DUNNING SPRING MEETING AND UNDER 14 TROPHY RESULT

Alex Simpson and Tod Bannerman finished 3rd and 5th respectively in todays under 14 Trophy. Michael Brodie and Brad Bannerman finished 4th and 16th respectively in the under 16 section of the Spring Meeting.

Well done and thanks for keeping Strathmore to the fore at County level !!! 

WEEKEND UPDATE

Friday night and Saturday morning saw the last 4 groups start their coaching sessions and both Gareth and myself were very impressed by what we have seen this week.

Saturday was the first round qualifier of the Junior Club Championship with Kirsty and Michael Brodie leading the field with 79's (in very difficult conditions)

Both Fergus and Louis Walker have reduced their fun handicaps on Leitfie in the Summer League by 5 and 3 strokes respectively - well done both.

Kirsty Brodie finished 3rd in todays Ballantyne Cup.

I am looking forward to seeing how much improvement all our Juniors can make over the coming weeks and see an exciting season ahead.

       

CONGRATULATIONS ARRAN

Congratulations to Arran Fraser who received his Level Two Certificate last night from Iain. Next stop...fun handicap on Leitfie. Looking forward to receiving your cards Arran.

JUNIOR COACHING STARTED AGAIN

Tonight saw the 1st 2 sessions attended by 13 juniors and I am pleased to report that a number of them are showing great improvement from last year. With encouragement and plenty of practice some of these juniors will soon progress from Leitfie to the Rannaleroch. I look forward to seeing their progress.  

P&K BOYS MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

Michael Brodie won his first match 2&1 but came up against an in form Robert Watson and lost 6&5 in the quarter final. Roll on next year.

PERTH AND KINROSS MATCH PLAY KNOCKOUT STAGES

9.20am tommorow sees Michael Brodie take on Dean Gilfillan in the last 16. Good luck from us all.

UNDER 16 SLGA CHAMPIONSHIP

Kirsty Brodie improved on her first round score with an 86 and will no doubt take a lot of encouragement forward to next 4 year competing at this level. Well done. 

JUNIOR BELL TROPHY

Our 1st match is against Kinross at home on Sunday 20th May at 4.30pm. So start practicing - less than 6 weeks away. 

2nd ROUND SLGA UNDER 16 CHAMPIONSHIP

Kirsty Brodie tees off at 09.05hrs on the 10th tee tomorrow hoping to improve on her first round 88. We wish you well for a successful round.

SLGA UNDER 16 OPEN STROKEPLAY

Tomorrow sees Strathmore host the Scottish Ladies Golf Association under 16 Open strokeplay with competitors from Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, France, Germany and Italy. Kirsty Brodie tees off at 12.50pm and we wish her all the best in the1st round.    

PERTH AND KINROSS MATCHPLAY DRAW FOR SUNDAY 15TH APRIL AT CRIEFF

Last 16 - Tee times 08.30 to 10.00am

Game 1 Callum McGuigan v Robert Willemars
Game 2 Ian Hill v Sean Gadsby
Game 3 Blair Stephen v Callum Hill
Game 4 Steven Young v Grant Stewart
Game 5 Russell Malcolm v Robert Watson
Game 6 Michael Brodie v Dean Gilfillan
Game 7 Rory Stewart v Ogilvie Robertson
Game 8 Ewan Farquharson v Keir Cramb

Our best wishes go with Michael.  

SCOTTISH BOYS UPDATE

Commiserations to Ross Dallas who lost his first round match 3&2. Look forward to seeing Ross back playing at Strathmore soon.  

DATE CHANGE FOR STRATHMORE JUNIOR OPEN

Due to a clash with the local qualifier for the Highland Spring Junior Masters which is being held at Auchterarder we have decided to move our Junior Open from Friday 13th July to Tuesday 31st July.

SCOTTISH BOYS UPDATE

Commiserations to Michael Brodie who lost out at the 19th hole today at Murcar. With the P&K matchplay taking place at Crieff on Sunday Michael will have a new focus to concentrate on.
  

