Captain Aileen
Wilson, Vice Captain Beth Paterson, Honorary President Wendy Cameron,
Honorary Secretary Christeen Finlayson, Honorary Treasurer Audrey
Sturgess, Junior Secretary Gillian Kyle and 50 ladies attended the
meeting at Haggs Castle Golf Club on Wednesday 9th
November
Sheila Goudie,
Team Assessor of the Course Rating Committee, reported that Team 1
consisting of Sheila Goudie, Maureen Mitchell (Cathcart Castle), Rhona
Graham and Jennifer Graham had rated Bonnyton, Caldwell, Cathcart
Castle, Cowglen, East Renfrewshire, Eastwood, Fereneze, Haggs, Paisley,
Port Glasgow, Whitecraigs and Williamwood. Team 2 with
Maureen Mitchell
(Old Ranfurly), Mamie Robin, Espeth Hanlon, Nancy McGadie and Janette
Nelson had completed Cochrane Castle, Elderslie, Erskine, Kilmacolm, Old
Ranfurly and Ralston.but they still had to complete Gleddoch, Gourock,
Greenock, Lochwinnoch, Renfrew and Ranfurly Castle. The Course Rating
had to be completed by the end of 2008 and Renfrewshire was well ahead
of the other Counties. Sheila was indebted to
Bill Mitchell of the
Scottish Golf Union (husband of Maureen Mitchell of Old Ranfurly) for
his training and help. Sheila then intimated that as she had agreed to
set up the Course Rating Committee and set it on its way she was now
happy to pass on the position as Team Assessor to the able hands of
Maureen Mitchell of Cathcart Castle and she wished her every success.
Captain Aileen thanked Sheila and both
teams for all their time and hard work and, once again, reminded the
meeting that the girls gave of their time on a voluntary capacity. She
then presented Sheila with a small gift in appreciation of all her
efforts.
Vice Captain Beth
reported that Fiona Roger had been assisting
Carol Fell in order to take
over as the Results Secretary. The purchase of the laptop had still to
be finalised. The Vice Captain was relieved that although Carol was
retiring from the Committee she would be on hand should any problems
arise.
Audrey
Sturgess then gave her full Treasures report (which will be
available in the AGM minutes)
In closing her report
Audrey thanked
Aileen, Beth, Christeen and the other committee members for their support throughout the past
year - it had made her job much easier. She also thanked
Elizabeth
Simpson (Whitecraigs) for, once again,
carrying out the audit and much appreciated the giving of her valuable
time. The Treasure was pleased to report that Elizabeth had agreed to
continue as Auditor for next year.
Secretary Christeen
opened her report by announcing that all competitions for 2006 had been
confirmed and copies were available for perusal The June Medal at
Cochrane Castle and the August Medal at Kilmacolm were commencing at
2p.m. in order to enable business ladies to have the chance to compete.
The situation would be reviewed at the end of the season. Christeen
then went on to give dates for the Championship, the West of Scotland
Championship and the Kennedy Salver. Renfrewshire was hosting the
Jamboree at East Renfrewshire Golf Club on 27th, 28th and 29th June and
it was hoped as many as possible would support in County colours. The
Secretary reminded the meeting that the winners of the Jamboree go on to
the Scottish Finals at Hirsel, Berwickshire.
The Committee had decided that in future the Summer
Foursomes would accept entries in pairs rather than fours to allow more
flexibility should be weather be bad on the day of the competition.
(Full Secretarial Report in the Minutes)
Captain
Aileen thanked Christeen for the many hours she had worked tirelessly
behind the scenes on the County’s behalf. She was indebted to her for
staying on as Secretary for her fifth year and it gave her great
pleasure to present her with a gift from the County
Results Secretary Carol
Fell said that although the
weather this summer was much better than last year the turn out to the
County Medals had
again been rather disappointing
Apart from the April Medal at Ralston, the Spring Meeting at Elderslie
and the July Medal at Whitecraigs, with all of these having 50- 60
entries, and the Autumn Meeting had 60 entrants but only 12 went on a
day of poor weather All other entries have been low
All the 2005 Results
are available on the web at in the
Archive section under
prizewinners 2005.
