Ladies News

Cancer Research

Thursday last week ladies played a stroke competition, with donations going to Cancer Research.   It was dry which was good, but the midges were hungry and that wasn’t so good.    I would like to thank all the brave souls who came out and for helping to raise £45 for a very worthwhile charity.  Everyone gave generously and I thank you all very much.   

Despite the midges, we all enjoyed the golf, our winner on the evening was Jackie Lauder and congratulations to Jackie on a lovely round of golf.   Sheila was delighted to have scored her second 3 in as many weeks, now going for the 2.    Mary found a long lost drain on the 5^th and almost disappeared so thanks to Jenny and Lyndsey for helping her out.   I know Mary you did hurt your foot a little and I hope this is now on the mend.

Buth-kollidar Cup

We managed to complete one of the 18 hole competitions on Saturday 18^th, the Buth-kolliday Cup.   The weather didn’t look too good when we set off at 10 o’clock, but thankfully it stayed dry and was an enjoyable round of golf.   Thanks to those who played.   The result was 4^th Margaret, 3^rd Sheila , 2^nd Maureen and I was lucky enough to win the trophy for the first time.

Open Mixed Competition

We are now getting some entries for the Open Mixed to be played on 24 July.  Remember to get your entry to me or Andy as soon as you can and if you are looking for a partner, let us know and we will try and arrange something for you.   It is shaping up to be a good day and I hope you will all support this new venture in some way.

Matchplay

Just a wee reminder to hand in your cards for the first round of this competition.

Coming up
This week on Thursday we have the June Medal scheduled and I hope you will all be able to come along.

We are now officially in Summertime, so no more rain and it will be too hot for midges to come out........ well we can always hope!!!

Happy golfing
Irene

Club Championship and Greenkeepers Day

On Sunday 19 June saw a poor turnout of only 28 players, for the 1st Round of the Club Championship, incorporating the "Mark Wells Trophy". Maybe the poor weather forecast and heavy rain the previous day accounted for this.

Early starters at 9am did not score too well with only one player playing under his handicap. Robin McDougall hit a very nice 62 to be clubhouse leader until a certain Bruce Lauder also shot a 62, only by having a better inward half did Bruce sneak the sweep money. This means that Bruce and Robin are the leaders in the handicap championship.

In the main event the "Club Championship ", Chris Carson leads with a tidy 67 played under quite wet conditions, overhead and underfoot. In second place, with a 4 shot deficit to make up are Nipper Simpson who played well with a gross of 71 and that man again Bruce Lauder. After that is a gap of another 5 strokes to Andy Wilson. So I suppose, Chris will be like a young Irishman, who lead a major going into the last round, with a few shots in hand. Will he be defensive or will he be like Rory and birdie a few in the front 9 to settle the nerves? Time will tell.

Remember if you are in the top 6 gross scores, you will be required to play in the last 2 groups around 6pm on Monday.

Now on to "The Greenkeepers Day".

Forty players from Innellan and visiting clubs took part in better conditions on Monday, the course having dried out a bit from the day before. There were a number of novelty prizes on offer, ie nearest the hole at the 3rd and longest drive up the 9th amongst other prizes, but the main winners on the day, were Scott Lauffer with a best inward half on the way to a net 60, just beating Davie Cooper on countback.  Gross score of the day went to Chris Carson with a 69.
 
So well done to all winners.

Many thanks to all who took part and donated prizes for the raffle.

Next week sees the 2nd round of the Club Championship, so look forward to some decent weather and better scores.

Andy

Geoff Arden Trophy and June Medal Results

A good weekend of dry weather saw a turnout of  26 players for the previously postponed Geoff Arden Trophy. Some good scores in the morning by Ronnie Stokes and Duncan Lauder 63 and 62 respectively looked almost unbeatable, until Denis Doherty and myself shaded the spoils.

Denis Doherty came 2nd beating Duncan on the best inward half and I managed to sneak into 1st position with a 61.

 Playing together in perfect conditions, Denis and I did not have much between us all round. With a 2 shot swing in the offing, when I missed the green and Denis looking a certainty for birdie landing 6 feet from the hole, miracle of miracles, I developed a short game and pitched in for a cheeky wee 2 at the 17th.

 Old saying "Better lucky than Good".

Talking of good, on to the June Medal, an excellent  gross score of 63 by Chris Carson getting his handicap back down to Scratch by netting a 62.

Getting to grips with his new driver, Chris tamed the course for the 1st time this year and managed to  hole a few putts with the short stick to secure 4 birdies in the middle of his round to secure the best gross score of the year so far.

 In 2nd and 3rd place were Scott Lauffer and Richard Deane with 63 and 64. So thanks again to the 28 players who played on Monday.

