MARIE CURIE STABLEFORDS RESULT

38 ladies played over both Saturday 23rd and Wednesday 27th April, raising £151 for the Marie Curie charity. There were some great scores returned, helped by the good weather, some run on the course and the excellent condition of the greens.

Overall winner: Kate Scott (29) 41 pts

Runner-up: Loretta Campbell (53) 40pts

Honorable mention for Agnes Williamson with 38 points, the best score from a silver player.

LADIES CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFYING ROUNDS

Next week's competitions mark the start of the 2022 Ladies Championship qualifying rounds, with the May medal on Wednesday 4 May.

Here is some information/reminders about the Championships.

1) The Ladies Club Championship is open to all lady members with full playing rights. The Bronze Championship is open to those ladies having a Handicap Index 20.5 or higher.

2) The Club Championship will be played over the Red Course and all qualifying scores must also be submitted using the Red Tees. The Ladies Committee have decided that this year, for the first time, the Bronze Championship will be played over the Green Course (to encourage more entrants) and qualifying scores may be submitted using the Green Tees.

3) The qualifying rounds dates are as follows (all such competitions are marked "Qualifier" on the SG App, however some are qualifiers for the Ladies Championship ONLY)

Ladies Club Championship (2 gross scores to count out of 5 possible dates)

Wednesday 4 May

Saturday 7 May

Wednesday 18 May (also date for Medal Finals - list of eligible players on Noticeboard)

Saturday 21 May

Wednesday 1 June

Bronze Club Championship (1 gross score to count out of 3 possible dates)

Wednesday 4 May

Saturday 7 May

Wednesday 1 June

4) Finally, if you want to submit a Red Tee qualifying score for the Championship REMEMBER TO CHANGE TO RED TEES on your phone App when you Check-In for the competition and confirm your handicap.

 

FRIENDLY MATCH AT ELDERSLIE - SUNDAY 24 APRIL 2022

Ranfurly Castle's Friendly Team ladies enjoyed a lovely, sunny day at Elderslie on Sunday 24 April.

Elderslie was in great condition, with very fast greens, and several of our girls are hoping to go back for their Ladies Open Day having played extremely well and therefore getting a great first impression of the course!

Unfortunately due to injury and Covid, Elderslie were unable to field a full team at the last minute, but their organiser came up with a creative format that saw a couple of 3-balls go out, which only added to the chat and fun on the day. I am pleased to report that a team win was recorded for Ranfurly Castle, although the main thing was everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.

Pictured practising before tee-off: (L to R) - Senga Nixon, Kate Scott, Lindsay Barclay, Anne Gordon, Pauline MacEwan. Not in picture (although had the best score of the day despite not practising!) - Evelyn McDermid.

CORONATION FOURSOMES RESULTS

Played Wednesday 20 April 2022, 12 couples entered.

1st) Rosemary Ogilvie & Evelyn McDermid (29) 42 points

2nd) Karen Binning & Pauline MacEwan (22) 40 points

3rd) Jan Macnab & Sheila Biggart (12) 39 points

LADIES RESULTS

YELLOW BALL - WEDNESDAY 13 APRIL 2022

1st) Sheila Biggart/Joy McLeod/Morag Cunningham 78 pts

2nd) Louise Cooper/Gillian Donaghy/Evelyn McDermid 76pts

3rd) Karen Binning/Rosemary Reedie/Karin MacKenzie 73pts

Thanks to Mary Hardie for organising.

APRIL MEDAL - WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL 2022

Silver winner - Maureen Cook

Bronze winner - Kate Scott

SATURDAY STABLEFORD - SATURDAY 9 APRIL 2022

1st) Kate Scott 41pts

2nd) Alison Templeton 39 pts

UPCOMING EVENTS APRIL/MAY 2022

Several of the ladies' competitions that are coming up soon cannot have the entry money collected and paid out through the VMS system. Cash entry money is needed when the entry fees are sent elsewhere (eg to R&A or charities) 

Please therefore remember to bring CASH entry money on the day for the following:

Yellow Ball 13 April - £2 entry per person

Coronation Foursomes  20 April - £2 entry per person (£4 per couple)

Marie Curie Stablefords 23/27 April - £3 entry per person

McMillan Cancer Stablefords 11/14 May - £3 entry per person.

LOST MATS!

