RESULTS YOUNG QUAICH

A glorious day brought out the best in some of our lady members yesterday. A total of 6 ladies played too or better than their handicap. But taking full advantage of the wonderful playing conditions was Rhona McIntosh who returned a score of 39 points 3 shots below her recently cut handicap and a score which will indeed reduce her handicap even further. Well done Rhona. Just behind her with 38 points was Dawn Butchart. Full results are as follows:

CSS 71

Rhona McIntosh (27) 39
Dawn Butchart (6) 38
Jane Taylor (12) 37 bih
Jackie Moran (26) 37
Chris Sturgis (24) 36 bih
Lesley Haynes (21) 36

Rhona was the only player to reduce her handicap yesterday. She was 27 and is now 26.2 playing 26. Well done Rhona!

RNLI MEDAL
Saturday 25th August
Please note earlier tee times
The draw is as follows
11.15 A. Bushby S. Bushby L. Gilmour M. West
11.22 A. Grewar M. Robertson D. Butchart M. Aird
11.30 M. Menzies R. Fraser C. Bushby E. Ralston
11.37 C. Sturgis E. Aird M. McDiarmid J. Moran

CORONATION FOURSOMES

Earlier this year we held a Coronation foursomes qualifying event which was won by Sally Fenner and Cathy McNab. The finals event took place yesterday at Alyth Golf Club and although Sally and Cathy were not on the list of prizewinners, they enjoyed their day and did us proud.

Well done to you both for making it to the Finals.

CONGRATULATIONS

On a very wet, cold and miserable Saturday afternoon 13 brave ladies set out to play in the Scott Trophy. Very well done to everyone who took part but congratulations go to Jackie Moran who was the only lady to play below the CSS of 74. Jackie returned a score of 73.

Well done.

ALEX BREAKS COURSE RECORD

Club Champion Alexandra Bushby took full advantage of the perfect playing conditions last night when she shot an incredible scratch 68 breaking the existing course record, held by me, by one shot. I accompanied Alex on her round last night and it really was quite fantastic with only one bogey at the 2nd followed quickly with birdies at 3 and 4 she recorded an outward half of 34 then went on to birdie 12, 14 and 18 to return an inward half of 34. A brilliant round which not only broke the record but also reduced her handicap to 1. Well done Alex it was a pleasure to play with you last night.

Us mere mortals didn't fair to badly either! In the silver division Sheena Scott had the back nine of her life when she parred every hole to return in 37. Unfortunately her front nine wasn't quite as good but she did return an two under handicap 70. The winner of the Bronze division was Cathy McNab with nett 71. Full results are as follows:

CSS 72

Scratch

Alexandra Bushby 68

Dawn Butchart 77

Silver
Alexandra Bushby (2) 66
Sheena Scott (12) 70
Dawn Butchart (6) 71

Bronze
Cathy McNab (30) 71
Mary West (21) 73
Lesley Haynes (21) 74

Reductions:
Alex Bushby now 1
Sheena Scott now 11

Well done all

Scott Trophy Round (6)
Saturday 18th August
Please note earlier tee times
The draw is as follows
11.00 R. McGeoghegan J. Moran E. Aird
11.07 J. Groom S. Fenner L. Ross
11.15 M. McDiarmid A. Bushby C. Sturgis S. Scott
11.22 C. Bushby E. Ralston M. Robertson M. Aird
11.30 S. Bushby L. Haynes D. Butchart R. Fraser

GREENSOMES RESULTS

A very good turn out for our annual Greensomes Competition which was held on Saturday and most ladies braved the horrendous weather conditions and completed the 18 holes. Very well done to everybody who took part in what was a very wet and very long round of golf!

The winners on the day by 0.2 of a shot was Birtie Buckett and Fanny Christie with 72.8 followed in a very close 2nd place by Leslie Haynes and Charlotte Bushby with 73. Full results are as follows:

Fanny Christie & Birtie Buckett 72.8
Lesley Haynes & Charlotte Bushby 73
Megan and Emily Aird 75.2
Marion Robertson and Sheena Scott 75.2
Dawn Butchart & Jane Taylor 77.6

Well done all who took part.

