JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINALS

Tonight saw the semi finals of the Scratch and Handicap Championship. First off were Junior Captain Rory Tinker and Michael Brodie, Rory played outstanding golf and won 5&3, next semi final was title holder Allan Easton who lost to the Hannah Robb on the 19th. So our finalists this year for the Scratch Championship will be Rory and Hannah meaning a new name will be added to the Junior Champions board.

In the handicap section Vice Captain Frankie Moran (23) beat last years Handicap Champion John McKenna (13) 6&5. The final match was a nail bitter indeed Josh McKenna (12) and Kirsty Brodie (25) treated us to a 19th hole decider where Josh birdied the hole to win his place in the final.

Please note the Scratch Final will be played on Saturday at 2pm followed by the Handicap final at 2.15pm. Looking forward to a great day! 

Below is some photos of the evening.

PHENOMENAL

Strathmore Junior Josh McKenna (aged 14) playing off a handicap of 12, tonight took 18 year old Scottish Internationalist Ross Storrier, playing off a handicap of scratch (previously +1) to the 19th hole in the quarter final of the Downfield Junior Scratch Club Championship.

What an achievement for Josh who was disappointed not to have won but can take so many positives from tonights match. Josh who recently made his winning debut in the P&K Scratch League winning 6&4 against a 5 handicapper has taken that experience to a new level and will no doubt help him achieve his golfing goals.

Summer league update

3 more handicap cuts

Megan Ashley 40 to 38

Matthew Sime 15 to 12

Matthew Wiggins 54 to 52

5.5 strokes seperates Matthew from Megan who have already started to discard their worse scores. With school holidays looming its now the time for everyone else to get their cards in.

DRAW FOR JUNIOR BELL TROPHY GIVES STRATHMORE HOME ADVANTAGE AGAINST ALYTH

Quarter Final draw for the Junior Bell Trophy (with Milnathort and Muckhart progressing to Quarter finals as "best" last round losers)

Strathmore v Alyth

Kinross v Pitlochry

Dunning v Blairgowrie

Milnathort v Muckhart

Ties to be played on or before 25th July 2010.

This draw gives Strathmore the chance to avenge last years defeat by Alyth at the same stage of the competition. With the progress all our players have made I am sure they will all be looking forward to this match full of confidence .

Rule 5. The Club drawn at HOME must give the opposition THREE dates one of which must be on a different week from the other two. (A week runs from Monday until Sunday). I will contact squad players for their availability before I offer the 3 dates.

WEEKEND RESULTS

Saturday Summer League Card 11

Girls

Kirsty Brodie (25) 74

Boys

John McKenna (13) 74 BIH

Alex Simpson (22) 74

Josh McKenna (12) 81

Sunday Texas Scramble

1st (30) Kirsty Brodie, Josh Eddington, Cormac Sharpe

2nd (32) Brad Bannerman, Benjamin Fischer, Frankie Moran and Louis Walker

Well done and a special welcome to Josh Eddington, Kyle Fleming, Fergus Walker, Findlay Walker and Louis Walker who all played in their first competition.

Tuesday sees the semi finals of both the Junior Scratch and Handicap

Competitions. Good luck to all 8 players.

LADIES CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Last night Hannah Robb lost in the semi final of the Ladies Club Championship. Hannah played very well and was a credit to the section.

LADIES CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Tonight sees Hannah Robb contest the semi final of the Ladies Club Championship against 6 times Champion Dawn Butchart. Hannah won her quarter final match against Jackie Moran and the Junior Section wish Hannah good luck in her efforts to reach the final.

STRATHMORE CHAMPIONS AGAIN

Tonight our team of Brad Bannerman, Kirsty Brodie, Callum Ewan and Alex Simpson retained the Glenalmond trophy we won last year. The format is a 9 hole scratch event where the best 3 scores count. Tonight's competition ended in a tie and then the 4th players scores are included and Strathmore won by 1 stroke from Auchterarder (Champions 2008.)

What a superb result and well done to all 4 players.

Strathmore have only entered this competition twice and have 100% record. This proves what can be achieved with the enthusiasm and encouragement shown within the Junior Section. As Junior Convenor I am delighted for every player who took part and know this will give them each a huge boost and inspire them to another level.

