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Forget Sabbath ferries... islanders want golf
Stornoway Golf Club is willing to go to court to win the right to play golf on a Sunday after 117 years of Sabbath observance.Its office bearers are seeking a meeting with the Stornoway Trust, the club's landlords, to negotiate over the clause in their lease that forbids golf being played on Sunday.
At the club's recent annual general meeting a vote was taken and it is understood that only four voted for the status quo out of the 130 members who were entitled to vote, although there were a considerable number of abstentions.
An unsuccessful attempt to persuade the Stornoway Trust to be flexible over the Sunday prohibition was made two years ago. However, the club has since taken counsel's opinion and believes it has grounds to mount a legal challenge to the clause, if necessary.
Full story at The Herald.
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