SCOTS GIRLS FAIL TO MAKE TOP FLIGHT IN NORWAY

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Scotland failed to make the European girls' amateur team championship flight for the match-play stages at Oslo Golf Club, Norway.
They finished 12th on 773. Only the top eight teams qualify for the championship flight.
England (749) made it in seventh place but Ireland (768) missed out as well as the Scots who will contest the second flight.
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
712 Italy
720 Sweden
726 Spain
729 Norway
732 France
739 Denmark
749 England, Czech Rep.
OTHER TOTALS
768 Ireland (11th)
773 Scotland (12th).
INDIVIDUAL SCOTS
144 H MacGarvie (Troon Ladies) 72 72
154 L Duncan West Kilbride) 72 82, J Farrell (Cardross) 76 78
157 J Free 79 78
164 J Mackintosh 83 81
172 K Brodie (Strathaven) 85 87.

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D&A CHAMPION IS LORNA McCLYMONT FROM MILNGAVIE

Lorna McClymont - 2016 D&A County Champion
with Karen Maxwell (Captain) and Enid Young (President) 

Host club member Lorna McClymont, the No 7 qualifier, won the Dunbartonshire and Argyll women's county championship for the first time today at Milngavie Golf Club.
In the final, Lorna won by 5 and 4 against former Scotland international Claire Hargan (Regulus), who was six times champion of Midlothian between 2003 and 2009
Hargan beat top seed Jillian Farrell (Cardross) by 5 and 4 in the morning semi-finals when McClymont won at the 19th against Lorraine Campbell (Cardross).
Lorna was fast out of the blocks with a birdie at the first hole.
Claire won the second, then Lorna won the third and McClymont was four up at the turn.
That became a five-hole lead when Lorna won the 10th. Hargan won the 12th but it was too little too late. After halving 13, won the 14th with a birdie to regain a five-hole lead and claim her first county championship
In the semi-final against Farrell, Hargan won the 10th and 12th before holing a long putt on 13 to go three up.
The 14th was halved and Claire managed to sink a putt on 15 for a 4 to win by 4 and 3.
In the other semi-final Lorna McClymont played steadily but Lorraine Campbell will be rueing a few early putts missed which saw her fall to three down at the turn.
Lorraine was still three down after 14 before she rallied to win two holes and then birdied the last hole to square the match and take it down the 19th.
McClymont won at the 19th with a 4 after Lorraine was bunkered.
The Bronze championship final was a closely fought affair between Mandy Allen (Milngavie) and Rae Strang (Cardross). Rae triumphed by two holes.

RESULTS
CHAMPIONSHIP
SEMI-FINALS
Claire Hargan (St Regulus) beat Jillian Farrell (Cardross) 4 and 3.
Lorna McClymont (Milngavie) beat Lorraine Campbell (Cardross) 19th
FINAL
McClymont beat Hargan 5 and 4

BRONZE CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL
Rae Strang (Cardross) bt Mandy Allen (Milngavie) 2 holes.

SPOT THE BALL - Courtesy of Lorraine Campbell 

WEST OF SCOTLAND PLAYERS JILLIAN, EILIDH, HAZEL, JENNIFER AND EMMA ALL MAKE THE CUT AT THE HELEN HOLM

Jillian Farrell - Leading West of Scotland Player
Photo - Courtesy of Lorraine Campbell

By COLIN FARQUHARSON 

with player quotes from Iona Scott of Scottish Golf 
Much colder and windier conditions on Day 2 of the Helen Holm Scottish women's open amateur stroke play championship made scoring a bit more difficult (CSS 80 compared with a CSS of 79 yesterday) than Day 1 with overnight leader Olivia Mehaffey (Royal Co Down Ladies) slipping back from a five-under 67 on Friday to a two-over 74 at Troon Portland.

That gave the 18-year-old defending champion from Northern Ireland, ranked No. 9 female amateur in the world, a 36-hole tally of three-under 141, a mark which was equalled late in the day by Sweden's Linda Lundqvist with rounds of 69 and 72.

Linda's world ranking is No. 872 and her handicap is +1.5, compared with Mehaffey's +4.5 

In fact, Lundqvist should have gone into Sunday's final round over the Royal Troon championship links with a one-shot lead but she bogeyed the 18th.
 The 19-year-old from Sweden said: “I am very pleased as it is my second time in Scotland and I’m not used to this wind. I did not expect to be leading going into the final round, so I am very happy.”
 Mehaffey, who will enrol at Arizona State University in August, said:

“I got off to a bad start with two bogeys and I was a wee bit shaken up coming away with a bogey on one of the easier holes but then I made some really good pars out there and a couple of birdies. So I felt in control even though I had a couple of bad shots and still managed to get  pars out of it, and that’s what it was about today.

