ERSKINE'S MARGOT STEWART HAS DIED

 

Margot in 2020
at lunch at Erskine GC

For those who knew Margot Stewart  (Erskine) - she died on the 15th August at the age of 99 . 

Margot was born in her parents house where she lived in all her days and died at home (not many people could have managed that) -- She was a real feisty lady in fact a bit of a legend.

She was also  Past Secretary of Renfrewshire Ladies' County Golf Association (1989 - 1991) and treasurer for the West Vets for 5 years retiring in 1999

Many hockey players may remember Margot - She was a Scottish Internationalist (Centre Forward) and then a Scottish International and West District Selector in the 60's and 70's  

As she got older and took up golf she started to get a lot of bother with her knees (as many hockey players do !)  and when your webmaster met her at Erskine she would often ask me how my knees were !!

She used to meet the late Dorothea Hastings, Jean Brown and others every Friday for lunch regularly 

She was a real character who loved her regular wee dram at the Golf Club and was able to drive down to the club until she was about 95 - Her car did get a few dents and scrapes !!

She finally got a taxi down to Erskine after that and it took many of of her friends at the club about 15 minutes to get her out the lounge as she would talk non stop to everyone on the way.

You just had to admire her determination and spirit !! 

The Funeral is on Monday 30th and arrangements are in today’s Glasgow Herald - CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK  —- >>  GLASGOW HERALD

AYRSHIRE, D&A,LANARKSHIRE AND RENFREWSHIRE MYGOLFRANKING WEEK 13 - 2020

Important information: You might be wondering how the weekly MGRankings change when there are no competitive club counting events being played at this time. 
The MGRankings are based on data from a rolling 52 week cycle. 
As an example, this week the results data from Week 2019/13 is dropped and is replaced by results data from Week 2020/13 (or not replaced as at present)

MyGolfRanking AYRSHIRE GOLFERS of Week 2020/13 IS LORNA SPENCER of Largs Ladies who ascends to the NUMBER ONE position on MGR AYRSHIRE Ladies Ranking 

AYRSHIRE LADIES 
1 Lorna Spencer (Largs) 1043 points 
2 Pauline Patrick (Irvine) 1039 
3 Gillian Kennedy (Troon Welbeck) 1019 
4 Audrey Thompson (Loudoun Gowf) 1017 
5 Aileen Anderson (Loudoun Gowf) 966 
6 Anne Burns (Loudoun Gowf) 951 
7 Robina Gilbertson (Prestwick St Nicholas) 950 
8 Christine Whitelaw (Largs) 919 
9 Liz Keohane (Loudoun Gowf) 910 
10 Janet Harkness (Skelmorlie) 902 

AYRSHIRE LADIES CLUBS 
1 Largs 881
2 Loudoun Gowf 870 
3 Troon Welbeck 820 
4 Skelmorlie 819 
5 Prestwick St Nicholas 817 
6 Irvine 725 
7 Girvan Ladies 722 
8 Brodick Ladies 447 

 DUNBARTONSHIRE & ARGYLL GOLFERS of Week 2013 is SUSAN RATTRAY of Douglas Park Ladies who ties No 3 on MGR DUNBARTONSHIRE & ARGYLL Ladies Ranking
 
DUNBARTONSHIRE/ARGYLL LADIES 
1 Caroline King (Clober) 1217 points 
2 Ashley Duffy (Clober) 1141 
3 Katharine Hardman (Dunaverty), Susan Rattray (Douglas Park) 1063 
5 Susan Griffin (Douglas Park) 1043 
6 Paula Galloway (Douglas Park) 1038 
7 Sarah Kemp (Helensburgh) 994 
8 Jill Burgess (Hilton Park) 984 
9 Gillian Morrison (Clober) 979 
10 Susan Tyre (Blairmore & Strone) 978 

DUNBARTONSHIRE/ARGYLL LADIES CLUBS 
1 Clober 1035 
2 Palacerigg 871 
3 Douglas Park 862 
4 Dumbarton 845 
5 Dunaverty 833 
6 Blairmore & Strone 818 
7 Hilton Park 789 
8 Helensburgh 756 
9 Machrihanish 701 
10 Vale of Leven 630

