HAPPY CHRISTMAS

Have a very Happy Christmas, here's hoping that Santa brings all you hoped for!

See you all in the New Year!

Perth and Kinross County AGM and Prize Giving at Craigie Hill 26/11/09.

Brad Bannerman received the Under 14 Coaching Medal prize, Grant Martin and Rory Tinker received the Junior Foursomes prize and Allan Easton received a prize for being a member of the successful Perth and Kinross Gary Harvey winning team.

To cap a great night for Strathmore it was announced Allan Easton has been awarded a Scholarship at Gleneagles which gives him full use of all the Courses, full use of the Academy and the coaching facilities, free range balls and coaching from Gleneagles Professionals for 2010. Allan practices constantly and last winter was seen in all weathers hitting 100's of balls and spending hours on the putting green. His efforts have now not only been recognised at Strathmore but by the County Coaching Selectors.

Strathmore Juniors for 2010 have now been awarded 2 Scholarships and both Allan and Hannah merit these rewards for all the hard work they both put into their practice. We wish them both the best and know they will take full advantage of this fantastic opportunity to work on and improve their games.

CONGRATULATIONS EMILY


Junior member Emily Aird has been awarded a Personal Achievement Award for her golfing accomplishments this year. In particularly her participation in the US Kids Golf European Tournament at Gullane where she finished a very credible 6th and also for being invited to take part in the Teen World Championships in North Carolina.


The award ceremony was at the Perth concert Hall on Wednesday night where she had a photograph taken with Elizabeth Grant, Convenor of the Lifelong Learning Committee and John Fyffe the Executive Director for Education and Children's Services.


It fantastic for Emily to be recognised is this way and we are all very proud of her.


If you would like to see Emily being interviewed while she was in the US go to http://www.uskidsgolf.com/ and click on tournaments. A video screen comes up on the right hand side of the next screen. If you scroll down on the video list you should find one that is called Teen World Championship Day 1 Girls 2009 (it then tells you it is day 3 but just keep going). It's great.

WHAT A FINISH TO YOUR YEAR HANNAH!!

Hannah Robb has had the most fantastic golfing season. She has not only reduced her handicap by 17 full shots to 11 but won many junior and ladies events along the way. Hannah has not come by this extraordinary reduction without hours and hours of practice and dedication and this has not gone unnoticed by Perth and Kinross Ladies County Golf Association when, today, she has been awarded with the greatest county accolade a junior member can obtain, a scholarship at Gleneagles Golf Academy for 2010.

We are sure that Hannah will take full advantage of this fabulous opportunity and will follow in the footsteps of Annabel Niven, Roseanne Niven, Emily Ogilvy and of course +3 handicapper Carly Booth who have all gone on to represent Scotland.

Hannah is not the first member of our section to be granted scholarship, sisters Emily and Megan Aird have both also been awarded this accolade. We are all very proud of all these girls and their achievements.

Have a great year Hannah!!

CHRISTMAS DINNER-DANCE

David Norman asked if we could give all you Mum's and Dad's a reminder that there will be a Christmas Party Night at Strathmore on Saturday 19th December. The evening will consist of a 4 course Dinner (Menu on the notice board) there will be Music, Dancing (Scottish and Pop), Karaoke, Prize Draw plus Magician (Table-Top and Act)

The tickets are prices at £27.50 per person so please book tickets early as there is limited places.
Members + Guests - Please enter names on the notice board.
Non Members - Please purchase tickets from the Bar.
Thank You.

Here's to a night of Great Fun - Great Food - Great Company

JUNIOR AGM AND PRIZE GIVING

Yesterday was the Junior AGM and Prize giving. The day began with a fun Texas Scramble over the Leitfie Course and luckily enough the weather was very good and everyone enjoyed the day. Iain and Jackie were on hand to help and organise the day.

Following a hard fought scramble we all assembled at the club house where junior convenor Iain read out all the achievements the juniors accomplished which was an indeed an amazing amount. Not only have you all done well at home but also at County and National level. You have all been amazing and certainly put Strathmore on the map. Well done to you all.

Then following the AGM the prize giving began and we are so very lucky to have so many fantastic trophies which have been donated to the junior section. To everyone who was lucky enough to be presented with a trophy very well done and to all other members we hope you have had an enjoyable year.

Below are some photo's from the day. If you would like a copy please let me know.

RESULTS FROM THE DUNFERMLINE MASTERS

Emily Aird finished an excellent 13th with 30 stableford points over the Queens Course at Gleneagles today and our other finalist Hannah Robb finished 20th with 26 points well done to both.

We also extend our good wishes to both girls who are playing this week at Dornoch. Will keep you posted of their progress.

GOOD LUCK EMILY AND HANNAH

The Dunfermline Junior Masters final takes place today over the Queens Course at Gleneagles. There are four P&K girls who have made the finals and we are delighted that two of them are from Strathmore. They are Emily Aird and Hannah Robb. Emily will tee of at 9.24am then Hannah at 9.42.

To make it to the final of the national junior competition is a fantastic achievement for the girls and we wish them all the very best of luck. I will let you know the results later in the day.

Leroch Trophy

Very well done, to Rory Tinker for winning the Leroch Trophy with a nett 69!
In second place with a better inward half was Jamie McGowan with a 73
and finally in third place with a 73 was Josh McKenna
Thanks to everyone else who played!

CONGRATULATIONS MATTHEW

Warm congratulations go to our youngest 'summer leaguer' as he has run away with the J. Scott Summer League Trophy this season with a brilliant score of 279! Matthew's score is 19.5 points better than his nearest rival! Fantastic scoring. Obviously this has reflected in Matthew's handicap which has reduced by 9 full shots from 26 to 17. Brilliant for any one but even more incredible from a player who has not long celebrated his 6th birthday.

In second place with a very credible score of 298.5 was Callum Ewan. Callum has also had a great season reducing his from 30 to 28. Well done!!

