Monday, February 27, 2012

SUPPORT YOUR CURTIS CUP TEAM AT NAIRN THIS YEAR


Support your Curtis Cup Team Poster  

THE 2012 CURTIS CUP IS AT NAIRN GOLF CLUB IN SCOTLAND IN JUNE DO TRY AND COME ALONG AND SUPPORT THE TEAM.




 For more information contact:

Carol Fell - Curtis Cup Ambassador for Renfrewshire Ladies’ County Golf Association. 
Tel: 0141 942 1842 or Mobile 07527 449865
To read more click on the link on the LHS of this page that says 2012 Curtis Cup Information

The Curtis Cup Supporters Poster will be distributed to all Clubs in Renfrewshire sometime in March. Please make sure you let all your members know of the event.




Please register with the Ladies Golf Union if you are thinking about going to the Curtis Cup
The Ladies Golf Union would like to know if you are going to Nairn to watch the 37th Curtis Cup match from June 8-10. You can watch the practice days earlier in the week as well.
CLICK HERE

Saturday, February 25, 2012

PAST CAPTAIN CHRISTEEN IS STILL THE STAR ENTERTAINER

Christeen Finlayson
Past Captain Christeen Finlayson is still the fantastic after dinner speaker. Last night she was the guest speaker at Douglas Park Golf Club where she was a resounding success.

To see some photos from the evening click on the following link and for the video below make sure your sound is turned up Douglas Park Social Evening Photographs

ATTENTION ALL JUNIORS -- HAVE YOU ENTERED THE NICK FALDO SERIES

Were born in 1991 or later to enter the 2012 Faldo Series Scotland Championship.  

Most of our players will already be familiar with the Faldo Series, but incase you are not, CLICK HERE to see their 2012 poster.
 Since the Series was established in 1996 they have consistently attracted the best young players in the UK to our events. Many of the players in the current Scotland National Ladies’ and National Girls squads have competed or are still competing in the Faldo Series.

Entries for the 2012 Faldo Series Scotland Championship were set to close yesterday --  Friday (24th February) but they have taken the decision to extend this by one week to ensure players have every chance to enter and avoid missing out. Players can enter online at; https://secure.ocs-golf.com/faldoseries-members/faldoseries.htm
To read more about the Nick Faldo Series Go to the Nick Faldo Series Website

Sunday, February 19, 2012

FIRST COACHING SESSION AT PLAYSPORT FOR BOTH SENIORS AND JUNIORS

The Junior RLCGA Squad at their Practice Session at Playsport with Lesley Mackay
The Junior Girls had their first coaching session of this year today Sunday 19th February at Playsport. It was a very cold day and so Lesley Mackay kept the girls busy practising a variety  of skills which kept them  active and focused.
11 girls attended with 6 apologies as it was the end on the School holidays.  Early days for the girls but the standard of play as the day progressed was very encouraging.   The girls really enjoyed their day.
Thanks go to Liz Hale (Junior Convenor) for the report

Well done to everyone who attended a freezing Playsport today.  Great effort by both Senior and Junior Squads.  Those who couldn’t manage along missed a fun time and the usual ‘banter’.  Welcome to our new Juniors.  I hope you enjoyed yourselves – remember to wrap up warm for the next time.
Maureen Woodhead RLCGA Captain

Check out the Facebook Page on the RHS of this Webpage for more info.

Friday, February 17, 2012

GET YOUR PRE SEASON SWING MOT AT PLAYSPORT GOLF

Lesley 
Clare- Marie
Just to let all the Ladies in the County know that Playsport Golf are doing Pre season swing MOTs on Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th February -

£15 for 30mins. 


Lesley Mackay is available on the Saturday and Claire-Marie Macaulay on the Sunday. For More info please call the reception on 01355 575 980

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

SENIOR TRAINING SQUAD

Our Senior Training Squad start their winter sessions at Playsport this Sunday. Those selected and available for the squad are;

Alyson McKechin (Elderslie)
Carol Whyte (Windyhill)
Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire)
Gillian McGinlay (Cochrane Castle)
Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm)
Patricia Davidson (Erskine)
Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm)
Elizabeth Stewart (Greenburn)
Sara McCorkell (Williamwood)
Linsey Stevenson (Elie and Earlsferry)
Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle)
Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle)
Lesley Cosh (Cowglen)

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Curtis Cup Team Manager Sue Turner has died.

It is with great sadness to announce the death today of Sue Turner. She was the team manager to International Team Captain Tegwen Matthews for the 37th Curtis Cup Match against the USA which will be held at The Nairn Golf Club, Scotland from June 8 to 10, 2012.
To read more click on the Facebook Link on the LHS of this web page or go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website

HAPPY ST VALENTINES DAY -- YOUR WEBMASTER IS GETTING INTO TRAINING FOR THE NEW GOLFING SEASON !!



