Thursday, May 31, 2007

ALEX EQUALS COURSE RECORD

After a day of torrential rain the course in the evening, although playable, was very wet under foot. But at least it was dry over head. Alexandra was certainly the star of the day with a gross 69 she equaled the course record. Alex birdied holes 3, 4, 11, 12, 15 and 18. She had one bogey at the 7th and a very unfortunate double bogey on 16.
Playing along side Alex was a joy, her golf was superb to watch, her wedge play into greens was exceptional. Alex has practised hard all winter and this is now very evident in her play. Alex has already reduced her handicap from 4 to 2.6.
Well done Alex.


Full results were as follows:

CSS 72

Scratch
Alexandra Busbhy 69
Dawn Butchart 79

Silver
Alexandra Bushby (3) 66
Dawn Butchart (6) 73

Bronze
Lesley Haynes (25) 81
Linda Ross (36) 83 bih
Mary McDiarmid (29) 83

The above players were the only ladies to return scores. Lets hope that the weather will improve for our Open next week.

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

SCRATCH LEAGUE SUCCESS

Congratulations goes to Strathmore Ladies Scratch League Team who consists of Scratch League Captain Alexandra Bushby, Dawn Butchart, Sandy Busbhy, Sheena Scott and Jane Taylor, who last night played their match against Craigie Hill at home and won 3-2. Alex Dawn and Jane all won their matches.

Well done and lets keep this 100% record up!!!
STRATHMORE LADIES OPEN

Below is the draw for the Ladies Open Wednesday 6th June. There are spaces which I hope we will fill before the day. If anyone has not entered please get your entry to me as soon as possible.

If you can offer help on the day please let Jane know. We will require help for registration, raffle and two's etc. Also if you could please provide a raffle prize it would be greatly appreciated. Jane will collect them in the office or bring it along on the day.

Many thanks


10.00: D Butchart, Ann Hay
10.07: J Taylor, S Ogg, J Goodfellow
10.15: J Nisbet, J Robinson, J Groom
10.22: I McNally, B Lyburn,J Douglas
10.30: M Brown, F Prentice, L Haynes
10.37: D Johnston, J Henderson, M Aitken

10.45: J Blair, V Brown, R McGeoghegan
10.52: W Nicoll, R McIntosh, E Wood
11.00: P Kelly, M Menzies, N Rice-Melville
11.07: A Crossland, N Keddie, M Watson
11.15: M Estill, E Ralston , S Bailey
11.22: C Simpson , C Strugis, L Gilmore
11.30: K Booth, H Dawson, E Barrack
11.37 : E Thomson, F Scott, J Myles

11.52: L Hardie, S Bushby, A Freeman
12.00: J Laing, G Wilson, M Ferguson
12.07: M McLaren, H Lang, G Gray
12.15: I Cowan, N MacFarlane, M Robertson
12.22: S Thomson, S Peacock, J Stock
12.30: B Buckett, M Ballantyne

12.37: J Thomson, M Strachan, H Ross
12.45: R Fraser, M Milne

13.00: S Fenner, M West
13.07: J McCoiug, C McNab
13.15: A Grewar, S Arbuckle, F Johnston

Thursday, May 24, 2007

CHARITY STABLEFORD (3)

Did we have our summer in April?? Going by the wind yesterday and the day before it would appear to be the case. However the wind did not deter Rhona McIntosh who returned a magnificent score of 40 stableford points. Closely followed by Annette Grewar with 39 points. Well done both. The full result is as follows:

CSS 72

Rhona McIntosh (31) 40
Annette Grewar (15) 39
Lesley Haynes (25) 37
Sheena Scott (11) 34

With such great scores in the conditions both Rhona and Annette received a well deserved cut to their handicap:
Rhona was 31 now 29.0 playing 29
Annette was 15 now 13.8 playing 14

Well done and lets hope the wind will completely blow itself out by next week!

PS very sorry that the result was not in the papers this morning but I didnt get home till 9pm and just had to watch The Apprentice and when I called at 10pm copy desk was closed early!!

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

LADIES AWAY DAY AT ARBROATH

What a super day we had yesterday at Arbroath. We were all made very welcome by all the catering staff and the golf professional who even gave us a box of 12 titleist golf balls for our prizegiving.

