JUNIORS MAKE THEIR MARK AT CASH FOR KIDS

Strathmore Golf Centre played hosts today to a fund raising day for Cash For Kids. In the morning a gents open took place and in the afternoon a Mixed Event. Junior Members Hannah Robb and Frankie Moran played brilliantly and lifted the crown for the handicap section with a magnificent nett 70. 

Above is a photo of both with the trophy. Well done! 

SATURDAY SCORES

Congratulations to Alex Simpson who returned a one under CSS 70 on Saturday 29th.

Also well done to Allan Easton who during the Gents Championship Qualifer returned a gross 73.

Well done both

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GET THE SCOTTISH CLUB GOLFER!


Look out for the latest issue of the Scottish Club Golfer where there is a article about the Strathmore Junior Scholarships. Click on the link above for the online issue. We are on page 39. Click to enlarge the item.

There will also be free copies available at the club, if you need more let me know and I will arrange for them to delivered!

Exciting stuff indeed! Well done!

Glenalmond College Midsummer Junior Golf Team Competition

The 3rd year of this event is taking place on Wednesday 23rd of June. The first winners were Auchterarder in 2008 and last year Strathmore represented by Brad Bannerman, Michael Brodie, John and Josh McKenna won the event and put Strathmore Golf Club's name on the Trophy. The rules of the competition are that the 4 players must be under 13 on 01/01/2010. As John, Josh and Michael have all now turned 13 in 2009 (Michael on the 26th December) they cannot defend the trophy.

This year will see a very strong team consisting of Brad Bannerman, Alex Simpson, Kirsty Brodie and Callum Ewan taking part. The winners will be the team with the lowest aggregate scratch score for 3 of the team members (if a tie the 4th score counts)

We wish our 4 players the best of luck and as Strathmore are the defending Champions we are the team to beat.

Link to Scottish Junior Golf Tour

CONGRATULATIONS EMILY

Junior member Emily Aird is a member of the Scottish Junior Golf Tour where, following the 2009 season, she was awarded player of the year.

Above is a photo of Emily accepting the trophy from Dean Robertson and Kendal McWade.

To find out more about this tour click on the link at the top of this post.

Gents Captains Day.

Rory Dyce tops the Juniors playing in the Captains Day with 39 points and is likely to have reduced his handicap by 1 shot to 13 (to be confirmed by Kirriemuir) . Well done Rory.

Mixed Texas Scramble.

The all Junior Team "The Tinkerbells" finished 2nd in Sundays Texas Scramble. Captained by Rory Tinker with partners Hannah Robb and Frankie Moran. For full result see the Gents or Ladies website.

KYLE RECEIVES FIRST CERTICATE

New member Kyle Fleming was presented with his Level One Certificate from Coach Gareth Couzins yesterday. Alexandra McIntyre was also presented with her winning team certificate which took place in March. Unfortunatley Alexandra could not stay for the presentation.

Well done!

Junior Summer League Card 7

Frankie Henvey again reduced his handicap from 40 to 39 with a nett 69. Michael Brodie finished 2nd with a best gross 84 nett 72. In the girls section Kirsty Brodie returned a gross 98 nett 72. Well done and good scoring yet again.

Wednesday Summer League Card 2

Michael Brodie finished 2nd with a gross 81 nett 69 and Frankie Moran 7th with a gross 94 nett 71. The race to be the next Junior single figure handicapper is hotting up with Michaels exact handicap now 11.9 and Josh McKenna on 11.8.

Ladies Scratch League

Two of our Junior girls Emily Aird and Hannah Robb (who was making her Debut) played last night for the Ladies against Dunkeld and Birnam Golf Club at Strathmore. Both girls did well Emily winning her match and Hannah securing a half in her match. Final result Strathmore 4 Dunkeld 1.

Frankie Henvey lowers his handicap again.

Frankie who started the Season on 54 has now knocked 14 shots off his handicap and his new playing handicap is 40, well done.

