Graham Robertson

W. Graham Robertson

"minutiae" by Nathan Abels (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

John Singer Sargent, W. Graham Robertson , 1894, Oil on canvas, 90-3/4 x 46-3/4 in. source .

Bowls: Marshall and Kelly give EL timely boost

Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009

... caused damage on two EL rinks with Ian McLean crushing Paul Foster 23-10 and Jim McCann defeating Graham Robertson 24-19.The top of the table is now cramped with Coatbridge, East Lothian and Blantyre all locked on the eight-point mark with four wins each from six games.Meanwhile, Midlothian IBC's terrific away win over Auchinleck in Section A has answered the threat from the teams...

WEST OF SCOTLAND LEAGUES - Mixed fortunes for Ayrshire teams against Stirlingshire

AYRSHIRE GOLF (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009

The Ayrshire A team had a fine 7 - 3 win over Stirlingshire at Prestwick St. Nicholas in the penultimate week of the 2009 West Of Scotland Inter County League championships. Despite losing the opening two ties, Ayrshire bounced back, taking the next six ties before sharing the final two ties on the course. Match details were :- George Robertson (Irvine Ravenspark) lost to Colin Mundie (Falkirk)...

Bowls: Portobello in shock win over leaders

Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

... a result of their latest win.Wins for the rinks skipped by Willie Wood (+20), Alex Marshall (+19), Graham Robertson (+9) and Paul Foster (+6) made it an impressive clean-sweep and massive 54-shot victory over Coatbridge at the Meadowmill stadium."That was our best performance to date so, hopefully, our confidence is back and we can now kick on and peg back Blantyre," said team captain...

Bowls: Bell is expecting Bainfield to face a ding-dong battle

Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

... the Garden County and there is also a recall for Colin Cook and Dougie Berwick Alex Marshall MBE, Graham Robertson, Paul Foster, and Willie Wood MBE are the skips. The match of the day in the A section is the clash of joint table-toppers West Lothian and Prestwick with the team from Livingston travelling to the formidable Ayrshire venue.Circumstances deny WL the services of Stuart...

Bowls: Portobello's promotion bid gathers momentum

Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

... Marshall battle hard to earn a peel but suffer five and 10 shot defeats on the rinks skipped by Graham Robertson and Willie Wood respectively.Midlothian have been challenged by a tough opening programme and their latest 76-60 away defeat at Prestwick has left the Dalkeith outfit four points off the pace in the A section of a Premier League led jointly by West Lothian and Prestwick.Graeme...

Golf: Mid and East bounce back with wins to level League

Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009

Both games went to the wire, Sean McGarvey clinching the win for Mid at Prestonfield and Stephen Neilson doing likewise for East at Haddington.McGarvey of Glencorse recovered from being two down after 11 to beat Kevin Messer after winning the last with a par-4, adding to earlier victories for the home side from Graeme Fraser, Stuart Thorburn, Graham Turner and Malcolm Campbell.West's wins came...

Armed robber foiled by victim's quick thinking

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009

... two years in the Army he had been convinced Alexander's handgun was a real weapon.Defence advocate Graham Robertson said Alexander had been released from prison in 2005 after serving six years of the sentence for attempted murder. He successfully held down a job as a hairdresser until he met a new girlfriend who was a heroin user and he started to slip back into the world of illegal...

Armed robber foiled by victim's quick thinking

Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009

... two years in the Army he had been convinced Alexander's handgun was a real weapon.Defence advocate Graham Robertson said Alexander had been released from prison in 2005 after serving six years of the sentence for attempted murder. He successfully held down a job as a hairdresser until he met a new girlfriend who was a heroin user and he started to slip back into the world of illegal...

• Armed robber foiled by victim's quick thinking - News Scotsman