She had
also continued to send results to the Herald and said
they still make mistakes !!
However by linking the Handicap
Software to the Howdidido website, the results at the end of each
competition were transferred to this site.
In addition, the player’s Gross Score, Net Score and Adjusted Gross
Scores were also sent back to the players Home club along with the SSS
and the CSS. The clubs that are not using Club Systems Software or have
not got their handicap system connected to Howdidido had their results
sent back to their Golf club via an email system in the publishing
mechanism. Also some
handicap secretaries that
were having problems had the
exported handicap exchange letter at the
end of a competition sent to their
home email address and this has worked
well.
She then gave some useful statistics --- one of
them being --- The 19.8 Stableford
Scores where
there were 374
scores over the past season and out of that there were 132 adjusted
scores (35%). However out of these scores there were only 13 cards that
had the adjustment that affected their handicap (3%) and these would be
the cards that according to the SLGA
would need a copy returned to their Home Club.
Only a few card copies were
taken and as far as RLCGA was
concerned all these adjusted scores were returned to the clubs by some
means (by Howdidido or by email to H’Cap secretary Home address).
However, she thought
some people did not realize they even had an adjusted score
!
She then
reported that The
RLCGA Website continues to tick along and
the visits have increased this year with over 27,000 visits since March
2004.
The
visits to the site this year are up by 45% from last year and the number
of pages viewed is up by 55%. The average number of visits per month is
roughly 1800 which is approximately 500 pages a month more than the same
period last year (March – October) The most popular pages are Club News,
Greenlees Results, Junior News, Competition Draws, Results and
Photographs being the top pages. The top month count was in September
with 8540 pages being viewed, with the Greenlees Results Page
being the most popular
She
needs
to revamp the site over the winter as
she is
having problems with it However,
she
will keep the winter foursomes results
up to date and any relevant news.
(TIP OF THE DAY) If you ever have a problem seeing what you think
should be up to date results or news PRESS F5
which refreshes your internet browser
Finally
she said how
much I have enjoyed being on the committee over the past 3 years and
promised to continue with the website. However for the web to survive
she needs stories
and any photographs taken to be sent to her.
It can be anything to do with you or someone in your home club that you
would like us all to hear about. Also it does not
necessarily need to be about golf.
Finally, she wished
Beth and the rest of the committee every success for the future
Captain
Aileen thanked Carol for the many hours she
had worked
setting up the website and getting us up and running with Computer for
all our scores and results. She then presented her with a beautiful
plant in thanks from the County for all her work
Gillian Kyle gave a very informative
Junior Report (See AGM Minutes when available)
and she finished up by announcing some
of the girls achievements (apologies
if she has missed anyone)
Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) Age 16 Handicap 3 -
Ladies Champion at Kilmacolm and Greenlees and Newton Shield Member.
Gryffe High School Champion 2005 and Renfrewshire Girls Champion 2005.
1st Reserve for four man Scottish Girls Team for European Girls Team
Championship at Lucerne, Switzerland, July 2005. Team member for
Scottish girls under 16 Team for Home Internationals at Worplesdon,
Surrey, August 2005. Team Member for West Division Girls Team for the
Inter-divisional Girls Team Championship at Balumbie Castle, Dundee, in
June, 2005. West of Scotland Girls Vice-Captain for their 50th
Anniversary year, 2006, and West Girls Team member. Selected for SLGA
Scottish Girls Training Squad 2004/5 and 2005/6 and selected for ten man
Scottish Schools Squad after the Scottish Schools Championship at St.
Andrews Bay, June 2005. Selected for Training by Butch Harman at St.
