Sad News

We are very sad to report the death of one of our longstanding and well known county members, Pam Twinn. 

A girlhood golfer from an early age, Pam was a quality player and won many prestigious titles in her home county of Durham. When she arrived in Scotland in the mid 1970s she joined Aberdeen Ladies Golf Club and it wasn’t long before she was asked to represent Aberdeenshire County which she did with considerable success. In later years, Pam’s enthusiasm & knowledge of every aspect of golf made her a natural choice as a selector at both county and at Scottish level. Always a character, witty and determined but also kind and caring, Pam will be long remembered by many as a very special lady.

Pam's Funeral Service will take place on Monday 16th March at 1.30pm at Hazlehead Crematorium  ( East Chapel)

County Coaching 2nd Session

 Another lovely day was had by all who attended yesterday at Murcar Links for our 2nd County Coaching Session.

Putting, Chipping, 80 yard shots and Bunker play were all demonstrated by Murcar Links Golf professional Gary Forbes who is well impressed by our Ladies skills. 

We have been very lucky with the weather so far for this time of year and hopefully our last session on March 15th will be as good.

  Murcar Links on a beautiful sunny day.

Happy, smiling faces from a few of the Ladies that attended yesterdays Coaching.

County Coaching 2026

Today we had our first County Coaching Training Session for 2026 at Murcar Links Club Golf.

This was attended by 9 Ladies who all enjoyed getting very useful  tips from Head Professional Gary Forbes who set up challenging tasks on chipping and putting.

The weather turned out so much better than originally forecast with bright sunshine most of the time and dry all in all an enjoyable day had by all.

 

Good luck to Sheena

Our Past Captain Sheena, is representing Team Europe v Spain in Gran Canaria this week - The Match play starts tomorrow. Hopefully you will have better weather than us Sheena and see the  ☀️

We wish you all the best and hope you drive straight and hole all your putts!

Congratulations -  Holly

Congratulations to our Junior County Member Holly McKenzie (Murcar Links) on becoming an Ambassador to the Stephen Gallagher Foundation in 2026.

Everyone from ALCGA wishes you all the best in this exciting roll.

 

AGM and Prizegiving 2025

 

The AGM and Prizegiving was held yesterday at Curl Aberdeen.

The full Captain’s Report can be seen using the attached link Captain's Report 2025

Here are some photos and a few points of interest from the meeting.

The retiring President Ellie Whyte (Aberdeen Ladies) was made an Honorary Member.

Ann Smart (Banchory) has been appointed the new President.

 

Sheena Wood Rosebowl Qualifiers 2026 are -

Shirley Cowie (Buckpool)

Kirsty Craig (Portlethen)

Joanne Davidson (Murcar Links)

Susan Davies (Aboyne)

Karen McGuinness (Newmachar)

Lindsey McNiven (Aberdeen Ladies)

Susanne Middleton (Deeside)

Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay)

 

Dates for 2026

County Championship – Murcar Links 24-26 April

Watt Duffus – Oldmeldrum Golf Club18^th May

Commonwealth Spoons – Portlethen Golf Club 22^nd June

Junior Championship – Inverurie Golf Club 28^th June

North of Scotland – Banchory Golf Club 27-29July

Lyon Foursomes – Deeside Golf Club  3^rd 4^th August

Tri-Am – Turriff Golf Club - 11^th  September

 

Ladies it has been an honour and a privilege to have served as your Captain and I thank everyone involved with the County for all the support and friendship. I could not have wished to Captain a finer group of ladies.

Sheena

County AGM 29th November 2025 and List of Prizewinners

The County AGM will be held on Saturday 29th November 11am at Curl Aberdeen, Eday Walk Aberdeen. This will be followed by the prizegiving. Here is the list of all the prize winners. 

