HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT CHRISTMAS AND SANTA BROUGHT YOU LOTS OF NICE THINGS.
IAIN, DAWN, JACKIE AND FRANK ALL WISH YOU VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR WITH LOADS OF GOLF AND LOTS OF FUN!

 
 A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL FROM IAIN AND ALL THE JUNIOR COMMITTEE.

INCREDIBLE NEWS FOR OUR JUNIOR SECTION

After 3 weeks of the Course being unplayable at last some good news. I am delighted to welcome 8 (yes 8) new Junior members over the same period ! The Jackson's - Sam, Harry and Adam along with Ryan McGregor, Alasdair Richmond, Ben Anderson, Joshua Gilmour and Amy Mitchell.

I look forward to meeting all 8 and with Golf Club memberships falling throughout the country this bucks the trend and goes to prove what a tremendous set up we have at Strathmore. With the Centre's support and an active Junior Committee, Strathmore Golf Club's future is looking bright.

RYDER CUP CAPTAIN

With this horrible weather and no golf to speak of, just to cheer you all up I thought I would share this photo of Ryder Cup Captain Colin Montgomery and Strathmore member Emily Ogilvy along with THE Ryder Cup!!

This was taken last weekend and Emily was thrilled to meet Colin and to hold THE cup!!  Lucky girl!!

If you have any stories or photos to share email them to me!

Winter County Coaching at Geneagles

Boys under 14 Group
Callum Graham, Cameron Grieve (Crieff), Rory Ottley, Harry Cox (Dunkeld), Jonathon Dunn (Auchterarder), Stuart White, Sandy Shackles (Murrayhall),Brad Bannerman, Alex Simpson (Strathmore), Sean Davidson (Craigie Hill), Jake Jamieson, Martin Williamson (Whitemoss)

Session 1 21/11/2010
Session 2 19/12/2010
Session 3 13/02/2011
Session 4 13/03/2011

Hannah Robb and Emily Aird have been included in the Perth & Kinross Ladies Coaching Squad.

Kirsty Brodie has been identified as a "young talent" by the SLGA and has been awarded a Grant towards her Winter Coaching programme.

We look forward to seeing the improvements in the Spring.

SLIDESHOW

JUNIOR AGM AND PRIZEGIVING

Junior Texas Scramble/Prize Giving

Sunday saw 5 teams of 4 for the Texas Scramble and scoring was very good. The winners of the Texas Scramble with a winning score of 28 were: Rory Dyce, John McKenna and Cooper Smith with their adult leader Jackie Moran.

After the Texas Scramble, Iain said a few words which highlighted the achievements the juniors have made over the past year, and then it was the Prize Giving. Below is a slide show of all the photos, if you want any photo click on the slide show and then download the photos you want!

P&K WINTER COACHING

PERTH & KINROSS BOYS UNDER 14 WINTER COACHING

Brilliant news the 2 under 14 boys I nominated for Winter Coaching have been invited to attend a Talent Identification Day at Gleneagles on Sunday 31st October. Alex Simpson has confirmed his attendance and Brad Bannerman will no doubt confirm his attendance on his return from holiday. I still await a response to my other nominations for the under 16 and under 18 for Winter Coaching which will be confirmed after the SGU announce their Winter Coaching plans.

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to Fergus Walker, Verity Brown and Findley Brown for receiving their first certificate on the Leitfie Course, Well Done!

GREAT SCORING

Rory Dyce and Josh McKenna end the season on a high

On Wednesday Josh McKenna shot a gross 80 nett 69 to win the Summer League Card 7 and yesterday Rory Dyce scored a gross 76 nett 65 to win the Transco Cup (Gents Medal Winners Trophy) well done to you both. Great scoring.

HANDICAP UPDATE

FERGUS HAS HANDICAP

Fergus Walker is the latest of the Strathmore Juniors to obtain a fun handicap. Fergus played with Junior Convenor Iain for his last card and has gained a handicap of 54. This means Fergus is now eligible to take part in the Winter League which is now in full swing!! Details are on the Notice Board.

Well done Fergus look forward to seeing you on the course soon.

LADIES WIN SCRATCH LEAGUE

STRATHMORE LADIES WIN SCRATCH LEAGUE

Last night Strathmore Ladies were confirmed as 2010 Perth and Kinross Scratch League Champions for the 1st time. Great result ladies and the Junior Section are proud of the contribution Emily Aird, Megan Aird and Hannah Robb made towards your success. Well done.

REMINDER

JUNIOR AGM AND PRIZEGIVING

It's almost the end of 2010 season and the Junior AGM and Prizegiving will take place on October 17th. Before the AGM we will be holding a Texas Scramble over the wee course, no handicaps required. We will tee off at 1.30pm so be there for around 1pm. Sign in sheets are in the Club House or just give me a call or email me and I will be happy to put on your name up!

See you there.

KIRSTY FINISHES WELL

KIRSTY FINISHES 12TH AT THE RENAISSANCE

With a score of 32 points Kirsty finished only 5 points behind the winner today at Club Golfs Junior Masters final. Well done from all the section.

