ELIE VS BLAIRGOWRIE LADIES MATCH RESULT 24/04/2014

Blairgowrie Ladies played a match away against Elie yesterday coping with hard ground and fast greens. Elie, with the home advantage, prevailed, wining 3 - 1. A big thank you to those who represented our club and hopefully a great day was had by all.

 Avril Smith
(Match Secretary)

RESULTS CORONATION FOURSOMES

1st    M Rae & L Rice  36 points

2nd   S Leighton & M Lumby 34 points

3rd   M Hunter & S Bushby  32 points

BOOK CLUB

The next book to be read is LONGBOURN by Jo Baker. It is the servant's tale from Pride and Prejudice. The club will meet on the 24th June at 3:00pm. Please join us if this book strikes your fancy.

GILLIAN WALLACE WINS MIDLAND VETS SPRING MEETING AT ELIE

Well done to Gillian Wallace who won the Midland Vets Spring meeting at Elie today with a gross 79 nett 71. There was a field of 93 ladies who played and Gillian did very well. Heather Anderson came second with a gross 75 nett 72. Liz Fertacz was 2nd in Division 2 with a gross 88 nett 75. So Blairgowrie was well represented in the prizes.

HOME-IN-ONE FOR JAN!

Congratulations to Jan Kennedy who had a Hole-in-One at the 3rd on Rosemount this morning....22nd April.   Jan was playing Maureen Brass in the Coronation Trophy. This is Jan's first Hole-in-One.

We have just had the Hole-in-One board updated, so here we go again, back to the letterer!
Well done, Jan.....

FORFAR V BLAIRGOWRIE MATCH RESULT

Today, Blairgowrie Ladies played Forfar Ladies at Forfar Golf Club. Blairgowrie won 2.5 - 1.5. Very well done ladies, an excellent start to the season!

Avril Smith

( Match Secretary)

RESULTS 18/04/2014

SLGA Medal 2 Karrinyup Spoon Rosemount CSS75
Silver
73  Val PRINGLE  (12)   after count-back
73  Merrie RUTHERFORD  (14)
74  Gwen LAMBIE  (5)
Bronze
77  Judith CLOWE (27)
78  Doreen JOHNSTON (27)
78  Sandra MCCLELLAND (34)

•  We play our first friendly match away to Forfar on Monday - good luck everyone.
•  Next week's competition is the Coronation Foursomes. Please enter in pairs. £3.00 entry per couple.

THE SEASON BEGINS.....

Click on the picture to enlarge

We were greeted with bright, sunny skies for the start of the golfing  season this morning, Friday April 11th.   The first three ladies to tee off  on Lansdowne were Ina Murdoch, Christine Smith and Eleanor Sandford.

SLGA Medal 1 : Lansdowne CSS 77
Silver
1st     75    Millie DOUGLAS  (10)  bih
2nd    75    Sandy BUSHBY  (11)
3rd     76    Sheila RITCHIE   (14)
Bronze
1st     75    Katy CHAPMAN ( 22)
2nd    77    Judith CLOWE   (27)
3rd     78    Kathy CAMERON  (25)   
  

FROM THE LADY CAPTAIN

I regret to have to  give you the sad news  that Kim Morison  
(Kim Hawker) died on Sunday.  Kim had been ill for some time. 
A service will be held at Perth Crematorium on Thursday, April 17, at 
2 p.m. No flowers please, but donations to Edinburgh Cancer Research may be given at the Crematorium

Margaret Hunter

LADIES VS SENIOR GENTS

The Senior Gentlemen retain the Columbine Trophy

At last the sun shone on the first match of the season for the ladies. Their opponents were the senior gentlemen and they were all competing for the Columbine Trophy for the 23rd year. Expectations were high in this closely fought contest. Margaret Hunter, the Lady Captain led the ladies' team and kindly organised the presentation of 125th Anniversary ball markers from all the ladies to all the gents. Her husband Graeme captained the men. After an enjoyable meal provided by Paul and Jane, we waited to hear with bated breath for the announcement of the results. Margaret informed us all that it had been a closely fought event, but alas the men had won seven games to five and she then presented Graeme with the Columbine Trophy. It was a great day and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Thanks go to Graeme Hunter for hosting the day and also to Ian MacPherson for organising everything behind the scenes

CLUB CAPTAIN'S DRIVE IN

Today the men had their opening day of the season. They were a bit more 

fortunate than the ladies with the weather and were able to play. After 

the Captain, Alastair Drummond welcomed everyone, he was in for a 

wee surprise. The Lady Captain presented him with a 125 year old penny 

to commemorate the Anniversary of the club. Afterwards the Captain and 

the Lady Captain made their way out to raise the Club flag. Finally The 

Captain undertook the duty of hitting the first ball off the tee to officially

 open the season for the men.

In the photo on the bottom right you can see a close up of the Penny.

The slideshow below gives a flavour of what went on.

LADY CAPTAIN'S DRIVE IN

Sadly April showers took centre stage today and forced the Lady Captain to make the difficult decision of cancelling the Captain Vs Vice Captain match. The ladies did manage to gather outside club house on the first tee for the the traditional opening day photograph. Once that was done, the Lady Captain Margaret Hunter hit the first ball of the season beautifully down the middle of the fairway. The spirits of the ladies were not daunted by the weather as other activities were organised for them to do do. There was bridge, carpet bowls, indoor putting and Charles had a 20% off sale on ladies clothing. What more could a girl ask for? So all was not lost as it gave everyone the chance to meet up and chat as well as participating in some entertaining activities.

FINAL WINTER RESULTS

Winter Eclectic  - Rosemount

Winner – Sandy Bushby – Nett 64 less half handicap = 58 ½
Runner Up – Margaret Hunter – Nett 68 less half handicap = 61 ½

Winter Ringer Competition - Lansdowne

Winner – Sandy Bushby –      Nett 47 less half handicap =   41 ½
Runner Up – Margaret Kerr –  Nett 51 less half handicap =   42

TEXAS SCRAMBLE 28/03/2014

1st    H Dawson, J Clarke,  M Chalmers      69  (79 - 10)
2nd   K Cameron,  M Steven,  N Keddie      71  (83 - 13)

3rd    S Bushby,  B Cuthbert,  M Reid          73  (81 - 8)