Prize winners 2025 -

MacRobert Thistle	Best Nett Score in Junior Medal	Joy Lovie - Ballater
Bey Trophy	Most Improved Younger Golfer	Amy Blackadder - Deeside
Fyfe Trophy	Most Improved Young Golfer	Joy Lovie - Ballater
Stella Bruce Trophy	Best Scratch Score in a Junior County Medal	Holly Lovie  - Ballater
Farquharson Quaich	Junior Scratch Champion	Amy Blackadder - Deeside
Styropack Salver	Junior Handicap Champion	Brianne Mackay – Duff House Royal
Commonwealth Spoons	Leading Qualifiers	Heather Wallace – Aberdeen Ladies Aileen Macdonald - Aberdeen Ladies
Sheena Wood Rosebowl	Rosebowl  winner Runner-up	Kirsty Craig - Portlethen Susie MacLeod - AL
Joan Rennie Salver & President’s Prize (Div A)	Best Nett Score in an Open Meeting	Karen Soden - Peterculter
Joan Rennie Salver & President’s Prize (Div B)	Best Nett Score in an Open Meeting, Division B	Rhona Pirie - Deeside
Golf View League Trophy	County League	Hazlehead
Individual Handicap Trophy	Best Individual Nett Score in Watt Duffus	Heather Campbell - Aboyne
Mrs. J.P. Kennaway Cup	Best Individual Scratch Score in Watt Duffus	Robyn Gallon -  Duff House Royal
Mrs. Watt Duffus Trophy	Handicap Scratch	Aboyne  2 Duff House Royal 1
Godsman Quaich	Runner-up in Lyon Foursomes	Cancelled due to Storm Floris
Lyon Interclub Double Foursomes Trophy	Winner of Lyon Foursomes	Cancelled due to Storm Floris
Mrs. D.T. Bruce Trophy	Best Scratch Score in an Open Meeting	Rachel Mathieson - Hazlehead
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	Fiona Gibb - Deeside
Miss K.M. Cochrane Cup	Aggregate 3 Best Nett Scores in Open Meetings, Division A	Susanne Middleton - Deeside
Lyon Trophy	Agg. 3 Best Scratch Scores in Open Meetings, Division A	Robyn Fowlie - Edzell
The Fiona Hay Salver Marta Moody Trophy	Handicap Winner Kemnay Runner-up Kemany	Brianne Mackay- Duff House Royal Jacqueline Guthrie – McDonald Ellon
Member’s Cup	Leading Scratch Qualifier in Championship	Fiona Campbell – McDonald Ellon
Miss C. Lyon Trophies	Scratch Semi-Finalists	1. Sammy Fanthorpe - Murcar Links 2. Holly McKenzie - Murcar Links
Mrs. E.M. Cradock	Scratch Runner-Up	Julie Lees - Westhill
Mrs. F.K. Smith Trophy	Champion	Rachel Polson - Peterculter

 

14/09/25 ALCGA JUNIOR COACHING AT PORTLETHEN SESSION 3

The 4 girls who attended the final coaching session of the year were treated to a brilliant

session on all aspects of their game with top class individualised coaching from David.

The girls started indoors in the putting lab, then progressed outside to the driving range and

pitching area, making full use of the excellent practice facilities at Portlethen.

They will surely be inspired to keep practising through the winter and be ready for even

more success next season.

Most sincere thanks from ALCGA to Head Professional at Portlethen, David Pocock, for all of

his fantastic sessions which are not only full of great technical advice but are also great fun!

Sheena Wood Rosebowl Final 2025 - Murcar Links Golf Club

 

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

Great golf was played by the two finalists in blustery conditions. Kirsty was one over par and 3 up after nine holes. Susie fought back to one down, however Kirsty clinched the match with a birdie 2 at the 16th to win the final 3&2.

A very sporting final and many congratulations to Kirsty on winning the Rosebowl for the second year in a row.

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

 

Tri-Am Results 12 September 2025 Craibstone Golf Club

Tri-Am Craibstone Golf Club 12 September 2025

 

Our final event, the County Tri-Am at Craibstone  Golf Club was a great success with 108 ladies, 36 teams taking part. The course was in magnificent condition and all the ladies thoroughly enjoyed the strategic challenges it presented.

In first place, with a runaway score of 92 points were the Murcar Links Team of Shirley Copland, Liz Garden and Jill Ramage. Each player contributed many points but this fantastic score was definitely helped by Jill’s impressive back nine of 39 strokes giving her 27 points alone. Many congratulations from the county to the winning team.

In second place, with a commendable score of 86 points, came another Murcar Links team, Michelle Black, Joanne Davidison and Vicki Neish.

In third place, with 85 points, came the team of Lynn Kelly, Lyn Park and Lorna Whyte from Meldrum House Golf Club.

In fourth place also on 84 points, on a countback came Anne Christiansen,  Gladys Main and Sheila McNaught, from Newmachar Golf Club.

Congratulations to all the prize winners.

Thank you to the ALCGA management team.

