HAPPY NEW YEAR

 

 

Happy New Year to all our junior members.

 

May all your golfing dreams come true in 2013!

SUNDAY 30th DECEMBER AND STILL PLAYING

This afternoon went down for 9 holes on Leitfie , did see Louise who had been for a practice at the range and then a few holes. Slight breeze again , one club into. Great to see the Course open when you look down to the river and see all the flooded fields we are lucky that Strathmore is situated where it is. Hopefully the weather will be ok this week and we might be able to coax a few of you out onto the course on Saturday for the 1st Junior game of 2013.

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy new year.

Best wishes for a quick recovery to Miguel Angel Jimenez who broke his leg skiing and will be out of golf for at least 5 months.        

2012 FINALE

Well done Calum Fullerton , we both took to the course in our new shoes , no rain , slight breeze , holding greens and Leitfie to ourselves. What a brilliant morning and where was everybody else ???  You missed a great golfing day. We finished all square after a 2 hole play off. Dry feet all round as well !!!

On one of the best golfing days of the winter and it was brilliant to be out on the course.

Shot 32 - roll on 2013 and my favourite competition the Leitfie Links Championship.

            

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

Have a fabulous Christmas. Hope Santa is good to you all!

SATURDAY 22nd NO GOLF - COURSE CLOSED

No golf on Saturday , hopefully the rain will stop eventually . Merry Xmas everybody !!!!

AB FAB

Strathmore's Scottish Development Centre now has 2 confirmed groups and a possibility of a 3rd in the offing. Gareth is going to have a busy start to the year !!!

As in a popular advert "Strathmore is probably the best club in the World"
      

COULD WE BE NUMBER 1 AGAIN ?

With one group of 6, another group of 5 and Angus girls who are desperate to get their squad into the system, Strathmore are on course to become possibly one of the most successful Clubgolf Scottish Development Centres. I am so pleased as Dawn has put so much work into securing Strathmore's place in the Elite of Scottish Golf, firstly by bringing County events to Strathmore then Scottish events and finally the Development Centre - on behalf of Strathmore Juniors , thank you.

         

WEATHER PREDICTION CORRECT

Saturday morning - rain stopped and temperatures above freezing. Result.
Amy, Michael and Callum practiced their new putting exercise. Place a coin 18 inches away and see how many times in a row you can hit the coin, Amy managed 17. The 3 of them then played the points game with Amy running out a convincing winner. Next up was a Texas Scramble on Rannaleroch. Alex, Brad, Calum and Tod shot 8 under 57 which put Cormac, Michael and my 64 into second place. Great fun and brilliant to see so many out, think we might be building up a bit of momentum so if you want to join in everyone is welcome. See you next Saturday. 

Commiserations to Eve Muirhead and her team who won the Silver Medal at the European Ladies Curling Championships in Sweden losing by 1 stone in the first extra end of a very close match against Russia. Alexei your team did good.            

GOOD LUCK WISHES

Have just sent Eve Muirhead best wishes from Strathmore Juniors for tomorrow mornings European Ladies Curling final against Russia who they beat 6 v 5 in the league section. Being current Champions I am sure Eve and her team can use that experience to their advantage.

WEATHER UPDATE

Looking favourable for Saturday so who fancies a game ?  9.45am for 10am on Leitfie and 12.15pm on Rannaleroch. Email, phone, text or just show up.   

SATURDAY 8th

Copy of email sent Friday 12:50pm if anybody has not received email me at iain@ianddinsurance.co.uk and I will add you to our email list     

 

Hi All,

Just back from course inspection , although the temperature is 5 above and the snow has melted it has formed a layer of ice on top of all the greens making the course unplayable. The practice putting green would make a great ice rink if it was flat !!! If anyone decides to go to the driving range please be careful getting out of the car as the car park is treacherous.

Hopefully the ice will shift before next Saturday and normal service can resume.

See you then 9.45 for 10 o’clock start.

Iain

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT THINGS COULDN'T GET BETTER FOR 2012 THEY JUST DID

Fantastic news just received Megan Thom had been awarded a Gleneagles Scholarship meaning Strathmore Juniors have been awarded 4 out of the 8 places available. This is unprecedented in County history and I am so proud of all 4 - what a result.

Our Juniors keep on raising the bar and I see no reason why with all this additional coaching etc that next year and for years to come Strathmore will eclipse anything achieved by any Junior Section not only in P&K but in Scotland.

This unbelievable news caps the most amazing season and I feel privileged that our players have achieved so much but I know with the talent we have at the club this is only the start and there is more to come. 2013 can't come quick enough and with Strathmore now being a Scottish Development Centre anything is possible !!!!! mark my words.       

OH NO 1st SNOWS ARRIVES AND SETTLES

Winters first blanket of snow covered Strathmore today, less than an inch but enough to make the course unplayable. Hopefully the temperature will rise and the rain and wind will come back and get rid of the only thing that stops us playing the course.

Practice can still take place - putting on the carpet - see my post from 1/1/12 (lino for fast greens), practice swings in the garden - can't take divots and covered driving range for hitting balls.

Remember practice makes perfect !!!
   

YOUR NEW CAPTAIN AND VICE CAPTAIN

Just a quick introduction to your new Junior Captain and Vice Captain.

Brad Bannerman

JUNIOR CAPTAIN

Callum Ewan

JUNIOR VICE CAPTAIN

Good luck to both for 2013 we all know you will do a great job!

TOO MANY SHOTS TO GIVE AWAY

Giving Parker 17 shots and David 13 shots was just a bit too much as we lost our match on the 17th 2&1. We did win 3 holes and despite Michael driving the 7th and 14th greens birdie 3's were only good enough for halves. We did get it back to 1 down after 15 but Parker hit his second shot just past the pin to be lying 2 net 1 before Dave sunk his putt for a 4 net 3 to put them dormie !!! Great game and good luck to them in the next round. 

4 BALL WINTER DOUBLES STARTS TOMORROW

Michael and I tee up tomorrow against Parker and David Robinson. Looking forward to an exciting match.

SUCCESSFUL DAY

Cormac took the Gross honours today ahead of Amy with Michael and Callum tying 3rd. Josh wakened up with a swollen eye so couldn't make it and we send him best wishes for a speedy recovery. On Friday night Dawn held a spectacular Cocktail party and it was great to catch up with Eve Muirhead who was delighted to hear how well Strathmore Juniors had done this season and I wished her good luck from us all as she heads of to Sweden on Wednesday to defend her European Crown.

I managed to win my tie 4&2 this afternoon - birdies on 2,14 and 16 helped !

Successful Day all round and my email worked. Also well impessed by Amy's counting - I had both her and Michael's cards and Amy could tell me at any point exactly how many strokes they both had played.