LGU Medal
Wednesday 15th August
The draw is as follows
09.00 S. Bushby J. Goodfellow
09.07 C. Bushby J. Merry M. Robertson
09.15 H. Graham S. Peacock M. Menzies
09.22 G. Allardice C. Sturgis R. Fraser
09.30 J. Moran R. McGeoghegan R. Wight
09.37 R. McIntosh M. McDiarmid J. McCouig
09.45 M. Ogilvie L. Holme E. Ralston
09.52 S. Bailey H. Ross G. Gray


Lunchtime
12.00 S. Fenner C. McNab


Evening
5.15 A. Bushby D. Butchart
5.22 S. Scott L. Haynes

Outwith the draw
D. Tinker M.West J. Groom

CAPTAINS DAY

Our Lady Captain Jane Taylor hosted her very first Lady Captains Day on Wednesday and what a fantastic turn out she had. With over 40 ladies taking part on a glorious summers day it was indeed a great success.

Jane presented all the ladies with a lovely gift and not only provided 'half way' drinks and snacks but also a wonderful buffet which followed prize giving.

The main winner on the day was Rhona McIntosh with an outstanding 67!! Great scoring Rhona well done.

The full results were as follows:

1st Rhona McIntosh 67

2nd Cath McNab 71

3rd Alex Bushby 72 bih

Nearest The Pin (Silver) - Charlotte Bushby

Nearest the Pin (Bronze) - Chris Sturgis

Longest Drive (Silver) - Charlotte Bushby

Longest Drive (Bronze) - Mary Ogilvie

Nearest the White Line - Annette Grewar

Putting Competition - Sheena Scott and Sheena Peacock

Best Front Nine - Lesley Haynes

Best Back Nine - Jane Douglas

Well done to all the prizewinners and a very special thank you to Jane for hosting the event brilliantly and for all the lovely prizes and food.

For more photos of the day and even some wild life click below.

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I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE PHOTOS FROM I&D DAY WERE NOT SHOWING. I THINK I HAVE CORRECTED THE ERROR SO SCROLL DOWN NOW AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO CLICK ON TO SEE THEM!!

GREENSOMES
Saturday 11th August
The draw is as follows

1.00 J. Taylor & D. Butchart
1.07 B. Buckettt & F. Christie C. Bushby & L. Haynes
1.15 M. Aird & E. Aird R. Fraser & E. Ralston
1.22 J. Moran & C. Sturgis M. Nicol & M. Menzies
1.30 M. Robertson & S. Scott R. McGeoghegan & J. Groom
1.37 S. Bailey & M. West G. Allardice & H. Graham
1.45 M. Strachan & G. Gray S. Fenner & C. McNab
1.52 S. Bushby & A. Bushby A. Grewar & J. Douglas

I&D INSURANCE SERVICES MIXED TROPHY

I&D Insurance Services Trophy was held on Sunday and we enjoyed the largest entry to date for a mixed event. 48 people took part which was fantastic considering the weather was the worst in the 11 year history of the event. Heavy rain and very dark and damp conditions did not stop some very high scoring. With the winners mother and son team Chris and Mark Tinker scoring 43 points. 3 further couples scored 42 points. Well done all. Two players scored a massive 5 points on one hole! They were Mark Tinker with an eagle 3 on the 5th (with a shot!) and his son Rory Tinker who with two shots, birdied the 5th. Well done all.

There was also a double Celebration for President Peter Tinker and his wife Chris who along with Past President John Menzies and his wife Mary Menzies all celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on Friday 3rd of August congratulations to them.

Special thanks also go to David, Lindsay and the catering staff for all their hard work. The meal was superb.

The full results of the day are as follows:

1st Chris and Mark Tinker 43

2nd Dawn and Iain Butchart 42 bih

3rd Alex Bushby & Allan Easton 42

4th Dawn and Rory Tinker 42

Nearest the Pin Ladies - Charlotte Bushby

Nearest the Pin Gents - John Menzies

Longest Drive Ladies - Alex Bushby

Longest Drive Gents - Graham Haynes

Nearest Pin in two Ladies - Marion Robertson

Nearest Pin in two Gents - Iain Butchart

Best back 9 - Gillian Allardice & Chris Brand

Best front 9 - Megan Aird & David Douglas

Well done to everyone and a huge thank you to you all for playing on such a horrid day.

Below is a link to more photos of the day.

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SCRATCH LEAGUE TEAM LOSE AT BLAIRGOWRIE

After our many successes our scratch league team of Alex Bushby, Dawn Butchart, Sandy Bushby, Sheena Scott and Jane Taylor lost 4&1 against Blairgowrie lst night. Sandy was our only member to gain a point however 3 matches were lost on the 18th green.

