County Championship Draw 2024

 

The draw for the County Championship is now available in Fixture details 2024 on the website as well as following this link – County Championship Draw

Registration Details

All players must register at the desk at the Ladies clubhouse prior to walking on to the first tee.

Entry to the clubhouse will be via the front door - NO GOLF SHOES MUST BE WORN IN THE CLUBHOUSE.

Please bring your mobile phone and have your SG app up to date - scoring will be done on the app.

Catering

Soft drinks , tea/coffee / sandwiches and cakes will be available in the ladies club house - CASH ONLY

 Should there be any withdrawals due to unforeseen circumstances we will be operating a waiting list.

 Any queries please contact alcga.comp.sec@gmail.com

County Championship 2024

Thank you to everyone who has entered the County Championship at Balgownie Links this year.

We have been overwhelmed by the number of entries and this has meant we have had to carry out a ballot by handicap in accordance with the ALGCA constitution.

For those of you who have been unsuccessful in making the draw, your entry fee will be refunded into your county account in due course.

Sheena Wood

Captain 

County Championship Entry at Balgowinie Links 2024

 

Following a query,  I would like to remind all entrants for this event, that they should be available not only for the qualifying round on Friday but also for the match play games on Saturday and Sunday.

This is stated in the constitution of ALCGA.

Any players who have entered and did not realise this was the case, are kindly requested to withdraw their names before the closing date on Friday 12^th April. Entry fee will be refunded onto your account.

Any queries please contact alcga.comp.sec@gmail.com

 

Thank you.

Sheena

Captain ALCGA

Ballater Draw now live on the website

The draw for Ballater is now available in Fixtures details 2024 on the website as well as following this link - Ballater draw

If you would like a late entry please contact Lorna McKendrick the Ballater rep

County Championship Entry 2024 Balgownie Links

Scottish Women’s Amateur Tour (S.W.A.T.) 

For Women & Girls with a handicap of 36 or better

 

Alan Tait, PGA “Specialist” Scottish Golf Professional,  was dismayed and surprised at how few competitive opportunities there were for women & girls in Scotland.

He therefore decided to set up an Amateur Women’s Golf Tour (S.W.A.T.) for women & girls with a handicap of 36 or better.

He has lined up 9 x 36 hole events at some great venues in Scotland.

The leading 6 scratch players from the order of merit and the leading 6 players from the nett OOM, playing in an end of season Grand Final at Cabot Highlands Castle Stuart in September.

 All events are £65 entry for the 36 holes which I'm sure you'll agree is great value given the quality of the courses. The players can play in as few or as many events as they wish.

 

Details of how to register and enter events can be viewed at 

https://www.alantaitgolf.co.uk/swattour

Alan has asked if I could distribute to all members in Aberdeenshire Ladies County to help spread the word and support his new venture.

Entry for the first event at Royal Dornoch on 17/18^th April will open on Wednesday 27^th March.

I think this is a great opportunity and I hope to see many of you on The Tour.

 

Sheena Wood

County Captain

County Training Session 2 at Murcar Links - 24th March 2024

Another very successful County training session held at Murcar Links Golf Club.

Thanks again to Head Professional Gary Forbes for his great expertise and enthusiasm in helping all the girls with their short game in very windy conditions.

  

 County Training 10/03/24

Aberdeenshire County Training got under way Sunday 10th March with the girls braving the weather at Murcar Links Golf Club.

Although it was a cold, windy and wet day, it was a most productive and enjoyable session with Murcar Head Professional Gary Forbes. 

Gary gave us all lots to practice and think about.

Sad News

 

Janette Sneddon Wright (née Robertson)  January 1935 - February 2024

 

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the recent death of Janette Wright (Aboyne).

Our sincere sympathy goes out to all her family.

 

Janette hailed from Glasgow, representing Lenzie Golf Club in her early years. After her

marriage she moved to Aboyne and was part of the highly talented Wright golfing family.

Many will remember her friendly face greeting you in the professional’s shop at

Aboyne Golf Club where her husband, Innes, was the Professional.

 

Janette was a keynote speaker at our ALCGA Centenary Lunch in 2011. She charmed

everyone with her amazing stories from a bygone age when air travel was in its infancy and

destinations were reached by sea, sometimes taking many weeks.

 

She was a most gracious lady, modest, unassuming, popular with everyone. She will be

greatly missed by us all and remembered with great affection.

 

Janette had an incredible amateur golfing career, including 3 consecutive victories in the Scottish Ladies’ Championship from 1959-1961.

We have highlighted some of her fabulous achievements below as you will see she truly had an exceptional career.

 

British Girls’ Champion 1950 and runner-up in 1951

Commonwealth tournament (representing British juniors): 1953

Match against England Girls: 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953

Scottish Ladies’ Amateur Champion: 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1973

Curtis Cup 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960

Vagliano Trophy (representing Great Britain Ireland) 1957, 1959,

1961, 1963

Commonwealth Trophy (representing Great Britain): 1959

European Team Championship: 1965, 1973

Scottish Ladies’ Internationalist: 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1973

Represented Aberdeenshire Ladies County Golf Association, including as a member of

the winning team at the County Finals in 1971 and 1972

Represented Lanarkshire Ladies County Golf Association

Captained Scottish teams at the Home Internationals and the European Ladies’ Team

Championships

 

ALCGA winning  team at Elie in 1971, the first time that our team won at the finals.  Pictured from left to right are Muriel Thomson, Audrey Henderson, Tony Moffat, Annette Laing, Margaret Robertson (Captain), Janette Wright, Lesley Grant, Joan Rennie, Margaret Quigley.

