WINTER SOCIALS 28/01/2019

The  Winter Socials Programme  attracted  38 ladies this morning to hear  Charles Dernie talk about some of the 2019 Changes to the Rules of Golf. Charles  concentrated on the 20 Rules most likely to affect club players, such as  changes to the rules on dropping the ball,  taking relief in bunkers, changes to the rules on the putting green, pace of play etc. Laminated notes which  you can put into your golf bag were handed out.  More  copies will be available at our Members' Evening in March, or you can get one on Friday at Winter league.

Social Conveners Jo Stewart  and Pauline Hill with Charles

WHAT'S NEXT?
Monday 4th February   FUN JEWELLERY
with Hazel Aiken. Great ideas to create your own jewellery

Monday 11th February   CERAMICS
with Jennifer Sneddon.  Jennifer assures us watching this will be FUN!

Monday 18th February   WELL-BEING  HOLIDAY IDEAS
Geo Adventures will present  info on holiday destinations for health and well-being

The full programme of Winter Social Get-togethers is on the notice-board in the Locker Room

P.S. The weather outlook for Friday is really looking a bit uncertain... if you haven't signed up for Winter League and you decide on the day you want to play,  please come along  and we'll fit you in.

Fiona Johnston, Lady Captain

REMINDER : JUNIOR RAFFLE

Ladies! Just a reminder about the 2019 Junior Raffle
1st Prize
YOUR OWN RESERVED
 PARKING SPACE AT THE FRONT DOOR FOR A YEAR!

 
(Parking Spot is  RESERVED  next to Bradley Neil's spot) 

DRAW WILL BE MADE AT THE
OPENING DAY CAPTAIN'S DRIVE-IN 

2nd Prize -  2018 Ryder Cup Flag signed by
Thomas Bjorn  & Rory McIlroy

3rd Prize Bottle of Loch Lomond  Whisky
"The Open Special Edition" signed by Paul Lawrie

Tickets are £5.00 at the Bar

ALL PROCEEDS GO TO SUPPORT OUR
JUNIOR SECTION - captained this year by 

Katy Alexander.

(The Raffle was won last year by Margaret Hunter  who can recommend it!)

Ladies Committee

WINTER LEAGUE WEEK ENDING 25/01/2019

Division 1 Winner, Sheila Bruce

It was a lovely day for golf, although  conditions underfoot were tricky for the first few holes.

Aggregate result of the Competition played on 20th & 25 January on Lansdowne. 
Division  1
1st Sheila BRUCE          57 - 11 = 46 (ctb)
2nd Margaret HUNTER  56 - 10 = 46

Division 2
1st Liz RIDSDALE          62 - 22  = 40
2nd Jean LABURN         64 - 19  = 45

Division 2 Winner Liz Ridsdale

P.S. WINTER SOCIALS
We hope to see  as many ladies  as possible on Monday morning 
28th January  (10.00am  for 10.30am) to hear Charles Dernie explain and demonstrate the changes to the Rules of Golf for 2019. There will be copies of the 20 Rules which will affect us most to take away.

Fiona Johnston
Lady Captain

STRETCH THOSE MUSCLES

Nine ladies today had fun practising their breathing and stretching exercises,  guided carefully through the process by Mary Hope who had offered to provide an Introduction to Pilates. Mary also spoke about her own experiences and how this form of exercise can help with our golf in general.

A number of ladies had not tried Pilates before and expressed an interest into looking for such a class in the future. It certainly shows a taster can have a big impact.

As a thank you, Pauline presented Mary with a box of chocolates and after the session the group enjoyed coffee and a chat in the lounge.

Next week, Charles will be on hand to keep us in touch with the Rule changes, so don't miss out.



Fiona Johnston
Lady Captain

WINTER LEAGUE WEEK ENDING 18/01/2019

Aggregate result of the Competition played on 13th  and 18th January
Division 1
1st Jan KENNEDY  55 - 12 = 43
2nd  Lesley FINDLAY    58 - 13 = 45

Division 2
1st Heather WELSH  58 - 15 = 43
2nd June DARGIE 61 - 15 = 46 ctb

Great scores considering the frosty conditions! - Fiona

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Division 1 Winner Jan & Division 2 Winner Heather with  Lady Captain Fiona

WINTER SOCIALS REMINDER from  Conveners Pauline & Jo

Monday 21st January
INTRODUCTION TO PILATES with Mary Hope
Mary is looking forward to seeing ladies at 10.00 for 10.30am start. Please bring socks, (you take your shoes off) a towel and a golf ball. All welcome!

Monday 28th January
CHANGES TO THE RULES OF GOLF with Charles Dernie
Meet at 10.00 for 10.30am start.  Charles will be  explaining the changes to the Rules of Golf which took affect on 1st January 2019.
Note : If you can't make this get-together, there will be another opportunity to hear this talk at a later date to be advised.

