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