AWAY DAY TO ROYAL MONTROSE - 19th September

Twenty-eight ladies played on the beautiful Royal Montrose Golf Course yesterday, the 5th oldest golf course in the world.  The staff at the club gave everyone a warm welcome with breakfast rolls and tea/coffee before we headed out to face the course. 

The weather was cool to begin with but the sunshine broke through to show the course at its best.  Even in the benign conditions, the undulations, “interesting” bounces and deep bunkers presented the ladies with real challenges.

The format for the day was a combination of individual stableford and a new idea for this year - a Yellow Ball team competition, the latter of which knocked 2 teams out!  Well done to those teams who managed to hold on to theirs to the end!

Post golf we were treated to a lovely two course meal before announcing the results, which were as follows:

Best Stableford Division 1 and winner of the plate - Heather Anderson (34 points BIH)
Runner up - Erica Espley (34 points)

Best Stableford Division 2 and winner of the Gad Aboot Trophy - Brenda Kerr (39 points)

Runner up - Sandra Kinloch (36 points)

Yellow Ball Winners (34 points)

Jane Cameron, Claire Bidwell and Sandra Kinloch

Runners up (31 points)

Cara Davidson, Margaret Hunter and Aileen Hamilton 

Nearest the Pin Division 1 (3rd hole) - Cara Davidson (the only one to reach the green!); Division 2 - (12th hole in two) - Brenda Kerr

Longest Drive Division 1 (14th hole) - Cara Davidson; Division 2 (15th hole) - Morna Bell

Well done to all the winners and runners up.

Thank you to Pauline Hill, Mary Miller and Louise Luke for helping on the day and to Maggie Marshall for organising the event.

LADIES ANNUAL MEETING - 11th October 2024

The following notice has been issued to lady members by email and is also posted on the notice board in the Ladies locker room. The draft minutes of the 2023 Annual Meeting are available on the Club Website and in the locker room.  Copies of the Minutes will not be circulated at the Meeting. 

THE BLAIRGOWRIE GOLF CLUB

LADIES ANNUAL MEETING

 

TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY 11^th OCTOBER 2024

 

COMMENCING AT 6:00pm IN THE DINING ROOM

 

 

The following Lady Members have been nominated to serve on the Ladies Committee for 2024/2025:

 

 

Ladies Captain: Margaret Marshall - Proposed by Elaine Robson and Seconded by Anne Farquharson

 

 

Ladies Vice Captain: Heather Dawson - Proposed by Margaret Marshall and Seconded by Gill Tissell

 

 

Committee Members:

Marion Kay - Proposed by Heather Dawson and Seconded by Pauline Hill

Morna Bell - Proposed by Heather Dawson and Seconded by Elaine Robson 

 

No motions or other nominations have been received.

 

Presentation of Prizes – The following prizes will be presented at the Meeting:

SGL Medal Finals Qualifiers

Make your Mark Crystal Marker

Birdie Trophy (Robin) Div 1

Birdie Trophy (Pheasant) Div 2&3 combined

Par Bar (Div 2&3 combined)

Winter League

Winter Eclectic

Winter Ringer

Catherine Patterson Trophy

Wee Course Winter League

Wee Course Ringer

SGL Medals 1 – 11

Wee Course Medal Winners

Wee Course Best 3 Medal Scores

Wee Course Single Best Nett Score

Wee Course Eclectic

 

18^th September 2024

 

 

Elaine Robson

Ladies Captain

LADIES TEXAS SCRAMBLE OPEN - 10th September

We had 120 ladies playing in the Texas Scramble on Rosemount, the final Ladies Open event of the year.  We experienced weather from all seasons...a bit of rain, gusty and at times chilly winds, and spells of warm sunshine!!  We were rewarded with a beautiful double rainbow over the closing holes.

The results were as follows: 

1st  – Anne Leslie, Susan Robertson, Moira Gaffney and Charlotte Wighton (Niddry Castle, Turnhouse) - 57.4 

2nd – Jean Gordon, Marilyn Stickley, Ann Nield and Teresa MacQuade (Kingussie, Grantown on Spey) - 58.3

3rd Place – Kath Stewart, Maureen Richardson, Kathleen Norris and Jane Black (Downfield, Dunfermline, Ladybank, Gleneagles) - 58.3

Nearest the Pin (15th Hole) – Janice Reid (North Berwick West)

Congratulations to all the winners.

