WELL DONE AMY MITCHELL

Got a call today from a very excited Amy Mitchell to let me know she had been invited to join the Scottish Golf Academy programme and becomes the 3rd Strathmore player to do so. I am delighted as her hard work and commitment deserve this and I am sure she will benefit greatly from this tremendous opportunity and would like to thank her for her kind words regarding my help and also the support she has received from Strathmore. 

SO CLOSE BUT OH SO FAR

Today at Alyth Strathmore took on Blairgowrie and I was very confident our players were up to the task. After the first few holes only Marcus was ahead and things were not looking good. Conor squared his match after 6 but then quickly found himself 3 down. Callum who had been 5 down fought back to be only 2 down and Amy who had been behind turned things around and was 2 up. With Marcus maintaining his form and winning 5&3, Conor lost 5&4, Callum lost 6&4, Amy won 3&2 and it was up to Tod who squared his match on 17 so all was to play for on the last hole and with a decent tee shot his opponents tee shot hit a tree and ended up back in the first cut. Ally played first and missed the green left and when Tod hit the green it was advantage Strathmore until Ally played a fantastic pitch to 18 inches and Tod left his approach putt short and missed his par and leaving Ally the opportunity to win the match which he converted and for the 2nd year we lost out on a final appearance. All players will learn from the experience and hopefully will progress and take things forward into next years competition.
Michael, Brad and Alex played in the cash for kids at Ashludie this morning enjoyed the experience and helped the charity raise some much needed funds for their projects over Tayside.

ANOTHER 1st

Here's your convenor explaining to his 1st grandchild Kieran how he can get his 1st certificate. 

SCRATCH LEAGUE, BELL TROPHY AND CASH FOR KIDS UPDATE

Saturday 23rd August was to be the semi final of the Scratch League but this has not been confirmed due to a fixture back log. Players have been informed and we await update.

The team to face Blairgowrie B at Alyth on Sunday 24th August in the Bell Trophy semi final will be

Tod Bannerman
Marcus Ryan
Conor Hughes
Callum Ewan
Amy Mitchell 

On the same day Michael Brodie, Brad Bannerman and Alex Simpson will be hoping to carry on their success from last week in the Cash for Kids team event at Monifieth. 

ALEX SIMPSON AND I MAKE ALLIANZ NEWS

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RECORD WIN IN THE 3 MAN TEAM EVENT

Today at Blairgowrie Michael, Brad and Alex blew the opposition away with an amazing 17 shot win. With only the best  2 scores counting Brad's 3 under par 69 and Alex's 1 over par 73 Strathmore have again created another record by not only winning this for the 1st time but by the margin victory. I am so proud of our players and what they achieve and they never fail to deliver their best when representing the club. Well done !
 Auchterarder
Alastair Wood         (5) 76
Jonathon Dunn        (7) 91
Campbell Watt      (11) 93 total 167


3rd

 Blairgowrie 
Ian McLaren           (8 ) 78
Robbie Pol              (9) 85
Gregor Graham       (15) 85 total 163


2nd
 Crieff
Rory Stewart          (1) 82
Keir Cramb            (6) 77
Cameron Grieve     (10) 82 total 159


Craigie Hill
Sean Davidson        (4) 85
Brendon Murdoch   (9) 96
Ross McDonald      (9) 83 total 168

Dunkeld
Cory Miller            (19) 103
Jamie Kerr              (20) 99
Cameron Kerr         (21) 97 total 196

Muckhart
Gareth Hutchison    (11) 90
Jamie Roberts          (10) 95
Andrew Thornton    (13) 93 total 183

Milnathort
David McIntyre       (17) 98
Daniel Reilly           (17) 95
Rory Hutchison       (17) 104 total 193

Murrayshall
Sandy Shackles        (5) 82
Stuart White             (5) 85
Ross Cameron        (16)  93 total 167        

Pitlochry
Grant Stewart          (3) 79
John Cowan            (6) 88
David Flynn           (21) 103 total 167

1st place

Strathmore
Michael Brodie      (scr) 83
Brad Bannerman    (3) 69
Alex Simpson        (4) 73 total 142

P&K ANNOUNCE UNDER 15 TEAM FOR FRANK THOMSON TROPHY AGAINST FIFE AND CLACKMANNAN

Alex Simpson has been selected along with Rowan Carey, Stewart Burns, John Cowan and Gareth Hutchison.

 

SCRATCH LEAGUE SEMI FINAL - SATURDAY 23rd AUGUST

We will play Craigie Hill/Murrayshall at a neutral venue still to be announced. We played them earlier this year at Strathmore and won 3v2. 

