Our Congratulations go to John & Emma Candlish-Welford form Brampton on winning the Russell Cup with a great score of 83-23=60. The full results can be seen HERE
Club Updates
Standard Cup Foursomes Matchplay
Arrol Johnstone / Henderson Trophy Draws
Powfoot Golf Club
“Good luck to Amy McKie and Carla Morris two of our younger members, who are competing, in the Scottish Girls’ Open Championship being held at Powfoot Golf Club, starting 10-12th April, the 1st Tee is ready girls – Have a great time, enjoy & GOOD LUCK , you have already made Dumfriesshire proud by being in the Competition.
The Scottish Girls’ Open Championship is open to female amateur golfers of all nationalities who are under the age of 18 at the beginning of the year the Championship takes place. 54 holes of stroke play are contested over three days, with the official practice day being held on the day prior to the start of the Championship.
A maximum of 144 players will play 18 holes on each of the first two days. After 36 holes, the leading 60 competitors and ties returning the lowest gross scores, will play a further 18 holes on the third day.
There will be a great display of golf on show, be worth a visit over the 3 days – Fingers crossed for dry weather.”
SVLGA Team Scotland
Our congratulations go to Diane MacDonald on being selected to play for the SVLGA team to play Ireland at Portmarnock Golf Club from 6th – 8th April.
Team Selected;
Sheena Wood – North
Diane Macdonald – Dumfriesshire
Karen Ferguson Snedden – East
Karen Marshall – East
Ruth Hunter – West
Gillian Kyle – West
Elaine Moffat – Midlands
Alison Davidson – Midlands
We wish Diane and the team selected success on their trip to Portmarnock.
James Boyd
Captain
New Website
We are pleased to inform you that a new club website is now live www.thecounty.co.uk
The site has been worked on for some time and we will continue to add content to improve it for members and visitors alike, if you have any feedback on how we can improve please get in touch with us at gents.matchsec@thecounty.co.uk
With the 2024 season upon us we wanted to take a look at some changes which will affect us all this season
- WHS changes
- Club competitions
- Open Competition Booking
- Local Rule Change
2024 WHS Update
Looking ahead to the new playing season, it’s a good idea to familiarise yourself with the key changes to the World Handicap System for 2024.
You can read about the changes on the Scottish Golf Website or watch a short informative video on how the changes will affect you by following the links below.
| Links To Scottish Golf |
Club Competition Days
On the day of a club competition we ask all players to
- sign in on the ipad within the pro shop.
- pay any optional fees in the shop.
- go play and fill in a scorecard
- on completion of round enter score on ipad
- return signed scorecard to box
While we require a scorecard to be completed for score verification live scoring will still be available to those who wish to enter their score on a mobile device.
Club Knockout Competitions
Enter all knockout competitions on the notice boards in either the gents or ladies locker room, entry fees will be collected from your competition purse when the draws are published. Draws will be placed on the noticeboard along with the rules for each knockout.
Gents – last day for entries 7th April
Arrol Johnston- Singles Knockout -£3 pp
Henderson Cup – Pairs Fourball Knockout -£2.50 pp
Ladies – Last day for entries 11th April
Singles Knockout – £2 pp
Loch Ettrick – Pairs Knockout – £2 pp
Open Competitions
All our open singles competitions can be booked online through your BRS App, if you have sufficient funds in your competition purse a slot can be booked in any competition you are eligible to play in. The entry fee will show as pending and will be collected from your purse once the competition is closed.
If booking a team event and you are playing with members this can be booked through the app and each individual will pay from their competition purse, if playing with non members please book through webite and pay the entry fee using a credit/debit card.
The remaining open competitions will be available to book online from Friday 1st March at 6.15pm.
The diagram below is from the booking page on the website and shows slots available.
select number of players > enter their details > pay for booking.
Open Competition Dates
21st April – Dumfries News Trophy (Gents)
4th May – Russell Cup Mixed Greensomes
18th May – County and Nithsdale Cups (Gents)
3rd June – Loreburn Cup (Gents)
8th June – White Crystal Ladies Texas 3 Ball
16th June – Albany Cup/Johnstone Rosebowl (Jnrs)
4th July – Cairn Trophy Greensomes (Ladies)
7thJuly – Texas Scramble (Gents)
21st July – Bobby Brotherston Trophy 36 Hole (Gents)
5th August – Ladies AM-AM
7thAugust – Evergreen Seniors Mixed G’Somes
1st September – Johnstone Cup – Mixed Greensomes
8th September- Nunfield Cup (Ladies)
RULES
Local Rule Change
| As you may be aware at the AGM on 23rd November 2023 a motion to change local rule 4a was passed at the meeting. The motion was ‘A ball that lies on a path/service road should be given nearest point of relief, plus one club length.’With a number of paths around the course very much in play that have been integral parts of the course the change in this rule now means you have the option to take free relief under Rule 16 -abnormal ground conditions. Please follow the link below to the R & A page on taking relief under rule 16. |
| Helpful Rules |
| Alternatively there are a series of short videos on taking complete relief from paths and immovable obstructions. |
| Helpful Video |