LANARKSHIRE
1 Ruth Hunter Lanark  1027 
2 Allison A Bell Strathaven  998 
3 Nichola Craig Lanark s 983 
4 Elaine Johnstone Hamilton  964 
5 Lynne Williamson Kirkhill  942 
6 Emily Lowther Kirkhill  917 
7 Susan S Halley Strathaven   896 
8 Elizabeth Lees Hamilton   887 
9 Elaine Gemmell Kirkhill   868 

10 May Hughes Lanark  866
LANARKSHIRE CLUBS (NO DATA SENT)

MyGolfRanking.net RENFREWSHIRE GOLFERS of Week 2020/13 is JANETTE MCCARTNEY (Erskine Ladies) who rises to No 5 on MGR RENFREWSHIRE

RENFREWSHIRE LADIES 
1 Jan Macnab (Ranfurly Castle) 1090 points 
2 Heather Climson (East Renfrewshire) 992 
3 Denise Cowan (Ranfurly Castle) 980 
4 Allison Murray (Ranfurly Castle) 931 
5 Janette McCartney (Erskine) 929 
6 Sandra Reid (Renfrew) 902 
7 Linda Ellery (East Renfrewshire) 891 
8 Mary Aitken (Erskine) 862 
9 Patricia Davidson (Erskine) 855 
10 Helen Abram (Ranfurly Castle) 852

 RENFREWSHIRE LADIES CLUBS 
T1 Erskine, Ranfurly Castle 853 
3 Renfrew 836 
4 Bonnyton 688 
5 East Renfrewshire 687 
6 Paisley 585 

Carol and Alyson reach the finals of the Renfrewshire Winter Foursomes

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Home players  Carol McNally and Alyson McGinnigle (Williamwood) played the Whitecraigs pairing of Lorna Boyd and Linda Hay in the RLCGA Winter Foursomes Semi Final a couple of weeks ago. 

For a January day the weather and course were extremely favourable. 

 The home team took an early lead over the first several holes but with a magnificent Golden Ferret by Lorna the game sat at Williamwood 3 up playing 6th which was halved in birdies. 

After halving 7th; Whitecraigs' ladies won 8th hole and Williamwood 9th. 
The toughest hole on the course was halved. Williamwood won par 3 11th followed by Whitecraigs winning the tricky 12th. 

 After Williamwood winning 13th and the long 14th being halved this meant home duo dormie 4. Good drive by Alyson set up par and a win on 15th green. 

 A really friendly game in great County spirit.

Carol and Alyson now meet the winners of the other semi final between Alison Murray and Lesley Robertson (Ranfurly Castle) and Morag Key (Ralston) and Anita McMillan (Erskine)

GET INTO GOLF AT ERSKINE GOLF CLUB

GET INTO GOLF DAY AT ERSKINE GOLF CLUB. On Sunday 2nd June 2019

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RENFREWSHIRE COUNTY STALWART MAE NOBLE HAS DIED. - Obituary and Glasgow Herald announcement

Mae Noble and Aileen Wilson
1967 Evening Time Scottish Ladies Foursomes Winners

It is with great sadness to announce the death of Mae Noble on Sunday 24th February.

Mae played for the RLCGA County Team from 1966 - 1988 and played for Scotland 7 times in the Scottish Vets team. 

She was Haggs Castle Golf Club Ladies Champion 8 times and Erskine champion 13 times. She won the County Rosebowl in 1980 and 1982 and lost in the semi finals of the West of Scotland Championship in 1969 to Sandra Needham.

Some photos over the years - Click to enlarge

Her great County "partner in crime" was the late Jean Brown of Erskine and both were seen on many occasions, before and after county medals and matches, playing the fruit machines and having much laughter and fun.

The highlight of Mae's golfing career was winning the Evening Times Scottish Ladies' Foursomes in 1967 with Aileen Wilson (Haggs Castle) and having a couple of Holes in One in later years.

Mae then moved to Elie with her husband Harry (died in 2011)  and she played her golf at Elie Golf Club  until she was 86 when her balance became very poor. 
She was very sad about this as golf was her life and she said then " The spirit is willing but the body is just not able'

In July 2018 Mae suffered a slight stroke and this further knocked her confidence and in October her daughter Lynda Smith (Douglas Park) and son Guy moved her back to Glasgow to a home nearby Lynda in Bearsden. 

She would have been 91 on the 14th March 2019.

We send Lynda and Guy and all the family our sincere condolences.

