CHRISTMAS PARTY!

What a fantastic turnout for our first ever Strathmore Juniors Christmas Party! We were delighted that so many of you came along and made the day so special! We were also very taken aback with so many of you wanting to play our Texas Scramble on what can only be described as a very wet and cold day! So very well done to all the golfers!! Our winning team on the day was captained by our Junior Club Champion Allan Easton who along with Brad Bannerman and Daryl Todd who returned a brilliant score of 30. In 2nd place was the team captained by past Junior Captain Mark Scott and team members Lewis MacLeod, Jack Dickson and John McKenna who also scored 30 but lost out on first place by virtue of best last 6. 3rd place was taken by Team Captain Rory Tinker and his team of Euan Robb, Josh McKenna and Kirsty Brodie with 32. Well done to all the team and a big thank you to all our 'Captains'!

Following golf we all enjoyed a fabulous Christmas Lunch. We had crackers on the table and juice was also provided. Committee member Lesley Haynes devised a brilliant quiz which each team completed during lunch. A big thank you to Lesley for all her hard work in making such a fun quiz. Strathmore Golf Club's President Sandy Bushby came along and presented the prizes to the winning teams of the quiz. In third place was Tod Bannerman, Cameron Gray and Mark Menzies. In second place was John McKenna, Lewis MacLeod and Jack Dickson and the overall winners were Hannah Robb, Ryan McKenna, Callum Ewan and Sean Storry. Very well done to all.

Our Party followed lunch and we were visited by a very happy little elf who took charge of all the games. Among the games were musical statues, Four Corners and pass the parcel. Then our 'little Elf' brought his big friend into the room and he was of course Santa Claus. We were all delighted he could take some time off from what must be a very busy time to come along to give all our juniors a Christmas gift. Thank you Santa!

We then continued with more games and lots and lots of prizes. Many thanks to all who played and helped with the games!

The day was indeed a great success made even more special when our Beginner Squad convener Jackie Moran managed to come along and see everybody. We wish her a speedy recovery so she can once again take part in all junior days at Strathmore. Also a big thank you to all the helpers and organisers.

Below is a slide show of the day. Sorry there are so few photo's but I got carried away with the games and forgot to take them!!

CHRISTMAS PARTY

It looks like out Christmas Party Fun Day is indeed going to be lots of fun!! With over 30 names signed up to attend!

The day will begin with a fun Texas Scramble (weather permitting) followed by a scrummy Christmas Lunch then lots of fun and party games to follow!! Santa has also said he will come along so if you haven't got your name down already please please let us know ASAP!!! Either email me on ianddinsurance@aol.com or telephone 01828 633000 daytime or 01828 633395 in the evenings. It really is going to be a great day so come on what are you waiting for!!!

Meantime below is a Christmas Card from all of us on the Junior Committee (Iain, Jackie, Dawn, Frank and Lesley!)

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS CARD!

CHRISTMAS PARTY

You should all have now received your invitation to our Christmas Party on December 13th. The day will start off with us all meeting at 11.15am before a nine hole Texas Scramble teeing off at 11.45am. After golf we will go to the warmth of the Club House for a Christmas Lunch at approx 1.30pm. The lunch will consist of Turkey and all the trimmings followed by Ice Cream. After lunch the fun will begin with party games, prizes and lots of fun. Santa Claus will also make an appearance with gifts for the juniors. The total cost of the day including lunch is £6.00 and the party will go onto the wee small hours of 5pm! If the weather makes golf impossible then the day will begin in the Club House at 1pm.

The party will be aimed at all age groups and we hope to see as many junior members coming along for the days entertainment, however for catering purposes we would like to know how many will be attending as soon as possible. A very big thank you to all who have replied but we have still to hear from lots more of you so we would ask that you pop your reply into the junior box at the club house or phone us on 01828 633000 during the day or 01828 633395 in the evening or send us an email to ianddinsurance@aol.com.

Really looking forward to what will be a real fun day!

FIREWORKS NIGHT AT STRATHMORE

What a brilliant show David put on for us on Saturday following our Texas Scramble! Be patient with the clip as there are two wee bits where you have to wait for the fireworks to begin!!

Monday 10th November 2008

       CHRISTMAS TEXAS SCRAMBLE 

                                    Saturday 13th December 2008                              

     Tee Off  at 11.45 am

After the golf there will be a Christmas Lunch followed by a Christmas Party 

with loads of games and prizes 

                      

  AND 

A VISIT FROM SANTA

Cost will be £6.00 per Junior

Please put your names up on the entry sheet on the junior's noticeboard as soon as possible

The party will finish at 5.00pm

 

FIREWORKS DAY



As you read on the previous post below we had a fantastic days golf on Saturday and most of you either stayed or came back to see the brilliant Fireworks Display Strathmore golf Centre's David Norman treated us to! As you can see from below it was very impressive indeed. (Please be patient as there is a bit of a wait before and in the middle of the clip. But keep watching it is definitely worth it!!)

