NEW POWA-KADDY ACCESSORY

Powa-Kaddy was made aware of the plight of our member, Eric's, trip to the pond and have decided to make available this new accessory for their trolleys.

Quite ingenious!

WINTER LEAGUE
Wednesday 28th November
The draw is as follows
10.00 M. Robertson M. Knight
10.07 E. Fenwick R. McIntosh B. Buckett
10.15 G. Gray K. Finlay L. Ross
10.22 C. Tinker W. Nicoll G. Allardice
10.30 M. McPhail A. MacLachlan J. McCouig
10.37 S. Peacock M. McDiarmid E. Ralston
10.45 J. Moran S. Fenner C. McNab

FIREWORK EXTRAVAGANZA

(Click on the arrows to watch the clips)

At the AGM David informed us that the Firework Dinner Dance which was to be held on Saturday was cancelled due to lack of support. However he did say that if 20 or more of us turned up he would set off some of the fireworks. Never one to turn down a challenge and after very little encouragement more than 40 members and their children turned up at the club house where a host of games and fun were organised. Firstly we had REAL judges for 'Strictly Come Dancing' which was on the 'big screen' while we all enjoyed a wonderful meal. Frankie Moran did us proud and brought along his 'Wii'. Following 'Strictly' we had 4 teams of 4 players take on the 'Strathmore Bowling Challenge' it was brilliant fun but some of our lady members got somewhat excited by it all as you can see from the video and photos.

David then treated us to a fantastic Firework display. What a brilliant event! Really breath taking. Well done David they were truly amazing as you can see from the very short clip above! Sorry didnt manage to get a longer one!

When we all came back from the display we held a matchplay 'Tiger Woods Challenge Golf Championship' on Frankie's Wii, as you can see from the photos below it was such good fun. The eventual winners were Julieann and her son Robbie. However we now know how the Gents past Captain will fill his time over the winter months!The whole night was a huge success and our sincere thanks go to David for a fantastic evening enjoyed by all age groups, also to Frankie Moran for bringing along his game for us all to play! Looking forward to the next one already!

I do hope you enjoy the slide show and the new video clips! I just hope you all don't run away now when I appear with my camera in hand!

CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS

JOANS CANCER CHARITY DAY

Huge congratulations go to Joan Merry who raised £5206 this year at her annual Charity Day event which is held at Strathmore golf Centre. A fantastic acheivement. Joans Day has raised more than £25,000 over the last few years which is wonerful, well done Joan and keep up the good work!

AGM

Our AGM and prizegiving was held on Friday. With over 90 members attending it was indeed a fantastic turnout. Above is the pictures of the ladies prizewinners and below is a link to all the photos of the evening.

(See if you can spot the bandit!)

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS

WINTER LEAGUE
Wednesday 14th November
The draw is as follows
am
10.00 M. Robertson C. Tinker H. Ross
10.07 R. McIntosh G. Gray C. McNab
10.15 E. Fenwick K. Finlay J. Groom
10.22 W. Nicoll M. Hunter J. Douglas
10.30 S. Bushby R. McGeoghegan R. Fraser
10.37 A. MacLachlan J. McCouig M. McDiarmid

Wednesday saw the first game of our winter season played.
The Stableford over 12 holes resulted in 5 players returning 24 points
Jackie Moran
Mary McDiarmid
Jane Taylor
Rhona McGeoghegan
Marj Nicol
well done ladies

MORE PHOTOS

Julieann has kindly sent me some more photos from our very sucessful Halloween Night. Click below:

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPOOKY PHOTOS

WINTER LEAGUE
Wednesday 7th November
am
10.00 A. Grewar J. Taylor A. MacLachlan
10.07 L. Ross R. Fraser C. Tinker
10.15 R. McGeoghegan G. Gray J. Douglas.
10.22 J. McCouig K. Finlay M. Nicol
10.30 L. Haynes J. Groom H. Ross
10.37 S. Bushby W. Nicoll M. Galbally
10.45M. McDiarmid G. Allardice E. Ralston
10.52M. Robertson S. Peacock C. McNab
11.00J. Merry M. Woodcraft R. McIntosh

Annette would like to remind everyone that Lorna Grewar will be in the Club House with her jewellery after the winter league

HALLOWEEN STRATHMORE STYLE!

Centre manager David Norman and his wife Lorraine hosted what was a fantastic evening of fun for both adults and children alike. The Club House was completely transformed, the work involved was huge. The decorations and music were more than we could ever imagine, just brilliant! David and Lorraine really threw themselves into a wonderful party night. With games and fun for all of us. Firstly the children had to search for hidden spoons in the car park, then we had eating sticky buns and burying our heads in rice krispies to rescue hidden marshmallows! We had to lift Maltesers with straws and place in bowls! Wrapping unsuspecting adults with toilet roll 'mummy style', musical statues and much more! There were prizes for all the games and also best dressed boy and girl and gent and lady.

As you can see some of the costumes were brilliant! Fabulous fun was had by everyone if you didn't go you missed a tremendous evening so settle down and watch some of the fun in the photos below. Thanks go to Marion who supplied some of the photos! and many many thanks Lorraine and David for a wonderful evening!