The funeral is at Dalnotter Crematorium on Friday 15th March at 11:30am  -- Glasgow Herald Announcement 

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Champions! Scotland storm to Senior Men’s Home Internationals glory

Scotland Seniors

Scotland have been crowned Senior Men’s Home Internationals champions at Southerness yesterday once play resumed following a visit from the uninvited Storm Ali.

After losing the second day’s play due to the extreme weather conditions, a change to the original format was agreed with two sessions taking place today, which consisted of seven head-to-head battle, ensuring all three country versus country matches were played.

In the round robin format, Scotland, England & Ireland all won two out of three matches, so the title was decided on total game points scored across all three matches.

To read the full report go to the  SCOTTISHGOLF WEBSITE

Scottish Men's Senior Team

• Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth) 
• Ian Brotherston (Dumfries & County) 
• Ronnie Clark (Erskine) 
• John Fraser (Royal Burgess GS) 
• Kenneth Gallacher (East Kilbride) 
• Robert Smith (Nairn) 
• Malcolm Reid (Sonning)

Your editor: I know this not ladies news but with such a great win by the men it is worth knowing

JAN MACNAB FROM RANFURLY CASTLE LEADS THE RENFREWSHIRE MY GOLFING RANKING

mygolfranking.net RENFREWSHIRE LADIES GOLFER ofWEEK 18/24 is JAN MACNAB (Ranfurly Castle) who sits proudly at NUMBER ONE on Renfrewshire Ladies MGRanking.

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RENFREWSHIRE LADIES

1 Jan Macnab (Ranfurly Castle) 1115 points

2 Linda Ellery (East Renfrewshire) 1069 

3 Linda McDougall (Greenock) 1058 

4 Jane Ross (Elderslie) 1029 

5 Maureen Kemp (Gourock) 977 

6 Linda Honeyman (Erskine) 957 

7 Shirley Bell (Old Course Ranfurly) 938 

8 Janette McCartney (Erskine) 929 

9 Paula Adam (Old Course Ranfurly) 920 

10 Julie Nicol (Elderslie) 915 

RENFREWSHIRE LADIES - CLUBS

1 Erskine 872 points

2 Greenock 834

3 Old Course Ranfurly 806 

4 Elderslie 799 

5 Renfrew 794

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Renfrewshire County AGM

RLCGA SCOTTISH COUNTY TEAM CHAMPIONS
L to R Jennifer Rankine, Denise Cowan, 
Liz Stewart, Gillian Kyle,
Megan Briggs, Eilidh Briggs, Carol Whyte and Donna Jackson

53 Ladies attended the Renfrewshire Ladies County 108th AGM last night at Haggs Castle Golf Club last night. Captain Gillian Kyle gave an excellent account of all the 2017 events with the highlight of the year being the County team winning the 2017 Scottish County Team Championships at Glenbervie.

PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE !

June Lockhart (Gleddoch)) becomes the new County Captain and Sandra Littlejohn (Erskine) her Vice Captain

RLCGA COUNTY CHAMPION - EILIDH BRIGGS

County Champion Eilidh Briggs gave the vote of thanks at the end.

 To read the full report go to the RLCGA Website  -- More photos to follow -- Courtesy of Fiona Armour

RENFREWSHIRE LADIES' COUNTY DINNER

RLCGA Captain Maureen Woodhead presents Sandra Littlejohn (Erskine) with a four ball over Pollok GC

Renfrewshire Ladies County Golf Association held their bi annual dinner at Haggs Castle Golf Club on Wednesday 20th March.
To read all about it go to the RLCGA WEBSITE

LANARK FATHER AND DAUGHTER WIN THE SLGA ADULT AND GIRL FOURSOMES

Alex and Erin Johnston

After the weather caused the event to be cancelled on 30 September, the re-arranged SLGA Adult and Girl Foursomes took place today (Sunday 21 October ) at East Renfrewshire Golf Club.  Father and daughter pairing, Erin Johnston and Alex Johnston from Lanark were the winners of the title with 41 stableford points and Lauren Barbour and Patricia Davidson from Erskine were runners up with 36 points

Other prizewinners:
Cat 1:  Jessica Meek and Stewart Burke (Carnoustie Ladies/Ranfurly Castle) 30 points BIH
Cat 2:  Lauren Barbour and Patricia Davidson (Erskine) 36 points, Katie Malcolm and Neil Malcolm (Dumfries & Galloway) 32 points
Cat 3:  Mollie Richmond and Colin Richmond (Strathaven) 30 points
Cat 4 (Pre HCap):  Anna MacKenzie and Alasdair MacKenzie (Mearns Castle/Crail) 37 points, Gillian Sinclair and Stuart Sinclair (Caldwell) 29 points

