THIS IS HOW TO FOLLOW YESTERDAYS SUCCESSES

Douglas achieves his 1st Certificate, Cooper achieves his 2nd Certificate and first Fun Handicap of 48 and Rosina gets her 2nd handicap cut. Turn up and Play is proving to be a major success already. North Inch was the venue for the final GolfSixes League fixture and our A and B teams did themselves proud finishing First and Second on the day and First and Second overall. Both teams were delighted to receive their Medals and A team the winners Trophy. Keir made a thank you speech and did a great job. We now have the regional final to look forward to at Milnathort on Sunday 25th September. James said he never missed a putt all day !!! Andrew picked up the player of the day Medal after being a late stand in.

WHAT A RESULT

Today started with 4 sessions of coaching. Attended the first 2 and fitted Cameron and Ross for their first set of hire clubs and upgraded Keegan’s set as he had outgrown his current one. He certainly put them to good use shooting 41 points and winning today’s Summer League. Meanwhile I headed to Crieff for the first leg of our Bell Salver semi final against the top seeds. Cameron led out the team and built up a lead, Stuart also built up a lead, Conan playing third also got his head in front. Archie who was giving 7 shots away found himself behind and his opponent was playing very steady and he couldn’t get back into it and lost his match. Cameron and Conan both lost their leads but Stuart stayed ahead and won his match. Conan managed to get himself back ahead as did Cameron and being one up going up the last closed out his match and we got back to the 16th green in time to see Conan also close out his match. I went to Crieff today hoping to take something back to give us a chance at home so with a 3 v 1 win our team excelled and everyone played their part and I am so proud of them all tonight. A fantastic team result but it’s only half time but I’m sure the confidence our team gained from today’s score will help next Sunday. But before that tomorrow it’s the GoldSixes League final event with our A and B teams battling it out for top spot with the North Inch. 

COACHING RESUMES AND TEAMS CONFIRMED

 Tomorrow sees the Autumn coaching starting with Gareth taking 4 sessions. It also sees our first “Turn up and Play” at 11am tomorrow and 12pm on Sunday. The Bell Salver team head to Crieff for a 2.15pm start in the first semi final and with a very strong team on form I expect we can cause an upset and get a result to set up for next weeks return leg. Cameron Redden, Stuart Duncan, Conan Reid and Archie Pattullo will do their best and non travelling reserve Jack Stevenson will be looking forward to next week when he will playing in the team replacing Conan who will be the reserve. Sunday we head to the North Inch where either our A or B team should win the GolfSixes Group but it’s still all to play for. Team A parings Keir Reid & Jessica Sievwright, Tom Stevenson & William Harbison and Olly Stevenson & Jed Campbell with Nate Meikle the non travelling reserve.Team B pairings Ellie-Marie Smart & Emily Harbison, James Thom & Andrew Watt and Tommy Banks & Rory Harrison with Jon Pennycook the non travelling reserve. Had another call yesterday for membership and have had 2 calls this week looking for advice from Golf Clubs one looking to set up a Junior Sections and the other on how to improve their numbers. Was pleased to help them and hopefully they are both successful. 

ANOTHER 4 NEW MEMBERS TODAY !!

Huge welcome to Cameron, Ross, Theo and Aston who took our new member total for 2022 to 47 and total membership to 114 with another 2 to confirm. Cameron and Ross will also join our Club Hire Scheme and be fitted for sets before they start their first coaching session on Saturday. That’s 9 new members since the 5th of August. 

We have the first leg of the Junior Bell Salver away to Crieff on Saturday afternoon followed by the final group stage of the GolfSixes at the North Inch on Sunday with a chance for one of our teams to win the league and qualify for the regional final at Milnathort.

The excitement within the section is rising every day and we now have 3 players, James, Archie and Jessica who have all completed the minimum 10 cards for the Leitfie Summer League and a few others who are close to getting theirs. Lots of cards coming in with some great handicap cuts. The 3 leaders can continue to improve their scores by knocking off their worst scores. 

ANOTHER BRILLIANT FAMILY FUN DAY

8 teams took part with Callum, Jamie and Emily making their debuts. All loved it and it’s great to see them involved as 2 of them only joined yesterday. The boys have had some coaching in the past and with what I saw today have potential. Archie, Sam and Ian ran out winners with 28, Owen, Kieran and Jackie came 2nd with a best back 3 over Tarah, Leighton and Gordon both teams scoring 29’s. Great fun and it’s brilliant to see the enthusiasm and hear the friendly banter between everyone. Ellie-Marie brought along the Trophy she won last week at the National Skills Challenge and wanted to have a photo with Dawn and me, so sweet. Another of our young players with huge potential. Blair and Cameron played their 3rd rounds in the Junior Tour at Newmacher and finished 35th and 39th overall. Can’t believe it just had another 2 enquiries for membership!!! Better deal with that now. 

GREAT SCORING AT STRATHMORE TODAY

Archie had his best back nine ever today and Keir his best round ever. Pocket money well spent by Keir and Conan on a putting mat !! Blair and Cameron were up at Newmacher for the Junior Tour Scotland and sit 32nd and 40th respectively after 2 rounds both will be looking to improve tomorrow. 

CALLUM AND JAMIE EXTEND OUR RECORD BREAKING MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS

Huge welcome to Callum and Jamie who joined today. They will join in the Family Fun Day tomorrow to get a feel for what we do for juniors in the club. They make 43 new members this year with a total of 110.