In third position was Brad Bannerman who just pipped his brother Todd with a score of 320.

Well done to all who took part and remember Winter League starts on Sunday!!

Have fun!

WELL DONE STRATHMORE JUNIORS

Emily Aird, Hannah Robb, Jamie McCowan and Frankie Moran won the British Red Cross Day team event at Strathmore with a combined stableford score of 92 and were rewarded with an Engraved Crystal Decanter each and a round of golf at Panmure Barry.Well done to each of you on a great team performance

Results from Autumn Meeting 27/9/9

Well done Michael Brodie on finishing 12th with a nett 76 at Craigie Hill

After the 3 bad breaks for the Junior Section here is news of a tremendous good break.
Whilst playing in the Junior Competition on Saturday 19/9/9 Kirsty Brodie broke 100 for the first time on the Ranneleroch Course. Her outstanding 99 included an excellent 5 on the 14th where Kirsty was disappointed after hitting her 3rd shot to a couple of feet not to hole the putt and secure her birdie.
Well done Kirsty and congratulations in knocking 4 shots off your handicap.

Oh no another break
Euan Robb is the latest casualty making it 3 and hopefully the last . At PE on Friday whilst running backwards ( not a good idea) Euan fell and broke his wrist and is now in plaster !
Be carefull out there

GET WELL SOON CAMERON

Junior member Cameron Gray has become the second of our casualties this year! Just like Benjamin Fischer, Cameron has also broken his left arm and will be out of action for the rest of the season.

Cameron was playing rugby when he had his accident and not only has he broken his arm but he has also torn ligaments as well.

We wish you a very speedy recovery Cameron and hope you can come along on Sunday 18th for the Junior Prize giving.

Dates for your Diary
Sunday 27th September - Summer League ends.
Saturday 3rd October - Winter League starts.
Sunday 4th October (12 noon to 12:30pm)- Leroch Trophy on Rannaleroch ( Big Course ) only players with full Congu Handicap can enter.
Sunday 18th October (1.30 Shotgun Start)- Texas Scramble on Leitfie ( Wee Course ) all Juniors are welcome to come along as no handicaps are required and everyone can play . This will be followed with Prizegiving at 4pm in Clubhouse.

CERTIFICATES AWARDED

Four Junior members were presented with their Strathmore Junior Certificates this Monday from our coach Gareth. Cooper Smith achieved Level two, Fergus and Kirsy Barron achieved level one and Kerri Younger received both level one and level two.

Well done to all and thank you to Lindsay Robb who took the photos.

ENLARGE THE PHOTO'S

Remember you can enlarge any photo on this website by clicking on it!

Allan Easton helps Perth and Kinross retain the Gary Harvey Trophy at Dunkeld and Birnam over the weekend.
Allan with a halved match against Clackmannan a win against Angus and a loss against Fife in his 3 matches assisted P&K in their retaining the Trophy - congratulations to Allan and the rest of the County team .

JUNIOR CAPTAINS DAY

Yesterday was the second ever Junior Captains Day and what a great day was had by all. Unfortunately due to University commitments our Junior Captain Grant Martin was unable to attend but did send his best wishes and congratulations to the winners.

The winning team was Kirsty Brodie, Brad Bannerman, Euan Robb and Mark Scott. Well done team! Nearest the pin for under 12's was Kirsty Brodie, longest driver under 12's was Matthew Sime, Longest Driver for over 12's was Frankie Moran however as no one managed to land on the green on the 9th there was no winner for the Nearest the pin over 12's.

After the Texas scramble all juniors had food and juice in the Club House. Well done to all who took part and to Iain and Jackie for organising the event and to Frank Sime, Dawn Sime, Lindsay Robb and Frank Moran who came along to help on the day. But especially all of the players for supporting the junior events. SCROLL DOWN TO THE SLIDESHOW OF ALL THE WINNERS!

Next junior event will be the reconvened Leroch Trohy on Sunday 4th October at 12.00-12.30. This will be played over the 18 hole course which means you must have a Congu Handicap to enter.

Please place your name on the entry sheet on the Junior Notice Board.

WELL DONE CORMAC

Congratulations to Cormac Sharpe who was presented with his Level One Certificate from Junior Convenor Iain Butchart this weekend. Cormac was delighted with his Certificate and also looked like he enjoyed his blackcurrant juice after his game!

CONGRATULATIONS LEWIS AND JOE

Lewis MacLeod and Joe Johnson received Certificates from Gareth on Friday. Lewis reached level two and Joe level one.

Well done boys!

Final Scratch League match 2009 season ends with a 4:1 win over Auchterarder at Strathmore on Sunday 30th August.
After a great win over Auchterarder which also saw Brad Bannerman making a successful debut winning his match 5:4 Strathmore Juniors secured 3rd position in their group narrowly failing to reach the semi final stages.
I would like to thank all the players who represented the section this season and look forward to next year when the battle for places will really hot up with possibly 12 players competing for the 5 starting places in every match.
I would like to thank Grant Martin for his committment to the Scratch Team and also to the Junior Section during his year as Junior Captain and we all wish Grant every success when he starts his University Course at Herriot Watt this week and look forward to seeing him around the club when he returns home from his studies.

CONGRATULATIONS MATTHEW

Upon completion of his final round at St Andrews Matthew was not only our wee star but also a wee wonder! Matthew finished in 2nd place in his division of 5-6 year old boys and has been selected once again to represent G&I.

Matthew was only one shot away from the leader Conor Gough. Fantastic news Matthew and a very well done to you from us all at Strathmore Juniors.

The top three results were as follows:

Conor Gough (119)
Matthew Sime (120)
Max Hopkins (123)

Best wishes to Matthew Sime who is competing in the Wee Wonders Grand Final at St Andrews this coming weekend 29th and 30th August.

PRESIDENTS DAY

Yesterday was our very first Presidents Day for Juniors. President Sandy Bushby came along to watch you all play and she kindly donated an array of prizes and very generously supplied lunch for all who played. So many thanks go to Sandy.

