AYRSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATION EXTENDED COMPETITIONS - entry update

With two weeks to go until entries close for most of the 2024 Ayrshire Golf Association extended competitions, entries are coming in steadily.

Entries for the Men's and Women's Champion of Champions, Men's and Women's Handicap Leagues, Scratch Leagues, Ayrshire Fourball Championship, Gary Bryden Memorial Salver and President's Putter competitions close on the 11th of February while entries for the Mixed greensomes competition for the Ayrshire Jug close on the 29th of february, or when the first 64 entries are received, whichever is earliest.

All club secretaries were circulated with the entry forms for these events recently. If any club secretary is not in receipt of the entry forms they should email the Area Secretary at ayrshire.golf@btinternet.com

Entry forms for the Mixed Greensomes competition should be available through club secretaries, or can be downloaded via the appropriate link on the left of the Ayrshire Golf Association web page. Copies are also available by email from the Area Secretary at ayrshire.golf@btinternet.com

The mixed greensomes event is open to pairings of one male and one female player who are both members of clubs affiliated to The Ayrshire Golf Association. The two players in the pairing do not need to be members of the same club.

Entries for all the events received to date are:-

MENS CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS TROPHY

  JOHN SHANKS (Irvine)

2.       GEORGE PATON (Troon Merchants)

3.       CRAIG HAMILTON (Holder)

4.       JAMIE RALSTON (Moorpark)

5.       JASON BUTLER (Troon St Meddans)

6.       WILLIAM FLEMING (Ballochmyle)

7.       JOHN R. ANDERSON (Skelmorlie)

8.       ROBBIE STEWART (Troon Portland)

9.       BRIAN McGARRITY (Drongan)

10.   CAMERON GRAY (West Kilbride

11.   HENRY ROCKS (Irvine Ravenspark)

12.   IAIN GIRVAN (Muirkirk)

13.   SAM FINDLATER (Braehead

14.   RYAN MORRISON (Ayr Seafield)

15.   BRIAN GIBSON (Rowallan Castle)

16.   GAVIN CHESNEY (Kilbirnie Place)

17.   STUART MILLER (Kilmarnock Barassie)

18.   AIDAN LONG (Ayr Belleisle)

19.   THOMAS FREER (Alton)

20.   JAMES McINTYRE (Redburn)

21.   BARRY McDONNELL (Stewarton)

22.   ANDY MACDONALD (Auchenharvie 88)

23.   ANDREW MARSHALL (Prestwick St Nicholas)

24.   MICHAEL SMYTH (Royal Troon)

25.   KENNETH DOCHERTY (Routenburn)

26.   KEVIN CAMPBELL (Glacier)

27.   COLIN GOUDIE (Ayrshire Men's Strokeplay Champion)

28.   SCOTT CAMPBELL (Turnberry)

29.   ROBERT ADAMS (Abbotsford)

30.   DAVID PRATT (Annanhill)

31.   DARREN YOUNG (Crosshouse)

32.   DENIS TAGGART (Malletsheugh)

33.   STEVEN McEWAN (Caprington)

34. KEVIN THOMAS (Ayrshire Men's Matchplay Champion)

WOMAN’S CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS TROPHY

 ALYSON HUNTER (Ballochmyle)

2.       JENNIFER BELL (West Kilbride)

3.       PAULINE PATRICK (Irvine)

4.       

AYRSHIRE FOURBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

 IRVINE (David Irish & partner)

