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Tuesday 24 August 2021

WHITECRAIGS PAIR BRENDA CONWAY AND FIONA ARMOUR WIN THE RLCGA COUNTY GREENSOMES

Brenda Conway and Fiona Armour 

In calm conditions 24 couples played in  the Renfrewshire's Ladies County Greensomes yesterday at Cochrane Castle GC. 

The winners of the competition, with an excellent score of 67, were Fiona Armour and Brenda Conway (both Whitecraigs). 

Leaderboard
1st: Fiona Armour (Whitecraigs) 67 Brenda Conway (Whitecraigs) 
2nd: Claire McGinty-Scott (Kilmarnock Barassie) 70 June Irons (Caldwell) 
3rd: Pat Robertson (Caldwell) 70 Sheila Shaw (Caldwell) 

 Full results can be found on the following this  LINK. 
 
Thanks go to Cochrane Castle GC for hosting the event and making their clubhouse and facilities available to us. 

Thanks go to Marianne McKelvie Deputy Results Secretary for the report and photograph

Wednesday 11 August 2021

GREENLEES STALWART WILLEEN MCCALLUM HAS DIED

Willeen McCallum

It is with great saddness that I have to announce the death of Willeen McCallum who ran the Greenlees league, single handed for 19 years. Her organisational skills, friendly manner and sense of humour stood her in good stead and we all owed her a great debt of gratitude.

In the her time all the Greenlees results were collated manually and then put in the Results Section of the Glasgow Herald

 I don’t think anyone realised how much time and effort Willeen spent making sure that the league ran smoothly through the summers and then followed this up with the presentation lunches and December fixture meetings.

As well as the general day to day running of the league, proposals from clubs had to be dealt with as well as any complaints from clubs - on the whole the latter were not numerous."
"But it all added up to responsibility of running the league."

In her time of office the 50th anniversary took place and she organised a Greenlees Jamboree over Troon Portland. A highly successful day. 3 ball best ball competition with 60 competitors. Lunch provided for some 100 people. -- No mean feat of organisation

Willeen, Anne and Fiona
75th Anniversary Celebration at Cathcart Castle

She then attended the 75th Anniversary Match at Cathcart Castle in 2015  she is seen in the photo with her successor Fiona Roger and Secretary at the time of the 75th Anniversary Anne Dunn

On her retrial in 2008 she said that the highlight of her 20 years in office was the meeting of Mrs Greenlees in 1990 at the 50th Anniversary at Troon. Mrs Greenlees got married at aged 17, had 2 children by the age of 20 and started her golfing career at Prestwick St.Nicholas and died in 1994 aged 94 

Willeen on the other hand started her golfing career at Ranfurly Castle and on her retiral she just managesd to squeeze in at no 9 in the Whitecraigs Greenlees Team..

Willeen was such a character and many of her antics came to the fore as you will see in the video below in 2007 at Prestwick St Nicholas at the Greenlees Presentation Lunch.

She also was a past member of Renfrewshire Ladies'  County Golf Assoiation and member of Whitecraigs GC   -- She will be sorely missed by many 

Funeral details in the Glasgow Herald


Wednesday 27 May 2020

PAUL LAWRIE INTERVIEWED BY WHITECRAIGS PRO DAVID ORR and more than £12,000 RAISED

David Orr and Paul Lawrie
Whitecraigs GC Professional David Orr held his last Zoom Meeting tonight to Non Members and his guest speaker was the 1999 British Open Champion Paul Lawrie. An excellent session was enjoyed by many.

DAVID AND WIFE RONA ORR HAVE NOW GOT TO THEIR  £12,000 TARGET 
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE JUSTGIVING PAGE FOR DETAILS

Wednesday 20 May 2020

Whitecraigs David Orr and Iona Stephen - Catch up Interview

David Orr and Iona Stephen (Click in the link below to go to the Just Giving Page)
Yesterday Whitecraigs Golf Professional David Orr interviewed 
Iona Stephen who is now with televisions Golfing World.
Iona was Past RLCGA Team Member and Ranfurly Castle Golf Club Member

The interview was excellent and well worth a watch if you missed the session. 
CLICK HERE TO VIEW

