SCOTLAND V NORWAY

To follow is the Draw which was made by Jane and Lewis for Sunday 6th April when Strathmore represents Scotland in the Scotland versus Norway match.

1st Tee
11.00: Jane Taylor & Lewis Duncan v Roald Fiksen & Ingeborg Leira
11.07: Iain Butchart & Mary Menzies v Harald Lekven & Randi Lekven
11.15: Chris Sturgis & David Norman v Anne G Olsen & Svein Rasmussen
11.22: Annette Grewar & Graham Haynes v Alf Henning Lerum & Rolf Rasmussen
11.30: Heather Dawson & Jim Davidson v Georg Gåssand & Lars Reisæter
11.37: Jackie Moran & Grant Martin v Nils K Lygre & Trygve Dale
11.45: Rhoda Fraser & Eric Gray v Anne M Holsen & Lars I Lepsøy
11.52: John Menzies & Stephen Schofield v Arild Bøthun & Øyvind Heggland
12.00: Sam Balderson & Frank Moran v Mette Helgesen & Geir Dalen
12.07: Graham Hood & Janet Griffiths v Jan M Birkeland & Stuart Ferguson

10th Tee
11.00: Jenny Groom & Peter Tinker v Erik J Olsen & Kari H. Myhre Gåssand
11.07: Rhona McGeogheagan & Olav Skretteberg v Olav Søreide & Siri Kolderup
11.15: Dawn Butchart & Alan Donachie v Olav Aarseth & Jan Sørestrønen
11.22: Sheena Scott & Graham Hunter v Bernt E Helen & Rolf E Olsen
11.30: Lesley Haynes & David Douglas v Sigvor Reisæter & Gunnar Våge
11.37: Chris Tinker & David Dawson v Tord Færøy & Alf Ǻrnes
11.45: Margaret Hunter & Mike Grieve v Vidar Øvreeide & Jørgen Kvamme
11.52: Jack Scott & Mary McDiarmid v Bjørn Juvet & Steinar Stølsnes
12.00: Fergus Martin & Kay Finlay v Bernt Skaalvik & Hans T Røttingen

CAPTAINS DRIVE IN A HUGE SUCCESS

Saturday was our 'Captain's Drive In' which is the official opening of the course for the season. 96 members took part on what was a very enjoyable day.

Our Captain Jane Taylor was more than a little nervous but stepped up to the challenge of teeing off in front of a band of spectators and hit her shot straight up the fairway. Well done Jane!!

Gent's Captain Lewis Duncan also managed to hide his nerves and hit his drive beautifully up the fairway.

After all the 'flags' were placed a total of £151.00 was raised for Captains Charity. The charity's are for Jane, Caring for Kids and Lewis, C.H.A.S. The winners of the Flags were for the Gents Drive, Lady Captain Jane's son Ryan and the winner of the Lady's Flag was Lee Bushby who kindly re donated his prize to the Captain's Charity.

After the Captains Drives, we made our way to our relevant Tee then Bernie blasted the Air Horn for our Shotgun start. Then the accumulative stableford points for the Captains Team and the Vice Captains Team were checked then placed on the board. It was an extremely close call right up to the last card the Vice Captains were winning by only 2 points. But when the last card came in the gap was widened by 6 points and the Vice Captains team were the winners of Pat's Putter.

Vice Captain Rhona McGeoghegan and Alan Christie very happy to be the owners of the Putter however although Rhona thanked her 'Team' she did suggest they all play for the Captains Team next year!!

A huge thank you go to Marion and Iain for once again organising a wonderful day. Thanks also to the centre for the food and hospitality and also for closing the course which enabled a Shotgun Start.

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2000 TROPHY
WEDNESDAY 2nd APRIL
PLEASE NOTE EARLIER SUMMER COMPETITION START TIMES
AM
08.52 M. McDiarmid C. Tinker E. Ralston
09.00 A. Grewar H. Dawson R. McGeoghegan
09.07 J. McCouig S. Bushby R. Fraser
09.15 M. Knight C. McNab M. Woodcraft
09.22 S. Fenner E. Carruthers J. Taylor
09.30 J. Moran R. Ingram G. Gray
09.37 R. McIntosh G. Allardice E. Thompson
09.45 M. Galbally M. Menzies E. Fenwick
09.52 J. Groom J. Merry K. Finlay
10.00 P. Maxwell M. Hunter S. Peacock

COUNTY MEETING

The very first county meeting takes place on Monday 7th April at Callander Golf Club and I am very pleased to see so many Strathmore Ladies taking part. The draw is as follows. (I have highlighted all our players.)