PAUL LAWRIE FOUNDATION SCOTTISH BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP AT MURCAR

Best wishes to Michael Brodie who tees off in game 61 at 15.01 today against Ray Gordon (Alford) and also to Ross Dallas in game 106 at 11.01 tommorrow against Scott Simpson (Murrayfield)

ALEX SIMPSON BECOMES PERTH AND KINROSS UNDER 14 COACHING MEDAL CHAMPION 2012

What a start to Alex's season, as I predicted (see post 28/3/12) when Alex won the Scottish Junior Golf Tour event at Monifieth by 4 shots, he followed it up today by becoming the Under 14 Coaching Champion at Blairgowrie scoring a gross 72 winning the Scratch Stableford by 1 point and leading the field by an amazing 3 shots. I was up at 7am to get to Blairgowrie to see our 3 boys tee off. Alex teed off in the first group with Tod Bannerman in the fourth and Cormac Sharpe in the seventh. I knew Alex was having a good round when I seen him skipping down the 7th and his day just got better after a great tee shot on 12th Alex hit a brilliant 2nd shot to 8 feet and holed the putt for a superb birdie setting him up to a great win.

Tod had a great round of 78 nett 59 and finished 3rd Scratch Stableford 4th Scratch and 3rd nett and should be very pleased with his performance.

Cormac (who is only 8) finished 14th nett and will have taken a great deal of out of his experience of playing in his first county event - the first of many.

Well done all 3 and especially to Alex our latest P&K CHAMPION

WELCOME BACK HANNAH

After six months of injury woes Hannah is back playing Golf and managed 18 holes today, great to have her back, and hopefully no more injury problems.

P& K UNDER 14 MEDAL

Looking forward  to seeing our 3 players taking their places tomorrow , Tod Bannerman, Cormac Sharp and Alex Simpson will no doubt be looking forward to doing their best. Good luck to you all .

CRIEFF STROKEPLAY RESULT

Well done to all three,  Michael with a 75 qualified 6th but Brad and Alex missed out on the match play but they have time on their side. Michael now has a busy week, papers tomorrow, sleep, Murcar match play Monday and then more matches for the rest of the week.
  

P&K STROKE PLAY TOMORROW AT CRIEFF

Strathmore are represented tomorrow by Brad Bannerman, Michael Brodie and Alex Simpson and we wish all 3 a successful day. Having seen how their games have progressed over the winter I am confident that all 3 can make their mark in what will be their 1st attendance at this event.   

RESULT FROM ELIE

Michael Brodie lost the final today 1 down after he lipped out for a birdie on 18 to take the match up the 19th. Michael had won the 1st and was still 1 up at the turn but had to come back from 2 down to take the match to the last. Well done for getting to the final and with a big week coming up I am sure the practice at Elie will stand Michael in good stead.  

Kirsty Brodie could not match yesterdays score and finished 3rd equal in the Girls under 14 event.

UPDATE FROM 60th ANNIVERSARY ELIE TOURNAMENT

Congratulations to Michael Brodie who will contest tomorrow's final after winning his quarter final 1 up and cruising through the semi final with a convincing 6&5 win. Brilliant result and we wish you all the best for the final.

Kirsty Brodie lies 1 shot behind the leader after the first round of stroke play and plays the final round tommorow so a family double could be on the cards.

Go Strathmore    

60th ANNIVERSARY ELIE BOYS AND GIRLS TOURNAMENT

Michael Brodie is limbering up for the Scottish Boys at Murcar by competing in the Boys Under 16 Marine Rose Bowl and today won his first and second round ties and tomorrow morning plays in the quarter finals with the semi finals taking place in the afternoon with the final taking place on Friday.

Kirsty Brodie is competing in the Girls Crummey Cup with 2 medal rounds being played tommorow and Friday.

Good luck to them both.
     

JUNIOR OPEN

Our Junior Open has been arranged for July Friday 13th. To print an entry form go to the fixture page on the right handside of the webside under pages 'fixtures 2012' and download. A huge entry from Strathmore would be great so get your entries in as soon as possible. Also remember to tell all your friends to come along! Lets make this a great day at Strathmore!

HIGHLAND SPRING JUNIOR MASTERS

Below is a link for the 2012 Highland Spring Junior Masters so if you are

Under 16 on 00.01 hours on 1/1/12 , Strathmore is your "home" club and you have an official Congu handicap click below to download the form.    

