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.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS 

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

WILLIAMWOOD WIN THE WEST OF SCOTLAND GREENLEES TROPHY

Greenlees Trophy 2021 Divisional Results

Many congratulations go to Williamwood Golf Club who have won the 2021 Greenlees Trophy.

Ranfurly Castle are Division 2 Winners and Lenzie Division 3 winners.

CLICK HERE FOR ALL RESULTS

The Annual Lunch and Presentation of Prizes this year will be held at East Renfrewshire Golf Club on Tuesday, 26^th October at 12:30 pm for 1pm.

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  

Scottish Golf Medal Finals West Division Draw

 

A full field of 156 club golfers have signed up to play in this week’s Scottish Medal Final West at the popular Williamwood Golf Club in Glasgow Friday 14th May 2021

It is the second of six regional qualifiers for this new Scottish Golf tournament with the top six men and top six women at each event earning the right to tee up in the Scottish Medal Finals Grand Final to be played at The Duke’s, St Andrews, on Sunday 15 August.

The event at Williamwood comes hard on the heels of last week’s Scottish Medal Final East tournament at Craigmillar Park in Edinburgh in which the first 12 qualifiers booked their places in the Grand Final at the Home of Golf. 

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Read more on the Scottish Golf Website or in the news section of your SG App

Julie Wilson wins the West of Scotland Championship over Cochrane Castle

Julie Wilson - 2021 West of Scotland Champion
(photo courtesy of Jean MacIntyre)

The 2021 West of Scotland Championship took place over Cochrane Castle Golf Club yesterday (Sunday, 9th May.)

With a field of over 40 participants and the weather better than predicted, it turned out, for some, a very close competition.

Megan and Julie - Photo courtesy of Jean MacIntyre

Renfrewshire’s Julie Wilson (Williamwood) was the winner of the West of Scotland Championship Trophy with a gross 75 (bih) over Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm).  

D&A'S Lorna McClymont (Milngavie) was a close third with a gross 76.

Jodie Graham - Photo courtesy of Jean MacIntyre

Lanarkshire’s Jodie Graham (Hamilton) had a very successful day finishing her round with an eagle 2 at the 18th hole !

She won the  Handicap Trophy and  Prize with her net 73 with a better inward half from Renfrewshire's June Lockhart (Douglas Park) Julie Wilson (Williamwood) and Rosie Maguire ( Pollok Golf Club) and also was a member of the winning Lanarkshire Junior team.

Eilidh Briggs, Megan Briggs and Jennifer Rankin
Winning Team - Renfrewshire
Photo courtesy of Jean MacIntyre

The Senior Team Trophy  was won by Renfrewshire’s Eilidh Briggs, Megan Briggs (both Kilmacolm) and Jennifer Rankin (Haggs Castle) with a gross score of 154 - over Lanarkshire’s Lesley Lloyd (Ladies Golf Club Troon) Susan Woodhouse (East Kilbride) and Susan McGrenaghan (Hayston) (156).  The trophy is decided by the two best gross scores from three.

The Junior Team Trophy was won with a score of 148 (and a better inward half) by Lanarkshire’s Jodie Graham, Lindsay Main and Neve Marshall over Renfrewshire’s Jennifer Lynagh, Rosie Maguire and Ava Graham.  The trophy is decided by the best two net scores from three.

Cochrane Castle - Par 72 / CR 71.6 / Slope Rating 126

Gross Leaderboard

75 Julie Wilson (Williamwood), Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm)

76 Lorna McClymont (Milngavie)

77 Alyson McGinnigle (Williamwood)

78 Lesley Lloyd (Hayston), Susan Woodhouse (East Kilbide)

79 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm), Eva O'Connor (Bothwell Castle)

Leaderboard Net Scores 

 73 - Jodie Graham [8] (Hamilton) , June Lockhart [16]  (Douglas Park), Julie Wilson [2] Williamwood , Rosie Maguire (Pollok GC) [10] 

 74 - Justine Fulton [8] (Hayston)

 75 - Jennifer Lynagh [8] (Caldwell), Alyson McGinnigle [2] (Williamwood) , Neve Marshall [16] (Cathkin Braes)

 76 - Lesley Lloyd [2] (Ladies Golf Club Troon) , Eva O'Connor [3] (Bothwell Castle)

Team Award

Senior Team Award - Renfrewshire 154

Junior Team Award - Lanarkshire 148 (bih)

Jean MacIntyre (West of Scotland Secretary) thanked  Renfrewshire’s Fiona Armour and Carol Fell for all their hard work to ensure our first attempt at running a West of Scotland Event through Scottish Golf’s Venue Management System (VMS) went according to plan

PHOTOGRAPHS  FROM JEAN MACINTYRE -- CLICK HERE 

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)

Williamwood Ladies are representing Scotland in Spain

From L to R -Lorraine Morris, Mary Scott, Gill Unick,
Diane Dryden and Gill Mcleod

Williamwood Ladies 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.