To donate go to David's Just Giving Page and help him get to his £12,000 mark

This evening  David's guest is the 2019 Solheim Winning Captain Catriona Matthew 

Sunday 17 May 2020

JOIN WHITECRAIGS PRO DAVID ORR'S ZOOM MEETINGS -- IONA STEPHEN AND CATRIONA MATTHEW ARE HIS GUESTS THIS WEEK

Up and coming Zoom Meetings 
 By Michael McEwen From Bunkered Magazine

CLICK HERE FOR DAVID'S NEWSLETTER
GO TO END OF POST TO SEE HOW TO JOIN (PLUS JOIN A COACHING SESSION ON MONDAY 18TH MAY)
 Jump to the present day, and the Whitecraigs Pro David Orr has become something of a virtual golfing Michael Parkinson, interviewing the likes of Paul McGinley, Robert MacIntyre and Richie Ramsay via the online video communications platform.
These live sessions started out as part of Orr’s strategy to keep the Glasgow club’s 1000-plus members engaged during the coronavirus lockdown.
In just a matter of weeks, however, they’ve become a hit with members and non-members alike and are on track to help raise an incredible £12,000 for the NHS.
“Whitecraigs has been great to me throughout all this by continuing to support me, so I was keen to repay the favour and find a way to give back,” Orr tells bunkered.co.uk. “With no golfers passing through my shop, I decided to park my retail operations until such times as restrictions are lifted and, obviously, there’s nobody to teach and no events to play in. That has meant that I’ve had a lot of extra time on my hands. So, very early on, I had a chat with my wife Rona about what I could maybe do.”
Whitecraig's Pro David Orr
That’s when Orr first heard of Zoom.
“I didn’t know it existed until March 25 when I was looking into video conferencing tools that I could use to communicate with the club’s members online,” he laughs. “It seemed like everybody else in the world was using it and it looked easy enough to set up so I decided to give it a go. 
"I organised our first members’ session on Monday, March 30, which was all about how to stay active in lockdown. Around 14 people tuned in for it, which was more than I’d expected, and so I decided to make it a regular thing.”
Further sessions followed on the Wednesday and Friday of that first week but, heading into week two, Orr decided he needed more content. Primarily, he needed guests.
“The Scottish Golf national coach Ian Rae got Richie Ramsay - who has been a brilliant help - to come on that week to talk to the members and do a bit of a Q&A with them,” he explains. “Then we got Robert MacIntyre. Both of those sessions were really well received and the number of people tuning in kept going up and up.”
It was at that point that Orr decided to introduce a philanthropic element.
“All of the sessions are totally free to take part in but I wanted to see if we could try to raise some money for a worthy cause whilst we were making them,” he says. “Our lady captain’s daughter works in the critical care department of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow and I know that they’ve been really struggling throughout all of this. Even just simple things like having the fridge stocked with snacks has been a challenge. So I decided to set up a JustGiving page to raise money for them.
“The message was, ‘These sessions are 100% free but, if you’ve enjoyed them and you’re in a position to contribute, here’s a worthy cause that we’re supporting.’”
Orr’s goal was to raise £2,000. To date, the fundraising total stands at now over £10,000. 
“I’m pretty astounded at how generous people have been to be honest with you,” he says. “It has been really heartening to see our members all rally around a brilliant and deserving cause, particularly in a real and present time of need.”
In the meantime, with no end to the lockdown in sight, the online sessions continue to get bigger and bigger.
“I actually had to increase my Zoom capacity to keep up with demand,” says the pro. “I’ve got a great relationship with TaylorMade [David is actually a TaylorMade Master Fitter] and they kindly arranged to have Paul McGinley come on last week, which was brilliant. We’ve also had the likes of Martin Kaymer’s caddie Craig Connelly, the European Tour’s chief referee John Paramor, and TaylorMade tour fitter Adrian Rietveld make guest appearances. 
Iona Stephen (now with Golfing World)
"Next week, we’ve got Iona Stephen from Golfing World and GOLFTV lined up, as well as our head greenkeeper. I think it’s important that, as well as providing access to people from the tour, we make sure key figures from the club are accessible, too.”
Orr sees the sessions winding down in the coming weeks as playing golf inches closer to a return and takes precedence over talking golf. However, he has already taken steps to make sure he goes out on a high. 
“We’ve got Catriona Matthew and Paul Lawrie making guest appearances soon, which will be fantastic,” he says. “It’s hard to think of two bigger names in Scottish golf than them. They’re the country’s two most recent major champions and have played pivotal parts in recent Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup victories, so I’m sure our members will love the opportunity to ask questions of them and to hear some of their memories.”
Orr readily admits that the Zoom sessions have forced him to step outside of his comfort zone. However, that, he says, is the least he could do
“For me, it’s all about customer service,” he insists. “In an ideal world, I’d be providing that from my shop at the club but, in the absence of that, you’ve got to find other ways to maintain relationships, keep people engaged and add value to their memberships at a time when they might not feel that they’re getting as much from it as they want. Every golf club member wants to play golf. But if they can’t do that, through no fault of anybody’s, you’ve got to find other ways to satisfy them.
“It’s been really encouraging to see how much people have enjoyed these sessions and The fact that we’ve been able to raise so much money for a really worthy cause has been the icing on the cake.
“Whilst it will be nice to get back to normal, part of me will be sorry to wind the sessions down. It’s been a lot of fun at a time when there hasn’t been a huge amount of that going around.”
“The message was, ‘These sessions are 100% free but, if you’ve enjoyed them and you’re in a position to contribute, here’s a worthy cause that we’re supporting.’‘

INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO JOIN THE WHITECRAIGS ZOOM MEETING FROM DAVID ORR
Hi -Everyone You may or may not have heard about the Whitecraigs Zoom Channel from me recently but here is list of the upcoming guest sessions whichI have the pleasure in inviting you to join and I hope contribute to our NHS charities*. 

Mon 18th May at 1130 David’s Coaching Tips & 
Pitching Comp Awards 
Tue 19th May at 1900 Iona Stephen (Pro golfer and Sky sports presenter) 
Wed 20th May at 1900 Catriona Mathews (Winning European Captain Solheim Cup) 
Thu 21st at 1500 The Peter and Andy Show – Q&A with Course Manager and Deputy And The following week – look out for the schedule but pencil in: 

Mon 25th May at 1130 David’s Coaching Tips 
Wed 27th May at 1900 Paul Lawrie (Open Champion) 

If you want to join any of these sessions, please note the following advice. If you have the Zoom app or use Zoom regularly you will have no problem so apologies to you, but for others: Ideally view the sessions on a larger screen such as your computer or tablet. Just before the session starts, say 5 mins, open-up this email on the device you choose to use and simply click on the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6394530111?pwd=bkhheWtmWjV3ZmMwSmsrRTJaZk9hZz09 

 If you do not have this email on the device you want to use you can do the following about 5 minutes before the due meeting: 

1. If you have the Zoom App on your device you can select “Join a Meeting” and key the meeting ID and password or 
2. If you do not have the Zoom App you can go to www.zoom.us/ and from there “Join the meeting” much as above. 

Note the Meeting ID is 639 4530 111 and the password is golf2140 for the month of May. 

 Notes: 
 1. When you ask to join the meeting you will probably find Zoom tells you that you are in the “waiting room” – just be patient – we know you are there. 
2. Our club Professional, David Orr, will interview the guests and those attending will be able to ask questions before or, during the session, via the Chat function. 
3. The sessions are absolutely free but David and his team are raising money for the NHS and so we ask you contribute via JustGiving – see link below*. 
4. David runs online coaching sessions for members and guests usually at 1130 on a Monday, Wednesday and Fridays but as we are having additional guest sessions some of the coaching sessions are subject to change. 
5. The best way to keep informed is to ask David to add you to his Zoom contact list by going into the Zoom App, going to contacts, pressing the + sign and requesting davidorrgolf@hotmail.com makes you contact. 
 You will be able to see information about sessions on the Chat function in Zoom. 
6. If you have any questions, please email or phone me and I will try and sort things out. 
 *To help with the fund raising go to: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/davidorrgolf?utm_term=wMmXaYg4D

Here is log in for tomorrow; I think the login will be the same for ALL sessions forthcoming.  Please let me know if you experience any difficulty:

COACHING ZOOM MEETING 
David Orr is inviting you to a scheduled Coaching Zoom meeting.

Topic: David's Coaching Session

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 639 453 0111
Password: golf2140

Friday 10 April 2020

WHITECRAIGS GOLF CLUB RAISES FUNDS TO SUPPORT NHS STAFF

David Orr
Nice story in the Scotsman Newspaper by Martin Dempster about Whitecraigs pro David Orr teeing up video sessions for members during coronavirus course closure to raise funds to support NHS staff ....
Scotsman Newspaper 9th April 2020
Click to enlarge and read 
 Alternatively -- CLICK HERE

Saturday 1 February 2020

Carol and Alyson reach the finals of the Renfrewshire Winter Foursomes

Click to Enlarge to read results

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)

Thursday 17 October 2019

GREENLEES TROPHY AND PRESENTATION LUNCH - CATHKIN BRAES ARE THE 2019 CHAMPIONS

Cathkin Braes celebrate

VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHS

The Annual Greenlees Lunch and prize giving  took place today, 17th October, at Douglas Park Golf Club. 