JUNIOR MASTERS

CLUB GOLF JUNIOR MASTERS GRAND FINAL

This Sunday sees the climax of Club Golf's flagship Tournament at the Renaissance Club where Kirsty Brodie will represent Strathmore. After qualifing at Forfar this will be a fantastic end to a remarkable season which has seen Kirsty impress all at Club, County and National level. Well done and good luck from us all.

Our Juniors Repeat Win At Red Cross Day

With a team comprising Hannah Robb , Kirsty Brodie , Callum Ewan and Frankie Moran won the stableford prize in this competition for the second year in a row with an 86 points total this is a very well attended event with approx 32 teams entering.

For Hannah and Frankie it was an even sweeter feeling as they were part of last years team.

All four played well but needed a good finish and as Callum parred the 17th Kirsty made birdie on the same hole to win by 6 points

RUSSELL BAILEY WINNERS

Our youngest entrant Cormac Sharpe along with his partner Billy Sievwright romped home with the Russell Bailey Shield by 15 full shots on Sunday.

What an amazing score they put in and we are all very delighted for Cormack

Well done!

CONGRATULATIONS KIRSTY

Kirsty Brodie came a magnificent 3rd handicap for the UBC Trophy in the inter-district girls' stroke-play tournament at Kinloss Country Golf Club yesterday.

Kirsty returned a CSS matching nett 71 to take the 3rd place. Above is a photo of all the prizewinners courtesy of Cal Carson Golf Agency.

The full results were as follows:

68 Fiona Sutherland (Deeside) (23).
69 Vicki Powell (Deeside) (16).
71 Kirstie Brodie (Strathmore) (22), Sophie Alexander (Deeside) (5).
72 Kim Beveridge (Aboyne) (4).
74 Heather Munro (Monifieth) (7).
75 Olivia Borwick (McDonald Ellon) (12).
77 Claire Prouse (Hazlehead) (5), Megan Clyne (Deeside) (5), Rachel Polson (Peterculter) (5).
78 Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) (20).
79 Molly Stewart (Murcar Links).
80 Kirsten Pryde (Deeside) (12).
81 Kirsten MacCallum (Newburgh) (10)

Well done Kirsty, even the organiser, Ethel Farquharson, remarked that you were a lovely girl and very enthusiastic.

ABU DHABI QUALIFIER TAKES PLACE THIS SATURDAY

The tee times are at 1:37 to 1:52 so if any of you do not have your names up already please do so as soon as possible. There is a seperate competition for boys and girls from all over the UK so for your chance to qualify sign up. You need a Full CONGU handicap and the competition is played over the Rannaleroch Course.

CHANGE IN SATURDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER TEE TIMES

Would all Juniors who had entered their names for this weeks Summer League please note that the Juniors tee times have been moved from 12:37 to 2:00pm to accommodate the Gents Invitation Day.

FINAL ROUND AT WEE WONDERS

Kirsty Brodie and Matthew Sime completed their 3rd rounds at a very windy St Andrews yesterday. Kirsty returned 40 and Matthew 45 which given the gale force wind were very respectable scores and enabled Kirsty to retain her 4th place. Well done to you both.

WEE WONDERS UPDATE FROM THE HOME OF GOLF

Kirsty Brodie scored 36 and 37 in the 1st two rounds played yesterday and sits 4th in her section. Matthew Sime scored 39 and 39 and both players complete their 3rd rounds this morning hoping to improve on yesterdays great scores and climb up the leaderboard. Good luck to both Kirsty and Matthew.

GOOD LUCK TO KIRSTY AND MATTHEW

Our best wishes go to Kirsty Brodie and Matthew Sime who are taking part in the Wee Wonders Final at St Andrews this weekend.

Play well!

LATEST ADDITION TO THE 70's CLUB

Brad Bannerman last night not only won the Gents Wednesday night Stableford with 42 points but secured his place in the Juniors 70's Club with a gross 79. Well done Brad who will now be playing off his reduced handicap of 14.

article in Evening Telegraph

CONGRATULATIONS SAM

Member Sam Birch recieved his Level One Certificate from coach Gareth Couzins. Well done Sam, looking forward to seeing you reach level two soon.

SCRATCH LEAGUE MATCH AWAY AT BLAIRGOWRIE

Today saw this seasons final match result in a narrow defeat away at Blairgowrie. Playing the Lansdowne Course Junior Captain Rory Tinker led out his team and secured a great half with Connor Neil. Hannah Robb who found herself, at one point, 5 down battled back and only lost on the 16th. Josh McKenna again proved his match play prowess by taking his opponent to the 17th before losing 2&1. Rory Dyce who never gives up again battled back from 3 down to take his match to the 16th. Michael Brodie who led from the 1st hole won his match convincingly 3&2.

Final result Blairgowrie 3.5 Strathmore 1.5.

