AGM

The AGM 2010 WILL BE HELD AT GLENBERVIE GOLF CLUB ON WEDNESDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 2010AT 7.30PM

The agenda is as follows :AGENDA

1. Apologies.
2. Minutes of Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 30th September
2009 which had been previously circulated.
3. Business arising from Minutes.
4. Report from Captain.
5. Report from Hon. Secretary.
6. Report from Hon. Treasurer.
7. Report from Junior Secretary.
8. Fixtures
9 Proposal By Committee to change to the constitution as follows:
(6. Membership : ordinary members delete 28 and under and replace with 32 and under )
10 Election of Office Bearers.
11 Election of Auditor
12 Election of Selection Committee.
13. A.O.C.B

 

The committee are proposing a change to the consitution as follows:

Proposed Change to the Constitution

The Committee propose the following change to the Constitution.

 Paragraph 6 : Membership

 •1.     Ordinary Members:  delete 28 and replace with 32.

 

The paragraph would now read "Membership will be open to any person with a handicap of 32 and under, on application, who is eligible under S.L.G.A Regulations for County  Golf ". There will be a limit of 280 members.

                               

 

 Minutes of previous AGM

 

Minutes of the A.G.M. Held on 30^TH September 2009 at Falkirk Golf Club.

Mrs Helen Hunter , president , welcomed the 73 ladies present and thanked Falkirk Golf Club for the use of their clubhouse for our AGM

Helen continued by saying  that there had been three bereavements since last year .In January , Jean Patrick passed away .Jean was a member of Stirling Golf Club and a long time member of the County .She had been a past Captain and team member and had wonderful spirit .

 .In March ,Margaret Ferguson , a member as past Captain of Bonnybridge golf club and an active member of the County died  suddenly .She  had a great sense of humour, loved life and was great fun on and  off the golf course.

After  a long fight against Cancer , Susan Peebles died at the end of August . She had been Lady Captain of Falkirk Golf Club and  a also a member of the County .They will all be sadly missed by friends and family alike but shall also be missed for their sense of fun and golf camaraderie.

Our Condolences have also been passed to May Macnair, our treasurer for many years. May's Husband, David, very recently passed away and our thoughts are with May. The County was represented at all the aforementioned funerals.

 

1 .Apologies : There were 32 apologies.

2. Minutes the previous meeting were circulated and were taken as read. The adoption of the minutes was proposed by Miss J.Quin and seconded by Mrs M. Logan.

3. Business arising from the minutes. There was no business arising.

Mrs Helen Hunter , president, said that the Committee have worked tirelessly to make sure that your County Golf runs smoothly , especially with the extra work because of the centenary. She said she would like to give special mention to Anna. Linda, Gail and Elizabeth for their efforts this past year. Each does her own job very well, backing up each other when necessary and they deserve a huge thank you from all of us .Despite being Captain and having a responsible job to cope with ,Linda has managed to win the Scottish Police Championships a few weeks ago . Congratulations and best wishes in defending the title next year .

4. Captains Report;

• East of Scotland Championship

This was played at Elie GC on 28^th September. Unfortunately Stirling & Clackmannan did not have sufficient entries for a team entry; in fact I think Louise MacGregor was the only entrant from the county. The overall winner was Louise Kenney from Fife County. This year's championship will be hosted by Midlothian County at Mortonhall on Sunday 4^th October and I pleased to say we have several entries from the county membership and hopefully some of our members will feature in the prizes.

• Grant Allison Winter League

The usual format prevailed for the scratch winter league, with 10 pairs playing matches in two sections. The winners of section 1 were Alison Davidson & Elaine Allison (both Stirling) and winners of section 2 were Stella Mitchell (Falkirk Tryst) & Mhairi Hall (Bathgate). Overall winners were Alison & Elaine.

• County Dinner

The annual dinner was held at Falkirk GC on Friday 20^th March 2009. 65 Ladies attended and enjoyed a lovely meal and lots of chatter. We ran a raffle for various donated prizes and a total of £310 was raised for the benefit of the junior girls coaching and development within the county.

• County Championship

The championship was played in fairly dismal, wet & windy weather conditions at Linlithgow GC in early May. That said, the course held up remarkably well and remained playable at all times which is a testament to the good work done by the course manager and ground staff.

Scores were fairly high in the qualifying round with one or two exceptions, in particular, Mhairi Hall (Bathgate) and Helen Goodwin (Glenbervie) who won the scratch and handicap Captain's Prizes respectively.

