CHRISTMAS 2013

MIDLAND VETS AGM AND PRIZE GIVING

The Midland Vets members gathered today at Blairgowrie Golf Club for their AGM and Prize Giving. Everyone was welcomed by Captain Winifred McCallum who then gave a report on the year's activities. This was followed by Sandy Bushby and Liz Jones who gave their reports. Liz Fertacz, the new Captain, thanked Winifred for all she had done and then announced that Bev Brown from St Rule was to be her Vice Captain. Jane Beaton stepped down from her three years on the committee and Liz Milligan of Dunblane New was proposed as a new committee member.

After the formal part of the meeting, the prize giving took place and the vote of thanks was then given by Linda Dyball, the reigning Midland Vets Champion. Finally everyone was able to enjoy their glass of wine and tasty buffet.

TROPHY WINNERS

COMMITTEE

New Captain Liz Fertacz with her new Vice Captain Bev Brown

Committee from left: Liz Milligan, Sandy Bushby, Bev Brown, Liz Fertacz,
 Liz Jones, Joan Ritchie and Linda McAinsh

ALL PRIZE WINNERS

SPRING MEETING
Allan Cup and Captain's Prize		Margaret Ewen	Craigie Hill
Scratch	1st	Lorna Bennett	Ladybank
	2nd	Margaret Tough	Falkirk
Handicap: Div.1	1st	Sandy Bushby	Blairgowrie
0-12	2nd	Linda Dyball	Pitreavie
	3rd	Winifred McCallum	Falkirk
Handicap: Div 2	1st	Margaret Ewen	Craigie Hill
13-20	2nd	Hella Ballantine	Auchterarder
	3rd	Susie Robertson	Elie & Earlsferrie
Handicap:  Div 3	1st	Clara Webb	Pitlochry
21+	2nd	Doris Reid	Tilicoultry
SUMMER MEETING
Donaldson Quaich		Fiona de Vries	St.Rule
Scratch	1st	Margaret Tough	Falkirk
	2nd	Linda Dyball	Pitreavie
Handicap Div 1	1st	Fiona de Vries	St.Rule
	2nd	Sheila Hartley	Braehead
	3rd	Fiona Farquharson	King James VI
Handicap Div 2	1st	Sheila Durward	Dunblane New
	2nd	Hazel Gibson	Murrayshall
	3rd	Susie Robertson	Elie & Earlsferry
Handicap Div 3	1st	Pat Cockshoot	Stirling
CHAMPIONSHIP	Winner	Linda Dyball	Pitreavie
	Runner Up	Lorna Bennett	Ladybank
STABLEFORD GREENSOMES	1st	Diane Davidson	Stirling
		Sheila Cooper	Buchanan Castle
	2nd	Shelagh Quinn	Stirling
		Rose Graham	Stirling
	3rd	Joan Ritchie	Elie & Earlsferrie
		Mary Malcolm	Balbirnie
AUTUMN MEETING
Patrick Rosebowl (scratch)		Margaret Tough	Falkirk
Senior Trophy(65+)		Helen Campbell	Pitreavie
Owl Trophy(50-64)		Aileen Lee	Stirling
Scratch		Margaret Tough	Falkirk
Handicap Div 1	1st	Emma Wilson	Elie & Earlsferrie
	2nd	Christine Steedman	Pitreavie
Handicap Div 2	1st	Aileen Lee	Stirling
	2nd	Helen Campbell	Pitreavie
Handicap Div 3	1st	Helen Lang	Pitlochry

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AGM WEDNESDAY 23RD OCTOBER 11:30 am

For those of you attending the AGM on Wednesday, and would like to read the minutes from last year, they are available by pressing the link on the right.

MIDLAND VETS AGM BLAIRGOWRIE GOLF CLUB WEDNESDAY 23rd OCTOBER

The AGM for the Midland Vets will take place at Blairgowrie Golf Club this coming Wednesday October 23rd at 11:30 am. Afterwards lunch will be served. Please let us know through the link on the right hand side of this page if you are able to attend or not.

SENIOR WOMEN'S HOME INTERNATIONALS

Scotland team for the senior women's home golf internationals at Llandudno Maesdu Golf Club, North Wales from October 1 to 3 will be:

Alison Bartlett (Royal Dornoch)
Lorna Bennett (Ladybank)
Fiona de Vries (St Rule)
Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie)
May Hughes (Lanark)
Mary Smith (Tain)
Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies).

Reserves
1 Anne Ryan (Tain)
2 Elaine Allison (Stirling).

Good luck to all and especially Midland members Lorna Bennett, Fiona de Vries and Elaine Allison.

SCOTTISH VETS CHAMPIONSHIP BLAIRGOWRIE

The inter-divisional playoff to decide the Scottish Vets Matchplay Champion for 2013 took place on Sunday 22 and Monday 23 September at Blairgowrie. Linda Dyball, the Midland Vets Champion first met Fiona Hunter of Galloway in the quarter finals whom she went on to beat. She then met  Alison Bartlett from Highland on Monday in the semi finals but unfortunately lost by just one hole. Alison then went on to beat Alex Glennie from West 5 and 4 to become The Scottish Vets Matchplay Champion. Well done to all the ladies who took part.

