Alyth Golf Club NewsPosted 8th May 2008
Annual match v Ballater at home on Saturday 17th May still requires players to represent the Club.
Please contact office to have name added .
Posted 5th April
A new award "Golfer of the Year" intoduced
further info attached Click Here
Posted 20th February 2008
Members Area
Due to technical problem's we have had to create a new Login and Password.
Please email office for this information.
Posted 18 July 2007
AWARD WINNING ALYTH GOLF CLUB BECOMES MORE ACCESSIBLE
By Courtesy of Scottish Golf View
Alyth Golf Club is celebrating after securing an award to make its club more accessible to its members and visitors. The Perthshire club made an application for an Awards For All grant to obtain funds to purchase a buggy and storage facility to ensure less abled golfers could continue to enjoy the game at their club.
The forward thinking club formed the Alyth Golf Club Disabled Users Group, after recognising some of their golfers were resigning from their membership. Managing Secretary for the club, Jim Docherty said: “It had become apparent that we were losing some of our members as they were no longer able to get around our course unassisted and were leaving due to health reasons.
“The club was keen to remedy the situation as soon as possible, so club members donated money to form and set up the group to specifically look after the interests of our less able members.”
The group recognised that buggies would help to resolve the accessibility issues and submitted the funding application, supported by local MP Peter Wishart.
The group was recently notified that his funding application had been successful and would receive a grant of £5,000. The Disabled Users Group met and agreed the award would be used to purchase a buggy and storage facility.
Jim Docherty said, “We were absolutely delighted when we discovered we would receive the award and are very grateful to the support we received which helped our application. It will make a huge difference to some of our members and we hope to attract some of the former members back to the club as well as coax new members to become involved and enjoy the game.”
Keen to keep the momentum going, the members group is now seeking to attract further funding from Perth and Kinross Council to buy three more buggies for the club and also hope to get support from Scottish Hydro Electric to instal electrical services for the buggies.
Hamish Grey, CEO at the Scottish Golf Union said, “Alyth is a great example of a club showing initiative and successfully ensuring their club and facilities are as inclusive as possible for its members and visitors alike."Posted 25 June 2007
Success at the VW Masters
Four golfers from Alyth Golf Club played in the regional qualifier for the Volkswagen Masters tournament on a blustery day at Gullane no 1. Scraping through to the UK final with a net 73 was Peter Lennon who won section C (18.5 and above) on the countback. His prize, as well as the crystal wine carafe presented on the day, is progression to the UK final in September over 2 days at Celtic Manor.
Posted 21 June 2007
ALYTH GOLF CLUB LESS ABLED GROUP
AWARDED £5000
The recently formed group have just had it confirmed £ 5000 has been granted from Awards for All.The money will be used to purchase a one seater ride on buggy,storage container with associated power supply.
The group are actively working on additional source
of funding in a effort to hopefully provide 4 single seat buggies for the use by Less Abled members of the Club.
Posted 20 June 2007
JACK ALLAN ROUND 2 ABANDONED
Recheduled for Wednesday 18 July 2007
Posted 18 June 2007
Senior Section Trophy Winners
Deeside Quaich (Scratch) Doug Neill 157
Jack Buttars (Handicap) Bill Younger 141
Posted 17 June 2007
Cheque presentation to Neonatal Unit Ninewells
Alyth Golf Club captain John Donnelly handed over a cheque today Sunday for £10,462 to Ninewells Hospital’s Special Care Baby Unit, Dundee.
The money was raised through a sponsored golf day at the club, with 24 teams taking part. Following 18 holes, the golfers enjoyed dinner and were entertained by after-dinner speaker Dr Tom Dymock and comedian Jimmy Stirling.
The driving force behind the fund-raiser was managing club secretary Jim Docherty whose granddaughter Neve Younger was born 12 weeks premature, weighing a tiny 2lb 7oz.
Baby Neve spent a total of nine weeks in Ninewells Hospital, being cared for by staff in the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU), watched over by parents Ashley and Colin.
The special care baby unit at Ninewells is a regional intensive care unit providing care for babies from throughout Tayside and North-east Fife. Premature babies can be born up to 16 weeks early and weigh around the same as half a bag of sugar.
Alison Wright, Senior Nurse Neonatal Services, from the special care baby unit at Ninewells accepted the cheque from club captain John Donnelly.
Mr Donnelly said, “I am delighted by the response from my fellow members and the staff of Alyth Golf Club, the local business community, friends and family. I would also like to thank the golf clubs that donated tee-times for the prize draw and auction.
“Everyone gave so generously and rallied round Jim’s fundraiser making the event such a special and successful day.”
