Results of the County Meeting at Dunkeld and Birnam

Everyone enjoyed the day at Dunkeld, weather was reasonable after a snowy start and although the scoring was not great it was more than compensated for by the wonderful surroundings!

Results: Scratch: 1st – Jane Yellowlees (Murrayshall) 79, 2nd – Gillian Wallace (Blairgowrie) 80, 3rd Ailie Burnett (Dunkeld) 83.

Handicap: 1st – Miriam Wilson (Dunblane) 85(13) 72, 2nd – Ailie Burnett (Dunkeld) 83(10) 73 BIH, 3rd Irene Moncur (Dunkeld) 87(24) 73.

CSS 73, Reduction Only.

Golf balls were won by Lyn Sharp (Dunning) and Margery Johnston (Auchterarder).

Well done to everyone who played and very many thanks to Dunkeld and Birnam for hosting our meeting.

INTER-COUNTY MATCH V STIRLING AND CLACKMANNAN


Gleneagles was the host today for our 2nd inter county match of the season. Unfortunately the day did not go P&K's way with a loss of 3-1. The only winners on the day were Emily Ogilvy and Dawn Butchart who won their match 4&2. The full results were as follows:


Emily Ogilvy & Dawn Butchart bt Linda Allan & Karen Burns 4&2
Alex Bushby & Fiona Ramsay lost to Claire Capocci & Jill Harris 1down
Gillian Wallace & Julie White lost to Viki Stevenson & Trisha Chillas 4&3
Gwen Lambie & Jane Yellowlees lost to Mahri Hall & Fiona McArthur 1 down


The weather today day was awful with lots of rain and also very very cold so well done to all our girls who took part today.

PERTH & KINROSS COUNTY LADIES GOLF ASSOCIATION
MEETING AT DUNKELD - MONDAY 19TH APRIL 2010
DRAW
9.30 am M Mackie, C Lambie, A Burnett
9.37 am L Sharp, C Irving, J Yellowlees
9.45am V Saville, L Fertacz, F Farquharson
9.52 am M McGlashan, M Brydson, M Hunter
10.00 am M Aitken, M Watson, M Johnston
10.07 am M McPherson, E Milligan, E Davidson
10.15 am G Wallace, E Aird, M Wilson
10.22 am S Lindsay, H Dawson, H Gibson
10.30 am Dr C Choudhary, M Robertson, M Ewen
10.37 am J Jasper, L Kyle, A McGregor
10.45 am S Macdougall, L Mailer, P Colquhoun
10.52 am S Fenner, M McKay, J Nisbet
11.00 am M Macrae, J Proudfoot, R McGeoghegan
11.07 am S Ogg, H Lang, C McNab
11.15 am K Findlay, E Rankin, M Carruthers
11.22 am D Wildblood, M Forbes, C Monks
11.30 am M Hope, G Pennycook, R Brass

Please contact Carol for late entries.

JUNIOR AND SENIOR GREENSOMES

Strathmore Golf Centre once again hosted the P&K County Junior and Senior Greensomes in glorious weather and wonderful course conditions.

28 players took part and the scoring was excellent with two pairings returning scratch 76 and five pairings returning sub 70 nett scores!

The results were as follows:
Scratch
Gillian Wallace and Hannah Robb 76 bih
Dawn Butchart and Eilidh Watson 76
Jill Milne and Nicola Robertson 79
Julie Whyte and Rheanna Thom 79

H/Cap
Pam Drysdale and Rosalyn Hall (22) 65
Julie Whyte and Rheanna Thom (12.8) 66.2
Shona Leighton and Jennifer Saxon (16.2) 67.8
Gillian Wallace and Hannah Robb (8) 68
Dawn Butchart and Eilidh Watson (7.6) 68.4

Well done to everyone who attended and many thanks to Strathmore Golf Centre for providing courtesy. Carol Lambie and Shona Leighton for organising the teams and Pat Colquhoun for coming along and supporting the girls. Also a special mention to Jennifer Mennie who had to retire due to an injury. Hard lines Jennifer but glad to hear you are better now.

