Thursday 21 May 2009

Lanarkshire are the 1st Winners of the Kathleen McNeil Trophy

Lanarkshire winning team for the McNeil Trophy - Click to enlarge
Lanarkshire's team of, left to right, Elaine Cuthill, Pamela Pretswell and Susan Wood, first winners of the Kathleen McNeil Trophy for the best aggregate score by a county team in the qualifying rounds at Southerness (team of three, best two scratch scores counted over two days).
LEADING TOTALS
308 Lanarkshire (Elaine Cuthill 80 80, Pamela Pretswell 76 72, Susan Wood 82 80).
313 Dunbartonshire & Argyll (Kylie Walker 77 74, Anne Laing 84 87, Sara Bishop 89 75.
316 Aberdeenshire (Laura Murray 82 74, Sheena Wood 80 80, Jill Harrison 89 84), Midlothian (Jane Turner 80 78, Louise Fraser 92 79, Rachael Watton 80 78).
317 Renfrewshire (Megan Briggs 83 73, Clare-Marie Carlton 80 81, Eilidh Briggs 85 85).
Other totals:
321 Fife.
324 Angus.
325 Borders.
327 Perth & Kinross.
329 Northern Counties.
332 Ayrshire.
338 Dumfries-shire.
355 Stirling & Clackmannan(Image and reporting by Gillian Kirkwood)
Kathleen McNeil Trophy - Click to enlarge

The McNeil Trophy pictured above was awarded to the County Team of 3 returning the lowest aggregate scratch score in the 2 qualifying rounds with the 2 best scores counting each day. The Trophy, in memory of Kathleen McNeil, Renfrewshire's late Honorary Life President, has been presented by Miss Marigold Speir, Scottish Champion in 1957. It is very fitting that this trophy will not only be a permanent reminder of the Centenary of Scottish County Golf but to Kathleen who contributed so much to golf and was known by so many lady golfers in Scotland.