09.45: M Hope, J Griffiths, L Kyle
09.52: M McPherson, K Jarvie, J Muir
10.00: A Spence, A Burnett, D Doris
10.07: K McKellar, M Hunter, E Milligan
10.15: H Dawson, H Gibson, S Durward
10.22: S Bushby, L Fertacz, J Heaney
10.30: D Butchart, M Middleton, Maya Robertson
10.37: F Johnston, H Straw, D Whytock
10.45: L Crighton, J Proudfoot, M Chapman
10.52: J Gemmell, P Hebnet, E Harrild
11.00: A McGregor, S Fenner, C Peebles
11.07: J Miller, S McNaughton, C McNab
11.15: M Ewing, G Paterson, J Clowe
11.22: M Macrae, M Macleod, M Robertson-Lang
11.30: P Kelly, L Campbell, A Beeson
11.37: H Lang, R McGeoghegan, E Callander
11.45: S Jones, A Crossland, E Watson
11.52: M Forbes, C Webb, K McKay
12.00: P Colquhoun, M Storrey, C Lambie

Here's hoping the sun shines!!

MIXED COMPETITIONS

The Congu rules and recommendations regarding Mixed Competitions seems to have caused quite a lot of discussions of late! It is a mine field I know but if you read the Congu reasoning it does, infact, make logical sense.

I have added it to the downloads which are now available at the side of this page . Download it, have a good read and if you are still a bit lost give me a call.

LADIES GREENSOMES WINNERS
IN JOINT 1ST PLACE WITH NETT 66.6
MARY McDIARMID & LINDA ROSS
WILMA NICOLL & RITA INGRAM
3RD PLACE
RHONA McGEOGHEGAN & JENNY GROOM NETT 69

TOM FINDLAY TEXAS SCRAMBLE.

Yesterday, in very cold conditions, the Ladies and Senior Gents joined forces to take part in the Tom Findlay Texas Scramble. Although Tom was unable to attend himself, his daughter Kay kindly presented the prizes to the winning team of Norman Fenwick, Rob Kidd and Sally Fenner with magnificent score of 55.

Well done all who took part.

CAPTAINS’ DRIVE IN

The anuual offical opening of the Rannaleroch Course takes place on Saturday, 29th March at 10.30am . However you must be there before that time to come along get your flag in place for the Captains Drive!!! The competition is a 'Shotgun Start' Betterball Stableford.
Please note the at the red team are the Captains and the blue team is the Vice Captain so remember and wear your team colours!!

Tee
1. L Duncan & J Taylor - A Christie & R McGeoghegan
1. S McGibbon & J Griffiths - A Ramsay & E Ralston
2. R Tinker & E Aird - A Blair & M Young
3. S Balderson & C McNab - L Bushby & M Aird
4 J Scott & K Finlay - T Ogg & S Peacock
5 Matthew Bell & M Truswell - J Davidson & A Jones
5 R Millar & G Ironside - M Scott & G Allan
6 D Norman & Parker - G Dolby & G Haynes
7 Mike Bell & S Schofield - D Robinson & D Gordon
8 F Martin & P Barnett - M Hill & I Taylor
9 C Davidson & M Grieve - R Peacock & A Valentine
9 C McKenna & M Menzies - J Menzies & E Gray
10 F Moran(J) & H Dawson - D Gillespie & J Groom
11 P Arkell & J Merry - R Milligan & M Hunter
12 E Ritchie & B Buckett - D Findlay & R Fraser
12 PSimpson & M McDiarmid - B Jackson & S Fenner
13 I Gall & S Scott - A Aird & D Butchart
14 M Tinker & S Bushby - F Moran(S) & C Sturgis
14 D Dawson & C Tinker - G Martin & D Tinker
15 P Tinker & J Douglas - B McGowan & G Gray
16 I Butchart & A Grewar - M Melville & J Moran
17 G Millar & L Haynes - DJ Alexander & DM Alexander
18 J Wood & G Hunter - K Macleod & R Michie
18 A Low & F Barber - B Morrison & I Clark

Remember to wear your team’s colours.

