The Scottish Seniors Matchplay Championship --- Video of the Finals

Here is a 10 minute video of the Scottish Senior Ladies Matchplay Championship final at Deeside Golf Club on the 1st August 2008

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Senior's Supper --- Cinderella

At Deeside last month at the Scottish Senior's Championship there was entertainment at the evening of the Senior's Supper.
Liz Munro the tournament referee with the help of Pam Gordon(Inverness), Isobel McIntosh (Inverness), Eleanor Fisken (Nairn), Nancy Duncan (Brechin), Esme Hill (Dumfries and County) and Carol Whicher (Aberdeen Ladies) give their version of "Cinderella"

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Some Photographs from the Scottish Seniors Championship and Supper

I seem to have a bundle of photographs and bits of video taken last week at Deeside. The 1st album is of the Seniors Supper which was a magificent meal produced by the Clubhouse Catering Staff.
Thanks go to Noreen Fenton for a few of these photos.
To see the first set of photographs click on the small photo below

Scottish Seniors Supper 2008

The 2nd Album is of some photographs taken out on the course and thanks go to Pat Wilson for some of the photos of the matchplay prizegiving
To see the second set of photographs click on the small photo below

2008 Scottish Seniors Ladies Golf Championship

Hopefully when I have a look at the videos taken I will put them on the web if they are any use !

To see some photographs of the Course go to the Deeside Golf ClubWebsite

Alex Glennie is a reserve for the Scottish Seniors Team -- Video Announcement

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The Scotland squad for the European senior women's amateur team championship at Wouwse Plantage Golf Club, the Netherlands from September 2nd to 5th is:
Team:
Lorna Bennett (Ladybank).
Fiona De Vries (St Rule).
Jill Harrison (Cruden Bay).
Fiona Hunter (Baberton).
Mary Smith (Tain).
Margaret Tough (Falkirk).

Reserves:
1 Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose).
2 Heather Anderson (Downfield).
3 Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie).

Captain
Joan Marshall (Baberton).

Pamela Williamson retires from Senior Golf

The West of Scotland Website and all in the West that have played with Pamela Williamson would like to congratulate her on a wonderful golfing career an wish her well in her retirement . To read all about her achievements Click Here

Lorna Bennett wins at the 20th and Alex Glennie loses in Final of the Plate

Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) -- pictured above, came back from three down in the final to beat Fiona De Vries (St Rule) at the 20th hole and retain the Scottish senior women's amateur match-play golf championship at Deeside Golf Club today.
It was a game of two halves with Fiona having much the better of the outward half.
Fiona birdied the third and eighth and also won the fourth with a par to be three up on the ninth tee.
Lorna won back the 11th and 12th but lost the 13th to fall back to two down again.
She won the 15th to cut her deficit to one and holed a curly 12ft downhill birdie putt on the last green to square the match before winning with a par at the second extra hole. It was the first time Lorna had led in the match.
"I have to say I'm surprised that I am still champion, considering the state of play at the turn. But I just hung on in there and holed a few putts," said Lorna.
Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) won Flight 2 final in which she beat Ayrshire's Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) by 2 and 1. ---- Click on picture above of Alex and Kathleen to see an enlargement
Today's results:
Semi-finals
Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) beat Mary Smith (Tain) 2 holes.
Fiona De Vries (St Rule) beat Jill Harrison (Cruden Bay) 4 and 3.
Final
Bennett beat De Vries at 20th.

Second Flight
Semi-finals
Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) beat Noreen Fenton (Merchants of Edinburgh) 1 hole.
Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) beat Heather Anderson (Downfield) 4 and 3.
Final
Sutherland beat Alex Glennie 2 and 1.