Receiving the cheque Alison said, “I would like to thank Alyth Golf Club for this very generous donation.
“In the unit we sometimes use special cots which have heated mattresses, these can benefit small babies.
“The cots are expensive and we plan to use this donation to purchase more."Link to Courier Story and Picture
Posted 10 June 2007
CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
LOYAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP (36 Hole)
Gordon Kidd beat Duncan Martin 1 hole
HANDICAP(36 Hole)
Bob Dargie beat Arthur Langlands 7&6
LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP
Gillian Wallace beat Jacqueline Sneddon 3&1
BRONZE SCRATCH
Elenor Love beat Sue Prior 4&3
HANDICAP
Sara Birnie beat Janice Lang 5&3
Posted 7 June 2007
CHARITY GOLF DAY
The golf fundraising day held at Alyth on Friday 25th May 2007 raised just over £10,000 for the Special Baby Care Unit,Ninewells Hospital,Dundee.A presentation of the cheque will be made on Sunday 17 June at 2pm at Alyth Golf Club.
A big thank you to all who assisted ,the companies who participated sponsored prizes and advertised in the programme and the many golf clubs who donated golf.for four.
Posted 7 June 2007
Link to Perth and Kinross Juniors
Posted 3 June 2007
KEVIN McALPINE WINS SCOTTISH STROKEPLAY
Kevin McAlpine wins the Bidwell Scottish Amateur Strokeplay Championship by two clear strokes.
Scottish Boy's Championship : Dunbar Golf Club
Both Graeme Mitchell and Johnathan Reiss departed the Scottish Boy's Championship held at Dunbar.Graeme losing 3 and 1 with Johnathan losing by 2 holes.No doubt our trio have benefited by the experience of playing in a national competition .
Posted 9th April 2007
Mathew Barclay fell at the first hurdle in the Scottish Boy's Championsip at Dunbar. Fellow members Graeme Mitchell won by one hole being 2 down with three to play with a gutsy Johnathan Reiss winning at 20th .
Posted 3rd April 2007
Junior members Matthew Barclay,Jonathan Reiss and Graeme Mitchell head for East Lothian and the Scottish Boy's Championship being played over Dunbar 9th -14th April 2007.
Posted 7th March 2007
Marshalling opportunity at Open Championship July 15-22 July 2007
Members are invited to register intend by adding name to form on main notice board or email info@alythgolfclub.co.uk
Posted 2nd January 2007
Jacqueline Sneddon invited to play in Dixie Amatuer in Florida
Posted Friday 8 December 2006
Kevin McAlpine selected for Walker Cup training squad
Posted 4 December 2006
At the Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 30 November
John Donnelly was elected Captain,William Robertson Vice Captain.
Members elected to Committee :
Margaret Bruce,Alan Comrie,Ronald Feret and Hamish McAlpine
Posted 28 October,2006
Evening Reception
From left Glenn Campbell , Kevin McAlpine,Ian Hutcheon and Club Captain Iain C Waddell . Added up between the four in the picture handicap would total plus seven.
Extreme right on this picture is Ian Thomson MD of Allied Surveyors
Update of the evening, and more pictures to follow .
Posted 20 October,2006
Link to press release
Kevin McAlpine evening reception click here
Posted Sunday 17 September,2006
Jacqueline Sneddon finished a creditable joint 3rd in the Platform 2 Girls Tourament.held over Newmacher Swailend course.
Full story click here
Posted Friday 15 September ,2006
The Alyth Dream Team of Scott Brough and John Quither
winners of the regional final at Alyth find their dream over at Magners Scottish Club Golfers Champions Final held at the Macdonald Cardrona Hotel, Golf & Country Club.
Full storyclick hereDave Burnside representing Alyth in the Belhaven Best Scottish Club Handicap Championship, returns a creditable score over a diffucult Duke’s Course,St Andrews.
Full story click here
Bogey,Double Bogey finish sees Captain Iain.C.Waddell and Secretary Jim Docherty pipped for prize at first ever Belhaven Best Scottish Captains & Secretaries Champions at The Duke’s Course in St Andrews.
Full story click here
An evening reception has been arranged to recognise the achievement of Kevin McAlpine in winning the Scottish Amateur Championship and being selected to represent Scotland in the Home International recently held in Wales.
A invitation has been extended to the Scottish Golf Union, Perth and Kinross County Golf Union, sponsors of Amateur Championship, Allied Surveyors , 2005 Scottish Amateur Champion Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie) and four times Walker Cup player Ian Hutcheon (Monifieth).
