Winter Newsletter 2022 FINAL for WEB
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wonderful to experience. It was a big day <strong>for</strong> Angus<br />
McFall, who was appointed Junior Captain.<br />
No longer do our junior sessions stop after<br />
Caddies Day. The Thursday and Friday sessions<br />
continue until we run out of daylight when we<br />
then move to weekend sessions. By November we<br />
have evening sessions at our Indoor Swing Room.<br />
The juniors enjoy using Trackman and our indoor<br />
facility has been improved with the gift of an<br />
artificial putting green from the University of the<br />
Highlands who have a new purpose built facility at<br />
their Burghfield Campus.<br />
Each of the swing studio sessions are individually<br />
tailored, allowing each player to advance at their<br />
own pace. A vital element <strong>for</strong> improvement is<br />
benchmarking to monitor the gains from coaching<br />
sessions. The transfer from winter coaching into<br />
on course play has seen handicaps tumble. They<br />
also have weekend sessions throughout the winter,<br />
weather permitting.<br />
Our older juniors are fine role models <strong>for</strong> the<br />
younger sections. Some played in regional and<br />
national competitions with Rhianna Mackay<br />
having a well-travelled and successful season.<br />
Our A Section Coordinator, Mark McFall, works<br />
tirelessly to produce weekly draws and instil good<br />
golfing behaviours. A Section had their Friday<br />
competitions and matchplay competitions entered<br />
into the Scottish Golf App so they became familiar<br />
with the new Scottish Golf system.<br />
I am pleased to see Colin Mackay return to our<br />
Council of Management in December and Colin<br />
will take over as Junior Convenor linking with our<br />
Junior Team under the guidance of Gary Dingwall<br />
in conjunction with Ally McNaughton, David<br />
Diracles and Mark McFall our frontline coaching<br />
team.<br />
Our juniors have a pathway from beginner to<br />
playing in national competitions and I am very<br />
grateful <strong>for</strong> the way that Gary, Ally, David and Mark<br />
have worked as a team and produced a full season<br />
of weekly events, trophy competitions, adult/<br />
junior weekend competitions with all the Covid<br />
restrictions we have to live with<br />
Colin, you are inheriting a slick programme which<br />
I know you will enjoy and support with the<br />
enthusiasm you have <strong>for</strong> golf and Royal Dornoch.<br />
Donna Sutherland 25 years at Royal Dornoch<br />
21<br />
Willie MacKay<br />
Captain
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