DAY ONE OF THE SCOTTISH

Hannah Robb (Strathmore) is our leading girl from P&K in both the scratch and handicap sections of the U16's which is being held at Strathmore. Hannah returned a scratch 80 nett 69. Emily Aird (Blairgowrie) and Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) both returned scratch scores of 85 which became nett scores of 76 and 75 respectively.

The winning scratch score is 70 from Bronte Law. For full details of the scoring click on this SLGA Website .
Then click on live scoring.

GOOD LUCK

Good Luck to County Juniors Emily Aird (Blairgowrie), Hannah Robb (Strathmore) and Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) who are taking part in the Scottish Under 16's Strokeplay Championship which begins tomorrow and is being hosted by Strathmore Golf Centre.  

Will try to keep you up todate with the results!

A SLIDE SHOW FROM SUNDAY'S MATCH AGAINST FIFE

MANY THANKS TO VICE CAPTAIN PAT COLQUHOUN FOR CAPTURING THE DAY!

Seniors and Juniors

The juniors and seniors are playing a greensome on Saturday 10 April at Strathmore.
the draw is as follows:

2.00 Gillian Wallace and Hannah Robb
Jill Milne and Nicola Robertson
2.07 Laura Campbell and Siobhan Teague
Dawn Butchart and Eilidh Watson
2.15 Fiona Ramsay and Laura Aitken
Gwen Lambie and Kathryn Robertson
2.22 Julie Whyte and Rheanna Thom
Jane Yellowlees and Erica Burnett
2.30 Janet Griffiths and Jennifer Duncan
Shona Leighton and Jennifer Saxton
2.37 Cecilia Kenny and Rebecca Duncan
Pam Drysdale and Rosalyn Hall
2.45 Ailie Burnett and Kirsty Brodie
Carol Lambie and Jennifer Mennie.

I hope you all have a great day and the weather is kind!!

P&K MATCH

Unfortunatley the match against Fife did not go the way P&K had hoped however it was a good way for the team to try new pairings and to prepare for the Jamboree in June.

Fife fielded a very strong team which won the senior matches 4-0, the girls did fair a little better with a 1-1 draw.

Results were as follows:

Emily Ogilvy and Laura Walker lost to Louise Kenny and Elaine Moffat 3&2, Fiona Ramsay and Gwen Lambie lost to Fiona Hastie and Rachel Hanlon 3&2, Jillian Milne and Jane Yellowless lost to Lorna Bennett and Susan Jackson 1 down and Carol Muir and Ailie Burnett lost 5&4 to Lorna Dyball and Dorothy Ford. 
Juniors:
Eilidh Watson and Emily Aird won 1 up against Sam Munro and Shannon Maguire, and Hannah Robb and Erica Burnett lost to Lauren Whyte and Nicky Taylor 3&2

Many thanks go to Shona Leighton our match secretary who organised this event and also to Fife for hosting this annual event. We look forward to welcoming Fife to P&K next year.

GOOD LUCK P&K

Perth and Kinross will today play our first inter county match of the season. We are playing Fife at Lundin Links this afternoon. Playing today are:

Senior Squad
Emily Ogilvy & Laura Walker
Fiona Ramsay & Gwen Lambie
Jillian Milne & Jane Yellowlees
Carol Muir & Aillie Burnett

Junior Squad
Eilidh Watson & Emily Aird
Hannah Robb & Erica Burnett

The format is foursomes. Good Luck to you all!

CONGRATULATIONS EVE

County Squad member Eve Muirhead has had a pretty hectic time over the past year, I am sure you all know that she has been working flat out on her curling preparation for the Olympics in Vancouver. The team of Eve, Jackie Lockhart, Kelly Wood and Lorna Vevers, did really well, although they were not in line for medals, they had some excellent wins and all their games were close run things.
As soon as they returned from Canada the played the finals of the Scottish Championships which they won. So off they went again to Canada for the World Championships. Unfortunately Jackie Lockhart, sustained a severe knee injury during the Scottish finals, necessitating surgery, so Annie Laird took her place in the team. Jackie is well on her way to recovery.
At the Worlds, Eve and her rink excelled themselves, only missing the Gold Medal by loosing at an extra end in the final against Germany, in the semifinal they trounced the favourites Canada!
Very well done to them all, returning home with the Silver Medal. I am sure they will go on to even greater things in the future.
I hope Eve will now have some time to relax and play some golf, at which she also excels!!