The course itself was also in great condition the greens were especially nice. However it was very windy and made scoring quite difficult. Dawn Butchart was the overall winner on the day with 32 stableford points. Full results were as follows:

Best Par 3's outwith the winners: Marion Robertson
Best par 4's outwith the winners: Sally Fenner
Best par 5's outwith the winners: Wilma Nicoll

Longest Drive 1 - 19 handicap: Dawn Butchart
Longest Drive 20 - 26: -
Longest Drive 27 - 36: Robyn Wight

Nearest the Pin: Jane Taylor

Team Event: Dawn Butchart, Jenny Groom and Edith Ralston 72 points

Group 1 - 19
Best Inward Half: Alexandra Bushby
Best Outward Half: Jane Taylor
Group 20 - 26
Best Inward Half: Mary Menzies
Best Outward Half: Birtie Buckett
Group 27 - 36
Best Inward Half: Cathie McNab
Best Outward Half: Edith Raltson

Winner Group 1: Dawn Butchart
Winner Group 2: Rhona McGeoghegan
Winner Group 3: Jenny Groom

Over All Winner : Dawn Butchart

Many Thanks go to Jane and her team for organising such a great day especially Rhona who along with Jenny put in a lot of work and effort for our benefit. Thank you.



I have made a slide show of the day please click below to see them.

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  • STRATHMORE SCRATCH LEAGUE TEAM


    Stathmore Ladies Section have entered a team for the Scratch League for the very first time this year. All matches are played 'scratch' therefore no strokes are provided for wither player and the team is played in strict handicap order in single matches.


    We were to play our very first match last Monday against Crieff however Crieff gave us a walk over ( 5-0) as they could not get together a team to play.


    This Monday however we did play our very first match against Dunkeld and Birnam at Dunkeld. The Team consisted of our Scratch Team Captain Alexandra Bushby, Dawn Butchart, Sandy Bushby, Sheena Scott and Jane Taylor. Alex, Dawn and Sandy all won their individual matches and Sheena and Jane were narrowly beaten however this provided us with a win of 3 & 2.


    Well done everyone. A great start to our year! I will keep you posted of the results.


    As you can see from the photo we even have matching team sweaters!!



    CONGRATULATIONS BIRTIE AND FANNY

    Birtie Buckett and Fanny Christie played in the third round of the Daily Mail Foursomes against Drumoig at home on Monday and I am delighted to announce that Birite and Fanny won the match 7 & 6.

    Birtie and Fanny played some wonderful golf and very modestly said that they had the advantage of knowing the greens!

    Congratulations to you both and all our best wishes in the next stage of the competition.

    Monday, May 21, 2007

    GARY SMITH (AUSTRAILA DAY) TROPHY

    Congratulations go to junior member Megan Aird who along with Sam Bolderson who were the winners of the Gary Smith Trophy on Sunday.


    Megan and Sam, with 43 points, were 4 points clear of the field.


    Well done Both.

    Another Couple did extremely well in the Spot Prizes, David and Heather Dawson almost cleared the board with David winning both the nearest the pin and longest drives and Heather winning the Nearest the Pin. Sheena Scott was the winner of Longest Drive.

    Photo's for the day:



    Ladies Nearest the Pin, Heather Dawson.


    Gents Nearest the Pin David Dawson


    Ladies Longest Drive - Sheena Scott


    Gents Longest Drive David Dawson.

    Many thanks to all who took part and a G'Day from Gary!


    The full Results:
    Megan Aird & Sam Bolderson 43
    Sheena & Jack Scott 39 bih
    Lesley and Graham Haynes 39
    Sandy and Lee Bushby 38 bih
    Dawn & Iain Butchart 38
    Many thanks go to the Centre for yet another lovely meal.
    Please sign up for our next mixed event which is the Kinpurnie Cup which will be held Sunday June 3rd

    Saturday, May 19, 2007

    CHARITY STABLEFORD (3) DRAW

    To follow is the Draw for Wednesday 23rd May:

    09.07: M. Robertson, H. Ross
    09.15: M. Woodcraft, A. Grewar,
    09.22: A. MacLachlan, M. Nicol, R. Fraser
    09.30: W. Nicoll, S. Fenner, M. Menzies
    09.37: R. McGeoghegan, J. Groom, M. Galbally
    09.45: E. Thompson, J. Merry, H. Dawson
    09.52: E. Ralston, C. McNab, R. McIntosh
    10.00: R. Wight, M. McDiarmid, M. Strachan

