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THE MAGIC FLUTE
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VIOLET JACOB Diaries and Letters from India 1895—1900 Edited by Carol Anderson £16.95 hbk
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THE CORN KING AND THE SPRING QUEEN
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DANCE OF THE APPRENTICES
(Introduction by James (Iainpbell) By Edward Gaitens
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LINMIIJL STORIES (Introduction by Armand)
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THE LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS
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I Hamilton Park (Evening) Hamilton Park Racecourse. Bothwell Road. Hamilton. (‘lub£l(). Paddock £5 (£3) concessionsin both the club and paddock are available for couples. The evening flat meeting begins at 6. 30pm.
Friday 20, Saturday 21 & Monday 23
I Ayr Races Ayr Racecourse. Whitletts Road. Ayr. (’lub £10. Paddock £5. Carrick Stand concessions {1.2.15pm. Glasgow l’air Meeting. The Friday meeting begins at 3-5pm. the othersat 2.15pm.
TENNIS Until Saturday 14
l ltalia Cup Tournament Newlands'l‘ennis (‘lub and Whitecraigs Tennis ('Iub. Glasgow. The first International Tennis Federation tournament ever to be held in
Scotland will feature 18 teams ofvetcran male players. The final line-ups have yet to be confirmed. though there “it! be some excellent tennis on offer.
Sunday 15-Saturday 21
I Edinburgh Senior Championships (‘raiglockhart l‘ennis('ourt.s. ('raiglockhart Road. lidinburgh.
Until 15Aug
l Women's Tennis Coaching St Margaret‘s Park and the .‘vleadovss. lidinburgh. A seven-week course to improve your game. Afternoon and evening sessions. cost £10.51).('ontacttl3l5571265 ext 22! 223.
WEIGHTLIFTING Saturday 21
l British Senior Championships Meadovvbank Sports ('cntre. London Road. lidinburgh. Noon ~5pm. Alan Ogilvy. is the biggest name in the lightest categories (56kg) though around 4(iother grunting. sweating. jerkers and snatehcrs will be competing in the ltidiffercnt categories.
Strangely, since it became the Scottish (as opposed to the Glasgow) Open, it has never been won by 3 Scot. This year, given the strength at the field, there is perhaps even less chance 01 a home win. Not that the nationality ol the winner matters, other than as a crowd pleaser. For, thanks to the increasing prestige of the event such parochial concerns are relegated to the back burner.
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record £66,000 top prize, are live byes for those not otherwise exempt from the qualifying rounds of the 119th British Open at StAndrews.
On the subject at Faldo and the Open
. (19—22 July), the Englishman may be 3 the best bet among the European
! challengers hoping to seize back the 1 title from American Mark
Calcavecchia. This will be the
. twenty-lourth time the Open has been
Thisyear’stournamentalGleneagles
11-14 July will be contested by Nick
Faldo — perhaps the top player in the
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world at the moment, Ian Woosnam (winner in 1987), Bernhard Langer and, with the exception ol Seve Ballesteros, the top four dozen names in last season’s Volvo European Tour order of merit. Also among the invites are the top nine gollers lrom last season’s Tartan Tour Orderol Merit. 0n
otterto this illustrious list. besides the
played on the Old Course since it was first staged there in 1873. In 1984, Seve was triumphant, just ahead of Tom Watson and Bernhard Langer, and a similar resultthis time would
I certainly please the Spaniards many
tans in this country. (Our Man in the bunker).
The Bell's Scottish Open. Gleneagles. Perthshire 11-14 July. The British Open. The Old Course. StAndrews.
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File. 19-22 July.