Now we will all have to wait to see how the other teams play in their last matches to determine whether we will finish 1st 2nd or 3rd. Either way the team has performed exceptionally well on their very first year in the league.

Well done.

I&D INSURANCE SERVICES DRAW

A fantastic turn out for Sundays I&D Insurance Services Mixed event. 46 people are taking part in what we hope will be an enjoyable day for all. The draw is as follows:

12.00: Dawn & Iain Butchart - Mary & John Menzies
12.07: Annette Grewar & David Norman - Cathy McNab & Andy Ross
12.15: Chris Sturgis & Pete Grewar - Heather & David Dawson
12.22: Edith Ralston & Jerry Wood - Pete Barnett & Marge Nicol
12.30: Marion & Sandy Robertson - Lesley & Graham Haynes
12.37: Chris & Mark Tinker - Megan Aird & David Douglas
12.45: Rhoda Fraser & Eric Gray - Gillian Allardice & Chris Brand
12.52: Dawn & Rory Tinker - Alistair & Emily Aird
13.00: Sheena & Jack Scott - Alex Bushby & Allan Easton
13.07: Sheena & Russell Peacock - Jenny & Brian Groom
13.15: Sandy & Lee Busbhy - Jane Thomson & Alan Christie
13.22: Rhona McGeoghegan & Charlie Davidson - Charlotte Bushby & Ian Ellvers

Thank you for your support and we hope as many as possible can stay for the meal which will follow play. Menu will be on the mixed board.

STRATHMORE LADIES WIN

The Strathmore Ladies Team of Dawn Butchart, Charlotte Bushby, Alex Bushby, Lesley Haynes, Fanny Christie, Birtie Buckett, Sandy Bushby and Chris Sturgis played our first ever match against the gentlemen of Royal Perth and won 3.5 to 0.5. A fantastic result for the ladies section.

This was the first time in the 250 year history that Royal Perth has played a match against the 'fairer sex' and all the games were extremely close with 2 of the 3 wins ending on the 18th green.

Many thanks to the gents taking part also special thanks go to the centre for the superb meal which was enjoyed by all.

Well done ladies!!

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.

CLICK HERE FOR SLIDESHOW

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!!

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP AND ROSEBOWL CHAMPIONSHIP

All this week our qualifiers have been battling it out for a place on Finals Day. 8 Ladies qualified in each section. The eight qualifiers for the Club championship were:

Alex Bushby
Dawn Butchart
Sandy Bushby
Sheena Scott
Jane Taylor
Judy Goodfellow
Annette Grewar
Marion Robertson

Quarters Results:
Alex bt Marion, Jane bt Sheena, Sandy bt Judy, Dawn bt Annette

Semi Results
Alex bt Jane & Dawn bt Sandy

Finalists
Alex and Dawn

Rosebowl Finalist
Chris Sturgis
Lesley Haynes
Edith Ralston
Jenny Groom
Sheena Peacock
Sally Fenner
Rhoda Fraser
Mary West

Quarters Results
Chris bt Mary, Jenny bt Sheena, Sally bt Edith, Rhoda bt Lesley

Semi Results
Chris bt Jenny & Sally bt Rhoda

Finalists
Chris and Sally

Well done to all and good luck to the finalists.

Finals day will take place on July 7th where a texas scramble will take place. Please come along for a game of golf and support our finalists. Sign in list in on the mixed board.

IT COULD ONLY HAPPEN TO ERIC!

I know that David was trying to introduce new forms of wild life to the pond at the 5th however I don't think that Eric's golf bag was quite what he had in mind!

Eric Gray and his playing partners Frank Moran, David Robinson and Graham Haynes were on the white tee at the 5th when Eric's bag suddenly took off, it did stop for a moment (bit of a tease) then took off again and even with cries of stop - or words like that- from Eric, it continued on its merry way straight into the new part of the pond. It took a driver to pull it close enough to edge to enable Eric to pull it from its watery grave. Once the bag and trolley were out all that was left in the water was the battery. It took a 3 iron and Graham Haynes fishing prowess to hook that. (No pun intended). However the ball that Eric played from the Tee after the incident is still in the pond!! Even Graham couldn't save that one! Surprisingly after a bit of a cough and a splutter the trolley was in perfect working order.