Link
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD ENTRY FORM

ALEXEI JETS IN TO SECURE HIS 2nd CERTIFICATE

Despite a very strong wind Alexei didn't have much trouble achieving his 2nd Certificate. Having only played 2 holes on Leitfie the last time he was here and gaining his 1st Certificate and being restricted to practicing on a simulator (it was still snowing in Moscow when he left last Thursday and he hasn't played on grass for months)
After a practice on the putting green and a few hits in the net he was ready to play. A beautiful 6 iron to the heart of the green followed by 2 putts secured an opening par. With some excellent play by the time we came to the 9th Alexei had 12 shots to spare and easily gained his level 2 certificate. I look forward to welcoming Alexei back during the summer holidays when he will be spending 4 weeks at his Grans.          

DRAW FOR P&K UNDER 18 STROKE PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP AND MATCHPLAY QUALIFIER

3 Strathmore boys tee it up at Crieff on Saturday the 7th April and I look forward with anticipation to their results as all 3 are playing tremendous golf. Do your stuff boys ! 

MATCH	TIME	NAME	.	CLUB	HC
1	1400	Calum	Hill	Muckhart	3
.	.	Steven	Young	Auchterarder	2
.	.	Blair	Stephen	Pitlochry	4
2	1407	Callum	McGuigan	Comrie	4
.	.	Iain	Christie	Alyth	5
.	.	Russell	Malcolm	Muckhart	3
3	1415	Rory	Stewart	Crieff	4
.	.	Scott	Mcleod	Kinross	6
.	.	Ewan	Farquharson	Auchterarder	4
4	1422	Michael	Brodie	Strathmore	5
.	.	Grant	STewart	Pitlochry	5
.	.	Kyle	Jolly	Muckhart	5
5	1430	Sean	Gadsby	Crieff	4
.	.	Chris	Ness	Muckhart	5
.	.	Brad	Bannerman	Strathmore	9
6	1437	Robert	Watson	Muckhart	5
.	.	Jack	Christie	Alyth	8
.	.	Robert	Willemars	Blairgowrie	4
7	1445	Ian	Hill	Muckhart	6
.	.	Jonathan	Dunn	Auchterarder	9
.	.	Jordan	Bell	Blairgowrie	10
8	1452	Ross	White	Muckhart	6
.	.	Callum	Graham	Crieff	9
.	.	Ogilviie	Robertson	Kinross	11
9	1500	Alistair	Wood	Auchterarder	10
.	.	Michael	Storey	Pitlochry	10
.	.	Keir	Cramb	Crieff	10
10	1507	Allan	Davidson	Auchterarder	13
.	.	Dean	Gilfillan	Crieff	9
.	.	.	.	.	.
11	1515	Ewan	Montgomery	Crieff	10
.	.	Stuart	White	Murrayshall	11
.	.	.	.	.	.
12	1522	Alex	Simpson	Strathmore	14
.	.	Struan	Matchett	Pitlochry	15
.	.	.	.	.	.
13	1530	.	.	.	.
.	.	.	.	.	.
.	.	.	.	.	.

FIXTURE LIST CHANGE

Because of a clash with the P&K Under 14 Coaching Medal at Blairgowrie the Russell Bailey Shield due to take place on the 8th April will be re arranged to take place later in the season.

DRAW FOR P&K UNDER 14 COACHING MEDAL

Brilliant to see 3 Strathmore boys tee it up next Sunday at Blairgowrie . Play well and I am looking forward with confidence to seeing how you all do.   

Game		NAME		CLUB	AGE	HC
1	O816	Fraser	Matthews	Blairgowrie		21
		Alex	Simson	Strathmore		14
2	O824	Robbie	Paul	Blairgowrie		18
		Gareth	Hutchison	Milnathort
3	O832	Ross	Cameron	Murrayshall		28
		Ally	McLaren	Blairgowrie		23
		Callum	Graham	Crieff
4	O840	Tod	Bannerman	Strathmore		19
		David	McIntyre	Milnathort
		Duncan	Lambie	Crieff
5	O848	Blair	Addison	Milnathort
		Lewis	Mackay	Blairgowrie		18
		Harry	Cox	Dunkeld
6	O856	Aaron	Tate	Milnathort
		Jamie	Graham	Blairgowrie		25
7	O904	Rory	Ottley	Dunkeld		25
		Cormac	Sharpe	Strathmore		31