Unfortunately the weather was not so kind and our hats off to you all for continuing to play in weather which most adults would refuse too!! However considering the dreadful weather the scoring was not only very good but extremely close as well. To separate the top two scores we not only went back to the last 6 holes or the last 3 but the very last hole and the winners was Kirsty Brodie. In a very close second place was Kirsty's brother Michael. Well done you both.

Full results were as follows:

Putting Competition: Hannah Robb
Nearest the Pin 12 and over: Michael Brodie
Nearest the Pin under 12's: Matthew Sime
Longest Drive 12 and over: Hannah Robb
Longest Drive under 12's: Matthew Sime

2nd place: Michael Brodie
1st Place: Kirsty Brodie

Well done to all.

The Centre Sponsored Junior Coaching has started again.
Hopefully by now everyone will have received their letters confirming times , if anyone has not please contact the Centre on 01828 633322 who will confirm which session you have been allocated to.

Rory Tinker reaches Final of Gents Single KO's.
Last night Rory came back from 2 down against yours truly to win 4 and 2 and secure his place in this years final. Rory's chipping was excellent and if he plays as well in the final should have a great chance of winning. Good luck and best wishes from Iain and the whole of the Junior Section.

First ever Presidents Day takes place on Sunday 23rd August at 10:30am on Leitfie.
After a change of tee-time had been agreed by the President Mrs Sandy Bushby and Strathmore Golf Centre the sign up sheet is now available on the Section board so please get your names up as soon as possible.
All players will need to have either a Club or Congu handicap to play.
The format will be 9 holes of strokeplay with the lowest nett winning the Presidents Cup .
There is also going to be two age categories with 1st , 2nd and 3rd , longest drives and nearest the pin prizes along with a seperate putting competition.
The President is not only providing the prizes but also lunch afterwards.

AUGUST MEDAL

Last night was medal night over Leitfie and our congratulations go to Hannah Robb who won the medal with 32.5 in 2nd place was Lewis MacLeod and in 3rd place Ryan Craig.

Well done.

Allan Easton has been selected by Perth and Kinross in their nine man squad for the Gary Harvey Trophy which takes place at Dunkeld and Birnam on 5th and 6th September.

Scratch League team gets draw away at Craigiehill.
Last night Megan and Emily Aird won their ties and Rory Tinker secured a 1/2 to draw at a wet Craigiehill . Allan Easton and Grant Martin both lost. The last match takes place at home against Auchterarder on 23rd August.

Final results from America
Matthew Sime finished 58th in his age group with scores of 46 + 45 + 43 = 134
Kirsty Brodie finished 57th in her age group with scores of 47 + 52 + 48 = 147

Both players will update us on their experiences and I will update this as soon as they return.

Matthew tees off today at 8.28am in joint 62nd place after his opening round of 46 hoping to improve his position in the field. Kirsty tees off at 8.50 in joint 43 after her opening 47 and we wish them both well today in the 2nd round.
Scores for today will not be available until late tonight.

Update from USA
Kirsty teeing off at 7.40am on Longleaf , Pinehurst has a round of 47 which is currently 8 behind the leader but only 3 behind the best "rest of the world" score . With the remainder of the field still on the course we will keep you up to date as the scores come in.
Matthew tees off at 9.34am on Midland , Pinehurst.

LETTERS FROM AMERICA

Delighted to report we have received an email from Matthew's Mum from over the pond. This is how it reads:

'Hi just a wee note to let you know that we are here and it is roasting hot xx Matthew has had a practice round on the course and is playing really well he shot a 49 off the championship yellows which is a par 35 and today he played the course as it will be set up for the 3 days. He had a 1 under par 35 so hope he can play this good over the next three days. He tee's off at 9.45 on Thurs . Iwill let you know how he gets on xx '

Great to hear that the family are there and enjoying the tournament. Lets hope his run of form continues. We all wish Matthew and Kirsty the very best of luck!

TWO NEW HANDICAPS

Two new handicaps were awarded last night as Iain and I marked Kerri Younger and Liam McPherson final cards. Liam received a handicap of 54 and Kerri 52.

We look forward to seeing both at all our junior events and I hope to see lots of summer league cards for them!

Well done to you both.

There are eight other juniors who handed in two cards and require a card to be marked, so please get in touch with Iain and he will arrange something with you.

Early start for Emily at Pinehurst .

Emily will need to be up early today as she tees off at 7am in the first group out .

Live from the USA
Emily Aird after shooting an opening round of 80 lies 15th in the field 9 shots off the leader but only 6 behind 2nd place and with the 2nd round tomorrow we look forward to see her result and what her position is on the leaderboard . Go Emily !

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE JUNIORS

Must apologise for lack of news being posted last week but family and work commitments have kept me very busy . So in reverse order here are the highlights for the last 10 days.
Josh McKenna and Hannah Robb both played rounds of 81 Scratch - Josh's score was recorded in the Wednesday Stableford where he won the event with 47 points and has now knocked 12 strokes off his original handicap of 28 . Hannah shot 81 in the Strathmore Junior Open on Tuesday, which was sponsored , organised and run by the Centre, many of our juniors took part with Hannah winning the Girls Scratch and Kirsty Brodie winning the Handicap with a nett 76 . Hannah has now knocked 17 strokes off her handicap during the last 4 months and as she is now playing off 11 I don't think it will be long before she is in single figures. Josh finished 3rd h'cap under 14 and Jamie McCowan won the overall and over 14 h'cap with a nett 68. Below are some photos of Hannah and Kirsty with their trophies.

A Junior Texas Scramble took place on Leitfie on Monday night with Michael Brodie , Tod Bannerman and Euan Robb making up the winning team.