The final was closely contested by Jill Harrison (Linlithgow) and Vicki Stevenson (Stirling) with Jill running out the winner by 1 hole. This was Jill's fourth championship win, the third of which was 21 years ago in 1988.

 

• Squad Training

Due to personal circumstances (i.e I was away on holiday for 5 weeks of the winter!) I was unable to organise the winter training format which had been tested out last year. However we did participate in our regular practice matches against Perth & Kinross at Falkirk GC; Dunbartonshire & Argyll at Douglas Park GC; and Dunblane Gents at Dunblane New GC, and an additional match against our own junior girls' team at Burntisland GC. Unfortunately the results did not bode well for the season ahead with losses in all four matches.

One alteration to the training this year was a change of coach. The squad attended five practice sessions with Stewart Craig at Falkirk GC, again with emphasis on short game and putting. Despite some scheduling problems due to Stewart's various Solheim Cup commitments with some higher profile clients, I think the squad did benefit from the sessions and I am hopeful we can secure Stewart's services again for the year ahead

• East Division Inter-county matches, Falkirk GC

The jamboree was hosted by us this year at Falkirk GC on Mon 29^th, Tues 30^th June and Wed 1^st July.

The team selected to represent the county was Linda Allan, Elaine Allison, Claire Capocci, Lesley Gibb, Jill Harrison, Stella Mitchell, Louise MacGregor and Vicki Stevenson. Unfortunately Stella developed an injury had to withdraw from the team only a few days prior to the event, and Mhairi Hall was drafted into the team from 1^st reserve.

Unfortunately we lost all three matches losing to Fife 7-2 on Day One; to East Lothian 5-4 on Day Two; and to the eventual winners Midlothian 8½ - ½ on Day Three. The overall result does not reflect how close some of the games actually were - out of a total of 27 games played. 11 finished on the 18^th green, 5 finished on the 17^th and 8 finished on the 16^th green. It is clear that we are not far from winning more matches, we just need to keep working on our short game and putting in the hope that eventually we hole a chip shot or sink that crucial put that helps us win instead of lose the match.

Despite the overall result, I am delighted with the team's hard work & effort and their general team spirit, and also for their support and patience as I tried various different foursomes' pairings and singles order in an effort to win valuable points.

I am also very grateful as always to Anna for all her hard work and for keeping me organised and composed; to Helen Hunter for her support and advice; to Helen Thomson for acting as starter each day and to all others who provided support by caddying, providing supplies or just being there to watch.

The venue for next year's jamboree is Royal Musselburgh GC, East Lothian on 28^th, 29^th & 30^th June.

• Centenary Greensomes Competition

As has already been mentioned 2009 is Centenary for SCCLGA. To celebrate the committee decided to run a Centenary Greensomes competition which had been planned to take place at Alloa GC on Sunday 23^rd August 2009. Unfortunately 'Mother Nature' was against us and the course was closed on the day as a result of the persistent heavy rain we had experienced in the days before the event and on the actual date. Since the caterers had already sourced food to cater for the 80+ participants, and all entrants had already paid for their meal in the entry fee, the decision was taken to go ahead with an informal centenary buffet lunch. Nearly all the ladies, with the exception of four, who had entered plus our non-playing members who had attended to help with the administration of the competition enjoyed a very enjoyable, relaxing lunch which was not ruined by the frustrations of bad golf! The buffet food was excellent, particularly the desserts and, despite absolutely no demand what-so-ever, the SLAGS, who retired after the 2008 county dinner,

• Mail on Sunday Women's National Club competition

It would seem that Stirling GC members are our most consistent players this year and I am delighted to report that the current Stirling GC ladies team is continuing in the successful footsteps of previous teams in this competition. They beat Kilmarnock (Barassie) GC 3-2 away from home in the last of the Scottish rounds to reach the quarter finals in Manchester where their successful run continued this weekend past and they won 3½ - 1½  against Glamorganshire and will soon be off to El Rompido in Spain for the semi-finals and hopefully the final. The team include Captain Jayne McKenzie, Aileen Lee, Lesley Campbell, Linda Mathewson, Maureen Noble, Frances McMillan and Lianne Muirhead.

