WHITECRAIGS WINTER TIE MATCH- CHRISTEEN AND SHEILA ARE WINNERS

 Sheila Robson and Christeen Finlayson (Whitecraigs) played Thea Morgan and Morag Little (Whitecraigs) at Whitecraigs on Wednesday and Sheila and Christeen won on the 17th green.  

The winners thought they were the underdogs and in for a good cuffing so set off to enjoy a beautiful winter's day and good company but, hey ho, what a surprise!   

Thanks go to Christeen for the report

MARATHON WINTER FOURSOMES TIE - LIZ AND SARA WIN AT THE 21ST HOLE

Liz Crichton and Sara Bishop (Kilmacolm) played Christine Fulton and Janet Livingston (Whitecraigs) at Whitecraigs today.

Well done to all as the match went right down the wire with Liz and Sara winning at the 21st Hole !!!!!

GILLIAN AND AUDREY WIN THROUGH AT GREENOCK.

Margaret, Gillian, Audrey and Anne

Gillian Kyle and Audrey Mackenzie (East Renfrewshire) played against Margaret Austin and Anne Terrey (Greenock) at Greenock GC yesterday.

We were pretty lucky with the weather-drizzly but not very windy. Winter rules applied and the visitors took a few holes to realise they were better to play from the semi rough rather than off a mat!
The holes were tightly contested with Anne and Margaret receiving 12 shots and Audrey and Gillian were only 2 up at the turn. The weather unfortunately deteriorated and when the East Ren pair were Dormie 4, Anne and Margaret surrendered.

Sadly there was no catering due to a function that evening, but we shared and enjoyed tea, coffee and a variety of chocolate bars from the Pro shop! (Needs must!) It was a very enjoyable match with lots of great chat!

Thanks go to Gillian Kyle for the photo and report

MORAG AND ANITA WIN THEIR WINTER FOURSOMES TIE PLAYED IN THE TAIL END OF HURRICANE GONZALO

Anita McMillan and Morag Key (Erskine) were mad enough to play their Winter Foursomes tie against Fiona McGibbon and Morag Easton (Elderslie) at Elderslie yesterday morning!!

 "I cannot begin to describe the weather "-- said Morag  Caddy cars blowing over, hats blowing down the fairway and even my winter glove taking off. The joys of winter golf.

Anyway, it was a very close match going to the very last putt on the 18th green where Anita and I won by 1 hole. A most enjoyable day nevertheless although my hair has definitely had a "bad hair day".

Well done to you all for completing the tie and thanks go to Morag for the report

MAUREEN AND LYN WIN THEIR FIRST ROUND WINTER FOURSOMES TIE.

Ninuk Smith and Joyce Kelly played Maureen Hamilton and Lyn Black on Friday 17th October 2014 at Elderslie Golf Club and the result was a win to Maureen and Lyn - 6 and 5. Both Maureen and Lynn played very well. A most enjoyable game.

Thanks go to Joyce Kelly for the report.

FIRST OF THE WINTER FOURSOMES HAVE BEEN PLAYED

From L to R --- Agnes, Jean, Lilias and Pat

Agnes Williamson and Jean Irvine (Ranfurly Castle)  played Lilias Snodgrass and Pat Pennel (Ranfurly Castle) in the first round of the RLCGA Winter Foursomes yesterday.
Beautiful day, course looking great, however Agnes and Jean were 4 down after 5!! But they fought back to square the match, however they lost at the 19th. Photograph shows us having a glass of win to celebrate Helen Abrams granddaughters birth!

Thanks go to Jean Irvine for the photograph and report

DENISE COWAN RETAINS THE COUNTY ROSEBOWL

Denise and Maureen before tee off
Denise is presented with trophy from Vice Captain Gillian Kyle.

Congratulations go to Denise Cowan (Ranfurly Castle) who is the winner of the  2014 County Rosebowl Final - 
The final was played between Denise Cowan (Ranfurly Castle) and Maureen Taggart (Old Ranfurly) on Friday 10th October, having been postponed from Monday 7th due to bad weather. When play started, the rain had not long gone off and we were left with wet ground conditions but sunny skies overhead.
Denise got off to a great start winning the first 5 holes with steady golf.
Maureen was struggling a bit playing off the wet ground and did not really make use of the 10 shots she was receiving. She looked like turning the match around when she halved the 6th and won the 7th, but a birdie from Denise at the 9th stopped the comeback.
More good play saw Maureen win the 11th and 12th but it was a little too late. Denise steadied herself again and retained the Rosebowl on the 14th.
Congratulations!