Format – Better ball Stableford
Gents – Play off the white tees – ¾ handicap
Ladies – Play off the red tees - the ladies’ handicaps should have the SSS adjustment (1stroke) added before the recommended fraction (¾) applied .

The new rules and recommendations will apply for all mixed competitions. They are as follows:
"If these are Stableford or Bogey Competitions players should score against a common Par and Stroke Index (either the Men's or Ladies', although the Ladies' is recommended)."

Therefore the ladies par and index will be in play for ALL PLAYERS on Saturday.

STRATHMORE'S SNOWMAN!

It is almost the beginning of the season and Strathmore Golf Club had an unexpected visit from a 'Snowman' today!!! Lets hope its the last we see of him for a while!! Frankie Moran made a great job of him!

Unfortunately the visit put paid to the final round of the Leitfie Links Championship as the course was closed due to the weather. The competition will now be over one round only.

WEDNESDAY TEXAS SCRAMBLE RESULTS
This competition was well supported and in spite of the cold and windy conditions all the teams returned good results
1st team Gillian Allardice Ercell Carruthers Jenny Groom with a nett 67.5
2nd team Joan Mcgouig Marilyn Galbally Rhona McGeoghegan nett 69

CONGRATULATION CHRIS

Chris Sturgis is very proud to announce her entry into 'Grannyhood'!

Chris's daughter has given birth to a beautiful baby girl. Chris emailed this message to me:

"At last my first grandchild
Ione Esma was born on March 18th, weighing in at 8lbs 2oz, what a whopper, I have attached a picture of mum and baby.
Can't wait to get out to Rio and see them all"

Many congratulations from us all and enjoy every minute!

TOM FINLAY TEXAS SCRAMBLE
Ladies and senior men
Tuesday, 25th March

TEE1
10.00 L Ross J Taylor J Rough E Wastell
10.07 H Ross A Grewar J Davidson D Dawson
10.15 M Knight H Dawson D Robinson H Driscoll
10.22 M Woodcraft J Douglas S Robertson J Brand
10.30 J McCouig E Fenwick A Morrison I Mollison
10.37 E Ralston M Robertson G Dolby JGillison
10.45 M McDiarmid S Peacock R Peacock S McGibbon

TEE10
10.00 C McNab K Macleod I McCouig
10.07 J Groom G Allan D Kerr
10.15 R Fraser G Bullock R Haynes
10.22 W Nicoll S Fenner N Fenwick R Kidd
10.30 K Finlay C Tinker G Ewen J Ross
10.37 R McGeoghegan GAllardice J Ross A Mitchell


Teams of four – Each player must have three drives
Handicap – 1/10 combined

Teams of three –Each player must have four drives
Handicap – 1/6 combined

Sandwiches will be served as we come in - £2.50

NEW MEMBERS NIGHT MEETS READY STEADY COOK!

What a fabulous night we were treated to last night at our New Members and Get Together evening. Once Lady Captain Jane made an introductory talk followed by brief talks by Competitions Secretary Jenny Groom and Handicap Secretary Dawn Butchart we immediately got into the fun part of the evening and it certainly was great fun. Below is a video of the introduction made by our very own 'Ainsley'!!!

All ladies were handed a raffle ticket when they arrived and to pick our teams three tickets were pulled at random for each team. The 'lucky' volunteers were, for the Green Pepper Team Linda Ross, Annette Grewar and Morag Woodcraft. The Red Pepper Team was Rita Ingram, Edith Ralston and Marion Robertson. The Green Broccoli Team was Heather McLaren, Margaret Young and Margaret Knight and the Brown Mushroom Team was Rhona McGeoghegan, Cath McNab and Sandy Bushby.

Each Team were given a host of ingredients to choose from and then 10 minutes to make a platter of canapes. Each team were judge by the floor on presentation and use of ingredients. We all watched eagerly as the teams ran around trying to make the platter in the time provided and 'Ainsley' just running around!!


Then again our 'Ainsley' did the Ready Steady Cook count down - see below!