Full details of all the scores and prize winners can be found in the Opens Section of the Club website. 

 

SUNDAY WINTER LEAGUE FRIENDLY MATCHES

A Winter League was established in 2021 with the aim of encouraging friendly competition between lady members of the participating clubs during the winter months. 

In 2023, following two successful years, the founding member clubs of Anstruther, Blairgowrie, Crail, Ladybank and St Michaels agreed that this would become an annual competition with matches, 2 home and 2 away, taking place between 1st October and 31st March (no fixtures during December).

A salver is presented to the winning club at the Annual Meeting, which is held each July. 

In 2024 Ladybank unfortunately withdrew from the league due to difficulties in being able to commit to fielding a full team.  They have been replaced by Earlsferry Thistle and Dunfermline have also joined the league. 

A sign-up sheet for the 2024-25 season has been placed on the notice board in the ladies’ locker room; the schedule is:

2024
13th October	Anstruther	Home
27th October	Earlsferry Thistle	Home
10th November	Dunfermline	Away
2025
19th January	St Michaels	Away
23rd February	Crail	Away
The first tee time for all matches is circa 11:00am

Teams of six will compete in a 4-ball better ball format. Soup and sandwiches will be served after the game, at a cost of £9.50. 

Ladies of all abilities are encouraged to participate (a maximum course handicap of 36 will be applied). If you are interested in playing in the team please add your name to the sign-up sheet.

LADIES AFTERNOON BRIDGE RESTARTS - 15th October

 

FRIENDLY & HANDICAP LEAGUE RESULTS

The 2024 Friendly and Handicap League match season has now concluded and the results are shown in the tables below.  As you can see the majority were played away from home, and while the results were generally not in our favour, many of the games were very close, and our ladies were able to enjoy playing on some wonderful courses.  Perhaps we will perform better next year when we will have the advantage of playing more home matches!!

DATE	FRIENDLY MATCH	VENUE	RESULT
Monday 15 April	Elie	Away	Lost 4/0
Monday 22 April	Forfar	Home	Won 3½/½
Monday 29 April	Carnoustie Caledonia	Home	Lost 4/0
Monday 20 May	Crail	Away	Lost 3/1
Thursday 23 May	St Rule/Turnberry	Away	Tri match
Tuesday 28 May	Strathmore	Away	Draw
Monday 3 June	Alyth	Away	Lost 3/0
Monday 17 June	Edzell	Away	Lost 3/1
Tuesday 25 June	Ladybank	Home	Won 3/1
Monday 1 July	St Rule	Away	Lost 3/1
Monday 8 July	Dunbracken/St Rule	Away	Tri match
Monday 29 July	Crieff	Home	Draw
Monday 12 August	Downfield	Away	Lost 2/1
Monday 19 August	Pitlochry	Away	Lost 4/0
Monday 26 August	Carnoustie/Panmure	Away	Tri match

DATE	H/CAP LEAGUE MATCH	VENUE	RESULT
Sunday 19 May	Crieff	Away	Lost 5/0
Monday 24 June	King James VI	Away	Lost 4/1
Monday 22 July	Perth Ladies	Home	Won 2½/1½
Sunday 11 August	Dunkeld	Home	Lost 3/2

Congratulations to Perth Ladies and Kinross, the Handicap League finalists; they will play for the Loch Leven Larder Trophy on Lansdowne on Sunday 15 September.

I would like to thank everyone that gave up their time to represent the Club during the season, the team captains for their match reports and to Heather and Anne, assisted by Marion and Pauline, for organising the matches.

Date

Friendly

venue

Result

KNOCKOUT FINALS

The 2024 Knockout competitions are reaching their conclusion with the final contestants as follows:

Coronation Trophy - Lesley McPherson v Cara Davidson.

Jessie Valentine Trophy - Kathy Cameron v Judith Carmichael. 

Gellatly Rosebowls - Bronwen Godley & Jillian Milne v Morna Bell & Lesley McPherson.

Lyle Trophy (Mixed) - Pauline Hill & Paul Anderson v Cassy Grant & Craig Grant. 

Many congratulations and good luck to all our finalists.