Ballater County Draw

 The draw for the Ballater County open can be found under Fixture Details 2025 or

 by following this link  Ballater draw

Any late entries please contact Lorna Mckendrick on lorna.mckendrick@hotmail.com

Captain “Sheena” is off to Bruntsfield !

Sheena heads off to Bruntsfield Links Golf Club (Edinburgh) this weekend to play in the Annual Match representing Scotland Senior women against Ireland playing for the Mary McKenna Trophy.

The Match consists of:

Sunday April 6th ….Foursomes

Monday April 7th …Singles

We wish Sheena and the rest of the Scottish Team Good Luck and hopefully they will bring home the Trophy.

Golf Season 2025

 

Welcome to Golf Season 2025.

The golf season 2025 is almost upon us and ALCGA offers plenty of opportunities to get playing.

Yearly subscriptions can now be paid. For information on how to pay, please look at the website under 

Useful Information - Paying your annual subscriptions.

Competitions are now open for entering. Please look at the fixture list on the website for all our events.

These can be entered through the Scottish Golf App. Information on how to enter can be found on the website under the heading -

 Useful Information - Competition Entry Guidance.

The year has started off with County Squad Training which has been a great success at Murcar Links. Our thanks go to Gary Forbes, Head Professional for running the sessions.

Junior coaching will again take place at Portlethen Golf Club with Head Professional David Pocock in April and May. Please inform our new Junior Convenor Ellie Whyte , alcga.juniors@gmail.com as soon as possible of any new Junior members so we can invite them along. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Our first event is at at Ballater Golf Club on Friday 25^th April. There is always a big entry to this popular event. The closing date is Friday 11^th April. To secure your place get your entry in as soon as possible.

This will be closely followed by our County Championship 2025 at Kemnay Golf Club. The qualifying round is on Friday 2^nd May, matchplay  on Saturday 3^rd May  and Sunday 4^th  May. Please come along on Sunday the 4^th May to watch and support the finalists as I am sure the golf will be of the highest quality.

I would encourage you to enter as many County Meetings as you can throughout the year as these are very sociable, a great way to play other courses and meet players from other clubs.

 

I wish you all a very happy and successful golf season in 2025 and I look forward to seeing you  at our county events.

 

 

Sheena Wood

Captain ALCGA

County Training Session 3

 

Our final session of pre-season training was held on another glorious day at Murcar Links.

Everyone found the sessions most informative and enjoyable.

Our thanks go to Head Professional Gary Forbes for delivering such excellent short game drills and competitions, it has been great for team building.

Champion of Champions

 

George Young who is secretary of the North East District has asked me to me to remind all clubs that the closing date for the Ladies Scratch and Handicap and the Ladies Senior Scratch and Handicap sections is Friday 7^th March.

I would encourage all those eligible to enter. I am sure you would enjoy taking part.

Email entries to

 northeastdistrictgolf@gmail.com

01/03/25 County Squad Training Session 2 - Murcar Links Golf Club

 

The girls for a change  enjoyed good weather to work on their pitching and putting.

Vice Captain Linda, Selector Carol and myself were all very impressed with the range of shots we saw, especially as the challenges were set up to be very testing.

Thanks to Gary Forbes Head Professional at Murcar Links Golf Club for leading the session.

16/02/25 County Squad Training Session 1 - Murcar Links Golf Club

 

Aberdeenshire County Training got under way Sunday 16^th February with the girls braving the weather at Murcar Links Golf Club with Head Professional Gary Forbes.

Due to the weather Gary had set up putting drills indoors and various short game challenges under cover on the range. It was a most productive and enjoyable session.

AGM and Prizegiving 2024

The full Captain’s Report will be published in due course. Here are a few points of particular interest from the meeting.
 

2024 ALCGA Prizewinners

Karen Stalker our new Honorary Member

Karen Stalker (Cruden Bay) was made an Honorary Member for her outstanding contribution to Aberdeen Ladies County Golf Association for twenty years.

We now have a Junior Convenor, who is Ellie Whyte (Aberdeen Ladies), our current President.

Our new County Team  Selector is Carol Eddie (Deeside).

 

Sheena Wood Rosebowl Qualifiers 2025

Debbie Milne (Craibstone)

Karen Stalker (Cruden Bay)

Lynne Tough (Kemnay)

Karen Soden (Peterculter)

Kirsty Craig (Kemnay)

Susie Macleod (Aberdeen Ladies)

Lesley Watson (Deeside)

Eileen Munro (Cullen Links)

Dates for 2025

County Championship, 2, 3, 4 May,  Kemnay Golf Club

Watt Duffus, 12 May, Meldrum House Golf Club

Inter County Jamboree, 6,7,8 June, Edzell Golf Club

Commonwealth Spoons, 30 June, Ellon Golf Club

Junior Championship, 6 July, Portlethen Golf Club

Lyon Foursomes, 4,5 August, Aboyne Golf Club

Tri-Am , 12 September, Craibstone Golf Club

County AGM 23rd November 2024 11am & List of Prizewinners

 

The County AGM will be held this Saturday 23rd November 11am at Curl Aberdeen. This will be followed by the prizegiving. Here are a list of all the prize winners. 

