AYRSHIRE LADIES COUNTY GOLF ASSOCIATION

Captain Joanne, Vice Captain Ann and the Committee would like to wish all County Members a Happy Christmas and very best wishes for a Happy, Healthy, fun and successful golfing season in 2020.

The Winter Foursomes is well under way and we now have our quarter final line up way ahead of schedule! At the top of the draw Alex Glennie and Anne Edgar (Barassie) will take on Irene Papworth and Gillian Pollock (Skelmorlie) Next Past Captain Liz Wilson and her partner Linda McDonald (Barassie) will be making a trip to Kilbirnie to face Sandra Johnson and Nancy Shedden Holders Minnie Hamilton and Liz Fitzpatrick (Barassie) will host the 2017 winners Margaret White and Sheila McDougall (St Nicholas) In the last tie Jill West (Irvine) and Margaret Miller (Troon Ladies) will take on June Dempster and Katie Hodge (St Nicholas) Ties to be played by 2 February 2020

Wednesday night saw our first social event of the winter with a very successful Beetle Drive, 43 members and friends enjoyed an evening of fun, games and entertainment at Irvine Golf Club. In addition to the Beetle Drive we had a quiz with a "name the baby" round. Pictures of the committee "then and now" were on display for all to see. This proved to be quite a tricky task with some being more obvious than others! Thanks to our talented Treasurer Sandra for putting the quiz together, this was won by Moyra Withycombe, St Nicholas, and her guest Ann Ferguson. Skills were tested with a putting competition where the non golfers seemed to better than the golfers! In addition there was the chance to win a bottle by "simply" throwing a pound coin at the said bottle.  I do think there was more luck than skill involved in this task but Elspeth Howie, Skelmorlie, and Pauline Patrick, Irvine, showed us all how it should be done. The Beetle itself was ...

Thank you to everyone who attended the AGM and Prizegiving last night at West Kilbride Golf Club. Well done to all of this year's prizewinners! Please join me in welcoming our new captain Joanne Sharp from Barassie Golf Club and her new Vice Captain Ann Wallace from St Nicholas Golf Club. All the best for the next two years and good luck to all the ALCGA members for next season.

The Ayrshire Ladies team of - Louise Ducan (West Kilbride)                         Rachel Foster (St Nicholas) Luisa Gibson (Irvine)                                      Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) Jenny Linklater (Largs)                                   Pauline Patrick (Irvine) Roz Purdom (St Nicholas)                              Audrey Thompson (Loudoun) arrived at Peebles golf club last week to represent the West of Scotland in the Scottish County Finals. Playing East Champions Fife on the first day they took a lead of 2-1 into the afternoon singles which they won by an impressive 5-1 to give their first win of the competition by a total of 7-2. Day ...