Emily Aird became our first player to make her way to the USA for the Teen World Championships at Pinehurst starting today. Matthew Sime and Kirsty Brodie follow out later for their competition which takes place next week and we wish all 3 the best wishes for a great time and hopefully some good scores along the way.

The Leroch Trophy was washed out on Sunday and an alternative date will be arranged - watch the notice board.

Hannah Robb won the Junior putting competition on Friday.

Unfortunatley Strathmore were knocked out of the Junior Bell Trophy by Alyth in a 3:2 thriller with Josh Mckenna and Frankie Moran winning their matches but with Hannah Robb, Brad Bannerman and John McKenna all losing this allowed Alyth to progress to the semi finals. All the players who took deserve credit for their performances and no doubt are looking forward to competing next year.

The Junior Scratch league team lost narrowly away to Muckart being 2:1 ahead with Allan Easton and Megan Aird recording wins and Rory Tinker losing his match , both the remaining games came to the last tee all square . Both Grant Martin and Emily Aird lost on the last giving victory to the home side.

Last week was also very busy for Megan and Emily who both competed in the Scottish under 21 stroke play at Nairn and also in the Mackie Bowl at Gullane No1 .

Alan Easton also represented Perth and Kinross at Ballumbie in a inter area county event .
Hope I have not missed anything and am now awaiting news from across the pond.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery are sent to Benjamin Fischer who broke his right arm in a fall from a climbing frame yesterday . He will be in plaster for about 4 weeks and was looking forward to next Mondays Texas Scramble and to getting more Summer League cards in , his Mum phoned to say how dissappointed he is having to miss out but we look forward to seeing Benjamin back playing as soon as his doctor tells him he is ready.

Hannah Robb and Emily Aird qualify at Alyth today for Dunfermline Building Society Masters final at Gleneagles.
Hannah finished 3rd top qualifier with 38 pts and Emily was 13th with 33 pts , well done to both girls. Unfortunately Allan Easton and Rory Tinker both missed out of the top 14 qualifing places

Scottish Girls (close) Championship - Lanark Tuesday 14/7/9
Megan Aird just missed qualifying for the top 36 by 2 shots ( Emily Aird by 8 shots ) but Megan goes into the 16 qualifiers for the Ansley Reid Salver and plays Claire Prouse of Hazelhead in this mornings matchplay stages.

Fun bogey night finalises Junior Bell Trophy Team to take on Alyth next Monday night at Strathmore.
Last night 8 squad members took part and I am pleased to announce the team will be Hannah Robb, Brad Bannerman, Josh McKenna, John McKenna and Frankie Moran

SUMMER LEAGUE

Well haven't you all been busy with your summer league cards. Fantastic to see so many of you taking part and now with the summer holidays in full swing I am expecting a lot more over the next 5 weeks or so. Remember two cards a week are allowed and you must remember to sign the book, which is situated in the office, before you play. After you have SIGNED AND DATED the card pop it in the junior box at the entrance to the club house.

So far our star is Matthew Sime who has already reduced his handicap from 26 to 19 this season alone! Matthew has returned 15 cards already and sitting nicely at the top of the leader board. Well done Matthew. Callum Ewan is also doing well, he has returned 11 cards and sitting in 2nd place so far. In third place is Tod Bannerman who has returned 7 cards. But there is plenty of time left for you all to go and get more cards in and climb the leader board!!

Another mention must go to Michael Brodie whose 'club' handicap has almost reached single figures so keep it up and see if you can reach it by the end of the season Michael.

So to re-cap, two cards, sign the book, sign and date the card and place in the box!!! Easy peasy!!!

RACE NIGHT AT STRATHMORE

A race night will be held at Strathmore Golf Centre on Friday 17th. The funds raised from this event will go to our very talented juniors, Emily Aird, Kirsty Brodie and Matthew Sime who are all making their way to America to represent GB&I at Pinehurst in August.

To get your ticket and enjoy what will be a fun night please call the office on 01828 633322.

See you there

FINAL PHOTO'S

Go below to read the full account of the days play and to see individual photos!

WHAT A FINAL!

Yesterday, as I predicted, saw probably the most exciting

and lowest ever scoring final ever held at Strathmore. It was a fantastic day with lots of you coming along for a great days golf.

The day began with a Junior Medal on Leitfie course. With the winner of the club Medal was Alister Goodfellow with a fantastic nett 48. The winner of the Congu Medal was Michael Brodie also with 48. Great scoring boys. It was then great to see all of you coming out to watch the final after your game! Well done and thank you, I am sure you enjoyed some inspirational golf!

The final teed of at 12.30pm and what a match it was below is a hole by hole account of the game.

1st hole Allan birdied 1 up
2nd hole Rory birdied all square
3rd hole Rory birdied 1 up
4th hole Allan won with par all square
5th hole halved in birdies
6th hole Rory birdied 1up
7th hole halved in pars
8th hole halved in bogies
9th hole halved in pars
10th hole halved in birdies
11th hole halved in pars
12th hole halved in pars
13th hole Allan won with par all square
14th hole Allan won with par 1 up
15th hole Allan won with par 2 up
16th hole halved in pars
17th hole halved in bogies and Allan retains the Junior Club Championship Trophy for the 4th consecutive year winning 2 and 1.

A total of 8 birdies , Rory 5 and Allan 3 and a better ball score of 4 under par through 17. Brilliant golf, they should also both be very proud of the way they both conducted themselves on the course. The game was played in the spirit that is expected from all golfers, junior or otherwise. A huge thank you to all parents and adults who came along on a very wet day and supported the final it really made the day extra special to have over 25 people walking round and enjoying the match.

The handicap Championship had already taken place last week when John McKenna won a very exciting match against finalist Brad Bannerman. This is the first year the Junior Section has held a handicap championship and John should be very proud in being the first name on the new trophy. Well done to both.

Junior Scratch Final will take place this Sunday 12th July at 12:30pm between Allan Easton and Rory Tinker .

