BRIDGE AFTERNOON

The Ranfurly Castle Bridge Afternoon is coming up this month, on Wednesday 26th February, 1.30 for 2pm start. The cost is £30 for a table for four.

If you would like to play and have not already booked a table, please sign up on the Main Notice Board or contact Vicky Rennie to reserve a table. It promises to be a fun afternoon of cards with a delicious Afternoon Tea prepared and served by members of the Ladies Section.

LADIES HARD AT WORK

Sunday 19th January saw 7 ladies putting in a tough shift of gardening work outside the Clubhouse.
Well done girls, what a difference a bit of weeding and tidying up makes!
I'm sure all the members would like to thank you for your hard work.

     BEFORE:

     AFTER:

Volunteers to help out the gardening team always welcome!

90th AGM

Saturday 18th January saw the Ladies section host the 90th AGM.  Approximately 45 ladies gathered in the dining room where Captain Jan welcomed everyone.  Various reports were given covering events of the past year before Jan introduced Gillian Donaghy as her Vice Captain and welcomed her to the post.  2019 was a difficult year for Jan with no Vice Captain but, with the help of many of the members, she survived and is generously giving her time to continue as Captain for anoher year.  She thanked both Sheila Biggart and Marion Munro for their services as they departed from the committee and welcomed Anne Gordon and Helen Abram as new members to replace them.
A congratulations Birthday card was sent to Ronnie MacLaren who has reached the grand age of 100, our oldest Past Captain.
The meeting continued with Jan presenting the prizes and Trophies to the winners from the last seasons golf.
Finally two dates for next month were given for people to put in their diary:-
Wed 19th February - Afternoon Tea event and Wed 26th February - Bridge Afternoon.
Look out for sheets in the locker room to sign up if you are interested and further information will follow shortly.

CAPTAINS' DRIVE-IN 2020

Thanks to everyone who came along on Sunday 12th January to witness the new Captains' Drive-In.

2019 Captain David Stewart handed over the badge of office to Eunice Muir, who then introduced the 2020 Gents Vice Captain, Brian McLaughlin.

Eunice, Brian and Lady Captain Jan later hit their tee shots off the first tee in front of a cheering audience (all balls in play, but Jan's disappointingly in the bunker!).

We were then very lucky with a dry and pleasant weather window for the 9 hole stableford competition. This year's winner of the Captains Quaich was Joy McLeod with 24pts, narrowly beating Kevin Barr and last year's winner Martin McGoldrick.

Well done Joy, a good start to the season for the Ladies!

BREAKFAST ON 3rd JANUARY

Ladies, just a little reminder that everyone is invited to come to the Club on 3rd January 2020 for breakfast, a chat and, maybe, a little golf if wanted.  Time is 10.00-10.15am.
It would be helpful if you could contact Joy before hand if you plan to come along, but don't worry if that is not possible.  Looking forward to seeing anyone who is free for a catch up and a Happy New Year to you all when it comes.

LADIES AGM AND PRIZEGIVING

The Ladies Section AGM and Prizegiving will be held in the clubhouse on Saturday 18th January 2020, at 10.45 for 11am.

All ladies who are eligible to attend have been emailed paperwork for the meeting and there are copies available for inspection on the Notice Board in the Ladies Locker Room.

XMAS FUN!

There might not have been any golf because of the heavy rain but, great fun was had playing the entertaining quiz organised by Jan.  Everyone turned up in Festive dress - the jumper sales must have increased this year - but Anne Judge decided that a Xmas jumper was not nearly good enough as can be seen from the following photo.  Well done Anne!

Golf Teams of 3 were joined by ladies who had not intended to play golf anyway, but were prepared to put their general knowledge to the test.  No horrible head scratching questions this year, just a range of topics with plenty of possible answers for all the team to contribute to.   The overal winning team was decided by playing Family Fortunes and consisted of  Sheila Biggart, Evelyn MacDermid and Morag Cunningham - congratulations all.
40 Ladies then enjoyed lunch and chat upstairs, perhaps the first mince pie of the season for many of us, along with coffee or tea, rounded off the occasion.

NO GOLF THIS MORNING

Predictably, the weather is not pleasant for golf this morning.

We will revert to Plan B and meet at 11.15am prior to our Christmas Lunch.

If the weather dries up this afternoon, anyone feeling they have missed out on their golf can always have a few holes after lunch.

See you all later

Jan

XMAS 9 HOLES AND LUNCH - WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER 2019

The 9 holes of golf will be Stableford "Yellow Ball" format in teams of three. Holes 1-3 & 13-18. Please see draw below.

Lunch will be 12.30 for 12.45pm, price £7.50, for soup and half sandwich combo plus tea/coffee and mince pie. Please bring the exact money if possible.

In the event of a very wet day, a decision on the golf will be made and blogged by 9.15am. If there is no golf, we will meet at 11.15am for some pre-lunch games.