2.       MOORPARK (Gordon Brown & James McGill)

3.       TROON ST. MEDDANS (John Carmichael & Phil Laycock)

4.       BALLOCHMYLE (Ian Kelly & Fraser Maxwell)

5.       SKELMORLIE (Stuart McVey & James Ward)

6.       TROON PORTLAND (Brian Wilson & Fraser McCall)

7.       DRONGAN (Scott Linwood & Iain McKinlay)

8.       WEST KILBRIDE (Carter Lothian & Matthew O’Sullivan)

9.       IRVINE RAVENSPARK (Ally Mair & Joe Boyd)

10.   MUIRKIRK (Iain Girvan & Alex Patrick)

11.   BRAEHEAD (Brian Alexander & Franny Donaghy)

12.   AYR SEAFIELD (James Cameron & Gordon Jamieson)

13.   ROWALLAN CASTLE (Graham Foster & Steven Grant)

14.   KILBIRNIE PLACE (Andrew Blackwood & Stephen Blackwood)

15.   KILMARNOCK BARASSIE (Cameron Hill & Fraser Robertson)

16.   AYR BELLEISLE (David Low & Des Brown)

17.   REDBURN (Tam Caddis & Duncan Jamieson)

18.   THE CHASE (Dougie Beattie & Scott Cassidy)

19.   STEWARTON (Barrie McDonnell & Ronnie Watters)

20.   ALTON (Matthew Blakeley & Thomas Reid)

21.   AUCHENHARVIE 88 (Stevie Hay & Brian Robertson)

22.   PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS (George Grierson & Blair Henderson)

23.   ROUTENBURN (Stuart Reid & Steven Gallacher)

24.   GLACIER (Steven Barr & Thomas Gibson)

25.   ABBOTSFORD (Michael McArthur & Eric Armour)

26.   ANNANHILL (Scott Goldie & Alan Purvis)

27.   CROSSHOUSE (Edward Woods & Michael McCabe)

28.   GOLF SOUTH AYRSHIRE (Kieron Gallagher & Bruce Harris)

29.   MALLETSHEUGH (Mick Savage & John Cairney)

30.   CAPRINGTON (Steven Murray & Andrew Watt)

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MIXED GREENSOMES KNOCKOUT

Jamie Bryant (Irvine) & Linda Bryant (Irvine)

2.       Carol Moffat (Caprington) & James McGhee (Loudoun)

3.       Pauleen Cameron (Ayr Belleisle Ladies) & Bob Cameron (Ayr Belleisle)

4.       Gilliam Pollock (Skelmorlie) & Billy Pollock (Skelmorlie)

5.       Alan Pole (Prestwick St Nicholas) & Susan Pole (Prestwick St Nicholas)

6.       Graham Hutton (Skelmorlie) & Alyson Hutton (Skelmorlie)

7.        ….. (Rowallan Castle) & ……..Rowallan Castle)

8.       Alison Malcolm (Prestwick St Cuthbert) & Andrew Gordon (Ayr Belleisle)

9.       Catherine A. Malcolm (Prestwick St Cuthbert) & Alasdair J Malcolm (Prestwick St Cuthbert)

10.   Stuart Dunlop (Kilmarnock Barassie) & Sandra Dunlop (Kilmarnock Barassie)

11.   Gordon Neill (Prestwick St Nicholas) & Elizabeth Neill (Prestwick St Nicholas)

12.   Angela Hughes (Irvine) & Douglas Gillespie (West Kilbride)

13.   Fran Hadden (Kilmarnock Barassie) & David Hadden (Kilmarnock Barassie)

14.   George Meikle (Kilmarnock Barassie) & Grace Meikle (Kilmarnock Barassie)

15.   Liz Keohone (Loudoun) & John Keohone (Loudoun)

16.   Ken Goodwin (Prestwick) & Elizabeth Goodwin (Ayr Belleisle Ladies)

17.   Alistair Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) & Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie)

18.   Neil Kennedy (Loudoun) & Sheila Kennedy (Loudoun)

19.   Jean Tannock (Troon Welbeck) & Rab Dalziel (Troon Welbeck)

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AYRSHIRE SCRATCH LEAGUES

  IRVINE

2.       TROON ST. MEDDANS

3.       BALLOCHMYLE

4.       TROON PORTLAND

5.       WEST KILBRIDE

6.       IRVINE RAVENSPARK

7.       ROWALLAN CASTLE

8.       KILMARNOCK BARASSIE

9.       AYR BELLEISLE

10.   REDBURN

11.   PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS

12.   ROYAL TROON

13.   TURNBERRY

14.   CAPRINGTON

 