2 plastic mats have turned up in a box of lost property.  If any lady has lost a mat during the winter, please check out the ones I have placed on the table in the locker room and claim before thay are removed!

Helen Crichton

 Ladies

Helens daughter, Sheila, has been in touch with the club to let us know that Helen has been admitted to ward 23 at the RAH after having another fall.

I will be sending Helen a card from us all to wish her a speedy recovery. 

We had all enjoyed Helen joining us for lunch and coffee over recent weeks - hopefully we will see her back amongst us soon.

Morag Cunningham

YELLOW BALL FUN TRI-AM - WEDNESDAY 13 APRIL 2022 - UPDATED

The draw has been done for the YELLOW BALL on Wednesday 13 April.

Please remember to bring your £2 entry money in cash on the day. 

Scores should be recorded on a CARD, not on the App. Green Course.

9.00 Pamela Mackenzie/Vivien Howe/Chris Minto

9.10 Maureen Cook/Lilias Snodgrass/Vicky Rennie

9.20 Sheila Biggart/Joy McLeod/Morag Cunningham

9.30 Mary Craig/Sally Smyth/Kate Scott

9.40 Louise Cooper/Gillian Donaghy/Evelyn McDermid

9.50 Jan Macnab/Rosemary Ogilvie/Alison Templeton

10.00 Denise Cowan/Helen Abram/Sheila Swinnerton

10.10 Marion Munro/Pat Pennel/Mary Jane Bird

10.20 Mary Hardie/Agnes Williamson/Eileen Walker

10.30 Karen Binning/Rosemary Reedie/Karin MacKenzie

Any cancellations or late entries, please contact Mary Hardie.

2022 Knockout Competitions

The draws for the Knockout Competitions have been done and will be posted on the noticeboard tomorrow.  10 people have still to pay their entry fee for one or both of  the competitions.  Please ensure that  either £2.00 or £4.00 are put into an envelope with your NAME and which competition and placed in the tin box in the locker room prior to playing.  GOOD LUCK to everyone.

WINTER GREENSOMES RESULTS

Thank you for everyone's patience yesterday when we tried to run our Greensomes competition on VMS.

Unfortunately there was a problem with VMS calculating all the handicap allowances correctly. It worked for the majority but 4 were wrong. This is obviously more worrying than if they had all been wrong as there seems to be no obvious reason for it and I have been unable to get it to correct the calculations despite a long time trying.

The corrected final results are below. The VMS App still does not show the correct points for all, but the winners positions are not affected.

1) Vivien Howe & Gillian Donaghy            (23)    43pts

2) Marion Munro & Sheila Swinnerton       (21)    41pts

3) Mary Craig & Helen Abram                    (19)    38pts

4) Nancy MacGadie & Pamela MacKenzie  (18)    37pts

5) Denise Cowan & Louise Cooper              (11)    37pts

6) Karen Binning & Karin MacKenzie         (22)    36 pts

7) Jan Macnab & Sheila Biggart                    (11)    35pts

8) Alison Templeton & Morag Cunningham  (31)    31pts

9) Maureen Cook & Chris Minto                   (24)    31pts

10) Rosemary Reedie & Evelyn McDermid   (27)    31pts

11) Rosemary Ogilvie & Vicky Rennie         (27)    30pts

12) Anne Judge & Pat Pennel                    (18)    30pts

Do you need a partner for the Worpleston??

There are two gentlemen golfers looking to play in the Worpleston Mixed Foursomes Knockout competition this season but are lacking a partner.

Please contact me if you would also like to play and need a partner, and I will put you in touch.

Thanks

Morag Cunningham
cunninghammorag58@gmail.com
07776 151659

Worpleston Mixed Foursomes now open for entries

I am pleased to inform you that the club Summer Mixed Foursomes competition for the Worpleston Trophy is going ahead this year.

Enter on SG app. Entries close at midnight on 1st April.
A draw will be posted thereafter.

Lesley & Allison - RLCGA Winter Foursomes Winners!

The final of the Renfrewshire Ladies County Golf Association Winter Foursomes was played today at Kilmacolm GC in glorious spring weather.

Many congratulations to our own Lesley Robertson and Allison Murray who beat Julie Whitelaw and Maureen McDevitt from Whitecraigs GC 3 & 2,  after being all square at the turn.

