Winter League - Stanley Clark Trophy

Six ladies played today in the Winter League which along with 2 last Sunday, made a total of 8 players.  It was a rainy day with a number of call offs.

The results were

Carolyn Haddow, Division 1 Winner with net 48 and 

Gill Tissell, Division 2 Winner with net 56.

Congratulations to the winners and well done to all the ladies who played in not so good conditions.

Margaret Kerr
Lady Captain.

SEASONS GREETINGS!

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Winter League

 Katie Chapman was today's winner of Division 1 of our  Winter League with a net 45. 
June Dargie was the winner of Division 2 with a net 52.

Congratulations to you both.

Ladies please make sure your names are in by a Tuesday  for the Winter League Draws during the Christmas and New Year weeks.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Margaret Kerr
Lady Captain.

Monday Social Events 2020

LADIES SECTION

The first of our  popular Monday morning social meetings will commence on 13^th January, 2020.

Neil Cameron, our Professional, will be meeting the Ladies

in the Clubhouse  on

Monday 13^th January, 2020 at 10 a.m.

to give us some tuition and  expert advice on putting.

On Monday, 27^th January, 2020, our resident Chef, Gary will be giving us  a cookery demonstration.   This will prove a really interesting morning.

I look forward to seeing you all.

More information about February and March meetings will be intimated.

Margaret Kerr

Ladies Captain

LADIES CHRISTMAS LUNCH 13/12/2019

Best Wishes from the Ladies Committee 2019 - 2020                                                                                                     Jacqui, Mary, Vice-Captain Nora, Brenda, Lady Captain Margaret, Pauline, Gill and Jo

Lady Captain Margaret Kerr welcomed  ladies to the 2019 Ladies Christmas Lunch which just happened to fall the day after the General Election, meaning there were some attendees who had been up all night following the drama!  No one seemed the worse for wear and we all tucked into a fantastic Christmas spread before being entertained by the Committee with a  brain-teasing golf  quiz,  mastered by Jo Stewart, a rollicking sing-a-long, courtesy of Jacqui Landsburgh  and the Elimination Game,  orchestrated by Mary Miller.  The Golf Hamper raffled for the Captain's Charity was won by Maureen Reid and £276 was raised. Past Captain Margaret Hunter gave the vote of thanks.  Congratulations to our committee for their hard work in making the day such a success.

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Laughter all the way...

Cheers!

Gary Woodward and his Team, ready to serve the delicious carvery

KIDS CHRISTMAS PARTY 08/12/2019

The weather  outside was dreadful for the Kids' Christmas Party today,  but inside the Clubhouse there was lots of  fun and lots of laughter.  Despite the driving rain Santa Claus managed to put in an appearance on his golf buggy, suitably decorated for the visit!

Lady Captain Margaret Kerr joined in,  helped by  Mrs Santa Claus (Past Captain Fiona Johnston.)
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Well done, ladies! A couple of good sports....

P.S Remember to get your ticket for the  Ladies Christmas Lunch this Friday -  you can phone the Bar to reserve a ticket if you will not be at the Club. Tickets are £15.00 which includes a glass of wine/ soft drink.

WINTER LEAGUE (Stanley Clarke) 06/12/2019

Lady Captain Margaret Kerr & Jo Stewart

There were 24 ladies playing on Lansdowne today in sunny, mild conditions. Long may it continue!

Division 1
1st   Jo Stewart  59 - 13 = 46        2nd  Claire Bidwell 60 - 13 = 47

Division 2
1st   Katy Chapman 61 - 14 = 47        2nd  Gill Tissell 65 - 16 = 49

Wee Course Winner for the third week in a row was Elaine Robson


LADY CAPTAIN'S CHRISTMAS CHARITY HAMPER
Instead of a collection for the Lady Captain's Charity for 2019-2020 (Rachel House Children's Hospice, Kinross) the Ladies have very kindly donated a hamper with golfing goodies....shirts, balls, tees, etc...this is on display at the Bar and tickets  are available at the Bar, at only £1 each. The draw will take place at the Ladies Christmas Lunch next Friday, 13th December.   Please  remember to get your ticket for the Lunch. If you will not be at the Club in the next few days, you can phone the Bar and reserve a ticket (£15.00). Thanks!