Please come along and give the finalists, Allan and Rory, your support by following them round in what is expected to be a very exciting match

Allan Easton misses out on top 40 finish by just one shot .
Yesterday at Largs in the under 16 Scottish Boys Allan failed by one shot to qualify for the final day after finding the out of bounds on the 17th and 18th . As you can imagine he was very disappointed with his finish after getting himself into such a promising position . No doubt Allan will overcome this and take the positives out of his overall performance and his golf will continue to improve .

A disappointment for Hannah who lost 3&2 in the quarter finals of North of Scotland but well done for getting as far.

News from Largs and the Scottish boys under 16 , Allan Easton shoots a first round 75 ss 71 to give him a top 40 slot and only 6 behind the leader . Tomorrow Alan plays again and with the cut tomorrow night a similar round should see him make the final day.

Great news Hannah is 1up through 9.

Hannah is playing local Lynn Kelly (Newmacher) 16 handicapper , so only gets 1 shot . Hannah teed off at 3:04pm .

Hannah Robb wins 3 and 2 to qualify for last 8 . Well done and good luck. Will let you know who she plays this afternoon when I get the other result .

Latest news from Newmacher

Hannah Robb 3up through the turn.

Brilliant news
Hannah Robb qualifies as 2nd seed in North of Scotland (Handicap Section)

Hannah shot an outstanding net 76 to qualify as 2nd seed today at Newmachar and plays L Urquhart - Banchory in the last 16 tomorrow .

Good Luck Girls

Emily Aird and Hannah Robb head to Newmachar for the North of Scotland Ladies Open , will keep you posted , play started today and continues until Wednesday.

John Mckenna wins the first Junior Handicap Championship by winning 2 up on the last green from Brad Bannerman after a very close and exciting final . John holed out from 15 foot to clinch the match . Sadly Allan Easton lost out on the first extra hole in the Gents Championship after having a putt to win on the last, but a disappointed Allan put it behind him and went out last night and beat Sam Craigon - Milnathort 4 and 3 recording 6 birdies in the process putting himself back in a positive frame of mind to compete in the Scottish Under 16s at Largs this week where we wish him all the best . Unfortunately Milnathort the strongest squad in our Scratch League section won the other 4 matches , but our players did themselves proud by taking 3 of the matches to the 18th,16th and 15th not a bad result when playing scratch against all category 1 players . The next match is away at Muckhart on 19/7/9 .

Championship Finals Day Saturday 4/7/9

Our best wishes go to Allan Easton in the Gents Championship against Scott Robertson , Brad Bannerman and John McKenna who are contesting the Junior Handicap Championship , Dawn Butchart (Junior Handicap Secretary) and Judy Goodfellow (Alister's mum) in the Ladies Championship. Ladies tees off at 9am and again at 1.30pm ( or earlier) , Gents tees off at 9.07am and again at 1.37pm ( or earlier) , Brad and John tee off at 12.45pm so come along and give them all your support.

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINALS

Last night saw the Semi-finals matches for the Scratch and Handicap Junior Championship. The semi finalists for the Scratch Section were title holder Allan Easton v Emily Aird and Grant Martin v Rory Tinker. Allan won his match against Emily 5&4 and Rory booked his place in final winning by one hole against Grant.

In the handicap section John McKenna played Megan Aird and Brad Bannerman played Michael Brodie. John won against Megan 6&5 and Brad won against Michael 3&2.

All matches were played in great spirit and golf displayed was of a very high standard. Well done to all who took part.

The Handicap Final will take place on Saturday at 1.07pm so please come along and support our junmiors. As Allan is also playing in the Gents Championship Final on that day, the Junior Scratch Championship final date will be announced shortly.

Good luck to all.

KIRSTY AND MATTHEW RECEIVE AWARDS

Kirsty Brodie and Matthew Sime both received cheques for £100 from P&K Awards for All to go towards the cost of their trips to Pinehurst this year to represent GB&I. Both were delighted to receive this kind donation from P&K. Above is a photo of both with Junior Convener Iain Butchart presenting the cheques.

Unfortunately when we applied in February, Emily Aird had not then be invited to play at Pinehurst. However as you can see there will be a Race Night held at the Golf Centre in aid or funds for all three young golfers on July 17th.

What a result !

Strathmore last night became only the 2nd winners of Glenalmond College Midsummer Junior Golf Team Competition , winning by 5 shots from their nearest challengers . The team consisting of 4 players who must all be under 13 on 1/1/9 they were Brad Bannerman , Michael Brodie , John McKenna and Josh McKenna . The winning score was made up by the lowest aggregate scratch score for 3 of the team members.
Congratulations to each team member and I am sure this result will benefit the Section as a whole . Success breeds success and following on from the achievements the Section and its individual members have had so far this year we can look forward with anticipation to the rest of the season .
Thanks again to you all.

Below is a slide show of our obviously delighted team. (Golf Lessons obviously working, perhaps we should try some Smiling lessons next week!!)

Draw For the Glenalmond Mid Summer 9 hole Tournament
Shotgun start at 6.00
Start at hole
3
Auchterarder 1 , Callum McGuigan , Crieff 1 , David Morrison
2
Nathan Gannon , Brad Bannerman , Auchterarder 2 , Stuart McLaren
1
Crieff 2 , Elises Henderson , Stuart Rung , Michael Brodie
9
Auchterarder 3 , David Donaldson , Crieff 3 , David Neil
8
Andrew Lamb , Auchterarder 4 , Jamie Forbes , John McKenna
7
Crieff 4 , Calum Law , Katy Scott , Josh McKenna

Good luck to all the team.

Junior Bell Trophy Quarter Final
The date and tee times for the Junior Bell Trophy have been agreed and the 5 matches will take place on Monday 20th July 2009 with the first tee time being 5.30pm.

Allan Easton reaches his 2nd Club Championship Final in 3 years.

