Greenlees Result against Cochrane Castle

COCHRANE CASTLE 5 RANFURLY CASTLE 4
Another close away match and fortunately that tail keeps wagging.
Cochrane Castle fielded current county team members (who helped RLCGA reach the finals at Inchmarlo in September) and this made tough matches for the girls out first but they competed well. The girls towards the back of the team earned our points and managed to get in before the downpour.

Natasha Qayum --- Final Results fron the Scottish Under 21 Championship

Natasha Qayum played in the Scottish Under 21 Championships at Powfoot the week. To read all the final scores Click Here

Ladies Stableford

Played 27 July 2008 40 Entries
SSS 73 CSS 72
Silver Winner Anne Judge (7) 39 pts (bih)
Runner Up Nancy MacGadie (11) 39 pts
Bronze Winner Linda MacDougall (36) 44 pts
Runner Up Alison Murray (26) 41 pts

Fiona wins the Machrihanish Open

Fiona Roger played in the Machrihanish Open last week and WON 1st handicap!! Weather conditions similar to Birkdale - partly sunny, very windy and not too warm!
Scratch wasn't too bad either! She came in 4th behind a 5 and 6 handicapper,
Well done Fiona

Doreen and Nancy are Winners

Largs Golf Club held their Invitation Day today and Doreen McConnell and sister Nancy MacGadie were runners up in the foursomes strokeplay competition.

Wedding Bells Ring for the Robertson Family

The Ladies Section congratulate Colin Robertson who married Rachel Cutler at St Paul's Church, Hooton, Chester on Friday 11th July , 2008. A wonderful day was had by all

Click on the photo above to see an enlargement

Thanks go to Jean Irvine for the Photograph and news

Natasha qualifies for the Scottish Under 18 Girls Championship

Natasha Qayum has been playing in the Scottish Under 18 Girls Championship at Alyth Golf Club and qualified for the Match play stages. To read the full strokeplay results go to The West of Scotland Website
She played Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) in the 1st round of the matchplay and lost.
To see the full results for the Matchplay stages Click Here

Ladies July Medal

Played 16/7/08 27 Entries, SSS 73, CSS 74
Silver Winner: Eunice Muir (20) 70 bih
Runner - Up: Shona Gray (18) 70
Bronze Winner: Georgina Halfnight (36) 72
Runner - Up: Vicky Rennie (32) 77
Scratch Winner: Sarah Eckford 84

The Greenlees tail end of team wags

Ranfurly Castle played Prestwick St Nicholas at home in their Greenlees match today. Our top 3 in today's team were all beaten (but not badly) by Prestwick's top 3 who are all Ayrshire County Team Players. However, our tail end of the team all did well and Ranfurly Castle won 5 - 4.
Well done to Helen Craig who played in her first Greenlees Match and managed to win her tie which allowed Ranfurly Castle to win the match

Margaret Gray does well at Pitlochry

Congratulations go to Margaret Gray who was playing in the Highland Open at Pitlochry last week and got second prize in the Silver Division in the game on Friday

Summer Meeting

Played 9th July 2008, SSS 73, CSS 72, 32 Entrants.
One Class
Winner: Anne Robinson (10) 69
Runner Up: Helen Crichton (26) 72 (bih)

Alternatives for the siting of a New Clubhouse

As is in the Newsletter Section posted on the main website --- the proposal is to consider possible alternatives for the siting of a New Clubhouse and the possible alternatives to course layout should the existing Clubhouse, 1st and 18th be redeveloped for housing. The objective was not to arrive at a fixed proposal but to demonstrate that potential exists to create a course of the same or better standard than our existing course. We also are aware of some failures in the location of the existing Clubhouse and some of the failings within the course and its layout. The final proposals will require to be made in conjunction with the selected developer and a professional Golf Course architect.
To achieve this we have identified three areas of ground owned by the club outside the existing course boundaries. The areas identified are the existing Clevans Course plus two areas currently tenanted north of the 6th and 7th holes and andarea west of 8th Green and behind 9th tee as shown on Figure 1 below. We appreciate that the tenancy agreement requires to be resolved and have presented some solutions which do not require occupation of this ground.
To read the full proposal document CLICK HERE

Ranfurly Castle Pro Exhibition Match Reminder-- Jason McCreadie is a winner

Congratulations go to Jason McCreadie who won the biggest golf prize of his career when he became Gleneagles Scottish PGA champion over the PGA Centenary course yesterday. Jason played with Scott Henderson, Tom Eckford and Ian Coulquhoun in the Ranfurly Castle Course Centenary Pro Exhibition Match in 2005. To remind you of the day and see some photos taken then CLICK HERE

The Ladies Section congratulate the Junior Newton Shield Team

The Ladies section congratulate our Junior Newton Shield squad for a comprehensive victory over Ralston in their final match which enabled them to pip Ralston for top spot in their league for the second year running. The final of the Junior Newton Shield is at Erskine Golf Club on the evening of Friday 11th July. Junior Convenor Mike McCabe, team manager Karen Binning and all the squad would be very appreciative if you were able to come along to Erskine on Friday 11th July and support the team in their endeavour to go one step further than last year.

Renfrewshire County are holding a Bridge Drive

Renfrewshire County are organising a Bridge Evening at Eastwood Golf Club on Wednesday 10th September to help raise funds for the Renfrewshire Team who are representing the West of Scotland at the Scottish County Finals at Inchmarlo Golf Resort, Banchory, from 19th to 21st September, 2008. To read all about it and if you would like to book a table then go to the Renfrewhire Website

Margaret and Carol are 4th at Old Ranfurly's Open Greensomes Competition

Margaret Parrott and Carol Fell were 4th in the torrential rain yesterday at Old Ranfurly's Open Greensomes Competition. For their efforts they both won £25 Marks and Spencer Vouchers each plus a bottle of wine each. Margaret was the star performer on the day and altho' both players were soaked both enjoyed their day.
To read all about it and see the winners go to the West Of Scotland Website

Natasha has the best Scratch Score in the Renfrewhire County Medal at Cowglen

Congratulations go the Natasha Qayum who had the the best scratch score in the Renfrewshire County Medal played over Cowglen today. To read the full report go to the Renfrewshire Website