page_title: Rothesay
section_title: Sport
hierarchical_section_title: Rothesay / Culture / Sport
caption_attribution_description: English: The Stadium, High Street, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland.
context_page_description: Rothesay is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It can be reached by ferry from Wemyss Bay which offers an onward rail link to Glasgow. At the centre of the town is Rothesay Castle, a ruined castle which dates back to the 13th century, and which is unique in Scotland for its circular plan. Rothesay lies along the coast of the Firth of Clyde.
context_section_description: The most successful sporting club on the island is Bute Shinty Club which has played at the highest level of the sport (the Marine Harvest Premier League). In 2006 Bute won promotion to the Premier League by winning the South Division One. Bute are also multiple winners of the Balliemore Cup.
  The town has an amateur football club called Rothesay Brandane A.F.C. (nicknamed "The Danes") which was founded in 1946. They played in the Scottish Amateur Football League starting in 1947; they reached the semi-final of the Scottish Amateur Cup in 1948–49 and won the league in both 1963-64 and 2000-01 seasons. In 2004 they transferred to the Caledonian Amateur Football League Division 2 and currently play in Division 1 after winning promotion after the 2007–08 season. They also had an under-15 youth team called Rothesay Brandane Rovers. Bute Rangers  F.C. were a separate football club from the town which competed in the Scottish Cup in the 19th century.
  Bute County Cricket Club plays in the Western District Cricket Union Championship.
  The island has three golf courses, one of which is situated on the outskirts of the town, the 18-hole Rothesay Golf Club, another, the 9 hole Bute Golf Course, near the sands of Stravannan Bay on the west coast of the island, and the other, the rather unusual, 13 hole Port Bannatyne Golf Club, situated on the hills behind the village. There are also two putting greens on the town's seafront.
  The town hosts the High School of Glasgow rugby camp every summer.
  For bowling enthusiasts Bute boasts four greens, Ardbeg, Craigmore, Kingarth and Rothesay, and of those the oldest is Rothesay, Rothesay Bowling Club having been formed in the 1860s.
  Apart from all the local club competitions, the Bute Bowling Association runs an open tournament each August open to both ladies and gentlemen, now in its 57th year (2014).
caption: The Stadium, High Street, home of Rothesay Brandane AFC and location for the local Highland Games
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