Our thanks go to East Renfrewshire Golf Club for the courtesy of the course which was in lovely condition- if you ignored the puddles on the first few holes!

Many thanks go to Vice Captain Gillian Kyle for the report and to her and Denise for the photos

SCOTTISH GOLF STRATEGY --- PLEASE GIVE YOUR FEEDBACK

During 2014, the Boards of Scottish Golf Union (SGU), Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association (SLGA), ClubGolf (Scotland) Ltd (CSL) and Scottish Golf Environment Group (SGEG) have engaged in a process of strategic review. The outcome of this work has been the production of a draft strategy for a 4-year period from 2014 to 2018 and we are now keen to seek views of all our members throughout Scotland.

The document and survey can be found using the following links
SLGA WEBSITE  --- or 
DRAFT REVIEW 
 SLGA STRATEGY REVIEW FEEDBACK SURVEY

I would encourage you to pass this information on within your own County and to complete the feedback form to ensure that your views are captured when the document is reviewed in early November.

Regards Karin

Karin Sharp
Chief Operating Officer
Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association Ltd
Caledonia House
1 Redheughs Rigg
South Gyle
Edinburgh
EH12 9DQ
Tel: 0131 339 3987
www.slga.co.uk
Registered in Scotland No. 308709

DEATH OF RLCGA NON PLAYING MEMBER NAN DICKIE

Nan Dickie, one of our RLCGA non playing members has died. Nan had been a member of Cathcart Castle Golf Club for 66 years.

The funeral is on Monday 6th October at 12 noon ---
For more information  ---- CLICK HERE

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RYDER CUP SUCCESS -- MANY CONGRATS GO TO THE EUROPEAN TEAM

Your Webmaster Carol had been hoping to have loads of photographs from the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.
Unfortunately she was unable to undertake her roll as a Media Assistant at the event and the best she can do is show you a short video that she took at the Ryder Cup Gala Concert at the Glasgow Hydro last Wednesday.
 

JENNIFER RANKINE IS THE 2014 RENFREWSHIRE COUNTY JUNIOR CHAMPION

After all the Ryder Cup excitement at the weekend today we had the RLCGA Girls Championship Final.
Finalists this year were Niamh Kinney, Erskine and Jennifer Rankine, (Haggs Castle).

Captain Gill with the finalist and caddies

Jennifer Rankine
2014 RLCGA Junior Champion

Niamh got off to a flying start being only 2 over par for the first 5 holes and was 1 up. Jennifer squared the match at the 6th and was 1 up after 9 holes.
She then managed the next 4 holes in level par to go 5 up with 5 to play.

Niamh fought back with an amazing birdie at 14 but it was all over at the 15th and Jennifer won 4/3. Well done to both girls for reaching the final and playing such great friendly golf.

Thanks go to  Gillian for organising the courtesy of Cochrane Castle and thanks go to Junior Secretary Janette McCartney for the report and photographs

THE WINTER FOURSOMES DRAW HAS NOW BEEN DONE

Sandra Littlejohn has prepared the draw for this years Winter Foursomes. 

You will find the drawsheet on the link on the LHS of this website at Competition Entry and Draws or by CLICKING HERE

If you are the challenger you will find the contact telephone number of one of the players and their Home Club on the second tab at the top of the draw sheet.

Rules for Winter Foursomes

Top line are the challengers

Challengers to offer three dates not in the same week

Strokes = half the difference between aggregate handicaps of each side

Sudden Death - in the event of a tie after 18 holes competitors should continue play until one couple gain a hole

No time extensions permitted

All ties to be played within the County

Final to be played by arrangement with the County Captain.