We were all asked to vote and as you can see from the photo below it was a tough call!!

However the eventual winners were the Green Broccoli Team of Heather McLaren, Margaret Knight and Margaret Young. Very Well done!!

Following the wonderful entertainment, the Centre very kindly provided us with a hot and cold buffet.

The whole night was just a joy! Our thanks go to Lady Captain Jane for looking after us so well, also a huge thank you to Chris Strugis who thought up this whole evening and took time to go and purchase all the ingredients, brought along all the equipment such as aprons (check out Rhona's!!) chopping boards etc. So well done Chris. But the star of the evening apart from the 'volunteers' was of course Centre Manager David Norman who really threw himself into the part of 'Ainsley' and was so entertaining!
Thank you to all!! Strathmore Ladies really is a fun place to be!!

Below is a link to loads of photos of the night so sit back and enjoy! Beacause there are so many photo's I have made two slide shows as the program only seems to take up to a certain size. (sorry!) Just click on number 1 then number 2!

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS NUMBER 1

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS NUMBER 2

PHOTO LINKS UP AND RUNNING AGAIN

Following yesterday's problems regarding the host web for our photos, I am pleased to say it is now up and running again so scroll down to St Patrick's Night for the photos!

WEDNESDAY 26TH MARCH
GREENSOMES
PLEASE SIGN UP WITH A PARTNER

LEITFIE LINKS ROUND ONE

Yesterday was the first round in the Leitfie Links Championships. The scoring was really great. Here are the scores so far,

Scratch:
Dawn Butchart 66 bih
Alexandra Bushby 66

Handicap:
Mary McDiarmid (30) 53
Rhona McGeoghegan (28) 57
Marion Robertson (20) 58
Lesley Haynes (21) 59
Margaret Young (21) 60

Well done everyone and all to play for!! The second round takes place next Saturday at the same time and in the same groups.

ST. PARTICK'S DAY RACE NIGHT

Around 50 members and members guests came along to enjoy another of David's fun nights at Strathmore.

We started the night with the most wonderful 'Irish Themed' menu which was extremely hearty!

Then we all took part in a 'Irish' quiz which was one by the table of Charlie and Kay Davidson, Janet & Trevor Griffiths and Dawn and Iain Butchart and with only scoring 10 out of 20 just showed how hard it was!!!

Then the main event of the night....The Race Night. It was great fun with lots of banter, fun and loads of laughs. As you can see from the photo's above David supplied lots St Patrick day Hats and glasses which were great fun. All the staff wore special green Tee Shirts it really was a superb night.

There were 7 races in total so well done to all the winners, hard lines to all the losers and lets start looking forward to the next event on the Social Calendar! Many thanks again to David and his team for a great evenings entertainment.

More photos are below:

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MAIL ON SUNDAY

Strathmore Ladies took part in the Mail on Sunday competition at Dunkeld on Saturday. The team consisted of Sandy Bushy, Alexandra Bushby, Dawn Butchart, Janet Griffiths and Sheena Scott.

The competition is played in 5 single knockout ties. There is a point for a win and half a point for a half. Sheena Scott was in the first tie and was narrowly beaten on the 18th. Next up was Janet Griffiths who won her tie 3&2, following Janet was Sandy Bushby who was victorious on the 18th green. She was followed by Dawn Butchart who was beaten on the 17th and last was Alex Bushby who halved her tie. This left the overall match 2.5 to 2.5. Therefore under the rules of the competition the last tie must go back to the first tee and play sudden death until there is an eventual winner.

As you can see Alex and her opponent Anne went back off down the 19th which they halved. Then onto the 20th where Alex was giving a shot and unfortunately both players had a 5 which meant of course that Dunkeld make it to the next round.

It is not easy playing away from home especially on a course such as Dunkeld however I do think the team did us all proud by playing so well and making a such a close game of it!

Well done all.

RACE NIGHT AT STRATHMORE

Once again David is hosting another of his great fun nights. This time it will be a 'Race Night' which is suberb fun and great excitement! Even when you end up with a horse that looks like the one on the right!

Before the main event there is a fabulous St Patrick Day themed menu which looks great.

So if you haven't already signed up for this fun evening please get your names up on the sheet or contact David or Jane at the office.