Natasha loses in the Renfrewshire County Junior Championship

Natasha Qayum was beaten by the 2009 West of Scotland Girls Champion Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) on Sunday morning (25th October) at Kilmacolm Golf Club in the Semi Final of the Renfrewshire Junior County Championship.

She then caddied for Eilidh who won in the final at Old Ranfurly in the afternoon against Alyson McKechin (Elderslie).

To read the full report go to the Renfrewshire Ladies' County Golf Website

Final Swing

Played 21/9/09 10 Entries
SSS 73 CSS 76 R/O
Silver Winner Marion Munro 79 (12)
Runner Up Anne Judge 80 (7)
Bronze Winner Marilyn Mirner 77 (32)
Runner Up Margaret Parrott 80 (21)

Fashion Night, 29TH October.

THURSDAY 29TH OCTOBER.
Come along for a glass of wine and a viewing of some golf gear from Sarah's collection as well as a few sale items at 7.30pm. The Club will be open for the evening and we look forward to some lively chat while watching the catwalk.
£1.00 entry to cover staff costs. Non golfing friends welcome too!

5 Club Competition

27 ladies took part, the results are as follows:
1st Silver- Sheila Biggart(18) net 77 (BIH), Runner-Up Nancy MacGadie(11) net 77
1st Bronze-Evelyn McDermid(25) net 77, Runner-Up Margaret Parrott(21) net 79

October Medal

Played Wed 7 Oct 2009, 25 Entries CSS-76
Silver Winner: Pamela MacKenzie (13) 76 bih
Runner-Up: Anne Judge (7) 76
Bronze Winner: Marilynn Muirhead (24) 74
Runner-Up: Marilyn Mirner (32) 78
Scratch: Anne Judge 83

GREENLEES TEAM FINISH MIDDLE OF THE TABLE

Winners of the 2009 Greenlees Trophy are Milngavie on 44.5 pts with Cathkin Braes very close runners up on 44 pts.Congratulations to both teams.
Ranfurly Castle finished a very creditable middle of the Division 1 table.
Prestwick St. Nicholas & Hilton Park are relegated.

Final Division 1 Totals:
Milngavie 44.5 Winners
Cathkin Braes 44 Runner Up
Troon 41.5
Kilmarnock Barassie 40
Ranfurly Castle 38
Kilmacolm 32.5
West Kilbride 30.5
Hilton Park 26.5 Relegated
Prestwick St Nicholas 26.5 Relegated

A big thank you to our Greenlees Team for their efforts with good play and good spirits.
Anne Robinson - Team Captain

STABLEFORD COMPETITION IS NON COUNTING

Due to 2 non regulation sized holes this morning on the 6th and 12th the competition was non counting. These winter "greens" with large holes were due to unexpected course maintenance. The Greens Convenor has been contacted and sends his apologies and will try to ensure that the Greenstaff are aware of our next 3 competitions ensuring that this problem does not arise again.

RESULT:27 PLAYED, NON COUNTING

SILVER WINNER: CAROL FELL 38PTS (10)
BRONZE WINNER: ANNE NICOLL 36PTS (22)

Carol and Anne are West Vets Winners

Carol Fell and Anne Robinson do well in the West Vets Autumn Meeting at Erskine. To get all the results go to the West Vets Website

Well Done Sam from all the Ladies

The Ladies Section congratulate Ranfurly Castle’s Sam Binning who beat Scott Young of Turnhouse and Ewan Scott (St Andrews)after a dramatic play-off yesterday (Thursday) that earned him a place in the sun … an all-expenses-paid trip to Brazil next month to be precise.

The five players to top their categories in the Nick Faldo Series Scottish Final over 36 holes of the Renaissance Club course at Archerfield Links today gained automatic places in the Grand Final, to be held at Itanhanga Golf Club, Rio de Janeiro.
Sam forced a play-off with Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon), the overnight leader in the boys’ Under-21 section with a second round of 74 for 153. Dunton had scores of 76 and 77 and Binning completed his joy with a winning birdie 2 at the short hole chosen to start the sudden-death shoot-out for a seat on the plane to Brazil.

WELL DONE SAM FROM ALL IN THE LADIES SECTION AT RANFURLY CASTLE

Pooh Putter-Vice-Captain's Team Win!

The Vice-Captain's Team earned their bar of chocolate today (kindly donated by the Lady Captain) with a very sociable win against the Lady Captain's team.

Our thanks to EVERYONE for taking part and hopefully you all had a few laughs on the way round!. We certainly did!

Finally my apologies to Margaret P/Marilyn and Anne Nicoll/Linda MacDougall for the confusion re your starting tee. Yes, I did not update the web and had you initially at the 13th, then concerns re parking took over and I moved you to the 1st but I did not update the web!. OOPS!

Hand duely slapped!, but excellent to know the website is being checked.

Scottish Vets AGM

Pat, Moyra and Fiona --- Watching the Scottish Vets Championship on the Sunday -- Click to enlarge

Ranfurly Castle's Carol Fell, Moyra Gordon and Pat Walker attended the Scottish Vets AGM at Blairgowrie on Monday 21st September after playing in the Strokeplay competition over the Rosemount Golf Course on that day. They then played in the Greensomes over the Lansdowne Course yesterday.

