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Saturday 29th August – Fun Texas Scramble

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Saturday 29th August – Fun Texas Scramble

Once again our Texas Scramble was blessed with decent weather and fine turnout. We extended the format to 18 holes this year – it seemed a shame to waste such fine weather. Scoring was tight with a number of teams  returning sub 60 scratch scores but the team of Shonagh Pringle, husband Sandy, Jimmy Morrison and Babbies McNeil prevailed by a narrow margin.

Thanks to all who played, to Stewart for the magnificent condition of the course, to John, Jamie and Nancy for the clubhouse food and drink and finally to all the sponsors and donors who gave so generously to ensure such a fine day.

Wednesday 26th August – The Morton Quaich

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Wednesday 26th August – The Morton Quaich

24 played in the Morton Quaich which is also the 2nd qualifying round for the club championship. With the course still showing thee effects to the previous say’s heavy rain conditions were not ideal but did improve as the day wore on. Scoring was steady and David Morrison prevailed with a net 61 to win by 1 shot from David Brookens. CSS stayed at 63.

1st David Morrison (13) – 61

2nd David Brookens (12) – 62 acb

3rd Jamie Macpherson (4) – 62

4th David Blair (12) – 64

Jamie Macpherson and Graeme Crichton each bagged a 2 at the 4th  and David Blair did likewise at the 11th.

Saturday 29th August – Fun Texas Scramble

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Saturday 29th August – Fun Texas Scramble

A slight change to our Saturday schedule. To accommodate a long standing party booking we’re pushing the Scramble back by 30 mins. So despite what it says on this poster we’ll be starting at 12.30pm.

Now if you haven’t got a team yet don’t worry. Just turn up and there should be no problem fitting you in as there are a few teams short of players.

Come along and enjoy the fun. 

Lily Rainey

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Lily Rainey

Members and friends of the club will be saddened to hear of the peaceful passing of Lily Rainey on 22nd August, with husband Stan in close attendance. Lily’s health had not been good for some time and she spent most of the current year in hospital, an experience exacerbated for her and the family by the restrictive impact of the lockdown. More recently however the family was comforted by being able to see her under more relaxed provisions of palliative care. Lily was a social member of the club and was a regular and enthusiastic attender at the clubhouse for functions or simply lunch with Stan. She will be sadly missed and our condolences go to Stan, Jennifer, Kieran and Finlay at this sad time.

Sunday 23rd August – The McKelvie Cup Rd 1

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Sunday 23rd August – The McKelvie Cup Rd 1

21 played in the first of our three club championship qualifying rounds and braved sporadic light rain and Pyranha midges, compounded by the complete absence of wind for much of the morning. Scoring was steady rather than spectacular and CSS stayed at 63.

1st Gavin Mainds (10) – 62

2nd Douglas auld (18) – 64

3rd David Brookens (11) – 65 acb

4th Gus MacLeod (14) – 65

No 2s were recorded.