AGM & LUNCH WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23rd 2013 at 11:30 am

The SVLGA Midland Division AGM will take place at Blairgowrie Golf Club on Wednesday October 23rd 2013 at 11:30am. If you wish to attend or give your apologies please go to the "AGM Blairgowrie October 23rd 2013"  button under HOME on the right hand side of this page where you can fill in a form. There is also a PayPal Button should you wish to pay. An up to date list of attendees and apologies is under LINKS on the right hand side.

MORE SUCCESS FOR MIDLAND DIVISION AT BLAIRGOWRIE

THE SCOTTISH VETERANS’ GREENSOMES 

Today the SVLGA Stroke Play Greensomes Competition was played on the Lansdowne Course at Blairgowrie. Midland Members Margaret Hunter and Sandy Bushby came second in the Beddows Quaich. They scored a nett 73.2. 

MIDLAND DIVISION DOES WELL AT BLAIRGOWRIE

Midland member Cathy Irving shot a gross 80-nett 68 on the Rosemount Course today in the annual SVLGA Golf Event at Blairgowrie.  She won the Patrick Rose Bowl,  which is awarded to the competitor returning the lowest nett score. She also won the Lyon Picture which is awarded to the competitor returning the lowest gross score. And to top it all off, she won the Allan Plate, which is awarded to the competitor returning the lowest gross score by a player of a certain senior age. 

Cathy's score along with Liz Fertacz and Sheila Durward's scores meant that the Midland Division won the Lyon Trophy, which is awarded to the Divisional Team returning the lowest aggregate of three nett scores. Well done ladies.

RESULTS FOR AUTUMN MEETING 3rd SEPTEMBER AT DUNFERMLINE

The CSS today was 72.

Owl Trophy Winner:

Aileen Lee 84 - 14 = 70

Patrick Rose Bowl Winner: M Tough 73 Lowest Gross Score

Senior Trophy Winner H Campbell. 86 - 14 = 72

Scratch
1 M Tough 73 Patrick Rose Bowl

2 L Dyball 76

Division 1

1 E Wilson 82 - 09 = 73 BIH

2 C Steedman 83 - 10 = 73 BIH

3 F Johnston 82 - 09 = 73

Division 2

1 Aileen Lee 84 - 14 = 70 Owl Trophy
2

H Campbell. 86 - 14 = 72 Senior Trophy

3 R Graham 87 - 15 = 72

Division 3

1 Helen Lang 97 - 24 = 73 BIH

2 K McAlpine 95 - 22 = 73

3 Gourlay Jenkins 100 - 26 = 74

CDH NUMBER

A wee reminder-if you are playing in the Autumn Meeting, please let us have your CDH number as soon as possible. All you have to do is click on the link on the top right of this page and fill in the form.

AUTUMN MEETING 3rd SEPTEMBER

Just to remind members that the Autumn Meeting will be taking place on Tuesday September 3rd at Dunfermline Golf Club, Pitfirraine.  Closing date: 25th August. Don't forget to sign up.

Special Request: Could last year trophy winners please bring your trophies so that they can be prepared for the AGM in October.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2013 & PRIZE GIVING

To be followed by a Buffet Lunch
Venue: Blairgowrie Golf Club
Date: Wednesday 23rd October 

CDH NUMBER

Just a wee reminder: So that we can link our competitions to the CDH, we need to have all members' CDH Number. On the right hand side, under the heading PAGES, there is a link to a form you can fill in to provide us with this information. Please fill it in and submit the form as soon as you can so that we can be up and running for the Autumn Meeting.

STABLEFORD GREENSOMES RESULTS

74 ladies played the Stableford Greensomes competition at St Michaels near Leuchars. The weather was kind to us as threatening thunderstorms passed us by.  Well done to our winners Diane and Sheila who scored an excellent 43 points.

1^st Diane Davidson, Stirling and Sheila Cooper, Buchanan Castle-43 points

2^nd Shelagh Quinn, Stirling and Rose Graham, Stirling – 40 points

3^rd Joan Ritchie, Elie&Earlsferry and Mary Malcolm, Balbirnie- 37 points (BIH)

A pink Cutter and Buck slipover was left behind at St Michaels. It is being looked after by Vice Captain Liz Fertacz.

CDH NUMBER

So that we can link our competitions to the CDH, we need to have all members' CDH Number. On the right hand side, under the heading PAGES, there is a link to a form you can fill in to provide us with this information. Please fill it in and submit the form as soon as you can so that we can be up and running for the Autumn Meeting.

REMINDER FOR STABLEFORD GREENSOMES at ST MICHAELS

Just a reminder to those who have not put in their applications in for the Stableford Greensomes at St Michaels on Monday the 29th July. We are looking forward to a good turn out.

