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

 LYON FOURSOMES, BANCHORY GOLF CLUB JULY 31st - AUGUST 1st.

This year’s Lyon Foursomes proved somewhat eventful. 

I am pleased to say we had a full complement of sixteen teams taking part including two teams from Stonehaven competing for the first time. Unfortunately the weather intervened on Monday afternoon and while the players initially continued in horrendous conditions play ultimately had to be abandoned with only one match completed due to flooding on the course despite the earlier efforts of the course manager.

Fortunately the weather improved on Tuesday and we were pleasantly surprised to see how quickly the course had recovered. I am extremely grateful to Andrew in the pro shop for rescheduling our tee times and for being so helpful. This enabled us to complete the second round matches on Tuesday morning before proceeding to both the semifinals and final in the afternoon. Thanks to all the players who turned up on Tuesday morning in some instances only to play a few holes and indeed to the finalists who had an extended day. 

The semifinals were contested by Aberdeen Ladies 1 v Kemnay and Duff House Royal 1 v Stonehaven 1 with Kemnay and Duff House going on to contest a close final, Kemnay winning by 1hole. Congratulations to the Kemnay team of Fiona Pennie, Hannah Bycroft, Lynn Tough and Yvonne Moir. Commiserations to Louise Anderson, Laura McLardy, Victoria Buchan and Kyla White from Duff House  

Thanks to Gail Christie and Lindsey McNiven who were our organisers this year helped by Karen Soden. 

My thanks go to Banchory Golf Club for allowing us to hold our Lyon Foursomes at their club and to all those who helped during the event.

 

Lyon Foursomes Final

Kemnay                                      v        Duff House Royal 1

Fiona Pennie & Hannah Bycroft   1 hole       Louise Anderson & Laura McLardy

Lynn Tough  & Yvonne  Moir                  All Square    Victoria Buchan & Kylah White

Winners Kemnay by 1hole

Well done Kemnay on a very excting and close final

 Congratulations to all teams who took part in this years Lyon Foursomes at Banchory.

Lyon Foursomes Final

Kemnay                                      v        Duff House Royal 1

Fiona Pennie & Hannah Bycroft  v      Louise Anderson & Laura McLardy

Lynn Tough  & Y Moir                 v     Victoria Buchan & Kylah White

Good luck to the finalists in lovely sunny weather!

Lyon Foursomes

The results of the semi finals are now available on the county website under fixtures or via this link.

Lyon foursomes

 Lyon Foursomes

The results for the quarter finals are now available under fixtures on the county website or via this link

Lyon results

 

Ellon County Open draw now available

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

For late entries please contact Fiona Campbell

Lyon Foursomes

Due to heavy rain the course at  Banchory has flooded, play has been suspended.

Please all arrive tomorrow no later than 8.30 am, to start play at 9 am from where you stopped or marked your ball.

The semi finals will be from 11.30.

The final from 3.00.

The weather forecast for tomorrow is looking good.

Thank you to all that played on in the rain today.

Lyon's Foursomes

 The results from this morning are now available  on the website under fixtures or via this link

Lyons Foursomes

 NORTH OF SCOTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP AND GIRLS’ CHAMPIONSHIP 

Aberdeenshire were well represented at the above Championships which were held at Arbroath Golf Club from 24-26 July. Well done to everyone who qualified for the match play for the Championship. 

Congratulations to Molly Skidmore (Stonehaven) who won the Jean Law Salver for best nett score in the Girls championship and to Karen McGuinness (Newmachar) who won the Handicap Championship final in a close match with Wendy Edwards (Forfar). Unfortunately Robyn Fowlie (Murcar Links) narrowly lost the Championship final to Ellie Docherty (Moray) by 1 hole. 

For those of you who like to plan ahead, next years North of Scotland Championship will be held at Nairn Dunbar from 22-24 July 2024.

HOME INTERNATIONALS (August 9-11 Machynys Golf Club, Wales)

I am pleased to report that Jasmine Mackintosh (Murcar Links) and Carmen Griffiths (Aboyne) have been selected for the Scottish team for the above event. Congratulations to you both.

 Entries for the Cruden Bay County Open have now closed.

All the tee slots are filled, if you would like to be on a waiting list in case of any call offs please email Lisa Bruce directly.

DRAW Lyon Foursomes Banchory 31st July-1st August 2023

 Please see the draw for Lyon Foursomes at Banchory in the picture or click link below:

Link here

There is an updated draw sheet for the Deeside county open on the website under fixtures.

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

For late entries please contact Carol McGregor

The results for the County Open at Kemnay are now available on the website under fixtures or by using this link  Kemnay Results

The results for the County Open at Murcar Links are now available on the website under fixtures or by using this link Murcar Links Results

 JUNIOR COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP, ABOYNE 2nd JULY

The Junior County Championship was held today at a blustery Aboyne Golf Club. 

The course was in fantastic condition and we are grateful to Aboyne Golf Club for granting us courtesy of the course for this event. 

The Farquharson Quaich for best scratch score was won by Holly McKenzie (Murcar Links) with an 83.

The Styropack Salver for best handicap score was won by Holly Lovie (Ballater), with a nett 73. 

Well done to all the girls who played today. 

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

For late entries please contact Karen Scott

Commonwealth Spoons Results - Inverurie GC 26th June 2023

Congratulations to all that played in the Commonwealth Spoons at Inverurie today

We had 33 pairs so therefore we have 3 winners going through to the finals at Kings Acre GC on the 4th of September.