This weeks events see the 1st round of the Club Championship on Sunday with 3 time slots for ballot. See clubhouse for times available.

On Monday, sees an Open Competition, "The Greenkeepers Day". Billy and Davy and the rest of the Greens Staff deserve a good turnout after all the hard work this year already. Donations for the raffle will be greatly accepted at the clubhouse. All things appreciated, especially things won at our Annual Dance tombola, which is why we have a recycling point behind the bar.

So heres looking forward to a good weekend of competetive golf.

Play well and most importantly, enjoy yourself.

Andy

Ladies Section News

15 June 2011

Ladies have braved the weather and have been lucky enough to have played all but one of the scheduled competitions.

Heather, Mary and myself, braved one of the stormiest days to play in the Blairmore Ladies Open.   This was the first time Blairmore had held this Open and we were pleased to give our support.    Although difficult to keep clubs and players upright on the extremely exposed course, Heather clinched first place and I was runner up.  

On Saturday 11 June, we set off for our awayday at Dalmally.  Beautiful morning, not a cloud in the sky.   We arrived and enjoyed coffee and bacon rolls before setting out for our first 9 holes.   The clouds started to roll in and around the 5^th, the heavens opened.   Having been optimistic in the morning, most of us had left our waterproofs and umbrellas in the cars, so some very wet lady golfers called into the clubhouse for coffee and scones before setting out on the second 9 holes.     I have to mention that Maureen was so wet when she came back in, we hardly recognised her.    Sheila did offer to give her a hug, but changed her mind as Maureen was too wet.    Despite the weather we all had a good day, we all enjoyed the golf and the home baking even more.   Many thanks to Dalmally ladies for their hospitality.   

Irene Hodge
Lady Captain

Firth of Clyde

Better late than never with this report.

Well done to Largs Kelburn for winning at Innellan Golf Club on Saturday 4th June 2011.

The 5 man team from Largs with 3 players off scratch scored a of 213 with the best 3 from 5 counting towards the team score.

With the wind picking up in the afternoon and worsening conditions this score proved hard to better.

Skelmorlie came 2nd, with 215 and our own guys a disappointing 3rd, with a team score of 218.

Graham McArthur, of Rothesay Golf Club, played well and was the only player to break 70, with a fantastic score of 68, to win the individual prize.

A special thanks to Billy and Davy who where up preparing the course at 1st light.The comments from all players involved were "what a great course we have and in such a fabulous condition." Fantastic praise once again to our greens staff.

 Willie for setting up the computer for all the scores, this saved time and made it easier to process the results very quickly.

Patrick who was hard at it in the kitchen, preparing food all day for the 50 odd guests we had. Sheila and Maureen who served the food and drink to all the competitors and Committee of the Firth of Clyde. Everyone enjoyed their meal and I believe the drinks flowed and a good day was had by all.

A special mention must go David Hodge, who started the morning at 8am as a ball spotter and having given up that job and was still at the club at 6pm helping out behind the bar. A ten hour unpaid shift, which did not go unnoticed.

Our Secretary Bobby for being there also from start to finish. What a great effort he made to make the day go smoothly and make my job as Club Captain that bit easier. Though saying that I was a player  in the afternoon and could have done with all the help I could get. But alas,all our efforts did not get us the elusive Big Firth Trophy.

 So here is looking forward to" The Wee Firth" on the 20th August when we will do this all again.

Blogging off.

Andy

Shaw Trophy

Captains Blog stardate June 9  2011.

Well done to Graham McGillivray, who triumphed in the above event,with a total of 127, pipping 1st round leader, Roddy McIntyre by just one stroke.

Roddy led by 3 strokes going into round 2 but a 2nd round of 68 saw him just miss out on the Trophy by one shot.

 Graham having shot a gross 34 on the front nine of round one, and thinking of the season ahead, came back in an ambulance whilst trying to stem the nosebleed of the dizzy heights of Category 1 golf.

With a severe cut in the offing, played not quite as well on the back nine. Not since the days of  David (Tiger) Hodge have we seen such cuts.Well apart from the austerity measures implemented to the coalition government.

Steady scoring again in Round 2 saw Graham shot a 64 to win the Shaw Trophy.

So well done to  Graham.

Next week we have an added bonus, Sunday Golf, for those who cant manage Monday.

The Geoff Arden Trophy has be arranged for Sunday 12th June and Monday 13th sees us take part in the June Medal.

So here is hoping for some good playing conditions and a good turnout to both events.

Want to see your scores?

Look at the Masterscoreboard website forward to Innellan.

 You will find all your scores from May onwards.

Play well and happy golfing.

Andy