Lady Captain Margaret Kerr

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WINTER LEAGUE 29/11/2019

A couple of stunners - Brenda & Sheila ( as reported by Brenda)

A beautiful crisp November morning saw 24 ladies take on the course at Rosemount today,  whilst 6 ladies ventured out on to the Wee Course.

Elaine

Silver Division
43  Sheila Bruce
44  Noreen Fordyce

Bronze Division :
44 Brenda Kerr
46 Gill Tissell

Wee Course
Winner Elaine Robson 28
Runner up Maureen Reid

Vice captain Nora Bennet congratulated the winners and  reminded the ladies that the Christmas lunch menu was now available at the bar.   Names to be given to Angie. Tickets are £15.00.   Places are filling up so a reminder to all ladies to get booking!

Brenda Kerr
Competitions Secretary

WINTER LEAGUE 22/11/2019

Today's Winners! Mary, Louise & Elaine

On a dreich November day,  well done to all who played!

Silver Division :

49  Mary Miller  (56 - 7)

Bronze Division :

44  Louise Whitehead (61 - 17)

Wee Course with a better inward score of 32

Elaine Robson

Nora Bennet, Vice Captain
(The Lady Captain is in New York!)

Reminder!
The Ladies Christmas Lunch  is on Friday 13th December. Tickets, priced £15.00, available from the bar. If you will not be at the Club  in the next week or so, please phone the Bar and reserve your ticket and menu choice.

Pro Shop Glenmuir Knitwear

Neil Cameron our Professional has attached an order form for Glenmuir knitwear for both Mens and Ladies for Christmas.  

Simply select want style, colour and logo placement you want and return the completed form to the Pro shop by Friday 6th December 2019 to guarantee delivery for Christmas.

This will be sent to members by email anyway  but asked that it be put on the Ladies Blog.

Margaret Kerr

Ladies Captain

December Winter League

The Winter League to be held on 6th December will be on Lansdowne for the Stanley Clark Trophy  as the Ladies Christmas Lunch is to be held on the second Friday and there will be no golf competition that day.

The Draws will be done by the Office on the Tuesdays rather than the Wednesdays  for the competitions on 27th December, 2019 and 3rd January, 2020 so please could the ladies ensure they have their names in early those weeks.

The tickets for the Ladies Christmas Lunch are now available at the bar  and we hope  as many of you as possible including the Wee Course Ladies will come.

Margaret Kerr
Ladies Captain.

Ladies Christmas Lunch

Here is our Menu and price for the Christmas Lunch.  The menu and tickets (costing £15)  are available at the bar.    Please book as soon as possible.

Margaret Kerr
Ladies Captain.

WINTER LEAGUE 15/11/2019/ 10/11/2019

It was a lovely day for the 26 ladies who came to play  Winter League today.  Good scores! The amalgamated results from Sunday 10th November and today are :

Division 1  Winner Lesley Findlay  57 - 13  =  44
Division 2  Winner Hilary Inglis      58  - 15 =  43

Lesley & Hilary

Ladies Winter League

25 Ladies in total played for our Winter League today.  The weather was cold to start with but ended up a really sunny autumn day.

The winners were Linda Rice with net 44 and Gill Tissell with net 46.

Well played to all competitors.

Margaret Kerr
Lady Captain

Ladies Winter League

13 ladies played in our first Winter League today - the early birds came in dry but most of the field finished in heavy rain.   The winners were Division 1 - Sheila Bruce with 47 and  Division 2 -  Kathy Cameron with 54  (bih).

     Margaret Kerr
     Lady Captain

Turkey Trot

We had a good turnout for our Turkey Trot on Friday, 25th October, and despite a frosty start, we enjoyed fine weather.

Congratulations to our newest Ladies Committee Member, Gill Tissell for winning with 40 points.
Claire Bidwell was second with 38 points and Kate Musgrave-Brown was third with 37 points.  As usual M & S vouchers will be presented to them at the Christmas Lunch on  Friday, 13th December.  More details about the Lunch later.

Our Winter League commences Friday, 1st November on Rosemount.

I look forward to seeing you all then.

Margaret Kerr
Lady Captain.

Ladies Winter League

The Ladies Winter League commences on Rosemount on Friday,  1st November, 2019 at 10 a.m. 

