SCRATCH LEAGUE SUCCESS

Strathmore Ladies Scratch League Team of Alex Bushby, Dawn Butchart, Sandy Bushby, Sheena Scott and Judy Goodfellow played in the 6th match of the Scratch League last night against Alyth and won 3.5 to 1.5. Alex Dawn and Judy won their matches and Sandy halved hers. Special mention for Judy who postponed her holiday to take part!

This is a fantastic result against Alyth who have an all single figure handicap team. Strathmore have now completed 6 matches, we have won 5 and lost 1 and with only 1 more match remaining Strathmore are once again at the top of the league.

Our last match is against Blairgowrie away on August 6th.

Good Luck!

SCOTT TROPHY RESULTS
ROUND 5
CSS 72
Scratch
A. Bushby 74
S. Bushby 79
Handicap
M. Aird 70 (12)
S. Bushby 71 (8)
A. Bushby 72 (20)

Well done Megan another handicap cut

CONGRATULATIONS SANDY

Congratulations go to Sandy Bushby who holed her 9 iron shot at the 6th hole on Thursday 26th Jluy. Sandy's playing partner was her brother Ian Ellvers. This is Sandy's first hole in one at the 6th but she has a grand total of 4 holes in one! One at the 4th and two at Letham Grange.

Well done Sandy!

STABLEFORD SWEEP
Wednesday 1st August
The draw is as follows
AM
09.00 R. McGeoghegan M. Menzies
09.07 J. McCouig R. Fraser
09.15 M. Ogilvie M. Nicol E. Ralston
09.22 L. Ross C. Tinker S. Fenner
09.30 M. Woodcraft J. Douglas S. Bailey
09.37 M. Galbally M. Robertson J. Merry
09.45 H. Ross G. Gray M. Strachan
09.52 R. Wight C. McLean W. Nicoll

Lunchtime
12.00 K. Finlay A. MacLachlan P. Maxwell

Evening
5.15 L. Haynes F. Christie
5.22 D. Butchart J. Groom

SLGA BROOCH/MEDAL RESULTS
CSS75
Scratch
A. Bushby 77
S. Scott 87
A. Bushby 87

Handicap
L. Haynes 68 (24)
J. Moran 75 (26)
S. Bailey 76 (35)
C. Sturgis 76 (24)

Well done Lesley another handicap cut

French Bowl Results
1st S Scott 72 (11)
2nd A. Bushby 73 (2)
3rd W. Nicoll 74 (28)
" R. McIntosh 74 (29)
The weather conditions on Wednesday were not good so well done Sheena

CONGRATULATIONS MEGAN AND EMILY

This week Megan & Emily Aird are taking part in the Scottish Under 18 Girls Championship at Peterhead and both have qualified for the match play stages of the competition. Megan who scored 91 in the morning and a sparkling 81 in the afternoon qualified in the scratch division and Emily who scored 125 in the morning and 112 in the afternoon qualified for the handicap section.

32 players make it through to the scratch division and Megan, who thanks to that fantastic 8 over par 81, qualified 29th and plays Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) who scored 74 & 74. At prizegving last night Megan won Under 14's best Nett for her second round score.

16 players qualify for the Handicap section, Emily 13th qualifier plays F Fullerton (Huntly) 92 & 93 who qualified 4th.

Good luck to both girls and I will be looking forward to giving Megan a well deserved cut to her handicap when she gets home!!

PRESIDENTS DAY

What a super day we all had on Saturday when President Peter Tinker hosted his first Presidents Day. Almost 90 members took part on a glorious summers day. Iain and Marion, our mixed conveners, organised a 'shot gun' start which made it all the more enjoyable as we all finished around the same time which meant no waiting by anyone.

Peter, as ever, was a fantastic host making us all feel most welcome and assuring we fed superbly.

The scoring was very good, but one lady who is very much on her game is Alexandra Bushby who won the 'Presidents Cup' for the first time with a fantastic nett 68. Her scratch score of 71 was very impressive. Second place went to junior member Charlotte Bushby with nett 69. Well done.

The full results were as follows:

Ladies Nearest the Pin in two - Chris Tinker

Ladies Nearest the Pin - Sandy Bushby

Ladies Longest Drive - Alex Bushby

Ladies Longest Drive of a certain age - Chris Tinker

Gents Nearest the Pin in Two - John Menzies

Gents Nearest the Pin - Russell Peacock

Gents Longest Drive- Rory Hudson

Gents Longest Drive of a certain age - George Dolby

Peter also presented mixed conveners Marion and Iain with a bottle of wine in appreciation of their help in the organisation of the day.

Everyone present enjoyed the day and many thanks go to Peter for his hard work and generosity.

More photos of the day are below.

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WEATHER LINK

As we seem to be going through a 'will i wear shorts or a polo neck' spell I thought we could maybe do with a 'link' to a weather forecast website!!

I have therefore placed a new link on the right of the page, which will take you straight to a weather forecast website for Alyth. Just click on the sign and hopefully this might help us decide how many layers of clothing we may or may not need!

Hope you like it.

PRESIDENTS DAY

Saturday will see Peter Tinker host his very first Presidents Day. The entry is one of the largest we have seen for a mixed event therefore a shotgun start has been arranged for the day. The Tee off time for us all is 9.30am. Marion and Iain will do a draw to see who starts where! I will try to post that as soon as it is done.

Make sure you give yourself plenty of time just in case you are on one of the farthest away starts!!

TROLLEY DOLLIES DO GOOD!!