Well Done Kyle

KYLE RECEIVES SECOND CERTIFICATE!!

Kyle Fleming was presented with his Level Two Certificate from Coach Gareth Couzins on Saturday.

Well done!

Weekend update

Rory Tinker lost his semi final to Kevin James in the Gents Championship. Well done for reaching this stage. Allan Easton played for the Gents Scratch League team away at King James VI but neither he nor the team won their matches.

Allan went out on Saturday and won the Division 1 medal with a 71-4=67 and in doing so is back playing to 3. Rory Dyce took Division 2 with an 85-14=71. Well done both.

I will update the Junior Summer League when the results have been run off.

CONGRATULATIONS RORY

Junior Captain Rory Tinker has played his way through to the Semi-Final stages of the Gents Club Championship. Rory played Scott Thomson tonight and it was an extremely tight match which went all the way to the 18th where Rory won 1up. Well done Rory and good luck on Friday in the Semi Final.

Unfortunately fellow junior member Allan Easton will not be joining Rory on Friday. Allan also had a very close match which went all the way to the 19th hole and Allan lost the hole.

Both juniors conducted themselves in exemplary fashion throught their matches and are a credit to the junior section. Well done to both. 

2 Juniors progess to Quarter Finals of Gents Club Championship

Monday night saw Junior Club Captain Rory Tinker and Allan Easton both continue their match play form from Sundays Junior Scratch league by winning their ties to qualify into Wednesday nights Quarter Final stages. Rory beat Craig McKenna 2 up and will play No1 seed Scott Thomson. Allan beat Forbes McColl 7&5 and will play Stuart Flannigan. For full results see Gents website.

Good Luck to both.

Ladies Scratch League

Hannah Robb played for the Ladies Scratch League team at Pitlochry last night and lost 1 down. For full result see Ladies website.

2 New Club Junior Fun Handicaps achieved

Katie and Robbie Alexander have achieved their fun handicaps and can now compete in all Junior Competitions on the Leitfie Course. Katie (52) and Robbie (54) Well done. With the Summer League in full swing Katie and Robbie will be welcome additions to our growing band of enthusiastic competitors.

Scratch League Team get off to a winning start

Tonight saw Strathmore playing against a very strong Muckhart side at Strathmore. Allan Easton playing Gary Chalmers(1) won 2&1. Rory Tinker playing Greg Dunsmore(3) won 2 up. Hannah Robb playing Calum Hill(4)lost 3&1. Josh McKenna making his debut playing against Douglas Barret(5) won 6&4, a tremendous result with Josh only 3 over par after 14 holes. Michael Brodie playing Ian Hood(6) lost 5&3. A superb result all round and a great start to the campaign. When you consider all our players were playing opponents who were older and with considerably lower handicaps to win the match 3-2 was remarkable and a credit to the whole Junior Section.

As Junior Convenor it makes me very proud to be associated with such a great group of youngsters. Well done.

NETT 58...YES 58

Following Tod's fantastic round on Leitfie on Tuesday, Tod took part in the 4th round of the Club Championship tonight and returned an outstanding Nett 58! The lowest score ever recorded by a junior round the Rannaleroch Course. This score results in a 10 shot reduction to Tod's handicap! WOW!!! In accordance to the Congu Junior Handicap rules Tod received 0.5 reduction for the first 6 under handicap then a full shot for every other shot after. Well done Tod, brilliant just brilliant!   

Full results are as follows:

Scratch

Allan Easton 80

H/Cap

Tod Bannerman (44) 58

John McKenna (14) 68

Kirsty Brodie (26) 71

Josh McKenna (12) 73

DRAW FOR JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

 SEMI FINALS

TUESDAY 29th JUNE

SCRATCH

Rory Tinker v Michael Brodie

Hannah Robb v Allan Easton 

HANDICAP

John McKenna v Frankie Moran

Kirtsy Brodie v Josh McKenna

Scoring (based on the best two cards)for these places were as follows:

Rory Tinker Top Scratch Qualifier

Scratch

Rory Tinker 153

Allan Easton 155

Hannah Robb 162

Michael Brodie 163

John McKenna Top H/Cap Qualifer

H/Cap

John McKenna 136

Josh McKenna 141

Kirsty Brodie 143 (including SS differential)

Frankie Moran 148

Good luck to all!