CLICK HERE FOR SOME SPOOKY PHOTOS

END OF SEASON TRI-AM

Today was our very last wednesday competition on the summer course. We held a tri-am which is proving to be a very popular event. The winning team was Dawn Butchart, Janet Griffiths and Sandy Bushby with a score of 143, 2nd place was Rhona McGeoghegan, Chris Tinker and Mary Menzies with 151.

Rhona presented first and second with 'Halloween Gifts'

LADIES AGM

Our 2007 Ladies AGM and dinner took place on Monday, on behalf of all the committee I would like to thank all the ladies who took the time to attend and also the staff and Centre for the wonderful meal and service.

Jane chaired the meeting and and along with Jenny, Dawn, Sheena and Marion gave the annual reports. Jane presented Certificates to members who had either lowered their handicap by most shots, played in most competitions and also to the exceptional players of the year. Links to the photos are below. Jane also welcomed new committee member Sally Fenner on board and wished all the members a very sucessful winter and looked forward to her second year as Captain. Vice Captain Rhona McGeoghegan presented Jane with flowers as a thank you from the ladies section

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS

MIXED TRI-AM

A Mixed Tri-am was held on Saturday and 60 members took part on what was another highly sucessful day. Well done once again to Marion and Iain for their organisation. The scoring was very good the results were as follows:

1st Iain Butchart, Dawn Butchart and Janet Griffiths 140 points
2nd Dougie Gillespie, Margaret Hunter and Graham Hunter 142 points
3rd Ray Michie, David Alexander and Jerry Wood 144 points

Above is a photo of Alan Christie congratulating Janet Griffiths.

(Message to Jack - don't worry we have hosted a website for over 2 years and have never felt the need to copy any others! However it has been known for others to copy ours........!)

TRI-AM DRAW FOR WEDNESDAY

08.52: G Allardice, R Fraser, C McNab
09.oo: A Grewar, J Douglas, C Sturgis
09.07: C Tinker, M Menzies, R McGeoghegan
09.15: S Bailey, H Ross, E Ralston
09.22: M McDiarmid, M Nicol, L Ross
09.30: E Fenwick, R McIntosh, G Gray
09.37: K Finlay, J Groom, M Robertson
09.45: J Merry, S Peacock, H Dawson
09.52: D Butchart, J Griffiths, S Bushby
10.00: M Strachan

If your name is not on the list and would like to play please contact Margaret Strachan to help make up a team.

P&K AGM

Last night was P&K Ladies County Golf Association AGM, prizegiving and dinner. Above is a photo of the new Committee they are as follows. back row left to right Pam Drysdale, Joan Merry,Liz Fertacz, Match Secretary Shona Leighton, Treasurer Catherine Monks, Mary Hope, Junor Convenor Carol Lambie and Carol Muir. Front row left to right, County Secretary Alexandra Bushby, Vice Captain Lenore Kyle, County Captain Dawn Butchart and County President Liz Miskimmin.

I am very honoured to be asked to be County Captain and I would like to thank the Strathmore Ladies who came along last night to offer their support and for all the good wishes I have recieved. It really does mean a lot to me. Thank you.

Alexandra also had a good night as she was presented with three prizes. She won the Coronation Trophy, Order of Merit and was County Champion 2007. Well done Alex.

Above is a photo of all the prizewinners they are as follows, back row left to right Liz Fertacz, Catherine Peebles, Sue Jones, Meriel Walker. Front row left to right Dawn Butchart, County Champion Alexandra Bushby and Jane Yellowlees.

For a full report and more photos of the evening click on the link on the right handside for the P&K Website.

END OF SEASON MIXED TRI-AM DRAW

Below is the draw for Saturdays mixed Tri-Am event. What a fantastic turnout!! Hope the weather holds.

Entry fee - £3 per team

08.00: B Jackson, I Gray, M McGowan
08.07: S Schofield, I Stewart, D McDonald
08.15: C Davidson, M Bell, D Findlay
08.22: K McLeod, G McLuskey, T Ogg
08.30: R Miligan, I Clark, M Grieve
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11.30: J Scott, S Scott, M Scott
11.37: I Butchart, D Butchart, J Griffiths
11.45: S Robertson, M Robertson, R McGeoghegan
11.52: J Moran, F Moran, F Moran(jr)
12.00: G Haynes, L Haynes, M West
12.07: F Martin, P Barnett, M Truswell
12.15: M Tinker, D Tinker, R Tinker
12.22: M Hunter, G Hunter, D Gillespie
12.30: G Allardice, H Graham, C Sturgis
12.37: P Tinker, G Dolby, J Menzies
12.45: H Dawson, D Dawson, R Fraser
12.52: A Blair, A Ramsay, D Robinson
13.00: P Crockart, A Ross, D M Alexander
13.07: R Meikle, D J Alexander, G Wood
13.15: J Taylor, A Grewar, R Hudson

PLEASE PUT ENTRY FEE IN ENVELOPE WITH NAMES ON THE FRONT AND PLACE IN THE GENTS’ BOX.
Gents play off the white tees – ¾ handicap
Ladies play off the red tees – ¾ handicap + 1

On holes 1,4,7,10, 13 and 16 only enter one best net score.
On holes 2,5,8,11,14 and 17 enter the two best net scores.
On holes 3,6,9,12,15 and 18 enter all three net scores.