A huge thank you to David and Strathmore Golf Centre for the great night.

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO

FIREWORKS TEXAS SCRAMBLE

Saturday was the Fireworks Display and Texas Scramble at Strathmore and more than 20 of you came along to play in the afternoon's event! Well done to you all coming at such short notice!

We were very lucky with only one shower of rain all day. The scoring was also very good but the run away winners were the team captained by Rory Tinker who returned a par equaling 29. Excellent score, the team members are pictured above left to right, Ryan McKenna, Rory Tinker, Michael Brodie, Josh Bell and junior convener Iain Butchart presented the certificates.


Well done to all. Please note that there will be Christmas Texas Scramble coming up soon. Following the Texas Scramble there will be a Lunch followed by a party with lots of games and prizes. Also Santa is going to pay Strathmore a visit. So keep the 13th of December free!!! The tee times will begin at 11.45 and the party will end at 5pm. The cost of the day is £6.00 so get your names up on the boards asap!!!

GET WELL SOON JACKIE!

Our Junior Committee member Jackie Moran is in hospital recovering from an emergency operation today. Jackie took ill yesterday and was taken to Ninewells hospital and had an op over night. She is recovering well and everyone from the junior section wishes her a very speedy recovery.

Quick up date to let you know that Jackie is now at home recovering and we all send our best wishes to her.

3rd November 2008

             TEXAS SCRAMBLE

SATURDAY 8th NOVEMBER AT 1.30PM ON LEITFIE

THERE WILL BE A FIREWORKS DISPLAY AT APPROX  5.30pm

ANOTHER GAME TO TRY!!

As I said last week I would change the games on a weekly basis, so try and give this putting game a try!! Wait a wee second for it to load, seems to take a moment!!! The further away the putter is before you hit the ball the farther it will go! I will leave this for another week then see what is on offer next!!!

Have fun!

NEW GAMES FOR WINTER DAYS!!

As the weather is not the best for golf for the next month or two I am going to put gadgets and games on the right handside of the page for you to play and see. This week it is Hangman. Simply type letters in until you guess the word or until you have no more guesses left!! You can then look the word up if you are unsure of the meaning. Letters that are not in the word will be listed on in the garbage bin line so you don't duplicate them!

After we have done a few different ones we will have an on line vote for your favourite and I will put the favourite one back on for another wee while!!

Easy peasey! Have fun!!

WINTER LEAGUE UPDATE

Winter League has only just started and already I have had 25 cards returned!! But what is even more outstanding is that 5 of you have already had your Junior Club Handicap cut and two of you have had two cuts! Pretty impressive stuff.

Todd and Brad Bannerman have returned the most cards with four of the required 8 cards, thats brilliant lads. Ryan Craig is not far behind with three cards returned however what is impressive with Ryan and Tod is that they have had a cut to their handicap with two of the cards they have played. Well done Ryan and Tod, keep that up!

The five who have reduced their handicaps so far are Tod Bannerman and Ryan Craig by an amazing 6 shots followed by Brad Bannerman by two shots and Kirsty Brodie and Hannah Robb by one shot.

Well done all of you and if you haven't already played in the winter league come on what are you waiting for!!!

20/10/08

COMPETITORS IN THE TEXAS SCRAMBLE

JUNIOR AGM AND PRIZEGIVING

We held a very sucessful junior fun day, AGM and Prizegiving yesterday. What an amazing turnout we had! Thank you to everyone who came along and supported the day.

A full report will be posted later! Meantime spot yourself in the above photos!!

16/10/08

REMEMBER

THE TEXAS SCRAMBLE

SUNDAY 19th OCTOBER  2.00pm

ALSO REMEMBER  IF YOU WANT FOOD TICK THE BOX ON THE ENTRY SHEET

OUR JUNIOR AGM AND PRIZEGIVING WILL FOLLOW 

DUNFERMLINE BUILDING SOCIETY JUNIOR MASTERS

As we reported some time ago, Strathmore junior members Allan Easton and Emily Aird both qualified to take part in Scotland's largest junior Handicap event the Dunfermline Building Society Junior Masters. There were hundreds of boys and girls from clubs across the country all playing for a place in the grand final at Gleneagles, home of the 2014 Ryder Cup. Five regional finals are taking part during the summer holidays from Duff House Royal in the north to Galashiels in the Borders. Allan Played in the regional final at Dunblane on July 15th and Emily played in the regional final at Ratho Park on August 14th and after stiff competition have both played their way into the final which takes place this Sunday over the Queens Course at Gleneagles.

