Alex Glennie --- Click to enlargeThe Afternoon ties at Kinross
Helen Faulds (Douglas Park), Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) and Suzanne Cadden (Cardross) all reached the quarter finals of the Scottish Seniors Matchplay Championship this morning at Kinross in extremely hot and humid conditions.
Heather Anderson the former Downfield and now Alyth player squeezed into the match-play stages as the last of the 16 qualifiers but you would never have known from the quality of performances she produced today.
In the first round she toppled the No 1 seed Fiona Hunter (Baberton) with ease, beating her by 7 and 5.
And to show that was no fluke Heather then beat the eighth best qualifier, former Curtis Cup player and one time World Junior champion Suzanne Cadden from Cardross by 3 and 2.
Heather now plays the fourth seed Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) for a place in the final. Alex beat former champion Pamela Williamson (Bab erton) by 5 and 3 and then had a 2 and 1 win over Helen Faulds (Douglas Park).
The second semi-final sees Noreen Fenton (Dunbar), the No 3 seed, tackle the 10th qualifier, Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies), the 1968 Scottish girls champion and, more recently, winner of the Scottish Veteran women’s title at Blairgowrie.
Noreen, was given a run for her money by 14th seed Frances Neish (Moray) before edgining through on the 18th green in the morning and followed that up with another visit to the last green, winning by two holes against Mary Smith (Tain), the Scottish seniors stroke-play champion last year.
Moira Thomson had a good 2 and 1 win over a that capable Royal Montrose player Kathleen Sutherland before beating the defending match-play champion, Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) at the 20th hole in the last quarter-final to finish.
Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report
1st Round Results:
SCOTTISH SENIOR WOMEN'S MATCH-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Montgomery course, Kinross.
First round
Heather Anderson (Alyth) beat Fiona Hunter (Baberton) 7 and 5.
Suzanne Cadden (Cardross) beat Sheila Cuthbertson (Peebles) 1 hole.
Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) beat Fiona de Vries (St Rule) 6 and 4,
Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) beat Pamela Williamson (Baberton) 5 and 3.
Noreen Fenton (Dunbar) beat Frances Neish (Moray) 1 hole.
Mary Smith (Tain) beat Anna Telfer (Milngavie) 4 and 3.
Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies) beat Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) 2 and 1.
Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) beat Margaret Tough (Falkirk) 3 and 2
Quarter-finals:
Heather Anderson beat Suzanne Cadden 3 and 2.
Alex Glennie beat Helen Faulds 2 and 1.
Noreen Fenton beat Mary Smith 2 holes.
Moira Thomson beat Lorna Bennett at 20th.
Anna Telfer (Milngavie) is through to the Semi Final of the 2nd Flight Draw (losing players in 1st round) and now meets Kathleen Sutherland
Quarter Finals --- Second Flight
Fiona Hunter beat Sheila Cuthbertson 4 and 3
Fiona De Vries beat Pamela Williamson 3 and 2
Anna Telfer beat Frances Neish 3 and 2
Kathleen Sutherland beat Margaret Tough 6 and 4