DRAW
1st tee 10.15 Sheila Biggart, Morag Cunningham, Evelyn McDermid
1st tee 10.22 Mary Craig, Joy McLeod, Jane Dickie
1st tee 10.30 Marion Munro, Jean Irvine, Gillian Donaghy
13th tee 10.15 Pamela MacKenzie, Mary Hardie, Chris Minto
13th tee 10.22 Anne Judge, Rosemary Reedie, Alison Templeton
16th tee 10.15 Lilias Snodgrass, Pat Pennel, Morven McLeod
16th tee 10.22 Maureen Cook, Rosemary Ogilvie, Mary Irving
16th tee 10.30 Anne Robinson, Karin MacKenzie, Vicky Rennie

Any problems, please contact Jan

RLCGA SUCCESS FOR RANFURLY CASTLE

Anne Judge, Pearl Orr and Marion Munro
Winter Foursomes Winners

Sheila Shaw Pearl Orr and Jan Macnab

The 110th Renfrewshire Ladies' County Golf Association AGM was held at Haggs Castle Golf Club last Wednesday evening  -- the 6th November 2019. -- READ FULL REPORT

Ranfurly Castle's players performed well in this years County Competitions and received their prizes from RLCGA's President Pearl Orr after the AGM.

Ranfurly Castle Main Winners
Winter Foursomes 2018/19
Winners: Anne Judge and Marion Munro, Ranfurly Castle
Runners Up: Jan Macnab, Ranfurly Castle and Sheila Shaw, Caldwell

Spring Meeting Scratch and Division 1 Winner: Jan Macnab,
June Medal Winner: Jan Macnab 
July Medal Winner : Anne Judge

Rosebowl Winner: Jan Macnab,

Triam Winners: Jan Macnab, Ranfurly Castle, Morag Turner, Kilmacolm, Margaret Gray, Old Ranfurly

Unfortunately Jan's partner Sheila took unwell just after receiving the Winter Foursomes runners up award and Jan did not get presented her Rosebowl Winners Trophy as she was helping look after Sheila with others at the time and the prize giving was moved through to another room. Sheila has since recovered.  

Report by Carol Fell (as requested)

WINTER BOUNCE OPTIONS 2019

Ladies

As mentioned at the Ladies dinner last week, please keep in mind  the  bounce game  options on a Wednesday , 9.30am and 13.00 though probably best to check re 13.00.-see notice  in locker room

Saturday Morning play.. normally there are ladies play around 10.30am ish.....chek via clubv1..-full members however

LADIES DINNER

On Wednesday 23rd October 43 ladies enjoyed a lovely evening at the annual dinner.  Despite all the disruptive work being carried out fitting new windows in both the smoke room and mixed lounge, Simon, Mandy and their team coped amazingly. No one would have known how the room had looked only a couple of hours before everyone arrived! Judging by the noise level, everyone had a good time.
Jan welcomed everyone and presented the Fun Competition prizes before giving a little explanation of how she proposes to run the Ladies Section next season in light of the fact that there is no Vice Captain to take over in January.
As usual Jean Irvine has taken a very good selection of photos of the evening.

ALTERNATE FINAL SWING (12 holes) 19/10/2019

2 ladies played in this very last competition of the season on a day of very pleasant autumn weather.
No winter greens!

Winner:       Louise Cooper   16 pts
Runner Up: Morag Cunningham 9 ptts

FINAL SWING (12 holes) 16 OCTOBER 2019

8 Ladies played early afternoon (four played the red course and four played the green course,  (the morning weather was very wet). There were 5  winter greens.

Winner: Karen Binning (count back) 24 points

Runner Up: Anne Judge 24 points.

Updated 19/10/19, apologies , my error.

What an amazing rainbow!

SCRAMBLE TODAY CANCELLED

Once again the horrid rain has scuppered our plans for a fun day. The Australian Scramble scheduled for today, Wednesday 9th October, has had to be cancelled.

If anyone fancies coming to the club for lunch, there will be a few of us there from 12.15pm.

LADIES DUAL DAY OCTOBER MEDAL

05/10/2019

CSS (Red) 76 r/o

Scratch: Sarah Eckford 94

Silver Winner:     Sarah Eckford (11)  83
Silver RunnerUp: Eunice Muir (18)    85

No players in Bronze division

LADIES OCTOBER MEDAL 02/10/2019

14 ladies played on a glorious autumn day.
However, the greens had been tined and heavily sanded, so the putting was not easy!

CSS(Red)      76r/o
CSS(Green)   75r/o

Scratch: Jan Macnab(10)    86

Silver Winner:     Jan Macnab (10)  76
Silver RunnerUp: Mary Craig (16)   77

Bronze Winner:      Helen Abram (21)   79
Bronze RunnerUp: Vicky Rennie (28)   80

AUSTRALIAN SCRAMBLE WEDNESDAY 9TH OCTOBER

The draw has been done for the fun 12 hole scramble next Wednesday, 9th October 2019

LADY GOLFERS' ANNUAL DINNER

The ladies dinner will be on Wednesday 23rd October 2019, 7 for 7.30pm. The menu offered by new chef Simon Partridge looks delicious (see below) and I hope as many ladies as possible will be able to attend. The price will be £25 for 3 courses plus coffee or tea.

The prizes for this year's charity and fun competitions will be presented on the night.

There is a notice up in the Locker Room for everyone to sign up and tick their menu choices. Anyone who wishes to come but cannot get to the club in the next week or so can email me with their menu choices and I will add them to the list.

See you then
Jan

WINTER 12 HOLE COMPETITION

As there were very few entries this year for the 12-Hole Winter Knock-out, it was decided to run this as a Round Robin competition.

The notice is up in the Ladies Locker Room for those playing to enter results.