RENFREWSHIRE LADIES ' COUNTY GOLF ASSOCIATION AGM NOTICE

Haggs Castle Golf Club

The 111th. Renfrewshire Ladies' County Golf Association AGM and Prize-Giving will take place on Wednesday 3rd November at 7.30pm at Haggs Castle Golf Club 

The Agenda and more information can be found by --  Going to the RLCGA Website or the interim Scottish Golf Website  which can be accessed on your SG App.

SUSAN RAMSAY HAS A HOLE IN ONE AT HAGGS CASTLE GOLF CLUB

Susan Ramsay

Many congratulations go to Susan Ramsay had a hole in one at the 7^th at Haggs Castle GC in the Ladies Medal on 19^th June 2021: 6 iron to the front pin, landed on green and ran into hole.  

Susan’s first hole in one at Haggs although she has had 3 at Williamwood GC while she was a member of that Club.

Williamwood's Sara McCorkell wins the Scottish Medal Finals (West Division)

Sara McCorkell

There was a home success in the West Division - Scottish Medal Finals with former Renfrewshire County Team member and former Williamwood Women’s Club Champion Sara McCorkell and carding a net two-over 74 to finish a single shot ahead of Shirley Dalrymple (Hayston) and Ruth Hunter (Lanark). 

Laura McGeachy (Haggs Castle), Roisin Black (Gleddoch Resorts Ltd) and Susan Halley (Strathaven) also qualified for the Grand Final after carding net scores four over par 76 but there was disappointment for Patricia Crook (Southerness), Jane Richardson (Kirkcudbright), Joan Walker (Balfron Golf Society) and another Williamwood member Gillian McLeod who lost out in a card countback on the same score.

“It’s great to get to the Grand Final because I was at St Andrews University years ago but never got the chance to play the Duke’s course,” a delighted McCorkell said.

“I was first out in the morning and when I finished I thought I’d probably miss out by a couple of shots so it was a bit of a surprise to find out I’d won.

“There’s no doubt local knowledge helped a bit,” she added. “I holed a tricky birdie putt from about eight feet on the 13th but then went through a bit of an iffy patch before finishing with two pars.

“I’m looking forward to the Grand Final already.” 

The Scottish Medal Finals West was the second of six Regional Finals with six men and six women at each event qualifying for the Grand Final at The Duke’s, St Andrews, in August. 

View Medal Final West Leaderboard.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO SCOTTISH GOLF WEBSITE FOR FULL MEN AND LADIES RESULTS  

HAGGS CASTLE LADIES OPEN TRI AM - ENTRIES BEING TAKEN

Date: Wednesday 23rd June 2021 

Entry Fee: £12 each/£36 per team of 3 

First Entries: Monday 1st March 2021 ​

Last Entries: Friday 11th June 2021 

Enter Online: Book Online Here (preferred) 

Entry Form: Download Here

JENNIFER RANKINE IS THE NEW COURSE RECORD HOLDER OVER HAGGS CASTLE

It has been confirmed that  Jennifer Rankine is now the Haggs Castle Ladies Course Record holder with her 69 in the Tuesday Medal on the 18th August 2020 -- The previous record of 70 was held jointly by Claire Hargan and Adi Shamash

 

Thanks go to Neal Stewart for the update and photograph

Lorraine Campbell and Laura McGeachy with the 2019 - 2020 D&A Winter County Foursomes

 

The delayed final of this years D&A Winter Foursomes (2019 - 2020) was played on Sunday 18th October 2020 at Douglas Park Golf Club,

The  Finalists were Lorraine Campbell (Cardross) and Laura McGeachy (Haggs Castle) v Karen McIlvaney (Hilton Park) and Audrey Adams (Hilton Park) 

In a close encounter Lorraine and Laura won at the 17th Hole - Many congratulations 

JENNIFER RANKINE WINS THE 2020 HAGGS CASTLE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP AND HEATHER MUSHET WINS AT ELDERSLIE

Jennifer Rankine - 2020 Haggs Castle Ladies Champion

Haggs Castle GC Finals Day took place today in glorious sunshine.  

The Ladies final pitted 4 times champion Jennifer Rankine against 2014 Champion Laura McGeachy, a repeat of 4 previous Ladies Championship Finals. 

