ABERDEENSHIRE BEAT P&K TO WIN NORTH DIVISIONAL TITLE AT STRATHMORE

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Aberdeenshire will go to the Scottish women's county golf finals at Kilmacolm GC, Renfrewshire in September as North Divisional champions.
They overpowered title-holders Perth and Kinross 8-1 in the final match between the two teams with 100 per cent winning records after two days' play at Strathmore Golf Centre, near Alyth.

Aberdeenshire took a grip on the outcome when they won the morning foursomes 3-0, leaving them needing only two wins from the final six singles for victory.
But the rampant Aberdeenshire did more than that. They took the singles 5-1 for an emphatic victory margin.

Shire's top player was Hazlehead teenager Jasmine Mackintosh (pictured bottom row left ) who won all six of her ties, which made her the MVP of the tournament. But she was strongly supported by Sammy Leslie and Kim Beveridge who both finishes with 5.5pt out of six and 14-year-old Carmen Griffiths, Aberdeenshire's youngest ever county champion, who won four out of six.

Northern Counties avoided the wooden spoon by finishing third, thanks to a 7.5-1.5 victory over pointless Angus.
Hannah McCook was Northern Counties' top performer with five wins out of six.

Aberdeenshire won the North Divisional title two years ago at Edzell but finished runners-up in the county finals held at Aboyne that year.


ABERDEENSHIRE 8, PERTH and KINROSS 1

Aberdeenshire names first
FOURSOMES (3-0)
S Leslie and K Beveridge bt K Brodie and I Moncrieff 3 and 1.
J Mackintosh and C Griffiths bt L Walker and E Watson 1 hole.
S Wood and C Wilson bt J Saxton and S Crolla 2 holes.

SINGLES (5-1)
Leslie bt M Ashley 2 and 1.
Mackintosh bt Brodie 4 and 3.
Griffiths bt Saxton 3 and 2.
Wilson lost to Watson 3 and 1.
Wood bt L Campbell 2 and 1.
Beveridge bt Walker 3 and 2.

NORTHERN COUNTIES 7.5, ANGUS 1.5

Northern Counties names first
FOURSOMES (3-0)
H McCook and C Thompson bt J Cameron and J Brown 2 and 1.
C Boa and E Docherty bt A Summers and J Taylor 2 and 1.
S Jackson and S Cloverley bt F Millar and A Ramsay 1 hole.

SINGLES (4.5-1.5)
McCook bt Summers 3 and 2.
Thompson bt Cameron 4 and 2.
Cloverley lost to F Gilbert 1 hole.
Boa bt Taylor 3 and 1.
Jackson bt Millar 1 hole.
Docherty halved with Brown

HOW THEY FINISHED
3pt Aberdeenshire
2pt Perth and Kinross
1pt Northern Counties
0pt Angus