This was attended by 57 ladies representing the 25 Clubs that are in the 3 Greenlees Divisions.

Old Ranfurly's  Maureen Taggart and Merope Dunlop helped to collect in the Greenlees Fees and Douglas Park had Lindsay Mclean and Gill Hendry welcoming the visitors to the club.   

The tables were named after  the European Countries were represented in the victorious Solheim Cup and flower arrangements  were on all the tables courtesy of D Park's Jeannie Sutherland and Elaine Macewan

SCOTLAND: Lynda Smith, Denise Macnaughton, Maureen Mitchell and Carol Fell (Top Table)

SPAIN: Cathkin Braes, East Renfrewshire and Lanark
NETHERLANDS : Douglas Park, Troon and Old Ranfurly
FRANCE: Milngavie, Loudoun Gowf, Largs and Hilton Park
NORWAY: Erskine, Prestwick St Nicholas, Kilmacolm and Williamwood
SWEDEN: Ayr Bellisle, Kilmarnock Barassie, Cowglen and Cathcart Castle
GERMANY: Whitecraigs, Bothwell Castle and Cardross
ENGLAND: Haggs Castle, Ranfurly Castle, West Kilbride and Lenzie

West of Scotland Greenlees Secretary Maureen Mitchell (Old Ranfurly) opened the proceedings by welcoming everyone to the 79th Anniversary Year of the Greenlees Trophy. 

She then introduced the top table guests - Denise Macnaughton , the Lady Captain of Douglas Park , who welcomed everyone on behalf of the Club and announced that if everyone checked behind their seat if they found a card they were invited to take home the flowers after the lunch.

She then introduced Carol Fell and said "Carol does a fantastic job keeping her website CaroFellGolf up to date which includes the  Greenlees Results which are available for all to see."

Next introduction was that of  Douglas Park's Past Greenlees Secretary Lynda Smith who was there instead of Susan Griffin (DP Greenlees Secretary) who was down in London. Susan had been the main organiser of all the the lunch arrangements and table plans and with the help of a few others enabled the event to be held. 


Everyone then enjoyed an excellent lunch and much chat could be heard.

Prior to the presentation of Trophies Carol  Fell said a few words --
Elizabeth Fazzi and Aileen Wilson (Haggs Castle) - Runners Up Division 2

She welcomed Aileen Wilson from Haggs Castle who in her first Greenlees match played for Caldwell in the 1950's and over 60  years on still represented Haggs Castle this year -- a fantastic feat !!

She then read out a piece that past Secretary Fiona Roger had said in 2010  when it was the 70th Anniversary of the Greenlees -- 


In 1931 ten teams played in one division - Troon, Prestwick St. Nicholas, Douglas Park, Paisley, Drumpellier, Sandyhills, Kilmacolm, Ranfurly Castle, Cathkin Braes and Cardross. At the end of the season Troon and Prestwick St. Nicholas both had 62 points, they had a play off over Western Gailes and Prestwick St Nicholas won by one match. Mrs Greenlees, on behalf of her husband who donated the trophy, presented it to Prestwick.

Cathkin must have found it all too much because they withdrew after year one and were replaced by Balmore!! 
Fiona also found a report written after the 1934 matches, I presume by the then Secretary. It read ----- matches have not been so keanly contested this year and certain clubs are lacking in team spirit. ----------. Our recent Secretaries would not dare to write such a report as with the usual close fought matches we have it is right up to the bitter end to decide our winners 

Now a great Cathkin Braes Team has won the trophy for the  3rd time in 6 years — Many congratulations  
Carol said "I am not too sad to be out of the 1st Division after 41 years (Ranfurly Castle - 40 ) and now playing for Douglas Park— I have enjoyed 100s and 100s of matches and love the camaraderie."