They are

Lorna Hay & Brenda Anderson (Inverurie) - Score 66.5

Yvonne Moir & Carol Whicher (Kemnay) - Score 68.5

Fiona Gibb & Thelma Beattie (Deeside) - Score 70.5

The full results are now available in the fixtures page.

 

Murcar Links County Open draw now available

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

For late entries please contact Gill Ramage

The latest results for the Sheena Wood Rosebowl and Golf View League are now available in their sections of the website

 CONGRATULATIONS 

Congratulations to Jasmine Mackintosh for her performance in the Women’s Amateur Championship at the Prince’s course this week. Having qualified for the match play she defeated the reigning champion Jess Baker in the first round. In the round of 32  she was unfortunately defeated by Chiara Horder from Germany in a very close match. Well done Jasmine. 

 

Newmachar County Open draw now available

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

For late entries please contact Sheila McNaught

 JAMBOREE ‘23

 

This year our team were sadly unable to retain the Inter-County Jamboree trophy we won last year but put in an equally creditable performance in unprecedented adverse circumstances. 

 

Unfortunately shortly after our arrival at Muckhart the team were struck by a nasty vomiting bug which went on to affect most players during the course of the weekend. In addition one of the only two players to avoid the bug suffered a wrist injury. Despite the magnificent efforts of our ailing players, at times we did not have sufficient fit players to fulfil our fixtures and were forced to concede some matches.

 

The golf unfolded as follows:

 

Saturday 10^th June v Perth & Kinross.  Our foursomes got off to an unfortunate start with a concession being necessary after a player became ill on the first tee and no other players being fit to play at that time. Our two remaining couples fought hard in close matches before unfortunately losing. Due to the efforts of the players, we were able to fulfil the six afternoon singles and managed to win two matches through Rachel Mathieson and team debutant Fiona Pennie. 

Result: Perth & Kinross 7 Aberdeenshire 2

 

Sunday 11^th June v Northern Counties. In an exciting morning session we lost the foursomes 3-0, losing two of the matches at the 18^th. However Aberdeenshire fought back to win the afternoon singles session by 31/2 to 21/2 with Fiona Pennie, Karolina Martincova and Lynne Tough winning their matches and Rachel Mathieson getting a half. 

Result: Northern Counties 51/2 Aberdeenshire 31/2

 

Monday 12^th June v Angus. Aberdeenshire won the morning foursomes session 2-1 with Fiona Pennie & Karolina Martincova and Sheena Wood & Kim Watt winning their matches. We had to concede one of the afternoon singles matches due to a lack of fit players and Suzanne Robertson was unfortunately unable to complete her match due to injury. Despite this Aberdeenshire managed to win three of the remaining four singles through Karolina Martincova, Sheena Wood and Kim Watt to secure our match win. 

Result: Aberdeenshire 5 Angus 4

 

The Jamboree was won by Northern Counties who defeated Perth & Kinross in an exciting final match which was decided by the last game at the 18^th. Perth & Kinross finished as runners up with Aberdeenshire 3^rd and Angus 4^th. 

 

I must congratulate and thank the Aberdeenshire players for the extraordinary effort they put in over the weekend with many playing for the team when they would have preferred to be resting and recovering. Their mutual support and encouragement was superb and it was a pleasure to Captain them.  

 

Thanks also go to all those who sent good wishes to the team and to those who travelled down to support us in person. In particular my thanks go to our President, Marta Moody, for her support throughout the weekend. 

 

While I am sure each Jamboree has its own highlights and memories I suspect this one will go down in history for uniquely different reasons. 

 

 

INTER-COUNTY JAMBOREE 2023 AT MUCKHART GOLF CLUB

Monday 12th June 2023

TIME	ABERDEENSHIRE	PTS	ANGUS	PTS
9:30	Fiona Pennie & Karolina Martincova          4&3	1	Claire Penman & Marion McDonald	0
9:40	Sheena Wood & Kim Watt                              2&1	1	Jackie Brown & Jane Grubb	0
9:50	Suzanne Robertson & Susie Macleod	0	Viki Hart & Sarah Tough                      4&3	1
Result		2		1
14:15	Fiona Pennie	0	Viki Hart                             2 up	1
14:25	Karolina Martincova           2&1	1	Sarah Tough	0
14:35	Sheena Wood                      3&2	1	Lynn Gray	0
14:45	Susie Macleod	0	Sakuna Ramsay              w/o	1
14:55	Kim Watt                               5&4	1	Marion McDonald	0
15:05	Suzanne Robertson	0	Claire Penman                w/o	1
15:15	Final Result	5		4

TIME	PERTH & KINROSS	PTS	NORTHERN COUNTIES	PTS
10:00	Katy Alexander & Megan Ashley                      4&3	1	Carinne Taylor & Sammy Fotheringham	0
10:10	Laura Walker & Eilidh Watson                       4&3	1	Iona Reid & Laura Durrand	0
10:20	Kirsty Brodie & Laura Campbell	0	Ellie Docherty & Eleanor Tunn                     5&4	1
Result		2		1
15:30	Katy Alexander	0	Ellie Docherty              3&2	1
15:40	Megan Ashley	0	Sammy Fotheringham     3&2	1
15:50	Eilidh Watson	0	Iona Reid                            4&2	1
16:00	Isla Moncrieff                       2&1	1	Laura Durrand	0
16:10	Kirsty Brodie                        1 up	1	Eleanor Tunn	0
16:20	Laura Campbell	0	Carinne Taylor                   2 up	1
	Final Result	4		5