• Finally I would like to make a special mention to Karen Burns, who has had some personal success herself although not on the golf course. Along with a team of friends she entered a gruelling fundraising event on the 2^nd May 2009 called Maggie's Monster Bike & Hike, crossing the width of Scotland from Fort William to Inverness, along the Great Glen Way using leg power alone. This consisted of cycling 30 miles, followed by a 43 mile hike, which we completed in 20hrs 56mins, through the rain, darkness and minus 5 temperatures. This was an event which became all too close to Karen's heart as her younger brother Paul has cancer and is currently undergoing his 2^nd bout of chemo, so to complete the full 73 miles was very emotional for her. The total money raised in 2009 was an incredible £16,343.89 and she thanks everyone for their generous support. Karen has been instrumental in raising over £100,000.00 over the last 4 years and Maggie's Centres have nominated her for a Pride of Britain Award.

There are probably several other successes by members throughout the year but these are the main ones I have picked up on. My apologies go to those who I have missed and failed to mention.

5. Secretary's Report

This has been a busy year admin wise with  all the usual competitions ,hosting the Inter County Matches and our Centenary Celebrations.

• Winter Round Robin: There were 32  teams entered and  unfortunately two had to withdraw early in the competition. Despite the weather most teams managed to complete their matches  .The section winners were  Claire Capocci and Hilary Duggua (Bridge of Allan) ,Kate Luke and Frances Scott (Falkirk), Joyce Mulgrew and Pat Cockshoot(Stirling), and Margaret Logan and Margaret McFarlane(Bathgate). The semi finals were played at Glenbervie Golf Club where Claire and Hilary beat Kate and Frances and Margaret and Margaret beat Joyce and Pat. The  finalists were the same as last year but the outcome different .This year Margaret Logan and Margaret McFarlane won in a very enjoyable match .Well done.
• Pullar Cup; There were 37 entries this year which was excellent and the matches were played on time .The Semi-finals and Final were played at Stirling Golf Club when Lesley  Gibb beat Brenda Lawlor and Winifred MacCallum beat  Margaret Tough .The final between Winifred and Lesley resulted in a win for  Winifred . Congratulations on  being the winner in  centenary of the trophy .
• Meetings : The meetings were all played in fairly good weather except for the Championship Qualifying at Linlithgow, when it rained and blew a gale .

We had 492 ladies played in the 7 meetings an average of 70m per meeting. Which is exactly the same as last year .We have 48 prize-winners from 14 clubs .The defaults have certainly improved. The worst was Tulliallan with 12 and there were 7 at  Glenbervie  but there were even late entries so things are definitely improving in this area..

At  both Stirling and Falkirk Tryst we had more than 20 home players so 2 CCS'S were calculated . This was of benefit to away players since their CSS at Stirling was 76 for reduction only and at Falkirk Tryst 73 compared with home players of 74 and 72 respectively. At Glenbervie and Braehead the CSS remained the same as the SSS and in all others it increased.

• Nimmo Cup; Linda Allan has been successful in winning the Nimmo Cup this year. This awarded to the played with best 3 gross scores in County Meetings 
• The Order of Merit : Points are awarded to players the best 5 scratch scores in County meetings and also for the performance in the Championship .This year's winner is Elaine Allison.
• Millennium Trophy was played for at  Bathgate this and was won by Bathgate , Falkirk Tryst coming second ..a long way behind

• Commonwealth Spoons was exciting as it was played at Bridge of Allan .There were 29 entries and the winners were Jennifer Ure (Braehead) and Gina Beglin(West Lothian ) both new members to the County  his year. 2^nd was Claire Capocci and Sandra Green(Bridge of Allan) and 3^rd Jean Davidson and Elizabeth  Stevenson(Falkirk Tryst).All thee teams played in the Scottish Finals at Longniddry on 24^th September and Jean and Elizabeth narrowly missed out of the prizes ..(Elizabeth's fault at the last ..so she says ).
• Computer Software ; We continued to use the Club2000 software and it is a great help in processing the competition scores and getting the results out quickly.
• Website . With the help of Shona Gunn we have a new website this year which we have used to give out news items, results , draws for meetings and update in the Pullar Cup competitions .I have found it very helpful and I think people are getting used to accessing it for information.
• Shirts and Sweaters . We continue with the mint green sweaters and shirts which have been well admired . The sweaters are £46 and the  shirts are £30 . I also have  a supply of black fleece gilets with the county badge .These are priced at £20 each and are really good buy .If you would like any please order them through myself. If you have a County Voucher Gail is quite happy to take that towards payment .
• Club Reps . The Club Reps are invaluable to the running and organisation of the County.. We had a few new ones this year who have all brought some new ideas  which is very welcome. For 2010 the only change I know about is Susan McLeod from Stirling in being replaced by Frances  McMillan .Thanks ,Susan , for all your hard work .
• Centenary:  Linda has spoken about the cancellation of the  Greensomes competition The Golf  of has been rescheduled for 11^th October .The tee times will be 10am-12.45pm .I have prepared a new draw sheet your times are approx. 2 hours earlier.. We have managed to secure lots of prizes and will have a prize for every hole  . Thanks to everyone who has donated the prizes and  Elaine for the  wonderful Centenary Trophy .
•  Ball Markers:  At the lunch for the Greensomes everyone was given centenary ball markers and tees .  We also have markers for all members of the County and Juniors which were given to Reps at the last committee meeting. However is still have some to distribute tonight.
• In conclusion I would like to thank everyone for their help and support during the year especially Linda and Gail for help with cards and results and Helen for being a shoulder to lean on when required .It is a pleasure working with such a good group .