Congratulations to Allan and commiserations to Grant following their semi final match which saw Allan win and progress to the 4th of July Final where he will meet Head greenkeeper Scott Robertson. Our best wishes go with Allan and by shooting a 1 under par round in Saturday's Medal he is certainly on form.

Grant Martin and Allan Easton both win and set up an all Junior Semi Final.
Last night both Grant and Allan won their matches on the 16th green to qualify for Friday nights semi final and to make sure for the 3rd year running a Junior will be in the final. We hope the match is exciting and both players do themselves proud.

Draws for Junior Club Championship

Scratch and Handicap Semi Finals will take place Tuesday 30th June 2009

Scratch
5.45pm Alan Easton v Emily Aird
5.52pm Rory Tinker v Grant Martin
Handicap
6.00pm Megan Aird v John McKenna
6.07pm Michael Brodie v Brad Bannerman

Finals will take place Saturday 4th July 2009 unless any of the above players qualify for any of the Gents or Ladies Finals where 2 alternative dates have been arranged for the Junior Final(s).
These are Sunday 5/7/9 at 1pm and Sunday 12/7/9 12 noon.

CONGRATULATIONS FINN

Finn Morrison completed his level one and two certificates. Gareth awarded him with both last week.


Well done Finn!

Last night Junior Captain Grant Martin and Allan Easton both reached the Quarter Final stages of Gents Club Championship where Grant will play Lee Bushby and Allan will play current Club Champion Matthew Bell . We wish both players well and to spice things up a bit if both win they meet in the Semi Final .

Jamie Gets His Certificate

Gareth presents Jamie Long with his level 1 certificate,along with other juniors from his coaching group.
If you want to see yourself on this page get your cards in as soon as possible.

Junior Bell Trophy Quarter Final Draw
The excitement and anticipation can know reach fever pitch as we now know who we play in the Quarter Finals of the Junior Bell Trophy. A local derby with Alyth and a home draw!!!!

Full Draw

Craigie Hill v Milnathort
Muthill v Dunning
Auchterarder v King James VI
Strathmore v Alyth

Allan's exploits get further recognition

Allan Easton has been selected to represent Perth & Kinross under 16's in there Under 16 Inter Area Match against Lothians and Angus on Friday 17/7/9 at Ballumbie Castle Golf Club.
Full Team
Sam Craigon (Milnathort)
Greig Stewart (Crieff)
Fraser Cram (Crieff)
Allan Easton (Strathmore)
Stuart McMillan (Milnathort)
Bradley Neil (Blairgowrie)

GIRLS INTER-DIVISION MATCHES

This weekend was the Gilrs Inter-division Matches played at Ballumbie Castle Golf Club. 6 girls from each of the four divisions played foursomes matchplay. Two Strathmore members were seleceted to play in the North Division they were sisters Megan and Emily Aird. The North Division is made up of Perth and Kinross, Angus, Aberdeen and Northern Counties. This is the first year in the 5 year history of the event that P&K have put forward two representitives. All the girls who take part must not have a handicap lower than 6 and all matches are played scratch in a Foursome fourmat.

On Saturday North's first first match was against South. Hannah McCook (Northern Coutnies) and Louise McGillvary (Aberdeenshire) had a very tough match which ended in South's favour by 1 hole. Katie Reid (Angus) and Emily won their match convincingly 4&3 and Jemma Chalmers (Angus) and Megan won their match 1up. In the afternoon we played East where Hannah and Louise won their match 1 up however Katie and Emily lost by one hole and Jemma and Megan lost 6&4. On Sunday we played West where we lost the over all match by 2-1. All matches were well fought and the girls play was fantastic. Hannah and Louise lost their match 3&2 as did Jemma and Megan. However Katie and Emily provided a grand stand finish when their opponents put their ball out of bounds and the next shot was placed in the bunker. Katie then played a 165 yard up hill shot to an elevated green 6 ft from the pin!!! A fantastic finish to a wonderful weekend.

The final scores were
East 7 points
West 5 points
North 4 points
South 2 points

Well done to the girls it was a joy to watch and we even managed to stay dry on Sunday!!

Below is some photos taken during the weekend.

SCRATCH LEAGUE OFF TO A WINNING START

At a very wet Pitlochry today Strathmore Juniors got off to a flying start by winning 3- 1/2 against 1 -1/2 . Allan , Grant and Rory all won. Debutants Jamie halved his match by getting up and down from the water in front of the 18th green and Hannah took her match to the 17th so all can be proud of their individual performances.

Pitlochry are holding their Junior Open next Sunday 21/6/9 and there are still spaces so if any boys handicap limit 28 or girls 36 handicap limit want to enter let me know or enter by downloading a form from the Pitlochry website.

Breaking News
Strathmore Juniors qualify for quarter finals of the inaugural Junior Bell Trophy.

Strathmore Juniors have now reached the Quarter Finals of the inaugural Junior Bell Trophy having halved their 1st round match ( played home and away ) against King James VI and losing out on the first extra hole they secured there place in the straight knock-out stages as best 1st round losers where they are joined in the draw by Alyth, Auchterarder, Craigie Hill, Dunning, King James VI, Milnathort and Muthill.

Kirsty wins the Leitfie Medal in style

With some excellent returns from last night Kirsty Brodie won the Leitfie medal with a 3 under handicap score of 26 pipping Callum Ewan by 1.5 shots. A vote was taken last night by the Juniors to make the next Leitfie Medal to be held on the 12th of July an 18 hole event
Hannah Robb and Kirsty were out first as a two ball they finished their round in under an hour. As they had time to spare before the other 9 competitors completed their rounds I accompanied them as they played holes 10, 11 and 12 on the Ranneleroch course which Hannah played 5-4-6 including a shot played out of the ditch and Kirsty managed to play in 5-5- 6 being just over pin high with her fourth shot to the 12th and just missing her putt for a par. I was very impressed !

1st 3 places from last night

Kirsty Brodie Nett 26
Callum Ewan Nett 27.5
Frankie Moran Nett 28

STRATHMORE JUNIORS TOP THE LEADER BOARD AGAIN!