GARY BRYDEN MEMORIAL SALVER – Scratch club team knockout

 TROON ST. MEDDANS

2.       BALLOCHMYLE

3.       SKELMORLIE

4.       TROON PORTLAND

5.       WEST KILBRIDE

6.       IRVINE RAVENSPARK

7.       ROWALLAN CASTLE

8.       KILBIRNIE PLACE

9.       KILMARNOCK BARASSIE

10.    PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS

11.   AYR BELLEISLE

12.   REDBURN

13.   ROYAL TROON

14.   TURNBERRY

15.   Caprington

16.    

AYRSHIRE MEN’S HANDICAP LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

 MOORPARK

2.       TROON ST. MEDDANS

3.       BALLOCHMYLE

4.       TROON PORTLAND

5.       WEST KILBRIDE

6.       IRVINE RAVENSPARK

7.       AYR SEAFIELD

8.       ROWALLAN CASTLE

9.       KILBIRNIE PLACE

10.   KILMARNOCK BARASSIE

11.   AYR BELLEISLE

12.   STEWARTON

13.   AUCHENHARVIE 88

14.   ALTON

15.   REDBURN

16.   PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS

17.   ROYAL TROON

18.   ROUTENBURN

19.   ANNANHILL

20.   GOLF SOUTH AYRSHIRE

21.   CAPRINGTON

22.    

AYRSHIRE WOMAN’S HANDICAP LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

 BALLOCHMYLE

2.       KILMARNOCK BARASSIE

3.       CAPRINGTON

 

PRESIDENT’S PUTTER – Handicap club team knockout

  MOORPARK

2.       TROON ST. MEDDANS

3.       BALLOCHMYLE

4.       SKELMORLIE

5.       TROON PORTLAND

6.       DRONGAN

7.       WEST KILBRIDE

8.       IRVINE RAVENSPARK

9.       BRAEHEAD

10.   AYR SEAFIELD

11.   ROWALLAN CASTLE

12.   KILBIRNIE PLACE

13.   KILMARNOCK BARASSIE

14.   AYR BELLEISLE

15.   ALTON

16.   REDBURN

17.   THE CHASE

18.   STEWARTON

19.   AUCHENHARVIE 88

20.   PRESTWICK ST NIICHOLAS

21.   ROYAL TROON

22.   ABBOTSFORD

23.   ANNANHILL

24.   GOLF SOUTH AYRSHIRE

25.   CAPRINGTON

26. 

AYRSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATION ANNUAL DINNER & PRESENTATION OF TROPHIES - Tickets now available for 2024 event

The 2024 Ayrshire Golf Association Annual Dinner & Presentation of Trophies will be held on Friday the 23rd of February, and tickets for the event are now available to purchase.

Due to the numbers involved, this years event, the 41st annual dinner, will be held in the Carlton Hotel, 187 Ayr Road, Prestwick, at 6.30 for 7.00 p.m.

Guest speaker this year will be former FIFA football referee and well respected after dinner speaker, John Rowbotham.

The evening gives The Association and golfers in Ayrshire the opportunity to celebrate golfing success in the county in 2023 and honour the winners of the various chamnpionships in the last 12w months.

Tickets are priced at £30 each and are available, on a first come first served basis, from The Ayrshire Golf Association Secretary, Alasdair Malcolm, who can be contacted by email at ayrshire.golf@btinternet.com to secure places and arrange payment.

  

AYRSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATION EXTENDED COMPETITIONS - Entries close on 11th february for 2024 championships

There is just a couple of weeks left for clubs and individuals to enter several of the Ayrshire Golf Association extended competitions for 2024.

Entries to the events listed below, with the exception of the Mixed greensomes competition for The Ayrshire Jug, close on the 11th of February.

