The week started off with the Ladies playing a very aptly named Gruesome 9-hole Stableford competition where each player drove 2 balls off the tee and their playing partner elected which drive was to be used to complete the hole.  Needless to say wayward shots became very popular with opponents.  The challenge of keeping drives on the straight and narrow was coped with well by Margaret Smith who played steadily and won with 17 points.  In 2nd place was Fiona McLaren with 16 points and Teresa Gannon scored 14 points to take 3rd place.

Deviating from the regular weekly Stableford, the Seniors had a Golf & Putting event on Thursday.  The Golf part was decided on the stableford points over the best 6 out of 9 holes and 1st place went to Joy Johnston (18 points), in 2nd place was Moira Simpson (16 points) thanks to her Better Inward Half over Ian Sloan in 3rd place, also with 16 points.  The Putting element, over the 9 holes, resulted in Elizabeth Sloan winning with 18 putts and again a Better Inward Half over 2nd placed Stan Reid, also 18 putts.  3rd place was claimed by Moira Simpson with 20 putts.

At the weekend members competed for the Frame Trophy, starting off in heavy rain which kindly turned to blue skies before the half way mark.  With a good round, Ian Murray’s (21) net 67 gained him the Trophy but not before a countback over the last 9 holes against Bob Mouat (17)  also on net 67.  Only a couple of strokes behind in 3rd place was Drew Durrand (24) with a net 69.

Abernethy Ladies organised an outing to Carrbridge Golf Club at the start of the week, for an 18-hole stableford competition, playing 9 holes, stopping for an energy-boosting soup and sandwich lunch followed by a further 9 holes.  Not put off by the rain in the afternoon, the winning score was returned by Elizabeth Sloan (37 points) and a bih over 2nd placed June Clark (37 points) and 3rd place was gained by Ann Weller (36 points)

The Seniors’ Stableford competition on Thursday was the Convenor’s Day Eclectic and took the form of 9 holes, a stop at the clubhouse for a bacon butty and another 9 holes to see if scores could be improved in the afternoon and some indeed managed to do that. The overall result was 1st place Helen Gillies (22 points), in 2nd place was Colin Kirkwood (21 points) and a bih over 3rd placed Bruce Davies (21 points)

Friday saw Juniors competing in the re-arranged September 9-hole Medal.  The winner was Jonah Causey (24) with a net 43 and 2nd placed was Harris Burke (9) with a net 49

At the weekend the Men played in the Rosebowl stroke play competition and, continuing his success in the Medal of the previous week, with a steady net score of 67, John Dingwall (17) lifted the trophy. In 2nd place was John Swinden (19) with a net 69 and 3rd placed was Ian Murray (21) with a net 71.

Meanwhile the Ladies competed for the Robinson Tray, an 18 hole Stableford competition.  Margaret Smith (26) played to her handicap and her score of 36 points won the Tray.  In 2nd place was Elizabeth Sloan (21) with 32 points and 3rd place was gained by Rona Smith (36) with 31 points

On Saturday, the men competed for the Grey House Cup.   This 18 hole stableford event is sponsored by the owners of The Grey House, the Bloomfields, and it was a large field that tackled the damp course.   The winner of the Cup was Alex Donald (12) with 35 points bih, runner-up was Stan Reid (36 restricted) 35 points and third was Dougie Burns (21) 34 points.   

The ladies followed the men to compete for the Robinson Tray.    This is also an 18 hole stableford competition but the ladies did not cope quite so well with the damp conditions resulting in a reduction only CSS.   The winner was Aileen Anderson (29) 32 points, runner-up was Sheena Hendrie (19) 31 pts and third was Susan Swinden (18) 30 pts.

Pauline’s Trophy is normally played for over four qualifying 9 hole stableford rounds with the trophy going to the lady with the best eclectic score over the four rounds.     However, having lost the first half of the season, there were only two rounds left on which to score so the second round on Monday was crucial.   The winner was Alison Mitchell 18 points, runner-up was June Clark 17 points and third was Rona Smith 14 points.   When these were combined with the first round, Alison Mitchell was the clear winner of the trophy with 24 points, runner-up was Helen Gillis 20points and third was Sue Philpott 19 points.   

The weather washed out the seniors competition on Thursday and nearly washed out the men’s and ladies medals on Saturday but the last group managed to find a dry line to the flag on the final green just as the Course Closed sign went on the gate.   The men’s competition was won by Bob Mouat (17) 77, runner-up was Dougie Burns (21) 80 and third was Ian Murray (17) 82bih.    This was the final competition counting towards the Greenkeeper’s Cup for the best three medal rounds.  The winner of the cup was John Swinden with a total of 210, runner-up was Dougie Burns 228 and third was Graham Anslow 229.   

The ladies medal was won by Margaret Smith (24) 80, runner-up was Ann Weller (21) 82 and third was Susan Swinden (18) 86. 

The Ladies’ Monday competition was reduced from an 18 to a 9-hole Medal due to the poor weather conditions. The winner, thanks to a better last 6 holes, was Fiona McLaren (net 37) with Susan Swinden (net 37) coming 2nd and in 3rd place was Jean Gordon (net 40).  

The following day, the continuing poor weather took it’s toll on the Seniors’ competition, a 2-club challenge, with the players only completing 5 holes. The curtailed competition was won by Kevin Strathdee (9pts), 2nd place, thanks to a Better Inward Half, went to Dougie Burns (5pts) and in 3rd place was Barry Clark (5pts).  

By Thursday the weather had improved and the Seniors’ Stableford was able to take place as normal.  Winner on the day was Kevin Strathdee (18pts).  Once again 2nd place was decided on a Better Inward Half, this time being claimed by Ian Sloan (17pts) and 3rd place went to Stan Reid (17pts).  

There was a low turnout at the weekend for both the men’s and ladies’ Medals with some finding the new pin positions tricky to handle.  The winner of the Men’s Medal was John Dingwall (68 net), in 2nd place was Kevin Strathdee (72 net) and 3rd placed was Dougie Burns (77 net).  On the Ladies side, Jean Gordon (net 72) claimed 1st place, 2nd place was gained by Margaret Smith (78 net) with a Better Inward Half over Susan Swinden (78 net).