Who we are now/
Whaa we ir noo
Da Leask faimily ir Shetlanders, so hiv written da ‘Whaa we is noo’ in wir midder tongue. (Shetland Dilect/Shaetlan)
Fur 34 years noo, da Leask faimily o Asta haes run Asta Golf Coorse an day still run hit daday.
Founder Jim Leask’s son Michael is da grunds warker and Jim’s younghist Granddochter Terresa aleng we hir faimily wirks alengside Michael tae mak shor da coorse continues tae be a plaesant, relaxin coorse fir folk o aa ages and abilities tae lek.
Grunndswark
Michael his been upo da coorse fae da start, right when da coorse wis biggit. Tae tell da trooth, he wis dare afore it wis biggit!
Born an brocht up a Asta, He helpet his faider tae mak and growe da coorse intae whit is is daday. Fae an early age, he wid play golf we his faimily on da grund dat is noo da golf coorse an in da 90s, he wid aften be seen taking his ain bairns ontae da coorse as his faider did we him.
Whin Michael can be seen döin da grundswark fur da coorse, his doughter Terresa (da third generation o Asta Golf Coorse) aleng we hir failmily, warks we da day tae day running o da place.
Hits no joost Terresa an her faimily whaa can be seen apun da place - Jim’s doughters runs da Music an quiz nichts held in da clubhoose an in da Simmer monts do might be served a beer or twa fae wir bar maid Marie.
Asta Golf Coorse his niver received ony external funding an hits future is entirely depending on da folk dat makes it whit hit is daday - da veesitors, da members, da warkers an da faimily aroond hit.
We wid lik tae tak dis moment tae express wir tanks til you aa. Wir coorse is whit it is, becise o you aa.
Cheers tae de.
How it all started..
It all begins with an idea and a dream.
Michael Leask stands here with the first ball hit at Asta Golf Course and is proud carry the dream on for the future generations. Check out our history and read how Jim Leask spent his childhood and working life on Asta and decided to design and build the Golf course as a retirement project.
Turning a dream into a reality, Jim opened Asta Golf Course on 18th July 1992.