Have Fun!!

TEXAS SCRAMBLE

Aren't Texas Scrambles fun! Everyone seemed to enjoy the mornings golf today. Scoring was excellent too. The results are as follows:

1st Rhoda Fraser, Mary Menzies, Sheila Bailey and Heather Dawson - 63
2nd Eleanor Fenwick, Jackie Moran, Kay Findlay and Dawn Butchart - 64
3rd Mary McDiarmid, Madge Nicol, Rhona McIntosh and Cathy McNab - 65

Well done all!

WEDNESDAY'S DRAW

Marion has asked me to let you all know that the draw for Wednesday's Texas Scramble will be done at 9am at the club house so if you wish to be included please be there for that time.

Thank you

NORSE CUP

Phenomenal scoring yesterday for our Norse Cup. The winning couple with a massive 47 points (yes 47) was Sandy Bushby and Graham Haynes. In second place was Gillian Allardice and Stephen Schofield on 43 (bih) and in Third Rhoda Fraser and Jack Scott 43. Well done all!

This mixed event has a slightly different slant where you partners are pick at random which is a nice way to play with different members and makes the day very social.

Many thanks once again go to Marion Robertson and Iain Butchart for another well organised event. With 56 people taking part the mixed events are an extremely popular part of our club. Also thanks to the Centre Catering Staff for another excellent meal.

JUNIOR PRIZEGIVING

Last night was Strathmore Golf Clubs Junior Prizegiving. Lots of our very talented youngsters came along and all received a Certificate from Margot which related to the level of coaching attained. Stephen Schofield read out a list of achievements which was very impressive. Above is all the junior prize winners and juniors with their well deserved Certificates.

Above is the photo of the prizewinners they are Back row right to left, Todd Bannerman, Alex Simpson, Abigail Aird, Brad Bannerman, front row right left Emily Aird, runner up Junior Champion Megan Aird, Champion Allan Easton, Matthew Bell and Grant Martin

Above are the juniors with their certificates. Well done to all the juniors. Keep up the good work!

NORSE CUP DRAW

To follow is the draw for Sunday's Norse Cup, Four ball better ball stableford.

12.00: D Butchart & L Duncan - R Fraser & J Scott
12.07: S Scott & P Barnett - J Moran & S Bolderson
12.15: E Aird & G Martin - M Nicol & N Jackson
12.22: M Aird & J Rough - C Tinker & D Douglas
12.30: A Grewar & P Tinker - C Sturgis & F Moran
12.37: M Hunter & M Truswell - C McNab & D Gillespie
12.45: S Bushby & G Haynes - C Bushby & F Martin
12.52: J Griffiths & A Aird - L Ross & M Bell
13.00: E Thomson & S Robertson - M Robertson & F Moran ( jun)
13.07: G Allardice & S Schofield - M Strachan & G Hunter
13.15: B Buckett & I Butchart - M Marshall & L Bushby
13.22: C Davidson & K McLeod - D Gordon & R Milligan

Gents play off the white tees - ¾ handicap
Ladies play off the red tees - ¾ handicap plus one stroke

POT LUCK GREENSOMES

What a cold wind we played in today!! Nice to see the sun though. The results of the day were as follows:

Cathy McNab & Lesley Haynes 71.2
Sandy Busbhy & Sheila Bailey 72.8
Rhona McGeoghegan & Rhona McIntosh 73.2

Well done all!

GENTS NEW WEBSITE

Our Gents Section have now a website which will incorporate all the news, draws and results pertaining to the Gents Section. I have made link which will direct anyone straight to the website. It is on the right hand side of this page.

Well done Guys!

MIXED INVITATION

Our Mixed Invitation was a huge success yesterday, with 52 players taking part it was also a fantastic turnout. Before we go into the results a few thank you's must be noted. Firstly Marion Robertson and Iain Butchart who put such a lot of hard work and effort into every mixed event most of which goes unseen. However the smooth running of all our mixed events certainly just shows how much effort they commit to the mixed section. Also thanks go to Jack Scott who printed all the signs for the spot prizes and the rules of the day for all the participants. Thanks also to Sheena Scott who produced all the Prize Vouchers and Envelopes plus along with Iain took care of all the entry fees and made sure we all got exactly what we wanted for food! Next thanks go to David Norman who organised all the excellent entertainment following our meal. This consisted of a Magician, a quiz and quiz master plus excellent folk music provided by Wedge and Skinner. Also thanks to the catering staff who made sure we were all looked after to a very high standard. The food and service was excellent. Well done all!

Now to the nitty gritty! The winners on the day were Jackie Moran and her partner with M Butler with 42 stableford points, well done Jackie! (I can see a trip to the 5th pond soon!) In second place by virtue of a better inward half was Sheena Scott and her partner M Melville with 41 points and in 3rd place was Iain Butchart and his partner Janet Griffiths also with 41. In fourth place again by virtue of a better inward half was Rhoda Fraser and her partner I Clark. Well done to all.