Alex Glinnie reaches Plate final at the Scottish Senniors

Alex Glinnie (Kilmarnock Barassie) won her semi final tie against Noreen Fenton (Merchants of Edinburgh) this morning in torrential rain. Alex was 3 up at the turn and Noreen fought back to in the inward halve by having babck to back birdies at the 16th and 17th to sqaure the match. Alex then played a superb chip shot at the last from the back of the 18th green and ank the putt to win the semi final tie by 1 up.

She now meets the 2007 Stroke play Senior Champion Kathleen Suthrland (Montrose) in this afternoon's Plate Final

Morning News from a very wet Deeside course and the final day of the Scottish senior women's amateur match-play championship

Semi-finals
Lorna Bennett beat Mary Smith 2 up
Fiona De Vries (St Rule) beat Jill Harrison (Cruden Bay) 4 and 3.

SECOND FLIGHT
Semi-finals
Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) beat Heather Anderson (Downfield) 4 and 3.
Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) beat Noreen Fenton (Merchants of Edinburgh) 1 hole.

Anna and Suzanne make it to the quarter Finals of the Scottish Seniors

Tain's Mary Smith is on course for a double whammy in the Scottish senior women's amateur championships at Deeside Golf Club.
Having won the stroke-play title on her debut appearance earlier in the week, Mary (pictured above with Suzanne Cadden) as No 1 seed, is through to the semi-finals of the match-play championship for the over-50s.
She beat Ann Smart (Banchory) 2 and 1 and former Curtis Cup player Suzanne Cadden (Cardross) 3 and 1 to reach the last four at the first attempt.
Milngavie's, Anna Telfer beat Margaret Tough (Falkirk) in the morning and then was beaten by Lorna Bennett the 2007 Scottish Matchplay Champion in the quarter finals in the afternoon

Alex Glennie (Kimarnock Barassie) lost in the 1st round to Suzanne Cadden but has progressed to the semi final stages by beating Ann Smart (Banchory) in the afternoon tie of the second flight (pictured above)

Today's match-play results:
First round
M Smith (Tain) bt A Smart (Banchory) 2 and 1.
S Cadden (Cardross) bt A Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 1 hole.
L Bennett (Ladybank) bt N Fenton (Merchants of Edinburgh) 3 and 2.
A Telfer (Milngavie) bt M Tough (Falkirk) 2 and 1.
F De Vries (St Rule) bt P Williamson (Baberton) 5 and 4.
F Hunter (Baberton) bt H Anderson (Downfield) 6 and 5.
J Harrison (Cruden Bay) bt K Sutherland (Royal Montrose) 4 and 3.
M Thomson (North Berwick) bt P Wilson (Murcar Links) 4 and 2.
Quarter-finals
Smith bt Cadden 3 and 1.
Bennett bt Telfer 5 and 4.
De Vries bt Hunter 2 and 1.
Harrison bt Thomson 2 and 1.

Semi-finals at 8.50am, 9am on Friday.
Final at 1.40pm on Friday.

SECOND FLIGHT (first round losers)
First round
Glennie bt Smart 2 holes.
Fenton bt Tough 3 and 2.
Anderson bt Williamson 5 and 4.
Sutherland bt Wilson 5 and 4.

Semi-finals at 8.30 and 8.40am Friday.
Final at 1.30pm Friday.

For all the Matchplay results from the Scottish Seniors go to the SLGA Website

Alex, Suzanne and Anna are the best in the West !!