PLEASE EMAIL OR TELEPHONE YOUR RESULT TO SANDRA LITTLEJOHN OR YOUR WEBMASTER CAROL FELL ---    webmaster@rlcga.com -- If you also have a story and / or a photo of your game please do include it to your webmaster Carol

THANKS GO TO THE CADDIES

All,
Due to the excitement of the weekend, I omitted to thank the caddies.
My thanks go to our caddy mistress Elaine , for organising the caddy rota.
With a caddy on the bag,
It's a team game. I know the input a caddy has on their player's decisions.
It inspires confidence in the player  and as the saying goes, 2 heads are better than one.
My many thanks go to the RLCGA members who caddied over the weekend and special thanks to  the Ayrshire and D & A caddies, who also caddied for us and turned up in Renfrewshire colours.!!!
After an exhausting weekend, My legs  and blood pressure have now returned  normal!!!

Captain Gill

CAPTAIN GILL THANKS HER TEAM

Denise, Katrina, Gillian (Captain) Gill,
Donna, Liz, Megan and Carol

Back Row -Carol, Gillian, Denise
Front Row --Megan, Donna, Liz, Gillian Katrina

RLCGA Captain Gillian McGinlay would like to thank all her  County Team players on a tremendous  performance at Hilton Park.
With Eildh Briggs being injured, Iona Stephen unable to play, and Alyson McKechin now on her Pro Tour ambition -- Renfrewshire were under great pressure --
The team of Megan Briggs, Katrina Milne, Carol Whyte , Donna Jackson, Liz Stewart, Gillian Kyle, new County Team player Denise Cowan  and even Gillian McGinlay herself who played on the first day because Megan was unavailable.
Megan was the star performer having played in the Home Internationals in Wales with 3 single wins there --  got back up to Hilton Park and played on Saturday and Sunday in both the foursomes and singles and was still undefeated -- What a week for Megan
It was nearly there but the team should be proud -- Scottish County Team Runners Up

Here is link to some photos taken today -- on Facebook --  PHOTOS FROM HILTON PARK 
Alternatively -- CLICK HERE for photos or CLICK HERE

ANGUS WIN SCOTTISH COUNTY TITLE- RENFREWSHIRE ARE RUNNERS UP

Angus County - The 2014 Team Champions

Angus have won the Scottish women's county championship for a second time in three years.
The North Division champions beat Borders, East Lothian and Renfrewshire at Hilton Park Golf Club, Glasgow to win the title with a 100 per cent record.
Angus's last match was the hardest of the three.
They beat Renfrewshire 5-4, coming back from a 2-1 foursomes deficit to take the singles 4-2 for the match and the title.
Winners for Angus in the singles were Gillian Montieth, Claire Robertson, Jacqueline Sneddon and Ailsa Summers.
The other team members who played their part over the three days were county champion Ann Ramsay, Jackie Brown, Claire Penman and Jemma Chalmers.
East Lothian, hammered 8-1 by Angus on Saturday, completed an unhappy weekend when they lost 5-4 to Borders. South Division champions do not win many matches at the County Finals but they put 2pt on their scoreboard by taking the foursomes 2-1 and then sharing the singles 3-3 with East Lothian.
So Angus topped the table with 6pt out of six. Renfrewshire were runners-up with 3pt (one win, one draw). Borders were third with 2pt (one win) and East Lothian were fourth with 1pt (halved match with Renfrewshire on Day 1).
DAY 3 RESULTS
ANGUS 5, RENFREWSHIRE 4
Foursomes: 1-2
A Ramsay and G Montieth lost to K Milne and G Kyle 2 and 1.
J Brown and J Sneddon beat D Jackson and L Stewart 5 and 4.
A Summers and C Penman lost to M Briggs and C Whyte 1 hole.
Singles: 4-2
Ramsay lost to Briggs 3 and 1.
Montieth beat Jackson 6 and 5.
C Robertson beat Milne 2 and 1.
Brown lost to Whyte 3 and 2.
Sneddon beat Kyle 4 and 3
Summers beat Stewart 4 and 3

BORDERS 5, EAST LOTHIAN 4
Foursomes: 2-1
J Anderson and D Richards lost to J Free and D Young 6 and 5.
J Birdsall and C Bunyan beat J Herd and L Dunn-Butler 4 and 2.
S Paterson and L Wilson beat C Munro and L Johnston 4 and 2.
Singles: 3-3
D Ker beat K Ward 3 and 2.
Birdsall lost to M-L Watkins 2 and 1.
Paqterson lost to free 3 and 2.
Wilson beat Young 4 and 3.
Bunyan lost to Munro 3 and 2.
Anderson beat Dunn-Butler 3 and 2.