“To put yourself into contention after two rounds is all you have to do and so I’m looking forward to tomorrow. If it blows, it will just make it more exciting.”

The joint leaders are two shots clear of  Belfast Queens University student Jessica Ross (70-73 for 143) who had six birdies over the first 13 holes but bogeyed the 17th and double-bogeyed the 18th.

Anna Bailey (Kirby Muxloe), one of the very early starters, is lying tied fourth on 144 with a pair of 72s, alongside Ireland's Maria Dunne whose second-round 73 saw her run up  double bogey 7 at the long 15th and also a bogey 5 at the 18th. 

Leading Scot is 16 year old Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) who led with only six holes to play in this tournament last year before finishing third. This time round she is tied 10th on 147 (72-75) alongside Abertay Dundee University student Nastja Banovec from Slovenia (73-74).

McWilliam was going well after birdies at the 10th and 11th but, into the stiff breeze over the closing holes, she bogeyed the 14th, 15th and 18th.

Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough), winner of a USA college conference title - her eighth win in America over the past four years - earlier in the week, slumped to a 79 for 151. 

Meghan had a triple bogey 7 at the sixth  and six bogeys. Her only two birdies came at the fourth and 17th.

The wind was into the players' faces for most of the inward half so they had to make their score on the front nine. 

At the end of the day a total of 68 players with tallies of 162 and better qualified for the final round on Sunday over the testing Royal Troon links. 
The most notable non-qualifier was young Sophie Lamb (Clitheroe). Sophie and Rochelle Morris (Woodsome Hall), are well placed in the LGU Order of Merit table to gain the two automatic selection places for the Curtis Cup match in June - provided the table positions remain the same AFTER the "Helen Holm," the last counting event before the GB and I team for Dun Laoghaire in June is named at 2pm next Thursday. 
Sophie, who tied for eighth place in last year's "Helen Holm," missed the cut at Troon out by one stroke with 80-83 for 163. 
Rochelle made cut the OK.
Ireland won the international team event run in conjunction with the first two rounds of the "Helen Holm."
FINAL TEAM TOTALS
291 IRELAND (O Mehaffey and C Ryan)
300 ENGLAND ( M MacLaren and I Mehmet)
302 SCOTLAND (C Goadby and S McWilliam)
321 WALES (C Williams and N Greville). 

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SECOND ROUND SCORES 

par 144 (2x72): SSS 77, CSS 79 (Rd 1), 80 reduction only (Rd 2)

141 O Mehaffey (Royal Co Down Ladies) 67 74, L Lundqvist (Swe) 69 72.

143 J Ross (Queens Univ) 70 73 
144 A Bailey (Kirby Muxloe) 72 72, M Dunne (Skerries) 71 73

145 B Popel (Long Ashton) 74 71, O Winning (Rotherham) 73 72 

146 P Grant (Lisburn) 70 76, B Garton (Royal Lytham) 74 72

147 N Banovec (Slovenia) 73 74, S McWilliam (Aboyne) 72 75.

148 M Lockett (Huddersfield) 76 72, H Muse (W Lancs) 75 73 

149 I Mehmet (Royal Mid Surrey) 70 79, E Esborn (Swe) 70 79. 

150 J Farrell (Cardross) 72 78, C Ryan (Castletroy) 73 77, C Frankish (Chart Hills) 71 79, L Horsford (Wimbledon Park) 75 75, L Brunt (Royal Birkdale) 73 77. 

151 M MacLaren (Wellingborough) 72 79 

152 G Clews (Delamere Forest) 79 73 

153 G Coughlin (St Annes Old Links) 77 76, K Brodie (Strathmore) 77 76, E Briggs (Kilmacolm) 73 80, H Macgarvie (Troon Ladies) 78 75, P Finlay (Vicars Cross) 76 77.

154 T Mactaggart (Minto) 78 76,  F Moork (Swe) 75 79, S Giles (St Mellion) 76 78, E Healey (W Lncs) 77 77, C Williams (Wrexham) 75 79.

155 K Wright (Stranraer) 79 76, K Gillum (Lilleshall) 76 79, J Free (Gullane) 77 78, S Nilsson (Swe) 79 76, A Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 76 79, L Bailey (Kirby Muxloe) 75 80, C Goadby (St Regulus) 76 79.

156 K McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 76 80.

157 J Rankine (Haggs Castle) 81 76, G Batty (Moffat) 77 80, S Fuller (Roehampton) 74 83, G Macdonald (Craigielaw) 80 77 

158 R Taylor (Laytown and Bettystown) 82 76, F McCann (Royal Cinque Ports) 80 78, A Murphy (Carlow) 75 83; R Morris (Woodsome Hall) 82 76, H Morgan (Hallamshire) 80 78.