6.Treasurer's Report

Firstly I would like to thank May for helping me out in the beginning and giving me a good slow start to my induction as your treasurer .

 I would  now like to present the 2009  balance sheet for the year ended 31^st August 2009. and run through a few points and hopefully answer any of your questions.

• Income: £5000 represents 199 ladies who paid their subscriptions ( one lady paid the previous year's which she innocently had missed) Of those we have 18 new or renewed members .Unfortunately we had 10 resignations and 5 suspended memberships .I would like at this point to thank the reps who have done a good job rallying the new members and would ask that they keep it up and would ask all members to encourage ladies to join. Our full complement is 278 and we currently have 199 so there are lots of places.

 The Income this year was higher than the previous year and this is largely due to the    Stirlingshire AM/AM figure of £1000.This is now an annual competition which is held  to raise funds for Junior Golf. We also had a large increase in the contribution to Girls tuition fund with the proceeds of a raffle held at the Annual Dinner which raised £310 and the very gratefully received donations from clubs.

• Expenditure Girls Expenditure was covered almost entirely by the lottery grant with the exception of £120 which relates to last year's Cuthbertson Cup .The lottery fund is not guaranteed so therefore the above mentioned incomes are vital to keep coaching etc going for the stars of the future.

The Inter County figure is less due to us hosting the this year and no accommodation costs were incurred.

            There are also some "one off "costs , centenary ball markers to mark a special year.

The Centenary Greensomes look like showing a small profit but this is due to the fact that we have not had the competition yet so we have not paid out he prizes.

• Overall there is a deficit of £2165.95 but in reality we have a profit of £2662.50 (taking into account the lottery money)

I am therefore happy to say that the committee has agreed that the membership fees should remain at £25.

 At this point I would like to thank Margaret Forsyth fir auditing these accounts and now hope that I have made some sense and not put you all to sleep I am now open for questions .

There were no questions .

 

7. Junior Secretary's Report:

• Membership: We now have a total of 34 girls in the county. Most of them are members of clubs in the Falkirk area. Very few are from the Stirling, Clackmannan and Linlithgow areas

.      Of these, 15 now have a CONGU handicap compared to 9 at the start of this season. We now have 8 girls with handicaps below 20, 3 with handicaps between 21 and 30 and 4 between 31 and 36. The biggest handicap reductions have been by Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) who has reduced her handicap from 16 to 6 this season. Tiffiny Wood, also Glenbervie, has reduced hers from 23 to 13. Alison has been offered a place in the SGU/SLGA Academy Squad and Tiffiny has been invited to join the SLGA District Education Development Programme which is being held this winter