SCOTTISH SENIOR STROKEPLAY AND MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Midland member Heather Anderson just missed out on  the Scottish Senior Ladies Stroke Play Championship  at West Linton on Wednesday by one stroke to Anna Telfer of Milngavie. Heather shot 78 in both rounds. Nine Midland members managed to qualify for the Scratch and Nett Matchplay Championships. For the Scratch were: Heather Anderson (Defending Champion), Elaine Allison, Kathleen Webster, Fiona de Vries, Margaret Tough, Lorna Bennett and Karen Burns. Well done to Lorna and Kathleen who both won their first round matches. Sadly only Lorna made it to the semi final which will be played Friday morning. In the Nett Championship, Sandy Bushby and Gillian Wallace qualified. Sandy lost her first round but Gillian managed to make it through to the semi final.

Well done to all Midland members who took part and good luck to Lorna and Gillian.

Update: Sadly both Lorna and Gillian lost their semi finals. Well done for getting that far.

RESULTS OF MIDLAND VETS CHAMPIONSHIP

Today the semi finals and finals of the Midland Vets Championship were played at Blairgowrie Golf Club. The semi finalists were Gillian Wallace & Linda Dyball and Fiona De Vries & Lorna Bennett.  Linda Dyball and Lorna Bennett won their matches and played the final in the afternoon. Linda Dyball eventually triumphed as the Midland Vets Champion. Well done to all who took part in the Championship knockout. Check out the video below to see some more pictures taken on the day.

RESULTS SUMMER MEETING AND CHAMPIONSHIP AT BLAIRGOWRIE

Midland Division Summer Meeting

June 20^th 2013

Results:

CSS 75

The Midland Vets Summer Meeting was played in beautiful summer sunshine. The Rosemount Course at Blairgowrie was in excellent condition and proved to be a bit of a challenge for some. Congratulations to Fiona De Vries who won the Donaldson Quaich with the best nett score. Very impressive off of a 2 handicap.

Pictured below are the 8 quarter finalists who played in the first round of the Championship in the afternoon. Coming back to play the semi finals tomorrow morning are Fiona De Vries, Lorna Bennett, Linda Dyball and Gillian Wallace. 

Donaldson Quaich:  Fiona De Vries Best Nett 74-2=72

Scratch

1st Margaret Tough  79 BIH
2nd Linda Dyball 79

Handicap Div 1 (0-12)
1st Sheila Hartley  86-12=74 BIH
2nd Fiona Farquharson 85-11= 74 BIH

3^rd Sandy Bushby 84-10=74

Handicap Div 2 (13-20)
1st Sheila Durward 92-18=74

2^nd  Hazel Gibson 88-13=75

3^rd Susie Robertson 92-15=77

Handicap Div 3 (21+)
1st Pat Cockshoot 104-27=77 BIH

2^nd Kay Jarvie 99-22=77

3^rd Jackie Nisbet 103-22=81 BIH

BLAIRGOWRIE SUMMER MEETING

It looks like we are going to have a great turn out for our Summer Meeting and Championship at Blairgowrie on the 20th of June. We would like to remind you that as this is the championship, the draw will take place in handicap order. We will try to accommodate very special requests, but we will be sticking, in the main, to strict handicap order. Let's hope the weather is kind to us and we look forward to seeing you all there.

MIDLAND VETS VS WEST VETS MATCH AT DUNBLANE

Captain Winifred McCallum is pleased to report another win for the Midland Vets. Today Midland Vets played their annual match against the West Vets at Dunblane. They were very fortunate with the weather and the team was very pleased to come away with a win of four and a half to two and a half. A lovely time was had by all.  Thanks go to our Midlands team: Sandy Bushby, Sheila Travers, Miriam Wilson, Elma Leisk, Liz Fertacz, Helen Campbell and Joyce Mulgrew.

MIDLAND V NORTHERN AT GLENISLA

Captain Winifred MacCallum is pleased to report that Midland managed to squeeze a win (4/3) today in their match against Northern Division at Glenisla. Thanks go to team members: Kathleen Webster,
Heather Anderson, Lorna Bennett, Fiona de Vries, Margaret Tough, Elaine Allison and Linda Dyball.

RESULTS SPRING MEETING STIRLING GOLF CLUB

Results

CSS 76 Reduction Only

Allan Cup and Captain’s Prize      

Best Nett: Margaret Ewen  75

Scratch

1st: Lorna Bennett  80

2^nd: Margaret Tough  82     

Handicap Div.1     

1^st  Sandy Bushby-86-10-76

2^nd  Linda Dyball – 84-6-78

3^rd  Winifred MacCallum- 88-10-78

Handicap:Div.2   

1^st  Margaret Ewen-92-17-75

2^nd Hella Ballantine -101-18-83 bih

3^rd Susie Robertson -97-14-83

Handicap: Div.3   

1^st Clara Webb-102-23-79

2^nd Doris Reid -103-22-81

3^rd  Helen Lang-113-28-85