JUST WHEN I THOUGHT THE WEEKEND COULDN'T GET BETTER IT HAS

I have just had a message from Kirsty Brodie to let me know she won the P&K Ladies Champion of Champions at Blairgowrie. What a tremendous result !! And what a great weekend for Strathmore Juniors !!! So happy for Kirsty. The list of achievements just get bigger and better.

SCRATCH LEAGUE FINAL

Strathmore juniors Scratch League team become P&K Champions for the 2nd time. Having reached the final for the 4th time in 5 years yesterday's team of Brad Bannerman, Alex Simpson and Kirsty Brodie pulled off a remarkable win. The matches got off to a mixed start with only Brad winning the 1st. Kirsty lost and Alex found himself 2 down after 2. I was thinking this isn't going to plan!!! But my faith was restored when Alex went on a 4 hole winning run and Kirsty after squaring her match produced a great birdie on the 4th to go 1 up. The further the final went the bigger the leads were stretched. Alex was 1st to get a point on the board in style by eagleing the 14th. A tremendous 4 iron was through the back of the green on the long par 5 but when he chipped in for a 3 he closed it out 5&4. Kirsty was next with an even more impressive 6&5 win and it was left to Brad to close it out on 16 being dormie which he duly did winning 3&2. I am so proud of what these youngsters have achieved over the years and they confirmed what I having been telling anyone who was willing to listen that they are the best Team in P&K and now we have the Trophy to prove it.

GENTS FOUR BALL FINAL

In atrocious conditions Alex and I played Brad and Billy McGregor today. The 1st was halved, we won the 2nd, halved the 3rd, lost the 4th, won the 5th with a birdie, won the 6th with another birdie, won the 7th, halved 8,9,10,11, won 12 lost 13 won 14 and halved 15 with birdies. Going down 16 we were dormie and the hole was conceded making us Gents Champions 2015 with the chance to do a unique double when we play in the foursomes final later in the month. Maybe some of the Allianz St Andrews experience stayed with us !!

DOUBLE DELIGHT

Joshua and Finlay receive their certificates. Well done boys 

CLUB HIRE SCHEMES LATEST MEMBER

I am so proud of how this unique idea I had has taken off. Year 1 we had 2 players taking advantage of the scheme, year 2 - 4 players and this year 9. Absolutely amazing and this can only help our juniors develop using correctly sized clubs. Caitlen Sellen today became our latest recruit. 

NEW ROUGH CUTTING MACHINE ARRIVES AT STRATHMORE TONIGHT

This should get rid of it !!

KIRSTY DOES THE DOUBLE

Following on from last years win in the Junior Girls at the Alfred Dunhill Schools Golf Challenge Kirsty completed the double by winning the Senior Girls at the Kittocks, Fairmont. Players from Fife, Dundee and Angus take part and the winners are invited to receive their prizes on the final day of the Dunhill at St Andrews on Sunday October the 5th. Great win and another Strathmore sucess. 

P&K BOYS WIN GARY HARVEY TROPHY

Congratulations to Brad (3 wins) and Alex (2 wins) who helped P&K beat all 3 counties - Angus, Clackmannan and Fife in the annual under 18 event hosted by Alloa Golf Club. Great result for the County. 

70's CLUB HAS A NEW MEMBER

Using a 6 iron on the 4th hole Megan Ashley had her 1st hole in one !!! This helped her to become the latest player to join the 70's club with a great score of 79 and in doing so reduced her handicap to 9.8 which is one step closer to single figures. So pleased for her because she puts so much practice time in and it is definitely paying dividends.

Joshua Davies and Finlay McCoshim became our latest 2nd certificate juniors with scores of 28 & 29 very impressive as Josh included a lost ball and Finlay a 10 on the 2nd hole !!

EARLY XMAS PRESENT ?

Lorraine has managed to secure great prices for Junior golf water proofs - limited supply so if your interested contact the centre asap before there all gone !!!!!