For the most part, the weather held dry with just a few isolated showers for the afternoon starters, but the breezy conditions lasted for the day.

Chris Burton was the only person to get a measure on the 6th for the closest to the pin in 1 and followed it up by draining his birdie putt.

Chris George almost hit a different postcode with his drive on the 17th to scoop the prize for the longest drive of the day.

In the Net section, it was the early groups who set the pace through the day – Chris Burton was holding first with a net 67 but that was short-lived when Ross Smith arrived at the clubhouse with a 67 also and pipping Chris into first place with the dreaded countback rearing its ugly head. Not the last time we would see this today. Ross held on to first spot for most of the day until Angus Thompson arrived in with a fantastic net 62 to scoop his maiden open title and ensure the trophy stayed on the right side of the barriers. Well played Angus!

In the Gross Section, the afternoon players got the better of the scoring, but it was another South Ronaldsay player that made up the top 3. Glenn Grange was third with a 79 keeping up his fine run of scores in the 70’s but it was 2 Stromness players who battled it out for bragging rights. Defending champion Dennis Harvey carded a fine 74 after a shaky start to his back 9 but steadied the ship and finished out with a birdie 3 on 18 after a fine tee shot. But it wasn’t quite enough to beat the dreaded countback as his Stromness compatriot Angus Sutherland arrived in the clubhouse with a 74 also to Pip Dennis for the title. Good shooting Angus!

Thanks as always goes to Andy at Pipedream Plumbing; you’ve been a great supporter of the club for many years, and we continue to appreciate it. Erik who presented the prizes. Derek, Derek and all who gave up time to get the course looking as good as it was – it’s been a long time since we had the course playing so well, so early in the season. Sheila for sorting the draw and keeping the scores in check, Mike who as always did a stellar job starting us. The ladies who looked after us men with the rolls, soup and home bakes and Angus for providing some of the best soup I’ve had.

Pictured are Chris Burton, Angus Sutherland, Eric Kemp representing Pipedream Plumbing, Angus Thompson, Ross Smith and Glenn Grange. Missing from photo is Dennis Harvey and Chris George.

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There was some very competitive scores, both in the gross and nett section. Condition were, very breezy and sunny and with the course in excellent condition. The holes were set up for, into and with the wind, giving the competitors something to think about.

The winner of the Pipedream gross trophy was Kellan McAlister with an excellent Gross 35 

Second in the gross section with a Gross 36 was Dagan Edwardson 

The winner of the Pipedream Nett trophy with an excellent nett 12 was Findlay Waters .

Equal second with a nett 18 were Callum Paterson and Einer Thomson .

Winner of the 6 hole competition was Adam Shearer .

Thanks go to the sponsors Pipedream plumbing and Eric Kemp for presenting the winner with their prizes and refreshments.

Thanks to all who helped organise the event and also the parents for bringing all the kids for the event. Thanks to the greenkeeping staff for all their hard work.

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There was a Gross and Nett trophy and an over 70s competition .

The winner of the Doulls Senior’s gross trophy was Andrew Woodward with an excellent Gross 71.

The winner of the Doulls Nett trophy was Derek Ward with another great score of Nett 62.

Winner of the over 70s competition was Dennis Townsend.

Winner of nearest the pin in 1 on the 6th was Chris George.

Winner of nearest the pin in 2 on 18th was David Henderson.

Thanks go to our sponsors Doulls, and Yvonne Doull for doing the presenting of the prizes. Thanks also to Mike Wooldridge for conducting the presentation ceremony. Also, thanks to Sheila and Glenn for organising and ensuring a smooth-running competition.

Finally, thanks to the Greenkeeper Derek and Derek jnr for their excellent preparation of the course.

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Many thanks to Andy from Pipedream Plumbing for his continued support for this event and to Eric Kemp for coming out to do the presentation on behalf of the company. 

The morning players had it dry throughout their game, with the afternoon tee offs getting a few showers during their play. Thank you to Mike Woolridge for coming along to be starter for the Women competing. The course was looking great again, thanks to the continued hard work from Derek Ward and Derek Ward Jnr. Thank you Derek for setting out the posts and pins onto the course for the specials on the day as well.