Here is the list of spot prizes:

Ladies Nearest the Pin: Rhona McGeoghegan

Gents Nearest the Pin: M Melville

Ladies Nearest the Pin in 2: S Barber

Gents Nearest the Pin: F Barber

Ladies Nearest the Pin in 3: Liz Fertacz

Gents Nearest the Pin in 3: Jeff Colville

Ladies Longest Drive: Janet Griffiths

Gents Longest Drive: F Barber

Well done to all players. It truly was a fantastic day. Next Sunday is the Mixed Norse Cup so sign your names on the mixed board to take part. Click on the link below for more photos from yesterday:

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS

STABLEFORD WINNERS AND DWAS

The final qualifying competitions of the year took place on Saturday and Sheena was a very lucky name! The winner of the Stableford winners was Sheena Peacock with 33 points, this competition was reduction only. The DWAS winner was Sheena Scott with 37 points, the CSS 71, well done to both Sheena's! Here are the full results:

Stableford Winners
CSS 75 r/o

Sheena Scoot (21) 33
Mary Ogilvie (32) 31
Jane Doouglas (19) 30

DWAS
CSS 71

Sheena Scott (12) 37 bih
Alexandra Bushby (2) 37
Emliy Aird (22) 36 bih
Sandy Bushby (8) 36

WEDNESDAY DRAW

To follow is the draw for our Greensomes competition which is to be held on Wednseday 17th October.

8.52: R Mcgeoghegan & J Douglas
9.00: R Fraser & M Nicol - M Menzies & M Robertson
9.07: J Moran & C Tinker - D Butchart & S Peacock
9.15: E Fenwick & C Sturgis - M Hunter & A Grewar
9.22: S Bushby & S Bailey - G Allardice & R McIntosh
9.30: C McNab & L Haynes - J Merry & L Ross
9.37: M McDiarmid & M Woodcraft - E Thomson & M Young
9.45: Ralston & M Galbally - GGray & M Strachan

MIXED INVITATION DAY

The draw for Sundays Mixed Invitation day is as follows:

Tee
(1) 11.00:J Scott & P Drysdale, P Howlett & R McGeoghegan
(1) 11.07: I Butchart & J Griffiths, T Griffiths & D Butchart
(1) 11.15: B Arscott & M Young, G Bullock & J French
(1) 11.22: A Biltcliffe & J Merry, E Merry & M Woodcraft
(1) 11.30: D Conran-Smith & C Sturgis, C Brand & E Allan
(2) 11.00: A Bruce & M McDiarmid, I McDiarmid & D Bruce
(3) 11.00: S Robertson & M Robertson, E Gray & F Moran(Jrn)
(4) 11.00: G Haynes & S Barber, F Barber & L Haynes
(5) 11.00: G Ralston & E Ralston, C Davidson & L Fertacz
(6) 11.00: E Richie & S Bowers, M Melville & S Scott
(7) 11.00: I Clark & R Fraser, J Colville & T Tripney
(8) 11.00: E Butler & J Moran, F Moran & M Butler
(9) 11.00: D Swarbrick & J Taylor, B Douglas & J Douglas

STABLEFORD WINNERS AND DWAS



To follow is the draw for the Stableford Winners and Dwas competition. Please note the earlier Tee Times.



11:00. J Moran, M Nicol
11:07. R Fraser, M Ogilvy, S Peacock
11:15. J Douglas, L Haynes, C McNab
11:22. R McGeoghegan, E Ralston, M Aird
11:30. S Scott, A Bushby, S Bushby
11:37. D Butchart, E Aird, M Robertson, G Allardice

(Sorry this is late, I thought I had done it but obviously not! I will be getting sacked!)

THREE CLUBS AND A PUTTER RESULTS

Play was delayed for 15 mins this morning due to fog however when the fog did lift we had the most glorious day to play our 3 clubs and a putter event and sometimes it make us think why bother with 14!

Wilma Nicoll posted a fantastic score of 66! WOW! Wilma was closely followed by Sheena Peacock with 69 and Margaret Hunter posted a 72.

Well done all!

WOODEN SPOON RESULTS

Don't let it be said that the Ladies Section are poor losers! In golf you have to learn to win just as well as lose and bearing this in mind I am sure you can guess who was handed the Wooden Spoon today....yes it was none other that the Ladies who were well and truly beaten 14-6.

Hard lines ladies but well done for taking part and showing great sportswomanship! Also great to see the juniors taking part today they are a very welcome feature at Strathmore Golf Club.Unfortunately Lady Captain Jane Taylor was ill and couldn't take part. Hope you are feeling better Jane, sorry we didn't win for you!

(Please note the time that this was entered on the web Jack and also check the Courier!)

SCOTT TROPHY

Saturday was the final round of the Scott Trophy which was kindly donated by Sheena Scott. Scoring again was very good on what was a beautiful sunny day. Edith Ralston returned an excellent score of nett 69 which included a wonderful 2 on the 17th! Well done Edith. full results were as follows:

CSS 72
Scratch
Dawn Butchart 76

H/Cap
Edith Ralston (33) 69
Dawn Butchart (6) 70
Sheena Scott (12) 72
Megan Aird (10) 73

As this was the final round the results for the trophy is as follows:

Scratch winner
Alexandra Bushby

Handicap winner
Jackie Moran

Junior member Megan Aird was a very close second place for the handicap section just losing out by virtue of better last counting card from Jackie.

