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1st September 2015

Ladies Vs Gents Match

“The annual Ladies V Gents match involving a high quality Ladies team against the Gents Donald Cameron team players was played on the 16th August and resulted in a very close match with the result going down to the final pairings. In the opening match Fiona Rattray & Alex Mennie proved too strong in their encounter with Stephen Wightman & […]
31st August 2015

Captain v Vice Captain’s Match 2015

This match was played on the 30th August 2015 in warm and dry weather, and in a wonderful, but very competitive spirit.  Ten ladies in each team fought it out to the end, and by the slimmest margin, the Vice Captain’s Team won – well done girls!  We had the usual high standard delicious lunch to round off a great […]
15th August 2015

Ladies’ Committee Outing – Thursday 13 August 2015

The Ladies’ Committee outing this season was to Largs Golf Club.   24 players took part in a team stableford with the 2 best scores counting at each hole.  One addition to the format was that each player got “2 Mulligans” to use wherever and whenever during their round.  The day was much enjoyed by all who took part.  The course […]
13th August 2015

Family Foursomes – Sunday 9th August 2015

Thank you to all 32 teams who took part in the 36th Family Foursomes two-ball format competition, sponsored by Past Captain Colin Robertson and his family.  Partnerships were made up of a wide variety of family relationships most of whom brought along younger family members to enjoy the different fun activities and excellent Bar-B-Q.  The weather played fair and a […]
13th August 2015

Summer 2015 Met Office Summary

Here is an interesting link from the Met Office. Nothing we don’t already know, of course, but interesting to see their graphics.   Please copy & paste this link in your web browser…….. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/summaries/2015/summer
3rd August 2015

Defibrillator Located at Douglas Park

You may have noticed a fit and healthy Bernard Gallacher on television this year at the British Open in Hoylake and more recently at the Ryder Cup in Gleneagles on media duty for BBC Radio as he followed and commented on outstanding play. You may or may not be aware that Bernard suffered a near fatal cardiac arrest while doing a […]
21st July 2015

Interesting Rainfall Statistics – Last Five Years

                              The following information has been obtained from the Met Office – Historic data +++++ First six months Rainfall, for the last Five Years (http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/pub/data/weather/uk/climate/stationdata/paisleydata.txt) 2011     640 mm 2012     500 mm 2013     435 mm 2014     680 mm 2015     715 mm   In addition to this, this […]