Prize winners 2024 -

MacRobert Thistle	Junior Medal	Brianne MacKay - DHR
Bey Trophy	Most Improved Younger Golfer	Holly McKenzie - ML
Fyfe Trophy	Most Improved Young Golfer	Ruby Watt - PLGC
Stella Bruce Trophy	Best Scratch Score in a Junior County Medal	Lois Reid - CB
Farquharson Quaich	Junior Scratch Champion	Ruby Watt - PLGC
Styropack Salver	Junior Handicap Champion	Lois Reid - CB
Commonwealth Spoons	Leading Qualifiers	Lorna Hay and Brenda Anderson - Inverurie
Sheena Wood Rosebowl	Trophy for winner Runner-up	Kirsty Craig - Kemnay Susie MacLeod - AL
Joan Rennie Salver & President’s Prize (Div A)	Best Nett Score in an Open Meeting	Sue Will - MH
Joan Rennie Salver & President’s Prize (Div B)	Best Nett Score in an Open Meeting, Division B	Joyce Wood - Royal Tarlair
Golf View League Trophy	County League	Duff House Royal
Individual Handicap Trophy	Best Individual Nett Score in Watt Duffus	Liz Barrack - MH
Mrs. J.P. Kennaway Cup	Best Individual Scratch Score in Watt Duffus	Rachel Mathieson - Hazlehead
Mrs. Watt Duffus Trophy	Handicap Scratch	Duff House Royal 2 Murcar Links 1
Godsman Quaich	Runner-up in Lyon Foursomes	Duff House Royal 1
Lyon Interclub Double Foursomes Trophy	Winner of Lyon Foursomes	Aberdeen Ladies 1
Mrs. D.T. Bruce Trophy	Best Scratch Score in an Open Meeting	Robyn Fowlie - ML
Mrs. B.B. Mellis Trophy	Aggregate 3 Best Nett Scores in Open Meetings, Division B	Rhona Pirie - Deeside
Mrs. M.L. Kilgour  Cup	Agg. 3 Best Scratch Scores in Open Meetings, Division B	Mary Robinson - ML
Miss K.M. Cochrane Cup	Aggregate 3 Best Nett Scores in Open Meetings, Division A	Fiona Mears - Ballater
Lyon Trophy	Agg. 3 Best Scratch Scores in Open Meetings, Division A	Susie MacLeod - AL
The Fiona Hay Salver Marta Moody Trophy	Handicap Winner Runner-up	Victoria Buchan -  DHR  Fiona Sim - Stonehaven
Member’s Cup	Leading Scratch Qualifier in Championship	Rachel Polson - ML
Miss C. Lyon Trophies	Scratch Semi-Finalists	1. Ruby Watt  - PLGC 2. Holly McKenzie - ML
Mrs. E.M. Cradock	Scratch Runner-Up	Erin Herd - Stonehaven
Mrs. F.K. Smith Trophy	Champion	Robyn Fowlie - ML

Sheena Wood Rosebowl Final 2024

 

The final of the Sheena Wood Rosebowl was played yesterday at Portlethen Golf Club between Kirsty Craig (Kemnay) and Susie Macleod (Aberdeen Ladies).

Great golf was played by the two finalists in blustery conditions. Kirsty was 3 up after nine holes, but Susie fought back with 2 birdies and an eagle, squaring the game after 16 holes. It could have gone either way but Kirsty managed to close out the match at the 18^th hole, winning by 1 hole.

Congratulations to Kirsty on winning the Rosebowl.

Thank you to Portlethen Golf Club for giving us courtesy of  their lovely course for the match.

Kirsty Craig & Susie Macleod

Tri-Am Stonehaven Golf Club 13 September 2024

Our final event, the County Tri-Am at Stonehaven Golf Club was a great success with 72 ladies taking part. The weather was absolutely glorious, which certainly showcased the spectacular views to be had from the course on the way round and I believe the dolphins showed up to add extra entertainment to the day.

In first place, with a runaway score of 94 points were Stonehaven Golf Club team Jan Bradford, Wilma Lawrence and Yvonne Scott. This fantastic score was helped by a superb Hole in One by Jan at the 7th hole. Many congratulations from Aberdeenshire County to Jan.

In second place, with a good score of 86 points, came another Stonehaven Golf Club team, Fiona Currie, Eleanor Hughes and Rose Riddell.