Thank you to all the Club members who helped out with setting everything up and making food for the Open. Thanks to Sheila for doing the draw and making sure the scoring worked. Finally thank you to all the ladies from Kirkwall and Stromness as well as South Ronaldsay who came along to play. Your support to the Club is very much appreciated. 

Nearest the pin on the 6th hole went to Kirstie Mackenzie.

Longest drive on the 17th for 0-20 handicap was Shona Slater and in the 21+ handicap, the winner was Kay Mowat. 

In the Gross section competition, 3rd place went to Shona Croy with 87. Second place on countback was Lynn Shearer also with 87 and 1st place went to Nicola Sutherland from Stromness with a great score of 84 gross. 

Well done ladies 

In the Nett section Angie Ross came 3rd with a score of 73. 2nd place was Maggie Learmonth on 69 nett and taking 1st place on countback with 69 nett was Michelle Clouston.

Congratulations ladies

Our next competition is the Ladies Seniors Open, sponsored by Scottish Seafarms on Sunday 18th June. We hope you see you all again 

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This season’s competition has been sponsored by Deerness Distillery Gin and our final winner, Liz Pirie with a nett score of 72, received a bottle of ‘Scuttled’. 

Second place went to Lynn Shearer on 73 and third was Violet Ward on 77.  

We were grateful for decent weather to finish, and many thanks go to Deerness Gin for their generous support

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As to be expected, home advantage played its part and the Hope brought the trophy home, although the best score of 34 nett was posted by Katy Mowatt playing for the away team. Other notable scores were those of Liz Pirie (nett 36) and Angie Ross (nett 39).  We look forward to next year’s match, hopefully with better weather but not too much leg exposure, June! 

Thank you to all the Westray Ladies for their great company and to Derek Ward for presenting the trophy, aswell as mowing the greens in the rain again.

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Those out earlier in the day had rain which then turned into warmth and sunshine, whilst the evening players had some wind and gradually cooler conditions.  

The course still played long for both sections, as reflected in the final scores. 

Winner of this month’s Deerness Gin was Lynn Shearer with a Nett 78 who was delighted to take home a bottle of ‘Vara’, breaking ‘cracking’ Violet Ward’s stranglehold on the gin prizes to date! 

Thank you to Deerness Gin for their generous sponsorship which is greatly appreciated

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Early morning thick mist gave way to heavy downpours later, but thankfully the weather behaved during the majority of the competition, even becoming very warm at times. 

A shotgun start had everyone back to the clubhouse at approximately the same time for home bakes while the scores were processed, and Kirstie Brown from Scottish Sea Farms presented the prizes as follows. 

The Gross prize went to Lynn Shearer with an 87, maintaining her good form. Lynn also went home with a couple of Specials; Nearest the Pin in Two on the 9th and Longest Drive on the 17th, both in the 0-20 handicap category.

Violet Ward continued her winning streak coming First Nett overall with 72; second was Sheila Hourston on 75 and third Ann Oag with 77.  

First Nett (Local Player) was Kate George on 73. 

The other two Specials were won by Liz Pirie (Nearest the Pin in Three on the 9th) and Sandra Shearer (Longest Drive on the 17th) both in the 21+ handicap category. 

Thanks to Scottish Sea Farms’ generosity there were plenty of prizes on offer today but perhaps the best of all was Eileen Spence’s news of the arrival of a long-awaited grandchild, our congratulations to all the family.  

Special thanks go to Derek Ward who got soaked cutting the greens in the morning and, of course, to Scottish Sea Farms for their support which made our final open of 2022 one to remember.

L to R in the photo:Kate George, Kirstie Brown, Violet Ward, Lynn Shearer, Sheila Hourston, Ann Oag, Liz Pirie. 

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There was never any doubt about the Gross winner with Lynn Shearer in a class of her own, 19 strokes ahead of her nearest contender.  It was much closer in the Nett Competition and with two of three rounds counting there was all to play for, despite Violet Ward posting two great scores in the first two rounds. Liz Pirie and Kate George were still in contention, but Kate fell away and Liz’s final round of 65 was still not enough. Violet won overall by four strokes.  

Well done to the Club Championship winners but also to all the ladies for battling the strong winds which have haunted us much of this season. And thank you again to Robertsons for hosting our post competition meal, much enjoyed by all. 

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