With no wind and minus 1 degrees, 17 youngsters took to the course. With brick hard greens and the frost still lying, the scoring was amazing, with 2 teams returning 1 over par 28’s. Archie Pattullo, Louis Purdie, Angus Palmer, James Thom and Kieran Thomas won with the best back 6 from Stuart Duncan, Keir Reid, Leighton Thomas and Brandon Smith. I did manage my thank yous before Dawn took over the rest of my speech, I get very emotional when I have to talk about their successes. This year there were so many and the performances and enthusiasm shown by these youngsters is incredible. I believe that over the next few years we can look forward to Strathmore juniors again coming to the fore at County level and perhaps beyond. We have some many very young prospects who have benefitted from playing in their first competitive formats this year, and they are quick learners, and are making so much progress.