My husband Gordon and I have been keeping fit over the winter for the new golfing season ---BEWARE !

Thursday, February 09, 2012

PAST CAPTAIN JENNIFER MACK IS IN SPAIN PLAYING IN THE SPANISH SENIORS AT LA MANGA

Past RLCGA Captain Jennifer Mack is currently in La Manga Spain playing in the Spanish Seniors.
To read what is going on go to the West Vets Website

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

ANGELA FERGUSSON AND JULIE WILL ARE IN THE FINAL OF THE WINTER FOURSOMES

Julie and Angela


Congratulations go to Angela Fergusson (Eastwood) and Julie Will (Troon Ladies) who have won through to the final of the Winter Foursomes. They played their semi final match today against the Ranfurly Castle pairing of Helen Abram and Mary Hardie and won 2&1



They now play Barbara Lyle (Whitecraigs)and Susan Reid (Kilmacolm) in the final. The date and venue is still to be arranged.

To see all the results Click Here

Sunday, February 05, 2012

KIRKWOOD GOLF WEBSITE PROBLEM

Apologies to all those trying to read kirkwoodgolf.co.uk this weekend.  You can get to it via ercn86.gilliankirkwood.co.uk 

Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible!

Saturday, February 04, 2012

WEST OF SCOTLAND GIRLS’ GOLFING ASSOCIATION NEWS

Congratulations go to Renfrewshire's Linsey Stevenson on her Captaincy of the West of Scotland Girls. The video below is of Linsey playing in the County Championship last year at Haggs Castle Golf Club



Presently we have 9 members of West of Scotland

2012 West of Scotland Fixtures.

1st Medal – Sunday 22nd April 11.am at Troon Portland -
Also – development Medal over 9 holes – 12 Noon
2nd Medal - Sunday 27th May 11.am at Kilmacolm
3rd Medal - Thursday 12th July 10.am at Cawder (Keir)
4th Medal - Monday 30th July 10.am at Milngavie
Jean McCulloch Trophy - Sunday 1st July 1.30pm (West Kilbride)
Girl Golfers Fun Day Sunday 18th March at Playsport, East Kilbride 10am - 2pm
Balumbie – 23 ,24 June

Other Events
Girls under 16 Open stroke Play Championship at Strathmore 12 – 13 April
Scottish girls under 14 Championship - at Buchanan Castle 3rd-4th July
Janice Moodie Trophy at Windyhill 6th July
Scottish Girls (close) Amateur Championship Crail (Craighead) 17 -21 July
Girls Home International Matches—Radyr (wales) 7-9 August
Girls British Open Amateur Championship at Tenby 13 – 17 August
Adult and Girl Foursomes East Renfrewshire - 30thSeptember

Thanks go to Junior Secretary Liz Hale for the Report.

GO TO THE JUNIOR CALENDAR FOR ALL COMPETITIONS THIS YEAR. THE WEST OF SCOTLAND FIXTURES WILL BE ADDED SHORTLY

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

2012 SLGA CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRY FORMS

2012 Entry Forms for Championships, other SLGA events and Order of Merit competitions are now available to download from here by clicking on this link -- SLGA Entry Forms menu option on the left hand side of the SLGA WEBSITE.

Tain, Kemnay and Crail's Craighead Links are set to add to their reputations when they stage Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association Championships this season.

Tain will host the Scottish Ladies' Amateur Championship in May, Craighead is the venue for the Scottish Girls' Championship in July and Kemnay will stage its first SLGA tournament with the Senior Ladies' Championship, also in July.

In addition, Strathmore, a very pro-active girls' club, stages the Under-16 Championship for a third year in a row in April, Troon will again welcome a world-class field to the Helen Holm Scottish Open Strokeplay Championship in April and Blairgowrie's Lansdowne course, a regular venue for national events, will provide a great test for the Scottish Junior Open Strokeplay Championship in July.

Tain, one of Scotland's oldest courses, has held a Scottish Girls' Championship, but this is the first time that it has been honored with the Scottish Ladies' Championship.

Monday, January 30, 2012

CURTIS CUP REGISTRATION -- HELP THE LGU

Your Webmaster Carol Fell is the Renfrewshire County Ambassador for the 2012 Curtis Cup at Nairn so to help the LGU can you take a little time and fill in the following survey.

Please register with the Ladies Golf Union if you are going to the Curtis Cup

The Ladies Golf Union would like to know if you are
going to Nairn to watch the 37th Curtis Cup match
June 8-10. You can watch the practice days earlier
in the week as well.