HOW THEY FINISHED
1 Angus 6pt, 2 Renfrewshire 3pt, 3 Borders 2pt, 4 East Lothian 1pt.

ANGUS WIN COUNTY FINALS -- RENFREWSHIRE LOSE 5 - 4

Renfrewshire 4 Angus 5

Report to follow later

RENFREWSHIRE WIN AGAINST BORDERS

Jean McIntyre (Referree), Jenny Potter (Lanarkshire) and
Renfrewshire President Eileen Gibb and Captain Gill McGinlay
Thanks go to Ayrshire's Catherine Malcolm for the photos

ANGUS LOOK SET TO RETAIN SCOTTISH WOMEN'S COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP AND ONLY RENFREWSHIRE CAN STOP THEM.

Angus, the 2012 champions, look set to win the Scottish women's county golf championship title for the second time in three years. Only Renfrewshire can stop them
The North Division champions followed up a first-day win over Borders by trouncing East Lothian 8-1 at Hilton Park Golf Club, Glasgow today.
Angus complete their programme by playing Renfrewshire who scored their first win by beating Borders 6 1/2-31/2 after drawing with East Lothian on Day 1.
Angus made a clean sweep of the foursomes against East Lothian and then won five of the six singles through champion Ann Ramsay, Gillian Montieth, Claire Robertson, Jacqueline Sneddon and Ailsa Summers.
Renfrewshire won the foursomes 2-1 against Borders then had singles winners in Megan Briggs, who dashed back to Scotland after playing for Scotland in the Women's Home Internationals at Aberdovey, finishing on Friday, Carol Whyte, Katrina Milne and Liz Stewart.
Denise Cowan making her debut in the team managed to half her match.
DAY 2
ANGUS 8, EAST LOTHIAN 1
Foursomes: 3-0
A Ramsay and G Montieth beat J Herd and C Munro 5 and 3.
J Brown and J Sneddon beat L Johnston and D Young 6 and 4.
A Summers and C Penman beat M-L Watkins and K Ward 4 and 3.
Singles: 5-1
Ramsay beat L Dunn-Butler 3 and 2.
Montieth beat Ward 7 and 5.
J Cahlmers lost to J Free 4 and 3.
C Robertson beat Johnston 4 and 2.
Sneddon beat J Herd 8 and 6.
Summers beat Watkins 4 and 3.

BORDERS 2 1/2, RENFREWSHIRE 6 1/2
Foursomes: 1-2
J Anderson and M Waddell lost to K Milne and G Kyle 7 and 5.
J Birdsall and C Bunyan beat D Jackson and L Stewart 2 and 1.
S Paterson and L Wilson lost to M Briggs and C Whyte 1 hole.
Foursomes: 1 1/2-4 1/2
Anderson lost to Briggs 4 and 3.
Birdsall beat Kyle 7 and 6
Paterson lost to Whyte 6 and 5
Wilson lost to Milne 2 and 1
Bunyan halved with D Cowan
D Richards lost to Stewart 3 and 2.
HOW THEY STAND
Angus 2 wins, Renfrewshire 1 win, 1 draw, East Lothian 1 draw, 1 defeat, Borders 2 defeats/
FINAL MATCHES
Angus v Renfrewshire
Borders v East Lothian

Thanks to Colin Farquharson for the results and report
Thanks go to Ayrshire's Catherine Malcolm for the photos

RENFREWSHIRE DRAW WITH EAST LOTHIAN -- SCOTTISH WOMEN'S COUNTY FINALS AT HILTON PARK ANGUS HEAD TABLE ON FIRST DAY

Angus, the only team to win on the opening day of the Scottish women's county championship finals at Hilton Park Golf Club, sit on top of table, ahead of East Lothians and Renfrewshire who drew 4 1/2-4 1/2, and Borders whom they beat 6 1/2-2 1/2
On Day 2 it is Borders v Renfrewshire and Angus v East Lothian.
Angus made a flying start to the three-day programme by making a 3-0 clean sweep of the foursomes against Borders.
Borders made a better fight of it in the singles, with Daniele Ker beating Angus county champion Ann Ramsay 5 and 4 in the top tie.
Borders got a further 1 1/2pt from three halved matches but Angus got the clinching wins from Ailsa Summers and Jackie Brown.
East Lothian went in for lunch with a 2-1 lead over Renfrewshire but they could not maintain that advantage through the singles session although they won the top two ties through Mary-Lou Watkins and Keren Ward.
Renfrewshire's tailed wagged furiously with wins by Gillan Kyle, Denise Cowan and Liz Stewart.

