Tuesday, August 09, 2011

RANFURLY CASTLE LADIES OPEN DAY SUCCESS

Karin present Norman with a cheque for £700 - Click to enlarge
The sun shone on the Annual Ladies Open Day on Monday, 8th August.
47 teams played with Ladies playing from as far a field as Aberdeen.
The charity raffle raised £700.00. A fantastic amount and many thanks to all the members who donated prizes. A cheque for the above amount was presented by the Lady Captain, Karin MacKenzie, to Mr Norman Walker, Chairman of the Accord Hospice.
Norman Walker , a member and a Past Captain of Ranfurly Castle thanked all the ladies for their donations and gave a small resume of the cost of running the hospice.

The Results:
1st Prize -- W. Chung( Cathcart), F. Yip ( Cowglen) & M. Lin ( East Kiblride) --- nett 63 .
2nd Prize-- D. Barton , G. Malone & C. McIntyre ( All Largs) --- nett 64 ( bih).
3rd Prize -- G.Cragg, M. Kirkham & l. Wilkie ( all Milngavie) --- nett 64.
4th Prize---- M. Hamilton, R. Brown & E.Wales ( all Dullater) --- nett 66.

Nearest Pin; Silver- M. Cook : Bronze- M. Linn.
Longest drive; Silver- J. Potter : Bronze - P. Taggart.

The Open Day raised £800.00 from entry fees.
Many thanks must go to Marion Munro, Jean Irvine, Alison Robertson & Sally Smyth for organising a perfect day.
Alot of hard work goes into producing such a successful event.
Also to the girls who helped on the day. Linda MacDougall, Karen Binning, Vivien Howe & Karin MacKenzie.
Also, many thanks to Jean's husband John for organising the car park and to Jean for taking the photographs.


Finally Wendy Gibbons from Erskine Golf Club would like to thank all staff and club members who helped her after she took a "little tumble" at the 15th. She is feeling "absolutely fine"