WILLIAMWOOD ARE THE 2021 GREENLEES CHAMPIONS -- LUNCH AND PRESENTATION OF TROPHIES AT EAST RENFREWSHIRE GOLF CLUB

Trophy Winners
Anne Judge (Ranfurly Castle), Julie Wilson (Williamwood) 
Barbara Aird (Cathkin Braes) and Chris Pender (Lenzie)

The Annual Greenlees Lunch and prize giving  took place on Tuesday 26th October, at East Renfrewshire Golf Club.  --  Click here for photographs and Video

This was attended by 50 ladies representing the 20 Clubs from the 26 Clubs that that are in the 3 Greenlees Divisions.

East Renfrewshire's Greenlees Secretary Val Crawford and The Ladies Captain Carole Spy  welcomed the visitors to the clubhouse with a lovely glass of Prosecco.  

Anne Judge (Ranfurly Castle) helped to collect in the Greenlees Fees. 

The tables were named after  some of the East Renfrewshire Course Holes.

DOBSON VIEW: Val Crawford, Maureen Mitchell, Carol Fell and Carole Spy (Top Table)
BRITHER BURN: Williamwood
PILMAIR : Ranfurly Castle
GUID SKELP: Lenzie, Cathkin Braes, Bothwell Castle
OOT O'SICHT: Haggs Castle, Cathcart Castle and Cardross
BRAE SHOUTHER: Troon Ladies, Douglas Park, Cowglen
BUSKIT KNOWE: West Kilbride, Hilton Park, East Renfrewshire

BALLAGEICH: Whitecraigs, Loudoun Gowf, Erskine
HAME'S BEST: Kilmacolm, Caldwell, Lanark

West of Scotland Greenlees Secretary Maureen Mitchell (Old Ranfurly) opened the proceedings by welcoming everyone to the 80th Anniversary Year of the Greenlees Trophy. -- Apologies were announce from the Clubs that were unable to attend -- Ayr Bellisle, Kilmarnock Barassie, Largs, Milngavie, Old Ranfurly and Prestwick St. Nicholas. 

She then introduced the top table guests - Carole Spy , the Lady Captain of East Renfrewshire , who welcomed everyone on behalf of the Club and said 

"It gives me great pleasure to be able to welcome you to East Renfrewshire  today for the annual Greenlees Lunch and Presentation of Prizes.

It is lovely to see so many familiar faces from matches or from the 80^th Anniversary celebration which we hosted just a couple of months ago.

Today’s weather is certainly better for a lunch than playing golf.

East Ren will be celebrating our centenary next year and you will have noticed that preparations are well underway to freshen up the clubhouse. Apologies if you can detect the aroma of fresh paint, although on the upside it probably means you don’t have COVID!

Congratulation to the winning teams and I hope that everyone enjoys their lunch and catching up with friends old and new."

She then introduced Carol Fell and said "Carol - well known to us all who keeps her website up to date which includes the  Greenlees Results which are available for all to see."

Next introduction was that of  the hard working East Renfrewshire's Greenlees Secretary Val Crawford who has had 2 lunches to organise for the Greenlees Trophy this year with the other one being the very successful Anniversary TRI AM ---> CLICK HERE TO READ MORE IN THE WOMEN AND GOLF MAGAZINE -- 

Val Crawford then said grace before everyone enjoyed a fantastic buffet lunch which everyone enjoyed.

After the lunch the presentation of trophies took place -- 

Winners of the Greenlees trophy -- Williamwood Golf Club

Runners up - Cathkin Braes

Demoted to Division 2  - West Kilbride and Whitecraigs

Winners of Division 2 - Ranfurly Castle

Runners Up - Loudoun Gowf

Demoted to Division 3 - Kilmacolm and Bothwell Castle

Winners of Division 3 - Lenzie

Runners Up - East Renfrewshire

Gillian, Julie, Lorraine and Carol

Williamwood are the winners of the Greenlees Trophy for the first time in the history of their club and Julie Wilson collected  the Trophy and team mates Lorraine Morris, Gillian Crossley and Carol McNally joined in on the celebrations (pictured above)

Williamwood's Chris Crossley and Lorraine Morris are on Cloud Nine

The lunch and presentation of prizes finished with Maureen Mitchell thanking Dianne and her daughter Mel for the wonderful catering and feeding everyone so well.

