Our latest News and how to get in touch with the SDGC

 

Our brand new event on the Isle of Harris next month is being sponsored by the Lewis and Harris Sports Council Comhairle Spòrs Leòdhais agus Na Hearadh, the Isle of Harris Golf Club, the Marchbank Gowf Club and the SDGC.  Information on this event is now available on the Diary page.  £20 for 2 rounds of golf, 2 post golf meals and 2 nights in a hotel?   Members should get in touch!!!

 

Sticks & Stones events, which are our combo games of golf and curling, over two or more days, have been held in Fife, Perthshire and Angus, several more are planned before next season.  With even more members being introduced to the sports, we would like to take the opportunity to thank our sponsors from various parts of the UK, for supporting the charities development, with funding and equipment for players.

 

Guide Dogs Charity Golf Day – Drumoig GC on Saturday 25 August 2018 from 09:30.  The SDGC has a sponsor who will provide team entry for up to eight full members, on a first-come, first-served basis.  Roll/coffee on arrival, 18 holes of Scramble, dinner and prize raffle/auction including Virgin flights for two to New York, US of A.  Interested full members should get in touch?

 

Team Scotland announced in August for the Auld Enemis Cup - The 2018 Auld Enemies Cup clash is set for 16 to 18 September at the Oulton Park Resort in Yorkshire England.  The traditional matchplay,, Ryder Cup style format of foursomes, fourball and singles competitions, will be held through Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.  England have a one match point lead at the present, with neither team being able to win on home soil and as our DGA hosts have had the Cup since the event at Cardrona, we hope they have managed to at least clean the Cup before they hand it back to Team Scotland!! 

 

The Scotish Disability Golf & Curling Annual General Meeting will be held at the Dalmahoy Golf & Country Club in Edinburgh on Monday 6 August at 13:00.  All members are invited to attend and anyone wishing to nominate Committee members or to stand for election to the Committee, should get in tuch with the Secretary, by 22 July. 

 

If you have any questions about the SDGC, our games, competitions, membership or perhaps our free lesson programme, then check out the Frequently Asked Questions section below?  If your query is not there, just get in touch by completing the Contact form alongside it and we will get back to you directly.

 

Following a recent trial run, the SDGC is looking to enter teams of members into local charity golf fundraising comps.  Funding is available to sponsor some SDGC teams, although there is a limit on fees payable.  A quick internet search has shown that some charities golf comps are priced in the thousands of pounds.  That type of price is both out of our range and quite ridiculous.   If members spot a local charity golf fundraiser, just let us know the details and we will research the possibility of entering a team or two?

 

To date, Scottish Disability Golf & Curling has arranged 421 golf days at 239 venues in 5 countries.

 

The SDGC’s Golf Lessn Programme started up again at the end of February 2018.  Anyone wishing to participate, should get in touch via the Free Lessons Link above.  Over the 2017 season, we operated a free golf lesson grant programme, allowing Scottish based members to access local tuition with PGA Teaching Professionals.  Our programme continues to be funded by over thirty UK based Trusts and Foundations.  The curling lessons will be introduced later in the year.

 

International events - The SDGC is investigating dates, venues and, of course, costings, for two international events in 2019.  The Scottish Open, for the Sidey & Caledonia Trohies, will once again be held in Scotland and a newly formatted Curling International will be held in Canada.

 

Currently, the SDGC has provided 3032 free golf lessons, with 78 PGA Pro’s  and has 1089 members.

 

The total number of ice days arranged by the Scottish Disability Golf & Curling Charity, to date, is 106 at 21 rinks.

 

Storrie victory, but Hamill retakes the OOM lead.

 

A warm and friendly welcome was extended to the members of the SDGC at the Ratho Park Golf Club at our recent event, on what turned out to be a very cold and windy day in Edinburgh. 

 

Although members had visited the club on many occasions in the past, this was a brand new game in our Challenge match series and we were joined by an equal numbe of club members to play a fun event around this short but tight golf course.  A change of format kept everyone in the mix, when each team counted their highest and lowest completed full round stableford score for their tee-time team total, making a close finish with all teams within 10 shots.

 

One member commented, “the greens were great after that tough winter and the format kept everyone in the game, because even if one player was having a bad day at the office, they had to keep plugging away for the team and after that chilly day, a great meal in the clubhouse finished off a smashing friendly round.”

To help out with travel and competition costs and for the clubs friendly welcome and hospitality, the SDGC made a donation to the Ratho Park Junior section, , who were out there n the course enjoying some tuition and practice just after the SDGC visitors left the course.

 

On the day, and for the eighth qualifying round of the Scottish Order of Merit Championship title race, Adam Storrie of Fauldhouse took the plaudits with 40 points, Jim Hamill of Dumbarton was second with 38, Kerr Scott of Busby 37 and almost making the rostrum, Garry Bruce of Carnoustie with 35.  Other bodies in the pack were: Derek Milne 34, Iain Ross 33, Trevor Crombie and Robert Inness had 32 and the other players contemplated missed opportunities and putts.  The winning team were Trevor Crombie, Kerr Scott, David spence and Peter Selkirk with 71 points.

 

In a change to the regular prizes on offer, the SDGC provided several rounds of golf at Ratho Park, which was divided amongst the winners, who could then invite guests along to the club,, to enjoy a round.

 

Next up is a round in Paisley and then our new 2-round match at the Isle of Harris Golf Club.