Hello everyone, I hope you all had a happy festive season.
Very soon we
will be thinking of the golfing events in 2011 and already the committee is
preparing for the forthcoming season.
As I reported at the AGM we now have a
vice captain, Lynne Fraser from Fortrose, who has taken on this position, for which
she is well suited. Lynne is well known in curling circles and comes with a
great deal of experience and knowledge, which will greatly benefit Northern
Counties.
We now also have a new junior organiser, Anne Rose from Muir of Ord who
is a retired teacher and well experienced in dealing with juniors.
I welcome them both to the committee and hope they enjoy their term of
office.
Northern Counties certainly finished the year on a high with Kelsey
winning the order of merit and Hannah McCook coming runner-up in the girls’
order of merit. Congratulations to both of them for having had a great year and
I am sure there will be many more successes to come in 2011.
Kelsey did well in the first event of the Florida Orange Blossom Tour coming 17th equal with a score of 297. Eilidh Mackay also played and returned a total of 336. Hannah was in Spain for
training earlier this month as part of the Scottish ladies training squad.
There is a very nice article on the Highland Institute of Sport website
about Hannah which is well worth reading.
Well done also to Eleanor Tunn from Reay Golf Club, whose handicap is now
down to 6 and she enters the second year of the academy coaching programme.
I wish everyone a good golfing season and hope the sun shines on us
all.
Florence Allan