159 A Barnes (West Sussex) 85 74

160 J Saxton (Muckhart) 79 81, E Hale (Troon Ladies) 79 81, S Burke (Ballinrobe) 79 81, I Wardle (Prestbury) 79 81, E Slater (Ely City) 79 81 

161 B-J Smith (Woodhall Spa) 83 78, G Lewis (Llanishen) 80 81, J Cope (Weston-super-Mare) 79 82, R Barton (Carden Park) 77 84, J Mackintosh (Hazlehead) 76 85, R Thompson (Cork) 83 78, H McCook (Grantown on Spey) 82 79 

162 J Guest (Gog Magog) 82 80, M Doyle (The Heath) 82 80, M Lawrence (Rochester and Cobham) 81 81, O Bugnard (Fra) 79 83.

MISSED THE CUT

163 K Griffin (USA) 84 79, S Lamb (Clitheroe) 83 80. 

164 K-J Stanley (Manchester) 83 81, J Bowers (Prestbury) 79 85, T Husavora (Slovakia) 81 83, A B Magnusdottir (Ice) 77 87, I Posledni (Cze) 87 77 

165 B Bjornsdottir (Ice) 86 79, G Paton (Royal Montrose) 83 82 L Klimentova (Slovakia) 81 84, N Slater (Furness) 82 83.

166 N Callander (Welwyn GC) 84 82

167 N Greville (Ashburnham) 82 85

168 G Macpherson (Loudoun Gowf) 84 84, V Craig (Royal Belfast) 81 87 

169 L Morrison (Garforth) 79 90

170 S Leslie (Kemnay) 83 87, C Taylor (Nairn) 86 84.

171 K Ferguson-Sneddon (Liberton) 82 89 

173 G Allman (Stanmore) 85 88, C Robertson (Carnoustie Ladies) 79 74.

175 J Graham (Southerness) 84 91

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SCOTTISH WOMENS AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP SCOREBOARD AT MONIFIETH

SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND
Par 146 (2x73) CSS 74 74C

145 G Paton (Royal Montrose) 74 71
147 J Sneddon (Alyth) 71 76
148 C Goadby (St Regulus) 74 74
149 E Moffat (St Regulus) 78 71, L Macgregor (Falkirk) 73 76, I Stephen (Wentworth) 75 74, K Ferguson (Liberton) 75 74
151 C Young (North Berwick) 76 75, E Watson (Muckhart) 77 74, T Mactaggart (Minto) 73 78, H McCook (Grantown on Spey) 74 77.
152 K Beveridge (Aboyne) 78 74, K Reid (Monifieth) 80 72, Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) 76 76
154 K McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 74 80
155 C Thompson (Royal Dornoch) 80 75, Susan Wood (Drumpellier) 81 74, G MacDonald (Craigielaw) 81 74, L Fraser (Kingsknowe) 76 79
156 S McWilliam (Aboyne) 81 75, R Polson (Peterculter) 77 79, J Saxton (Muckhart) 77 79
157 J Chalmers (Monifieth) 83 74, K Marshall (Baberton) 78 79, J Farrell (Cardross) 81 76
158 A McBride (Harburn) 78 80
159 H Scott (Broomieknowe) 82 77, H Robb (Scotscraig) 80 79, J Graham (Southerness) 77 82 (F Wait, Bathgate, 81-78 withdrew).
160 (after play-off) J Rankine (Haggs Castle) 83 77, M Gardner (Linlithgow) 79 81

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH-PLAY DRAW
Top half
8.30 Paton v Gardner
8.38 MacDonald v McIntosh
8.46 Watson v Chalmers
8.54 Farrell v Walker
9.02 Ferguson v Scott
9.10 McWilliam v Mactaggart
9.18 Reid v Fraser
9.26 Robb v Moffat
Lower Half
9.34 Goadby v Graham
9.42 Thompson v Beveridge
9.50 McCook v Polson
9.58 McBride v Stephen
10.06 Macgregor v Marshall
10.14 Saxton v Young
10.22 Sheena Wood v Susan Wood
10.30 Rankine v Sneddon.