Well done all!

THREE CLUB EVENT + PUTTER
Wednesday 10th October
The draw is as follows
AM
08.45 S. Bushby R. McIntosh
08.52 M. Robertson D. Butchart
09.00 M. Knight M. Galbally J. Moran
09.07 M. Strachan M. Mc Diarmid J. McCouig
09.15 F. Christie M. Menzies M. Hunter
09.22 M. Woodcraft E. Ralston M. Young
09.30 K. Finlay R. Fraser C. McNab
09.37 J. Livingston E. Fenwick H. Ross
09.45 L. Ross W. Nicoll S. Peacock
09.52 A. Grewar E. Thompson B. Buckett
10.00 P. Maxwell M. Nicol S. Bailey
Any quiries about the draw please ring Marion

Here is the photo of our Senior Ladies Trophy Winner Linda Holme. Many thanks for sending this in to me.

SCOTT TROPHY (8)
SATURDAY 6TH OCTOBER
The draw is as follows

Lunchtime
12.00 M. Aird C. McNab C. Sturgis
12.07 E. Ralston D. Butchart R. Fraser
12.15 M. McDiarmid S. Scott E. Aird
12.22 S. Bushby J. Moran G. Allardice

WOODEN SPOON DRAW

Sunday will see the annual battle of the sexes for 'The Wooden Spoon'. Here is the draw.

12.00: J Taylor & E Aird v J Scott & M Bell
12.07: J Douglas & S Scott v I Butchart & I Taylor
12.15: D Butchart & J Moran v C Davidson & G Martin
12.22: C McNab & M Nicol v F Moran & K MacLeod
12.30: M Aird & E Ralston v P Tinker & G Liddell
12.37: C Tinker & S Peacock v F Martin & P Barnett
12.45: M Menzies & M West v A Aird & R Milligan
12.52: R Fraser & M McDiarmid v D McMurray & E Gray
13.00: S Bailey & M Young v J Menzies & R Peacock
13.07: S Schofield & S Bolderson v L Duncan & D Gordon

Go Girls!!

GREWAR TROPHY RESULTS


Fantastic scoring today and on saturday's alternative day with two three ladies scoring nett 69! Rhoda Fraser and Jennifer Livingstone both posted 69 today and Sandy Bushby matched that score on Saturday. However Rhoda lifted the trophy by virtue of a better inward half. Well done Rhoda.

Full results are as follows:

CSS 71
Alt day 72

Rhoda Fraser (26) 69 bih
Sandy Bushby (8) 69
Jennifer Livingstone (31) 69
Marion Robertson (20) 72
Margaret Young (21) 73
Wilma Nicoll (28) 73
Rhona McGeoghegan (28) 73

ISN'T HE GORGEGOUS

Joan Merry is very proud of this little bundle and quite right too! James is Joan and Eric's first grandchild and isn't he just adorable.

Congratulations Joan!

NEW WILDLIFE ON THE 5th POND

A lone swan visited the 5th pond yesterday and looked very much at home. I just hope the pond is now big enough for Jenny to miss this one!!

RED CROSS DAY

Strathmore hosted the Red Cross Tournament yesterday and a team of juniors jointly sponsored by the Club and the Centre took part. They were Allan Easton. Matthew Bell, Grant Martin and Megan Aird. They all played beautifully and did us all proud by finishing in third place over all.

Many other Strathmore members took part indeed the winning team consisted of lady members Sandy and Alex Bushby along with Sandy's brother Ian and Jane Douglas's team was in second place so very well done to all the Stathmore participants.

Well done all.

GREWAR TROPHY
Wednesday 3rd October
The draw is as follows

AM
08.45 A. MacLachlan C. Sturgis
08.52 R. Wight L. Holme W. Nicoll
09.00 G. Allardice M. Knight A. Grewar
09.07 M. Nicol M. Robertson M. Young
09.15 L. Ross R. Fraser J. McCouig
09.22 C. Tinker M. Galbally R. McIntosh
09.30 F. Christie M. Menzies S. Peacock
09.37 J. Livingston J. Merry J. Douglas
09.45 C. McNab E. Fenwick G. Gray
09.52 J. Groom M. Woodcraft M. Ogilvie
10.00 J. Moran M. Hunter E. Ralston

Lunchtime
12.00 K. Finlay P. Maxwell

SENIOR LADIES TROPHY RESULTS
CSS73
L. Holme 42points (33)
R. McGeoghegan 36points (28)
M. Young 33points (21)
Well done to Linda who has now reduced her playing handicap to 30

SENIOR LADIES TROPHY

Strathmore Senior Ladies Trophy was held yesterday and had a tremendous turnout. The winner on the day with a massive 42 points was Linda Holme. A fantastic score Linda, well done.

Also a very Happy Birthday to Rhoda Fraser who treated all the ladies to a Buzz Fizz!

