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In pictures: Bon Accord Golf Club through the years as Aberdeen club celebrates 150th anniversary

By Danny Law
The 1976 Bon Accord Golf Club junior pennant team.
The 1976 Bon Accord Golf Club junior pennant team.

Bon Accord Golf Club, recognised as the second oldest golf club in Aberdeen,  celebrates its 150th anniversary this week.

The club, whose members play on the municipal Kings Links, was formed at a meeting on June 7 1872.

Bon Accord held a celebratory day at the Kings Links on Saturday.

Can you spot any familiar faces from the pictures below?

Bon Accord Golf Club’s trophy presentation in 1992. Club captain Charlie Robertson (right) presents the championship trophy to Graham Somers.
The Bon Accord junior pennant team, pictured on 16 August 1976. Back row (left to right): Stephen Clunes, William Roberts, Kevin Gray, Alex Leslie, Kevin Smith, Graeme Davidson. Front row: John Rait, Brian Smith, Donald Smith, Graham Emslie, James Duncan, Steven Smith, Graham Porter.
The Bon Accord Golf Club 1986 pitch and putt winners.  Front row (from left) Douglas Dunn, Michael Sim, Jason Annand and Colin Reid. Middle: Scott Henderson, Graeme Harrold, Neil Duncan and Grant Paterson. Back: Don Cruickshank, Paul Patterson, convener Jim Duncan and Craig Robertson.
Bon Accord Golf Club’s trophy presentation in the clubhouse in 1984.
A picture from 1990 when the staff behind the bar took on members in a sponsored games day at Occidental Sports Club. Scoring of the various events including five-a-side football didn’t seem to matter as the ‘Beer Bellies’ and ‘Bar Belles’ slugged it off. Proceeds from the event went to the city’s Special Nursery.
Members of the Bon Accord Golf Club with friends at Aberdeen Airport before they flew to Torremolinos for a week’s golfing holiday in 1984.
Snooker stars: The Bon Accord Golf Club snooker team get ready for action in the Evening Express sponsored league in 1993. From left: Alex White, Tommy Lovie, Graham Somers, Craig Wheeler, John Miller and Norman Falconer.
Bon Accord Golf Club pictured on 16 June 1966.
Members of the Bon Accord Golf Club at their annual prizegiving in 1990.
Bon Accord Golf club champion Neil Duncan receives the trophy from captain Charlie Robertson in 1987.

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