CLARK ROSEBOWL TIES

10.46 Nicola Robertson v Ellie Whyte
10.54 Kristy Brodie v Nicola Callander
11.02 Lesley Atkins v Sarah Stichbury
11.10 Stacey Cameron v Ruth Rankin
11.18 Wendy Nicholson v Dawn Young
11.26 Denise Cowan v Leanne Wilson
11.34 Jackie Brown v Claire Hargan
11.42 Lorraince Morrow v Carol Wilson

NON-QUALIFIERS
160 (after play-off) C Wilson (Murcar Links) 80 80, N Robertson (Stirling) 81 79
161 W Nicholson (Broomieknowe) 83 78, R Rankin (Lanark) 82 79
162 L Atkins (Gullane) 81 81
163 L Wilson (Kelso ) 87 76, J Brown (Monifieth) 83 80, N Callander (Mill Green) 81 82
164 K Brodie (Strathmore) 83 81
165 C Hargan (St Regulus) 87 78, S Stichbury (Gullane) 79 86, D Cowan (Ranfurly Castle) 84 81
166 C MacDonald (Gullane) 82 84
167 D Young (North Berwick) 84 83, S Cameron (Gullane) 84 83, L Morrow (St Regulus) 82 85
169 E Whyte (Aberdeen Ladies) 86 83, F Gilbert (Carnoustie) 80 89
174 F Hay (Deeside) 89 86, L McClymont (Milngavie) 85 89, K Blackwood (Glencorse) 83 91
175 A Devine (Hamilton) 90 85
176 J Harrison (Cruden Bay) 85 91t,
177 M Miller (Blairgowrie) 90 87
178 M Cowan (St Medan) 85 93
180 L Terry (Cruden Bay) 91 89
184 L Mathie (Troon Ladies) 92 92
188 F Scott (Bothwell Castle) 90 98

No Returns: T Seivwright (Murcar Links) 90 NR, G McGinlay (Cochrane Castle) 85 NR.
Retired: E Hynd (Balbirnie Park) 97 ret, M Stewart (Murcar Links) 81

FIONA LIDDELL WINS THE SCOTTISH GIRLS AND WEST OF SCOTLAND'S JILLIAN FARRELL WINS THE ANSLEY REID SALVER

Fiona Liddell and Jillian Farrell

SCOTTISH UNDER-18 GIRLS CLOSE CHAMPIONSHIP
Dumfries and County Golf Club.
Semi-finals
Heather Munro (Monifieth) bt Joanna Free (Gullane) 1 hole
Fiona Liddell (Gutersloh) bt Mirren Fraser (Powfoot) 1 hole
Final
Liddell bt Munro 2 and 1.
Ansley Reid Salver
Final
Jillian Farrell (Cardross) beat Jennifer Saxton (Kinross) 1 hole.

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WEST OF SCOTLAND'S EILIDH AND CONNIE STILL AT THE TOP

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
colin@scottishgolfview.com
It looks a three-horse race with one round to go in the Scottish Under-21 girls' open amateur stroke-play championship at Inverness Golf Club tomorrow.
Play was suspended for a spell early in the afternoon because of flooding but at the end of a long day, the three leading contenders were Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) in the pole position on 141, a shot ahead of Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) and Jess Meek (Carnoustie Ladies).
Eilidh Briggs should, in fact, have had a bigger lead. She ran up a double bogey 7 at the long 18th, a hole she birdied in her opening round of 67. Earlier in her second-round 74 (35-39) she had six birdies but five bogeys.
If the 20-year-old physical education student can eliminate the negative, the past Scottish Under-18s match-play champion is still favourite to add another national title to her collection.
US college circuit player Watton improved by eight shots, from 75 to 67, coming home in 32. Five of her impressive bag of eight birdies came over the last nine.
Jess Meek, who has been matching up well against the professionals on the Paul Lawrie Tour, is not doing too badly either against her amateur peers.
She did slip from an opening 68 to a 74 after losing her momentum with a double bogey 6 at the sixth.
New Scottish Under-18 girls champion Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) looks just that little too far back in fourth place. She had a 74 for 146, five shots behind leader Briggs.
Scottish women's champion Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) has closed the gap between her and the pacemaker to 10 shots but it would surely take an act of Alex Salmond's parliament to see her take the Under-21 title the same year as she was national women's champion - as Kelsey MacDonald (who won the "junior" title three years in a row) in 2010