    Lunch
    12.00: M. West, B. Maxwell
    12.07: C. Sturgis, S. Bushby

    Evening
    17.15: D. Butchart, A. Bushby, S. Scott
    17.22: D. Tinker, L.Haynes, F. Christie


    There is an entry fee of £1.50 for this competition which is for Captains Charity

    Friday, May 18, 2007

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHEENA

    A little bird just told me that the Senior Ladies Friday competitions has one more lady eligible to take part!!

    Happy birthday Sheena Scott!

    Thursday, May 17, 2007

    TIREDNESS TAKES OVER ALEXANDRA

    Unfortunately Alex lost by one hole in the first round at Kilmarnock this morning. After a week of competitive golf, tiredness took its toll on Alexandra who has played some magnificent golf this week and last week during the County Championships when she was crowned County Champion 2007.

    We are very proud of Alexandra's achievements. Well done Alex.
    GARY SMITH TROPHY

    The draw for the Gary Smith Trophy on Sunday 20th May is as follows:

    We still require one more couple, if you would like to join us please contact Marion or Iain.

    12.00: Dawn & Iain Butchart - Sandy & Lee Bushby
    12.08: Rhoda Fraser & Eric Gray - Mary West & David McMurray
    12.15: Jackie & Frank Moran - Megan Aird & Sam Bolderson
    12.22: Heather & David Dawson - Emily & Alistair Aird
    12.30: Sheena & Jack Scott - Mary & Ian McDiarmid
    12.37: Madge Nicoll & Pete Barnett - Lesley & Graham Haynes
    12.45: Jenny & Brian Groom - Linda & Jim Ross
    12.52 Marion & Sandy Robertson - Chris Sturgis & Andy Ramsey
    13.00: Rhona McGeoghegan & Charlie Davidson - Chris & Peter Tinker


    FORMAT four ball better ball Stableford
    Gents Play off the white tees ¾ handicap
    Ladies Play off the red tees ¾ handicap and then add one stroke
    LGU MEDAL CHAMP QUALIFIER AND ROSEBOWL

    Yesterdays scoring did not reflected the perfect golfing conditions. Mary Menzies was the only one of us who played below par. Mary scored an excellent 71. Cathy McNab with a 73 was one under the CSS which was 74.
    The full results were as follows:

    CSS 74

    Silver
    Marion Robertson (18) 74
    Annette Grewar (15) 75 bih
    Sandy Bushby (7) 75

    Bronze
    Mary Menzies (23) 71
    Cathy McNab (31) 73
    Jennifer Livingstone (32) 75

    Two ladies received a well deserved cut to their handicap they are as follows:

    Mary Menzies, was 23 now 21.9, playing 22
    Cathy McNab, was 31 now 30.3, playing 30

    Well done all.

    Wednesday, May 16, 2007


    WELL DONE ALEXANDRA

    Alexandra Bushby is at present competing in 'The Scottish (close) Amateur Championship' at Kilmarnock Barrasie. Tuesday was the first round and Alex returned a 79 and yesterday she posted a 78 which is fantastic scoring!


    32 of the top players now go forward to the Matchplay stages. Alex has qualified in equal 7th position and plays this morning at 10.06 against R Purdom (Prestwick St Nicholas) who returned scores of 81 84


    Best of luck Alex!!
    AWAY DAY TUESDAY 22nd MAY

    To follow is the draw for Tuesdays away day at Arbroath, remember to give yourself lots of time for your Bacon Roll and coffee!!

    10.30: J. Taylor, R. McGeoghegan, J. Moran
    10.37: D. Butchart, J. Groom, E. Ralston
    10.44: M. Robertson, G. Allardice, G. Gray
    10.51: S. Bushby, M. Menzies, M. Ogilvie
    10.58: A. Bushby, A. MacLachlan, M. Woodcraft
    11.05: S. Peacock, W. Nicoll, S. Bailey
    11.12: J. Goodfellow, J. Douglas, R. McIntosh
    11.19: S. Fenner, R. Fraser, M. Nicol
    11.26: H. Dawson, C. Sturgis, C. McNab
    11.33: J. Merry, B. Buckett, H. Ross
    11.40: A. Grewar, R. Wight, M. Strachan

    13 CLUBS ONLY FOR NON COUNTING COMPETITION.

    See you there!