STRATHMORE GOLF CENTRE QUIZ TEAM PRESENT CHEQUE TO P&K JUNIORS

For the second year running Strathmore Golf Centre Quiz team have kindly donated their share of the Alyth quiz league fund to P&K Junior Girls. 

Every year hotels and clubs in Alyth take part in a quiz league. This year there were eleven teams from not only Alyth but teams from Meigle and Ardler also took part. The quiz is held from October through to March every Tuesday night. The participating hotels and clubs take turn to host this event and provide the team members with supper and also a bottle of something for the raffle. The teams pay £5.00 per week to participate and also buy raffle tickets every week. All the money, bar what is required to buy quiz questions and engraving of the trophies, is placed into a fund and at the end of the quiz season is shared equally between all teams. This year over £ 2000 was raised which allowed each team £190 for the benefit of their chosen cause.

At the presentation Pam Drysdale said, 'We are delighted to accept this cheque which will go a long way to help fund the coaching of our junior girls.'

Above is a photo of Carol and Pam with the cheque and the members of Strathmore Golf Centre quiz team, left to right David Douglas, Dawn Butchart, Peter Howell, Patricia Howell, Lee Nicol, Assistant Junior Convenor Pam Drysdale, Junior Convenor Carol Lambie and Iain Butchart.

Scottish Championship 2010 - Come and Play

Below is an article from the SLGA website regarding the Scottish Ladies Amateur at Craigielaw. We hope to see lots of P&K there!!

Are you looking to make up for all the golf you've missed out on this winter? Then why not come and play in the 2010 Scottish Ladies’ Amateur Championship at Craigielaw Golf Club from 18 – 22 May.


While this is predominantly a scratch Championship it is open to all Scottish female amateurs, who fulfil the entry qualifications, with plenty of prizes for the qualifying rounds including;


- Individual scratch and nett prizes for individual rounds and aggregate totals,


- Nett and gross prizes for club teams of two players, and


- Prizes for County teams of three players.


(Club and County teams must be entered on separate entry forms which have been sent out to your Clubs and Counties respectively.)

The format of the Championship is two rounds stroke play qualifying over 18 and 19 May with the lowest 32 aggregate scratch scores qualifying for the main match play Championship and the next 16 qualifying for the 2nd flight, the Clark Rosebowl. In addition to the golf, the ‘Scottish’ is also renowned for being a great social week of golf and is always a chance to meet up with friends old and new. If you’re not lucky enough to make it to the latter stages it’s a great opportunity to watch the top Scottish Amateurs compete for the title and for those that don’t make it to the final of the main Championship, there is always the legendary Friday night party to look forward to.


The venue for the 2010 Championship is Craigielaw Golf Course in East Lothian. This is a Championship links course which also boasts outstanding practice and clubhouse facilities. The entry fee of £35 will guarantee you three rounds of golf (including one practice round).

LET'S GET BACK TO GOLF
Hopefully the snow has melted for the last time and Spring is just around the corner! As all our Opening Competitions are within the next few weeks I thought it would be a good time to wish everyone a fantastic golfing season with tumbling handicaps, numerous trophies and sunshine all the way!!
Our first County meeting is at Dunkeld on Monday 19th April, with everyone full of enthusiasm I hope you send your entries to Carol as soon as possible. I know Dunkeld is not easy but the fantastic views, the chance of seeing an osprey and the wonderful food to follow make it a great day out. I will see you all there.
Many thanks to all who have sent their subscriptions to Catherine in good time for the start of the season but there are still a few who have forgotten so can I just remind them that subs should be paid by 31st March.
GOOD LUCK TO OUR GIRLS
Two of our girls are doing great things very soon, Carly Booth is competing this week in her first professional tournament in Morocco and Eve Muirhead is heading off to the Curling World Championships in Canada. Very best of luck to them both.

