Royal Dornoch Winter Newsletter 2024
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What a superb year we have had with golf<br />
competitions and social events. Over the next few<br />
paragraphs I will remind you of some of the<br />
highlights in our 2023 golfing year.<br />
Ladies Section<br />
I would like to welcome all of our new lady<br />
members who joined this year and hope you have<br />
enjoyed playing your golf amongst us, as well as<br />
making many new friends.<br />
We remember with sadness four of our lovely lady<br />
members we lost this year – Isabella Wright, Ann<br />
Barnett, Alison Burnett and Rena Bethune. They<br />
were ladies who thoroughly enjoyed the game of<br />
golf and made a strong contribution to the Ladies’<br />
Section and so we were lucky to have known them.<br />
It reminds us that we need to remember those<br />
struggling with old age and illness, and those who<br />
have had to deal with the loss of a partner this year.<br />
We send Sandee Mackintosh our sympathy on the<br />
loss of her husband Sinclair and remember that<br />
Deborah Thomassen lost her husband Geir<br />
suddenly at the beginning of 2023. We send them<br />
all our warmest thoughts and good wishes. We<br />
need to cherish every moment.<br />
Our first Medal on Saturday 11th March was<br />
cancelled as the weather was particularly severe with<br />
the temperature dipping to minus 7 a few days<br />
earlier. Thankfully, all other Medals were played<br />
however the Flag Competition was also cancelled<br />
due to bad weather and rearranged for July. There<br />
is a long list of medal winners and 9 hole stableford<br />
winners in the Ladies Locker room. Well done<br />
everyone.<br />
Wilma Murray<br />
beating myself by just one point! The <strong>Winter</strong><br />
Eclectic Winner on the Struie Course was won by<br />
Frances Robertson with a score of 62.19, similarly<br />
beating Sheila Rhind by just one point.<br />
We can’t forget the official opening of the 8th hole<br />
on the Championship Course which was a<br />
momentous day on Sunday 16th April 2023.<br />
Our 3 Lady Team Open was well attended with<br />
over 100 players and the ultimate winning team<br />
3 Lady Team Winners<br />
The <strong>Winter</strong> Eclectic for the Pam Lovell Trophy<br />
played on the Championship Course was won by<br />
Theresa Campbell with a score of 56.6 – narrowly<br />
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