I would like to thank all the players who took part in our 5 matches not only for their efforts but also for their exemplary behavior. I am proud to take our team to any venue as I know they will always do their best and the experience, especially the younger players, have picked up will stand them in great stead in their future. I would also like to thank the parents who take their children to and from the events and give their support to the team.

With so many of our Juniors now playing and competing on the Rannaleroch Course and all reducing their handicaps next year will be an exciting time and I look forward to seeing them progress to the next stage and making the semi finals.

Well done again to you all.

Congratulations Fergus Walker

On Sunday Fergus Walker went round the wee course and achieved his first certificate, which means he went down the 1st and back up the 9th in under 12 shots, Fergus is now working his way towards his second certificate.

PRESIDENTS CUP

Congratulations to Kirsty Brodie who retained the Trophy she won last year. Her net 53 gave her a 3 stroke margin from 3 players on 56. Some great scoring on a very windy day.

Kirsty Brodie 53

Frankie Moran 56 bih

Michael Brodie bih

Hannah Robb

Longest Drive 15th Michael Brodie

Nearest the pin 14th Alex Simpson

Marcus Ryan made his debut and its great to see new faces wanting to play and compete.

A BUSY SUNDAY

Good luck today to John McKenna, Brad Bannerman and Alex Simpson who are representing Strathmore Golf Club in the Caring for Kids at Moniefieth and also to Rory Tinker, Hannah Robb, Josh McKenna, Rory Dyce and Michael Brodie who take on Blairgowrie away in the Junior Scratch League. Its great that on the same day we can put out 2 very strong teams and still have 4 players turning out in the Summer League.

2 STRATHMORE GIRLS COME UNDER THE SCOTTISH GOLF RADAR

Letters arrived this week inviting Hannah Robb and Kirsty Brodie to attend a National Talent ID Day at Kingsfield Golf Centre, Linlithgow on Sunday 5th September. If successful they will become part of the SGU/SLGA Academy Programme. The Sections best wishes go with both girls, this is a tremendous honour for Strathmore Junior Section and for Hannah and Kirsty.

DOWNFIELD JUNIOR OPEN

Kirsty Brodie kept up her run of success by winning the Girls section of the Downfield Junior Open. Well done Kirsty who has over the summer also won at Edzell, Brechin, Kirriemuir and finished 2nd at King James VI.

PERTH AND KINROSS BOYS AUTUMN MEDAL and UNDER 16 CHAMPIONSHIP TAKES PLACE AT CRAIGIE HILL ON SUNDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 9AM TO 11AM

There are 3 age group sections for this event - Under14 , Under 16 and Under 18 (as at 01/01/10) Would all players wishing to play sign up on the entry sheet on the notice board before the closing date Saturday 18th September. Entry fee is £3.

JUNIOR CAPTAINS DAY

On what must have been the hottest day this month so far, we held our Junior Captains day over the wee course. Our Junior Captain Rory Tinker was there to oversee the day and what a good turn out we had.

The winners of the day was Captained by Junior Convenor Iain Butchart who along with Alex Simpson and Fergus Walker scored a magnificent scratch 27! This is two under par and must be the lowest score we have ever had. Just shows how much you juniors are improving! In second place was Vice Captain Frankie Moran along with Michael Brodie, Jack Dickson and Marcus Ryan and in third place was our Junior Captain's team of Rory, Benjamin Fischer, Megan Ashley and Josh Eddington.

Well done to all our players.

Today we also presented a certificate to Megan Ashley who has achieved a full Congu Handicap of 31 at the age of 9! Well done Megan and look forward to see you playing in the junior events.

Below is some photos of all today's play and presentations.

EMILY AIRD BECOMES FIRST STRATHMORE JUNIOR GIRL TO HOLD A CATEGORY 1 HANDICAP.

Congratulations to Emily after her level par round in yesterdays Scott Trophy reduced her handicap to 5. Great golf.

A SMILE AT LAST

Michael Brodie won the the Wednesday Sweep in very windy conditions tonight with a gross 80 nett 68 to reduce his handicap to 11. Great score and well done.

NEW HANDICAP

Well done Marcus Ryan who has now returned three cards for handicap and has a achieved a handicap of 48.

Well done, now you can take part in Summer League but remember to sign the book in the starters office first!!

LEITFIE LINKS RESULTS

Congratulations go to Kirsty Brodie who won our monthly medal over the leitfie course. Full results are as follows:

Kirsty Brodie 56
Alex Simpson 59
Brad Bannerman 61

Remember that it is Captains Day on Sunday so get your name down soon or contact Iain. Tee times from 11 but be at the club for 10.30.

See you there

18 hole Leitfie Medal today Tuesday 10th of August 5:30pm

Could all Juniors wishing to play arrive at the clubhouse by 5:20pm so that the draw can be done. Look forward to seeing you all there.

JUNIOR CONVENOR PLAYS HIS LOWEST ROUND EVER

Whilst marking Megan Ashley's card and playing off the Yellow tees with Michael Orton I scored my lowest ever round of golf.