    Tuesday, May 15, 2007

    COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND

    As promised please click on the link below for more photos of the Championship Weekend.


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  • Monday, May 14, 2007

    CONGRATULATIONS ALEXANDRA

    Huge congratulation go to Alexandra Bushby who yesterday took the title of 'Perth and Kinross County Champion 2007'. Alex played absolutely beautiful golf, a real joy to watch. As P&K Vice Captain and also her club mate I was extremely proud of her through-out the weekend.

    Alex played myself in the first round and although I played well she was three under par over 13 holes and she won 6&5 then she played young Annabel Niven (Crieff) again winning 6&5. On Sunday she played Gwen Lambie (Dunkeld and Birnam) and again won 3&2. The afternoon's final was against Emily Ogivly (Auchterarder) who is a scratch golfer just home from 5 years in America. Emily has been a great team member for P&K over the years, Alex and Emily had a great game which was nip and tuck throughout. Alex won the game at the 18th after a level par match.

    Full details will be posted on the P&K website with pictures of the weekend, I will post a link ASAP.
    Alexandra is away this week at Kilmarnock Barassie as she is taking part in the Scottish Ladies (Close) Amateur Championship. Well done Alex and all the very best from us all for the week ahead.

    Friday, May 11, 2007

    MEDAL , CLUB AND ROSEBOWL CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 2

    To follow is the draw for wednesday's qualifying round for our Club Championship and Rosebowl Championship:

    Am
    09.00: J. Goodfellow, A. Grewar
    09.07: J. Merry, S. Peacock, S. Fenner
    09.15: M. Menzies, G. Allardice, C. Sturgis
    09.22: R. McGeoghegan, A MacLachlan, J. Groom
    09.30: R. Fraser, W. Nicoll, M. McDiarmid
    09.37: C. McNab, R. McIntosh, M. Ogilvie
    09.45: J. Livingston, L. Holme, S. Bailey
    09.52: E. Ralston, M. Nicol, M. Woodcraft
    10.00: H. Ross, G. Gray, M. Galbally

    Lunch
    12.00: S. Bushby, J. Taylor
    12.07: M. Robertson, M. West, R. Wight


    Evening
    17.15: D. Butchart, S. Scott
    17.22: D. Tinker, R. Christie, L. Haynes

    Please note that late entries will not be accepted.
    CONGRATUALTIONS ALEXANDRA AND DAWN

    On what can only be described as the most horrendous conditions Alexandra Bushby and Dawn Butchart both qualified for the Scratch Section of the Perth and Kinross County Championship. I played in the morning and came back with what I thought to be the most horrendous score of 91 but was unaware the scoring was so poor. The rain just did not stop to the extent that the greens required to be cleared of water continuously. Alex also came back with a score of 84 unsure if that was enough which is certainly was! Alex qualified in 4th position and I was in 13th.

    The only downside is that as the draw is automatic, this means Alex and I will face each other in the first round which is a little unfortunate. However it is great to have 2 players in the top 16 of the county! I am also very pleased to have qualified for the last 6 years in a row!!

    Here's hoping the weather is a little kinder.

    2000 TROPHY (1) RESULTS

    Some excellent scoring once again with 10 ladies scoring 36 points or more. The best lady of the day was Lesley Haynes with an impressive 40 points, well done Lesley. Sheean Peacock was not far behind with 39 points. Great score! The full results are as follows:

    CSS 71

    Lesley Haynes (26) 40
    Sheean Peacock (20) 39
    Alexandra Bushby (4) 38 bih
    Edith Ralston (35) 38
    Mary Menzies (24) 38
    Rhoda Fraser (27) 37
    Dawn Butchart (6) 37

    Well done all.

    The following players received a reduction to their handicap they were:

    Lesley Haynes was 26 now 25.1 playing 25
    Sheena Peacock was 20 now 19.4 playing 19
    Mary Menzies was 24 now 23.1 playing 23.