Junior Bell Trophy

Today saw the home leg against Muthill result in a well deserved 4:1 lead to take away to the 2nd leg in 3 weeks time. Alex Simpson making his debut for Strathmore and giving 6 shots won 5&4. John McKenna giving 8 shots won 3&2. Brad Bannerman giving 12 shots won 3&2. Michael Brodie giving 8 shots won 2 up and Josh McKenna giving 4 shots lost 6&4. A magnificent result for Strathmore who after the last few weeks of handicap cuts showed that their current form is still improving and with the practise and commitment from each player we know a result at Muthill will qualify the team into the knock out stages. Congratulations to all the players especially Josh who despite suffering from a severe nose bleed on the 7th tee managed to play on and complete his match.

Junior Summer League

Kirsty Brodie again reduced her handicap by returning a nett 68 winning from Frankie Henvey nett 74. Kirsty has now knocked 5 shots off in as many weeks , well done.

Megan Ashley playing in the Leitfie Summer League has reduced her fun handicap by 10 from 54 to 44. Great scoring Megan.

Rory Dyce becomes latest member of Strathmore Juniors 70s Club

On Wednesday night Rory, who recently turned 15, become the latest of our Junior members to break 80 with a superb 78 (nett 63)(38 out 40 in). Rory who's home club is Kirriemuir joined Strathmore last year and is a very welcome addition to our Section. With our 1st Scratch League match less than a month away we have a number of players now in contention for selection. Wednesday competition was in Stableford format so did not show the gross scores returned only the points accumulated so I was unaware of his gross score so I apologise to Rory for not posting this earlier and wish him all the best for the rest of the season.

GENTS SCRATCH LEAGUE AT CRAIGIEHILL

Scholarship Juniors come to the fore in tonights match with Allan Easton and Junior Captain Rory Tinker recording wins away at defending Champions Craigiehill unfortunately the other 3 team members lost in a hard fought match.
Well done to Allan and Rory.

JUNIOR BELL TROPHY

The Junior Bell Trophy will take place on Sunday 16th May at 2pm at Strathmore against Muthill. The team will be made of players who have not, to date, represented Strathmore at Scratch League level. Following an order of merit being produced over the twenty qualifying competitions which have taken place, the following players have been selected and have accepted their place in the team:

Josh McKenna
Michael Brodie
John McKenna
Alex Simpson
Brad Bannerman

First Reserve: Kirsty Brodie

Please note that players selected must all hold a full Congu handicap of 36 or less for girls and 28 or less for boys.

Good luck to all!!!

CLUB GOLF JUNIOR MASTERS

Tonight was the qualifying round of the Club Golf Junior Masters. The regional qualifier will be held at Forfar on Tuesday 20th July. Two boys and two girls aged under 16 will go through to these regional play off's.

We are delighted to announce the qualifying players from Strathmore are

Boys:
John McKenna
Michael Brodie

Girls:
Hannah Robb
Kirsty Brodie

Although Kirsty did not play this evening Emily Aird had already qualified to represent Blairgowrie therefore there was one girls place available and the rules of competition state that clubs can nominate the most improved player or a player who is displaying the most potential. Kirsty fits both criteria therefore she will join Hannah at Forfar.

"THE EAGLE HAS LANDED"  .

Tonight saw a field of 10 take part in the second round of the Junior Club Championship in awful wet and cold conditions. Despite this we saw some great play and tremendous scores. John McKenna shot an 82 nett 68 winning with a better last 6 off his new playing handicap of 15 and in doing so reduced his handicap to 14. On the 16th hole John recorded his 1st eagle when he holed his 2nd shot. Michael Brodie shot 81 also nett 68 again reducing his handicap from 13 to 12. 

Full Results are as follows:

Boys CSS 71

Scratch

Rory Tinker 79

H/Cap

John McKenna (15) 68 bih

Michael Brodie (13) 68

Tod Bannerman (44) 70

Alex Simpson (24) 71

Well done to all.   

MATTHEW TAKES ON THE CHALLENGE

Our own wee star Matthew Sime was invited to take part in a golf challenge against Radio Tay FM star 'Funboy' The challenge took place at Strathmore and, of course, Matthew showed his talent by winning the event by one shot! Well done Matthew.