5-3-3-2-3-3-5-4-5=33

3-3-5-2-4-4-4-3-5=33 total 66 (4 under par)

7 birdies including 4 in a row, and only 24 putts 12 singles.

I will no doubt bore many people telling them about my round but thought I should share this with the Juniors Section first.

ANOTHER RANNALEROCH HANDICAP

Megan Ashley completed her 3rd card tonight and will have achvieved a handicap for the Rannaleroch Course - exact handicap to be confirmed.

JUNIOR SCRATCH LEAGUE RESULT

Yesterday saw our team play host to Auchterarder and a closely fought contest resulted in a draw 2.5 v 2.5. Allan Easton halved his match, Rory Tinker narrowly lost, Josh McKenna also lost but Rory Dyce won on the last after being 2 down going down 16 and Michael Brodie came back from 3 down desipte his opponent having a hole in one on the 6th, to win his match. To commemorate a hole in one David Norman kindly provided a Certificate, a Strathmore Scorecard holder, pitch repairer and marker and a sleeve of golf balls. Below is a photo of the presentation.

RICCARTON BOWLS

Hannah Robb returned an 81 and 88 at Hamilton yesterday, great to see Strathmore being represented at Scottish Order of Merit events. Well done Hannah.

CONGRATULATIONS MARCUS

Junior member Marcus Ryan has achieved his level one certificate, well done Marcus.

Above is a photo of Marcus receiving his certificate from Junior Committee member Dawn Butchart.

RECORD BREAKER

Matthew Sime became the youngest ever Strathmore member to achieve a CONGU Junior Club Handicap. 7 days short of his 7th Birthday Matthew completed his 3rd card from the White Tees on the Rannaleroch Course, measuring 6454yds. Matthew who upgraded his membership to join the Rannaleroch Course has completed 3 rounds with myself and has achieved a Club Handicap of 33. Congratulations and along with the rest of the Section we wish you every success with your golf.

I&D GOLF DAY

As there are five juniors playing in the I&D Insurance mixed event I have put the draw on the download area at the right of the page. 

Thanks for your support guys!

ALEX SIMPSON ENJOYS THE 3 MAN TEAM EVENT AT LANDSDOWN , BLAIRGOWRIE.

Alex Simpson representing Strathmore Golf Club Junior Section along with Junior and team Captain Rory Tinker and fellow member Rory Dyce played in the Perth and Kinross 3 man Team Event on Sunday. Alex returned a gross 91 nett 72 and with the css of 74 will have reduced his handicap to 18 (TBC) Full results can be viewed on P&K website

MORE OPEN SUCCESS

Kirsty Brodie won the Best Scratch Girl at the Edzell Junior Open on Tuesday and followed that up yesterday by finishing 3rd in the Strathmore Ladies Captains Day with 39 points and in doing so has reduced her handicap to 21. Kirsty also won the longest drive (bronze) and nearest the pin on the 17th (open to all ladies). Only one more stroke to lose before joining the Silver Division. Great results and well done.

JUNIOR EMILY AIRD QUALIFIES IN

TOP 16

Strathmore Junior member qualified in 16th position in the St Andrews Junior Open yesterday. Emily who has just reduced her handicap to 6 returned an excellent 5 over par 76.


Emily will play number 2 seed Annabel Bailey (Notts Ladies). The matchplay players are as follows:


10.20 Rebecca Wilson v Nicola Haynes, Tara MacTaggart v Eleanor Tunn, Lianna Bailey v Hannah Henderson, Melissa McMahon v Emma Harris.


10.52 Annabel Bailey v Emily Aird, Clara Young v Lauren Whyte, Christina Vosters v Ella Ofstedahl, Kate McIntosh v Olivia Jordan-Higgins.

STRATHMORE JUNIOR OPEN

Strathmore today hosted our third ever Junior Open and what a successful day we had. Some of the scoring was just fantastic and the players all enjoyed their day

Strathmore players did us proud as well with Hannah Robb retaining the Girls Scratch trophy with a brilliant scratch score of 76. The over all Boys Scratch Winner was Callum Rennie of Brechin who returned a brilliant 74.

Ten year old member Alex Simspon returned a brilliant nett score of 68 and won the 1st prize in the Boys Under 14 category.


Full results are as follows:


Girls Scratch
Hannah Robb (Strathmore)76


Boys Overall Scratch
Calum Rennie (Brechin) 74


Girls Handicap
Rosalyn Hall (Alyth) (31) 68


Boys Under 14's
Scratch
Grant Stewart (Pitlochry) 81
H/Cap
Alex Simpson (Strathmore) (20) 68
Philip Ironside (Kirriemuir) (21) 74
Ian Christie (Alyth) (10) 75


Boys Over 14
Scratch
Callum Rennie (Brechin) 74
H/cap
Jack Christie (Alyth) (15) 64
Blair Stephen (Pitlochry) (9) 67
Jamie Ferguson (Kirriemuir) (11) 70


Nearest the pin 6th & 13th - Hannah Robb


Junior Convenor Iain Butchart would like to thank the Centre for hosting and sponsoring the event especially David Norman for all his hard work behind the scenes. Special thanks also go to the Gents Captain and Vice Captain Eric Gray and Dave Grant and also Gents committee member David Douglas who came along to help on the day.