SECOND-ROUND
Par 146 (2x73)
141 E Briggs (Kilmacolm) 67 74
142 R Watton (Mortonhall) 75 67, J Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) 68 74
146 C Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 72 74
149 G Dryburgh (Beaconsfield) 74 75, K Bradbury (Cottrell Park) 74 75
151 A McKechin (Elderslie) 77 74, R Polson(Peterculter) 70 81.
152 K McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 75 77
153 N Haynes (Gosforth Park) 74 79.
155 G MacDonald (Craigielaw) 82 73, M Vontobel (Ger) 75 80, H MacGarvie (Troon Ladies) 77 78
156 R Taylor (Ger) 76 80, A Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 75 81, K Reid (Monifieth) 78 78.
157 H McCook (Grantown on Spey) 79 78, R Walker (Dumfries and Co) 80 77, E Dalgetty (Glencorse) 76 81
159 F Kietzke (Ger) 85 74, C Munro (Gullane) 80 79
160 F Chiarana (Ita) 81 79, E Watson (Muckhart) 79 81, K Beveridge (Aboyne) 78 82.
161 H Munro (Monifieth) 81 80, H Scott (Broomieknowe) 81 80, C Robertson (Carnoustie Ladies) 76 85, K Wright (Stranraer) 76 85
162 L M Koster (Ger) 83 79, N Callander (Mill Green) 83 79, T Mactaggart (Minto) 78 83, S Rees-Evans (Penrhos) 77 85, E Greenlees (Dumfries and Co) 85 77
164 A Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 80 84, J Saxton (Kinross) 80 84.

Other West of Scotland Players
168 K Brodie (Strathmore) 77 91,
170 E Bryce (Strathaven) 84 86,
185 M Richmond (Strathaven) 94 91
186 L Gilbert (Largs) 92 94.
187 K Scott (Strathaven) 92 95
191 E Glencorse (Millport) 87 83
197 L MacDonald (Cardross) 91 106.

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DRAW FOR DAY 3

CONNIE JAFFREY FROM TROON IS THE LEADING WEST OF SCOTLAND PLAYER AT RANFURLY CASTLE

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Glencorse's Emily Dalgetty was the only player to match the par of 74 in the first qualifying round of the Scottish Under-18 girls' Championship at Ranfurly Castle Golf Club, Bridge of Weir in Renfrewshire today.
Emily had birdies at the short seventh, the long eight and the 10th in halves of 37. She bogeyed the ninth but was heading for a sub-par score until she had further bogeys at the 16th and 18th.
Dalgetty will start the second eliminating round one stroke ahead of Nicola Robertson (Dunblane New) who was beaten finalist in last week's North of Scotland women's championship at Deeside GC, Aberdeen.
Robertson had a double bogey 6 at the first hole but birdied three long holes, the sixth, eighth and 11th, to be under par until she bogeyed the 17th and 18th for halves of 38 and 37.
Defending champion Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) is tied for sixth place on 77.
Only the leading 32 players after the second qualifying round will go forward to the match play stages.
Going into the decisive second round, there are 34 players with scores of 85 or better.

FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND LEADERS
Par 74. CSS 74
74 Emily Dalgetty (Glencorse)
75 Nicola Robertson (Dunblane New)
76 Danielle Ker (Roxburghe), Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies), Tara MacTaggart (Minto).
77 Eilidh Watson (Muckhart), Nicola Callander (Mill Green), Lauren Whyte (St Regulus).
78 Joanne Free (Gullane), Fiona Liddell (Schloss Vernholz), Emily Aird (Blairgowrie)
79 Heather Munro (Monifieth), Charlotte Munro (Gullane).
80 Lesley Atkins (Gullane)
81 Ellie Bryce (Strathaven).
82 Eilidh Crawford (Harburn), Laura Alexander (Eaglescliffe), Lauren Watson (Deeside)
83 Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies), Alexandra Quayum (Ranfurly Castle), Emma Hale (Troon Ladies).
84 Emma Kennedy (Dumfries and Galloway), Andrea Walker (Falkirk), Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne), Leanne Wilson (Kelso), Clara Young (North Berwick), Clare Robertson (Carnoustie Ladies), Paige Kemp (Rochford Hundred).
85 Emma Greenlees (Dumfries and County), Eva O'Connor (Bothwell Castle), Katie Wright (Stranraer), Kirsty Brodie (Strathmore), Jillian Farrell (Cardross).


SELECTED SCORES
88 Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne), Jasmine Mackintosh (Hazlehead) (T41)
89 Tegan Seivwright (Deeside), Olivia Borwick (McDonald Ellon) (T46).




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DRAW FOR ROUND 2

ALEX QAYUM WINS WEST OF SCOTLAND GIRLS MEDAL AT CAWDER

Alex Qayum had a great score at the West of Scotland Girls Medal played over Cawder (Keir) on Monday.

Scratch. Alexandra Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 75
1st silver. Alexandra Qayum (10) 65
2nd silver Jillian Farrell (Cardross)(10) 70

1st bronze Heather Mushet (Elderslie)(23) 73

CSS went down one to 71.

Thanks to Cawder for their courtesy of ocourse and hospitality, and also to committee members Irene and Vicky.