Allan will tee off at 8.57 and Emily at 10.27. To be involved in such a prestigious event is a fantastic achievement for Emily and Allan and for Strathmore Junior Section. We wish them every success but most of all the main message is ENJOY THE DAY!

6/10/2008

WINTER LEAGUE

The league started yesterday and will run until Saturday 28th march 2009

Only 2 cards per week best 10 cards count.

Keep checking the notice board for further fun competitions

02/10/08

Texas Scramble

Sunday 19th October 2008 at 2.00pm.

Please try to be there at 1.30pm to be put into teams.

There will be food and juice available at a cost of £2.50 per junior.

Please tick your name on the entry sheet on the juniors noticeboard if you require food

Out Junior AGM will follow the prizegiving of trophies and medals for the year.

CARRIBEAN NIGHT

Strathmore held a Carribean Night on Saturday and lots of juniors came along and had some great fun. We had games and music and some lovely food. As you can see from the photos below it was a fun night!!

CONGRATULATIONS EMILY AND MEGAN

Sisters Emily and Megan Aird had been invited to participate in Scottish Winter Coaching by the SLGA. This is a fantastic achievement and one which they should both be very proud!

Both girls will receive coaching from the Scottish Coach Kevin Craggs at Stirling University. Megan and Emily have also enjoyed Elite County Coaching this year at Gleneagles and although the County Squads are yet to be announced I am confident they will be selected again.

Well done to you both!

GOOD LUCK TO OUR JUNIORS

Good Luck to Junior Captain Matthew Bell, Vice Captain Grant Martin and Rory Tinker who are taking part in the Perth and Kinross Autumn Meeting at Craigiehill tomorrow. Also our best wishes go to Emily Aird, Megan Aird, Frankie Moran and Hannah Robb who are representing Strathmore Juniors in the Red Cross Day being held at Strathmore tomorrow.

Iain and Jackie will be there to support the team at Strathmore tomorrow and we will let you know how they fair.

GOOD LUCK!!

WELL DONE STRATHMORE GIRLS

The UBC Girls Championship was played over the Loch Ness course at Castle Heather Inverness yesterday and sisters Emily and Megan Aird flew the flag for Strathmore. The sisters both returned scratch scores of 85 both also had exactly the same halves -45 -40.

Emily won the tie breaker by virtue of better last six to take 3rd prize in the scratch section. As only one prize can be won by each player and as scratch takes precedence, Megan did not leave empty handed. She picked up the best nett prize. Well done to both girls.

The winner of the scratch was fifteen-year-old Hannah McCook (Abernethy).

The full results are as follows:
GIRLS Par 71. SSS 70. CSS 73. 5,387yd.

Prizewinners SCRATCH
81 Hannah McCook (Abernethy) 42-39.
83 Ailsa Summers (Panmure Barry) 42-41.
85 Emily Aird (Strathmore) 45-40

Prizewinners HANDICAP
75 Megan Aird (Strathmore) (10)
76 Vicki Powell (Deeside) (19)
77 Fiona Fullerton (9) 77 (bih)

Well Done Girls!!!

KIRSTY MAKES THE TEAM



Fantastic news for Strathmore Juniors! Kirsty Brodie has been selected to play in the GB&I Team by the Wee Wonders selection committee. She will be heading off to Pinehurst next July. Isn't this just brilliant for Kirsty!


We are all very very proud of you Kirsty you deserve your place on the team and we look forward to cheering you on even if its from the other side of the pond!!

Photos

04/09/08

Junior Captains Day

Last Sunday the junior section had their first Junior Captain's Day with 32 juniors playing.There were lots of prizes up for grabs including a car for a hole in one at the 5th !!! After playing the texas scramble, we had a putting competition with David supplying some of the prizes. Once everyone had eaten their fill from the buffet we were ready for the prize-giving.

Third Place With 32 were

Allan Easton, Darryl, Ryan Mckenna,Ben Atherton

Second Place with 31 were

Rory Tinker, Kieron Crombie, Kirsty Haynes, Abigail Aird

And first Place with 28 were

Matthew Bell, Josh Mckenna, Jodie Smith, Luke Mackie

Longest Drive for the under 11s was Taylor Reid

Longest Drive for the over 12s was Rory Tinker

Nearest to the pin for under 11s was Matthew Wiggins

Nearest to the pin for over 12s was Grant Martin

Putting for under 11s Alisha Reid, Callum Euan, Ryan Craig and Taylor Reid

Over 12s Megan Aird, Allan Easton

A Great Day and watch the junior board for future competitions

31/08/2008

Ally McLaren receiving his level 1 & 2 certificates from Jackie

A COURIER IS A MUST TODAY!

Remember and get your courier today to read all about our superstar juniors! Or if you want to read this piece download it by clicking on the link below, then download onto your computer.

Well done both.

SUPERSTARS LINK!

