FANTASTIC FINALS DAY

First of all congratulations to Junior Handicap Secretary Dawn who won her 9th Ladies Club Championship Final today. Both Junior finals were hotly contested with the Scratch final going to the 18th  where defending champion Stuart closed it out 2 up. Conan had been up twice in the match and should be very proud of himself. The Handicap final was won by Louis 2&1 with Cameron 1 up at the turn so again a very close match but difficult for Cameron who was giving 14 shots. So proud of these 4 young men who played golf in the proper spirit of the game. 

Gareth took the 2nd Girls Hub today and delighted to welcome Floss and Hannah as our 15th and 16th new members for 2023. 

GIRLS HUB SUCCESS AS 2 NEW MEMBERS SIGN UP BEFORE THE 2nd SESSION TAKES PLACE

Sisters Phoebe and Lucy are our 13th and 14th new members for the season having signed up after attending the first Girls Hub. Both girls are excited to be part of our Junior Section and will be attending the Hub again tomorrow. 

Cameron plays Louis in the Junior Club Championship Handicap final at 12.15pm and will be giving him 14 shots. 

Stuart plays Conan in the Scratch Final at 12.30pm 

I am caddying for Junior Handicap Secretary Dawn who is contesting the Ladies Final for the 21st time. 

Good luck to everyone and play your best. In matchplay anything can happen, so expect it to, and never give up. Looking forward to seeing who prevails and some exciting play. 

STRATHMORE JUNIORS ON TOUR

Today saw Strathmore Juniors play their first GolfNines, the progression from GolfSixes. We travelled down to Cambuslang to play Kirkhill Golf Course and Andrew, Keegan, Keir and Louis played really well. The course was a great test and I believe giving our younger players an opportunity will stand them in good stead for the challenges ahead. We finished 6th but that did not reflect our play. It’s a huge learning curve and one which will benefit them all, I am so proud of these four and all our other juniors and see a bright future ahead.  

HANDICAP CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL RESULT

Both semi-finals were played tonight in great spirit and sporting fashions with all 4 players complimenting  each other on good shots etc. It was great that Stuart offered to referee one match and I took the other. Some great shots were played by all the players, Cameron won his match against Keir 7&6 but Keir I’m sure will have learned a lot and the experience of playing match play will make him a better player. Louis played very well and Keegan’s putting let him down early on and he was 6 down at the turn but halved 10 and 11 before winning 12 and 13 and putting a bit of pressure back on Louis before Louis had a great 5 net 4 on the14th to win the match 5&4. Great learning curve for all involved and a great final in store. 

YESTERDAYS RESULT

GOLFSIXES TEAM AT BALLUMBIE TODAY

Great to see our young team out having fun again on the GolfSixes Tour. Jessica and Joe, Andrew and James and Keir and Ellie-Marie were the pairings and all 6 played their parts. We won’t get results until tomorrow as Andy who does so much for Ballumbie and Angus County had been bought a ticket by his wife to attend a concert tonight and had to leave early. This format gives the youngsters their first taste of team competitive golf and it’s the start of their golfing journey.  Downfield host next before we hold the final event. 

ARCHIES BACK

So pleased for Archie, after 5 months of health issues, he’s back doing what he loves most, playing golf again. And boy what a score today, 83 his personal best and only his 3rd round back. He has definitely been missed and it’s so good to have him back. Not fully recovered yet but seems to be making progress and that makes his score today so special. Louis also had a decent score today and it’s great to see his game improve as well. Seamus was out for his second handicap card and struggled a bit with the rough and found a couple of improvement areas he will need to work on. Jessica nearly had her 1st hole in one on the 2nd hole of Leitfie, picture below.