Willeen McCallum took over as West of Scotland Greenlees Secretary in 1988 and in 1990 - the 50th anniversary took place and she organised a Greenlees Jamboree over Troon Portland. A highly successful day. 3 ball best ball competition with 60 competitors. Lunch provided for some 100 people. -- No mean feat of organisation She then retired in 2007 

In 2007 I was asked at that time by Isabel Crawford the then West of Scotland Secretary if I would be the Greenlees Secretary  — Results were no longer going into the Herald and a real difficulty in communicating the results. 
It was also decided  to try to make a change of Secretary every 3 to 4 years  — I then set up the spreadsheets for the results and Fiona Roger then took over in 2008 - 2011 when the 70th Anniversary was in 2010.  
Anne Dunn from 2012 - 2016 (75th Anniversary Tri Am was so well run at Cathcart Castle in 2015 ) and then Maureen  who will still be the Greenlees Secretary in 2020 when it will be the 80th Anniversary. 

After that Maureen will then step down and we hope to fill the role of West of Scotland Greenlees Secretary for 2021 so that no-one is ever in the job for too long - Maureen is enjoying doing her roll and we thank her for all her hard work during the season.

Also it would be greatly appreciated that with the ever growing age of technology --  I am quite willing to help iron out any communication problems   -- and if anyone has ideas they would be most welcome.

East Renfrewshire GC is the next club to hold the lunch and perhaps be able hold an 80th Anniversary Celebration at their club  All help will be available. 

Finally I would like to congratulate Donna Jackson from Troon who had a hole in one at the 4th hole at Williamwood against Julie Wilson  and Julie tells me the same thing happened to her last year when Lenzie’s Evelyn Crosbie had a hole in one at the same hole against her — Julie has been having a hard time  -- 
I was then also reminded that Lindsay Mclean (Douglas Park) had a hole in one against Cathkin Braes in their  final match and June Kerr (West Kilbride) also had one in a Greenlees match this year followed by an eagle I think !!!

Well done everyone 


Finally, I like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Williamwood Annodata Team who are through to the semi-final in Spain of the Annodata UK Golf Club Classic with a hard fought 3-2 win against Kenwood Park Golf Club in a home match in the quarter finals.They are now off to play their semi finals at the Montecastillo Resort near Cadiz in Spain on 20th and 21st November. 

Maureen then informed everyone that the Greenlees AGM would be on Tuesday 19th November at Old Ranfurly -- The exchanging of dates for matches would be first at 10:15 am with the AGM at 11am.

Maureen then invited the Captain Denise to present the trophies to the winning teams - see video. -  
Bothwell Castle, Whitecraigs, Troon and Cathkin representatives all said a few words  -- Apologies to Bothwell Castle -- I missed hitting the record button  - It was an excellent speech !!




Division 3 was won by Bothwell Castle, Runners up Hilton Park.
Whitecraigs winners of Division 2 and runners up Haggs Castle.

The runners up in Division 1 were Troon who were  beaten by the overall winners - Cathkin Braes




If you would like a printout of the results for your Club noticeboard -- CLICK HERE 

 PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE DAY CLICK HERE 


Cathkin Braes - 2019 Greenlees Trophy Winners
Troon Ladies - Beth Paterson and Sara-Ann Bottomley
Greenlees Trophy Runners Up
Division 1 
Cathkin Braes 46 - Greenlees Trophy Winners 2019 
Troon 40.5 - Greenlees Trophy Runners Up 
Ranfurly Castle 29 - Relegated to Division 2 
Douglas Park 28.5 - Relegated to Division 2


Division 2 Winners -- Whitecraigs
Division 2
Whitecraigs 43.5 - Division 2 Winners
Haggs Castle 43 - Division 2 Runners Up 
East Renfrewshire 33 - Relegated to Division 3 
Lenzie 30 - Relegated to Division 3


Bothwell Castle - Division 3 Winners
Division 3 
Bothwell Castle 28 - Division 3 Winners 
Hilton Park 23 - Division 3 Runners Up 
Greenlees Divisional Winners and Runners Up - Click to enlarge 

Carol, Maureen and Denise




Maureen then concluded by wishing everyone a safe journey home.



After the event Douglas Park Captain Denise and "Greenlees Webmaster " Carol were presented with beautiful flower displays that she had made for the top table

Sunday 29 September 2019

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 


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

Wednesday 25 September 2019

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)

Thursday 29 August 2019

Williamwood Open Day raises £2,500 for Age Concern East Renfrewshire and Whitecraigs trio are the Winners

Carol McBeath of Age Concern,
Gill Unick - Lady Vice Captain - Williamwood
Carol McNally -  Lady Vice Captain - Williamwood
Williamwood Ladies' Open Triam: 28th August

Over 140 ladies (just 4 home players) played in Williamwood's clearly popular annual tournament  today.  The visiting ladies found the back 9 holes quite a bit tougher than the front 9 (members would agree!) and all keen to return next year.

