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Scotsman
13-07-2025
- Automotive
- Scotsman
Scottish Open bosses open up on event's future venue and Muirfield Open dilemma
Seventh edition of event at East Lothian venue attracts record crowd of more than 85,000 fans Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... The Renaissance Club looks set to remain as the host venue for the Genesis Scottish Open after the latest edition at the East Lothian venue was given a huge thumbs up by both the fans and the players. Helped by unprecedented sellouts on both Saturday and Sunday, the event attracted over 85,000 spectators across the week, breaking the record at the Dirleton venue by close to 10,000. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The Stadium Hole at The Renaissance Club has become a popular feature of the Genesis Scottish Open at its current home |The Rolex Series tournament, which is co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour and PGA Tour, attracted another stellar field, including the top five in the world rankings and all four current major champions. It was announced on the eve of the event that Genesis, the premium luxury Korean car brand, had extended its title sponsorship through 2030, which is a massive boost. The current partnership with The Renaissance Club ends next year but talks are taking place with the American owners about an extension to it as well. 'We're really pleased that we're contracted for next year and we can continue that growth,' Rory Colville, the Genesis Scottish Open championship director, told a small group of journalists on Sunday. 'It's been a fantastic venue for us and we'll continue to discuss the future with the Sarvadis.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Before the event was first hosted at The Renaissance Club, it had been moved around Scotland for a spell, with Castle Stuart, Royal Aberdeen and Dundonald Links all staging it. 'One hundred percent,' replied Colville to being asked if the event's recent growth had been down it being established at a home venue. 'The fact that it's seven years in and there's been steady growth with the event, I think the most dramatic growth of the event is actually this year. 'If you look at the crowd numbers and to get to 76,000 last year and we're up to over 85,000 this week, that's a significant growth that we're really proud of, and I think it just goes to confirm our hope that all the fan activations that we work on with Genesis to try and enhance the experience, The Fringe by the Tee – the collaboration we've got with them, obviously a fantastic local music festival, having KT Tunstall on the main stage last night, is a really, really strong message for how this event is an event for all ages and all demographics.' Genesis came on board as the title sponsor at the start of the co-sanctioning set up in 2022, with Christian Hardy, one of the PGA Tour's senior executives, admitting that the US circuit is delighted to have its brand associated with an event on Scottish soil. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'We are absolutely thrilled and grateful for Genesis making this possible,' he said. We started this in 2022, with the Strategic Alliance, and this is exactly the kind of week we envisioned. The last two years have been amazing. Rory McIlroy winning a couple of years ago and of course that incredible putt by Robert MacIntyre last year. 'Talking with Rory (Colville) a little bit before, talking about the crowds this week, but hearing there's a little bit of traffic and a lot of sun and an amazing announcement of the Genesis partnership extension, this is exactly what we had in mind.' It remains to be seen when The Open will be back at Muirfield, having last been held at the Home of the Honourable Company of Golfers in 2013, when Phil Mickelson picked up the Claret Jug. If the Genesis Scottish Open stays at The Renaissance Club for, say, another five years, is there a possibility of two huge events being held back-to-back at the neighbouring venues if The R&A announces a date for Muirfield in that time? Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'People ask that question and I think it would be very difficult to have them consecutively but obviously we are aligned with the R&A, talking to them about schedules,' said Colville. 'We will absolutely cross that bridge if it happens.'
CTV News
17-06-2025
- Climate
- CTV News
Two tornadoes confirmed in Sask.
Regina Watch WATCH: Environment Canada confirmed tornadoes touched down near Colville and Hepburn over the weekend.
CTV News
16-06-2025
- Climate
- CTV News
Two tornados confirmed in Saskatchewan over the weekend
A funnel cloud spotted behind a rainbow near Colville, Sask. on June 13, 2025. (Source: Facebook/Justin Becker/Brandon Houck) Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has confirmed that two tornados touched down in Saskatchewan this past weekend. The first tornado was confirmed to have touched down on Friday evening at 6 p.m. near Coleville, north of Kindersley. According to ECCC, a severe thunderstorm moved through the area, eventually leading to the tornado. The second tornado was reported Saturday afternoon at 3:41 p.m. near Hepburn, north of Saskatoon. Again, ECCC says a severe thunderstorm moved through the area, eventually leading to the tornado. ECCC says both tornadoes have received preliminary severity reports of EF-0. Meteorologists are now asking for pictures of any damage the tornadoes may have caused. ECCC is asking people with information to email storm@ or call 1-800-239-0484. Regarding both tornados, ECCC says it collaborated with the Northern Tornadoes Project to facilitate a remote storm damage survey. 'The results of this survey including a rating of the tornado's strength are preliminary and subject to change if more information becomes available,' ECCC said of both tornados.