Andrews Bay. Reached quarter semi-finals of Scottish Girls Matchplay
Championship at Tain, July, 2005. Reached semi-finals of Renfrewshire
Ladies Championship at Cowglen, April 2005. She has also been selected
for the Scottish under 17 Netball Squad!!
Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) Age 12 Handicap 12.7
- Scottish Girls under 16 Open Strokeplay Chamionship winner of the
Murray, Donald & Caithness Trophy for the best overall net aggregate
winner of the Royal Bank of Scotland Skills Test for under 12’s. Winner
of the Under 13’s St. Leonards National Junior Schools Championships,
April 2005. Winner of the Under 12’s at the Scottish Girls under 14
Strokeplay Championships at Craigielaw, July 2005. Winner of the best
net aggregate in the Scottish Junior Ladies Strokeplay championships at
West Kilbride, July 2005. Member of West Girls winning their Bronze
Championship and representing them in team matches. Member of Kilmacolm
Greenlees Team.
Catherine Conejo-Watt (Williamwood) Age 14
Handicap 26 - 17. Won three ladies medals at Williamwood and the
Captain’s Competition. Played in her first Greenlees match. Won the
Bronze Scratch Trophy. Won the Handicap Trophy at The North Berwick
Junior Open at The Glen, July 2005.
Lauren Mackin (Ranfurly Castle) Age 14 Handicap
13.- Winner of the SLGA Challange Cup at Cardross
Captain Aileen thanked
Gillian for the amazing
amount for work she had done promoting junior golf. It played a very
important part in the County and she also congratulated Gillian on her
excellent play in 2005.
Aileen opened her report by announcing the
2005 season had commenced with the Dinner at The
Williamwood Golf Club
in March when 96 ladies had enjoyed an excellent meal and entertained by
Helen Fauld’s amusing after dinner speech.
The 2004/5 Winter Foursomes Final had been played at Haggs Castle and was
won by Penny Baglin and Audrey Barclay of East Renfrewshire who defeated
Sheila Shaw and Maureen Cook, both of Lochwinnoch, by 3 and 2. The
Renfrewshire Rosebowl Final was played at Haggs Castle in September when
Carol Fell defeated
Freda Smith on the 18th. Coaching for the
Renfrewshire Team started early in October, 2004, with 12 players take
part. At the first session Addi Shamash had been present with her
County Brooch for representing the County in six matches. Coaching had
again taken place at Mearns Castle Golf Academy with
Karyn Burns.
Mini-leagues had been introduced from October to April and their aim was
to help players to get to know one another and improve their matchplay
skills. In February the group attended an evening with
Karyn Burns and
Adam Hunter called “Get the Edge”. Aileen thought this had been an excellent evening and
hoped that the players would continue to benefit from it. The final
Coaching Day was held in April when SLGA coach Karen Dallas and our own
Karyn Burns held two sessions - one for Juniors in the morning and one
for 16 seniors in the afternoon. This had been a great day -
Renfrewshire had planned it for more than a year, but Aileen was pleased
to say that as part of an SLGA initiative.
The Captain thanked Junior Secretary Gillian
for arranging coaching and
matches in addition to the Junior Jamboree and again reiterated the
importance of this for the future of the County.
With regard to matches, the match against the West
of Scotland Girls had been discontinued by mutual agreement. The West
Girls committee know that Renfrewshire will help whenever requested.
The Ranfurly Castle Newton Shield Team could not field a team on the
arranged date by Ranfurly Castle kindly gave our team two tee times for
practice. In June the team played a successful match against a Haggs
Castle Men’s Select Team. The Championship was played at Cowglen with
49 ladies competing in the Stroke Round. The Peggy Clark Rosebowl was
won by Gillian McGinlay of Cochrane Castle. The losing semi-finalists
were Megan Briggs losing at the 19th to
Donna Jackson and
Linda
McDougall losing at the 18th to Gillian McGinlay. The final between
Donna and Gillian was won by Donna for a
record tenth time - a
magnificent achievement. Congratulations were also due to Gillian for
reaching the final and to the semi-finalist Megan, aged only 15, and
Linda. The Captain recorded her thanks to Cowglen for the courtesy of
the course for the three day and she also thanked Vice Captain Beth for
her smooth organisation of the event. At this point, to mark Donna’s
great achievement, it gave Captain Aileen great pleasure and pride to
present Donna Jackson with an inscribed photograph of Donna holding the
Championship Trophy.