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• Lottery Fund: I would like to say a bit about the lottery funding we received in April 2008. All the funding had to be spent by the middle of April 2009 and we managed to do this. Our coaching programme last winter began with the elite squad who met weekly for 1 hour for 6 weeks at the driving range. Each girl was told the swing changes she was to make over the winter by our coach, Stewart Craig. Lottery funding also paid for the Jan. to March coaching at the driving range for the other girls. Our numbers increased dramatically from the previous winter. In 2008 we had 6 to 16 girls attending winter coaching and 2009 we had 17 to 27 girls coming along. It was great to have a lot of new faces although it did get a bit crowded some evenings We are extremely fortunate to have Stewart Craig as our county girls coach. He is keen to help develop the county girls' golf and we do get a good deal from him. We also gave some of our younger, keen members the opportunity to have a couple of individual lessons each with Stewart and I think this has helped to encourage them. Again this was funded by lottery money.
• Games Night :We held a games night in the middle of February which was a fun evening for the girls It was held at Glenbervie Golf Club and 19 girls took part.
• Our "Elite Squad" were given the opportunity to take part in the Clubgolf Stage 3 programme. Funding for this, for Year 1, came partly from the Golf Foundation and the rest of the cost was met by the girls themselves. This was an intense programme - 40 hours of coaching over 20 weeks. 7 girls participated in part 1 and 5 in part 2. It is hoped that Stage 3 Year 2 will commence soon with 6 girls taking part The Golf Foundation have reduced their grants this year so they can't give us any funding. However Clubgolf Scotland are keen to see this project completed and they have agreed to meet part of the cost.
• Our website is up and running and can be accessed through the girls link in the Kirkwood Golf website and also through the S&C Ladies one. All information regarding competitions, teams, results etc. can be found here. So if you're interested please do have a look. The address is www.scclgagirls.blogspot.com.
• National Events: The girls have been encouraged to play in national events:

3 played in the Scottish Girls U16 's Strokeplay at Craigielaw GC . Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) won 2^nd handicap and Nicole Underhill (Falkirk Tryst) was 3^rd in the handicap section.

2 took part in the  Scottish Girls U14's at Largs GC

4 played in the Scottish Girls U18's at Lanark . Alison Goodwin qualified for the matchplay stage of the championship and Alexis Hutton(Falkirk Tryst) qualified for the Ansley Salver knockout.

5  girls played in the Scottish U21 Strokeplay at Nairn Dunbar-3 reduced their handicaps at this event. Alexis returned the best nett score in the first round.

• East of Scotland Girls: Ten S&C girls are now members of the East of Scotland Girls' Golf Association. The East Girls championship was played at Kingsknowe GC. Alison Goodwin qualified for the matchplay and got to the semi-final where she was beaten by the eventual winner, Rachel Hanlon(St. Regulus).

Judy Shields(Dunblane) played  for the East team in the inter Divisional championship at Ballumbie Castle GC and the East won the event for the second year running.

• Cuthbertson Cup:I have 2 Cuthbertson Cup events to report. This is the girls inter county matches held annually between S&C, East Lothian, Fife and Midlothian. Last year's match finally was played at the 3^rd attempt at Longniddry GC in October,2008. The weather was poor and the S&C team of Judy Shields, Helen Goodwin, Jordynn Laird and Alison Goodwin lost 3/1 to East Lothian. They played 12 hole foursomes against a Fife team of only 3 players in the afternoon.

This year the Cuthbertson Cup was held at Burntisland GC on a beautiful sunny April day. Our girls ' team had had a practice match a couple of weeks before  against our own S&C ladies team. Unfortunately in the competition our girls were drawn to play against  Midlothian who do not have a large girls' section at the moment, but they did have a very low handicap team compared to us. We lost 4/0 in the morning, our team comprising Helen Goodwin, Alison Goodwin, Alexis Hutton and Jordynn Laird. We also  lost 2/0 in the afternoon foursomes against East Lothian.

 We also enjoyed the a friendly match playing against the P&K girls at Falkirk GC in April when we had a halved match. 

• County Competitions: This season we have had Spring Meeting, Summer Meeting and Autumn Meetings at Falkirk Tryst GC, Glenbervie GC and Falkirk GC .
• The Championship was played on 19th and 20th September. This is the first time we have had stroke play and match play. 9 girls competed (some of the older girls were unable to play) The Strokeplay champion is Alison Goodwin who returned a gross 82(CSS 76 R.0.).The handicap trophy was won by Kirsty McGuckin (Bonnybridge) with a nett 74. The Matchplay took place the following day. Alison beat her sister Catherine 8/6 and Alexis Hutton beat Tiffiny Wood (Glenbervie) 7/5 in the morning. In the afternoon Linda Allan (County Captain) refereed a closely contested match between Alison Goodwin and Alexis Hutton. Alexis won by 2 holes so she is the girls' matchplay champion for 2009.
• Coaching: Over the summer our younger members have had the opportunity to meet once a month on a Saturday for an hours coaching followed by a par 3 competition .Numbers have varied from 6 to14. This helped to keep their golf going over the season. Stewart also made it fun for them.
• The winter coaching programme will soon be underway. Because of the increase in numbers last winter, I am intending to split the Jan to March coaching at the driving range into two groups- beginners 6pm-7pm and improvers- 7pm -8pm. So we'll see how this goes. Some of the "Elite Squad" will receive a few individual lessons with Stewart over the winter.