Please ensure you all enter online - the draw will be done by the office on the Wednesday preceding.

The alternate day for this is on Sunday 27th October, 2019 at 10.24 and 10.33 a.m.  Thereafter the  alternate times will be the same as last year i.e. 9.03 and 9.12 a.m. on Lansdowne and 10.06 and 10.15 a.m. on Rosemount.

Good golfing and I am looking forward to seeing you all.


Margaret Kerr
Lady Captain.

CHARLES' FAREWELL CHALLENGE 18/10/2019

Lady Captain Margaret Kerr presents Charles with a token of appreciation

Today we played our Charles’ Farewell Challenge with a non counting Stableford rather than the 4 club competition in the Fixtures, with Charles challenging us to beat him on the 15^th hole on Rosemount.  Charles was in good form and the ladies had their work cut out to beat him or equal him.   The weather was kind but at  the end, the  rain came on and caught out  the last three ladies playing.

Charles as our guest of honour, along with the ladies and some members from the Wee Course, enjoyed soup and sandwiches after play.    Our thanks go to Elaine and her staff for providing this.

The winners of the Stableford competition, both with 34 points, were Sally Hebden winning from Jan Kennedy on a better inward half.    These ladies received wine as prizes.  A card was signed by all ladies present and we presented this to Charles along with 2 bottles of Champagne as a small token of our appreciation.   The rest of the donations made by the ladies will be presented to Charles at his retiral  Dinner on 29^th October.

Margaret Kerr
Lady Captain 

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Nora Bennet, Vice Captain, and Lady Captain Margaret Kerr meet Charles  on the 15th

Ready for the Challenge - everyone said they were nervous!

Smiles all round - but who wants to go first??

Charles made a brilliant Birdie, only to see Heather  Anderson match it!

Prizewinners Sally Hebden and Jan Kennedy

Charles Farewell Challenge - 18th October

We hope as many ladies as possible will attend the meal and presentation to Charles after golf.   The cost is £7.50 for soup and sandwiches and this should be booked at the bar as soon as possible.  There is also a donation box behind the bar for Charles' leaving  for donations from the ladies. 

The Wee Course ladies have also been invited to attend.

Margaret Kerr
Lady Captain

CAPTAIN'S FAREWELL & LADIES ANNUAL MEETING 11/10/2019

Congratulations to 2019-2020 Lady Captain Margaret Kerr from outgoing Captain Fiona Johnston

Friday 11^th October was my last day as your Lady Captain, a year I have really enjoyed.  The format for the Competition was Pairs, including 6 holes, Foursomes, 6 holes 4BBB and 6 holes Greensomes.  The tee off times started at 12.30pm to allow members to stay if they so wished for the Annual Meeting at 6.00pm.   There were prizes for each 6 holes and an overall winner.

Foursomes : Margaret Kerr & Fiona Johnston, 4bbb :  Eileen McMurray & Ruth Watson and Greensomes : Janice Lang & Nora Bennet.  Overall winners were Margaret Kerr & Fiona Johnston with a score of 72 Net.

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The Annual Meeting was held in the Dining Room at 6.00pm, with 34 full members 12 Wee Course members with 21 apologies received.

After the Minutes of 2018 were approved, there being no matters arising, the various reports were delivered commencing with :-

Competitions Report, Margaret Kerr, Friendly Matches, Fiona Johnston,  Handicap League, Mary Miller, and Scratch League, Jillian Milne, followed by Shirley Irvine covering the Wee Course Report.  The Lady Captain read a report provided by Brenda Kerr, Blairgowrie rep for P & K County Ladies, and who is working to encourage more ladies and juniors to become involved in golf.

As Lady Captain, I delivered my report highlighting many positives in my year, which included the Tri-Am, the Outing to Ladybank, the introduction of  the Lady Captain, Captains Day and, of course, my own Captain's Day in September.

I gave thanks to all the ladies for their support over the year, and to the Committee who have worked so collectively to contribute towards the Club's overall Strategy.  In concluding my report I made reference to my words of last year, “If I still have that smile, the one in the photo on the wall, at the end of my Captaincy, then I will have achieved what I set out to do.”  I then sang, "I'm still Smiling", and thank you everyone, I've enjoyed it.

