FINAL OF THE WINTER FOURSOMES HOPEFULLY WILL BEAT THE WEATHER

The final of Winter Foursomes is being played this Monday, ie Easter Monday 2nd April.  11am at Elderslie.  (Snow is forecast!!!!).  

Players are Alyson McGinnigle of Cowglen and Carol McNally of Williamwood v Linda Ellery and Elizabeth Munro of East Renfrewshire.

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL RLCGA MEMBERS AND READERS OF THIS WEBSITE

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Happy Easter Everyone and we look forward to seeing you at the forthcoming Championships, which marks the start of the 2018 RLCGA Golf Season.

PAST CAPTAIN GILLIAN HAS HER LAST DAY AT MEARNS CASTLE GOLF ACADEMY

Gillian at the Scottish Golf Show

Past Captain Gillian Kyle has her last day today at Mearns Castle Golf Academy after working there for 14 years.
 She was seen at the Scottish Golf Show last weekend advertising the Centre which has new tracking Top Tracer bays.

We wish her every success in her "retirement" and good luck next month representing the Scottish Vets in the Mary McKenna Trophy in Ireland.

JUNIORS PLAY OVER KILMACOLM

6 of our girls who have been practising at the Glasgow Indoor Golf Centre over the winter, had a lovely game at Kilmacolm Golf Club yesterday.

Kilmacolm's Lynda Bradley guided them round and they enjoyed the Texas Scramble format over 15 holes in some warm sunshine. 😎 Sophie, Zara and Jennifer won with a score of 62 while Aaliyah, Orla and Lauren had a 65.

 Our thanks go to Kilmacolm for the warm welcome and courtesy of the course.

SCOTTISH GOLF -- ELEANOR CANNON INTERVIEW

WHITECRAIGS PROFESSIONAL ALASTAIR FORROW HAS DIED

 It is with great sadness to report the death of Alastair Forrow, the Professional at Whitecraigs Golf Club who died on Friday at the early age of 51.
Alastair was a very good supporter of the Renfrewshire Ladies' County Golf Association and was always of great help when we  held the Junior Campbell Clock, coaching  and many other events.

NEW 2019 RULES OF GOLF HAVE BEEN RELEASED

The new Rules of Golf  for 2019 are here. ⛳️🙌🏻

Feedback from over 30,000 golfers 🏌🏻‍♀️from over 100 countries 🌍 helped shape the new Rules.

To see what Rules are changing from 1st January 2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣9️⃣ go to R&A Website 

DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE SCOTTISH AGM

Scottish Golf Chair Eleanor Cannon has today (Saturday 10 March) expressed her “deep disappointment” after the membership voted against a proposal to increase the annual affiliation fee paid by members for the first time in five years.

At the governing body’s Annual General Meeting in Edinburgh, members voted narrowly to reject the investment proposals, leaving Scottish Golf to reduce its spending accordingly.

Eleanor Cannon said: “We are deeply disappointed that we will be making more cuts at a time when we should be growing the game not just to make clubs more sustainable, but to hand the game over to our children and their children in a much better state than we found it after 10 to 15 years of decline.

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PAST CAPTAIN GILLIAN RECEIVES AN HONORARY MEMBERSHIP FROM EAST RENFREWSHIRE GOLF CLUB

Gillian receives a momento from East Renfrewshire Lady Captain Celia Joyce

RLCGA Past Captain Gillian Kyle was delighted to receive Honorary Membership at the 95th AGM as East Renfrewshire GC has been a very big part of her life for around 40 years. The challenging course helped improve her golf over the years and she is very proud to represent the club in all the teams and competitions that she has played in at Club, County, National and at International level.

Her Dad (Jack Inglis) started her off in the game and still takes a great interest today. Her initial aim was to win the Club Championship once, but gradually started targeting the records of the ladies who had won it multiple times (Brenda Livingston, Jenny Addison and of course Ann Prentice to name but a few). Never did she really expect to achieve this as each final was a well contested match. She gained confidence from each win which helped when playing in other competitions.

Lowering her handicap (presently 2.2) enabled selection for the Renfrewshire County team which lead to a higher level of competition. Turning 50 opened even more doors and the International events have been another experience that she could only have dreamt of. It’s a short career though and as Gillian says "there is always a young 49 year old waiting in the wings to steal a place on the team".

Gillian thanked her family and all the East Renfrewshire members, especially the Ladies, for their continued support by taking such an interest in her golf at the recent AGM and looks forward to representing East Renfrewshire for a long time to come.

Gillian's Golfing CV

• Member of East Renfrewshire since 1977
• East Renfrewshire Lady Champion 18 times, beating the previous record of 17 times held by Ann Prentice
• East Renfrewshire Lady Captain 2009-10 and has served on the Ladies Handicap Committee since 2012 and continues to do so
• Won the Troon Ladies Championship twice
• Wife of our new Vice Captain (Cammy), the mother of our current Club Champion (Alistair) and probably the mother of the future Ladies Club Champion (Sophie)!

RLCGA

• Been Renfrewshire Ladies County Golf Association Team Member since 2005 with Renfrewshire winning the West of Scotland Inter-County matches 8 times in those 13 years
• Was the Scottish County Finals winner in the Renfrewshire Ladies County Golf Association Team in 2010 & 2017
• The Renfrewshire Ladies County Golf Association Junior Convener from 2004-06 and again took up this post in 2016 to present
• The Renfrewshire Ladies County Golf Association Champion in 2015
• The Renfrewshire Ladies County Golf Association Captain from 2015-17

SVLGA

• The Scottish Veteran Ladies West Champion in 2016
• Selected for Scottish Veteran Ladies Team for their Jamboree in 2015 at Sherwood Forest, 2016 at Panmure and 2017 at Frilford Heath

Scottish Golf

• Member of the Scottish Ladies Senior Team for the European Team Championships in 2015 in Lithuania, 2016 in Poland and 2017 in Slovakia
•  Member of the Scottish Ladies Senior Team for the Home Internationals in 2016 at Alyth and 2017 at Newport, Wales

MANY CONGRATS GILLIAN

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRIES ARE NOW BEING TAKEN

The first competition of the 2018 County Season; the RLCGA County Championship is being held at Haggs Castle Golf Club and is now open for booking on How Did I Do

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The event runs over 3 days with the qualifying competition on Wednesday 11th April and the play-offs taking place over the following two days.

The closing date for bookings is Tuesday 3rd April 2018.

If you have booked a place and require to cancel or move to the other zone, then go to the relevant competition in the booking area of your HDID account, click on your name and select remove.
Thereafter re-book in your chosen zone.

The contact names for this competition are as follows:

Captain June Lockhart; click here to email 07956 142619
Vice-Captain Sandra Littlejohn; Click Here to email 07914 611720

SCOTTISH GOLF AGM POSTPONED FROM 4th MARCH TO THE 10TH MARCH

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