Emma Hale wins the Nancy Chisholm Trophy at West Kilbride

Some of the Prizewinners - Courtesy of June Kerr

The West Kilbride Girls' Open attracted a good entry from several clubs around the West and South of Scotland, and on a lovely afternoon scoring was very good.   The best scratch, and winner of the Nancy Chisholm Trophy, was Emma Hale (Troon Ladies) who recorded a 2 over par 75.   Local girl Louise Duncan playing off 24 had a net 67 to win the Kandy Bar Cup.   The CSS reduced to 72.  Details as follows:-

Scratch:     Emma Hale (Troon Ladies)   75     Winner of Nancy Chisholm Trophy

Silver Handicap:   1st  Rachel McClelland (Milngavie)    88 (17)  71
                          2nd  Lauren Gilbert (Largs)              88 (16)  72
                          3rd  Jillian Farrell (Cardross)            88 (15)  73 bih
                          4th  Charlotte McCluskey (Whitecraigs) 92 (19)  73

Bronze Handicap:  1st  Louise Duncan (West Kilbride)    91 (24)  67   Winner of Kandy Bar Cup
                           2nd Bekki Allan (West Kilbride)        107 (33) 74
                           3rd  Naimh Kinney (Erskine)            101 (25) 76

Kirsten Brown, Mirren Fraser and Louise Duncan all won Nearest the Pin Prizes

The Pre-handicap competition for the June Kerr Cup was won by Emily McAlpine (West Kilbride) 

Thanks go to June Kerr for the report and photograph 

Erskine, Windyhill Skelmorlie and Hilton Park all win their Mail on Sunday 2nd Round Ties

Erskine played Gleddoch today in the Mail on Sunday and won 3 - 2. The match was played over Erskine.
Windyhill were also victorious today when the beat Milngavie today 4 - 1. The match was played at Windyhill
Skelmorlie G.C. won their second round Mail on Sunday tie against Palacerigg on 18th February. They won 3-2 – tie was played at Palacerigg.
Hilton Park 3 Buchanan Castle 2 The tie was played at Hilton Park on the 25th February

Anyone looking for or have spare accommodation at Machrihanish

I am looking for some help please... I managed to get my application in on time for the Scottish over at Machrihanish unfortunately no one else I was intending going with has managed to get the time off work. This currently means I have no one to share accommodation with and nothing currently booked. Before I get something for myself, I wondered if anyone else was in a similar situation.
If you can then please EMAIL by clicking on the email link
Thanks
Lorraine Morrow (Erskine Golf Club)

Renfrewshire County Winter Foursomes winners

Carol Fell and Janette McCartney (2011 Winter Foursomes Winners) - Click to enlarge

The Final of the Renfrewshire County Winter Foursomes was played today over Kilmacolm Golf Course.
Janette McCartney (Erskine) and Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle) beat Margaret Gray and Glennis Rintoul (Old Ranfurly) 5 and 4 . To read the full report go to the RLCGA WEBSITE

Erskine Golf Club Tri Am Open Day - Get your Entry Form

The Erskine Golf Club Ladies’ Open Tri-am Competition is on Wednesday 27th April 2011
Entries should be in teams of three.
Maximum playing handicap is 30 although players with higher handicaps may enter.
Entry fee £30 per Team.
Closing date for entries 6th April 2011
Full catering available.
Starting times from 9am.
Prize Giving scheduled for 7.00 p.m

Click Here to get your Entry Form

Erskine Golf Club Social Evening

Past Renfrewshire County Captain Christeen Finlayson (Whitecraigs) was in sparkling form as the after dinner speaker at the ladies dinner held at Erskine Golf Club on Friday evening - 5th November.


To read more go to the Renfrewshire County Website 

Club Golf Coaching at Erskine Golf Club in November --- Would you like to help ?

ClubGolf have agreed to do a Level 1 coaches course at Erskine on the 6th - 7th November.
Craig Chalmers the new West of Scotland ClubGolf rep has been telling people but they need more. The minimum number needed to hold a course is 6 and Janette McCartney from Erskine has about 5 at Erskine wanting to do it but 2 are now not available over that weekend.
Dates: Sat 6th & Sun 7th Nov 2010
Times: 9.30 - 5pm both days
Venue: Eskine Golf Club
Closing date: 6 weeks before the course (to allow the home study pack to be viewed) That makes it the 25th Sept so not much time left.
Requirements: Disclosure Scotland - usually done through own golf club Safeguarding and Protecting Children
Workshop (usually £20.00): run by local authorities

Cost £141.00 (need to confirm)

All the info can be found at http://www.clubgolfscotland-youth.co.uk/ (although some stuff is out of date now.)