Local players from Whitecraigs just pipped one of the Ralston teams on the better inward 9, whilst Milngavie trio took 3rd spot and Prestwick St. Nicholas 4th place.


Leaderboard:
1st: L Hay; A Campbell; J Mitchell all Whitecraigs 137 (bih)
2nd: L McMillan; C Clark; L Marven all Ralston 137
3rd: M Allan; S O'Neill; S Sinclair all Milngavie 139 (bih)
4th: A McGillivray; S Dunigan; L Thompson all Prestwick St. Nicholas 

Photograph of full notice board scores shown below.

Results - Click to enlarge
Another Winner on the day was most definitely Wiliamwood's chosen charity: Age Concern East Renfrewshire.  An unbelievable amount of over £2,500 was raised on the day through everyone's commitment and generosity.

Missed out this year?  Watch out for on line booking early in 2020. 

Two best net scores counted, therefore winners were 7 under par.

Thanks go to Carol McNally for the results and report

Wednesday 28 August 2019

Brenda Duthie and Stella Bowie win the RLCGA Centenary Trophy over Cowglen Golf Course

 
Stella Bowie and Brenda Duthie 


30 teams competed in the Renfrewshire Ladies' County Golf Association  Greensomes Stableford today at Cowglen Golf Club.

The outright winners of the competition and Centenary Trophy with a fabulous score of 42 stableford points was the team of Brenda Duthie, from Cathcart Castle GC and Stella Bowie, from Kilmacolm GC. 

2nd : Shirley Back and June Lockhart
3rd: Morag Little and Jennifer MacGregor
The Douglas Park GC duo of Captain June Lockhart and Shirley Back were second with 38 points, and third were Morag Little and Jennifer MacGregor, both from Whitecraigs GC, with 36 stableford points.

To read the full report and results go to the RLCGA Website

Thanks go to Gillian Kyle for the photographs

Monday 26 August 2019

Orla Rooney wins the 2019 Renfrewshire Junior Championship and the Campbell Clock Stableford

Campbell Clock winner Orla Rooney [Cowglen]
with Whitecraigs Lady Captain Helen Daye

Nine girls participated for the Renfrewshire County Junior Campbell Clock Stableford competition over 18 holes, at Whitecraigs Golf Club yesterday afternoon (25th August). 

This was won by Orla Rooney (Cowglen) with a fabulous 41 points. 

Jennifer Lynagh (Caldwell) with 37 points won 2nd prize winning in the BIH over 3rd prize winner Ava Graham (Paisley). 

Orla also won the Junior County Championship trophy --  this was awarded to the best 18-hole gross score, 

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS 

To read the full report go to the RLCGA Website

Saturday 3 August 2019

RENFREWSHIRE CAMPBELL CLOCK AND JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP - SPREAD THE WORD




The  Renfrewshire Ladies County Golf Association Junior Campbell Clock  is to be played on August 25th at Whitecraigs GC. 
There are competitions for all abilities so please spread the word around your clubs in Renfrewshire to encourage girls to enter. 
 Entry by email to Clair Barclay  
Read morebout the Juniors on the RLCGA WEBSITE

Monday 13 May 2019

Scottish Women's Regional Medal Final West Division


Congratulations to the following Silver and Bronze Division players who have qualified for the Grand Final at the Eden Course, St Andrews on Sunday June 16th 2019

Played over East Renfrewshire Golf Course today 12th May  

Silver:
72 Georgy McIntosh (Strathaven)
73 Jan Macnab (Ranfurly Castle)
73 Julie Wilson (Williamwood)
73 Lorna Armour (Machrihanish)
74 Alison Finlay (Whitecraigs)
​74 Susan Dumigan (Prestwick)

Bronze: 
71 Shaeen Ahmad (Balmore)
72 Jennifer Aird (Strathaven) 
75 Margaret Adams (Gleddoch)
76 Rhonda Didcock (Tillicoultry)
78 Helen Abram (Ranfurly Castle)
78 Moira Holt (Renfrew)


CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE RESULTS

CLICK HERE FOR THE EAST QUALIFIERS AND RESULTS