The West of Scotland Championship was held at Largs Kelburn in May with
Clare Marie Carlton gaining third place.
Unfortunately, Renfrewshire did not retain the Team Trophy. The
Scottish Championship was held at Cruden Bay Golf Club and ten Renfrew
ladies played. Donna Jackson and Gillian McGinlay won the
Grainger Cup
have the best net scores in the first qualifying round. Donna was the
fifth qualifier but lost in Round 1. Clare-Marie
qualified and was
beaten in the quarter finals by the then current champion, Anne Laing.
At the end of May the County Team was selected -
Donna Jackson, Megan,
Briggs, Clare Marie Carlton, Jennifer Jenkins, Gillian Kyle, Gillian McGinlay, Kate O’Sullivan, Julie Wilson
and the reserves were Carol Whyte,
Sara Harman, Maureen Skinner and
Gillian Mullen. Lesley
Robertson and Addi Shamash were unavailable due to work commitments and
Karen Fitzgerald was on holiday. In June The West of Scotland Inter
County Jamboree was played over Lanark Golf Club where our Renfrewshire
Team did us proud - every single member played their part, whether
playing or supporting, and there was great enthusiasm and camaraderie.
Many thanks was offered to the Caddy Mistress, Christeen Finlayson, and
Vice Captain Beth along with the caddies and supporters. Renfrewshire
played Lanarkshire in the first day and sadly lost 4 to 5. The next two
days we defeated Ayrshire 6.5 and 2.5 and
Dunbartonshire and Argyll 7 to
2. Renfrewshire finished second, unfortunately not in the first place
we wished, losing out by just one point. On a very hot day, it had been
amazing to see two of our younger members Kate O’Sullivan and Megan
Briggs running back up the sixteen after winning their match to support
the rest of the team. It had been great to see such enthusiasm!
Lanarkshire then went on to the Scottish Finals at Ranfurly Castle in
September and Midlothian were the overall winners. Captain Aileen felt
that Renfrewshire’s performance augured well for the future and she wished
Beth and Renfrewshire every success in the years ahead.
Donna Jackson
was runner up the in SLGA Champion of Champions held at
Glasgow Gailes.
Clare Marie Carlton was runner up the in Scottish Under 21 Open at West Kilbride and she was selected as a Reserve for the Scottish Ladies Home
International Team. Clare Marie broke the course record with a 69 at
Fereneze - SSS 71.
Kate O’Sullivan has
continued to have good score for the University of North Carolina and is
now in her third year of a Golf Scholarship.
Addi Shamash was second in
the Scottish Mixed Foursomes. Jennifer Jenkins was
Captain of the
Scottish Girls Home International Team.
In the Inter County Foursomes Final held at the
Old
Course Ranfurly Donna Jackson and Pearl Orr won the second scratch
prize - one stroke behind the Ayrshire winners.
Maureen Skinner and
Gillian McGinlay won third scratch. In the second handicap category
Moira Hogg and Merope Dunlop won second place. In the Counties Open
Meeting at Cardross, the SLGA Challenge Bowl was won by
Lauren Mackin,
aged 14.
Aileen then went on to
intimate other golf news of Renfrewshire members.
Jennifer Mack and
Pamela MacKenzie are the West Representatives on the SLGA.
Sheila Goudie is the new secretary of the West of Scotland Vets.