Anyone can contact Janette for more information if they like and she would be happy to talk to them.

She has been doing ClubGolf coaching at Erskine for the last 5 years and it is very rewarding, especially with all the girls we now have.

Janette McCartney
01389 877333
07810 566996
janettemccartney@theambassadors.com
janmcc@btinternet.com

Anna Telfer wins the West Vets Autumn Meeting at Milngavie

Click to enlarge Photograph

Anna Telfer (Milngavie) won the West Vets Autumn Meeting with a net 73 over her home course today by virtue of the better inward half from Janette McCartney (Erskine). She also had the best Scratch Score of the day with a 78.
Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) had the next best scratch score of 79.
To read the full report and see some photos from the day go to the West Vets Website

Ladies from Beith win the Ranfurly Castle Tri Am Open Day

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The Ranfurly Castle Ladies Open Day (tri-am) took place on Monday 9th August with 53 teams taking part. The winning team was from Beith golf club, the runner's up were a team led by Ranfurly Castle member Laura Cawte with 2 guests from Old Ranfurly.
The raffle raised the fantastic sum of £650 for a Breast Cancer charity called White Lily.

Leading Team Winners:
1st: Margaret Gardner, Anne White and Louise Woods - Beith - 64
2nd: Laura Cawte, Ranfurly Castle, Kate Thornton and Suzanne Smith - Old Ranfurly. - 66 last 3 3rd: Anita McMillan, Margot McLeod, Linda Dawson - Erskine - 66 last 6
4th: Carol Fell, Ranfurly Castle, Lynda Smith and Maggie Rutherford - Douglas Park -66 better inward.

The Briggs Sisters do well at the 2nd Round of the Scottish Girls

Nairn Dunbar’s Kelsey MacDonald has led through the first two rounds of her title defence in the Scottish Under-21 girls’ Open Stroke-Play Championship at Dunfermline Golf Club.
With Jane Turner (Craigielaw), a shot behind after one round, falling away to a second-round 85, it looks as if only the Briggs sisters from Kilmacolm , Megan and Eilidh, lying a close second and third overnight, are the only ones who can stop the 19-year-old Scottish women’s champion completing a hat-trick of Under-21 titles.
Kelsey added a 75 to her opening par round of 72 and she would be the first to admit this was not one of her best efforts. She had no birdies and dropped shots at the short fifth, the 10th and long 18th.
Eilidh, the younger of the Briggs girls and the Renfrewshire county champion, took over second place with a 72 to be one shot off the pace on 148. Eilidh birdied the long third and the six but dropped shots at the fourth and 14th in halves of 34 and 36.
Megan, Scottish Women’s Champion in 2009, also had a 72. After her disatrous 9 at the 6th yesterday she had an outward half of two-under-par, with birdies at two long holes, the third and seventh. Unfortunately 2 bogeys in the 2nd 9 spoilt the charge !

Good luck to all the West of Scotland Players tomorrow

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
147 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 72 75.
148 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 76 72.
149 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 77 72.
150 Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) 78 72.
151 Hannah McCook (Abernethy) 78 73.
152 Ailsa Bain (Peebles) 76 76.
153 Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 82 71, Lucie Walker (Ormskirk) 75 78.
154 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 80 74, Rebecca Wilson (Grange) 76 78.
155 Rachael Taylor (Hartl GR, Germany) 79 76, Rachael Goodall (Heswall) 79 76, Nicola Rawlinson (Royal Birkdale) 78 77.

Other West of Scotland Players:
157 Jill Meldrum (Dullatur) 76 81.
159 Gillian Scanlan (Hamilton) 77 82
162 Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 78 84.
163 Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 82 81
165 Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) 85 80.
166 Linzi Allan (West Kilbride) 83 83, Nicola Ferguson (Clober) 79 87.
167 Linsey Stevenson (Elie and Earlsferry) 85 82
168 Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) 88 80
174 Jorden Ferrie (Kirkintilloch) 89 85.
201 Alexandra Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 100 101.