Draw for Commonwealth Spoons

The Commonwealth Spoons will take place at Dunning Golf Course this year on 27th May. Hope everyone has a good game and that the weather is kind to us.  See draw below.

Good Luck!

9.00	C. Muir/A.Stockley	L. Kyle/C. Lambie
9.07	P. Hebner/L. Findlay	M. Middleton/L. Crighton
9.15	C. Souter/G. Paterson	M. Chapman/D. Whytock
9.22	S. Durward/L. McGraw	S. Mitchell/H. Dalgleish
9.30	E. Campbell/J. Wivell	M. Mackie/J. McEwan
9.37	K. McAlpine/N. Morrison	C. Henderson/K. Dunbar
9.45	K. Knight/K. Duncan	S. Bushby/M. Hunter
9.52	H. Straw/J. Proudfoot	H. Gibson/C. Peebles
10.00	R. McGeoghegan/J. Groom	M. MacLeod/A. Crossland
10.07	M. MacRae/D. Wildblood	L. Scott/M. Spalding
10.15	F. Johnston/J. Laburn	H. Dawson/K. Finlay
10.30	S. Ogg/J. Nisbet	P. Kelly/S. Peters
10.45	D. Wallace/S. Lindsay	C. Monks/I. Moncur
11.00	S. MacDougall/L. Whitwood	H. Payne/S. Jones
11.15	M. Forbes/D. Pollett	H. Lang/C. Webb
11.30	C. McNab/S. Fenner	E. Milligan/H. Wynd

Evening Draw

17.00	A. McGregor//M. Robertson	J. Griffiths/F. Ramsay
17.15	L. Mailer/L. Angus	E. Cameron/P. Malton

 

P&K PLAYERS LOSE OUT

Nicola Robertson of Dunblane New played a great round of golf today but unfortunately narrowly lost out to her opponent Tara McTaggart 2&1. Nicola contacted me this evening and gave this short report  'I was 4 down after 12 holes then won the next 3 with 3 birdies. I then lost the 16th and halved the 17th to lose 2 and 1. I was 3 over par for the front nine and 2 under par for the back 8.'

Well done Nicola a wonderful display of golf and a great performance all round.

Hannah Robb who made it through to the 2nd flight also unfortunately lost out to her opponent Catherine Goodwin of Glenbervie 4&2.

Well done to both. You did us proud!

There is full results and round up of the days play at slga.co.uk.

CONGRATULATIONS TO P& K PLAYERS AT THE SCOTTISH

Congratulations to Nicola Robertson (Dunblane New) who has today qualified to the matchplay stages of the Scottish at Longniddry today. Fellow P&K member Hannah Robb missed the cut by 2 shots however had played her way into the Rosebowl matchplay.

More details tomorrow!

EMILY NEW P&K CHAMPION

Huge congratulations to Emily Ogilvy who after years of supporting and representing P&K has become our new County Champion. Runner Up Jennifer Saxton gave Emily an excellent game which was enjoyed by the spectators who came along on what was a cold and windy day. Emily won the match on the 15th hole 4&3.

Below is a photo of our Gibb Trophy Champion Lesley Whitwood and runner up Helen Payne.

A short slide show of photos is below.

MORNING RESULTS FROM STRATHMORE

The semi finals of the P&K Championships took place this afternoon at Strathmore golf Centre and the spectators certainly got a great mornings golf to watch. Both semi-finals went to the wire and were not decided until the 19th hole. Young Jennifer Saxton (Kinross) who this year entered year three of the Scottish Golf Academy showed experience beyond her years by winning her match against past champion Laura walker (Muckhart). In the other semi final Emily Ogilvy (Muckhart), after a year off from competitive golf, was back on form and beat past champion Jillian Milne (Craigie Hill) again on the 19th.

The final takes place at 2pm to which spectators are invited to come along and enjoy a great display of golf by both finalists.

The final of the Gibb Trophy also took place this morning and worthy finalists Helen Payne and Lesley Whitwood certainly did not disappoint the spectators with great golf being played by both. Our congratulations go to Lesley who was victorious with a margin of 3&2.

Well done to all and good luck to both Championship finalist.   