 Report by Alison Bell

SLGA Training Squads 2012 - 2013

The SLGA have selected the following training squads for 2012 - 2013. National Squad  Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies), Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm), Connie Jaffrey  (Ladies’ Golf Club Troon), Alyson McKechin (Elderslie),  Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies), Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies),  Rachel Walker (Dumfries & County), Lauren Whyte (St Regulus),  Clara Young (North Berwick)  Foundation 2  Eilidh Crawford (Harburn), Jillian Farrell (Cardross), Mirren Fraser (Powfoot),  Emma Hale (Ladies’ Golf Club Troon), Hazel MacGarvie (Ladies’ Golf Club Troon),  Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne), Charlotte Munro (Gullane Ladies),  Claire Robertson (Carnoustie Ladies), Andrea Walker (Falkirk)  Foundation 1  Kirsten Brown (Strathaven), Joanne Free (Gullane Ladies),  Lori MacDonald (Cardross), Katie Scott (Strathaven)

STRATHMORE GIRL'S REPEAT GLENEAGLES WIN

Linlithgow's Cameron McAndrew and Kirsty Brodie (Strathmore) won the respective boys' and girls' titles at the Highland Spring Junior Masters Grand Final over the Queen's Course, Gleneagles.
For 12-year-old Kirsty it was a repeat of last year's success when, playing off 13, she scored 40 Stableford points. Twelve months later, Kirsty, with her handicap down to 10, won the girls' top award with 39pt - three more than joint runners-up Julie Smith (Murrayfield), Eva O'Connor (Bothwell Castle) and Andrea Walker (Falkirk).
Cameron McAndrew, playing off 12, totalled 42pt in the boys' section, winning by two clear points from Samuel Yule (Ballater) and Michael Baber (Hopeman.
Finlay McPherson (Royal Aberdeen) came fourth with 37pt.

HIGHLAND SPRING JUNIOR MASTERS
Queen's Course, Gleneagles.
LEADING STABLEFORD POINTS TOTALS
BOYS
42 Cameron McAndrew (Linthgow) (handicap 12).
40 Samuel Yule (Ballater) (15), Michael Baber (Hopeman) (13).
37 Finlay McPherson (Royal Aberdeen) (5)
36 Brad Bannerman (Strathmore) (5), Greg Brown (Playsport) (7), David Lamont (Bruntsfield Links) (9).
35 Lewis Breslin (Fereneze) (6), John Gilmour (Vale of Leven) (8), Oliver Ladbrooke (Gullane) (6), Cameron Frannsen (Inverness) (2), Liam Walker (Hilton Park) (8).
GIRLS
39 Kirsty Brodie (Strathmore) (10).
36 Julia Smith (Murrayfield) (24), Eva O'Connor (Bothwell Castle) (8), Andrea Walker (Falkirk) (9)
35 Alexandra Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) (11), Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies) (5), Alexandra Mennie (Elie and Earlsferry and Douglas Park) (13).
34 Joanne Free (Gullane) (12)
32 Jennifer Allan (Glenbervie) (11), Jillian Farrell (Cardross) (15), Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) (9).

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Thanks go to Colin Farquarson for the report

LORRAINE CAMPBELL WINS CARDROSS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Lorraine Campbell with the championship Trophy

Lorraine Campbell won the Cardross Championship on the 1st September. She beat Maragret Stirling in the final.

She said " The nice thing about our championship was that two juniors did well. I beat Jillian Farrell (age 12) in the semi and Lori McDonald did well winning the Bronze championship. She is only 13. Both girls are now silver players and have been playing in our Greenlees team. They are going to be nice players."



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Balmore - Carol Sim
Bearsden - Helen Faulds
Bonnyton - Lisa Cohen
Buchanan Castle - Sheena McDonald
Cardross - Lorraine Campbell
Clober - Nichola Ferguson -
Douglas Park - Helen Faulds
Dullater - Jill Meldrum
Elie and Earlsferry -- Helen Faulds
Erskine -- Michele McGregor
Gourock - Maureen Woodhead
Haggs Castle - Aileen Wilson
Hilton Park - Aileen Baker
Helensburgh - Lynn McCathie
Kilmacolm - Megan Briggs
Milngavie - Jill Foggo
Old Ranfurly - Birgit Clark
Ranfurly Castle - Natasha Qayum

Emma Hale wins the Nancy Chisholm Trophy at West Kilbride

Some of the Prizewinners - Courtesy of June Kerr

The West Kilbride Girls' Open attracted a good entry from several clubs around the West and South of Scotland, and on a lovely afternoon scoring was very good.   The best scratch, and winner of the Nancy Chisholm Trophy, was Emma Hale (Troon Ladies) who recorded a 2 over par 75.   Local girl Louise Duncan playing off 24 had a net 67 to win the Kandy Bar Cup.   The CSS reduced to 72.  Details as follows:-