A huge thank you to the staff at Craibstone Golf Club, particularly Tomasz for being so helpful and letting us hold our Tri-Am at this wonderful venue.

All the scores can be found on attached link.

Tri-Am Results 2025 Craibstone Golf Club 

Please see photos of the prize winning teams

Golf View League 2025

Many Congratulations go to Hazlehead for winning the Golf View League Trophy for the first time, they are worthy winners.

Congratulations also go to Murcar Links who are promoted to Division 1 and Aboyne who are promoted to Division 2.

Tri-Am Craibstone Golf Club 12th September 2025

 

We are delighted to say we have had an excellent entry of 36 teams for our final event of the year the Tri-Am at Craibstone Golf Club

Catering will be available from 8am until close of play.

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

Please see link for draw.

2025 Tri-Am Draw

Peterculter County Open Results

 The results from the Peterculter County Open can be found under Fixture Details 2025 or by following this link

Peterculter Results

ALCGA Junior Scramble Deeside Golf Club 17 August 2025

 

Winning Team Hannah, Joy, Fiona

The inaugural Junior Girls Scramble took place in glorious sunshine at Deeside Golf Club on Sunday 17^th August 2025.

Three well matched teams took part, each led by an experienced ALCGA county lady. The aim was for everyone to enjoy playing as part of a team & to pick up tips on course management, etiquette & rules. It was a great opportunity for some of the girls, as yet to achieve a handicap to meet up with others & play good golf.

Each team played round the 9 hole, Par 34, Blairs course twice and they scored under par every time. It was lovely to see everyone play together with such enthusiasm and each team member made their contribution, sometimes under pressure!

Winners: Total 61 (30,31)

Fiona Campbell (McDonald Ellon), Joy Lovie (Ballater) Hannah Denholm (Newmachar)

2^nd Place: Total 65 (32,33)

Carol Eddie (Deeside), Holly Lovie (Ballater), Lucy Morrison (Inverurie)

3^rd Place: Total 66 (34,32)

Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies), Lois Reid (Cruden Bay), Demi Morrison (Inverurie)

 

Well done to all the players, we hope the taste of subpar golf will inspire you to great things.

Our sincere thanks go to Deeside Golf Club who most kindly gave us courtesy of their lovely course and let us use their first class facilities. 

Cruden Bay Results

 The results for the Cruden Bay County Open on 14th August can be found under Fixture Details 2025 or by following this link

Cruden Bay Results

ALCGA Junior Tri-Am Deeside Golf Club 17th August 2025

 

The three teams for the ALCGA Junior scramble on the Blairs course at Deeside Golf Club on Sunday 17^th August are -

 12.27             Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies)

                       Lois Reid (Cruden Bay)

                       Demi Morrison (Inverurie

 

12.36             Carol Eddie (Deeside)

                      Holly Lovie (Ballater)

                      Lucy Craigmile (Inverurie)

 

12.45             Fiona Campbell (McDonald Ellon)

                      Joy Lovie (Ballater)

                      Hannah Denholm (Newmachar)

 

We are sure the girls will enjoy this competition, have fun being part of a team and learn a few course management tips along the way.

McDonald Ellon County Open Results

The results for the McDonald Ellon County Open can be found under Fixture Details 2025 or by following this link - Ellon Results

Peterculter County Open 21st August 2025

 The Peterculter County Open Draw can be found under Fixture Details 2025 or by following this link

Peterculter Golf Club County Open Draw    

Late entries will be accepted by emailing pamela.fraser23@btinternet.com

 

Cruden Bay County Open 14th August

The draw for the Cruden Bay County Open ca be found under Fixture Details 2025 or by following the link below. 

Cruden Bay Draw

Lyon Double Foursomes Cancelled

 

ALCGA committee have taken the decision to cancel this year’s Lyon Double Foursomes at Aboyne.

Unfortunately with an amber weather warning in place and Police Scotland advising the public to avoid unnecessary travel, we had no choice.

This is particularly disappointing as the Lyon Double Foursomes is always such an enjoyable team event and everyone was looking forward to playing at Aboyne.  

The Committee did look at options of how to reorganise/reschedule the event, but it proved to be unfeasible.

Our thanks go to Aboyne Golf Club and in particular their Professional Mike who have been so accommodating in every way.

Sadly Storm Floris will be the winner this year!

 

Could all clubs who have entered please email our Honorary Treasurer Laura McLardy with their bank details as they will be due a refund of their entry fee.