From Carol McNally
In the Annodata 5 Person Team Tournament, Williamwood Ladies (now representing Scotland as the last remaining Ladies Scottish Team) won their quarter final match at home against Kenwick Park, Louth, Lincolnshire. 

 An extremely close match for their 7th round resulted in a 3-2 win. Particular note for Diane Dryden winning her match from 2 down with 3 to play. 

 Extra champagne for you Diane! 

 The cumulative handicaps for both teams, strangely totalled the exact same. Williamwood are now off to play their semi finals at the Montecastillo Resort near Cadiz in Spain on 20th and 21st November. 

 Well done ladies and good luck from all Scottish lady golfers.

Williamwood win through to the Annodata Quarter Finals

Williamwood Team are all smiles
Gill Unick; Gill McLeod
Front row L TO R : Lorraine Morris; Diane Dryden; Mary Scott.

Congratulations to Williamwood Golf Club Ladies on reaching the last 8 of the Annodata UK Golf Club Classic with a 3.5 - 1.5 win over Glenbervie Golf Club Ladies

They now have the last  8 Ladies teams confirmed in the Annodata UK Golf Club Classic.

Williamwood now representing Scotland, they have a home drawn tie against Kenwick Park of Lincolnshire for a place in semis in Spain. 

Match to take place 3rd October.

Clubs in the Quarter Finals

Kenwick Park Golf Club 
Playgolf Colchester 
Mill Ride Golf Club 
Foxhills 
Williamwood Golf Club 
Perranporth Golf Club 
Shrewsbury Golf Club 
Lee on the Solent Golf Club Ladies Section

Entries open for 2020 - www.matchplaygolf.co.uk/enter

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

Williamwood and Glenbervie in Scottish Golf Club Classic Annodata Final

Williamwood Team -Lorraine Morris, Diane Dryden,

 Gill McLeod, Mary Scott and Gill Unick

Congratulations to West of Scotland's Williamwood GC Ladies on their away win against Ravelston Golf Club in Edinburgh in the 5th round of the AnnodataLtd UK Golf Club Classic. 🏆⛳️👏

They now meet the 2018 Scottish champions Glenbervie in the 6th round to win a place in the finals of the Annodata Golf Club Classic  at  Montecastillo Golf Resort in Cadiz, Spain.

Dunbracken GC and Glenbervie GC

Glenbervie won against Dunbracken Golf Club 4 - 1 in the 5th Round

SIXTH ROUND DRAW

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Julie Wilson takes top spot at Williamwood and Sandra Littlejohn has a Hole in One

Jule Wilson (Williamwood)

40 players played in Renfrewshire Ladies' County Golf Association July Medal over Williamwood Golf Course yesterday.

Home player Julie Wilson took the top spot with a 2 over CSS score of 75 with a better inward half from Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire).

Left to Right - CarolFell, Anne Judge and Marion Munro

In the handicap Section (Scratch - 12)  Anne Judge (Ranfurly Castle) was the winner of Division 1 by virtue of the better inward half from Carol Fell (Douglas Park) and overall winner of the medal with a nett 71

Marion Munro (Ranfurly Castle) took the top spot in Division 2 (Handicap 13+)

Sandra Littlejohn - Hole in One at the 2nd

Highlight of the day was Vice Captain Sandra Littlejohn's Hole in One at the 2nd hole and now wins a HowDidIDo Boss Watch 

SSS 72, CSS 73
Scratch :
Julie Wilson (Williamwood) 75

H'Cap 0 - 12
1st: Anne Judge (Ranfurly Castle) 82 (11) 71 bih
2nd: Carol Fell (Douglas Park) 83 (12) 71 bih

3rd: Julie Wilson (Williamwood) 75 (4) 71

H'Cap 13+
1st: Marion Munro (Ranfurly Castle) 85 (13) 72
2nd: Julie Scott (Troon Welbeck) 86 (13) 73
3rd: Maureen Taggart (Old Ranfurly) 93 (18) 75

Click here for all the results

CLICK HERE FOR A FEW PHOTOS

CLICK HERE FOR FULL REPORT FROM THE RLCGA WEBSITE

MEGAN BRIGGS WINS THE WEST OF SCOTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE 6TH TIME

Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) successfully defended the West Championship with a score of 72 at Sandyhills Golf Club today.

