WHAT A WAY TO END THE WEEK

So proud again today, just received this from the Perth and Kinross Secretary.

Your 2 young lads were a credit to Strathmore today. Blair won the overall handicap & under 14  on the day. Fraser hit the ball well and will get more confidence the more he plays. Blair is another "Strathmore star" in the making. Both well mannered young lads with lots of potential. Keep up the great work you all do at Strathmore.

Pictured below is Blair receiving his trophies from Alan Cargill. What a start to the season. 1 Competition 1 Champion.

Captains Drive In - 30/03/2019

THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET EVEN BUSIER

Today was the Gents and Ladies Captains Drive-In, great day and great fun to get the Season started. Amy was the only Junior playing today and won nearest the pin on the 6th. Another new member was confirmed today, Charlie becomes number 12. He also needs a hire set so that’s 3 fittings to be done.
We are introducing a new competition, The Frank Moran Memorial Trophy, starting on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s on the Rannaleroch Course open all day so during the school holidays you can play anytime. This means that juniors now have the opportunity to play in 4 counting competitions a week, so no excuses for not reducing your handicaps. If boys play in the Gents Competitions on a Wednesday they have to remember to pay £1 entry fee and sign the Gents entry sheet. If girls play in the Ladies they must have paid their annual £5 competition entry fee. The Junior competitions have no entry fees.
Today both Captains agreed to our fundraising for Trust and I would like to thank Christine for informing the Ladies at the New Members Night and Norman for donating a 4 ball at Kirriemuir. The generosity of our members has been amazing and I would like to thank them from the bottom of my heart. I get too emotional and Dawn had to stand in but what a great job she did. We raised £439.69 today added to the £488.41 already raised giving us a current total of £928.10.

SSE DUMDERG COMMUNITY FUND

It is with great pleasure that today I announce that my recent application for funding has been successful. We already had £2697.21 built up in my unique Club Hire Scheme and the £6,000 Grant that SSE Drumderg Community Fund have confirmed will allow us to replace and enhance the quality of the clubs currently used and give our youngsters the chance to be the best they can be.
I will forever be grateful to SSE who backed my idea 6 years ago with the original £1,500 they invested, the £225 Strathmore Golf Club Quiz Team donated and the £75 Strathmore Juniors put in we have built up something that makes Golf affordable for all. Last year we had 38 kids utilising the Scheme and this year are on target to surpass that figure.
Thank you again SSE

ANOTHER DAY AND MORE NEWS

Kirsten next week is taking part in a Sports Development level 4 qualification. We have players entered into the P&K Barrie Douglas Coaching Medal at Blairgowrie on Sunday. Players taking part in the Ladies and Gents Captains Drive-in on Saturday and Megan is off South for the Comboy Trophy. Players are desperate for the season to start so they can get their handicaps and the first 2 P&K Junior Opens are next week Craigiehill on Tuesday and Alyth on Friday. This is going to be a busy season !!

TRUST NOW HAS A BRIGHTER FUTURE

Tonight as the Captain of the Strathmore Golf Centre Quiz team I attended the annual prize giving of the Alyth and District Quiz League which runs between October and March. The team decided this year to donate our £200 to Trust to help him rebuild his life after losing everything in Cyclone Idai. At the Junior Captains Drive-In we collected another £175.50 and I had invited Frances Fleming along to accept the donations and the because Strathmore Golf Centre was hosting the event and supplying a free buffet I asked everyone who had enjoyed the tremendous food to make a donation and our Junior Captains Megan and Amy made a great job of collecting another £112.91 which gave him a grand total so far of £488.41. I cannot thank everyone enough for their generosity and we are holding another fund raiser on Saturday at the Ladies and Gents Captains Drive-In where hopefully we can add to the total.

NEW MEMBERS NUMBER 10 and 11 CHECK IN

Huge welcome to sisters Cara and Isla who joined today, both will also take advantage of our unique Club Hire Scheme. The girls attend our first Taster Session and have caught the golf bug. Can’t wait to see how they progress once the Coaching starts. This brings our Girls total back up to 20, amazing.