She also thanked the Board of directors at East Renfrewshire for giving us permission use the clubhouse and also providing us with a welcoming drink.

Mr Ian Russell, Hilary and the office staff for all their support and to Carole Spy for presenting the prizes.

Finally she finished by saying the AGM would take place at Old Ranfurly on Tuesday 16th November at 10:30am for 11am and thanked everyone for coming wished everyone a safe journey home.

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CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO OF PRESENTATION OF TROPHIES (Apologies to Barbara Aird of Cathkin Braes for missing video of her speech - Carol Fell)

Lenzie Junior Open & Cameron Penman Memorial Team Trophy

Lenzie Junior Open & The Cameron Penman Memorial Team Trophy will be held Sunday 18th August 2019.

Please contact ---

William McMeeking
Junior Convenor
Lenzie Golf Club
Mobile No. 07982 720617
Email.  wasmcmeeking@gmail.com


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DOUGLAS PARK GOLF CLUB PROMOTED TO THE 1ST DIVISION OF THE GREENLEES TROPHY

The deciding match of Division 2 of the Greenlees Trophy was played yesterday between Old Ranfurly and Lenzie.

Lenzie needed 3.5 points to gain promotion with Williamwood the 2nd Division Champions.

However. Old Ranfurly with the home advantage won 6.5 - 2.5 to deny Lenzie their wish.


Douglas Park are 2nd in the division and now go to the 1st Division for next season

Lindsay McLean, Lynda Smith (Team Captain) - Thumbs Up !!,
Helen Robertson, Gill Hendry
Sally MacFarlane, Olive Mackay and Aileen McIntyre
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When some of the Douglas Park Team heard the news this morning at their bounce game there were mixed feelings !!

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FOR ALL THE TOTALS -- CLICK HERE


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LENZIE WIN 9-0 AGAINST HILTON PARK IN GREENLEES TROPHY TO SET UP BIG MATCH AGAINST OLD RANFURLY

Greenlees Division 2 as of 9th September

Lenzie had a big win against Hilton Park at home by winning 9-0 on Friday 7th September to leap them up to 3rd place in Division 2 of the Greenlees Trophy.

They now meet Old Ranfurly (Away) in their final match on September 20th and need to secure 3.5 points to achieve promotion to Division One for next season.

Williamwood are the Divisional Winners with Douglas Park in 2nd place. 

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LENZIE OPEN DAY

Lenzie Ladies are holding an Open Greensomes Competition in aid of Erskine Hospital on Wednesday 20th July.
To download an entry form please click on the link below.
Open Day Entry Form

MURRAYFIELD PAIR WIN SLGA ADULT AND GIRL FOURSOMES

Caroline and Rachel Steedman (Murrayfield) had the best overall Stableford points score of 40, playing off a combined handicap of 18, in yesterday's (Sunday) SLGA adult and girl foursomes at Baberton Golf Club, Edinburgh.

 Category leaders: Class 1 (handicaps 0-11) - Jim and Heather Laing (Glencorse) (8) 37; Alasdair and Anna Mackenzie (Crail GS) (11) 34.
Class 2 (handicaps 12-18) - Alan and Abbi Kidd (Lenzie ) (12) 36; Neville (Glasgow) and Kate Prentice (Lenzie) (15) 35.
Class 3 (19-36) - Barry (Pollok) and Zoe Cuthbertson (Mearns Castle) (19_ 31; Colin and Caitlin (Turner) (Baberton) (19) 30.
Class 4 (no handicap - Karen and Ella Marshall (Baberton) (19) 36; Catherine and Alison Malcolm (Prestwick St Nicholas) (20) 35.

GREENLEES TROPHY 2013 - DIVISIONAL FINAL TOTALS

Division 1: Milngavie --- Greenlees Trophy Winners
Loudoun Gowf -- Runners Up

Relegated ; Whitecraigs and Haggs Castle






Division 2 Winners : Douglas Park
Runners Up : Prestwick St Nicholas

Relegated Bothwell Castle and Cardross







Division 3 Winners : Lenzie
Runners Up Hilton Park

WOMEN GET THE CLUB EQUALITY THEY DON'T WANT !

FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
By ADAM LUSHER
The Equality Act has given women more rights in golf clubs – but many lady golfers have been left out of pocket and out of sorts.
It was meant to put women on a par with men.
Women golfers have long faced restrictions at their local courses on what times they could play and which bars they could drink in. Often they were blocked from becoming club captain.
So when Harriet Harman introduced the Equality Act to give women more rights in work places and social settings, golf clubs were seen as ripe for reform.
But the drive by Labour’s leading feminist seems to have landed in the bunker. Many women golfers say that, following the changes, which have brought an end to men-only tee-off times at many clubs, they now have to pay more for membership.
Although the legislation was passed by Parliament just before last year’s election and came into force in October, many of its effects are only now being felt, with golf clubs forced to rewrite their own rule books.
As well as allowing ladies to play on whatever day they want, clubs are also having to admit women to “men only” bars and restaurants in clubhouses, and some are abolishing the traditional post of club captain. Others are even planning to scrap “husband and wife” contests, replacing them with “mixed competitions” in which civil partners can also compete.
Kirstie Thirde, from the English Golf Partnership which incorporates governing and professional bodies, said many women were unhappy that they must now have the same unrestricted membership terms as men, meaning that they lost their ladies’ discount.
Mrs Thirde backed the Act but admitted: “Many golf club ladies don’t want equality. All they feel the Equality Act does is increase their fees and allow them access to the course at weekends, which they really don’t need.
“I visit an awful lot of clubs talking about the equality issue, and they will say to you 'women don’t want this.’ ”
Many women golfers are over 50 and retired. She said: “They play during the week. They don’t need access to the course at the weekend, so why would somebody pay for something they don’t want?”
Chris Jones, editor of Golf World magazine, said he too had heard women golfers complaining about the Act. “A lot of them are on fixed incomes and can’t justify an extra £40 a month for golf club membership.
“Most women don’t want to play with us men. They don’t want to endure the bravado, the trying to play like Tiger Woods, and the swearing, stamping and snapping of golf clubs that ensues. Ladies’ day is their day when they can get away from us.”
At some clubs, the post of club captain – once the preserve of men only – has been scrapped in favour of separate ladies’ and men’s captains. A 70-year-old honorary secretary at one club, who asked not to be named, regretted the change.
“To be club captain is one of the highest honours. These people that come up with the legislation don’t understand the traditions of this place.”
Some clubs have introduced changes with reluctance. Lenzie Golf Club, near Glasgow, announced that “veteran ladies” would now be expected to pay the same as “veteran gents”.
However, Robert Chalmers, the club captain, added: “I hope members will appreciate the changes are to be made as the result of legislation which we must comply with and not of our own initiation.”
A newsletter from Northwood Golf Club in Middlesex worried that “the new law bans the candidacy of a captain only being available to men. There’ll be a few harrumphs about this at the club bar, I am sure.”
The move was voted through with a big majority, but the club is now grappling with the thornier issue of whether it can still allow husband and wife discounts, or whether the average couple will have to pay an extra £200 in fees.
In Northwood’s newsletter, Steve Derbyshire, the club’s general manager, writes that “husband and wife competitions are discriminatory and need to be 'mixed competitions’ in future, taking into account civil partnerships as well as gender reassignment and sexual orientation issues”.
Alison Root, 43, the editor of Women and Golf magazine and a regular player, admitted: “To be honest, a lot of women don’t want change. They play during the week. They don’t care what happens on Saturdays. If you’re happy with your lot, why change?”
Objections to the Act among female golfers surprised Barry Johnston, compiler of the book The Wit of Golf. “I am sure they don’t want to go back to the bad old days,” he said.
“That’s when you heard stories about the ladies sitting on the veranda who were appalled by swearing from so-called gentlemen on the 18th hole. When the ladies complained, the committee took action – by banning ladies from the veranda.”
Any comments? E-mail them to Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Patrick Trophy -- Diamond Dinner Celebration

Click on the slideshow above for bigger photos

In 1949, in an attempt to be able to play good competitive golf after working hours, two ladies, Miss Elizabeth Ogilvie from Kirkintilloch Golf Club and Miss Patrick from Bishopbriggs Golf Club began what is now known as The Patrick Trophy League solely for working women in and around the Dunbartonshire district.