I will up date this post later when I have the full results from Jenny.

SCRATCH LEAGUE RESULTS

The Scratch League Team who represented Strathmore Golf Club were Team Captain Alexandra Bushby, Dawn Butchart, Sandy Bushby, Sheena Scott, Jane Taylor and Judy Goodfellow.

They all certainly did us proud in our maiden year of scratch league competition, they were among the three top teams of the leader board who had a final tally of 10 match points.

Unfortunately when it comes to teams having the same points it then goes back to games for and finally how many holes won by, where we were pipped by the eventual winners Craigie Hill and second place team Alyth who had more individual games won than us. However to have been to close to winning and being third out of the rest of the County Clubs is a fantastic result.

Congratulation to the all team and lets look forward to next year.

MERRY TROPHY RESULTS

Winter certainly seemed to have arrived yesterday at Strathmore Golf Club where woolly hats and thermals were the order of the day! The wind was extremely strong and very cold making playing conditions difficult however one lady played extremely well returning a score below handicap. Gillian Allardice notched 37 points and with the CSS raising to 73 was two under handicap. Well done Gillian. Next to Gillian was Dawn Butchart returning a score of 34 which also matched the best alternative day score of 34 by Mary West.

Full results are as follows

Alternative day CSS 72
Yesterday CSS 73

Gillian Allardice (25) 37
Dawn Butchart (6) 34
Mary West (21) 34
Chris Sturgis (24) 33

Gillian also reduced her handicap yesterday, Gillian was 25 now 24.0 playing 24.

Well done all!

GREWAR TROPHY
ALTERNATE DAY
SATURDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER
Tee times booked
12.00 12.07 12.15
D. Butchart R. McGeoghegan M. West M. Aird
E. Aird A. Bushby S. Bushby S. Scott
Draw will be done on the day

PRINCESS OF WALES MEDAL WINNERS

It is always a sign that the season is at a close when the Princess of Wales Medal Winners takes place! Nine medal winners took part and the overall winner was Alexandra Bushby with nett 72. Congratulations Alex.

A further six players took part in the DWAM (Didn't Win A Medal!) and the winner was Edith Ralston with a magnificent nett 68. Well done Edith.

Full results were as follows:

Princess of Wales
CSS 72
Alexandra Bushby (1) 72
Judy Goodfellow (12) 74 bih
Marion Robertson (20) 74

DWAM
CSS 72
Edith Ralston (34) 68
Sandy Bushby (8) 73
Gillian Allardice (25) 74


Edith received a well deserved cut she was 34 now 32.4 playing 32
Judy Goodfellow also had a cut to her handicap thanks to Stableford Adjustment (clause 19.8). Judy was 12 now 11.0, playing 11. Well done Judy!

WELCOME JAMES

Joan Merry is very pleased to announce the birth of her first grandchild. James was born on Tuesday 18th September.

Congratulations from all of us at Strathmore Ladies.

(EMail me a photo please Joan!)

PAST CAPTAINS DAY

The past Captains of Strathmore were all invited to Strathmore to play in the Annual Past Captains Day on Friday. Unfortunately two past captains were unable to attend, Jenny French and Anke. Anke was unable to attend as she has had a fall and hurt her shoulder, we all wish her a speedy recovery.

Past Captains Margaret Young, Dawn Butchart, Sandy Bushby, Wilma Nicoll, Joan Merry and Annette Grewar along with their guest present Captain Jane Taylor got together and had a lovely game followed by a suberb meal. Annette Grewar won the trophy with 37 stableford points. Well done Annette. It was especially nice to see Margaret play her very first full 18 holes.

Unfortunately I inadvertently deleted my photos, so could any other ladies who took some please EMail them to me to enable me to post them on the site.

MERRY TROPHY DRAW

The draw for the Merry Trophy to be played on Wednesday 26th and Sunday 23rd is as follows:

08.52: S Peacock, G Allardice, G Gray
09.00: J Groom, A Grewar, D Butchart
09.07: B Buckett, L Holme, A Maclachlan
09.15: M Strachan, J Douglas, S Bailey
09.22: M Knight, E Thomson, C. Tinker
09.30: C Sturgis, R Fraser, J Livingstone
09.45: W Nicoll, E Ralston, M Galbally
09.52: C McNab, R Wight, J McCouig
10.00: M Nicol, M Menzies, L Haynes

Alternative Day Sunday 23rd

12.07: S Scott, M Aird
12.15: M West, E Aird, H Graham

PRINCESS OF WALES MEDAL WINNER & (dwam)
Saturday 22nd September
The draw is as follows

Saturday 22th September
12.00 S. Bushby A. Bushby
12.07 J. Goodfellow L. Haynes
12.15 E. Aird R. Fraser S. Bailey
12.22 M. Robertson G. Allardice J. Moran
12.30 M. Aird D. Butchart C. McNab
12.37 S. Scott M. Menzies E. Ralston

AUTUMN MEETING

PHOTOS NOW AVAILABLE CLICK HERE

22 ladies took part in our Autumn Meeting on Saturday and the weather certainly matched the competition. The temperature has certainly dropped a few degree and polo necks and woolly hats were the order of the day.