Both players had been in good form recently and the final was expected to be a close contest.  So it proved.  

Jennifer was 1 up playing the 11th and both players were slightly short with their tee shots.  Laura unfortunately missed an opportunity to get back to level. After halving the 12th Laura drove into trouble at 13th and went 2 down. 

Laura was again in difficulty at 14th to go 3 down.  The 15th was halved leaving Jennifer 3 up with 3 to play.  

The 16th was played well by both players but the resultant half left Jennifer a 3& 2 winner and Champion for the fifth time. 

Many thanks go to Neal Stewart for the report and photograph

Heather Mushet Elderslie Ladies champion 2020

DEATH OF SHEILA GENDERS - FERENEZE, HAGGS CASTLE AND WEST KILBRIDE

Haggs Castle Greenlees Trophy Winners - 1998
Sheila 4th from left back row

Sheila in 2010

It is with great sadness that I announce the death of past RLCGA County member Sheila Genders.

Sheila whose home club was Fereneze was also a Greenlees Trophy Team member for Haggs Castle playing along side many good players in that team at that time -- Aileen Wilson, Dorothea Hastings, Jennifer Mack, Janice Gardner (Paterson), Brenda Livingstone, Irene Rose, Carol Smith, Audrey Sturgess, Jennifer Graham, Evi Park, Isobel Pearson - to name but a few.
She was also member of West Kilbride GC

Glasgow Herald 

GENDERS - Sheila Peacefully at home, on Sunday 12th April 2020, Sheila Genders (Medical Social Worker & 
Distinguished Member of Fereneze Golf Club). Loving daughter of the late Sydney and Mary (Moira), honorary aunt to Harvie and Hunter Milligan and their families. 

RENFREWSHIRE COUNTY BEETLE DRIVE SUCCESS

L to R - Lynda Bradley, Aileen Wilson
and Mo Neilson with Sandra Littlejohn

85 Ladies attended the Renfrewshire Ladies' County Golf Association Annual Fund Raising Beetle Drive yesterday afternoon at Haggs Castle Golf Club.

Captain Sandra Littlejohn and her helpers organised an exceedingly enjoyable event yet again.

Aileen Wilson (Haggs Castle) was the overall winner with Lynda Bradley (Kilmacolm)  a close 2nd. 

Mo Neilson (Greenock) was up to her usual not so good drawing standard standard and won the the prize for the worst drawn beetle !!

To see some photos of the day CLICK HERE - Courtesy of Fiona Armour

Video of the event (Courtesy of Carol Fell) -- Click link to go to You Tube

A few words of thanks from Captain Sandra Littlejohn -   From the RLCGA Website

"On behalf of Donna, Pearl, the Committee and myself, I’d like to thank everyone for their raffle and silent auction donations plus all the Renfrewshire Clubs that donated four balls as Star prizes in support of our annual fund-raising Beetle Drive at Haggs Castle Golf Club on Sunday. "

"A total of £1,200 was raised which is a fantastic amount. Judging by the noise level, everyone seemed to be having a great time catching up with friends and participating in a very competitive beetle drive."  

Thanks also goes to: 

 • Carol McNally, Doreen Mainds, Nicola McAllister and Linda Ellery for providing the retail therapy; 
 • Kevin at Haggs Castle Golf Club who made sure we were fed and watered - it can’t be easy serving up tea/coffee and cakes to 80+ ladies in a short period of time (and thanks to the bouncers Elaine Munn and Pearl there were no ‘cake wars’); 
 • Fiona Armour and Carol Fell, respectively, for all the photographs and video recording of the day; and 
 • Julie, June, Tracy and Pearl for selling/drawing the raffles, star prizes, looking after the silent auction, counting of the cash and making sure everything went according to plan. 

" Finally, I hope the 2020 golf season is a good one and I look forward to seeing many of you over the summer. "

 Thanks again. Captain Sandra

HAGGS CASTLE LADIES OPEN DAY - TRI AM

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR ENTRY FORM 
CLICK HERE TO ENTER ON LINE 

Whitecraigs are the Winners of Division 2 of the Greenlees Trophy and Greenlees Lunch Details

The final game of the 2019 Greenlees Matches was played on Friday 27th September with Haggs Castle needing 7 points against Lenzie to win Division 2. 
However, they were not quite able to make it and won 6-3 to take up the runners up spot and Whitecraigs are winners of Division 2

Both Whitecraigs and Haggs Castle are now promoted to Division One.