Nomination of Lady Captain took place and I presented Margaret Kerr with the Captain's Badge and a personal gift.  In a joyous atmosphere Margaret continued with the election of the Vice Captain, Nora Bennet  and two Committee members, Gill Tissell and Jacqui Landsburgh.

To conclude the evening there was a presentation of Winter League prizes and various others.

(Thanks to Pauline Hill for taking the photographs)

CHALLENGE CHARLES!

MYSTERY LADY!

We have been sorting out our files and came across this picture of the 1986 Prize Winners. We have identified all the ladies with one exception! Any ideas, anyone? Please tell the Lady Captain or any member of the Committee if you have any suggestions.

Since posting this picture, our Vice-Captain Nora Bennet has confirmed that the lady is Nan Livingstone.

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LADIES ANNUAL MEETING REMINDER

FRIDAY 11TH OCTOBER 

AT 6.00PM IN THE DINING ROOM

All Ladies are invited to attend this meeting where the Committee will be reporting on the events of the Ladies Section for 2018-19.  At the meeting the Election of the Lady Captain, Vice-Captain and Committee members will take place.  One Motion has been received.

There will also be a Prize Giving for a number of Competitions, including the winners of the past Winter Competitions.

Fiona Johnston

Lady Captain

PLEASE SPEND ANY MONEY IN YOUR PRO SHOP ACCOUNT ASAP!

PRO SHOP ACCOUNTS

Charles Dernie retires at the end of October.  To assist Charles in tying up loose ends at the Club,  can you please spend any money you have in your Pro Shop account by the end of the month.  There are some  good reductions on clothes and shoes in the Pro Shop at the moment,  and packets of balls, markers, gloves, socks, etc are always useful for Christmas stocking fillers.

 PLEASE NOTE  
We have been advised that any spare cash left in accounts cannot be transferred into new accounts, when the Club takes over the Pro Shop.  So  please, ladies, clear out those accounts!

LADY CAPTAIN'S DAY

Group photo prior to Texas Scramble on Rosemount

On Friday 27th September 58 ladies signed up to play in the Lady Captain's Day 3 Team Texas Scramble, 40 on Rosemount and 18 on the Wee Course. The format certainly created a good team atmosphere and from the photos taken in the lounge after the event everyone seemed to be embracing our 130 years celebrations.  The Lady Captain, dressed up for the occasion in her kilt and bunnet, and some other ladies wore a variety of items relating to 1889.  When the Lady Captain came on to the 1st hole she was piped onto the tee via iPad.  On the 18th green the ladies had to put out with a Hickory putter and pay a pound if they landed in the Captain's Greenside bunker.

After the game, a number of Social members joined the players to enjoy a complimentary glass of wine or mocktails created by Angie.  In the dining room the ladies sat down to a wonderful hot/cold buffet and Cup-cakes decorated with 130 years.  The atmosphere was lively while the members enjoyed the rest of their afternoon which included the presentation of prizes for both courses.  Once again it was good to see our newest members join in the activities, playing on the Wee Course, but intending to become full members next year.  

Mary Miller gave the vote of thanks to the Lady Captain, Gary and Elaine, caterers and Angie and her bar staff for a great day.

Winners  - Rosemount

 Nearest the Pin Silver - Mary Miller

Nearest the Pin Bronze -Julie Wink

Longest Drive Silver - Moira Lumby

Longest Drive Bronze - Louise Whitehead

1st Team - Mary Miller, Jean Laburn, Jan Kennedy

2nd Team - Susan Arbuckle, Suki Stobbs, Janette Hamilton, Nora Bennett

3rd Team - Heather Anderson, Hazel Grant, Christine Ogilvie

Winners - Wee Course

Nearest the Pin - Christine Smith

Longest Drive - Kathy Cameron

1st Team - Gillian MacMillian, Maureen Reid, Christine Smith

2nd Team - Anne Spence, Kathleem Coupar, Elizabeth MacKay

Well done ladies and thank you for providing your Captain with a wonderful day.  Donations to the Captain's Charity, Parkinson's Scotland was £214.00.  Thank you.

Fiona Johnston

Lady Captain

LADY CAPTAIN'S DAY 2019

The Lady Captain's Day usually takes place in August, but torrential rains meant  the event had to be re-scheduled for today, Friday 27th September.  The weather  did not behave today, but most groups managed to complete their rounds in dry conditions.  Here are a some pictures to give you a flavour of a happy day. The Lady Captain will post the  full results tomorrow.