Below is a slide show of all the winners:

KIRSTY DOES IT AGAIN

Junior member Kirsty Brodie lifted the girls trophy at Brechin Golf Club today. Kirsty, having already lost 3 shots from her handicap this month, returned a scratch 96 nett 73.

Unfortunately the trophy can not leave Brechin but Kirtsy's name will be engraved on it as the 2010 winner! Well done Kirsty, you have done Strathmore Juniors Section proud again!

STRATHMORE JUNIOR OPEN

OUR JUNIOR OPEN TAKES PLACE TOMORROW AND

THERE IS STILL TIME TO ENTER!

CONTACT DAVID AT STRATHMORE GOLF CENTRE 01828633322

WEEKEND RESULTS

Saturday was our 14th Summer League Card and the scoring was excellent with Frankie Moran returning a fantastic score of nett 63 reducing his handicap by 3 full shots to 20. Three other players also played under par the full results are as follows:

Boys
Frankie Moran (23) 63
Alex Simpson (20) 69
Michael Brodie (12) 71
Girls
Kirsty Brodie (24) 69
Hannah Robb (8) 79

Sunday was our Leroch Trophy event which was a hard fought round with Michael Brodie just pipping Hannah Robb by virtue of better inward half. (Following the guidelines of Congu the Girls receive one additional SS shot, this brought Hannah's 72 became a 71 for the purpose of the competition only.)

Full results are as follows:

Micheal Brodie (12) 71
Hannah Robb (8) 72 (71)
Josh McKenna (10) 72
Alex Simpson (20) 73
Brad Bannerman (16) 73

Well done everyone!  

FIRST SIX YEAR OLD COMPLETES

CARD FOR HANDICAP

Matthew Sime is Strathmore Golf Club's first ever six year old who has completed a card on the Rannaleroch course for handicap purposes.

David Norman of Strathmore Golf Centre marked this mile stone with a Certificate showing details of his hole by hole score. This was presented to Matthew last night by Junior Convenor Iain Butchart who accompanied Matthew during his round and marked the card.

Well done Matthew and we are all confident you will have your handicap in place before your 7th birthday in August.

MICHAEL SHINES AT OPENS

Michael Brodie has performed brilliantly away from home at Junior Opens and has been rewarded this week with winning vouchers from both Craigiehill and Auchterarder.

Micheal returned a scratch 77 nett 65 at Craigiehill winning first prize in the handicap section 1-14 and at Auchterarder he returned an 80 nett 68 and won 2nd place in the same handicap section. 

This is a great result for Michael, well done!

10 YEAR OLD ALEX SIMPSON FINISHES 2nd PIPPED BY 1 SHOT IN STEPHENS OF PERTH (HANDICAP TROPHY)

Alex Simpson playing in the 3 Perth Junior Opens gave his future golfing aspirations a huge boost by finishing 2nd with a 205 nett total. Playing Murrayshall Alex returned a 87 (22) 65 and followed this up with a 89 (21) 68 at King James VI and took a 4 stroke lead into the final event at Craigie Hill where his 92 (20) 72 just failed to win him the Trophy finishing runner up to last years winner David Morrison (Dunning)

What a brilliant result for Alex who also took 9th place in the Scratch section. Competing and finishing in the top ten at these events helps to get players noticed by Perth and Kinross County convenors who decide on coaching for the following year. For full result click on P&K Gents link on right hand side.

SCOTISH LADIES JUNIOR OPEN STROKEPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

Hannah Robb and Emily Aird (Blairgowrie) completed their final rounds today. Hannah signed off with her best round of 84 (87-93-84=264) Emily 85 (82-88-85=255) Well done both. Great experience playing in this under 21 event as you both have time on your side.

AMAZING MATTHEW

Last night I invited 6 year old Matthew Sime to play his first ever 18 holes on the Ranneleroch Course to see if he was ready to move up from Leitfie and could manage to play 18. We teed off using the Gents White Medal tees at 6.30pm and Matthew hit his first drive straight up the middle carrying it onto the fairway and using my GPS I measured it as 146yds, he then proceeded to hit 3 x 3 woods to be 5yds short of the green, he then pitched on and 2 putted to record an opening 7. Before we teed off I had told Matthew we would use the par +3 which if he was to play level with, would mean he could get the maximum Congu Junior Club handicap of 54. So after the first hole using the par 5+3 Matthews 7 was 1 under. Hitting the 2nd green in 3 he 3 putted for a six to go 2 under. And after 4 holes was 4 under. Clearing the pond Matthew was unlucky to catch the rough along the fence with his second shot but managed to get the ball back into play and despite taking a 10 was still 2 under. A 5 iron short of the 6th green and a pitch to 3ft and a single putt led to Matthews first ever par on the Rannaleroch and got him back to 5 under. A putt from off the green for a 6 at the 9th gave him a front nine of 58 and kept him at 5 under.