Alex, Rhoda and myself were playing behind and with the help of Alex and Frank's phone cameras we were able to capture the moment!! Talk about being in the right place at the right time!!

Photos Courtesy of giggling girls and laughing out loud guys!!

ASHFORD TROPHY

Sorry the results were not in the papers today but I forgot to take them home last night and as I didn't get home until after 10pm I couldn't go back. I can only tell you that the winner was Alexandra Bushby with a tremendous score of 71 scratch 68 nett. Fantastic scoring. This score brings Alex down to 2.4, well done! The CSS was 72.

I will do a full report when I get the result sheet.

SCRATCH LEAGUE TEAM RETAIN 100% RECORD

Strathmore Scratch League Team of Alexandra Bushby, Dawn Butchart, Sandy Bushby, Sheena Scott and Jane Taylor held on their 100% record with a win against Pitlochry at home. Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances, Pitlochry were one member down which meant Jane did not have to play and was automatically awarded a win and along with 3 further wins from Dawn, Sandy and Sheena, Strathmore won the match 4 - 1. Well done all.

Well done all.

Strathmore have already played 4 of our 7 matches. Our next match is away to Auchterarder on July 2nd.

Best of luck!!

BIRTE AND FANNY LOSE OUT AT PANMURE

Our Daily Mail Foursomes representatives Birte Buckett and Fanny Christie failed to make it to the next stages of the national competition when they lost, away, to Panmure Barry yesterday.

Birte and Fanny have done extremely well to reach the 4th round of the competition which is the furthest Strathmore have achieved to date. Although both are disappointed they should also be very proud of themselves - we are!!

Well done to you both.

LGU MEDAL AND CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS

Is this really June??? Jumpers and cosy trousers were the order of the day! However there were some good scores returned namely Alexandra with a scratch 75 and Jenny Groom with nett 70. Well done! Full results are as follows

Scratch
Alexandra Bushby 75

Silver
Alexandra Bushby (3) 72
Judy Goodfellow (12) 76
Dawn Butchart (5) 77

Bronze
Jenny Groom (27) 70
Chris Sturgis (25) 71
Jennifer Livingstone (32) 74

Jenny and Chris both had a well deserved cut to their handicap.
Jenny was 27 now 25.8 playing 26
Chris was 25 now 24.0 playing 24

Well done all.
The draw for the Championships will be done very soon. If you do not want to be included in the draw you MUST inform either Jenny or Dawn immediately.

MURRAYSHALL COUNTY MEETING

Perth and Kinross Ladies County Golf Association held a county meeting at Murrayshall yesterday. There were 75 entries and Strathmore players produced the two best scratch scores of the day. Dawn Butchart was the winner of the scratch with a 74 closely followed by Alexandra Bushby with a 76. The par and CSS was 73.

Dawn also won the Silver Handicap section of the King James VI ladies open on Sunday with a net 69. Both these scores have reduced her handicap to 4.9.

Well done to both our players.

SCOTT TROPHY (3)

Fantastic golf conditions on Saturday for the third round of the Scott trophy. First scratch went to Alexandra Bushby with 76 and winner of the handicap was Lesley Haynes with 71 closely followed by Emily Aird with 72.

CSS was 72 and the scissors were out for Lesley whose handicap has been reduced by another shot.

Well done.

LGU Medal/Qualifier Club Championship & Rosebowl
Wednesday 13th June
The draw is as follows
08.52J. Goodfellow A. Grewar
09.00J. Merry J. Douglas
09.07S. Peacock C. Tinker S. Fenner
09.15 M. Menzies G. Allardice C. Sturgis
09.22 F. Christie L. Haynes A. MacLachlan
09.30 R. Fraser R. Wight W. Nicoll
09.37 M. McDiarmid J. McCouig C. McNab
09.45 M. Strachan J. Livingston E. Ralston
09.52 M. Nicol M. Woodcraft M. Knight
10.00 G. Gray L. Ross H. Ross
Lunchtime
12.00 S.Bushby M. Robertson
12.00 M. West J. Groom
Evening
5.15A. Bushby D. Butchart
5.22 S. Scott D. Tinker R. McGeoghegan

NO LATE ENTRIES ALLOWED FOR THIS COMPETITION

GOOD LUCK MEGAN

The best of luck to junior member Megan Aird has been selected for North Division team to compete in the Girls Inter Divisional Matches at Ballumbie Castle Golf Club this weekend. Megan was nominated by Perth and Kinross Ladies County Golf Association - play well Megan! The girls selected must have a handicap of no lower than 8 and then over the weekend will play against the other Scottish divisions.

