County Team player Sara gets Married

Hi Everyone :
We were married in my home village of Northam in North Devon on the 15th September and had a perfect day.
We were then lucky enough to spend a three week honeymoon in Australia.
My married name is Sara McCorkell.

Fixture Diary 2008

Secretary Jane Thomson has just sent me the Fixture Diary for 2008

 

RLCGA Events plus some other outside events	Course	Dates (2008)
County Championship	Bonnyton	Tue/Wed/Thu 15th - 17th April 2008
Spring Meeting	Gleddoch	Tues 20th May 2008
Autumn Meeting	Cathcart Castle	Mon 1st Sept 2008
Foursomes	Ranfurly Castle	Wed. 30th April 2008
April Medal	Cochrane Castle	Wed 9th April 2008
June Medal (2007 Medal Finals)	Fereneze	Thur. 5th June 2008 9.00 – 11.00
July Medal (Junior Medal)	Cowglen	Thu 3rd July 2008
August Medal	Paisley	Wed. 6th August 10.00 – 1.00 pm
September Medal	Renfrew	Thu 11th September 2008
Winter Foursomes	Various	Closing Date - Sat 25th September 2008
Helen Holm	Troon	Fri – Sun 25th – 27th April
West of Scotland Championship	HAGGS CASTLE	Sunday 18th May 2008
Scottish Ladies Close Championship	LOSSIEMOUTH	13th - 17th May 2008
Inter County Foursomes Final	EAST KILBRIDE (Nerston)	Wed 21 May 2008
Curtis Cup	St. Andrews	30th  May – 1st June 2008
L.G.U.Challenge Bowls	Hilton Park	Thu. 5th June 2008
Kennedy Salver	Dalmilling G C Ayr
West Inter County Matches	Hilton Park	Mon Tue Wed 23rd 24th 25th June 2008
Scottish Senior Ladies' Championship	Deeside	29 July – 1 Aug 2008
Scottish Ladies' Foursomes	Brunston Castle	Sun 17th August 2008
County Open Meeting	Loch Maben	Tue 19th August 2008
RLCGA Junior Stableford	Whitecraigs	Sun 14th September 2008
Scottish County Finals	Inchmarlo	Fri Sat Sun19th -  21st September 2008
Commonwealth Spoons Final	Torwoodlee Galashiels	Thu 25th September 2008
AGM	Haggs Castle GC	Wednesday 5th November 7.30 p.m.

To see some more fixtures for 2008 Click here:
2008 Golf Calendar

Linsey and Natasha does well in the Junior Masters Competition

Linsey Stevenson (Elie & Earlsferry and Whitecraigs),and Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle)did well at Gleneagles on Sunday 7th October in the Young Junior Masters competition on the Queens Course.
Leading Scores:
Par 74. CSS 73.
41 C Tait (St Regulus Ladies) (10), F Milne (Glen) (20).
39 K Ward (Glen) (13).
37 N Taylor (Thornton) (14).
36 C Jaffrey (West Kilbride) (23)
35 G Simpson (Murrayfield) (5).
34 L Stevenson (Elie & Earlsferry) (14). K Scott (Windyhill) (12), F Fullerton (Huntly) (12), N Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) (9).

Kate Hamilton wins the 2007 Campbell Clock

Campbell Clock 2007

In glorious weather the The Junior Stableford (Campbell Clock) was played over Whitecraigs Golf Course yesterday. Kate Hamilton and Nicky Wilson the home players were 1st and 2nd in the main event of the day. Pamela Brodie (Kirkintilloch) was the winner of the 10 hole competition and Kayleigh Bissett (Haggs Castle) won the Par 3 Competition.
Many thanks go to all the helpers on the day and to Whitecraigs Golf Club for the courtesy of the course.
CLICK ON THE PHOTO ABOVE TO SEE SOME PHOTOS OF THE DAY AND A SHORT VIDEO AT THE END WHEN PHYLLIS NOBLE THE WHITECRAIGS CAPTAIN SAYS A FEW WORDS !!

SLGA Roadshow - Future Structure and Governance

The SLGA has been holding a series of road shows on its future structure and governance.
The venues in the West of Scotland: have been: Hamilton GC, Douglas Park GC and Prestwick St Nicholas GC,

The last of the SLGA Road Shows to be held in the West of Scotland on its future structure and governance was held Haggs Castle Golf Club on Thursday 4th October. Pamela MacKenzie who is Chairman of County Golf introduced the meeting and Shona Malcolm who is chairman of the SLGA Business Development Group held the presentation.


Shona is also on the One Plan for Golf Steering Group, an SLGA Board Member and sits on the clubgolf Board to represent the interests of the SLGA - She is also an LGU Councillor.
A very interesting and informative meeting took place with plenty of discussion at the end
To read and see all the topics discussed click on this link SLGA Presentation

If you have any queries on the content of the roadshow, or indeed if any of our readers have queries, please Email
Shona Malcolm and she will try to address them

Juniors lose to Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire Junior Team beat Renfrewshire Junior Team 4-1 at East Renfrewshire on Sunday 30th September 2007

Results-Renfrewshire names first-
Alyson McKechin beat Gillian Scanlan 4 and 3
Lesley Cosh lost to Emma Caddow 2 and 1
Saorcha Warren lost to Abigail Glikstein 3 and 1
Heather Howie lost to Jennifer Black 2 and 1
Samantha Cowan lost to Nicole Benson 2 and 1

Final score Renfrewshire 1 - Lanarkshire 4

Thanks go to Margaret Noblett (Lanarkshire Junior Secretary) for the Photos ---- click on each photo for an enlargement