OUR WEE STARS

As promised photos from the Wee Wonders this weekend! What stars they are!!

THE CHALLANGE

A few weeks ago I posted some photo's of the Challange that Iain had with Matthew Sime and if you remember it was rained off after one hole. Well this was replayed and Iain did it! He managed to pass his level one using Matthews Clubs!! Great fun was had by all. Photos are below!

CONGRATUALTIONS MATTHEW AND KIRSTY

Matthew Sime and Kirsty Brodie both played their second round at the Wee Wonders yesterday and Kirsty returned a fantastic 37, 3 shots less than the previous day. This score bought Kirsty into 3rd overall position in her section. Matthew returned a 49 and finsihed 9th in his section.

But the most fantastic news is that Matthew, due to his age and section, has been selected to be in the GB&I team which takes in America in 2009. This Wee Wonders tournament will take place at Pinehurst, North Carolina next July. What fantastic fantastic news for Matthew and although just a wee boy is a huge star at Strathmore.

Well done Matthew from us all, we are very proud of you!

I will post photo's tomorrow!

GOOD LUCK SCRATCH LEAGUE TEAM

Our brilliant Scratch League Team are out in force again tomorrow! They take on the top of the league team, Milnathort at home. The team will consist of Allan Easton, Matthew Bell, Megan Aird, Grant Martin and Rory Tinker.

Good Luck to you all!

WEE WONDERS

Our wee wonders did great today! Kirsty Brodie was first to tee off and with quite a grandstand of spectators teed off in perfect style. Kirstie continued in this vain all the way round and returned a fantastic score of 40 and at the half way mark in 3rd equal in her age group.

Matthew also showed no sign of nerves and even managed a wee wave to his supporters as he strode down the 1st, a par 4 and even knocked a 15ft putt in to par the hole! He finished his round with a fantastic 46. He at present is 9th in his age group (please remember he is the youngest there!)

So all to play for tomorrow. Matthew tees off first at 11.32 followed by Kirstie at 12. Iain and I are unable to go to support them tomorrow but have been promised an update by Jackie who is making her way along tomorrow to wave the Strathmore Flag!!

I will post the photos as soon as possible!

GOOD LUCK

Good luck to our two wee wonders Matthew Sime and Kirsty Brodie who are taking part in the finals this weekend of The Wee Wonders at St. Andrews. They will play 9 holes today and 9 holes tomorrow.

Jackie, Iain and myself are making our way over today to support our wee stars and will let you know how they get on!

GOOD LUCK FROM ALL AT STRATHMORE!

18th August 2008

JUNIOR CAPTAIN'S DAY

Texas Scramble

Sunday 31st August 2008 10.30am on the Leitfie

Prizes for nearest the pin and longest drive in age groups

there will also be a putting competition 

Buffet afterwards at a cost of £1.50 per competitor

NO HANDICAP REQUIRED

See the juniors board to sign up for entry and for the buffet

GO EMILY AND ALLAN!!

Emily Aird and Allan Easton have taken part in Scotland’s biggest junior handicap event, the Dunfermline Building Society Junior Masters. With hundreds of boys and girls from clubs across the country playing for a place in the grand final at Gleneagles, home of the 2014 Ryder Cup.

Five regional finals are taking part during the summer holidays from Duff House Royal in the north to Galashiels in the Borders. Allan Played in the regional final at Dunblane on July 15th and Emily played in the regional final at Ratho Park yesterday and after stiff competition have both played their way into the final in October.

This is a fantastic achievement for Emily and Allan and for Strathmore Junior Section. We wish them every success on October 12th!

Well done both!

OUR SCRATCH LEAGUE TEAM ARE ACE!

Our brilliant Scratch League Team did us all proud again last night when we faced Murrayshall Team at home. The team produced some fantastic golf and won the match 3-2. Special mention must go to Rory Tinker who not only notched his first win but did it in brilliant style with a hat trick of birdies on 15, 16 & 17 to win his match 3&1.

The team, as always, did Strathmore and themselves proud both on and off the course and are great fun to be around.

Well done to you all!

WHAT A CHALLENGE!

Young Matthew Sime and Elite Junior Convener were all set to play a challenge match over the 1st and 9th hole of Leitfie on Sunday. The challenge match had a slight twist in that Iain had to use Matthews clubs!!

After a toss of the coin and grand announcements onto the Tee by David Norman, Matthew hits his Tee shot straight down the fairway closely followed by Iain's shot left of the green. Both chipped onto the green but just missed their putts. As they were setting off to the final hole in this largely spectated match the heavens opened and both players and the crowds were soaked to the skin!!! The match was obviously abandoned.

However next Saturday will see this match resume at 11.30. So if you would like to come along support Matthew and Iain in this fantastic event please come along at 11.25.

Enjoy the photos!