    Tuesday, May 08, 2007



    JACK SCOTT PRINTERS TROPHY

    Another great mixed event which was superbly organised by Jack and Sheena Scott. The winners on the day were Graham and Lesley Haynes with 40 points which was an excellent score in the windy conditions. 2nd place was Mark and Dawn Tinker 39 points and 3rd place Frank and Jackie Moran 38 points.


    Spot prizes were also presented by Jack and Sheena they were as follows:


    Ladies Nearest the Pin, Jackie Moran

    Ladies Nearest the Pin 13th, Dawn Tinker.


    Nearest pin in 2, Mark Tinker

    Nearest the Pin in 2, Lesley Haynes
    Also spot prize winners were Dougie Gillespie Nearest the pin 13th, Sandy Bushby Longest Drive 8th and Lee Bushby longest drive 14th. Unfortunately Dougie, Sandy and Lee were unable to stay for prize-giving. There was also the matter of a prize for nearest the pin in three on the 18th for Gents which Jack and Sheena retained for another year!!
    Many thanks once again to Jack and Sheena for organising the day and for providing the prizes.

    SCOTT TROPHY RESULTS

    Sorry for taking so long to get the results posted but I was on holiday yesterday and wok has piled up on me today!! Scoring was good once again but we did manage to retain our CSS of 72!! First time for a long time. Star of the day was Jackie Moran who is tumbling down in handicap. She topped the score board with a nett 69 not far behind was Sandy Bushby on a 70. Sandy topped the scratch leader board with a 77. Great scoring.

    Full results were as follows:

    Scratch
    Sandy Bushby 77

    Handicap
    Jackie Moran (31) 69
    Sandy Busby (7) 70
    Hiroko Graham (20) 74

    Jackie was the only one with a reduction in handicap, but I will post that later. Well done all!!

    Thursday, May 03, 2007

    DRAW FOR SATURDAY'S SCOTT TROPHY

    To follow is the draw for Saturday's Scott Trophy:

    13.07: E. Aird, A. Grewar, H. Graham
    13.15: S. Bushby, J. Taylor, S. Scott
    13.22: M.Aird, C. Sturgis, L. Ross, J. Moran
    13.30: C. McNab, J. Groom, G. Allardice, M. McDiarmid
    JACK SCOTT PRINTERS TROPHY

    Excellent turn out once again for Sunday's Jack Scott Printers Trophy which is sponsored by Jack and Sheena Scott. Yet again another lovely menu is on offer so please stay if you can.

    The draw is as follows:

    12.30: S Scott & J Scott - D. Tinker & M Tinker
    12.37: J Groom & B Groom - M Menzies & J Menzies
    12.45: M Robertson & S Robertson - S Fenner & D Gordon
    12.52: D Butchart & I Butchart - L Haynes & G Haynes
    13.00: E Aird & A Aird - M West & D McMurray
    13.07: S Peacock & R Peacock - R Fraser & E Gray
    13.15: M McDiarmid & I McDiarmid - R McGeoghegan & C Davidson
    13.22: S Bushby & L Bushby - G allardice & D Gillespie
    13.30: M Aird & M Truswell - C Sturgis & A Ramsay
    13.37 M Nicol & P Barnett - J Moran & F Moran

    Enjoy your day!
    CHARITY STABLEFORD (2)

    Wow!! Scoring was fantastic yesterday. But the star of the day was Judy Goodfellow with an impressive 43 points, not far behind was Mary West with 40 points. Excellent scoring well done.
    The full results are as follows:

    CSS 71

    Judy Goodfellow (14) 43
    Mary West (21) 40
    Sheena Scott (21) 39 bih
    Heather Dawson (16) 39
    Lesley Haynes (27) 38 bih
    Chris Sturgis (25) 38
    Annette Grewar (15) 37

    My scissors don't seem to be gathering any dust this year! The following ladies had a cut this week:

    Judy Goodfellow was 14 now 12.0 playing 12
    Mary West was 21 now 19.8 playing 19
    Sheena Peacock was 21 now 20.0 playing 20
    Heather Dawson was 16 now 15.2
    Lesley Haynes was 27 now 26.3 playing 26
    Chris Sturgis was 25 now 24.3 playing 24

    These cut mean that along with Sally Fenner who was cut on Saturday, Mary and Sheena are now in the Silver Division. Well done to them.