Strathmore Juniors win Perth and Kinross inaugural Mini Foursomes
Rory Tinker and Grant Martin today put Strathmore Golf Club into the history books by becoming the first winners of the inaugural Mini Foursomes event held at Pitlochry Golf Club with a gross 75 nett 65.5 which was also the lowest nett. However, as always, scratch takes precedence and they can only win one section. What a fantastic result.

EMILY IS OFF TO USA

Emily Aird joins our band of Internationally acclaimed Strathmore Juniors by finishing 6th in the under 13 girls section of the U. S. Kids Golf European Championship held at Gullane 26-28/5/9 and has been Invited to take part in the World Championship at Pinehurst USA in July/August.
A very tired but excited Emily telephoned me last night to break this great news and to give an account of her play over the 3 day event. Our best wishes go to Emily and what she has achieved. Emily has practiced very hard over the winter and has taken advantage of her P&K scholarship at Gleneagles which this result backs up.
(Above is a photograph of Emily with her playing partner Carly Booth in a previous County Event)
Full results were as follows:

1: Prapassarangkul, Chayanid Thailand, 81, 70, 69 - 220
2: Mcgeehan, Rebecca, Germany, 81, 80, 72 - 233
3: Gautier, Lena, France, 77, 78, 80 - 235
4: Wilson, Aimee, United Kingdom, 78, 81, 78 -237
5: Nule Galofre, Mariana, Colombia, 83, 78, 78 - 239
6: Cyrielle, Kern, France, 86, 77, 79 - 242
6: Aird, Emily, United Kingdom, 86, 79, 77 - 242
8: Carolin, Schart, Germany, 82, 80, 81 -243
8: Jenickova, Tereza, Czech Republic, 84, 75, 84 - 243
10: Lopez, Faustine, France, 83, 79, 83 -245
10: Whyte, Lauren, United Kingdom, 86, 76, 83 - 245
10: Walterscheid-müller, Carlotta, Germany, 86, 80, 79 - 245
13: Kaimakami, Jessica, United Kingdom, 81, 82, 87 - 250
14: Heckova, Natalia, Slovakia, 88, 80, 84 -252
15: Foos, Carolina, Germany, 86, 83, 84 - 253
16: Finlay, Poppy, United Kingdom, 94, 77, 89 - 260
17: Williams, Rachel, United Kingdom, 87, 87, 87 -261
18: Rusova, Katerina, Czech Republic, 90, 86, 90 - 266
19: Thomas, Libby, Midland/Texas, 91, 92, 84 - 267
20: Saum, Kaitlyn, Mesa/Arizona, 97, 84, 88 - 269
21: Kucirkova, Katerina, Czech Republic, 96, 84, 93 -273

Photos from the 2nd leg of the match versus King James

Russell Bailey Shield

On Sunday we had a great turnout for the adult & junior Russell Bailey Shield . Nine couples took part as Julie-Ann's daughter Jodie was at home being sick ( hope your feeling better now ).
In 3rd place was Hannah Robb & Chris Tinker with a score of 29.5
In 2nd place was Robbie Smith & Derrick Robb with a score of 28.00
In 1st place was Cameron Gray & Gwyn Gray with a fantastic score of 26.75
As you will see from the photographs we had one very proud granny.

CONGRATULATIONS HANNAH


Strathmore Golf Centre hosted the 'Cash for Kids' tournament this weekend and our very own Hannah Robb won first place in the Ladies Handicap Section. Fantastic for Hannah and for Strathmore Juniors. Well done Hannah.


We were also very proud of Hannah who stood up and made a very good thank you speech. The first of many we think Hannah!

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to Cooper Smith who received his Level One Certificate from our coach Gareth.

Well done Cooper, go for Level Two now!!

Yesterday Strathmore Juniors surpassed themselves yet again.

In the morning Hannah Robb represented the section in the Gibb Trophy, Perth and Kinross County's Handicap Championship, but unfortunately lost her semi-final to the eventual winner. Remembering that Hannah has only been playing golf for less than 2 years this is a tremendous achievement.
In the afternoon the Juniors were represented by Brad Bannerman (18) Michael Brodie (20) Josh McKenna (23) John McKenna (24) and Frankie Moran (26) and played in Perth and Kinross Junior Bell Trophy in the first leg away to King James VI. This is a mixed 5 singles Match play knock out event where Category A players are not permitted , only players with handicaps between 6 and 28 boys and 6 and 36 girls are eligible. As the County already have a mixed Scratch League this is to encourage clubs who do not either have enough low handicap players or have enough junior members to accommodate both Scratch and Handicap teams. Rob Blackburn welcomed our team , 4 of whom had never played match play before. Rob and myself exchanged team sheets and as this must be played in strict handicap order we worked out the differentials for our teams. King James had put out a very strong team with handicaps of 6,7,13,16 and19. We wished our teams all the best and off they went.
Things were looking bad when we were up in only one match. Josh was 4 down at the turn and I waited for John who was 2 down to walk a couple of holes. John playing very well turned it around and went ahead in his match, I had spoken to Michael who by this time was well ahead in his match and Frankie who had also come back and had gone ahead in his tie. Brad Bannerman was 2 down when I caught up with him and by time I got back to Josh he had got his match back to 1 down playing 16, where he had a shot. As Josh walked off the 16 green all square he took time to reminded me again his opponent was in 4th year and he was only in 1st year! Both missed the 17th green and as Josh was the first to play he lined up his shot over the bunker to a tight front pin position taking a full swing with a wedge he floated the ball into the air landing it softly onto the green and running it up to a couple of feet to win the hole and go ahead. After two excellent drives Josh hit a good 2nd but his opponent unfortunately hit his 2nd shot out of bounds. Josh knowing he also had a shot on the hole turned to me and said " I don't want to win like this" remembering Josh only turned 13 this week what a statement for a young lad to make.
The final result was King James VI 2 Strathmore 3 with the return leg taking place on Sunday 24th May. I would like to thank all the boys for their efforts and sportsmanship and Brad for his speech which his teammates elected him ( in his absence) to do.
Thanks also to all the parents for getting the team to and from Perth and to Jackie , Frank and Ron who also stayed to assist.
On returning to Strathmore I met Allan Easton and Grant Martin who although the Gents Scratch team had lost 3-2 both boys had won their matches convincingly.