Great news!! Just had a letter from Aberdour Golf Club giving me all the scores from the open (which you had already given me) but the most exciting thing was that there was three envelopes enclosed. We have three prize winning ladies!! They are as follows:

Sally Fenner - 2nd Scratch Bronze
Mary Menzies - 3rd Scratch Bronze
Joan Merry - 4th H/Cap Silver

I have the prize vouchers and hope to see all the clever ladies at the weekend.

Well done!

WELL DONE SALLY

Sally Fenner had a hole in one on the 7th par 3 using an 8 iron while playing in the Alyth Greensomes on Monday 9th July (playing partner Rhoda Fraser).

Congratulations also go to Dawn Butchart and Jane Taylor who won 3rd Scratch with 77.

FINALS DAY AT STRATHMORE

A fantastic turn out for Saturday's finals day. With more than 50 people attending and enjoying a fantastic display of golf and an excellent buffet.

Alexandra Bushby was the winner of the Ladies Club Championship. Alexandra met Dawn Butchart in the final for the 7th consecutive year. The golf was of a high standard played in a manner in which they should both be proud. Alexandra has reached a very high standard of golf and has had a fantastic season to date, she has not only won this championship but also Blairgowrie and P&K County Championships. Thanks also go to caddies Sandy Bushby and Annette Grewar.

Chris Sturgis was the winner of the Handicap Rosebowl championship. Chris played Sally Fenner in the final and it was a very close match. The ladies were caddied enthusiatically by Rhona McGeoghegan and Jenny Groom. (see photos!!)

The Gents Club Championship was won by Iain Butchart. Iain played junior member Alan Easton, both players making their debut in the championship final. The standard of golf again was very high and was enjoyed by al who watched. The caddies were Alana Butchart and Stuart Ferguson.

During the first round of the championships, 35 members took part in a Texas Scramble over 12 holes which was organised by Marion Robertson. This was great fun and a super way for members to get together before supporting the finalists in their 2nd round of the day. The Texas scramble was won by Brian McGowan, Morag Woodcraft, Heather Dawson and Russell Peacock.

Following prizegiving, our chef Lindsay produced the most wonderful buffet which was enjoyed by over 40 members.

On behalf of all the finalists a huge thank you to all the members who took the time to come along and support us and also the Ladies and Gents Committee for organising the day so beautifully. Also thanks to the green keepers who manged to keep the course open for us and ofcourse centre manager David Norman, chef Lindsay and all the centre staff for looking after all so well.

Below is a link for some more photos of the day. If you have any photographs which you have taken please EMail them to me and I will add them to the slide show.

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Strathmore Ladies
Club Matches
win against Downfield
draw against Alyth
Match against Blairgowrie postponed

TEXAS SCRAMBLE

Saturday 7th July

12 Holes

The draw is as follows

9.30 K. McLeod-G. Dolby-A. Bell

9.45 S. Robertson- B. Groom- R. Fraser

9.52 D. Gordon- C. Davidson- S. Peacock- M. Nicol

10.15 P. Tinker- R. Tinker- S. Scott- G. Allardice

10.22 D. Gillespie- F. Moran(Jun)- J. Moran- S. Bailey

10.30 J. Scott- R. Hale-Brooks- C. Tinker- B. Buckett

10.37 F. Moran- J. Wood- M. Knight- J. Taylor

10.45 B. McGowan- R. Peacock- M. Woodcraft- H. Dawson

10.52 P. Barnet- M. Truswell- E. Ralston- M. Robertson

SCRATCH LEAGUE RESULTS TO DATE

To follow is the results of the Scratch League to date which were kindly provided by Anita Henderson who is the convenor this year. As you can see we are very well placed at present with all to play for!

ALYTH
Played 4, Won 3, Drawn 0, Lost 1, For 14.5, Against 5.5
Points 6
AUCHTERARDER
Played 5, Won 3, Drawn 1, Lost 1, For 14.5, Against 10.5,
Points 7
BLAIRGOWRIE
Played 3, Won 0, Drawn 1, Lost 2, For 6.5, Against 8.5
Points 1
CRAIGIEHILL
Played 4, Won 2, Drawn 0, Lost 2, For 9.5, Against 10.5,
Points 4
CRIEFF
Played 4, Won 0, Drawn 1, Lost 3, For 3, Against 17,
Points 1
DUNKELD & BIRNAM
Played 5, Won 1, Drawn 1, Lost 3, For 8.5, Against 16.5,
Points 3
PITLOCHRY
Played 4, Won 2, Drawn 0, Lost 2, For 12, Against 8.5,
Points 4
STRATHMORE
Played 5, Won 4, Drawn 0, Lost 1, For 16.5, Against 8.5,
Points 8

SCRATCH LEAGUE TEAM FACE FIRST DEFEAT

Our Scratch League team of Dawn Butchart, Sandy Bushby, Sheena Scott, Jane Taylor and Judy Goodfellow encountered their first defeat against Auchterarder away. Jane Taylor was the only member of the team to win her match, Sandy halved her match and the others although very close, were all lost. However to date Strathmore Team are leading the Scratch League which is no mean feat for our first season and with only 2 matches left we have certainly done Strathmore Ladies proud.

With Alexandra playing in the North of Scotland, Judy Goodfellow was a very welcomed new addition to the team and hopefully she enjoyed her debut.

Congratulations go to Alexandra for qualifying into the Matchplay stages of the North of Scotland which is being held in Lossiemouth over the 'Old Moray' Course. Alex qualified in 10th position with a 81 (par 76). She plays this morning against Downfield and Alyth member Heather Anderson who qualified in 7th position. Good Luck Alex!!