AYRSHIRE LADIES - Civic Reception marks Centenary

Report by Marian Wilson

The Provosts of North and South Ayrshire held a Civic Reception to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Ayrshire County Ladies on the evening of Friday 3rd July in the County Hall in Wellington Square, Ayr.

The top table guests at the Ayrshire Ladies Centenary Dinner

Captain Nora McCrossin - sporting mysterious dark glasses to hide the bruises from a [losing] encounter with a runaway caddy car - bravely wecolmed eighty Ayrshire members and invited guests to drinks, followed by a superb meal and an evening of entertaining and informative speeches, including those from familiar faces from the SLGA, Chairman Shona Malcolm and Chief Selector Isobel Crawford.

Richard Cole-Hamilton, Past Captain of the R&A, outlined his love of Ayrshire and Ayrshire golf and encouraged the up and coming junior Ayrshire team, who have won the Kennedy Salver for the past 3 years, to emulate the achievements of former Ayrshire teams which still held pole position in Jambouree/County finals wins, but had struggled in more recent times. Nancy Chisholm welcomes Past Captains of the county

David Purdie, Professor of Obstetrics, with what might be described as an inside knowledge of women, kept everyone entertained with a speech filled with highly amusing anecdotes.

Ayrshire’s newest MBE, Nancy Chisolm was another, most welcome, special guest at the top table. The whole evening reflected the best of golf; we can compete ‘to the death’ on the fairways, but the friendships we make throughout the years, the bond between young and old, and the fellowship of the game we both love and hate at times, endures for ever.