CONGRATULATION HANNAH

Well done to Hannah Robb who has played her way into the semi finals of the handicap county championships. She will play tomorrow at Strathmore at at 9.45am and we all wish her well!!

Emily and Megan Aird played in the scratch section and did themselves and Strathmore proud losing to county squad players by two holes and 4&2 respectively. Although the County have had juniors playing in the scratch section of the championship it is the first time there has been two juniors from the same club. So that in itself is a great acheivement.

Well done to all three girls and good luck to Hannah .

CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER

Last night was round two of the Junior Championship Qualifier. Eleven Juniors took part on a sunny yet very windy and cold evening! The scoring was excellent with Allan Easton topping the leading board with a magnificent scratch score of one under par 71, Allan reduced his handicap to 3 which is no mean feat. Well done Allan. Grant Martin also returned a very impressive scratch 77 again playing below his handicap of 8, well done Grant.

Full results are as follows:

Scratch
Allan Easton 71
Grant Martin 77
Emily Aird 83

Handicap
Allan Easton (4) 67
Grant Martin (8) 69
Emily Aird (11) 72
Rory Tinker (11) 72
Hannah Robb (18) 73

As well as being a Championship Qualifier last night was also a qualifier for the Dunfermline Building Society Junior Masters. The qualifying criteria is that all players must be under 16 and it is a handicap qualifier. Two boys and two girls qualify to the finals from each club. Our two boys who will go to the finals are Allan Easton and Rory Tinker. The girls joining them are Emily Aird and Hannah Robb.

Well done to all who took part last night.

Results from Junior Spring Meeting at Dunning Sunday 10/5/9 .

Allan Easton continued his great form with a gross 69 nett 65 to take 2nd place in his age group and also finish 4th overall for all ages. Rory Tinker finished 10th gross and 7th nett also in the under 16's and Grant Martin was 7th gross and 6th nett in the under 18's.

Sam Craigon of Milnathort who pipped Allan for 1st place in under 16 section then went on to finish 2nd nett in his section in the Gents Spring Meeting at Dunkeld and Birnam where the Best Scratch Score was returned by a 13 year old ( see below report from P and K County website )

Gents Golf
Spring meeting
The above competition was held at Dunkeld+Birnam Golf Club on Sunday 10th May.78 players out of an entered field of 86 enjoyed a good day's golf over a course in good condition for the time of year.
The competition's best scratch prize was collected by 13 year old Bradley Neil from Blairgowrie.Brother, Connor, picked up a prize also, making a very successful day for the brothers.The promise of youngsters in the county was further emphasised by Sam Craigon of Milnathort Golf Clubwhich has a very strong junior membership at the moment.
County captain Tom McLevy scored 69 to round off a successful weekend for him.In the higher handicap section Paul Park from Muckhart carried on from where he left off last season with a fine nett 66.
Results:
Scratch: B.Neil 68, T.McLevy 69, G.Brass 71, S.Graham 72, N.Barr 72.
Section A: C.Neil 66, S.Craigon 66, I.Goodfellow 67, DR.McKay 67, A.Merrilees 68.
Section B: P.Park 66, D.Lemar 67, D.McDougall 69, B.Ponder 71, R.Valentine 71
Nearest Hole at 18th: J.Fraser.
The CSS was 69

Strathmore Juniors girls all progress through to Perth and Kinross Ladies County Championship Finals knock-out stages which take place at Strathmore on Saturday 16/5/9 and Sunday 17/5/9.
Emily and Megan Aird qualified into the last 16 scratch section , and Hannah Robb kept up the run of success by qualifying into the last 8 of the handicap section. Our best wishes go with them into the weekend.

Oh What A Night !!!!!!!
Emily Aird and Rory Tinker endorse Strathmore Junior Section and Strathmore Golf Centre coaching programme by winning Blairgowrie Golf Club's Friday night competitions. Both are a credit to Strathmore Golf Club and it just goes to show how with the encouragement of the Ladies and Gents Sections over the years by welcoming Juniors of any age to play in all their competitions that both Emily and Rory will soon be single figure players.
Rory returned a staggering nett 68 and as the CSS was 72 Rory was 4 below, Emily returned a nett 75 and with a CSS for the ladies of 77 Emily was 2 under.
Well done to both,
Iain Butchart

NEW EVENTS

Stroke Play competitions open to all Juniors both boys and girls with Congu handicaps (handicaps for the big course) have been arranged on the following dates and times in May.

Saturday 16th - 1.37pm and 1.45pm

Saturday 23rd - 2.15pm and 2.22pm

Saturday 30th - 1.52pm and 2.00pm

Sign up sheets will be placed on the Junior Notice Board on Friday 8/5/9.

Junior Boys Spring Meeting Sunday 10/5/9 at Dunning

Tee times
8.20 Allan Easton
9.40 Grant Martin
10.00 Rory Tinker
11.20 Brad Bannerman
Good Luck to you all

For full draw click below
http://www.perthandkinrosscountygolf.net/juniors/springmeet.html

Unfortunately due to the amount of entries P&K have had to limit the field by handicap following the policy of National Junior Golf which states all Medals are Scratch.

SPRING MEETING
Final Entry date for Spring Meeting and under14 Championship at Dunning on Sunday 10/5/9 is TOMORROW 2/5/9 so if you want to enter please sign up on the sheet on the Junior board. All players must have a full Congu handicap.