The League consists of 7 teams: Bishopbriggs, Cawder, Douglas Park, Hayston, Hilton Park, Kirkintilloch and Lenzie.

60 years later, in keeping with tradition, all games are still played after work within a two month period to make best use of evening light.

To celebrate this occasion, we held a Diamond Celebration Dinner, hosted this year by Hilton Park Golf Club.
It was a very happy evening and making it even more special was the attendance of some the older ladies who were former players. One lady from Lenzie Golf Club, Mrs Rutherford, told our table she remembers playing in the very first match. She is now in her 90’s and unable to play but she still harbours a passion for the game.

After the death of Miss Ogilvie in 1999, (Miss Patrick had pre deceased her), it was decided that an Honorary President be appointed for a 2 year period.

Isabella Gardiner, from Douglas Park Golf Club, had the honour of becoming the first Honorary President.

Cheryl MacDonald, the current Honorary President from Lenzie Golf Club, is pictured in the slideshow cutting the cake before the meal was served.

While our tables were a mix of competitors, all rivalry was set aside with friendship and camaraderie the game plan for the evening.

Lindsay McLean
PTL Secretary

Thanks go to Anne Paton and Lindsay Mclean (Douglas Park) for the photographs and Lindsay for the report

Lanarkshire County Spoon -- Lesley Lloyd equals the Course record over Lenzie

The results of the Lanarkshire County Spoon competition played over Lenzie yesterday were as follows;
SSS: 73, CSS 75
Silver: Emma Caddow ( Colville Park) 81 (10) 71
Lesley Lloyd ( Hayston) 73 (1) 72
Anne Lloyd ( Hayston) 86 (12) 74
Scratch: Lesley Lloyd 73 ( which equalled the Course Record )

Bronze: Lesley Glicksten (Strathaven) 97 (23) 74
Alison Reid ( Lanark) 110 (35) 75
Louise Fleming ( Strathaven) 102 (26) 76
Bronze Scratch: Lesley Glicksten 97
Winner of Nancy's Cup (best net score from a Junior) Emma Caddow 71.

To see some photos from the day go to the Lanarkshire County Website

Patrick Trophy Presentation and Dinner

It was the turn of Douglas Park Golf Club to host the annual Elizabeth Ogilvie League / Patrick Trophy Dinner on Thursday 11th October. 58 ladies from Bishopbriggs, Cawder, Hayston, Hilton Park , Kirkintilloch and Lenzie enjoyed good food, wine and good company. After the meal there was a quiz which proved a real test for the memory! This was followed by the presentation of the trophy. There were joint winners this year, Hayston and Lenzie. The Patrick Trophy was presented by the Hon President of the Elizabeth Ogilvie League, Joan Lawrie, to Margaret Scanlon, Lady Captain from Lenzie and Sarah Barr, lady captain from Hayston
To see some Photographs taken by Douglas Park's Lindsay McLean CLICK HERE

Greenlees Result - 3rd Division

GREENLEES RESULT: Cathcart Castle 6.5 Lenzie 2.5

Greenlees Result - 3rd Division

GREENLEES RESULT: Lenzie 3.5 Cowglen 5.5

Greenlees Result - 3rd Division

GREENLEES RESULT: Milngavie 8.5 Lenzie 0.5 Milngavie 5 Turnberry 4

Greenlees Result - 3rd Division

GREENLEES RESULT: Div.3 Cathcart Castle 6½ Williamwood 2½; Cawder 6 Lenzie 3; Greenock 7 Turnberry 2

Greenlees Result - 3rd Division

GREENLEES RESULT: Lenzie 7 Turnberry 2

Greenlees Result - Division 3

GREENLEES RESULT: Greenock 7.5 Lenzie 1.5

Greenlees Result - 3rd Division

Greenlees Result: Lenzie 6.5 Largs 2.5

Greenlees Result - 3rd Division

GREENLEES RESULT: Williamwood 8.5 Lenzie 0.5