If any clubs need additional copies of the entry forms they should contact the Area Secretary by email at ayrshire.golf@btinternet.com

The entry form for the mixed greensomes knockout is available to download from the Ayrshire Golf Association web page, and should be available through member clubs. This competition is open for partnerships of one male and one female member of member clubs of the Ayrshire Golf Association. Both players do not need to be members of the same club. Entries for this event close on the 29th of February, or when the first 64 entries are received, whichever comes soonest.

Individuals can also obtain entry forms for this event by emailing the Area Secretary at ayrshire.golf@btinternet.com

The entries received for each of the events to date, 23rd january 2024, are:-

MENS CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS TROPHY

 

1.       GARETH LAMB (Irvine)

2.       GEORGE PATON (Troon Merchants)

3.       CRAIG HAMILTON (Holder)

4.       JAMIE RALSTON (Moorpark)

5.       JASON BUTLER (Troon St Meddans)

6.       WILLIAM FLEMING (Ballochmyle)

7.       JOHN R. ANDERSON (Skelmorlie)

8.       ROBBIE STEWART (Troon Portland)

9.       BRIAN McGARRITY (Drongan)

10.   CAMERON GRAY (West Kilbride

11.   HENRY ROCKS (Irvine Ravenspark)

12.   IAIN GIRVAN (Muirkirk)

13.   SAM FINDLATER (Braehead

14.   RYAN MORRISON (Ayr Seafield)

15.   BRIAN GIBSON (Rowallan Castle)

16.   GAVIN CHESNEY (Kilbirnie Place)

17.   STUART MILLER (Kilmarnock Barassie)

18.   AIDAN LONG (Ayr Belleisle)

19.   THOMAS FREER (Alton)

20.   JAMES McINTYRE (Redburn)

21.   BARRY McDONNELL (Stewarton)

22.   ANDY MACDONALD (Auchenharrvie 88)

23.   ANDREW MARSHALL (Prestwick St Nicholas)

24.   MICHAEL SMYTH (Royal Troon)

25.   KENNETH DOCHERTY (Routenburn)

26.     

WOMAN’S CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS TROPHY

 

1.       ALYSON HUNTER (Ballochmyle)

2.       JENNIFER BELL (West Kilbride)

3.       PAULINE PATRICK (Irvine)

4.        

 AYRSHIRE FOURBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

 

1.       IRVINE (David Irish & partner)

2.       MOORPARK (Gordon Brown & James McGill)

3.       TROON ST. MEDDANS (John Carmichael & Phil Laycock)

4.       BALLOCHMYLE (Ian Kelly & Fraser Maxwell)

5.       SKELMORLIE (Stuart McVey & James Ward)

6.       TROON PORTLAND (Brian Wilson & Fraser McCall)

7.       DRONGAN (Scott Linwood & Iain McKinlay)

8.       WEST KILBRIDE (Carter Lothian & Matthew O’Sullivan)

9.       IRVINE RAVENSPARK (Ally Mair & Joe Boyd)

10.   MUIRKIRK (Iain Girvan & Alex Patrick)

11.   BRAEHEAD (Brian Alexander & Franny Donaghy)

12.   AYR SEAFIELD (James Cameron & Gordon Jamieson)

13.   ROWALLAN CASTLE (Graham Foster & Steven Grant)

14.   KILBIRNIE PLACE (Andrew Blackwood & Stephen Blackwood)

15.   KILMARNOCK BARASSIE (Cameron Hill & Fraser Robertson)

16.   AYR BELLEISLE (David Low & Des Brown)

17.   REDBURN (Tam Caddis & Duncan Jamieson)

18.   THE CHASE (Dougie Beattie & Scott Cassidy)

19.   STEWARTON (Barrie McDonnell & Ronnie Watters)

20.   ALTON (Matthew Blakeley & Thomas Reid)

21.   AUCHENHARVIE 88 (Stevie Hay & Brian Robertson)

22.   PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS (George Grierson & Blair Henderson)

23.   ROUTENBURN (Stuart Reid & Steven Gallacher)

24.     