CLICK HERE

Sunday, January 29, 2012

FIXTURE CARD AND INFORMATION

The 2012 fixture card will be posted out to members soon. Along with this will be an information sheet for members. (Please note the Entry to the Competitions will be available when your webmaster has organised the links on this website which will be on the LHS of the website)

One thing I would like to draw to your attention is that the committee have unanimously agreed that from the start of the 2012 season (not in the current Winter Foursomes Competition which is ongoing) we will permit the use of Distance Measuring Devices (DMDs) in our competitions. Members should be aware that devices which measure anything else, wind speed and direction etc are not permitted. The SLGA do not permit the use of DMDs in SLGA competitions so members should be vigilant and turn off such devices if they qualify for a SLGA competition.

The use of buggies will also be permitted in accordance with the SLGA Transportation Policy and in compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act.

The season is certainly getting closer and both the Juniors and Senior Squad will start their coaching soon. Here's hoping for some nice dry weather for a while. Happy golfing

Maureen

2012 SLGA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Maureen and Gillian
The SLGA AGM took place yesterday Saturday 28th 2012, at the Dewars Centre in Perth.
Captain Maureen Woodhead and Vice Captain Gillian McGinlay plus many Renfrewshire County members attended the meeting.

The meeting started on a sombre note as out-going President, Emma Wilson, asked for a moment's silence to remember three stalwarts of the Scottish women's game who died within the last year. They were past British Champion and Curtis Cup player Moira Milton, past Vet's Captain and President Liz Miskimmin and Scottish Senior Internationalist Moira Thomson.

SLGA's Chairman Shona Malcolm then gave an informative annual report which was followed by the Finance Director Lynne Terry's detailed accounts annual review. The annual report of the Scottish representatives on the Executive Council of the LGU was then given by Lorna Bennett.
Margaret MacNaughton was elected as President and Renfrewshire's Wendy Cameron and Rosemary Dykes were both re elected as one of the 12 Vice Presidents.

Kevin Craggs and Beth Paterson


RLCGA's Past Captain Beth Paterson retired after serving 4 years on the board in as Performance Director and is replaced by Isabel Crawford who was elected to the board.
Lynne Terry steps down as Finance Director after 10 years service - As will the company Secretary Sheila Hartley who retires in February.
Kevin Craggs was reappointed as the Scottish Representative on the Training Panel of the LGU and Dr Lynne Terry and June McEwan were reappointed as the Scottish Representatives on CONGU.



The new Scottish Selectors were appointed - Noreen Fenton (East) and past Renfrewshire County player Addi Shamash (South).
Anne Laing (West Division) and Cara Gruber (North Division) remain as Selectors for their second year.
Isabel Crawford was reappointed as the Scottish Repesentative on the International Selection Committee of the LGU and her deputy Fiona de Vries who also was appointed onto the International Selection Committee of the LGU.
The Annual Membership Subscription for the SLGA remained at £14.
There was no further discussion on amalgamation with the SGU as further talks are in progress. The only AOCB point was the mention of Distance Measuring Devices  which the SLGA have still followed the R&A advice. However, Shona Malcolm stated that with so many Clubs and Organisations allowing them now then she was sure that perhaps this may change -- So watch this space !!
The meeting finished within an hour with a very able Vote of Thanks from Mary Richardson, Captain of Midlothian County Ladies.
Click on the small thumbnail below to see more photographs and then on slideshow ---
SLGA AGM 2012

CONGU MANUAL 2012 - 2015 GET TO KNOW THE NEW RULES !


To access an online copy of the 2012-2015 CONGU(R) Unified Handicapping System Manual CLICK HERE.

If you require a copy of the CONGU® Unified Handicapping System (effective 1st January 2012) manual, please contact the SLGA : The cost of the manual is £4.00 incl of postage.

Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association
The Den
2 Dundee Road
Perth PH2 7DW
Email: secretary@slga.co.uk
Web: www.slga.co.uk
t/n 01738 442357
fax 01738 442380

Saturday, January 28, 2012

VOTE FOR EILIDH BRIGGS AS PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Eilidh Briggs - 2011 Scottish Girls Champion

The 2012 Scottish Golf Awards takes place on Friday 23 March at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow, celebrating the achievements of Scotland’s golfers and golf clubs from the past 12 months, from the grass roots of the game through to our leading amateur golfers and Tour professional stars.

There have been some fantastic performances from Scotland’s golfers in 2011 and the SGU want golf fans across Scotland to vote for their Player of the Year. From Catriona Matthew’s double title success on both sides of the Atlantic, to David Law clinching his second Scottish Amateur Championship in the space of three years, the Scots have shone at all levels of the game over the past 12 months.

