The rearranged Briars Engravers mixed greensomes was held today (2nd September) in beautiful sunshine 🌞 The course was in excellent condition thanks to the volunteers. The results were:
1st Debbie Gunby & Richard Herries
2nd Norah & Tom Simpson
3rd Susan Bell & Matt Burton
Scratch Pam & Nathan Watson
Thank you to everyone who took part and Briars Engravers for their continued sponsorship.
The Bladnoch Distillery Open was held today (10th September) at a positively tropical Wigtown and Bladnoch Golf Club. This 3-person (any combination) combination has proven popular in recent years and was fiercely contested today.
Results were as follows:
1st S Drysdale, S Milven , J Blakeman 90pts
2nd J Nichol, C Nichol, M Brown 89pts
3rd A Cannon, B MacDonald, D Hughes 87pts
Nearest pin in 2 at 4th D Hughes
Nearest pin at 5th R Herries.
Wigtown and Bladnoch GC would like to thank The Bladnoch Distillery for its continued generous support of this competition.
What a great turnout tonight for the Campbell Scramble, a competition started by the wonderful and much missed Greig Campbell. 21 players took part plus we had Ava Cluckie joining us for her course debut. It was a lovely evening and the weather was reasonably kind to us. The results were:
1st Andrew Cannon, Malcolm Potter, Duncan Mcharg, net 26
2nd Dennis McGinn, Jamie Smith, Jennifer Blakeman, net 29
The very popular Tom and Norah Simpson scramble was played today in glorious conditions. The course was in perfect order and the sun shone all day. Many thanks to Tom and Norah for their continued sponsorship, and to the 16 teams who played. The results were:
Nearest the pin gents: Douglas McDavid
Nearest the pin ladies: Heather Inman
First overall: Neil and Marion Cluckie, Davie Drysdale net 56
Second: Tom Simpson, William Neil, Kenny McBride net 58
Third: Anne and Andy Steele, Tony Bark net 59
First Ladies: Sharon Drysdale, Jennifer Blakeman, Debbie Gunby net 61
The Chris Robinson Golf Texas Scramble was played at a blustery but mostly dry and sunny Wigtown and Bladnoch. 20 teams took part over the course of the day. Once again we are delighted to have the continued, generous support of Chris Robinson.
Results were as follows:
1st R McHarg, D McHarg, G Barr, J Reid
64-13-51
2nd E Dodds, W Neil, G Baillie , M Bennewith
3rd S Hughes, C Bell, M Sullivan, J Boyce
64-11-53
The Ladies Club Championship was played over 2 rounds, last night and tonight. The weather was ideal and the course was in excellent condition.
The Club Champion 2023 is Mhari McCulloch 165, and a close 2nd was Sandra McGinn 166.
The Norah Simpson Handicap trophy was won by Sandra McGinn 124, runner-up was Susan Bell 149.
Congratulations to the winners.
Today the Cancer Charity Team Fundraiser was held at Wigtown & Bladnoch. A good number of teams took part in the Texas Scramble and excellent scores ensued. Thanks to Wigtown Rangers Supporters Club for their continued sponsorship. The brilliant amount of £4,428 was raised for a cancer Charity.
The results were as follows:
1st – C Bell, C Bell, S Hughes Jnr (52)
2nd – B Harrison, T Adams, E Dodds (54)
3rd – R Herries, J Smith, E Marshall (56) BIH
4th – N Whyte, K Dawson, E Thompson (56)
1st Ladies – M McCulloch, D Gunby, C Cannon (59)
The course was perfectly presented and despite a few showers, everyone enjoyed their round of golf.
The ladies held the Mary Stewart Greensomes competition today, 25th June 2023. There were numerous heavy showers but the thunder & lightning stayed away.
The winners were:
1st Heather Inman & Marena McClymont 87-22=65 bih
2nd Helena Fox & Angela Potter 83-18=65
3rd Cilla Strain & Christine Cannon 84-17=67
Scratch prize Evelyn McLellan & Liz Maiden, Stranraer 83
Thank you to everyone who supported the event.
The RD Watson Scratch (sponsored by W+M Neil) and the Harrison Open (sponsored by B Harrison) was held today in mostly glorious weather. This was reflected in some very good scoring.
Once again, we are delighted to have the generous support of our sponsors for these competitions.
Results are as follows. These are slightly different from those previously published due to an administrative error. Please accept our heartfelt apologies for posting the wrong results earlier.
1st K Nicholson 72
2nd E Marshall 73
3rd D McGinn 77
Harrison Open 1st Class
1st G Cannon 75-9-66
2nd J Smith 75-8-67
3rd M Robinson 78-8-70
Harrison Open 2nd Class
1st D McHarg 88-24-64 (Overall winner)
2nd A Simmonds 86-19-67
3rd Al Steele 90-20-69
We would like to thank everyone for playing and hope to see you back later in the season.