Further information click here
Posted Sunday, August 27, 2006
Copy courtesy Scottish Golf View
McALPINE RETURNS TO CHAMPION FORM
It must be the Nairn air that turns on Kevin McAlpine. Earlier this month he won the Scottish amateur match-play championship over the Nairn links. At the weekend, he returned to the town to win the Tulloch Construction North of Scotland open amateur stroke-play championship for the David Blair Trophy over the Nairn Dunbar course.
It’s the first 72-hole SGU Order of Merit event that 22-year-old Kevin has won although he would have won the Cameron Corbett Vase at Haggs Castle earlier this summer but for three putts on the last green.
“I took a week off after the ‘Scottish’ because I was just exhausted but now I feel refreshed and the game is back in the groove,” said McAlpine.
“I really won at Nairn Dunbar with a third-round 68 which put me five shots clear of the field, even though I had a triple bogey 7 at the fifth. I finished very well with three birdies and an eagle in the last six holes for 32 home.”
Kevin is looking forward to making his debut for Scotland in the home internationals at Pyle & Kenfig next week. He has no thoughts of turning professional just yet – “I might have a go at making it to the Tour School at the end of next year.”
McAlpine’s closing round of two-over-par 74 for a final total of six-under-par 282 was much more pedestrian and that storming finish to his third round did indeed stand him in good stead at the end of the day.
Posted 21st August 2006
Perth & Kinross County Golf Union Strokeplay Championship
Following on from his win at Nairn, Kevin McAlpine has won the County Strokeplay Championship at Alyth on Sunday 20th August.
With rounds of 65 & 64 - 11 under par - Kevin won the title by 5 strokes from his nearest rival, Mark Cameron also from Alyth, who recorded scores of 67 morning and afternoon.
Posted 20th August 2006
Dream team earn Magners Victory Click Here
Posted 5th August 2006
Kevin clinches Amateur Crown
Press coverage
Copy courtesy of Scottish Golf Union Website
Jubilant family and friends from Alyth
Another one on the stick
Kevin McAlpine strode into the annals of Scottish Amateur history, as he was crowned the Allied Surveyors Scottish Amateur Champion 2006, this afternoon in Nairn.
The 22 year old from Alyth immediately followed his title success with a celebratory dip in the Moray Firth accompanied by his caddy, Steve Cochrane, who had bowed out of the competition earlier in the week.
After a sensational and strident performance this morning, the Alyth golfer played consistently throughout the afternoon and took the title, 8 & 7 after the 29th hole. A clearly ecstatic champion said, “It hasn’t really sunk in yet, but I am absolutely thrilled and over the moon.
My confidence was high, I was lucky during the week as I got a good draw and made some good shots during my games. The 6th hole in the front nine was my favourite, so I knew I could go out and play well and that helped me make a good start.
Title hopes were yet again to elude Paul O’Hara, finding
himself runner – up in the championship, having made it to two Scottish Amateur finals in three years. The Colville Park player said, “I holed absolutely nothing today which was very frustrating as I putted great all week. It just got away from me once I started missing my putts and my confidence just went
Commenting on the victor’s form, O’Hara added, “Kevin would have beaten anybody given his performance today.
Claiming the much coveted prize, McAlpine, who graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in the Liberal Arts, used a cack-handed approach this week whilst expertly chipping on to the greens. McAlpine said, “I broke my right knuckle in my last semester in March this year and thought that was my season over. Over the last couple of tournaments I played with a two finger overlap, before trying the interlocking grip again.
Son of Dundee United goalkeeper, Hamish, McAlpine handled the pressure well throughout the day. After an exceptional leading round in the morning, the champion adopted a more conservative approach in the afternoon, but never let his opponent in to the game.
With a 10 shot lead with only 12 holes to go, only a momentary slip of concentration cost McAlpine a bogey on the 26th. Ensuing wins from O'Hara on the 26th and 27th and a birdie on the 28th never saw him in contention, but narrowed McAlpine's margin to 8 up before clinching the Amateur title in front of the galleries.
Playing in a total of 8 matches over the past week, McAlpine now follows in the footsteps of Colin Montgomerie who won the title in Nairn back in 1987.
Posted 22 July 2006
Another course record
Kevin McAlpine (Alyth) on his way to retaining The Pitcrocknie Challenge set a new course record of 63 over the Glenisla Course. His morning round of 68 over Alyth was only bettered by club colleague Billy Grace 66.
Posted 13 June 2006
Saturday Early Bird Tee Times
At the June meeting of the committee it was unanimously agreed to introduce five additional tee times. The tee can now be booked from 6.55 am on Saturday’s morning’s only.
This decision will be implemented from Saturday 24 June 2006
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