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7th November 2017

Thomson Mccrone Prizegiving and Dinner 2017

This year’s Thomson McCrone League Prizegiving and Dinner took place at Clydebank and District Golf Club.  Douglas Park were represented on the night by our Convenor Hugh Dempster and team members Alistair Forrest and George Simmons.  After an excellent dinner, the guest speakers were Des McKeown and former SFA referee, John Rowbotham who both provided great entertainment.  Our congratulations go […]
6th November 2017

Ladies Coffee Morning 2017

[slideshow_deploy id=’10611’] LADIES ANNUAL COFFEE MORNING :  SATURDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2017 We had a marvellous turn out for our Annual Coffee Morning in aid of Cancer Research UK.  85 Ladies and Captain Alistair, who we were delighted to welcome, thoroughly enjoyed the morning browsing the stalls, enjoying the coffee and home baking.   My sincere thanks to all who attended and to […]
11th October 2017

Mosshead Trophy

[slideshow_deploy id=’10585’]A Lady’s and a Gent’s team competed in the Mosshead Trophy at Milngavie Golf club on Saturday morning, both coming second out of  8 teams by narrowly losing to the Milngavie’s Lady’s and Gent’s Home teams.  A great achievement particularly given the very wet conditions underfoot!        
9th October 2017

Mixed Greensomes Trophy

Twelve mixed pairs took part in this year’s Mixed Greensomes Trophy, held on Sunday 8 October. In very wet underfoot conditions but mainly dry overhead, the winners were Ladies Vice Captain Anne Reid and Alan Dunipace, who narrowly defeated Past Captain Roddy Gillespie and Ann Fisher on a better inward half. Many thanks are due to our course staff who […]
22nd September 2017

Knockout Finals’ Day

Last Sunday, the Club hosted Knockout Finals Day, the culmination of various match play competitions in the Gents, Ladies and Junior sections. For once this year, the rain relented and the matches were played in dry and bright conditions.  The course had dried out remarkably well and many favourable comments were made about the putting greens.  After the play was […]
15th September 2017

Patrick Trophy Success!

Douglas Park were announced as the winners of the Patrick Trophy at the Patrick Trophy Dinner on Thursday evening.   Many congratulations to the team:  Gil Hendry, Team Manager, and Norma Campbell, Sheana Donald, Paula Galloway, Sandra Goldie, June Gordon, Evy MacGregor, Aileen MacIntyre, Olive MacKay, Claire MacKelvie, Lindsay MacLean, Ann O’Connell, Fiona Rattray and Lynda Smith.  Winning two years in […]
7th September 2017

Scottish Ping Mixed Championship

Congratulations Janice Cullens & Callum Cooper on qualifying for the inaugural PING Scottish Mixed Championship at The Queen’s Course, Gleneagles, after finishing joint 5th in the top-40 of the national leaderboard with 41 points. Good luck in the final! We hope to be hosting another club qualifier in 2018, so look out for the date and you could be in […]
7th September 2017

Get into Golf – Ladies’ Texas Scramble

Great excitement as 18 GIG Ladies took to the course on Wednesday to play their first competition at Douglas Park – a Texas scramble. The ladies played off the blue tees and played really well considering they have only been members since May. The winning team in the morning competition with a gross score of 36, including a very impressive […]
5th September 2017

Captain v Vice Captain’s Match 2017

Our annual match was played on Sunday 3rd September in a relaxed but very competitive spirit resulting in a win for the Vice Captain’s Team 3-1, with some of the matches being very close. Well done Ladies!  A delicious lunch rounded off a most enjoyable day- all the better for having avoided the forecasted rain which held off until the […]