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Gents and Ladies Teams win their 2009 Leagues
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Brand Putter League
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Back Row: Ray Donnelly, Ben Sloan, Andrew Matthews, Martin McCrory, Scott Semple, Gordon Sangster, and Walter Rutherford.
Front Row: Gordon Rennie, Peter Jamieson, Team Manager Mark Lironi, Captain Ian Cameron, Assistant Team Manager Ian Habbick, Roy Vallance and Gerry Bruin.
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Cathkin Braes won the 2009 Brand Putter League with a match to spare, and for good measure won their final match 6 1/2 to 1 1/2. TheTeam Pool photograph was taken after their final match against Williamwood on Wednesday 2nd July.
Although the league was over the final evening was anything but an anti-climax because Gordon Sangster was in contention for the "Brand Putter Player of the Year", and he was paired against George Crawford, his nearest rival, in the final match. Players get 4 points for a Home win and 6 for an Away win, and get 2 and 3 respectively for Home and Away draws. The player with the highest points tally after all 8 matches have been played recieves the title. Going into the tie Gordon had 33 points and George had 30, so George had to win to take the title.
Gordon was 2 up on the 16th (Par 3) Tee but his tee shot clipped the top of a tree and fell out of bounds, and then George put his ball on the Green. Gordon's provisional ball ended up off the Green to the left, but he chipped in for a 4. George left his first putt 5 feet short and had to sink the second to win the hole, which he did.
George then went on to win the 17th with an excellent Birdie to Gordon's par - all square going down the last! George was safely on the Fairway but Gordon pulled his drive into the trees on the left. George, playing first, put his ball 15 feet from the pin and Gordon had to take a penalty drop. His third shot was magnificent, stopping 2 inches short of the hole. George had his putt for the Player of the Year Trophy but just missed it, and Gordon won with 35 points to 32.
Afterwards everyone repaired to the Bar where the Club laid on celebratory champagne and strawberry tarts a la Wimbledon!
Hayston Golf Club won the Donald Cameron League, the North Glasgow equivalent of the BPL, and Cathkin played them at Balmore on Sunday 6 September for the "Boundary Bell". Cathkin was victorious by the tight margin of 5-3 to win the Boundary Bell for the first time in our history. It is also the first time a South Glasgow Club has won the Bell at a venue in the North of the City. The Bell is at the Club Bar and anyone can ring it in exchange for making a donation in the Charity Box which sits beside it.
Cathkin will now go on to play Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh (who won the Edinburgh Summer Cup) at Home on 4th April and Away on 11th April for the Inter-Cities Cup. For more details of the Bell and the Inter-Cities Cup, click here.
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Park Montgomerie League
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Congratulations to the Cathkin Braes Ladies Team who won the Park Montgomerie Trophy this year, ending an 11 year run by Hamilton.
From left to right in the picture are Jenny Potter, Susan Ramsey, Jane Lees, Pauline Warlow, Dorothy McTaggart, Marjorie Seymour, Lisa Blythe and Joanna Scott
Well done to all the team members. It was a great effort by a keen and committed team
This league was started by Miss Park, a Cathkin member, over 50 years ago
We are trying to find out the last time Cathkin won this --so can anyone help please?
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