MATCHPLAY DAY 1

A rather windy and wet day saw some excellent golf from all who played. The youngsters playing today showed great promise proving to us all that P&K county golf's future is in good hands. 13 year old home player Kirsty Brodie played exceptional golf to win this morning by 4&3 then narrowly lost out to past County Champion Jillian Milne this after noon 2&1. Jennifer Saxton also showed great promise and played fabulous golf by winning this morning by 1 hole then secured her place in the semi finals by winning by one hole against Fiona Ramsay of Crieff. Hannah Robb who made her way through P&K County Junior Golf also played well this morning winning 4&3 however lost out to Team Player Emily Ogilvy by the same margin this afternoon.

Top Seed Laura Walker made her way to the semi finals with a 5&3 win this morning and a 4&3 win this afternoon.

Full results are as follows:


SCRATCH ROUND OF 16
Laura Walker beat Fiona Johnston 5 & 3
Carol Muir beat Dawn Butchart 6 & 4
Fiona Ramsay beat Nicola Robertson at 19th
Jennifer Saxton beat Alison Stockley 1 hole
Kirsty Brodie beat Steph Crolla 4 & 3
Jillian Milne beat Jane Yellowlees  4 & 2
Emily Ogilvy beat Gwen Lambie 3 & 2
Hannah Robb beat Kay Knight 4 & 3

SCRATCH QUARTER FINALS
Laura Walker beat Carol Muir 4 &3
Jennifer Saxton beat Fiona Ramsay 1 hole
Jillian Milne beat Kirsty Brodie 2 & 1
Emily Ogilvy beat Hannah Robb 4 & 3

HANDICAP QUARTER FINALS
Sue Jones beat Carole Turner 5 & 4
Helen Payne beat Miggie Mackie 1 up
Carol Lambie beat Liz Milligan 2 up
Lesley Whitwood beat Susan McDougall 3 & 2

HANDICAP SEMI FINALS
Helen Payne beat Sue Jones 6 & 5
Lesley Whitwood beat Carol Lambie 5 & 3

TOMORROW'S MATCHES
SCRATCH SEMI FINALS
Laura Walker vs Jennifer Saxton - 9.00am
Jillian Milne vs Emily Ogilvy - 9.07am

HANDICAP FINAL
Helen Payne vs Lesley Whitwood - 9.15am

SCRATCH FINAL
2.00pm

CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW FOR WEEKEND

Eildh Watson (Muckhart) was the top scorer at Strathmore today returning a scratch 74 over what proved for many to be a tough test today. Sadly due to exam commitments Eilidh is unable to play over the weekend making fellow club mate Laura Walker the top seed for the Championship with a 76 closely followed by Hannah Robb with a 77. 
There are many players who are unavailable this weekend both in the Scratch and Handicap match play.

The draw is as follows:

09:00 Laura Walker v Fiona Johnston
09:07 Dawn Butchart v Carol Muir
09:15 Nicola Robertson v Fiona Ramsay
09:22 Alison Stockley v Jennifer Saxton
09:30 Steph Crolla v Kirsty Brodie
09:37 Jane Yellowlees v Jillian Milne
09:45 Emily Ogilvy v Gwen Lambie
09:52 Kay Knight v Hannah Robb

The top seed in the handicap championship is Carol Turner followed by 2nd seed Lesley Whitwood.

The draw is as follows

10:00 Carol Turner v Sue Jones
10:07 Helen Payne v Miggie Mackie
10:15 Liz Milligan v Carol Lambie
10:22 Susan McDougall v Lesley Whitwood

Good luck to everyone and ofcourse spectators are very welcome.

CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER STRATHMORE

Strathmore Golf Club is the host of this years P&K LCGA Championships, the draw is below.

Pat Colquhoun is the organiser, any queries please contact Pat.

Click on the image to enlarge of if you wish to print click on the links between the day and evening draws.

CLICK FOR DAY DRAW      CLICK FOR EVENING DRAW

 

MUNROSS TROPHY

The Munross Trophy 36-hole women's tournament will be held on Sunday 26th May. At Montrose Golf Club.

This is a 36 hole competition and the scratch totals will count for the SLGA Order of Merit.

Claire Penman Secretary of Montrose Links has forwarded the following information.