Bothwell Castle are the winners of Division 3 and Hilton Park are runners up (on countback)

CATHKIN BRAES WINNERS OF GREENLEES TROPHY

CLICK HERE FOR PRINTOUT OF RESULTS 

2019 Greenlees Results 

2019 Greenlees Totals

The Greenlees Lunch and prize giving is being held at Douglas Park Golf Club on on Thursday, 17th October at 12.15 for 1 pm.

All clubs should have had notification from Greenlees Secretary Maureen Mitchell with menu supplied

GREENLEES LUNCH

CLICK HERE FOR MENU  -- Click here to email your choice of meal to Susan Griffin (Douglas Park Greenlees Secretary). 
Add you Home Club  and names of players attending

CATHKIN BRAES ARE THE 2019 GREENLEES CHAMPIONS

Some happy Cathkin Team Members

Cathkin Braes played their final Greenlees Match today at home against Douglas Park. 

The home team only needed 3.5 points for victory but with a very strong team they defeated the visitors 8.5- 0.5 to win the title from Troon Ladies. 

Cathkin Braes Captain Susan Ramsay present Lindsay Mclean
with a bottle of wine for her hole in one

Douglas Park required only one point to remain in the 1st division, but this was not to be. The only highlight for them was Lindsay McLean having a HOLE IN ONE at the thirteenth hole. 

They are joined by Ranfurly Castle to be demoted to Division 2 in 2020. West Kilbride stay in Division 1 by virtue of a countback on matches won (2 points for a win and one point for a draw) 

In Division 2 Whitecraigs have finished on 43.5 points and Haggs Castle play Lenzie on Friday 27th and require a 7-2 victory to win the division. 
Please note : 2 points to be deducted from Cathcart Castle match against Old Ranfurly (A player did not turn up)

Susan Ramsay wins the Haggs Castle Championship

Susan Ramsay - 2019 Haggs Castle Champion

Haggs Castle GC held it's Finals Day 2019 on Sunday in glorious sunshine.

In the Ladies Championship Final held over 18 holes, we had two players new to the Final, Susan Ramsay, formerly a four times women's champion at Williamwood GC and Jeannie Tsang. 

Susan played extremely well with solid pars forcing Jeannie into mistakes. Susan ran out the winner by 9 and 7.

Thanks go to Neal Stewart for the report and photograph

SEMI FINAL AND FINALS AT THE SCOTTISH AT KILMARNOCK BARASSIE

Photo courtesy of Scottish Golf

Photo Courtesy of Scottish Golf

Championship Semi Finals 

Tara Mactaggart (Minto) lost to  Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) 2&1

Chloe Goadby (St Regulus)  beat Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) 3&2

Championship Final:
Kimberley Beveridge beat Chloe Goadby 1 Hole

Hole by Hole Scoring - Click to Enlarge

CLICK HERE FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHPLAY

Rosebowl Semi Finals 

Jennifer Rankine (Haggs Castle) lost to Megan Robb (Banchory) 3&1

Ellie Docherty (Moray) lost to Carinne Taylor (Nairn)  at the 22nd Hole

Rosebowl Final:
Megan Robb beat Carinne Taylor 2 Holes

Hole by Hole -- Click to Enlarge

CLICK HERE CLARK ROSEBOWL MATCHPLAY

TARA MACTAGGART WINS THE MUNROSS TROPHY

Tara Mactaggart

Tara Mactaggart (Minto) won the Munross Trophy 36-hole women's tournament at Montrose Links with a better second-round score of 68 after she and Jess Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) had both totalled five-under-par 141 

Tara, pictured below, has a handicap of +1 while Jess is a +4 player.  

Thirteen-year-old Freya Russell from Royal Troon won the leading handicap prize with a net total of 140 (70-70) playing off a handicap of 8.   