Finally, I wish to thank Anna, Linda and Gail who have helped me over the year. I also thank Stewart Craig, our coach, Falkirk Golf Club for the use of their par 3 course and Forthview Driving Range where our winter coaching takes place.

I would also like to thank many of the county ladies who supported the AM/ AM held at Glenbervie GC in September. We received £950 which was a third of the total money raised for junior golf in the county. Next year the AM/AM will be held on Sun 5 September at Dunblane New GC. I hope you will put this date in your diary and give your support

 

The Adoption of all Reports was proposed by Dr S. Hartley and seconded by Mrs  M. Macrae.

 

8. Fixtures

The Championship will beheld at Falkirk Golf Club on Friday 7^th  May

1^ST Round Matchplay on Sunday 9^th May at 2pm

Quarter Finals on Monday 10th May at 5pm

Semi-finals on Wednesday 12th May at 5.30pm

Final on Friday 14^th May at 5.30pm

 

Strokeplay meetings have been confirmed for

Monday 7^th June at Tulliallan

 Friday 25^th June at Glenbervie

Monday 12^th July at Buchanan Castle

Monday 9^th August at Falkirk Tryst

I am awaiting confirmation from Stirling for Tuesday  20^th April and West Lothian for Monday 24^th May .

The Inter County Matches are at Royal Musselburgh from 28^th -30^th June

The East of Scotland Championship at Falkirk Tryst on 3^rd October

The Cuthbertson Cup at Ratho Park on Sunday 18^th April.

The Winter Round Robin sheets are available tonight.

9. Election of Office Bearers

 

Vice President: Mrs Helen Hunter said that since as 2010 would be her last year as President a vice president should be appointed and she had much pleasure in proposing Mrs Christine. Sikora . This was seconded by Mrs Anna Hunter

Vice-Captain. : The Captain Mrs Allan said that she had functioned for a year without a vice captain and it had been very difficult .She had asked a number of ladies who had all declined for various reasons . She asked ladies to consider the position and if anyone would be willing to take on the position to contact her .She would be willing to remain as Captain for an additional year to allow the new Vice- Captain to become familiar with what is required . She hoped that someone would come forward .This need not be a low handicap golfer

Hon. Secretary. Mrs Anna Hunter was proposed by Mrs H. Hunter and it was agreed and was appointed by an unanimous decision.

Hon. Treasurer : Miss Gail Haley was also appointed unanimously.

Junior Secretary: Mrs Elizabeth Goodwin was elected unanimously.

Committee Member : Mrs May ,Macnair proposed Mrs Jean Hillis as Committee member  for two years and Mrs Cathrine Robertson seconded this .

Auditor: Mrs Margaret Forsyth was proposed by Miss Gail Haley and seconded by Mrs Elizabeth Goodwin.

11. Election of Selection Committee : This was delayed until a vice captain had been appointed.

12 .Use of  Distance Measuring devices in County Meetings  : Mrs Allan said that the committee had been approached over use of these devices in our competitions .She said that most of the clubs in the area allowed their use , Fife County ladies also did but East Lothian and Midlothian did not . Dr Sheila Harley explained that the position taken by  the SLGA and most if the governing bodies in golf was that they would not be allowed in National Competitions. The R&A had no plans to review rule 14.3  until 2012 . She felt that they were of little advantage to the average golfer and would slow up play .There was an extended discussion on the matter and a vote was taken. The proposal  was that Distance Measuring Devices would be allowed in SCCLGA competitions .The motion was carried by 54 to 19 .

It was pointed out that this would be for SCCLGA competitions only .A new set of General Conditions for Competitions would be drawn up.

13 A.O.C.B

Mrs Winifred MacCallum said that Hazel Glennie and former Champion of the County had died in Australia recently .This was duly noted.

Mrs Joyce Mulgrew asked if consideration could be given to altering the draw to avoid a two going out in the middle of threes in competitions .This happened when a player called off or did not appear .It was agreed that the players could use their discretion as  to the best arrangements for play should this happen . However care should be taken when doing this to ensure that  no player should be left without a playing partner .

 

These was no further business and the meeting closed at 8.53pm