the opening of the Wormit Tennis Club courts for the 1992 season.
After years of neglect, in 1953 Wormit Tennis Courts were cleared and restored. These four photographs show the work being undertaken as part of the restoration. The old clubhouse was re-opened, but the club built a replacement clubhouse in 1961.
Prize-giving at Newport Tennis Club around 1981, possibly after the North Fife Junior Tournament. Presenting the prizes is Ian Noble from Games Club in Broughty Ferry.
A set of cartoon drawings showing the members of the Newport Motorcycle Club in 1936. Sadly the poetic artist is unknown. Members of the club in 1936 were as follows, so it is possible to match some to the sketches using the motorcycle models: J D Recorden (secretary) - Rudge W D Livingstone-Smith (pre. sec.) - Triumph R ...
The Rules and Regulations of the Newport Motorcycle Club, formed in East Newport in 1936.
Members of Newport Motorcycle Club present a bouquet of flowers to Mrs Williamina Smith of Woodbine House in King Street, in 1938. The club headquarters were in the wash-house in the garden of Woodbine House. Club founder, William (Bill) Smith, is at the back to the right, in the shadows.
Volume 1, Number 1 of the Newport Motorcycle Club magazine, issued in October 1936. The club had been started that year by medical student William (Bill) Smith who lived at Woodbine House on King Street (now 11 King Street). The club headquarters were in the wash-house at the bottom of the Smith family garden, entered ...