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Well done Brad keeping his form going with a great one under par round. 

 

 

THE SJGT CLASS AT ELMWOOD

Scottish Junior Golf Tour

Here are the results from the Scottish Junior Golf Tour event at Elmwood yesterday. It was a level 4 and 5 event. 

Another perfect day for golf and the Elmwood course is still in great condition for this time of year with super greens. 

The best score on the day came from St Andrews student and longest serving member of the Junior Tour, George Burns, pictured, with a two-under-par 68. Brad Bannerman and Graeme Greer both shot one under 69s. 

 

LEADING SCORES

Under 18 years

68 George Burns (Williamwood)

69 Brad Bannerman (Strathmore)

71 Ellis Hart (Dullatur), Fraser Kane (Kirkhill),  Andrew McColl (Erskine) 

72 Andrew Gibson (Blairgowrie), Euan Gill (Inverness)

 

Under 16 years

69 Graeme Greer (Carluke)

71 Murray McCrone (Troon Welbeck)

75 Calum Elliott (Haggs Castle)

 

Under 15 years

70 David Rudd (Longniddry)

72 Aidan Husenne (Haggs Castle), Aidan Smith (Edzell), Jack Williams (Sandyhills)

73 Greg Dalziel (Airdrie), Ewan Wheat (Royal Montrose)

Your Junior convenors work is never done !!!

 

PERTH & KINROSS AGM

So proud tonight. Michael, Brad, Alex, Tod, Kirsty and Amy to see how far you all have progressed makes what I do such a pleasure. I know the hard work you put in and it is a privilege to have such talented juniors at Strathmore who are dedicated to the sport of golf. Tonight was a milestone where Michael took Strathmore juniors to a new level by being presented with the Gents major trophy and we won numerous others. I believe this is only the start and next year will see more amazing results !!

What a season for Michael and his trophy collection.

3 Man team trophy winners by 17 shots !!!!!!

Scratch league runners up team

Scratch league squad 2014

MIDLANDS ALLIANCE

Rory Tinker made an impressive start to his professional career with a 4th place finish at Balbirnie with a 2 under par 69. I came in with a 72 finishing =13th scratch and =4th nett. Both of us should be in the money and we both qualified for the Championship to be held at Lundin Links.

Balbirnie Park

The Midland Golfers' Alliance held this week's meeting at Balbirnie Park in Fife. Mike McKenzie AP, Edzell won his first Alliance of the year with a 5 under par score of 66. Their was a three way tie for the handicap prize with Jim Irwin Muckhart, 8, Jim Meddick Murrayshall, 12 and Douglad Fordyce Dun Ochil, 14 all scoring net 65.   Leading Scratch scores   66           M. MacKenzie   AP, Edzell 67           G. Brown             AP, Montrose 68           S. Craig                  P, S. Craig Golf 69           R. Tinker               AP, Piperdam                 G. Tough              Edzell, +2 70           J. Watt                  Edzell, 1                 W. Hutton           Pitlochry, 2                 F. Mann                P, Carnoustie 71           B. Stewart           Tulliallan, 1                 D. West                                Burntisland, 3                 S. McKendrick    Dunkeld, Scr                 M. Pirie                 P, Pitlochry   Leading Handicap Scores   65           J. Irwin                  Muckhart, 8                 J. Meddicks         Murrayshall, 12                 D. Fordyce           Dun Ochil, 14 67           A. McLeod           Alloa, 5                 J. Graham            Alloa, 6                 D. Redford          Murrayshall, 11                 I. Butchart           Strathmore, 5                 B. Crosbie            Blairgowrie, 5                 A. Mason             Thornton, 9   Qualifiers for the JTC Kitchens Championship in April at Lundin Links   R. Tinker              AP, Piperdam D. West                                Burntisland, 3 A. McLeod          Alloa, 5 C. Billows             AP, Gleneagles I. Butchart           Strathmore, 5 B. Crosbie            Blairgowrie, 5   Qualifiers for the McQueen Shield in April at Lundin Links   J. Irwin                                  Muckhart, 8 J. Meddicks        Murrayshall, 12 D. Fordyce          Dun Ochil, 14