Kirsty and Kate Brodie came out to give Matthew some encouragement on the 10th tee where he again hit an excellent drive down the middle (151yds) only to bunker his approach shot, unfazed Matthew hit his bunker shot to within 1ft to secure his second par and go to 8 under. This led to a very steady run where after 16 holes Matthew was 15 under. On the 17th a drive and an 8 iron and a 12ft single putt led to the third par of the round and going to the 18th tee 18 under I realised Matthew had only hit 42 shots on the back nine and on being just off the front of the 18th green in 6 overhit his pitch and took a 10 for a back nine of 52. Our round took just under 3 hours and Matthew proved to me that not only was he able to play 18 but to an fantastic standard remembering he is still only 6 !!!!

Matthews Card

7-6-6-5-10-3-7-8-6=58 4-6-7-4-6-5-7-3-10=52 58+52=110

Putts

2-3-2-2-3-1-2-3-0=18 1-2-1-2-1-1-3-1-3=15 18+15=33

Matthew would be allocated a CONGU Junior Club Handicap of 33 (110-71-6) (see clause1.2 below) on this card requiring to lose only 5 further shots to be allocated a full CONHU Handicap. AMAZING

Clause 1.2 Any score more than 2 over par at any hole shall be amended to 2 over par. (The maximum reduction under this clause shall be 6 strokes per round.)

HANDICAP UPDATE FROM JUNIOR MASTERS FORFAR

Girls par 72 sss 72 css 72

Well done Kirsty (40 points) on reducing your playing handicap from 26(25.5) to 24(23.9)

JUNIOR OPEN STROKEPLAY DUNFERLINE

Hannah Robb and Emily Aird(Blairgowrie) have both completed their 2nd rounds Hannah scored 93 and Emily 88. The girls will play their final rounds tomorrow and the section send their best wishes to them both.

JUNIOR OPEN STROKE PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP DUNFERMLINE

Hannah Robb tees off this morning at 09:57 in the 2nd round after her opening round of 87. Fellow Strathmore member Emily Aird(Blairgowrie) teed of at 09:03 after her 1st round 80.

For live scoring click on SLGA link- Good luck to both girls today

CLUBGOLF JUNIOR MASTERS RESULTS FROM FORFAR

Mixed fortunes at Forfar yesterday with Michael Brodie and John McKenna both scoring 35 points and finishing 21st and 23rd and missing out on the top 16 qualifing places by 2 points. Kirsty Brodie finished 3rd with a superb score of 40 points and easily qualified into the top 8 places available. Kirsty will be Strathmore's representitive at The Renaissance Club, Archerfield on Sunday 3rd October and I know she is really excited by the prospect of playing in the Final.

For full result click on SGU link and go to far right for scoreboard and hole by hole scorecard.

ALLAN EASTON REPRESENTS P&K JUNIOR COUNTY SELECT AGAINST MILNATHORT IN THEIR CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

On Friday Allan was selected to play against Milnathort in a Ryder Cup style Foursomes and Singles match in which the Home team secured an 8 to 7 victory. For full details click on link to P&K Gents on right.

CLUBGOLF JUNIOR MASTERS

The Regional Final takes place at Forfar Golf Club on 20th July 2010. The format is 18 hole stableford and our 3 Qualifiers are John McKenna who tees off first, Michael Brodie second and Kirsty Brodie third. Hannah Robb also qualified but decided to play the practice round at Dunfermline where she is competing in the Junior Open Strokplay Championship for Under 21's. Emily Aird is representing Blairgowrie in the Junior Masters. Good luck to all 5.

BUSY WEEKEND WITH MEDALS ON RANNALEROCH AND LEITFIE AND SCRATCH LEAGUE MATCH AT PITLOCHRY

Rannaleroch Medal

Kirsty Brodie with a (bih) better inward half pips Hannah Robb both returning nett 73. Josh McKenna was 2 ahead with a 76, from Michael Brodie 78 (bih) who pipped Alex Simpson also 78.

Leitfie Medal

Brad Bannerman 58

Tod Bannerman 60

Alex Simpson 66

Scratch League

Pitlochry 4 Strathmore 1

Rory Dyce playing his second Scratch League match recorded our only win away at Pitlochry with a good 2&1 win, well done Rory your ball stricking was tremendous and I'm sure this victory will give you a lot of confidence for the rest of the season. Alan Easton, Hannah Robb, Josh Mckenna and John McKenna made up the rest of the team.

Special thanks to Lindsay Robb for running the medal competitions this weekend

STRATHMORE JUNIOR OPEN

Strathmore Junior Open is being held on Friday 30th July and all members with congu handicap (full or Junior) can take part. Boys with a Congu Handicaps (on the big course) of over 28 can take part but on the day however their handicap will be reduced to 28 for the competition.