WINTER WONDERLAND

With the weather improving daily and some us are even managing a few holes of proper golf, spare a thought for Gleneagles which is still covered by a foot of snow on the course and practice areas. Unfortunatley our County Captain Lenore Kyle has had no choice but to contact all the squad today to cancel the very last senior coaching session which was due to take place on Sunday. 

However it will allow us now to spend Mothers Day with our Mothers or our children!

Hopefully the snow will go eventually!!!

SCOTTISH GOLF ACADEMY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME



Perth and Kinross LCGA Junior Member Eilidh Watson finished a credible 7th equal in the Scottish Golf Academy Under 16's Girls Winter Series. The dates and venues of the competitions were Event 1 - Nairn Dunbar, October 18, 2009. Event 2 - Whitekirk, November 22, 2009. Event 3 - Eden course, St Andrews, February 7, 2010 and the final event 4 was held at Forrester Park, March 7.

Well done Eilidh!
The Final Order of Merit was as follows:


1 Rachel Polson Peterculter (played 4) 665.00
2 Ailsa Bain Peebles (played 4) 615.00
3 Clara Young North Berwick (played 4) 600.00
4 Kate McIntosh Broomieknowe (Played 4) 585.00
5 Connie Jaffrey West Kilbride (Played 3) 573.33
6 Samantha Munro Aberdour (Played 3) 510.83
T7 Eilidh Watson Muckhart (Played 3) 425.00
T7 Linsey Stevenson Elie & Earlsferry (Played 3) 425.00
9 Tara McTaggart Minto (Played 3) 423.33
10 Lauren Whyte St Regulus (Played 2) 415.00
T11 Jessica Meek Carnoustie Ladies (Played 3) 340.00
T11 Hannah McCook Abernethy (Played 2) 340.00
13 Eleanor Tunn Reay (Played 3) 332.50
14 Mhairi McKay West Kilbride (Played 2) 280.00
15 Alison Goodwin Glenbervie (Played 2) 195.00

NORTH OF SCOTLAND

This years North of Scotland championship is being hosted by Angus and will be held at Forfar Golf Club on Monday 5th, Tuesday 6th and Wedesday 7th of July. The entry for this competition is only £15 and you will be guaranteed at least two round of golf.  To download an entry form please go to the links at the right hand side of this page and click on the North of Scotland link. This will take you to Media Fire where you just click to download.

This is a fantastic event so please lets have a huge entry from P&K!!!

CONGRATULATIONS EVE

Huge congratulations got to County Team member Eve Muirhead who has only just returned home from representing GB in the Curling Winter Olympic's, has today added Columba Cream Scottish Women’s Championship to her belt. Eve's team won by 8-7 in an extra end, and will go on to represent Scotland at the World Championship in Swift Current, Canada later this month.

Eve's team had a blow in the morning warm up when Jackie Lockhart injured her knee and had to be replaced, forcing an adjusted line-up that saw Kelly Wood playing third, Lorna Vevers playing at second and alternate Annie Laird on lead stones.

Myself, my husband Iain, Janet Griffiths and fellow county team mate Fiona Ramsay all went along to support Eve in the finals and were on the edge of our seats!! Well done from us all Eve, it was great to see you on home ground!!

CONGRATULATIONS EVE

County Team member Eve Muirhead skipped her GB Olympic Curling Team to victory against the world Champions China tonight. After a tense final where China secured the two stones to force an extra end Eve, having deciding not to use a time out, decided on the strategy and played the final stone perfectly to win the first round 5-4.

Well done Eve!!!

GOOD LUCK EVE

With the winter olympics commencing this week we are sending our very best wishes to team member Eve Muirhead on her quest for 'Gold'!

As you are all aware Eve is skip of the GB curling team and has been working very hard toward these games.

Best of luck Eve!