INDOOR BOWLS 14th JANUARY 2019

We had great fun  playing Indoor Bowls this morning. After a few practice sessions  some competitors  were playing like  seasoned old hands and there were mutterings some had played before - a claim hotly denied!

Special thanks go to Shirley Irvine, Sheila Bruce and Heather Welsh for organising the  Pairings, Scoring and Coaching.
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Shirley was on hand with helpful advice.....  with Jo and Pauline, Convenors of the Social Meetings

The Winners! Jean Laburn & Sheila Ridgeway

THE BOOK GROUP

The Book Group at Blairgowrie Golf Club

The next meeting of the Book Group will be this Tuesday, 15th January 2019, in a quiet corner of the bar at 2.30pm.  If you enjoy reading and like a chat about a good book (or not so good!) book, we'd love to welcome you to join us. Please come along if you can, or contact Jen Geddes or any of the Book Group members for more information.

Fiona Johnston

Lady Captain

WINTER LEAGUE 11th & 6th JANUARY 2019

It was great golfing weather today which meant we were on full  greens on Lansdowne. Great scores, too....

Vice-Captain Margaret Kerr with Division 2 Winner Margaret Sturrock

Aggregate result of the Competition played on 06  & 11 January 
Division 1
56 - 08 = 48  Bronwen Godley (last 9 holes)
61 - 13 = 48  Muriel McPherson

Division 2
66 - 17 = 49  Margaret Sturrock
66 - 15 = 51  Gill Tissell

P.S. A bit of nostalgia
Last week Sheila Bruce brought in a book, published in 1989, about the 100th Centenary  of The Blairgowrie Golf Club. We were amused to see that lady members in that time were described  under the names of their husbands, so, if your name  was Mary Smith, you were listed in the book as Mrs G.W. L. Smith.  You can guess what we all thought of that!

WINTER SOCIALS DATES

Ladies, the next  Dates for the Diary for  Winter Social Get-togethers :

Monday January 14th 10.30am
CARPET BOWLING  with Shirley Irvine

A bit of Exercise and Team Fun...
We plan to begin at 10.30am, so please arrive in good time to allow Shirley time to make up Teams. You can have a quick practice while you wait!

Monday January 21st 10.30am
INTRODUCTION TO PILATES 
with Mary Hope 

Mary will be explaining what Pilates is and showing us some simple  Pilates exercises.  Please bring  socks (you take your shoes off!)  a towel and a golf ball.

* Please note : Mary has asked us to stress  that she is not a qualified Pilates teacher,  this session is purely a fun introduction....

PUTTING WINTER SOCIAL

Today, 23 ladies enjoyed our 1st Winter Social event of 2019. Neil Cameron, Club Professional proved an excellent session on Putting, which included choosing the right putter for yourself, addressing the ball, understanding your own swing and ending the session with some practice in stroking the ball to a chosen target.

Following the coaching session, which lasted over an hour, some ladies chose to have a relaxing coffee and a chat, others had a light lunch, while 5 ladies selected to go out for a quick 9 holes.  I would like to thank Jo Stewart and Pauline Hill for organising the event and also Margaret Hunter for the photos.

Next week 14th January, Shirley Irvine will be hosting a session on Carpet Bowls which although good fun is also good practice for your putting stroke. Meet between 10.00 for 10.30 start, with coffee after.

Ladies are also invited to bring along their clubs, for if the weather is good, a number of ladies will go out for a few holes after the session. Come along and enjoy the company, or maybe learn a new skill with friends.


Fiona Johnston
Lady Captain

CHANGES TO THE RULES OF GOLF

Ladies,  the latest changes to the Rules of Golf came into force on 1st January 2019.  Charles Dernie will be sitting exams on the new rules in the coming week and the Ladies Committee is planning  a coffee morning or afternoon when Charles will give us a talk on the new rules. This will be in February, in good time for the opening of the new golf season.
In the meantime here are the Most Important Changes from the R & A website.

Fiona Johnston, Lady Captain 

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WINTER LEAGUE 4TH JANUARY 2019

Lady Captain, Fiona Johnston, with Janice (left) left and Heather (right)

The Lady Captain was delighted to welcome a  good turn-out for our first Winter League of 2019 today. We played over Rosemount on frosty winter greens.  It was good fun! (Click on the picture to enlarge)

Division One
1st  53 - 07 = 46 Janice LANG
2nd 58 - 11 = 47 Sheila BRUCE
Division 2
1st  63 - 16 = 47 Heather WELSH
2nd 62 - 14 = 48 Hilary INGLIS

* Just a reminder. The first Winter social get-together  takes place on Monday.  Meet at 10.00am for 10.30am