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The winners! Jean Laburn, Mary Miller, Jan Kennedy  with Lady Captain, Fiona

All smiles on a happy day

The Wee Course Ladies joined in the fun

MORE RECOGNITION FOR KATY ALEXANDER

This year's World Junior Girls Championship is  taking place at Angus Glens Golf Club, Ontario,  Canada, from 24 to 27 September.
Katy Alexander (Blairgowrie), Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe) and Carmen Griffiths (Aboyne) were selected to play for Scotland  and are battling it out as we speak.

20 teams from 19 Countries  (the host Canada has two teams), take part over 4 days and 72 holes for both individual and team honours.  We'll keep you posted on Scotland's progress.
Many congratulations to Katy.

FRIENDLY AWAY TO EDZELL

This was a re-arranged fixture due to poor weather in August.  Sue Waddell was Captain for the day and provided the following report.

We all thoroughly enjoyed our games this afternoon.  We were extremely lucky with the weather with warm, dry and calm playing conditions, which was a pleasant surprise for September.  The course was in excellent condition although the greens had been scarified which made the putting a bit more of a challenge.    The score was 2-2, a fair result.

After the match we enjoyed an excellent two course meal and we look forward to welcoming the Edzell Ladies to Blairgowrie next year.



Fiona Johnston
Lady Captain

OUTING TO LADYBANK ON 25TH SEPTEMBER

I would like to thank Margaret Hunter for travelling to Ladybank Golf Club to join us, even although she was unable to play due to her ongoing shoulder injury.  Margaret as you will see still utilised her skills by collating the cards and taking the photos of our outing.

30 ladies travelled to Ladybank, 24 on the coach to participate in a day of fun golf.  Although the coach was slightly late in leaving Blairgowrie, the ladies were still on time to have their bacon rolls and coffee prior to going on the first tee at 11.40.  The Ladybank Lady Captain had been present to greet us and passed on her well wishes via Mary Hope who was able to chat with her before our arrival.

The format of the day was Individual stroke play over 18 holes and a team event of 2 scores from 3 on Stableford points for the team prize.  Following the golf all the ladies enjoyed a two course meal with a light refreshment and loads of chat and laughter.  At one point the group joined in as the Lady Captain broke into song.

The winners on the day were :-

1st Scratch Silver - Gillian Wallace, 1st Handicap Fiona Johnston.

1st Scratch Bronze - Katie Chapman, 1st Handicap Brenda Kerr.

                              N/P Silver - Eileen McMurray

                              N/P Bronze - Heather Dawson

                              Longest Drive Silver - Gillian Wallace

                              Longest Drive Bronze - Meriel Walker

Team Prize - Gillian Wallace, Anglea Rooney and Mary Miller

The service within the clubhouse was excellent and very relaxed, to the extent that the group were asked to have their photo taken on the 18th green with the caterers. 

The day I feel was a great success, taking in all the feedback given from our ladies on the way home.  The weather held with only slight rain at the beginning of the day, this adding to the great value of a day's Golf Outing costing only £35.00 all inclusive.

Thank you ladies for providing me with another wonderful day in my Captaincy.


Fiona Johnston 

LADIES OUTING TO LADYBANK 25/09/2019

Here are some pictures from today's Outing to Ladybank.  As you can see,  a good time was had by all! The Lady Captain will  give a  report  when she has a recovered from the day's rollicking activities. Well done all for making the day such a success.

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TURN UP AND PLAY 24th SEPTEMBER

Heather,  Eileen,  Carolyn,  Katy,  Meriel & Hazel

This is a busy week for our Ladies!  On Monday & Tuesday several members played in the SVLGA Meeting at Blairgowrie, our Outing to Ladybank takes place tomorrow and  the re-arranged Lady Captain's Day is on Friday.  The result was a select group of six ladies turned up  for our last Turn Up and Play today on Rosemount.  Thank you, ladies!

We played a mini Tri-am, which all agreed was good fun - and we managed to escape the rain.

1st    Katy Chapman  Meriel Walker  Eileen McMurray
2nd  Carolyn Haddow  Hazel Grant  Heather Dawson