Prize Structure as follows:
Scratch Prize Vouchers1 - £100, 2 - £75, 3 - £50, 4 - £25
Handicap Prize Vouchers
1 - £80, 2 - £60, 3 - £40, 5 - £20

Tee Times available from:
First round 9 a.m. – 11.26 a.m.
Second round 2 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.

Entry fee is £20 with a handicap limit of 15.

The closing date for entries is Monday 13th May.

An entry form can be downloaded by clicking the following link http://montroselinks.co.uk/public/mainmenu/Tournaments/Open-Comps.jsp

 

Kind regards,

Claire

MUCKHART MEETING

Well done to all who battled their way round Muckhart in gale force winds. The golf ball raffle winners were :- Miggie Mackie,Dunning,Marion Forbes,Milnathort and Lynn Jones, Strathmore. Thanks to all who contributed.

 

Could I remind you that entries for the Championship Qualifying at Strathmore on 9th May should be in my hands by 26th April. We shall be having our bigger raffle on that day and would welcome donations of prizes.

Nell Scott Quaich 1st Round

The first round of the Nell Scott Quaich took place today over the Arndean/Naemoor Course at Muckhart.

Nell Scott Quaich 1st Round -  CSS 74   (Reduction Only)

Scratch: Isla Moncrieff 87, Gillian Wallace 88 (bih), Helen Wynd 88

Net: Helen Wynd 75 (13), Margaret Ewen 79 (17) bih, Isla Moncrieff 79 (9)

 

 

Congratulations to all the ladies who battled their way round in such blustery weather. You all deserve a medal!

This is the first time we have uploaded the results directly to your Home Clubs. Although we had most of the CDH IDs, some of the ladies are shown on the Central Database as not being attached to a club. This is probably because you have changed clubs.

I would be grateful if you would all make sure that your scores have been received by your Home Club even although the results are Reduction Only and will not affect your handicap.  This will just confirm that everything is being processed correctly. 

If there are any problems perhaps you could let me know

email: pathebner@aol.com  tel: 01738626582

See you at Strathmore.

 

ROADS TO MUCKHART

Pat has contacted me with a small problem regarding the road to Muckhart from the south end. Below is a quick explaination from Pat.

We have been told that the road to Muckhart Golf Club from just beyond Dollar has been closed and may still be on Thursday. We would suggest you go through the Yetts of Muckhart and take the A823 (Dunfermline road). Along this road turn right which will take you to the Golf Club.

 

Hope you all have a great day!

 

FOUR ROUNDS IN A ROW

Linda Mailer sent me the following information:

On 7th June 2013 four ladies from King James V1 Golf Club (2 of whom are County Players - Linda Mailer and Liz Angus) will be playing 4 rounds of golf in 1 day at KJV1. The reason for this madness ? MONEY!!!! I'm sure we all know of someone who has benefitted from the care and support offerred by The MacMillan Cancer Support Charity. We won't notice the tiredness or the sore feet quite so much if we know that lots of money will be going to such a worthwhile cause.

The Fair Isle Sweaters(our team name) would be very grateful for any contributions no matter how small. At the next couple of games there will be a box on the registration table for any donations you may wish to make

Many thanks

Linda Mailer

 

What a great idea to raise money for an excellent cause. Hope you can all support Linda if you possibly can.

WINNING START FOR COUNTY TEAM

Below is a report from County Captain Pat Colquhoun following an impressive start for our county squad and juniors, well done all

Friendly Match V Fife at Gleneagles,Kings Course on Saturday 13th April.

The day started off bright and sunny but soon clouded over, the wind got a bit stronger and it became quite chilly.

Considering the Gleneagles courses have been closed all over Easter and beyond, it was in amazing condition. Some of the bunkers still had a lot of snow lying in them. Four of our potential team members were unable to play and their substitutes did extremely well. Vice Captain carol Muir was called in a few days ago. The seniors played 4 ball better ball and the juniors played greensomes. At the halfway house, we were down in 2 matches all square in one and one up in the other. Kirsty and Claire were giving 7 strokes and the two Jennifers were giving 12 strokes to their opponents.

A brilliant result and well done to all in the team.