CTV News
15-06-2025
- Climate
- CTV News
Saskatchewan storm watchers report funnel clouds, heavy rain, and hail in latest round of thunderstorms
Those watching the skies across the province this weekend were treated to some truly compelling displays of severe weather. Thunderstorm alerts and were active across most of the province from June 13 to June 14. A tornado warnings was issued for the R.M. of Oakdale and Winslow on Friday. The weather service warned of hail and wind gusts of up to 90 km/h. Funnel clouds were spotted by residents near Colville, Hepburn and Dalmeny. As of Sunday afternoon, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the Northern Tornadoes Project has not confirmed any tornado touchdowns within Saskatchewan. Large amounts of hail formed small snow banks along homes in Cabri, Sask. – located northwest of Swift Current. Several inches of rain were also reported in the area. Additionally, golf ball sized hail was reported in Hepburn, Sask. Some pictures of the severe weather, and its aftermath, can be viewed below:
RNZ News
30-05-2025
- Business
- RNZ News
"We know who's who, and if it's addressed wrong, still gets to them"
Post Office volunteer Peter Sander, sorting mail at the small Colville post office. Photo: RNZ/Sally Round The mail always gets through in one of New Zealand's remotest regions, thanks to some dedicated volunteers who run the local post office. While rural mail services are shrinking, Colville, in the north-west of Coromandel Peninsula, has a thriving mail service based in the small community's original post office, with a band of volunteers taking turns behind the counter and sorting the mail. Even if it's just "Mike the Man" for an address, someone will know who it is, according to volunteer Peter Sander. "It's quite hard case at times. "We know who's who, and if it's addressed wrong, still gets to them." Follow Country Life on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , iHeart , or wherever you get your podcasts . Sander used to run a holiday camp in the district, not far from Colville, which consists of a volunteer-run general store and community hub serving a 1500-strong community all the way up to Port Jackson in the north. Volunteering has been an important part of his life, he told Country Life . "Sometimes we'll only get one or two customers in a day … buying stamps or whatever, but that's okay." New Zealand's postal system underwent sweeping changes in the late 1980s and many small post offices closed. But not Colville's, thanks to the locals. With a limited rural delivery service, they saw the need for a hub where people could pick up their parcels, mail could be sent, and visitors could buy stamps or a postcard. Sander, standing by the post boxes at the post office. Photo: RNZ/Sally Round "The local people thought, hang on, because they started it right back in 1896, started with telecommunications, and then later on they wanted three times a week mail delivery, because there was a lot of gold mining and farming done in the area." Sander said right from the early days, the community was involved in setting up the post office, even milling the timber from White Star Station, a local farm, pit sawing and carting the timber and raising money to pay for the building works too. "They've got a paddock there that's named the post office paddock." The Colville post office sells stamps and memorabilia, catering for locals and visitors alike. Photo: RNZ/Sally Round Visitors are interested in the history of the place, Sander said, and it's a centre for much more than just post. "They come in and read the information, sign the visitor's book, and they can't believe what we do here. We show them the old scales, and we used to have a thing here saying what to do if you get held up with a gun from the old days." Volunteers also run the incorporated society which is behind the service. It earns a small amount of income from 10 percent of stamp sales and donations. The post office volunteers sort the mail and serve customers. It's been volunteer run since 1986. Photo: RNZ/Sally Round "Everything's tracked and electronic, we do that, and we've got to scan it all and track it through. "We get about $1000 a year or something, which is enough to buy a can of paint. Occasionally, people will come and give a nice donation for us to hold their mail for them, because they've gone away for a month or so. So they might put 10 or 20 bucks in the donation box for us to do that. "That's how community works." Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