 

 

AGM 2023 Prizewinners

 AGM & Prizegiving 2023

The 2023 AGM and Prizegiving was held at Aberdeen Curl Saturday 2nd December 

Retiring President Marta Moody (Murcar Links) was made an Honorary Member and was thanked for all her hard work and committment during her term in Office.

Olive Robb (Murcar Links) the retiring Captain was presented with her Past Captain's brooch and she was also thanked for her hard work over the past two years.

The new Captain for 2024 - 2025 is Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) assisted by new Vice Captain Linda Urquhart (Banchory) and the new President Ellie Whyte (Aberdeen Ladies)

Prize winners 2023 -

MacRobert Thistle	Junior Medal	Holly McKenzie (Murcar Links)
Bey Trophy	Most Improved Younger Golfer	Joy Lovie (Ballater)
Fyfe Trophy	Most Improved Young Golfer	Eve Ironside (Kemnay)
Stella Bruce Trophy	Best Scratch Score in a Junior County Medal	Isla Hynd (Cruden Bay)
Farquharson Quaich	Junior Scratch Champion	Holly Mckenzie(Murcar Links)
Styropack Salver	Junior Handicap Champion	Holly Lovie (Ballater)
Commonwealth Spoons	Leading Qualifier	Lorna Hay and Brenda Anderson (Inverurie)
Two Ball Competition
Sheena Wood Rosebowl	Trophy for winner Runner-up	Rhona Pirie (Deeside) Susie MacLeod (AL)
Joan Rennie Salver & President’s Prize (Div A)	Best Nett Score in an Open Meeting	Rae Topping (Royal Tarlair)
Joan Rennie Salver & President’s Prize (Div B)	Best Nett Score in an Open Meeting, Division B	Joyce Wood (Royal Tarlair)
Golf View Ltd. Trophy	Scratch League	Aberdeen Ladies
Individual Handicap Trophy	Best Individual Nett Score in Watt Duffus	Vicky Neish (Murcar Links)
Mrs. J.P. Kennaway Cup	Best Individual Scratch Score in Watt Duffus	Rachel Polson (Murcar Links)
Mrs. Watt Duffus Trophy	Handicap Scratch	Aberdeen Ladies 2 Murcar Links 1
Godsman Quaich	Runner-up in Lyon Foursomes	Duff House Royal 1
Lyon Interclub Double Foursomes Trophy	Winner of Lyon Foursomes	Kemnay
Mrs. D.T. Bruce Trophy	Best Scratch Score in an Open Meeting	Susie MacLeod (Aberdeen Ladies)
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	Yvonne Scott (Stonehaven)
Miss K.M. Cochrane Cup	Aggregate 3 Best Nett Scores in Open Meetings, Division A	Colleen Young (Banchory )
Lyon Trophy	Agg. 3 Best Scratch Scores in Open Meetings, Division A	Susie MacLeod (Aberdeen Ladies)
The Fiona Hay Salver	Handicap Champion - trophy Runner-up	Shirley Smith (Murcar Links) Lesley Watson (Deeside)
Member’s Cup	Leading Scratch Qualifier in Championship	Ruby Watt (PLGC)
Miss C. Lyon Trophies	Scratch Semi-Finalists	1. Sheena Wood (AL) 2. Ruby Watt (PLGC)
Mrs. E.M. Cradock	Scratch Runner-Up	Rachel Polson (ML)
Mrs. F.K. Smith Trophy	Champion	Robyn Fowlie (ML)

Tri Am Prize winners

 The winners of the tri am at Newburgh can be found under fixtures or using this link tri am results

Tri Am Draw

 The tri am draw has been updated and is available on the county website under fixtures.

Tri Am at Newburgh draw is now available

The link to the Tri Am draw is now in the fixtures page or by using this link - Tri Am Draw

Late entries are being accepted. 

Peterculter County Open Results

 The prize winners for the county open at Peterculter are now available under fixtures on the county website or by using this link. Peterculter results

 

Cruden Bay County Open results now available

The link to the Cruden Bay Results is now in the fixtures page or see the prize winners by using this link - Cruden Bay Prizewinners

Sheena Wood Rosebowl Final

 Congratulations to Rhona Pirie (Deeside) winning the Sheena Wood Rosebowl today at Peterculter, beating Susie Macleod (Aberdeen Ladies) 5&4.

The final was played in a most sporting manner with Rhona  recieving 25 shots, which she used very well, with many nett birdies and even a nett eagle! 

The weather was perfect and our thanks must go to Peterculter Golf Club for granting us courtesy of their lovely course for the match.

The girls thoroughly enjoyed playing the course, which was in excellent condition.

 The full results for the County Open at Ellon are now available on the website under fixtures. The prize winners can be found using this link - Ellon County Open Prizewinners

 

Peterculter County Open draw now available

The link to the Peterculter draw is now in the fixtures page or by using this link - Peterculter Draw

Late entries being accepted by email to kasoden46@yahoo.co.uk

 

Cruden Bay County Open draw now available

The link to the Cruden Bay draw is now in the fixtures page or by using this link - Cruden Bay draw

The tee times for Cruden Bay are full and their is a waiting list, if you would like to be added to the waiting list please email Lisa Bruce.

If you are down to play and are now unable please let Lisa know so she can add in someone from the waiting list