Scratch:     Emma Hale (Troon Ladies)   75     Winner of Nancy Chisholm Trophy

Silver Handicap:   1st  Rachel McClelland (Milngavie)    88 (17)  71
                          2nd  Lauren Gilbert (Largs)              88 (16)  72
                          3rd  Jillian Farrell (Cardross)            88 (15)  73 bih
                          4th  Charlotte McCluskey (Whitecraigs) 92 (19)  73

Bronze Handicap:  1st  Louise Duncan (West Kilbride)    91 (24)  67   Winner of Kandy Bar Cup
                           2nd Bekki Allan (West Kilbride)        107 (33) 74
                           3rd  Naimh Kinney (Erskine)            101 (25) 76

Kirsten Brown, Mirren Fraser and Louise Duncan all won Nearest the Pin Prizes

The Pre-handicap competition for the June Kerr Cup was won by Emily McAlpine (West Kilbride) 

Thanks go to June Kerr for the report and photograph 

May Hughes is the 2012 West Vets Champion

The West Vets Championship Final was held today at Renfrew Golf Club. May Hughes (Lanark) the 2010 Champion and the 2012 Lanarkshire County Champion beat first time West Vets's finalist Lorraine Campbell (Cardross) by 5 and 3 to win the title.
The Bronze Championship was won by Moira Hogg (Old Ranfurly) who beat Anna MacDougall (Old Ranfurly) by the same margin

Championship Finalists May Hughes and Lorraine Campbell

NICHOLA FERGUSON RETAINS D&A WOMEN'S COUNTY GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

Carol Sim, Nichola Ferguson, Kirstin Scott, Josephine Monaghan, Audrey Gardiner and Alisoun Fairbairn

Milngavie's Nichola Ferguson, playing over her home course, retained the Dunbartonshire and Argyll women's county golf championship. She beat the No 1 seed, clubmate Kirstin Scott by 6 and 4 in the final.
In the semi-finals, Ferguson beat another Milngavie player, Anna Telfer, 3 and 1 in a repeat of last year's final.
In the Bronze Championship final, Josephine Monaghan (Dumbarton) beat Audrey Gardiner (Hilton Park) at the 19th after being five  This match went to the 19th hole - Josephine having been five up at one stage

SEMI-FINALS
Kirstin Scott (Milngavie) beat Lorraine Campbell (Cardross) 2 and 1.
Nichola Ferguson (Milngavie) beat Anna Telfer (Milngavie) 3 and 1
FINAL
Nichola Ferguson beat Kirstin Scott 6 and 4.

BRONZE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
Josephine Monaghan (Dumbarton) beat Audrey Gardiner (Hilton Park) at 19th.

West Vets Autumn Meeting at Cardross

Suzanne and Joanna - Click to enlarge

Suzanne's ball gets stuck up a tree at the 6th -
She has to take a penalty
Click to enlarge

Played 8th September 2011, SSS 74 CSS 77

The prizewinners are as follows:-
Silver
Scratch - Suzanne Cadden (78) BIH
1 Joanna Scott (Cathkin Braes) - 78 (6) 72
2 Suzanne Cadden (Cardross) - 78 (5) 73
3 Janice Paterson (Drumpellier) - 85 (6) 79
Bronze
1 E. Jane Thomson (Troon) - 111 (25) 86
2 Agnes Robertson (Erskine) - 118 (29) 89
Super Vet
Anne McKellar (Whitecraigs) 86
May Craddock trophy for best nett - Joanna Scott -72

D&A Autumn Meeting and Alexander Trophy

Played at Cardross Golf Club on Wednesday 31st August 2011, SSS 74, CSS 75 , 83 played

Scratch : Nichola Ferguson (Clober) 78
1st Silver : WINNER of the Moira Alexander Trophy: Anna Telfer (Milngavie) 80-6-74
2nd Silver : Kay McColl (Hilton Park) 94-19-75 (BIH)
3rd Silver : Lorraine Campbell (Cardross) 81-6-75
1st Bronze : Anne Cumberland (Hilton Park) 100-25-75
2nd Bronze : Barbara Robertson (Cardross) 99-22-77

