Daily Mail Foursomes

The annual Daily Mail foursomes competition was played over Murrayshall on Thursday, September 12th. The morning conditions were very kind to those who played then unlike for the pair who played later in the afternoon!
However, despite the generally very good conditions the scores once again were many and varied. The first four placings are detailed below:

• 1st with a net 68 Aileen Priestley & Rhoda Evans
• 2nd with a net 69.5 Nicola Gilmore & Katherine Chambers
• 3rd with a net 70 Jean McEwan & Sylvia Mitchell
• 4th with a net 70 Marysia Whittet & Yvonne McGregor

Congratulations go to Aileen and Rhoda who will next year go on and play in the area final.

Well played ladies!

Murrayshall Mixed Open

A fine day dawned on Sunday September 8th for the playing of the annual Murrayshall Mixed Open competition. 45 couples took to the course with varying degrees of success. The competition results are listed below.

Winners of the lowest gross score and the Jack Harley Trophy:

• Alastair & Siobhan Duncan (Murrayshall) Gross 78

The winners each receive a voucher for £50

Winners of the best net competition:

• Gordon & Yvonne McBain (Alva) Net 68.

The winners each receive a voucher for £50

Runners up in the best net competition:

• Fraser & Morag Nicholason (Kilspindie/ Lochend) Net 69

The runners up each receive a voucher for £25

Our congratulations to the winners and our thanks to everyone who entered. We look forward to meeting up with you all next year.

Hole In One!

The 4th hole in one of the season for a Murrayshall Lady member occurred on Thursday, September 5th during the first September Medal. Vice -Captain Nicola Gilmore watched in amazement as her well hit 7 iron rose high into the air, landed on the green at the 4th and rolled steadily up to the flag pin before dropping into the cup. The shrieks of delight could apparently be heard all the way to Luncarty!

Murrayshall Ladies Week-End Away

On Saturday August 31st 15 ladies made their way to Peebles for a week-end of good golf and good fun.

On Saturday 31st the ladies played the Peebles Cardrona setting off on their expedition at 1.00pm! And it was indeed an expedition, taking well over 5 hours to complete the round!! Conditions were tough and the weather was variable but a great time was had by all.
The photographs below show a sample of the intrepid group limbering up at the start of their round!

Our group played a tri-am competition and the results were as follows:

1st: Aileen Priestly, Isabel Meddicks & Meg Ritchie TOTAL 147

2nd: Jean Jasper, Marysia Whittet & Angela Beale TOTAL 148

3rd: Rhoda Evans, Libby Rodger & Judith Carmichael TOTAL 150

4th: Linda Gray, Katherine Chambers & Nicola Gilmore TOTAL 161

5th: Carol Tweedie, Betty Neilson & Margaret Mauchline TOTAL 169

As mentioned earlier the conditions were somewhat challenging and unfortunately Isabel's poor umbrella succumbed somewhat to the elements!!

Everyone did however enjoy a lovely meal and superb accommodation at the Cardrona that evening and wistful stories of what could have been were duly exchanged! (That also included the sack full of balls Linda and Nicola lost between them!!)

On Sunday September 1st our slightly larger group of 17 ladies played Peebles GC again in challenging weather conditions. On this day we played a team Stableford competition and all we were looking for was the best nest score at each hole - couldn't have been easier really could it?!!!

The top 3 placed teams were as follows:

1st: Libby Rodger, Katherine Chambers & Isabel Meddicks TOTAL Points 42

2nd: Jean Jasper, Aileen Priestley & Margaret Mauchline TOTAL Points 41

3rd: Nicola Gilmore, Carol Tweedie & Angela Beale TOTAL Points 41

Our week-end concluded with lovely food in the Peebles GC clubhouse followed by a short prize giving.

The final two prizes of the week-end were awarded as follows:

• The Anorexic golfer award - for outstanding performance - Jean Jasper
• Centenary Jean award - for great effort in the face of adversity - Rhoda Evans

We all look forward to next year's outing and whatever challenges that throws up!