So please support this event. Click on the download at the right hand side of the page, complete and hand into the office along with your entry fee of £5.00.

Prizes will be awarded for both boys and girls, scratch and handicap and age groups. 

SIGN UP TODAY!!

HANNAH LOSES OUT IN FIRST ROUND

After achieving a place in the 2nd flight 'Ansley Reid' at the Scottish Girls (Close) Championship at Eyemouth, Hannah unfortunately lost to 3rd seed Katie McCracken in this mornings first round match. 

Hannah will be taking part in the Junior Open Stroke Play Championship next week at Dunfermline which starts on Wednesday. Good Luck Hannah.

HANNAH QUALIFIES FOR 2ND FLIGHT

Hannah Robb has qualified in the 2nd flight Ansley Reid Salver and the first round takes place tomorrow. Hannah will play at 10.57am against Katie McCracken from Powfoot.

Good Luck Hannah!

UNLIKE THE WEATHER SUMMER LEAGUE HOTS UP

Megan Ashley has a 4 shot lead over Matthew Sime and with both their fun handicaps having been reduced (from 54 to 37 for Megan and from 17 to 10 for Matthew) both players improvements have been tremendous reflecting in Megans average over the best ten cards being nett 27.9 (1.1 below par) and Matthews being 28.3 (0.7 below par)

Alex Simpson and Matthew Wiggins have played 6 cards, Finn Morrison 5, Lewis MacLeod and Cormac Sharpe 4, Brad and Tod Bannerman 3, Benjamin Fischer 2 with Euan Robb,Fiona Murray and Kirsty Brodie 1 each.

Matthews best card is a gross 33 only 4 over par. The Summer League runs to Saturday the 25th September so there is still plenty of time to get the 10 cards required to complete the competition so get out there and see if anyone can catch either of the leaders.

JUNIOR BELL TROPHY

Josh McKenna led out the team and took an early lead against Connor Boylan going 3 up after 3 holes and despite Connor attempts to come back Josh held on to win 2 up.

Michael Brodie met the big hitting David Thoms who had a eagle putt on the 1st and followed that up by driving the 3rd green for his 2nd eagle putt in 3 holes. Michael hung in well but lost 4&3.

John McKenna played against last years opponent Ian Christie who played very steady golf and John lost out 5&4.

Brad Bannerman had a close match with Richard Sorokaniuk and took a 2 hole lead onto the 16th tee. Richard won 16 and with 17 being halved Brad took a one hole lead up 18 where Richard could only half the hole and Brad squared the match by winning one up.

All the attention then switched to the deciding tie in which 10 year old Alex Simpson was playing Jack Christie. Alex was 2 down at the turn and with Jack bunkering his tee shot on 10 things were looking better only for Jack to hit his bunker shot to a foot and hole the putt to go 3 up. Alex holed out for a 4 and then won the next 4 holes with pars to take a 1 hole lead. Jack won 15 & 16 with pars and Alex won 17 to square the tie and match. Alex hit 3 good shots to be within 80 yds of the green Jack hit his 3rd shot just off the back of the green. With all still to play for Alex bit a great approach to within 5ft only to see Jack chip his shot to 3ft. Alex hit his putt and it looked in all the way only to lip out leaving Jack his putt for the win and to take Alyth into the semi finals for the 2nd year running. Jack held his nerve and holed the putt.

I am very proud of team spirit shown by the players and am sure these match play situations will help develop both their playing and social skills.

HANNAH PLAYS FIRST ROUND AT EYEMOUTH

Hannah Robb played her first round of the Scottish Girls Championship at Eyemouth today and did herself proud with a very respectable 88. Tough condition raised the CSS to 75. Hannah will take to the tee again tomorrow at 10am.

Good luck from all the Junior Section.

JUNIOR BELL QUARTER FINAL

Tuesday night see our team play Alyth at Strathmore in an eagerly awaited tie and the team are very much up for revenge against the team who defeated Strathmore at the same stage of last years competition. I know the players can't wait and am sure they don't need any further encouragement and after their performance against Muthill they should fear no team either home or away.

BEST WISHES FROM ALL THE SECTION TO HANNAH ROBB WHO COMPETES AT EYEMOUTH IN THE SCOTTISH GIRLS CLOSE CHAMPIONSHIP STARTING TOMORROW

PRESIDENTS DAY SEES MEGAN AIRD FINISHING 3RD

Today saw Megan return a nett 68 to finish 3rd to her father Alistair who won with a 67 (bih) Well done Megan

ALEX SIMPSON REDUCES HIS HANDICAP TWICE IN A WEEK

Alex returned a nett 68 at King James VI Junior Open to reduce his handicap to 20. This week Alex has played in 2 Opens and has reduced his handicap by a stroke in each one. Well done its hard enough to play 2 rounds back to back on your home course and reduce your handicap but to do that on away courses is even more impressive

KIRSTY BRODIE HAS ANOTHER SUCCESSFULL DAY AT THE KING JAMES VI JUNIOR OPEN

A very happy Kirsty Brodie finished 2nd handicap with a nett 76 (25) Well done Kirsty.