The full team is:
Megan Aird (P & K)
Samantha Leslie (Aberdeenshire);
Chloe McLeod (Northern Counties)

Kirsty Moss, Heather Peebles and Ashley Smith (all Angus)

LADIES OPEN

What a glorious day we had for our ladies open yesterday. The weather was fantastic, one of the best days of the year so far. There certainly was no excuse at all as was proved by some very low scores.

The winner of the Silver scratch and the overall winner of the Turner Trophy was Susan Arbuckle (Panmure Barry) with 77.

The winner of 'Best Strathmore Lady Trophy' was Jane Douglas with a magnificent score of nett 65. Jane also won the best Bronze Scratch Score of 86.

Hot on Jane's heels was Joan Merry with a nett 66. Joan went on to win the Silver

Handicap Section. Well done Joan.

Strathmore ladies Wilma Nicoll and Mary Menzies also scored well. Wilma had a nett 70 and won 2nd place in the Bronze handicap section. Mary scored a scratch 94 and won 3rd place in the Bronze scratch section. Lesley Haynes and Dawn Butchart won the Bronze and Silver nearest the pins respectively and Sally Fenner won Bronze longest driver.

Well done.

The full results were as follows:

CSS 72

Silver Scratch

Susan Arbuckle (Panmure Barry) 77

Gillian Wallace (Glenisla) 79

Caroline Dunbar (Aberfeldy) 80 bih

Silver Handicap

Joan Merry (Strathmore) (19) 66

M Ferguson (Bonnybridge) (15) 72bih

Barbara Lyburn (Blairgowrie) (18) 72

Bronze Scratch

Jane Douglas (Strathmore) 86

M Aitken (Dunning) 93

Mary Menzies (Strathmore) 94

Bronze Handicap

J Blair (Dunning) (24) 64

Wilma Nicol (Strathmore) (28) 70 bih

C Simpson (Bridge of Allan) (25) 70

Longest Drive (Silver)

Caroline Dunbar (Aberfeldy)

Longest Drive (Bronze)

Sally Fenner (Strathmore)

Nearest The Pin (Silver)

Dawn Butchart (Strathmore)

Nearest the Pin (Bronze)

Lesley Haynes (Strathmore)

Well done to everybody and many thanks to all our lady members who came along and helped on the day, without this help we could not have had such a successful day, also Pete Tinker and his senior gents who gave up their morning to help with the starting and parking. Many thanks also go to the Centre Staff who coped extremely well with a very unexpected power cut. Which lasted from 1pm until 6.30pm. Such a pity for the kitchen staff who were then limited to the food they could prepare. Thanks also to the Green Keeping Staff who had the course in beautiful condition for our day.

Our Captain, Jane, put a lot of work and effort into the day and our thanks also go to her for arranging such a sucessful day. (You can now relax for a week or two Jane!)

Scott Trophy Round (3)
Saturday 9th June
The draw is as follows
12.00L. Ross D. Butchart C. Sturgis G. Allardice
12.07A. Grewar J.Groom R. Fraser E. Aird
12.15 S. Fenner M. Robertson A. Bushby R. McGeoghegan
12.20L. Haynes J. Moran S. Bushby C. McNab

LADIES OPEN

The Ladies Section will be running a raffle tomorrow during our Ladies Open and we would very much appreciate any prizes that you can donate. Either leave them with Jane in the office or bring them along on the day.

Thank you all very much.

AREN'T THEY GORGEOUS!!

Couldn't resist taking these picture of our latest addition to 'the pond'! Unfortunately could only see 3 chicks yesterday and I have counted 4 before. I can only hope he was camera shy!!

Hope you like to the photo's.

KINPURNIE CUP

The Mixed Kinpurnie Cup took place this Sunday and with another large turnout it was a super day. The winners of the trophy by virtue of a better inward half was Sandy Busbhy and her brother Ian Elvers with 39 points. Well done both. In second place was Iain and Dawn Butchart also 39.

Many thanks once again to Marion and Iain for organising the day and also the centre for a lovely menu.

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.

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

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!!

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.

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS

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.