Fantastically well done girls! None of these county competitions are easy to win.

Photos and further info here https://4105943000.scottish.golf/2022/03/20/winter-foursomes-final-2021-22/

12 Hole 5 Club Stableford Wednesday 16th March

We had a lovely day for the opening competition of the 2022 season. Sunny intervals and a bit breezy at times. No rain...for a change!

23 ladies played.

Winner:        Joy McLeod    26 points

Runners-Up:  Vivien Howe / Kate Scott       25 points

WINTER GREENSOMES - WED 30 MARCH 2022

Entry for the Winter Greensomes on 30 March will open on 1 March.

This is the first time we will have tried to run a Greensomes fully on VMS. Please note the following:

1) Decide on your partner

2) The LOWER HANDICAP player of your two should enter the competition on the App and ADD THEIR PARTNER at the bottom of the entry screen.

3) The partner (Higher Handicap player) will receive an email asking them to confirm their entry. They simply have to click on the green ACCEPT button in the email.

4) On the day all Player 1s (Lower Handicaps) will have to do the phone scoring. Please keep a card back-up in case of any problems.

Any questions/issues please get in touch with Jan BEFORE the day of the competition.

If you wish to be balloted for a time and another pair to play with, enter before Monday 21 March. You can enter as a four from Wednesday 23 March and pick your own time if you wish.

Summer Knockout Competitions

 A reminder for anyone who was not at the AGM and has perhaps not been in the locker room recently.

The entry sheets for the Summer Knockouts are on the noticeboard for sign up.  They will be removed at the end of March and replaced by the draw thereafter.

If you know of anyone who is having difficulty accessing the Blog, could you please pass this  information on.  Perhaps also let me know the names of anyone having trouble and I will try to address this.

Joy

SCOTTISH GOLF APP

 Hello ladies

In the 2022 golf season we will again be using the Scottish Golf App to book golf, enter competitions and return scores. 

If reminders are needed about all the functionality on the app here is the link to the relevant page on the Scottish Golf website.
https://scottishgolf.org/scottish-golf-app/

This link to FAQs on Scottish Golf website may help to answer any queries or problems.
https://scottishgolf.org/scottish-golf-app/scottish-golf-app-faqs/

I would also like to highlight that its possible to use the app to message other club members by tapping on the "GolfsApp" button at the bottom right of the home screen.
If a member has agreed to share their information, phone numbers and email addresses can be found here by tapping on the members name.
Any incoming messages can be retrieved by clicking on the envelope icon at the top of the home screen,

Happy golfing!

Morag Cunningham
RCGC Ladies Captain

COUNTY WINTER FOURSOMES

Congratulations to Anne Judge and Marion Munro for reaching the semi-final of the RCLGA Winter Foursomes.

Their opponents in the semi-final played at Ranfurly Castle were Maureen MacDevitt and Julie Whitelaw from Whitecraigs GC.

Anne and Marion were beaten on the 17th green after a hard tussle, having to give Maureen and Julie 17 shots!

Well done girls!

2022 SEASON

Wow, the new golf season is now only a month away (yes really!)

The Fixture List has already been emailed to all ladies and a copy is below on the blog, and will also be posted on the Locker Room Noticeboard.

This year, all golf will be entered using your SG App. The competitions will be set up well in advance and you can enter from 1 MONTH BEFORE the competition date.

All draws will be made on the Tuesday 8 days before for Wednesday games, so you must enter by the Monday 9 days before to be included (this is the same as last year, without the need for emailing).

Note: You can still enter handicap competitions like medals and stablefords after the ballot is drawn and select your own tee-time from 1 WEEK beforehand - same as last year.

Saturday competitions will have to be entered by the Thursday 9 days before, same as last year.

Competitions have already been set up on the SG App for dates up to May. 

We will start with 2 bounce games on Wednesday 2 and Wednesday 9 March, to "practice" the new entry method. You can enter for 2 March from tomorrow (2 February ie 1 month before) and the draw will be done on Tuesday 22 February (8 days before).

[Please note there is an exception to every rule, and the Summer Knockout Competitions ie silver and bronze knockout and the summer foursomes will not use the App. Sign-up sheets were circulated at the AGM for those in attendance and you can add your name on the Noticeboard and pay in cash (named envelope in box please) in the traditional way]