Megan Briggs

Results:

1st Scratch (Champion) Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 72

2nd Scratch Fiona Norris (Hamilton)  75

3rd Scratch Julie Wilson (Williamwood) 77 BIH

Handicap Winner Jennifer Lynagh (Caldwell Golf Club) 65

Senior Team Winners :

Renfrewshire Team: Megan Briggs ( Kilmacolm ) 72, Donna Jackson (Troon Ladies) 79, Alyson McGinnigle (Cowglen) 78

Junior Team Winners 

Renfrewshire Junior Team : (best 2 handicap) Orla Rooney (Cowglen) 78, Jennifer Lynagh (Caldwell) 65, Aaliyah Sandu (Haggs Castle) 70

Fiona Norris, Megan Briggs and Julie Wilson

Winning Renfrewshire Team - Donna, Alyson and Megan

Jennifer Lynagh (Caldwell)  -- Winning Junior 

Aaliyah Sandu - Haggs Castle

Orla Rooney - Cowglen 

Many thanks go to Jean MacIntyre for the results and photographs from the Lanarkshire Website  -- Also some photos of all the competitors 

CLICK HERE - photos courtesy of Jean MacIntyre

Competition Result West Of Scotland Championship (19/05/2019) 
(CSS: 72 PAR: 74) -- Strokeplay Sandyhills (Red Tee) 

LEADING SCRATCH SCORES :

Megan Briggs	72
Fiona Norris	75
Julie Wilson	77
Eva O'Connor	77
Susan McGrenaghan	77
Liz Stewart	78
Alyson McGinnigle	78
Donna Jackson	79
Katie Graham	79
Alyson Hendry	80
Luisa Gibson (jnr)	81
Carol Whyte	81
Janice Paterson	81

LEADING HANDICAP SCORES:

1 Jennifer Lynagh (Caldwell) 85 (20) 65 
2 Aaliyah Sandhu (Haggs Castle) 84 (14) 70 
3 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm)  72 (1) 71 
4 Leah Bryce (Sandyhills) 82 (10) 72 
5 Eva O'Connor  (Bothwell Castle) 77 (5) 72 
6 Julie Wilson  (Williamwood) 77 (4) 73 
7 Susan McGrenaghan (Hayston) 77 (4) 73 
8 Fiona Norris (Hamilton) 75 (2) 73 

CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE SCORES

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 

RENFREWSHIRE COUNTY FOURSOMES QUALIFIERS

Overall winners Gill Unick and Lorraine Morris

43 couples played yesterday at Cathcart Castle Golf Club in the Renfrewshire Ladies County Foursomes qualifier.

Scratch award Carol McNally and Alyson McGinnigle

From the RLCGA Competition Page and the News Page

Carol McNally (Williamwood) and Alyson McGinnigle (Cowglen)  had the best scratch of the day with a 78  and Lorraine Morris and Gill Unick(Williamwood) the top Handicap prize with a net 72.

Leading Scores (Scratch)
1: A. McGinnigle (Cowglen) and C. McNally (Williamwood) 78 
2: D. Jackson (Troon Ladies)  L. Stewart (Greenburn) 80 
3: J. Wilson and G. McLeod (Williamwood) 84 bih
4: L. Morris and G. Unick (Williamwood) 84 

Leading Scores (Handicap)  

1: L. Morris and G. Unick (Williamwood) 72 
2: A. McGinnigle (Cowglen) and C. McNally (Williamwood) 72.5 
3: S. Reid (Kilmacolm) and B. Lyle (Whitecraigs) 73.5 
4: E. Hale and L.Anderson (Caldwell) 74 
5: S. Back (Douglas Park) and M. Bryce (Gleddoch) 74.5 
6: V. Crawford and L. Ellery (East Renfrewshire) 75.5
7: A. Barclay and C. Spy (East Renfrewshire) 76 
8: A. Judge and S. Smyth (Ranfurly Castle) 76.5 

CLICK HERE for all the Inter County final qualifiers for the 6th June at Cardross Golf Club and also the Commonwealth Spoon Finalist for the 2nd September at Pollok Golf Club

From some photos for the day --- CLICK HERE

RENFREWSHIRE COUNTY WINTER FOURSOMES -- EAST RENFREWSHIRE PAIR DEFEAT THE 2017 TITLE HOLDERS

Gillian Kyle and Carole Spy (East Renfrewshire) played against the 2017 RLCGA Winter Foursomes Champions-Alyson McGinnigle (Cowglen) and Carol McNally (Williamwood) -  in beautiful autumn sunshine on Friday 26th October at Cowglen GC. 

The away pairing appreciated the 5 shots they were receiving and used most of them wisely. 

The front 9 finished all square despite Alyson and Carol being 1up 3 times. Gillian and Carole were the steadier pair at the beginning of the back 9 and were 2up after 12 holes but good pars at the tricky 13th and 14th  by the “home” pair, saw the match squared once again. The away couple won the 15th with a tidy 4 then with the 16th halved in 3s, they were 1up with 2 to play. 

Both couples got a 5 at the long 17th but with a shot being given there, the match was won 2&1 by the East Renfrewshire pairing. 

Cowglen was in fantastic condition and preferred lies were hardly required at all. (There was too much chat to remember to take a photo!)

CLICK HERE  for the current results

Thanks go to Gillian Kyle for the report