ALLISON TROPHY ROUND 1 - Friday, 23rd May

The Allison Trophy is a strokeplay competition played over 9 holes on the Wee Course.  There are three rounds, the first of which is on Friday 23rd May; the second is Friday, 20th June with the final round to be played on Friday, 25th July.  The trophy will be awarded to the player with the best nett aggregate of two scores out of the three rounds.

All lady members, including Lansdowne and Wee Course members, aged 65 and over on 1st January 2025 with a handicap index of 20.5 and above are eligible to compete.

Online booking for round 1 opens on Monday 12th May at 10:00pm.

GRAND UNVEILING OF THE JESSIE VALENTINE WALL - Tuesday, 29th April

The afternoon started with Iain Valentine hosting a lunch for those involved in the project, which was enjoyed by all before the members arrived at 3pm for the unveiling of the Jessie Valentine Wall.

There was a very good turnout and after a few opening words from myself regarding the background of the wall, Iain Valentine took the floor.  Iain's words were heartfelt and  had several of us in tears or near to it!.  We were then treated to a very interesting talk from Eve Soulsby, the author of the book "Wee Jessie".

Iain had not seen the wall and was delighted with the results.  Members were invited to view the various photographs featuring pictures of Jessie Valentine from age 5 onwards.  Some of Jessie's trophies were also on display together with Eve's book.

Thank you to everyone who made it along on Tuesday, however, if you didn't make sure you pop into the Dining Room to have a look.

My thanks also go to my team in the House Sub-Committee, Heather Dawson and Meriel Walker, to Stuart and his team in the office as well as Mark and Tim Edwards,  and to catering for such a lovely lunch.

Here are a selection of photographs.  This story has also been covered in Golf Business and other online platforms, and I am hoping it will be published in the Perth Advertiser or the Courier.

FRIENDLY MATCH SIGN-UP SHEETS

It is great to see so many of you putting your names down to play in the Friendly matches this year.  For those of you who have played so far, I hope that you have enjoyed your matches, the courses played and most of all made some new friends.

Marion will be posting the 3rd and final sign-up sheet on the noticeboard tomorrow, Tuesday, 29th April so you can add your name if you would like to come along and play in this friendly format.

I would encourage new ladies to add their names to try something new - you will be looked after, so don't worry if you haven't played in one of these before.

If you have any queries, please contact Marion Kay, Friendly Match Secretary.

AWAY FRIENDLY MATCH v. FORFAR - Monday 21st April

On a cool, but dry day, we were welcomed to Forfar Golf Club for our friendly match.  The undulations and sloping fairways posed a few challenges to those of us used to the flatter terrain at Blairgowrie, but the course was in superb condition.  New plantations are beginning to fill the areas devastated by the loss of many trees during Storm Arwen.  We also had to deal with lots of frisky pheasants who seemed to enjoy standing just where we wanted to hit our balls! 

The matches were all played in a friendly fashion and the result was a 2 ½ - 1 ½ win to Forfar.  

Afterwards we had a very pleasant meal including a selection of delicious desserts - and enjoyed a chat.

Thanks to the Blairgowrie team of Carolyn Haddow, Lorraine MacGregor, Marion Kay, Linda Rice, Angela Rooney, Sue Waddell, Meriel Walker and GIll Tissell (Captain).

AWAY FRIENDLY MATCH v. ST ANDREWS UNI - Sunday, 20th April

The second of our Friendly matches was played away on the New Course at St Andrews on a day with almost no wind (which is rare!) and even the sun came out.

Despite St Andrews Uni being unable to field a full team, we played our matches as best we could in a 2 vs 1 format with 1 Blairgowrie lady playing odd holes and the other playing evens.  Four out of five of the St Andrews players had single figure handicaps with one player +1.4 !

Undeterred, our ladies fought hard and although we lost 2 1/2 to 1 1/2, it was a very respectable score.

Afterwards, we enjoyed a hot bowl of soup at the One Under Bar before we made our way home.

My thanks go to Fiona Johnston, Elaine Robson, Kathleen Norris, Heather Dawson, Jo Menzies, Teresa Lynch and Margaret Johnstone.  It was a pleasure to be your Team Captain on the day.

FRIENDLY INTERCLUB MATCHES - CHANGES IN PAYMENT FROM 1st MAY

 

Friendly Interclub Matches

Home and Away

 

 

Currently ladies who support these matches have to pay the cost of the match tea in cash to the team captain on the day.

This is inconvenient and an added burden on the team captain.

The good news is that from May 1^st this year, this cost will be debited from your ig account.

The team list will be submitted to the office and 7 days prior to the match they will request funds.

Please ensure that you have enough in your account to cover the cost.  (£18 pp)

Alternatively, you can set up an automatic top up via My Golf, My Account on the website

Any questions, please feel free to contact the Match Secretary, Marion Kay.

FRIENDLY MATCH v. ELIE - Monday, 14th April

We welcomed the ladies from Elie for our first home Friendly match. 

There was a brief respite right at the beginning of dry weather, but for most of the games it rained unrelentingly. Despite the weather, we had four very enjoyable matches, as shown in the result it was tight. 

We halved 3 matches and had one win for our team, with an overall win of 2 1/2 - 1 1/2 for Blairgowrie.  

We enjoyed a very enjoyable two course meal post golf in the newly refurbished dining room.   There was lots of appreciation for the new decor and everyone liked the central light. 

My thanks go to the Blairgowrie team of Shirley Lewis, Louise Luke, Anne Walker, Heather Dawson (Team Captain), Brenda Clough, Eileen Brown, Anne Farquharson and Gill Tissell.

Thank you also to Heather for the photo and match report.

Well done Ladies - a great start !