Scores:- Laura Walker and Gwen Lambie lost to Susan Jackson and Fiona Hastie 5 and 4

Jillian Milne and Emily Aird beat Elaine Moffat and Karin Sharp 2 and 1

Emily Ogilvy and Fiona Ramsay beat Lorna McKinlay and Sam Munro 2 up

Carol Muir and Hannah Robb beat Linda Dyball and Diane Watson 2 up

Claire Gadsby and Kirsty Brodie beat Lori Gilfilland and Brogan Clark 2 and 1

Jennifer Saxton and Jennifer Duncan beat Chelsea Black and Abbi Wallace 4 and 3

PERTH AND KINROSS 5 FIFE 1

STRATHMORE LADIES OPEN

Strathmore, a huge supporter of County and Scottish golf, are holding a 4 ball better ball Ladies Open on June 5th. This was a fantastic open last year and hopefully will be the same again, so get your entries in as soon as possible to enjoy a great day of golf. The poster is below

To down load an entry form click on the link below

CLICK HERE FOR AN ENTRY FORM

Draw for Muckhart Meeting - Thursday, 18th April 2013

9.30 am	M Ewen	C Lambie
9.37 am	L McGraw	B Clough
9.45am	L Sharp	M Lumby	I Moncrieff
9.52 am	K Knight	M Wilson	M Mackie
10.00 am	H Wynd	L Mailer	H Gibson
10.07 am	M Penny	A Tannock	M McGlashan
10.15 am	L Findlay	L Milligan	M Walker
10.22 am	S Mitchell	H Straw	E Harrild
10.30 am	C Peebles	J Pringle	J Proudfoot
10.37 am	A McGregor	E Campbell	H Dalgleish
10.45 am	V Purdie	M McKay	A Walker
10.52 am	C Webb	C Monks	J Miller
11.00 am	I Moncur	H Payne	Susie MacDougall
11.07 am	S Fenner	M Macrae	K Booth
11.15 am	J Gordon	H Lang	C McNab
11.22 am	R McGeoghegan	J Thom	J Nisbet
11.30 am	P Hebner	L Jones	J Clowe
11.37 am	G Beaton	A Crossland	M Robertson
11.45 am	M Forbes	E Watson	S Jones

NORTH OF SCOTLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

This years North of Scotland Championship will take place at Deeside Golf Club on 8th - 10th of July. This championship is open to all county members of Aberdeenshire, Angus, Northern Counties and ofcourse Perth & Kinross. JUNIORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ENTER.


Below is the poster and entry form. To download the entry form click on the link.

 

 

 

Click on the following link to download entry form. ENTRY FORM LINK

ALYTH OPEN COMPETITIONS

I know you may not believe this but its nearly the start of the season and time for us all to organise our diaries. Lesley O'Donnell has asked me to post the below information regarding Alyth Ladies Opens this year. Click on the link to download an entry form. If you have problems with this then contact Lesley direct.

Click here to down load an entry form CLICK AND DOWNLOAD

WORLD CHAMPION EVE

Eve and her team with the World Championship trophy

 

Loving ther gold medals!

 

and now the fun one! Can you spot Eve???

 

Click to enlarge and you will find her lying on the ice in the background in pure relief that her last stone of the final end went on to win the World title! 

COUNTY GOLF CHAMPION NOW WORLD CURLING CHAMPION

County Champion Eve Muirhead has just become the world curling champion. Along with her fellow team they really have reached the pinacle of their careers.

Cool headed Eve threw the final stone in the final end to win 6-5. All of P&K send their congratulations to you Eve.

Will post more about this magnificent achievement tomorrow.  

LAURA WALKER CAPTAINS SCOTTISH TEAM

P&K County Team Member Laura Walker (Muckhart) has been named by the SLGA as Captain of the Girls Home Internationals which will be held at St Anne's Old Links. This is a huge honour for Laura who Captained the Under 16's at Strathmore last Year.

Well done Laura, proud of you.

Below is a full list of Team Captains for 2013

SLGA Team Captains 2013

Under 16s Championship: Miss Susan Wood Home international Matches: Miss Karen Marshall Girls’ International Matches: Miss Laura Walker Senior International Matches: Mrs Helen Faulds European Girls’ Team Championship: Miss Elaine Cuthill European Ladies’ Team Championship: Mrs Fiona Norris European Senior Ladies’ Team Championship: Mrs Helen Faulds

OUR EVE ON POINTLESS

Was delighted to see our County Champion Eve Muirhead on Pointless last night. The question was what sport these Captains played in. Ofcourse it was curling and the Scottish couple who were on guessed her and the other couple picked Jose Maria Olazabal and only three more people knew he was the Captain of The Ryder Cup Team!! 18 people knew Eve and 21 knew Olly.

