Nancy MacGadie in the Final of the County Rosebowl

On Tuesday, 30th September, the final of the Renfrewshire County Rose Bowl will be held at Kilmacolm Golf Club at 2p.m. The finalists are Gillian McGinlay of Cochrane Castle and Nancy MacGadie of Ranfurly Castle. We wish Nancy every success in the final. Please come and support

Extra Stableford

21/9/08 4 entries SSS 73 CSS 76 (RO)
Silver Winner Helen Craig 34 pts (16)
Runner Up Shona Gray 32 pts (16)
Bronze Winner LeeAnn Haddow 25 pts (36)

Charity Best Ball Stableford

The weather was kind on Wednesday and 28 ladies played in the charity stableford although conditions were very wet underfoot.
Vivian Howe, Mary Irving, Marilyn Mirner and Agnes Williamson won 1st prize and Lilias Snodgrass, Marion Reid, Linda McDougall and Moira Gordon were runners up.

£66 was raised for Parkinsons disease and Anne Robinson and Agnes Williamson kindly donated the prizes.

Ranfurly Castle are Runners Up in The Greenlees Trophy

WELL DONE to all the team and reserves for achieving this excellent result for the 2008 season.  The matches were very competitive and played in a sporting manner as is the tradition of this competition.  Report from : Anne Robinson -- Greenlees Team Captain

Sarah is 3rd in the Renfrewshire County Medal

Sarah Eckford was 3rd in the September Renfrewshire County Medal played over Renfrew Golf Course today

Sheila Biggart is the Bronze Championship Winner

We have a new Bronze Champion. Congratulations to Sheila Biggart who had a convincing win over Mary Hardie on Friday 29th August.
Well done Sheila you are having a very successful year.

Pooh Putter -- Captain's Team wins

We were lucky with the weather and the Pooh Putter was played on 27th august over 18 holes in reasonable conditions. The result was very close and the Captains team won by 1 match.

West Renfrewshire League and Friendly Matches - Fixtures and Results for 2008

West Renfrewshire League 2008 :
HOME: Played Tues 13th May : Ranfurly Castle 4 Lochwinnoch 2
Played Tues 27th May : Ranfurly Castle 3 Renfrew 3
AWAY: Played Mon 9th June: Fereneze 4 Ranfurly Castle 2

Friendly Matches 2008 :
HOME: Tues 24th June Ranfurly Castle 5.5 Gourock 0.5
Greenock Tues 8th July Ranfurly Castle 2 Greenock 4
Ralston Tues 12th August Cancelled -- Ralston could not get a team
AWAY: Kilmacolm Tues 17th June (Kilmacolm 4 Ranfurly Castle 2) Played over 10 holes
Elderslie Tues 19th August Ranfurly Castle 4 Elderslie 1
Old Ranfurly Thursday 4th Sepember: Old Ranfurly 2 Ranfurly Castle 4

Margaret Gray (Match Secretary)

Fiona Roger wins at Cathcart Castle

Fiona Roger won the 13 and upward handicap division of the Renfrewshire Ladies County Autumn Meeting at Cathcart Castle yesterday

Cathkin Braes 5 Ranfurly Castle 4

Our last Greenlees match of the season was played yesterday at Cathkin in warm muggy conditions. Cathkin fielded a strong team but Ranfurly put up a good fight away from home and the very front and back of the team produced the points.
We remain in second place but await the results from other matches to confirm our final position.
An excellent buffet was enjoyed by the team after the match and friendly rivalry on the course developed into a good chat round the table.
MANY THANKS to all team players and reserves for their support throughout the season.
To see all the points at the moment Click Here

Anne Robinson -- Greenlees Team Captain

Outing to Cardross--- Wet but enjoyable

The Ranfurly Castle Outing to Cardross -- Click to enlarge

The annual outing took place yesterday with 22 ladies playing at Cardross Golf Club. Despite the poor weather everyone enjoyed the day.
Many thanks go to Eileen Walker for organising the event.

