Wednesday 26 May 2010

Seniors Tinker Trophy 27th May, 2010

Three Clubs and a Putter

Two Tee Start

First Tee

9 am G Kennedy/J. Donnelly/J. Gillison

9.07 G. Stewart/J. Brand/D. Johnston

9.15 G. Ivey/P. Duffy/ D. Gillespie

9.22 G. Dolby/J. McFarlane/K. Mcleod

9.30 I. Scott/A. Sutherland/M. Kidd




10th Tee

9.00 P. Rainbird/R. Greig/S. McGibbon

9.07 I. Mollison/R. Kidd/T. Bennet

9.15 R.Haynes/J. Rough/A. Robertson

9.22 G. Ewan/I. Strachan/J. Davidson


A minor shower or two did not deter the field with some good cards handed in, however the Tinker Trophy this year will have the name Gilmour Ivey inscribed, his nett 66 bested a nett 67 by Gordon Ewan which included a back nine of scratch 35.

Gilmour is one of our younger seniors and this is his first competition win......congratulations.

Friday 21 May 2010

Team for Match v Grange at Monifieth Tuesday 25th May

After a certain amount of pleading and begging we have a full quota for our match on Tuesday 25th of May at Monifieth against the Grange (Dundee).

The team members are:

Ernie Wastell
John Brand
Sandy Robertson
Ken MacLeod
Eric gray
Ron Haynes
Ian Scott
Norman Smith
Doug Gillespie
Jack Rough
David Johnston
Jim Davidson.

The above order is as the names have been taken off of the list.

Match pairings will be advised at Monifieth so please make sure that you are all there at 12.15pm for the 1.00pm tee off.

Tuesday 18 May 2010

Results from Thursday 20th May

The fine weather brought our golfers out in numbers and produced some fine golf into the bargain with 12 players of the 34 equalling or bettering 36 points.

First amongst equals was Ian Scott with a magnificent gross 72, net 63 which earned him 43 points and a clear 3 point lead over the following pack. Ian's handicap, for his efforts, goes from 9 to 8.1. Congratulations.

Sandy McGibbon came in second in the 1st Division with 40 points and sees his handicap reduce for the second counting competition in a raw, he is now off of 13.

In the 2nd Division John Brand led the way with 40 points with John John Macfarlane taking 2nd place on 39 points. Both have handicap reductions from 22 to 21.

For the second time in a row we have had a bottle of whisky sitting on the bar thanks this time to Tam Bennet and his ACE at the 6th hole.

Well done to all of you and the rest of the field who I am sure thoroughly enjoyed their rounds and the heat of the sun on their backs.

The tee times were:-

8.45 Ian Scott. Pat Duffy. Ken Macleod

8.52 Doug Gillespie, Alex Sutherland, John Brand

9.00 Tony Sive, Jim Davidson, Eric Gray

9.07 Jack Rough, Graeme Hunter, Ian Strachan

9.15 Tam Bennet, Norman Smith, Jim Donnelly

9.22 Len Scott, Alan Morrison, Gerry Kennedy

9.30 Gordon Ewen, Ron Haynes, Sandy McGibbon

9.37 Sandy Robertson, Archie Mitchell, Jeff Lonsdale

9.45 Ernie Wastell, Harry Driscoll, Ian Mollison

9.52 Dave Cochrane, Dave Johnston, Graham Bullock

10.00 John Barr, John MacFarlane, Garry Stewart, Rob Kidd

See you there

Wednesday 12 May 2010

Away Day on August 17th - Thornton Golf Club

The list has been put on the board for the Away Day at Thornton Golf Club, Fife on the 17th of August.

All those interested should insert their names and pay a deposit of GBP 10.00 in an envelope - SENIORS AWAY DAY 2010, FAO Ernie Wastell. This to be handed in to the shop.

AS per last year for security reasons we would prefer that the deposit is paid by crossed cheque made out to STRATHMORE GOLF CLUB.

All the best

Tee Times for Thursday 13th May

The tee times for Thursday's non counting Stableford are:

9.00 Brian Moore, Jim Donnelly, Norman Smith

9.07 David Johnston, Ron Haynes, Eric Gray

9.15 Rob Kidd, Garry Stewart, Ian Strachan

9.22 Mel Kidd, Pat Duffy, Alan Morrison

9.30 Gordon Ewen, Alex Sutherland, Brian Ruffhead,

9.37 John Barr, John MacFarlane, John Brand, Graham Bullock

Monday 10 May 2010

Results from Arbroath Friday 14th of May

Arbroath continues to be a difficult course for us to scrape a result from as we went down 5: 1 to the home boys, albeit that several of those matches lost ended close run encounters.

No excuse for the defeat other than we don't know the course as well as our opponents. The weather held out, despite a forecast of rain from the Met Office and we accepted defeat in good humour, revenge we hope will be our reward when we next meet iat Strathmore in early July.

The team to play Arbroath was:-

Match 1 - Ernie Wastell & Sandy McGibbon

Match 2 - George Allan & Eric Gray

Match 3 - Ian Strachan & Gilmour Ivey

Match 4 - Jim Davidson & Norman Smith

Match 5 - Sandy Robertson & Ron Haynes

Match 6 Ian Scott & John Brand


Plan to be at Arbroath Golf Club for 11.15am for a 12 noon start.

Tuesday 4 May 2010

Results from the May Medal

Only 19 players participated in the May medal, one of our lowest turnouts for a medal in the last 3 years.

On a fine but fresh day Sandy McGibbon shot a gross 83, net 68 to take first place in the 1st Category with James Dunnett on 79, a net 70 shooting thwe lowest gross for the day and 2nd in the top catagory.

The medal goes to Gordon Wood, top in Division 2 with a gross 86, net 67 who on his new handicap of 17.7 will now move into the top category.

Congratulations to all three.

Tee Times for the medal were:

8.52 Peter Tinker (playing with a new member for handicapping purposes)

9.00 Ian Scott; Jim Dunnett

9.07 George Dolby; George Allan; Jack Rough

9.15 Sandy McGibbon; Jim Davidson; Ian Strachan

9.22 Pat Duffy; Ernie Wastell; Ron Haynes

9.30 Brian Moore; Gordon Wood; Gilmour Ivey

9.37 Alex Sutherland; John Brand; Tam Bennet

9.45 Brian Ruffhead (no score submitted); Eric Gray; Eric Stuart (playing for handicap)

Saturday 1 May 2010

Result from Match v Murrayshall, Tuesday 4th May

The team for our first home match of the season on Tuesday was as follows:-

Match 1 - John Brand; Ian Scott

Match 2 Sandy Robertson; Ron Haynes

Match 3 Peter Tinker; Eric Gray

Match 4 Alex Sutherland; Ernie Wastell

Match 5 Sandy McGibbon

Match 6 Pat Duffy; John Stanley


The first of our home matches started with a resounding success (5 Matches for ; 1 against) despite the fact that we had to face a full strength Murrayshall with only 11 players. It should also be noted that the match we lost was not where Sandy was on his own.

On a day when rain threatened on more than one occasion we got home dry but a bit windswept from the cold Northerly Wind.

A good time was had by all and our compliments go out not only to the team members but also to the greenkeeper and his staff for the fantastic condition of the course so early on in the season and the centre's kitchen and restuarant for a great meal and service.