LEADING SCRATCH 

par 73. CSS 72 73

141 Tara Mactaggart (Minto) 73 68, Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies)  70  71 (Mactaggart won with better second round)

143 Jennifer Rankine (Haggs Castle) 75 68, Rachel Foster (Prestwick) 72 71

144 Katy Alexander (Blairgowrie) 73 71 

146 Ellie Docherty (Moray) 69 77, Carmen Griffiths (Aboyne) 76 70, Lorna McClymont (Milngavie) 70 76,  Jennifer Saxton (Muckhart) 71 75 

147 Jasmine Mackintosh (Hazlehead) 73 74

Freya Russell -

Thirteen-year-old Freya Russell from Royal Troon won the leading handicap prize with an aggregate handicap score of 140 (70 70),  playing off a handicap of 8.   

Scratch prizes

1^st Tara Mactaggart (Minto) 

2^nd Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) 

3rd Jennifer Rankine (Haggs Castle) 

4^th Rachel Foster (Prestwick)

Handicap prizes

1^st Freya Russell (Royal Troon) 

2^nd Jackie Brown (Monfieith) 

3^rd Ellie Docherty (Moray) 

4^th Katy Alexander (Blairgowrie)

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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JENNIFER RANKINE WINS HAGGS CASTLE LADIES CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

This year's rain-delayed Haggs Castle Ladies Championship Final was played last Saturday (8th).

The match was contested by Laura McGeachy and Jennifer Rankine who between them had won the previous four titles.

Both ladies played some great golf before Jennifer pulled way to win.

Congratulations to both players for making the final and thanks to Past Captain, Audrey Sturgess for refereeing.

Junior Membership Development | Haggs Castle Golf Club and various venues across Scotland

Working with the Golf Foundation, Scottish Golf is set to deliver regional workshops to introduce those involved in junior activity to the ‘Box of Tricks’. 

An innovative resource to support the retention of juniors in golf clubs and support the progression of new junior golfers into club membership, the Box of Tricks workshops will be aimed at Junior Convenors/Co-Ordinators, PGA Professionals and anyone else involved in the delivery of junior golf.

The ideas involved in the Box of Tricks can be everything from great game formats, inventive practice methods or ways to build confidence on the golf course, marketing ideas to raise awareness and attract families to the club, or social ideas to help integrate youngsters within the club and make them feel welcome.

All workshops will be free to attend and each attending club will receive one Box of Tricks resource. Attendance will also support a club’s application for the HSBC Project Fund.

Discover the Box of Tricks with your Junior Section at Haggs Castle Golf Club 18th September
All workshops will take place from 7pm-9pm.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO SCOTTISHGOLF TO READ MORE

WHO WILL WIN THE 2018 GREENLEES TROPHY ?????

1st Division totals - 20th August 2018

Troon Ladies beat Loudoun Gowf today 9-0 to leap to the top of Division 1 of the 2018 Greenlees Trophy

West Kilbride, Prestwick St Nicholas, Troon, Cathkin Braes, Loudoun Gowf, and Kilmarnock Barassie all have one match each still to play.  -- This must be the tightest the divisional matches have ever been 

Remaining 1st Division Fixtures 

August 22: Cathkin Braes v West Kilbride
August 27: Pres St Nicholas v Troon
August 27:  Kilmarnock Barassie v  Loudoun Gowf

Williamwood have already won Division 2 and still have one match to play -- For the other divisional results click on the links below 

FOR ALL RESULTS -- CLICK HERE
FOR ALL THE TOTALS -- CLICK HERE

CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE PREVIOUS GREENLEES NEWS

WELCOME TO THE BRITISH GIRLS' AMATEUR AT ARDGLASS - LIVE SCORING

The Girls' British Open Amateur Championship starts today at Ardglass Golf Club in County Down  

The links course, which is home to the world’s oldest golf club building, is located on the north-east coast of Ireland.
 The Irish Sea, which can be seen from all 18 tees and greens, comes into play on no fewer than eight holes.
There are four Scottish Girls playing - Good Luck to all

Hannah Darling (Broomieknow)
Louise Duncan (West Kilbride)
Lorna McClymont (Milngavie)
Jennifer Rankine (Haggs Castle)


CLICK HERE FOR LIVE SCORING