CLACKMANNAN COUNTY GOLF SEASON PREVIEW
By HUGH HUNTER
Clackmannan County Golf Union would like to wish all Wee County golfers a belated Happy New Golfing Year, with the hope that the drives go straight, the iron shots pepper the pin and all the short putts are for birdies.
At the recent County annual general meeting, the main appointments for the 2007 season were:
PRESIDENT: Sam Kinnaird (Tillicoultry).
VICE-PRESIDENT: Peter Paterson (Alva).
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Tommy Johnson (Tulliallan).
TEAM CAPTAIN: Steven McIvor (Alva).
DELEGATE TO SCOTTISH GOLF UNION: Kenneth Ellacott (Dollar).
SQUARE-HEADED DRIVERS
With 2007 underway, golf enthusiasts are looking forward to the new season, and important events (i.e. golf fixtures) are starting to be entered in diaries. The new range of golfing equipment may also be scrutinised, perhaps even to purchase.
Those golfers who-must- have will be especially attracted to the new square-headed drivers. With their unique noise on contact with the ball and claimed more distance, these clubs are sure to be in demand.
Clackmannan County Golf Union will be running their usual range of tournaments, and the participants will be pleased to hear that there will be no increase in entry fees for 2007.
A successful fixtures meeting involving the six count clubs has tried to ensure there are no major clashes of events. It is hoped that all county golfers will give good support to the events held by the local clubs, as well as the county competitions.
Braehead will host the premier county stroke-play events with the two-round county championship (July 22) and the boys' championship (May 6). The men's (June 14) and boys' (May 10) match-play championships' finals are decided over Tulliallan.
TESTING SEASON
The Clackmannan county team will have another testing season. Early matches against neighbouring areas in the Provan Salver event, plus a local derby event against Stirlingshire, should provide the selectors with quality players for the later area team matches.
Clackmannan have a tough draw with two away matches (v Fife + v Argyll & Bute) and one home match (v North-east) The winning area in this group will go forward to the finals at Powfoot in October.
The county championship will be used to select a club to represent Clackmannanshire in the Scottish club championship final at nearby Glenbervie. Tulliallan have dominated the local qualifying in recent years, and also giving a good account of themselves in the Scottish final.
At boys' level, the annual quadrangular match, contested by the elite boy golfers from Angus, Clackmannan, Fife, Perth & Kinross, is scheduled for Braehead (September 8-9), so the county boys' team will be keen to do well at home.
At senior level, there is some hope of a county league for 2007. In any case they are well catered for with a huge number of low-cost senior opens available.
Many, of course, eagerly await the “Wee Yellow Book” of fixtures, published at the end of January, to plan their campaign.
VOLUNTEER WORKERS
As well as the main Clackmannan fixtures, each golf club has a comprehensive fixture list of medals, trophy events, knock-out competitions, etc so there is no shortage of competitive opportunities for the keen golfer.
The volunteer workers in the six clubs deserve a big thank-you from the club members for the work involved in staging these competition.
+IF ANY OTHER SCOTTISH GOLF UNION AREA WANTS THEIR LOCAL NEWS (AND PICTURES) PUBLISHED ON SCOTTISHGOLFVIEW.COM, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS E-MAIL colin@scottishgolfview.com
By HUGH HUNTER
Clackmannan County Golf Union would like to wish all Wee County golfers a belated Happy New Golfing Year, with the hope that the drives go straight, the iron shots pepper the pin and all the short putts are for birdies.
At the recent County annual general meeting, the main appointments for the 2007 season were:
PRESIDENT: Sam Kinnaird (Tillicoultry).
VICE-PRESIDENT: Peter Paterson (Alva).
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Tommy Johnson (Tulliallan).
TEAM CAPTAIN: Steven McIvor (Alva).
DELEGATE TO SCOTTISH GOLF UNION: Kenneth Ellacott (Dollar).
SQUARE-HEADED DRIVERS
With 2007 underway, golf enthusiasts are looking forward to the new season, and important events (i.e. golf fixtures) are starting to be entered in diaries. The new range of golfing equipment may also be scrutinised, perhaps even to purchase.
Those golfers who-must- have will be especially attracted to the new square-headed drivers. With their unique noise on contact with the ball and claimed more distance, these clubs are sure to be in demand.
Clackmannan County Golf Union will be running their usual range of tournaments, and the participants will be pleased to hear that there will be no increase in entry fees for 2007.
A successful fixtures meeting involving the six count clubs has tried to ensure there are no major clashes of events. It is hoped that all county golfers will give good support to the events held by the local clubs, as well as the county competitions.
Braehead will host the premier county stroke-play events with the two-round county championship (July 22) and the boys' championship (May 6). The men's (June 14) and boys' (May 10) match-play championships' finals are decided over Tulliallan.
TESTING SEASON
The Clackmannan county team will have another testing season. Early matches against neighbouring areas in the Provan Salver event, plus a local derby event against Stirlingshire, should provide the selectors with quality players for the later area team matches.
Clackmannan have a tough draw with two away matches (v Fife + v Argyll & Bute) and one home match (v North-east) The winning area in this group will go forward to the finals at Powfoot in October.
The county championship will be used to select a club to represent Clackmannanshire in the Scottish club championship final at nearby Glenbervie. Tulliallan have dominated the local qualifying in recent years, and also giving a good account of themselves in the Scottish final.
At boys' level, the annual quadrangular match, contested by the elite boy golfers from Angus, Clackmannan, Fife, Perth & Kinross, is scheduled for Braehead (September 8-9), so the county boys' team will be keen to do well at home.
At senior level, there is some hope of a county league for 2007. In any case they are well catered for with a huge number of low-cost senior opens available.
Many, of course, eagerly await the “Wee Yellow Book” of fixtures, published at the end of January, to plan their campaign.
VOLUNTEER WORKERS
As well as the main Clackmannan fixtures, each golf club has a comprehensive fixture list of medals, trophy events, knock-out competitions, etc so there is no shortage of competitive opportunities for the keen golfer.
The volunteer workers in the six clubs deserve a big thank-you from the club members for the work involved in staging these competition.
+IF ANY OTHER SCOTTISH GOLF UNION AREA WANTS THEIR LOCAL NEWS (AND PICTURES) PUBLISHED ON SCOTTISHGOLFVIEW.COM, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS E-MAIL colin@scottishgolfview.com
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