Well done Eve, fame really has caught up on you!!

FIXTURES FOR 2013

Below is the fixture list for 2013. The printable versions are also availabe both below and on the right hand side of the website. The under PAGES and then FIXTURES.

For a down load versions click on the link below and print.

CLICK HERE FOR FIXTURES

CLICK HERE FOR ENTRY FORMS

THANK YOU FROM LENORE

Once again very many thanks to all my very dear friends in P&K County who have sent so many wonderful cards and messages of good luck for my recovery.

I had a visit from Captain Pat bringing a beautiful bouquet of flowers from all of you they are brightening up my days and I am thinking about you. Pat also brought enough food to choke a donkey including the famous Jamboree shortbread (all to myself!!).

I am improving every day, looking forward to the start of the season and seeing everyone very soon.

All my love

Lenore.

 

Our thoughts and best wishes are with Lenore who is a very popular person not only within the county but by everyone who knows her.

Take Care Lenore x

A MESSAGE FROM LENORE

Below is a message from Lenore who is recovering at home.

I am now home safe and sound, a bit sore but on the whole very positive. I really appreciate the support of the P&K County Members, I cannot tell you how much I have benefited from all the good wishes I have received in the form of cards, emails and text messages. I am sure that all these positive thoughts have aided my recovery up to now and will continue in the future. I can assure you it will not be long until I am out there chasing the wee white ball with everyone.

 

My sincere thanks to all my dear friends.

Lenore.

GET WELL WISHES TO LENORE

Delighted to let you all know that after major surgery last Thursday, Lenore Kyle got home on Tuesday. Naturally, feeling a wee bit sore and easily tired but making great progress.

 

We all wish her a full and speedy recovery and look forward to her getting back out on the golf course.

EVE IS SCOTTISH CHAMPION

Many congratulations to our team member and County Champion Eve Muirhead on winning the Scottish Women’s Curling title in Perth at the week-end. This is Eve’s fourth time winning the National title. She lost only one game out of the ten she played and that was by one shot in the last end.

Eve and her rink now go to Latvia next month to compete in the World Championships.

 

 

Janet Griffiths and I went along to watch Eve in action and she really looked great in action and as always was pleased to see us come along to support her.  She works really hard at her sport and deserves all the titles she gains. A very talented athlete indeed.  

 

We wish you every success Eve.

NEW SEASON 2013

There  are a few months to go before our first Competition but we are getting ready to send out the new Membership Renewal Forms and Fixture Lists etc for 2013.

In order to save postage this year, we are going to batch up the envelopes and deliver them to your Home Club. You will be able to pick yours up by the middle of February if not earlier. 

If you will not be at your Club you can print off a Renewal Form from the web site where you will also be able to read the Captain's Newsletter and see the Fixture List for 2013.

We understand that not everyone is comfortable using the internet so it would be great if those of us who are at our Clubhouse over the coming weeks can help distribute any envelopes which have not been picked up.

PROPOSED HANDICAP LEAGUE MEETING CANCELLED

Due to the heavy snow the meeting which was to be held tonight at County Hotel Perth has been re-arranged for Tuesday 5th February. Same time same place.

Thank you

PROPOSED HANDICAP LEAGUE

If you remember I posted a piece following the Scratch League Dinner regarding a proposed Handicap League and asked all clubs who were interested to contact Moira Lumby. Well Moira has received quite a bit of interest and has organised a meeting for all interested club on Tuesday 22^nd January at 6pm at the County Hotel, Perth – coffee lounge.

Could all who would like to attend please contact Moira at moira.lumby@btinternet.com to let her know numbers.

Also if you require any further information please feel free to email Moira.

CONGRATULATIONS CAROLINE

Congratulations to P&K member Caroline (Dunbar) from Aberfeldy who married Willie Henderson in Las Vegas on December 17th. Above is collection of some photos from the big day with her family.

Please remember when you see Mrs C Henderson in future draws it will be our Caroline!!