Renfrewshire's Eilidh Briggs has been included in the shortlist due to her remarkable achievements in 2011 , Runner up in the Scottish Ladies Championship, Girls Scottish Champion, Renfrewshire county Champion,West of Scotland Champion, and Champion of Champions to name but a few !!

CLICK HERE TO VOTE

All fully completed votes will be placed into a draw to win A PAIR OF FREE TICKETS to the Annodata Scottish Golf Awards, taking place on Friday 23 March at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow, to see the winning player presented.

ALYSON MCKECHIN DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE LAST ROUND IN PORTUGAL

Ireland's twin top golfers 17-year-old Leona and Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) are joint second and fourth going into Sunday's fourth and final round of the Portuguese women's amateur international stroke-play championship at Montado Golf Club, Lisbon.
There was a cut after the third round to the leading 40 which means that all those with tallies of 232 and over will not play Sunday's final round.
All three Scots missed the cut by a big margin
Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) finished T66 with scores of 79, 81 and 82 for 26-over-par 242, the same score as Germany-based Rachel Taylor whose last round of par 72 was in contrast to her earlier high scores of 81 and 89.
Carnoustie Ladies' Ailsa Summers also played well below her potential to finish T86 on 244 with scores of 82, 85 and 77.

THIRD-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 216 (3x72)
210 Roberta Roeller (Germany) 66 74 70.
218 Leona Maguire (Ireland) 72 74 72, Perrine Delacour (France) 70 76 72.
219 Lisa Maguire (Ireland) 73 76 70.
220 Ariane Provot (France) 68 78 74.
221 Anne Hakula (Finland) 68 76 77, Karlijn Zaanen (Netherlands) 71 74 76, Vicki Troeltsch (Germany) 72 78 71.
Selected scores:
230 Gabriella Cowley (England) 72 79 79, Gillian O'Leary (Ireland) 74 76 80 (T33)

MISSED THE CUT (231 or better qualfied for last round)
232 Paula Grant (Ireland) 73 82 77 (T42)]
233 Dulcie Sverdloff (England) 78 76 79 (T44)
234 Jean O'Driscoll (Ireland) 76 78 80, Lucy Simpson (Ireland) 78 77 79 (Jessica Wilcox (England) 73 82 79. Rachel Drummond (England) 73 82 79 (T49).
241 Alyson McKechin (Scotland) 79 81 82 (T66)
242 Rachel Taylor (Scotland) 81 89 72 (T76)
243 Aedin Murphy (Ireland) 77 77 89 (T81)
244 Ailsa Summers (Scotland) 82 85 77 (T86)

Thursday, January 26, 2012

ALYSON MCKECHIN STRUGGLES IN THE OPENING FIRST ROUND IN PORTUGAL

Scotland's trio of Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Germany-based Rachel Taylor and Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) posed no threat to the leaders in the first round of the Portuguese women's amateur international stroke-play championship over 72 holes at Montado Golf Club, near Lisbon today.

Alyson, had a seven-over-par 79 for a share of 71st place.
Taylor returned a 71 for joint 85th place and Summers had an 82 to be joint 94th.
Germany's Roberta Roeller had no problems in moving two shots ahead of the field of 103 with a six-under-par 66.
Defending champion Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell), winner by 11 strokes last year, had, by her high standards, an indifferent start with a par 72 which leaves her six shots off the pace but in a joint ninth position.
FIRST ROUND LEADERS
 Par 72
66 Roberta Roeller (Ger).
68 Anne Hakula (Fin), Ariane Provot (Fra).
69 Matilda Castren (Fin), Clara Baena Sanchez (Spa), Nuria Iturrios Servera (Spa).
Selected scores:
72 Leona Maguire (Ire), Gabriella Cowley (Eng) (T9).
73 Lisa Maguire (Ire), Paula Grant (Ire), Rachel Drummond (Eng), Jessica Wilcox (Eng) (T15).
74 Gillian O'Leary (Ire) (T26)
76 Jean O'Driscoll (Ire), Danielle Anderson (Eng) (T42).
77 Aedin Murphy (Ire) (T54)
78 Lucy Simpson (Ire), Dulcie Sverdloff (Eng) (T60).
79 Victoria Bradshaw (Ire), Alyson McKechin (Sco) (T71).
80 Louise Mernagh (Ire) (T80).
81 Rachel Taylor (Sco) (T85).
82 Ailsa Summers (Sco) (T94).
83 Sarah Cunningham (Ire) (T99).
86 Jessica Carty (Ire) (T101).


Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report