FOUR QUALIFY FROM 100 FOR SLGA GRAND FINAL AT CRIEFF

Royal Musselburgh’s Sara Mathieson, Suzanne Cadden (Cardross),(pictured left) Louise Fleming (Strathaven) and Ranfurly Castle’s Helen Abram were the four qualifiers from a field of 100 at today’s (Wed) SLGA Regional Medal West Division Final at East Kilbride for the Grand Final at Crieff on Sunday, September 5th.
Sara Mathieson, Aberdeenshire women’s county champion last year and playing off six, had the lowest net return of 69 in the Silver Division, finishing two shots ahead of West of Scotland's Suzanne Cadden (Cardross) whose better inward half off five of a handicap gained her the second qualifying spot from this division ahead of two other players who had net 71s: Joyce Chalmers (East Kilbride) (9) and Ruth Pryce (Vale of Leven) (14).
In the Bronze Division, Louise Fleming, playing off 22, had a five-stroke victory with a net 69. The other qualifier in this section, Helen Abram (Ranfurly Castle) , playing off 22, had a net 74.
The women’s par was 73 and the CSS 74.
LEADING NET RETURNS

Silver
1st Sara Mathieson Royal Musselburgh 75 - 6 69 Q
2nd Suzanne Cadden Cardross 76 - 5 71 BIH Q
3rd Joyce Chalmers East Kilbride 80 - 9 71 BIH
4th Ruth Price Vale of Leven 85 - 14 71

Bronze
1st Louise Fleming Strathaven 91 - 22 69 Q
2nd Helen Abram Ranfurly Castle 96 - 22 74
3rd Carol Bell Helensburgh 102 - 27 75 BIH Q
4th Lesley Donaldson Shotts 100 - 25 75


Q = qualifiers for Grand Medal Final at Crieff on 5 September (Helen Abram would have qualifed but is not available)

Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report

D&A July Medal - at Clober Golf Club

JULY MEDAL, BROWN CUP & JUNIOR QUALIFYING ROUND FOR THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AT CLOBER GOLF CLUB ON MONDAY 5TH JULY 2010, SSS 67 CSS 68

Scratch : Nicola Ferguson (Milngavie) 71
1st Silver : Lorna Craigie (Hayston) 83-17-66
2nd Silver : Nicola Ferguson 71-4-67
3rd Silver : Anna Telfer (Milngavie) 74-6-68

1st Bronze : Di Buchanan (Cardross) 92-24-68(BIH)
2nd Bronze : Mairi Miller (Windyhill) 91-23-68

BROWN CUP : LORNA CRAIGIE
JUNIOR QUALIFYING ROUND FOR DAILY TELEGRAPH : AMANDA McLEOD (Buchanan Castle) 84-11-73

D&A SPRING MEETING MCNAUGHTAN TROPHY & GOLF FOUNDATION BROOCH

PLAYED AT HELENSBURGH GOLF COURSE ON 19TH MAY 2010, SSS 72, CSS 75,49 entrants.
Scratch and winner of McNaughtan Trophy: Anna Telfer [Milngavie] 82
1st Silver: Carolyn Stait [Helensburgh] 88 – 14 – 74 [bih]
2nd Silver: Sheila Steele [Hilton Park] 85 – 11 – 74 [bih]
3rd Silver: Fiona Thomson [Helensburgh] 94 – 20 – 74
Winner of Golf Foundation Brooch [Best net]:Carolyn Stait [Helensburgh] – 74 [Bih]
1st Bronze: Dinah Buchanan [Cardross] 100 – 24 – 76
2nd Bronze: Bobby Latham [Helensburgh] 102 – 24 – 78

D&A INTER COUNTY FOURSOMES

RESULTS OF THE INTER COUNTY FOURSOMES QUALIFYING ROUND AND THE COMMONWEALTH SPOONS QUALIFYING ROUND PLAYED AT MILNGAVIE G.C. ON THURSDAY 8TH APRIL 2010

INTER COUNTY FOURSOMES – 3 Scratch & 3 H’cap qualify

1st: Scratch L.McGeachy (Windyhill) & L.Campbell (Cardross) 85
2nd: Scratch Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) & C.Kelly (Windyhill) 87
3rd: Scratch J.Haggarty & B.Robertson (both Helensburgh) 88
1st: H’cap I.Whitefield & I.Anderson (both Hilton Park) 93-16.5-76.5
2nd: H’cap C.Sim (Balmore) & S.Steel (Hilton Park) 92-14.5-77.5
3rd: H’cap L.Craigie (Hayston) & S.Hay (Kirkintilloch) 92-14-78

COMMONWEALTH SPOONS - first 6 H’cap qualify

1st: I.Whitefield & I.Anderson (both Hilton Park) 93-16.5-76.5
2nd: J.Haggarty & B.Robertson (both Helensburgh) 88-11-77(bih)
3rd: H.Faulds (Douglas Park) & C.Kelly (Windyhill) 87-10-77
4th: C.Sim (Balmore) & S.Steel (Hilton Park) 92-14.5-77.5
5th: L.Craigie (Hayston) & S.Hay (Kirkintilloch) 92-14-78
6th: L.McGeachy (Windyhill) & L.Campbell (Cardross) 85-6-79