Summer League Update

13 players have now entered cards for the Summer League. Players sign the "Blue Book" in the Office before playing and can only submit one 9 hole card per day with a maximum of 2 cards per week (Sunday to Saturday.) A responsible adult or fellow competitor can mark the card which has to be signed by both marker and player, dated and Summer League entered as Competition.

The winner will be the player with the lowest 10 cards submitted. Megan Ashley 9 cards, Matthew Sime 7 cards and Alex Simpson along with Finn Morrison have completed 5 cards each.

In the process fun Leitfie handicaps have tumbled down

Megan Ashley 54 to 40 - 14 shots

Tod Bannerman 38 to 32 - 6 shots

Benjamin Fischer 50 to 45 - 5 shots

Lewis MacLeod 46 to 44 - 2 shots

Finn Morrison 52 to 51 - 1 shot

Matthew Sime 17 to 16 - 1 shot

With the School holidays fast approaching I expect the number of rounds played and the number of competitors to increase and more handicaps to reduce.

LEITFIE LINKS MEDAL

Tonight we held an 18 hole Leitfie Links Medal and although the turn out was disapointing the scoring certainly wasn't. Tod Bannerman was certainly the star of the night returning an amazing 13 under par 45!! Fantastic Tod you handicap will come tumbling down. Full results are as follows:

Scratch 
Brad Bannerman 71
Alex Simpson 74

H/Cap
Tod Bannerman (38) 45
Alex Simpson (17) 57
Brad Bannerman (12) 59
Benjamin Fischer (50) 65

Tod's score resulted in a massive handicap cut from 38 to 32!! Well done Tod great scoring!!

Junior Bell Trophy

Today saw Strathmore Juniors progress to the quarter finals of the Junior Bell Trophy with a 2.5 v 2.5 draw away at Muthill.

After a 4 v 1 win at home Strathmore secured an overall 6.5 v 3.5 victory.

Full result today -

Josh McKenna lost 5&3

Michael Brodie won 1 up

John McKenna lost 1 down

Brad Bannerman won 8&7

Alex Simpson all square

All five have played their part in this excellent result against one of last years semi finalists. The team spirit shown was incredible and I am proud of the way our players conducted themselves both on and off the course. Also a big thanks again to the Centre for their sponsorship of the Strathmore team shirts which make the players look and play like a team.

Inter Divisional Team Championship

Hannah Robb representing Northern Division helped them finish 2nd (lost on holes won after 2 wins each) from West who won the title for the first time. Hannah was partnered by Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) and were undefeated in their 3 matches.

3rd Round Club Championship Qualifier

Josh McKenna 82 nett 70

Michael Brodie 84 nett 72

Rory Tinker 81 nett 75 (best gross)

Leitfie Medal Tuesday 8th June

Only disappointment this weekend was that as no names had been entered by this morning we decided to cancel the competition. Later today 4 players informed me they wished to play but had forgotten to put their names up. We have reinstated the competition on this occasion but will in future cancel all competitions where no one has signed up. Would all parents/guardians please make sure that players are aware of when competitions are taking place and that their names are entered.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL AT THE WEEKEND!

Good Luck to all who are representing Strathmore Juniors this weekend.

Firstly to Hannah Robb who has been selected as part of a 6 girl team who will represent the North Division in the Girls Inter-Divisions Matches which is taking place at Balumbie this weekend. The teams will play in a 'round robin' format. Each match will consist of 3 foursomes. North play West on Saturday am, South pm and East on Sunday morning. Good Luck Hannah.

Next is a Bell Trophy away leg at Muthill on Sunday. The team will consist of Josh McKenna, Michael Brodie, John McKenna, Brad Bannerman and Alex Simpson. This same team already hold a 4-1 lead from the home match so best of luck to them.

Saturday will see the third round of the Junior Club Championship and Sunday is Summer League card 9 so good luck to all players.

Also good luck to Junior Captain Rory Tinker and Allan Easton who are representing Strathmore Gents Section in a Scratch League match against Craigiehill at Strathmore this evening. 

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SIGN UP FOR THE LEITFIE LINKS MEDAL (18 HOLES) WHICH TAKES PLACE ON THE WEE COURSE ON TUESDAY 8TH JUNE AT 5.30PM.