Above is a slideshow of the fun they had on the day and all photo's are courtesy of ICU Smile.

John McKenna enhances his membership of the 70s club

Last night in the Gents and Boys Wednesday Stableford John who had already shot 79 at Dunning in P&Ks under 14 championship secured his first sub 80 round at Strathmore. Birdies at the 1st and 6th helped him to a front 9 of 38, great scoring.

Kirsty Brodie wins the Rannaleroch Medal.

Strathmore Juniors just keep on producing exceptional scores! Today once again showing the talent that we have in the section, Kirsty Brodie playing off 31 returned a fantastic 96 scratch and 65 nett reducing her handicap by 3 strokes to 28 and in doing so winning the Medal. Tod Bannerman secured 2nd place from Brad Bannerman with Alex Simpson finishing 4th.

Top 4

Kirsty Brodie (31) 65

Tod Bannerman (44) 73

Brad Bannerman (16) 75

Alex Simpson (24) 76

Josh McKenna 88 best gross.

Kirsty's brother Michael on Friday night played his way into the semi finals of Kirriemuir's Webster High School golf matchplay championship winning 3/2 and we will keep you updated on his progress.

Big week of golf coming up.

Saturday starts with the Ranneleroch Medal followed by the Leitfie Medal on Sunday. Wednesday is a gents and boys Stableford from the yellow tees and also the ladies and girls 2nd round of the Ladies Club Championship Qualifier. Thursday is the 2nd round of the Junior Club Championship Qualifier and scores from this round will be used as the qualifing round for the Club Golf Junior Masters (the maximum handicap for both these qualifing events will be 28 for boys and 36 for girls) After these events the team for Sundays Bell Trophy match against Muthill will be selected on an order of merit basis. Good luck and best wishes to all the players.

Next Saturdays Russell Bailey Shield will be rearranged and we will post a new entry sheet when we fix the date.

Under 14 Boys (at 01/01/2010)

Auchterarder will host the Loretto Boys Under 14 on Friday 9th July , handicap limit is 18.4 and entry fee is £18 and closes 3/6/10.

The 70s Club has a new member

Last night saw Josh McKenna join our growing band of Juniors who have broken 80. Josh knew what he needed to score before he got to the 18th tee and held his nerve and left himself with a putt of less than a foot to return a magnificent 79 . Well done.

Juniors 70s Club has a new member !!!!

John McKenna joined our newly formed 70s Club when playing in Sundays Under 14 Championship at Dunning he shot 79 to finish 5th, a great result and achievment. Rory Tinker finished 4th in the Under 18 scoring 72. Strathmore were represented by 6 boys and our best net and also the competitions best net by 6 strokes was Cory Miller who shot a brilliant 83 (net 55) finishing 9th scratch and reducing his handicap by 4 shots. Great result all round and again Strathmore Juniors do us all proud.

TEMPERATURE VERY COLD, SCORING VERY HOT!

Despite the temperatures not being in the 70s two of our juniors made sure their scratch scores were. Hannah Robb who broke 80 for the first time last week followed up with a fantastic 77 followed closely by Michael Brodie who broke 80 for the first time returning a tremendous 79. Hannah has now reduced her handicap yet again to 8 and Michael knocked 2 shots from his handicap to 13.

Full Results are as follows~:

Scratch 
Hannah Robb 77
Michael Brodie 79

H'Cap
Michael Brodie (15) 64
Hannah Robb (9) 68
Frankie Henvey (43) 74
Callum Ewan (29) 79

Well done to all!

CONGRATULATIONS MATTHEW

Young Matthew Sime was short listed for the Wave 102 Pride of Dundee Awards 2010, and was invited to attend the Ceremony Dinner last night at Dundee Hilton Hotel. All very exciting for 6 year old Matthew, however what was more exciting was that Matthew won the category 'Contribution to Sport'.

Above is Matthew with his award. Well done Matthew!