The cold weather did not deter some very good scoring with 6 ladies matching par or better. Cathy McNab was the star of the day with a marvelous nett 67. Excellent score. Well done.

The winner of the Spring and Autumn cup was also announced and the winner was junior member Megan Aird, well done Megan.

Full results were as follows:

Scratch
Alexandra Bushby 74
Dawn Butchart 76

Autumn Meeting
Cathy McNab (30) 67
Jackie Moran (26) 69
Marion Robertson (20) 70 bih
Dawn Butchart (6) 70
Emily Aird (22) 72 bih
Megan Aird (10) 72

Silver Longest Drive - Joan Merry
Bronze Longest Drive - Cathy McNab
Nearest the Pin - Alex Bushby

Well done all and photos will be posted shortly!

TWO STRATHMORE MEMBERS RECOGNISED AT NATIONAL LEVEL




Strathmore club Champion Alexandra Bushby has been invited by the SLGA to take part in National B Squad coaching for 2007-2008. This is a fantastic achievement for Alex who has worked extremely hard on her golf over the last two years reducing her handicap from 4 to 1 this year alone. Alex has also represented Perth and Kinross at County level for the last two years and is the current County Champion. She also won the Perth and Kinross Champion of Champions last year.




Junior member Megan Aird has also been invited by the SLGA to take part in the Girls Development squad for 2007-2008. Again this is a fantastic opportunity for Megan who has also worked very hard over the last year. Megan this year was the first girl to reach the Strathmore Junior Championship final, she also represented Perth and Kinross at the inter county championship at Balumbie and was selected by P&K for a scholarship at Gleneagles. Megan certainly took advantage of the scholarship and used the facility as often as possible.


I am delighted for Strathmore but also P&K County who work tirelessly to promote our girls. It is very gratifying to see the efforts rewarded.


Well done girls and take full advantage of all the opportunities that are available.

LADIES INVITATION

Yet another hugely successful Ladies Invitation day was held yesterday. It was a glorious day and the course was in lovely condition. All ladies enjoyed their day and what a fabulous meal we were treated to. Fantastic.

Of course these days just don't happen there is lots of preparation goes into the day and our thanks go to Jane and her committee, but special thanks has to go to competition secretary Jenny Groom who works extremely hard behind the scenes not only on this day but every competition that is held. So well done Jenny and many thanks for your efforts.

The winners on the day were Morag Woodcraft and her guest Diane Bellhouse with 41 points. An excellent score, well done.

The full results are as follows:

1st Morag Woodcraft & Diane Bellhouse 41 points
2nd Dawn Butchart & Janet Griffiths 40 points
3rd Judy Goodfellow & L Goghill 39 points
4th Sandy Bushby & Helen Dix 38 points

Nearest the pin silver (guest) Ina Murdoch
Nearest the Pin Bronze (guest) Shirley Gardner
Longest Drive Silver (guest) Fiona Johnston
Longest Drive Bronze (guest) Monica Sugrue
Nearest the pin (members) Dawn Butchart
Longest Drive Silver (members) Judy Goodfellow
Longest Drive Bronze (members) RhodaFraser

To see photos of the day click below:

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS

FINAL RESULTS

The finals of both the Marshall Salver (singles) and Fionnadh (doubles) have now taken place and I firstly I would like to congratulate the finalist, Annette Grewar and Cathy McNab who played in the Marshall Salver and partners Sandy and Alex Bushby and Rhona McGeoghegan and Jenny Groom in the Fionnadh. It is a huge achievement to have been successfully made it to the last game.

The winner of the Marshall Salver was Annette Grewar and the winners of the Fionnadh was Sandy and Alex Bushby. Congratulations go to the winners and commiserations to the runners up.

LADIES VERSUS SENIOR GENTS

Congratulations go to Peter Tinker and his Senior Gents for a very close win on Wednesday! Perhaps if I had got a trophy with a lady on it instead of a man we would have had more luck!

Joking aside, this event really has gone from strength to strenght with more and more members taking part every year which is really what the day is about.....its the taking part that really counts!

Well done Gents and look forward to next years event!

LGU MEDAL

sorry for being so late in posting the results of Wednesdays competition, unfortunately work sometimes gets in the way!

Congratulations go to our winners Alexandra Bushby and Jennifer Livingstone. Alex played par golf and returned a scratch score of 72. Incredibly that score included a lost ball on 14!. Jennifer Livingstone returned a net score of 72 but with a stableford adjustment was the only player to reduce their playing handicap. Jennifer was 32, now 30.8 which is a new playing handicap of 31. Well done.

Full results are as follows:

Wednesday CSS 72
Alernative day - Reduction Only

Scratch
Alexandra Busbhy 72
Dawn Butchart 82

Silver
Alex Bushby (1) 71
Marion Robertson (20) 72
Judy Goodfellow (13) 73

Bronze
Jennifer Livingstone (32) 72
Gillian Allardice (25) 72
Mary Ogilvy (32) 75 bih
Joan McCouig (31) 75

OPEN SUCCESS

I am pleased to report that Dawn Butchart won the Scratch section of the Muthill Ladies Open on Saturday with a scratch score of 73.

