Saturday 21 June 2008

Successful defence of the Kennedy Salver by Ayrshire

Ayrshire Team -- Click to enlarge Ayrshire Girls Team (standing left to right) are Connie Jaffrey, Hannah Gaunt, Mhairi McKay, Katie McGarva,and kneeling left to right are Gillian Arnott, Linzi Allan, Kelly McNee. - Click Photo to see an enlargement

The Ayrshire Ladies County Golf Association Junior Team held off a strong challenge from the other three West Division counties - Dumbartonshire & Argyll, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire, at Ayr Dalmilling Golf Course on Thursday, 19th June, to retain the prestigious Kennedy Salver.In blustery, testing conditions, they won all 3 morning foursomes and followed this up in the afternoon with 3.5 points from the singles matches for a winning total of 6.5 - two clear of runners-up Lanarkshire.The team, whose ages range from 11 to 17 consisted of Linzi Allan (captain) (Kilbirnie), Hannah Gaunt (Barassie), Gillian Arnott (Kilbirnie), Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride), Kelly McNee (Loudoun), Connie Jaffrey (West Kilbride) and Katie McGarva (Barassie).

To read all the results CLICK HERE --- note the small tabs at the top of the pages to links for the foursomes and singles results

Thanks to June Kerr for this report