Ladies Championships

The ladies enjoyed a fine, dry afternoon for their championship rounds today.  I have to thank Russell Martin, Gents Competition Secretary who announced the ladies on the tee.  It was great to see a number of our ladies coming along to support the players.   Due to the current pandemic when space was limited to a maximum of 25 people  in the dining room  it was decided that the ladies would hold their very short prizegiving first to allow the gents to have full capacity for theirs.  My thanks to Steven for setting up the trophies.   The results are as follows:-

Division 1 Champion        -  Emily Aird; Runner Up Susan Arbuckle

Division 2 Champion        - Winner Katie Chapman; Runner Up Gillian Tissell

Sophie's Trophy Champion - Jacqui Landsburgh; Runner Up Julienne Christie-Henry

My grateful thanks go to Nora Bennet and Jo Stewart who were referees.  The matches were close and it gave me great pleasure to referee the Championship game and witness some very fine golf.

Emily gave a short speech with a vote of thanks thereafter.   

Margaret Kerr

Ladies Captain

Latest news - Championships and Tri-Am

 All of you will by now  have read our Captain's email regarding Coronavirus Covid19  rules and regulations for our Club.    New signs have been placed around the clubhouse to make it a safe environment  for all of us.  Remember when entering the clubhouse to ensure you sanitise your hands and if you are not registered to play golf, you require to write your details on the sheet provided.  Please also be more  aware of the one way system in place as it is so easy to forget we should not be leaving the clubhouse by the front entrance.

Some ladies had requested that the ladies run an open competition for ladies.  With this in mind, I suggested a Ladies Tri-am Open which has been met with approval from the Club and I have placed a poster  on the downstairs notice board.  The Tri-am is to be held on Thursday 8th October from 8 a.m.  and only to 1.30 p.m. in view of the lack of evening light - the cost is £60 per team.    Booking is available online and already quite a few teams have entered.  The link for booking is 

https://blair.theblairgowriegolfclub.co.uk/opens/

The Ladies Championship knock out rounds are almost complete in time for the finals on Sunday 30th August - please note the ladies start at 12.30 p.m.  This year, after play we will hold a small presentation of prizes either on the patio or in the dining room.  Players and referrees will be provided with meal vouchers for use at another time. Best of luck to you all and I look forward to seeing you on Sunday.

Margaret Kerr, 

Ladies Captain

LADIES PAST CAPTAINS' DAY 18/08/2020

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Lady Captain, Margaret Kerr, hosted the annual Past Captains  Competition and Lunch today on Rosemount.  Ladies played for the Muriel Rae Claret Jug and the winner was Janice Lang,  with 33 points, off 7/8 handicap allowance.   Nora Hay won the Wee Course prize. 

We adhered to strict social distancing rules which meant the usual table layout in the dining room for the Past Captains' Lunch was not possible, but we enjoyed a lovely meal and managed to chat, albeit from a distance.  Many ladies in the Club are not aware that this is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Blairgowrie Ladies Golf Club in September 1920.  Up until then the ladies affairs were handled by the  Gents Committee. The first Lady Captain was Mrs Coupar of Ryefield and she and her Committee took charge of arranging matches and competition for the ladies.  Our Lady Captain will have more to add to this subject shortly.

Traditionally a photograph of all Past Captains attending  the annual lunch is taken, but with social distancing in place, we decided to give that a miss!  The afternoon ended with a Vote of Thanks from Janice Lang.

Ready to go......