The Scottish Vets Championship is also played at this venue and Fiona Roger (West Vets Vice Captain) pictured above with Pat and Moyra was there on the Sunday to watch the Quarter Final matches --- Lorna Bennett is the new 2009 Champion

Carol partnered West Vets Captain Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) in the Greensomes and had the 2nd best scratch and net scores of the day.
To read the full reports go to the West Vets Website

Extra Stableford Sunday 20 September 2009

6 entries , SSS 73, CSS 73
Winner Sheila Biggart (19) 39points
Runner up Agnes Williamson (20) 35 points

Autumn Meeting for the Mitchell Trophy

Played Wed 16 Sep 2009, on a lovely day!
37 Entries, CSS-73

Trophy Winner - Evy MacGregor (13) 71
Runner-up - Sheila Gray (17) 72 bih
Scratch - Nancy MacGadie 83

Re-arranged Pooh Putter 23 September 2009

Captain's Team versus Vice-Captain's Team.
Match Play, greensomes, full stroke difference. Whilst every effort is made to calculate the combined greensomes handicaps accurately for all the pairings, PLEASE CHECK before starting your game. As you know handicaps are always the PLAYER'S responsibility.

1st TEE
09.00 HELEN ABRAM/JULIE MURRAY v AGNES WILLIAMSON/MEG MACDONALD
09.06 ANNE ROBINSON/GEORGINA HALFNIGHT V PAMELA MCKENZIE/DOROTHY SIMPSON
09.12 EVY MACGREGOR/EVELYN MCDERMID V MARY IRVING/FIONA SCOTT
09.18 MOYRA GORDON/PAMELA WILSON V JULIE WILL/JUNE GILES
09.24 SHEILA GRAY/MOIRA WILSON V CAROL REID/HELEN DUNN

13TH TEE
09.00 MARY HARDIE/JANE DICKIE V MARY CRAIG/JEAN MURRAY
09.06 LILIAS SNODGRASS/VICKY RENNIE V JEAN IRVINE/ALISON ROBERTSON
09.12 MORAG THOMSON/EILEEN WALKER V VIVIEN HOWE/MAE ROBERTSON
09.18 MARGARET PARROT/MARILYN MUIRHEAD V ANNE NICOL/LINDA MACDOUGALL

Reserve: FIONA MALCOLM
Agnes
Last updated 21 September 17.40

Charity Best ball (yellow) Stableford 9 September 2009

At long last a nice sunny day!
27 ladies took part in teams of 3, starting at the 1st, 13th and 16th tees.
9 yellow balls were "counted out", 6 counted in.......the 3 missing must have a story to tell.....??
A big thank you to Anne Nicoll and Laura Cawte for donating the prizes presented to our winners who were:
1st/Vivien Howe, Evelyn McDermid and Julie Murray
2nd/Jan MacNab/Morag Thomson and 8pointer(at 1 hole) Vicky Rennie.!!
Great to see so many taking part. Thank you Ladies..

September Medal

Played 2nd & 6th September 2009
19 Entries
Wed CSS 73, Sun CSS 76 R/O
Silver Winner Agnes Williamson 75 (bih) (20)
Runner Up Sheila Gray 75 (17)
Bronze Winner Vicky Rennie 77 (31)
Runner Up Anne Nicoll 78 (bih) (22)
Scratch Winner Lesley Robertson 79 (3)

Check your Golf Bag..and more!

Ladies, on checking the lockers in the Ladies Locker room prior to the very successful Ladies Open Day held in August it was discoverd that several of the keys were missing.
So could everyone check their golf bag's please , perhaps trouser pockets also?. Should you have one, please leave in an envelope in the Locker room marked for Marion Munro's attention.
Many thanks

Centenary Shotgun Success at Pollok Golf Club

Some of the Renfrewshire Players and Winners - Click to enlarge

Many Ranfurly Castle Ladies had a fantastic day at Pollok Golf Club at the County Centenary Shotgun Greensomes yesterday. To see some of the photos from the day go to the Renfrewshire Ladies' County Website

September Medal

The CSS for the round played Wed 2 Sep 2009 is 73.
The medal results will be posted after the Sunday round on 6 Sep.

Charity Yellow Ball Stableford-9 September 2009

First named Player is the Team Captain for the day, please contact your team and also please pick up cards, rules and yellow ball from Agnes in the Locker room before commencement of play. Entry is £2 per player.

1st tee 09.00am Mary Craig/Marion Reid/Seona Barclay
09.06am Margaret Parrot/Alison Robertson/Fiona Scott
09.12am Jan MacNab/Morag Thomson/Vicky Rennie
09.18am Evy MacGregor/Lilias Snodgrass/June Giles

13th tee 09.00am Mary Irving/Marjorie Mitchell/Meg MacDonald
09.06am Mary Hardie/Anne Nicol/Linda MacDougall
09.12am Jean Irvine/Helen Crichton/Pamela Wilson

16th tee. 09.06am Pamela MacKenzie/Mae Robertson/Elizabeth Jessop
09.12am Vivien Howe/Evelyn McDermid/Julie Murray

Reserve Agnes
tel 01505 874913
Last updated 8 September 7pm. Please review this page regularly for any changes.