MIXED GREENSOMES KNOCKOUT

 

1.       Jamie Bryant (Irvine) & Linda Bryant (Irvine)

2.       Carol Moffat (Caprington) & James McGhee (Loudoun)

3.       Pauleen Cameron (Ayr Belleisle Ladies) & Bob Cameron (Ayr Belleisle)

4.       Gilliam Pollock (Skelmorlie) & Billy Pollock (Skelmorlie)

5.       Alan Pole (Prestwick St Nicholas) & Susan Pole (Prestwick St Nicholas)

6.       Graham Hutton (Skelmorlie) & Alyson Hutton (Skelmorlie)

7.        TBC (Rowallan Castle) & TBC (Rowallan Castle)

8.       Alison Malcolm (Prestwick St Cuthbert) & Andrew Gordon (Ayr Belleisle)

9.       Catherine A. Malcolm (Prestwick St Cuthbert) & Alasdair J Malcolm (Prestwick St Cuthbert)

10.   Stuart Dunlop (Kilmarnock Barassie) & Sandra Dunlop (Kilmarnock Barassie)

11.   Gordon Neill (Prestwick St Nicholas) & Elizabeth Neill (Prestwick St Nicholas)

12.   Angela Hughes (Irvine) & Douglas Gillespie (West Kilbride)

13.   Fran Hadden (Kilmarnock Barassie) & David Hadden (Kilmarnock Barassie)

14.   George Meikle (Kilmarnock Barassie) & Grace Meikle (Kilmarnock Barassie)

15.    

 AYRSHIRE SCRATCH LEAGUES

 

1.       IRVINE

2.       TROON ST. MEDDANS

3.       BALLOCHMYLE

4.       TROON PORTLAND

5.       WEST KILBRIDE

6.       IRVINE RAVENSPARK

7.       ROWALLAN CASTLE

8.       KILMARNOCK BARASSIE

9.       AYR BELLEISLE

10.   REDBURN

11.   PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS

12.   ROYAL TROON

13.

 GARY BRYDEN MEMORIAL SALVER – Scratch club team knockout

 

1.       TROON ST. MEDDANS

2.       BALLOCHMYLE

3.       SKELMORLIE

4.       TROON PORTLAND

5.       WEST KILBRIDE

6.       IRVINE RAVENSPARK

7.       ROWALLAN CASTLE

8.       KILBIRNIE PLACE

9.       KILMARNOCK BARASSIE

10.    PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS

11.   AYR BELLEISLE

12.   REDBURN

13.   ROYAL TROON

14.    

 AYRSHIRE MEN’S HANDICAP LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

 

1.       MOORPARK

2.       TROON ST. MEDDANS

3.       BALLOCHMYLE

4.       TROON PORTLAND

5.       WEST KILBRIDE

6.       IRVINE RAVENSPARK

7.       AYR SEAFIELD

8.       ROWALLAN CASTLE

9.       KILBIRNIE PLACE

10.   KILMARNOCK BARASSIE

11.   AYR BELLEISLE

12.   STEWARTON

13.   AUCHENHARVIE 88

14.   ALTON

15.   REDBURN

16.   PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS

17.   ROYAL TROON

18.   ROUTENBURN

19.    

 AYRSHIRE WOMAN’S HANDICAP LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

 

1.       BALLOCHMYLE

2.       KILMARNOCK BARASSIE

3.        

 PRESIDENT’S PUTTER – Handicap club team knockout

  

1.       MOORPARK

2.       TROON ST. MEDDANS

3.       BALLOCHMYLE

4.       SKELMORLIE

5.       TROON PORTLAND

6.       DRONGAN

7.       WEST KILBRIDE

8.       IRVINE RAVENSPARK

9.       BRAEHEAD

10.   AYR SEAFIELD

11.   ROWALLAN CASTLE

12.   KILBIRNIE PLACE

13.   KILMARNOCK BARASSIE

14.   AYR BELLEISLE

15.   ALTON

16.   REDBURN

17.   THE CHASE

18.   STEWARTON

19.   AUCHENHARVIE 88

20.   PRESTWICK ST NIICHOLAS

21.   ROYAL TROON

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