MARK SMITH IS AWARDED HIS JUNIOR CONGU CLUB HANDICAP

Congratulations on being awarded your Junior Congu Club Handicap of 42. Hopefully over the summer holidays we will see you reduce that as well.

Well done again.

6 YEAR OLD MATTHEW SIME CLEARS WATER ON THE 5TH HOLE FROM THE WHITE TEES AT THE FIRST ATTEMPT

Last night I accompanied Matthew on an ability assessment on Rannaleroch. Before climbing to the 5th White Medal Tee, Matthews mum Dawn said she didn't think he would be able to carry the water so we took a 5 iron and 3 wood up to play down to the Yellow & Red tee area. Matthew hit an easy 5 iron onto the tee and it was obvious his 3 wood would be far too much. As Matthew still had a ball with him he decided to have a go clearing the hazard down the left hand side. He played a good shot which hit into the pond side trees but we did not see it finish. Still eager to see if he could clear the hazard Mum was dispatched to bring the driver. Matthew teed it up and hit a majestic drive which sailed over the hazard and the pond side trees and landed a few yards short of the road. We went down and found his first ball was also on "terrra firma" (dry ground) and had carried the pond. Matthew was obviously delighted. He then proceeded to hit 2 very good 3 woods which left him with a shot to the green. Matthew hit a great approach which ran onto the green leaving him a 25ft putt uphill for his par. He started his putt outside the left and read the putt very well and with a few feet to go it looked like the ball was heading for the bottom of the cup only to run out of pace and finish 6 inches short. A magnificent 6 and remembering this hole is stroke index1 and Matthew is still only 6 years of age a great achievement for someone so young and so enthusiastic. So much so that walking off one tee he asked what the current Ranneleroch Course Record was, obviously he has his sights set quite high. Matthews scores for the 4th, 5th and 6th holes were 4/6/4

JUNIOR BELL TROPHY MATCH AGAINST ALYTH CONFIRMED FOR TUESDAY 13TH JULY TEE TIMES 5.15PM - 5.45PM

Team will be

Josh McKenna

Michael Brodie

John McKenna

Brad Bannerman

Alex Simpson

Reserve

Kirsty Brodie

STRATHMORE JUNIORS SUCCESSFULL AT KIRRIEMUIR OPEN

Strathmore Juniors, as always, do us proud away from home. With four members winning prizes at the Junior Kirriemuir Open today.

Michael and Kirsty Brodie very kindly contacted us to inform us of the day and didn't they all do so very well.

Michael Brodie was 2nd in the under 14's handicap section with a nett 70, Rory Dice was 3rd in the under 15's section with a 68, Rory Tinker won 3rd place in the overall Scratch section with a 78 and Kirsty Brodie won best overall girl.

Brilliant result from everyone and many thanks again to Michael and Kirsty for contacting us with these brilliant results. If you dont' tell us we can't post it!! So remember and let us know all your achievements. 

Well done to you all!! 

ALEX SIMPSON WINS UNDER 14 SECTION AT MURRAYSHALL JUNIOR OPEN

AlexSimpson returned a gross 87 nett 65 to win the Under 14's Section at a windy Murrayshall today. Congratulations to Alex who picked up a voucher along with the trophy. Perth has 3 Junior Opens during the next 2 weeks (Murrayshall, King James VI and Craigie Hill) Alex is due to play in all 3 so we will keep you posted on his progress and the other Strathmore Juniors who are taking part.

Strathmore Junior Scratch League team came up against a very strong Milnathort side at Milnathort last night and unfortunately suffered a 5:0 loss. Both John McKenna and Rory Dyce made their debuts and will no doubt learn from their experience.

The Summer League card from yesterday had to be abandoned due to THUNDER AND LIGHTENING !!!!!!

Wednesdays Gents Competition is from the Yellow Tees.

Sorry for the delay in photo of the Texas Scramble on the Leitfie course, congratulations to the winning team, who consist of Kirsty Brodie, Josh Eddington and Cormac Sharpe, who came in with 30 points. Well done to everyone who came to this competition, great day and a great turn out.

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FINALS DAY RESULTS

Both of todays finals went to the 18th hole. Rory Tinker became Scratch Junior Club Champion by winning on the last hole from Hannah Robb,

 the match saw Rory going 3 up through 10 only for Hannah to fight back and square the match on 15 and when Hannah birdied 16 to take a 1 hole lead to the 17th tee it looked like the match would finish there but Rory managed to win 17 and 18 to become the 2010 Champion.

Frankie Moran and Josh McKenna also had a very close match and Josh took a 1 hole lead down the 16th but Frankie used his strokes to his advantage and took a 1 hole lead to the last tee and won the 18th to become the 2010 Handicap Champion.

I would like to congratulate all 4 players on their excellent play and behaviour on the course and all were a credit to the Junior Section.

Below are photos of both pairs of finalists.