SCOTTISH WOMEN'S COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
Hilton Park GC, Glasgow
Day 1
BORDERS 2 1/2, ANGUS 6 1/2
Foursomes: 0-3
D Ker and J Anderson lost to G Monteith and J Chalmers 3 and 1.
J Birdsall and C Bunyan lost to J Brown and J Sneddon 6 and 4.
S Paterson and L Wilson lost to C Penman and A Summers 1 hole.
Singles: 2 1/2-3 1/2
Ker beat A Ramsay 5 and 4.
Birdsall halved with Monteith
Paterson lost to Summers 5 and 3.
Wilson halved with C Robertson
Bunyan lost to Brown 3 and 1.
Anderson halved with Sneddon.

EAST LOTHIAN 4 1/2, RENFREWSHIRE 4 1/2
Foursomes: 2-1
M-L Watkins and K Ward lost to K Milne and G Kyle 4 and 2.
D Young and L Johnston beat C Whyte and G McGinlay 4 and 3.
L Dunn-Butler and J Free beat D Jackson and L Stewart 2 and 1.
Singles: 2 1/2-3 1/2
Watkins beat Milne 5 and 4.
Ward beat Jackson 2 and 1.
Free halved with Whyte
C Munro lost to Kyle 2 holes
J Herd lost to D Cowan 1 hole
Dunn-Butler lost to Stewart 1 hole.

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WOMEN'S HOME INTERNATIONALS AT ABERDOVEY ENGLAND WIN TITLE IN COUNTBACK and MEGAN WIN 3 OUT OF 3 SINGLES

CLIMAX BETWEEN THREE TEAMS  
England won the Women's Home Internationals title in an exciting finish to the final day at Aberdovey Golf Club, Wales.
England beat defending champions Wales 6 1/2-2 1/2 and Ireland beat Scotland by the same margin. that meant a triple tie on 4 poinst between England, Wales and Ireland.
In the countback of games won, England totalled 16 1/2, Ireland 16 and Wales 14 1/2 England took a 2-1 lunchtime lead over Wales and then had wins in the singles by Gabrielle Cowley, Hollie Muse, Alice Hewson and halves from Gemma Clews and India Clyburn.

Ireland made a clean sweep of the three foursomes against luckless Scotland who put up a better fight in the singles with Renfrewshire's Megan Briggs chalking up her third singles win of the tournament.
Tara Mactaggart was another Scots afternoon winner and Hannah McCook had a halved match. Scotland finished bottom of the table, having lost all their matches.
 DETAILS ENGLAND 6 1/2, WALES 2 1/2 Foursomes (2-1)
A Peters and I Clyburn lost to C Williams and B Harries 2 holes.
H Muse and G Clews beat L Hillier and R Lewis 4 and 2.
S-J Boyd and B Popel beat S Birks and J Evans 3 and 2.
Singles (4 1/2-1 1/2
G Cowley beat Williams 3 and 1.
Muse beat Birks 3 and 1.
Clyburn halved with Hillier
Clews halved with Evans
A Hewson beat M Lockett 4 and 3.
Boyd halved with Harries.
IRELAND 6 1/2, SCOTLAND 2 1/2
Foursomes: 3-0
M Doyle and M Dunne beat M Briggs and L Macgregor 2 and 1.
P Grant and O Mehaffey beat K Beveridge and H McCook 7 and 6
C Ryan and S Sexton beat T Mactaggart and K McIntosh 7 and 6
Singles: 3 1/2-2 1/2
Dunne beat G Macdonald 3 and 2
Ryan lost to M Briggs 3 and 2
Doyle halved with McCook
A Farrell lost to Mactaggart 5 and 4
Grant beat J Graham 5 and 4
Mehaffey beat Macgregor 1 hole

MANY CONGRATS MEGAN ON WINNING ALL YOUR SINGLE MATCHES