Congratulations once again.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year to all P&KL.C.G.A. members. Hope your year is filled with health, happiness and good golfing days with friends. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

On behalf of Pat and her committee, I would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a happy, healthy and successful 2013.

FANTASTIC FUNDRAISING

Congratulations to all the P&K Committee and especially Pat for the hard work and effort to raise funds for the county. Below is a message from Pat with all the figures,


Whisky Raffle’

My grateful thanks to all who sold and bought the tickets for the gallon of whisky and signed flag and poster from the Curtis Cup. We are indebted to Shona Leighton for her most generous donation of the whisky and to Alison Houston for the Flag and Poster. Sincere thanks also to Carol Lambie for taking the last two items and having them beautifully framed.

The magnificent sum of £741 was raised which far exceeded my expectations.

Again thanks to all who came to Asda in Perth on Sunday and bag packed. I think everyone enjoyed their stint and worked very hard.

Again a great result with £658.38 collected at Asda and a further £55 in donations from parents of juniors who with other commitments were unable to come making a grand total of £713.38. The juniors who turned out were a credit to the County and the adult members who came to help were terrific. Hopefully it will also have raised the profile of the County as many shoppers asked what we did exactly.

It was disappointing that many who will benefit from the coaching were not in attendance.

May I wish you all a very Happy Christmas and every good wish for 2013.

Pat

RAFFLE WINNERS

Pat has forwarded on the list of our lucky raffle winners. They are as follows:

Gallon of Whisky Grace Paterson, Dunblane

Signed Poster Sally Fenner, Strathmore
Signed Flag John Dalton,(sold by Fiona Ramsay)
Box Chocolates Douglas Gibson (Hazel’s husband)
Tin Biscuits Lisa Simmons (sold by Alison Stockley)
Tin Chocolates Philip Lambie (husband of Carol)

Well done all!

Pat will forward onthe amount raised at our Bag Packing day at Asada as soon as the figures have been released.

BAG PACKING ROTA

Below is the rota for the Bag Packing day.

BAG PACKING ROTA  AT ASDA IN PERTH ON SUNDAY 16TH DEC.

 

MORNING SHIFT 11-1.30                        AFTERNOON SHIFT 1.30-4

Gwen Lambie                                                   Moira Begbie

Carol Lambie                                                    Hazel Robertson

Fiona Ramsay                                                   Nicola Robertson

Pat Colquhoun                                                  Lenore Kyle

Rhona McGeoghegan                                       Sue Jones

Alison Stockley                                                  Linda Mailer

Louise Halley   (1 hour)                                    Pat Colquhoun

Gail Halley   (1 hour)                                        Carol Muir

Faye Mathieson                                                 Erin Pitcaithly

Rachael Calder                                                  Hazel Thom

Katie Bell                                                           Rheanna Thom

Katriona Taylor                                                Megan Thom

                                                                               Hannah Robb

 

 

 

We look forward to seeing you all on Sunday. If anyone else finds they are free, please come along and join us.

CONGRATULATIONS GIRLS

The four girls who have been nominated by P&K LCGA Committee to receive the 2013 Scholarships at Gleneagles are:

Kirsty Brodie, Strathmore

Rachael Calder, Kinross

Katriona Taylor, Crieff

Megan Thom, Strathmore

 

These talented girls will receive additional coaching, plus full use of all the facilities at Gleneagles including all three courses.

 

We hope these girls make full use of this fantastic opportunity and look forward to hearing of their progress throughout the year.

 

Well done.

FUND RAISING

Bag Packers required for a huge effort to raise funds on Saturday 16th Dec in Asda's Perth. All who can give a bit of time and help in this venture please contact Pat as soon as possible for a rota!

If you can't make a few hours to help then try to at least pop into Asda and provide some support to our volunteers.

Pat will let us know how much we have managed to raise the following week.

 

WHISKY RAFFLE!!

 

 

Please please could everyone make the final effort with the Raffle Sheets as Pat will require them back in the next few days. Brilliant Prizes on offer so please try your best to get as many sold as possible to ensure someone has a very festive Christmas...

 

 

COUNTY AGM PHOTOS

A very big apology for not having these on sooner. If you would like me to email any of the photos then just get in touch.