Click on the small picture of Evy with the camera to see some photos from the day

Ranfurly Castle Outing to Cardross

Natasha plays well in the Renfrewshire Junior Championship

Congratulations go to Natasha Qayum who played in the Renfrewshire Junior Championships at Old Ranfurly yesterday. Natasha put up a spirited fight against Elderslie's Alyson McKechin in the Semi Finals but lost on the 17th after her birdie putt just missed
To read the full report go to the Renfrewshire Website

Anne Judge is the 2008 Ladies Club Champion

Congratulations go to Anne Judge who won her 2nd Club Championship title by beating Anne Robinson 3 and 2 in today's final.
In extremely tricky conditions -- swirling wind and difficult pin placements -- the 2 Anne's had a close and entertaining final.
Anne R sank her putt from just off the green at the 1st for a par to go one up.
The outward half was very close with par golf being the better ball - At the 9th -- All Square.
Anne J won the 10th with a par and thereafter all the holes were halved until Anne J had a par 3 at the 14th to go 2 up. The 15th was halved and then Anne J lipped out for a birdie 3 at the 16th but was able to sink her putt to win the match 3 and 2
To see some photos from the day click on the small photo blow

Ranfurly Castle Finals Day

A short video of the winning putt followed by congratulations and trophy presentation

To view the video in higher quality Click Here

Results for the 2008 Club Championship

Qual No.	1st Round	Semi Final	Final played on Sunday 24th August 2008
1	Carol Fell	Carol Fell	Anne Judge (Winner) 3/2
8	Pamela MacKenzie
5	Natasha Qayum	Anne Judge
4	Anne Judge
3	Anne Robinson	Anne Robinson	Anne Robinson
6	Sally Smyth
7	Evy MacGregor	Evy MacGregor
2	Marion Munroe

Greenlees Result -- Home win against Kilmarnock Barassie

The Greenlees team played against Kilmarnock Barassie today in their 2nd last game of the season and had a very good 7 - 2 victory. Our best player, Lesley Robertson was out at Number 1 which helps to move all the rest of the team down one - thus a good victory. Ranfurly Castle at this point are 2nd in the league to Troon who have definately won the 1st Division. However, with our last match next week aginst Cathkin Braes (Away) we will be trying our best to get the runners up slot.
To see all the points at this stage Click Here

August Medal

Played 13/8/08 22 Entries
SSS 73 CSS 75
Silver Winner Natasha Qayum (8) 69
Runner Up Eunice Muir (19) 74
Bronze Winner Vicky Rennie (32) 77 bih
Runner Up Pat Pennel (21) 77
Scratch Winner Natasha Qayum 77

West Vets Match at Gullane

Fiona Roger and Carol Fell played for the West Vets against the East Vets at Gullane on Monday 11th August . They met Ranfurly Castle's Past Captain Vicky Sandeman (Daughter of Janet Gillies) for lunch before the off and saw round her beautiful new home in Gullane

Fiona and Carol halved their match despite Carol finding water in the bunkers on numerous occasions !!

The West Vets Team won the match 3 - 2. To read the full report and see some photographs from the day go to The West Vets Website

Click on the photo above to see an enlargement

Four Castles Tournament

The Four Castles Tournament was played in beautiful sunshine on Sunday 27th July.
Lesley Robertson, Anne Judge, Sheila Biggart and Helen Abram represented the ladies.
A very enjoyable and successful day which Ranfurly Castle Won.

Invitation Foursomes

Sadly out of 142 lady members only 16 participated in the invitation foursomes.
However, everyone seemed to enjoy the day. The golf was reduced to 13 holes due to the wet start and was followed by an excellent lunch
Results:
Par 3's Doreen McConnell/Francis Hodgeson
3rd Evy MacGregor/Gilly McCrae
2nd Nancy MacGadie/Christine Richmond
1st Mary Craig/Morven English

Anne Judge has a Hole in One at the 7th

Congratulations go to Anne Judge who had a hole in one at the 7th hole a couple of weeks ago