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 !

LADIES CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS - 2025

 

The Club Championships are the most prestigious of the golfing calendar and the qualifying rounds will be commencing shortly.  There are four qualifying rounds during designated SGL medals - two on Rosemount and two on Lansdowne.

 

Round 1 :  Rosemount - Saturday, 17 May

Round 2 :  Lansdowne - Saturday, 24 May

Round 3 :  Rosemount - Saturday, 31 May

Round 4 :  Lansdowne - Saturday, 7 June

 

It is not necessary to play all four rounds, however one round on each course must be played.  

 

How it works:

• A player's best scratch score from each of Rosemount and Lansdowne are added together and ranked in order and the top 8 players from Division 1 go into the draw for the Club Championship.
• The top 8 players from Division 2&3 combined will qualify for the Division 2 Championship.
• After the Championship qualifiers have been selected, the 8 players with the best nett scores from Divisions 1, 2 & 3 combined will qualify to play for Sophie's Trophy.

Please note that, for 2025, players with a handicap index as of 17 May of up to 20.4 will fall into Division 1 and be eligible for the Club Championship draw; players with a handicap index of 20.5 and above will be eligible for the draw for the Division 2 Championship.

 

Once all the qualifying rounds have taken place, the draws will be made and the players advised of their opponents.

The "play by" dates for the quarter final is Wednesday, 18 June and the semi-finals is Friday, 27 June.  The players are responsible for arranging and booking tee times to play their matches.   The Club Championship and Division 2 Championship are played as scratch knockouts, whilst Sophie's Trophy qualifiers play a handicapped knockout.

 

This year the knockout rounds and finals are to be played on Rosemount with the final of all three competitions to be held on Sunday, 29 June.  If you wish to enter these competitions, you must be available to play on this date.

 

When playing in the qualifying rounds, the starter will ask if you wish to enter the Championships.  Positive responses will be noted, and a record will be maintained by the office, so if you subsequently find that you are not available to play in the quarter/semi's or on finals day, you must advise the office so that your name can be removed from the list.  The list will be finalised and used for the draw on Monday, 9 June.

 

I hope that as many of you as possible will be available to play and that we can have a full field for these important Championship events.

 

Good luck to everyone in the qualifying rounds.

ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND COFFEE MORNING - Thursday, 8 May

On Thursday, 8th May at 10am the Ladies Committee will be hosting an Alzheimer Scotland Coffee Morning.  This is a charity close to many of us at the Club and we would like to raise as much money as possible.

This is a great opportunity to meet up with old friends and to meet new people.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Please help to support our efforts by coming along to the dining room between 10am-12noon to enjoy a cuppa and some home-made baking.

If you wish to donate any baking to help us raise money, please email Nicky:  reservations@theblairgowriegolfclub.co.uk

LADIES WIN THE COLUMBINE CUP - 3 April 2025

It gives me great pleasure to announce, as Team Captain, that we WON our match yesterday against the Senior Gents.  Five teams played in a 4BBB match play format on both Rosemount and Lansdowne in glorious sunny conditions.

After meeting our playing partners and opponents, twenty ladies went out into "battle" (in a friendly manner !) and were victorious.

Post-golf, all players changed into evening attire for a lovely meal before the result was revealed.

The result...... the Ladies won 8-2 !!! 

It has been many years since the Ladies were triumphant and I am reliably informed that it is only the 8th time in 33 matches that the women have won, which makes the win even sweeter !

I am so proud of everyone who took part and also to have been part of the winning team.

Well done!!

Group Photo (before!)

Thank you to Pauline for accepting the Columbine Cup on my behalf

AWAY DAY TO MONIFIETH - Thursday, 10 July

This year we will be going to Monifieth for our annual Away Day.  First tee time is 1pm.

A sheet will be posted on the noticeboard in the Ladies Locker room for sign-up by 31 May.

I hope to see as many of you there as possible for a fun day out !!