Wilma Leburn
has just finished her term as the Chairman of the West of Scotland
Girls. She was also an official with the West Division Girls Team at
Ballumbie Castle Golf Club. Jennifer Mack was runner up the the West of
Scotland Vets Championship at Renfrew Golf Club. Congratulations went
to Cochrane Castle Golf Club on winning back the
Greenlees Trophy and to Whitecraigs for winning the third division. Special mention was due to
Willeen McCallum for, once again, being Greenlees Organiser. The
Whitecraigs ladies did well this year with Elspeth Buck and Kay Murray
winning the Daily Mail Scottish Foursomes and the Team led by
Dorothy Cartlidge were Scottish Runners up in the Mail on Sunday Competition.
Congratulations went to all members who had won Club championship and
other events and those who reduced their
handicaps. Renfrewshire was grateful to all Clubs for the courtesy of
the courses and their support.
In closing, Captain Aileen intimated what a great privilege it had been
to be Renfrewshire’s County Captain and how much she had appreciated and
enjoyed the honour. Her thanks went to Honorary President
Wendy, her
Vice Captain Beth and all the committee members past and present for
their support and hard work. She made particular mention of those
retiring - Secretary Christeen
and Results Secretary Carol and
committee members Maureen Skinner and
Carol Whyte. She also thanked all
Renfrewshire members, especially those who had taken part in our
competitions, encouraged our Team and our Juniors, and have done all
they could do to promote golf in Renfrewshire.
Aileen then
presented Vice Captain Beth with her Captain’s brooch and thanked her
for her support over the past two years. She had no doubt that Beth
with all her qualities as a golfer, past Junior Secretary of
Renfrewshire County and Past Lady Captain of Eastwood she would make an
excellent Captain of the RLCGA.
Beth thanked
Past Captain Aileen for her kind words and she thanked
Renfrewshire County for the honour of becoming Captain. She then
presented Past Captain Aileen with her Past Captain’s
brooch.
It gave Beth great pleasure to announce her
Vice Captain - Christeen Finlayson. Christeen was a Past Captain of Whitecraigs, had
contributed much as County Secretary for the past five years and had got
to know the team in her position as Caddy Mistress. Beth then presented
Christeen with her Vice Captain’s brooch. Christeen was most honoured
to be Renfrewshire’s new Vice Captain and thanked Captain Beth and Past
Captain Aileen for their faith in her. She was fully aware of the aims
and ambitions of the RLCGA and would do her utmost to uphold and promote
them. Christeen had no doubt that Beth would be a conscientious and
enthusiastic Captain and she looked forward to giving her her full
support and encouragement in all aspects of County golf. Captain Beth
then went on to say how pleased she was that President Wendy, Treasurer
Audrey and Junior Secretary Gillian would remain in office. Beth was
pleased to announce that Jane Thomson (Whitecraigs) had agreed to take
on the position of Secretary and she looked forward to working with
her. Anne Robinson would continue to look after the sweaters.
As no
nominations had been received for the committee the Captain was
delighted to welcome Jane
Thomson (Whitecraigs), Kay Black (Paisley),
Freda Tuck (Bonnyton)
and Gillian McGinley
(Cochrane Castle) who would serve for three years
and Dorothy Yates of Cowglen who would serve for two years to replace
Jane Thomson.
In
the any other business section
Gillian Kyle suggested that a
raffle be held at the Spring and Autumn Meeting to raise funds
for the Under 23’s coaching. This was approved by the meeting.
There being no further business Captain Beth closed the meeting and
invited President Wendy to present
the prizes. Click here to see the
LIST OF PRIZEWINNERS ---
Certificate awards were also presented to
Jennifer Jenkins (Ralston) and Clare
Marie Carlton (Fereneze) from Renfrewshire County Council for
Outstanding Sporting Achievements
The Meeting was closed
with a vote of thanks from Vice Captain Christeen congratulating Past
Captain Aileen and Captain Beth on the excellent manner in which they
had conducted the meeting. The ladies present joined her in a hearty
vote of thanks to the Chair.
MARGARET
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