NEW RECORD SET FOR TEXAS SCRAMBLE

Alex, Kirsty and myself were joined by 10 year old Finlay McCoshim today and we decided to play a Texas Scramble. As Finlay has still to obtain a handicap we thought it was only fair to restrict the use of only 1 of his drives instead of 3 but increased ours from 3 to 4. Off we set from the winter tees to the summer greens. Alex found the green with his second shot and followed up by holing from 25ft for an opening eagle and perfect start. We missed a good birdie chance on 2 but made up for it on 3 when Finlay played a sublime greenside bunker shot to set up another birdie. Alex found the green on 4 and when his putt slipped past Finlay stepped up to convert from 10ft. Pars followed on the next 4 holes before I managed to hole a putt from just off the green on 9 to take us to the turn in 30. Our back 9 started birdie, birdie, eagle and when Finlay's tee shot finished just short of the green on 13 we secured our 4th 3. 3's followed on 14 and 15 where Kirsty's approach left a tap in. A par on 16 broke our run of 3's but Kirsty got us back on track by nearly following up on last weeks hole in one with another one, her tee shot just missed the hole and another tap in put us back on level 3's. A monster drive from Alex left us with 130 and my approach was pin high and Kirsty holed the putt for a back 9 of 27 and a round of 57 knocking 2 shots off our previous best. Can we go lower ? Time will tell.

This is how close Kirsty was on 17 

AMY TAKES THE HONOURS

Alex decided the format today and opted for the points game for the 3 of us. We were playing winter tees to summer greens and made the mistake of giving Amy 7 extra shots being the difference in par on the winter course so after 9 holes Amy had 23 points I had 16 and Alex 15 we decided to level things out a bit Amy agreed to take 3 shots less on the back 9 but still won 19 to my 18 and Alex's 17. Great fun and donkey is taking a lot longer now as Amy's putting has improved tremendously. I now have another convert who understands the importance of putting practice. We now have a couple of weeks break for coaching and look forward to our next session on the 6th of December. 

Looking forward to tomorrow and to see who turns up to play ?

CLUB AGM

So proud of our section tonight and the acknowledgements we received in the captains, Centre reports and the Gents Champions speech. It is amazing what we have achieved and cannot thank the Centre enough for their continued support. They share my belief that the future of the club lies with the juniors and our success is now not only recognised at County but also at National level. With our first ex junior turning Professional, 3 players capped at International level, one of only two clubs to have 3 players in the Scottish Golf Academy coaching programme, having both the top placed boy and girl at the Scottish under 14 Championship and McInnis Shaw cup winner at the Scottish Ladies Close Championship Strathmore are the most successful Junior Section in the country. 

At County level we have the Gents county stroke play champion, Junior match play champion, Junior Order of Merit winner and runner up, 3 times winner and holder of the under 14 coaching medal, 2 times winner and holder of under 14 championship, all 7 players who entered qualified to the final 24 places in the Race to Kingsbarns and took 3 of the top 4 places, Karyn Dallas Quaich winner, A&J Stephens trophy winner, runners up in the Junior Scratch League, semi finalists in the Junior Bell Trophy and so many other individual successes at County competitions, meetings and Opens. 

I believe there is more to be achieved with our juniors and look forward to 2015 and what our next success will be.

ANOTHER FUN DAY ON THE COURSE

Today it was the turn of the next generation to be tested on the big course. Finlay McCoshim was out for the 2nd week running and hit a lot of good shots and holed some good putts. Flora McGregor proved today she is definitely ready for the step up, her driving especially was very impressive and consistent and her iron play and putting was also controlled. Caitlin Sellen enjoyed her game and will no doubt make improvements next year when hopefully we can arrange an all girl coaching group. Dawn and I played a Texas scramble with them today and the score was impressive. A par start was followed by 2 birdies,par , bogey followed by 4 pars took us to the turn in 34 and 1 under. 3 straight birdies put us 4 under and a Finlay par on 13 kept us on track. As we had advised parents to return at 3pm or game was cut short but I am confident these players can further enhance Strathmore's future. I believe their commitment and enthusiasm will make sure they progress and I will enjoy watching their improvements.