GEESE ARRIVE EARLY

2014 14th August

2013 19th 

2012 23rd

2011 17th 

GENTS FOURSOMES SEMI FINAL

Tonight Michael Brodie and I made the final with a 6&5 win over current Gents Club Champion Rory Tinker and David Douglas. With a par, par,birdie,par and eagle start we were 4 up through 5. What a pleasure having the new P&K Gents stroke play Champion as your partner. 

GRATEFUL GIFT RECEIVED

On behalf of Strathmore Juniors I would like to thank David and Angela Hazle of Waterlooville, Hampshire who recently played in the Scottish Golf Pairs and donated £150 to the section. This is a very generous gesture which will be put to good use. Thanks again to both of you.

NOW IT'S OFFICIAL - KIRKWOOD NEWS CONFIRMS WE HAVE THE TOP UNDER 14's IN THE COUNTRY

                                              

STRATHMORE'S KIRSTY BRODIE, ALEX SIMPSON TOP 

SCOTS IN LORETTO SCOTTISH U14s OPEN CH/SHIP

Strathmore's Kirsty Brodie, bidding to follow in the footsteps of last year's winner, Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) finished the top Scot in joint seventh place in the Loretto Scottish Under-14 boys and girls' championship at Bothwell Castle Golf Club today.
Kirsty had rounds of 75 and 78 for a total of nine-over-par 153.
Natasha Slater from Furness Golf Club, Barrow in Cumbria was a classy successor to McWilliam as champion, winning the title by seven strokes with a two-under-par total of 142.
Runners-up on 149 were Martha Lewis (76-73) from St George's Hill GC, Surrey and Kathatrina Steffl (France) (74-75).
The next best Scots after Brodie were Gullane's Charlotte Munro (74-85 for 159) in joint 17th place and Sarah Black (Deeside) (79-85 for 164), sharing 23rd place.
Bryan Teoh Wiyang made the long trip from Malaysia a worthwhile one by winning the boys' championship by two strokes with a three-over-par total of 143 (68-75)
Chafrlie Hilton from the Ifield club, Crawley in West Sussex was runner-up on 145 with scores of 72 and 73.
Kristy Brodie's Strathmore clubmate Alex Simpson finished the leading Scot in the boys' championship with rounds of 76 and 74 for 150 to claim a share of 13th place alongside Auchterarder's Rowan Carey who scored 74-76.
Next best Scots boys were Lewis Irvine (Kirkhill), joint 23rd on 151 (74-77) and Craig Jackman (Dunblane New) who tied for 28th place with scores of 70 and 82 for 152.

LORETTO SCOTTISH UNDER-14 BOYS' AND GIRLS' OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Bothwell Castle Golf Club, nr Glasgow 
 

RACE TO KINGSBARNS LATEST

Order of Merit leader board after 12 events

Scratch	Points		Handicap	Points
Brad Bannerman	27		Andrew Thornton	12
Sandy Shackles	17		Niall Draper	11
Andrew Gibson	17		Tod Bannerman	10
Russell Malcolm	13		Conor Hughes	8
Alex Simpson	11		Callum Coffield	8
Michael Brodie	9		Ben Bannerman	7
Tommy Hall	9		James Addison	7
John Cowan	8		Thomas Wood	6
David Grant	8		Sam Black	5
Rowan Carey	7		John Cowan	5
Kirsty Brodie	6		Christian Sandin	5
Stuart Burns	5		Patrick Freeman	5
Sam Black	5		Jack Cahalin	5
Andrew Bain	5		Marcus Ryan	5
Grant Stewart	5		John Vogelpohl	5
Ben Bannerman	4		Tom Cahalin	5
Brian McAdam	4		Brad Bannerman	5
Craig Jackman	4		Calum Kinnear	5
Thomas Wood	4		Rory Bayne	4
Rory Bayne	3		David Grant	4
Connor McGlynn	3		Ross Matthews	4
Tod Bannerman	2		Gareth Hutchison	4
Sean Lynch	2		Calum Erskine	4
Ross Matthews	2		Rory Hutchison	4
Jamie Roberts	2		Jamie Roberts	4
Jack Cahalin	2		Katie Bell	4
Marcus Ryan	2		Martin Williamson	3
Andrew Thornton	2		Stuart Burns	3
Ben Anderson	1		Kirsty Brodie	3
Diego Zuzic	1		Andrew Duthie	3
Cameron Grieve	1		Duncan Lambie	3
Darwin Douglas	1		Tommy Hall	3
Calum Kinnear	1		Euan Duthie	3
			Campbell Watt	2
			Gregor Graham	2
			Hal Dhami	2
			Harry Clark	2
			Connor McGlynn	2
			Scott Swayne	2
			Darwin Douglas	2
			Rory Ottley	2
			Cameron Kerr	2
			Murray Wood	1
			Sean Lynch	1
			Ben Anderson	1
			Rowan Carey	1
			Andrew Bain	1
			Grant Stewart	1
			Andrew Gibson	1