In third place, with 84 points, on a last 6 hold count back,  came the team of Rae Topping, Joyce Wood and Christine Ritchie from Royal Tarlair Golf Club.

In fourth place also on 84 points, came the team of Rachel Smith, Lorna Johnson and Liz Barrack, from Meldrum House Golf Club.

Congratulations to all the prize winners.

Tri-Am Prize Winners 2024

Jan Bradford - Hole in One

Thank you to the ALCGA management team.

A big thank you to Stonehaven Golf Club, staff and members for being so helpful and letting us hold our Tri-Am at your club.

A special thank you to Gordon and Gerry for starting the ladies off in fine style.

All the scores can be found here

ALCGA Tri-Am Stonehaven Golf Club 13/09/24

 We are delighted to say we have had a very good entry for our final event of the year the Tri-Am.

With this in mind, Stonehaven Golf Club have asked where possible if we could car share due to parking limitations.

They also advise they have had a breakdown with the gas for the club kitchen, so on Friday there will be sandwiches, soup, salad bowls, scones, tray bakes, tea and coffee. Unfortunately there will be no bacon rolls etc. available. They apologise for this but it is outwith their control.

Good luck to all taking part, have a great day.

County Tri-Am Draw

The draw for the County Tri-Am 2024 can be found under Fixture Details 2024 or by folowing this link  - Tri-Am Draw

Late entries are being accepted and please contact alcga.comp.sec@gmail.com

Golf View League 2024

Many Congratulations to the ladies at Duff House Royal for winning the Golf View League Trophy for the first time.

They have had a great 2024 season and are worthy winners.

Congratulations also go to Banchory who are promoted to Division 1 and to Stonehaven who are promoted to Division 2.

Peterculter County Open results

 The results from the Peterculter County Open can be found under Fixture Details 2024 or by following this link -  Peterculter County results

Cruden Bay Results 2024

 The results from the Cruden Bay County Open 2024 can be found under Fixture Details 2024 or by clicking on this link - Cruden Bay Results .  The full results from the open can be found in Fixture Details 2024

Peterculter County Draw 2024

The draw for the Peterculter County Open 2024 can be found under Fixture Details 2024 or by folowing this link  - Peterculter County Draw

Late entries are being accepted and please contact 

Pam Fraser  pamela.fraser23@btinternet.com

Home Internationals Murcar Links 2024

 

Murcar Links are this week hosting the 2024 Womens and Mens Home Internationals, with elite amateurs from our 4 nations competing and demonstrating an exceptionally high quality of golf right here on our doorstep.  There is an overall team trophy, plus a Womens and Mens trophy up for grabs, and the Scottish ladies team, which includes Jasmine Mckintosh and Carmen Griffiths, is well placed going into the final day of play.

Scotland play Wales tomorrow with the foursomes kicking off at 0730 and the singles following thereafter, with Ireland playing England from 9am.  Spectators are welcome.

The team standings are as follow:

                                 Overall                        Ladies

Ireland                     29                                10.5

England                   25                                10

Scotland                  18                                 9

Wales                      12                                 6.5

Lyon Inter-Club Foursomes Peterhead Golf Club 2024

 

Peterhead Golf Club, one of the founder members of Aberdeenshire Ladies County Golf Association was the venue for this years’ Lyon Inter-Club Double Foursomes.

Peterhead, famously windy –certainly was super windy, but also warm and sunny, which showcased how scenic the course really is.

It proved a great match-play course and was a good test of golf. All the teams who played enjoyed the challenge and the matches were all played in a fine sporting manner

The semi-finals were both very close indeed.

Aberdeen Ladies 1 beat a very strong team from Cruden Bay by just 1 hole. In the other semi-final Duff House Royal 1 beat a tough team from Murcar Links also by 1 hole, setting up what promised to be a great final.

The final was played in testing conditions as the wind again rose to gale force. The games were  nip and tuck until the last few very tricky holes when Aberdeen Ladies 1 managed to get their noses ahead and pip Duff House Royal 1 to the post.

Duff House Royal therefore retain the Godsman Quaich runner up trophy which they won last year. I am sure they will go one better in the very near future.

Congratulations go to Aberdeen Ladies 1 winners of the Lyon Foursomes Trophy.

Thanks to all the players who came and took part and to all the supporters and caddies. Thanks also to Sheila and Linda for organising and President Ellie for starting us off.

I must thank Peterhead Golf club for hosting the event, their greenkeeping staff for the magnificent condition of the course and to their bar and catering staff for being so accommodating.

Pictured below are the winners, runners up and semi-finalists.

Winners and Runners Up

Duff House Royal 1

Aberdeen Ladies 1

Cruden Bay

Murcar Links

McDonald Ellon County Open Results 2024

The results for the McDonald Ellon County Open 2024  can be found under Fixture Details 2024 or by following this link  - Ellon Results