BON VOYAGE SALLY

Lady member Sally Fenner begins her trip of a lifetime this weekend and on behalf of all of the ladies section I would like to wish Sally a safe and memorable trip.

Enjoy Sally!

LGU MEDAL AND THISTLE BROOCH

It is always a sign that we are nearing the end of the season when you play in the last evening draw of the season. Hard to believe we have reached this time of the year already! However two ladies are playing extremely well. They are Alexandra Bushby and Rhona McIntosh. Alex returned a scratch score of 2 under par 70 making her nett score 68. This score will bring Alex down to her lowest ever handicap or 1.2. Rhona kept her spell of form going too with yet another nett score below par. Rhona has played extremely well over the last month and even with her drastically reduced handicap still manages to maintain a very consistent level of play. Well done both!

Full results are as follows:
Scratch:
Alexandra Bushby 70
Dawn Butchart 78

Silver
Alexandra Bushby (2) 68
Dawn Butchart (6) 72
Sheena Scott (11) 73 bih
Marion Robertson (20) 73

Bronze
Rhona McIntosh (26) 70
Mary Menzies (23) 74
Sheena Peacock (21) 75

Three ladies had their handicap reduced. They were as follows:
Alexandra Bushby was 2 now 1.2 new playing 1
Rhona McInstosh was 26 now 25.4 new playing 25
Dawn Butchart was 6 now 5.4 new playing 5. I was cut due to a Stableford Adjustment (Clause 19.8) My ball decided to visit the horses at the 4th!

JUNIOR PHOTOS

Don't know what went wrong with some of the photo's on the report regarding the Junior Final Day but I have now fixed it. So to have another look at the new slide show with 'heads' included, scroll down to the report and click on the relevant spot!!

(Honest I wasnt trying to make David (Bailey) Douglas look bad!)

WELL DONE JOAN

Well done to Joan Merry for once again giving her time and energy to organise another successful Cancer Fundraising Golf Day at Strathmore yesterday. Over 230 ladies took part which must be the largest entry to date. Over £20,000 has been raised with these events which is indeed something to be very proud of Joan. Well done

Congratulations also go to mother and daughter team Sandy and Alexandra Bushby who were the winners of the event with a fantastic scratch score of 67!! Well done both.


Looking forward to next year already.

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

The Strathmore Junior Championship took place on Sunday afternoon and I was very pleased to referee what was an excellent match played by two very talented, polite and courteous young people. The finalist were defending champion Allan Easton and for the very first time a junior girl, Megan Aird.

The winner on the day was Allan who played some tremendous golf and finished in style with a 3 on the 14th. Allan was only 1 over par. Megan also played beautifully with 2 excellent birdies on 3 and 10 and her play off the tee was superb.

Both players conducted themselves in manner they should both be very proud of. There was no displays of bad temper or sulks! and even after losing a ball Megan walked back to the tee quite happily. It was a pleasure to spend the afternoon in their company.

Our congratulations go to the winner Allan Easton but Strathmore Golf Club should be very proud of our two finalist and also a special mention should go to their fellow junior members Matthew Bell, Alistair Gilmour and Grant Martin who took time out to walk round and support the finalists not only yesterday but last Sunday for the Gents Tankard final. We really have a great bunch of juniors who really deserve all our support. Well done to them all.

Also thanks go to Lady Captain Jane Taylor who came along to support the finalist and for making a very encouraging speech to the finalists. Unfortunatley due to bad weather the change of dates meant Gents Captain Jack Scott and President Peter Tinker were unable to attend as they are both away on holiday. Thanks also go the the caddies.

I have some photographs of the day most were taken by David (Bailey) Douglas so special thanks go to him. To see them just click on the link below.

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS

R.N.L.I. MEDAL RESULTS

The annual RNLI charity event took place on Saturday. 14 ladies took part in the event but only one lady played below the par and CSS of the day. Annette Grewar played beautifully and returned a score fo nett 70. Well done Annette.

Full results were as follows:

CSS 72

Annette Grewar (14) 70
Edith Ralston (34) 73 bih
Jackie Moran (26) 73
Dawn Butchart (6) 74 bih
Mary West (21) 74

Well done all.
Sorry got a bit carried away yesterday and cut Annette's handicap!! Sorry Annette you are still 14!!

LGU Medal Thistle Brooch
Wednesday 29th August
The draw is as follows
09.00 J. Goodfellow J. Merry
09.07 E. Fenwick M. Robertson S. Fenner
09.15 S. Peacock M. Menzies G. Allardice
09.22 C. Sturgis R. Fraser R. McIntosh
09.30 J. Groom A. MacLachlan R. Wight
09.37 R. McGeoghegan W. Nicoll C. McNab
09.45 M. McDiaarmid J. McCouig M. Ogilvie
09.52 E. Ralston S. Bailey M. Woodcraft
10.00 L. Ross H. Ross G. Gray


Lunchtime
12.00 S. Bushby C. Bushby

Evening
5.15 A. Bushby D. Butchart S. Scott
5.22 J. Taylor L. Haynes F. Christie