Mary Smith of Tain pictured above with her trophy donated by the late Toni Moffat is the Scottish Seniors Champion after the 2nd round played over Deeside Golf Course today. Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie), Suzanne Cadden (Cardross) and Anna Telfer (Milngavie) pictured above from right to left were the best in the West and have qualified for the Match Play stages which begin tomorrow.
SCOTTISH SENIOR WOMEN’S AMATEUR
STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Deeside Golf Club
FINAL TOTALS & MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS
Par 144 (2 x 72). CSS 76 76.
158 Mary Smith (Tain) 79 79.
159 Moira Thomson (North Berwick) 82 77.
160 Fiona De Vries (St Rule) 81 79, Margaret Tough (Falkirk) 77 83.
161 Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) 81 80.
162 Heather Anderson (Downfield) 83 79, Jill Harrison (Cruden Bay) 82 80, Suzanne Cadden (Cardross) 82 80.
163 Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 83 80, Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) 81 82.
164 Fiona Hunter (Baberton) 85 79, Noreen Fenton (Merchants of Edinburgh) 81 83.
168 Anna Telfer (Milngavie) 87 81, Pamela Williamson (Baberton) 85 83, Pat Wilson (Murcar Links) 83 85.
169 Ann Smart ( Banchory) 88 81 (after play-off).
OTHER TOTALS
169 Frances Neish (Forres) 85 84, Karen Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park) 85 84 (both beaten in play-off for 16th place in match-play championship)..
170 Lesley Johnston (Gullane Ladies) 84 86, Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay) 84 86.
172 Janice Paterson (Drumpellier) 88 84, May Hughes (Lanark) 86 86, Patricia Hutton (Lanark) 85 87.
173 Johanna Carrigan (The Australian) 89 84.
174 Rose Anderson (Huntly) 87 87.
175 Ruth Brown (Lothianburn) 88 87, Barbara Biggart (North Berwick) 87 88, Anne Bowman (McDonald Ellon) 87 88, I McIntosh (Inverness) 88 87.
176 Sandy Bushby (Strathmore) 84 92.
177 Rita Dee (Kingsknowe) 88 89, Elizabeth Simpson (Murrayfield) 87 90, Morag Wardrop (Niddry Castle) 82 95, Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) 93 84.
178 Isobel Harvey (St Rule) 89 89.
179 Rosaleen Dunsmuir (Cruden Bay) 89 90, Eleanor Fisken (Nairn) 92 87.
180 Sue Penman (Gullane Ladies) 86 94, Shelagh Quinn (Stirling) 84 96.
181 Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle) 90 91, Carol Whicher (Aberdeen Ladies) 96 85.
182 Maureen McRobb (Kingsknowe) 94 88.
184 Winifred MacCallum (Falkirk) 91 93.
185 Pam Gordon (Inverness) 90 95, Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle) 92 93, Stella Bain (Aberdeen Ladies) 93 92, Judy Slater (Aboyne) 94 91.
187 Margaret MacNaughtan (Aberdeen Ladies) 89 98, Norma Smith (Downfield) 93 94, Emma Wilson (Elie & Earlsferry Ladies) 93 94, Anne Ellen (Nairn) 95 92.
188 Doris Dunn (Dunblane New) 96 92, Moira Begbie (Murrayshall) 96 92.
189 Sheila Reid (Aberdeen Ladies) 94 95.
190 Dorothy MacKinnon (McDonald Ellon) 93 97, Maureen Neilson (Greenock) 94 96.
191 Morag Clapperton (Banchory) 94 97, Fiona Roger (Ranfurly Castle) 99 92.
192 Janice Cumming (Inverness) 94 98, Nancy Duncan (Brechin) 96 96.
193 Esme Hill (Dumfries & Co) 94 99.
194 Anne Stalker (Aberdeen Ladies) 94 100.
196 Hazel Kelly (Ladies Panmure Barry) 95 101.
201 Lindsey McNiven (Aberdeen Ladies) 102 99.
203 Pat Nile (Banchory) 101 102.
204 Elizabeth Rose (Aboyne) 104 100.
210 Gwynneth Haines (St Regulus) 105 105.
215 Anne Hood (Dunblane New) 108 107.
217 Diane Gray (Lanark) 107 110.
220 Helen MacGregor (Hilton Park) 110 110.
OVER-60s SCRATCH – Noreen Fenton (Merchants of Edinburgh 164 (81 83).
BEST NET AGGREGATE – 1 Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) (5) 153 (78 75); 1 Heather Anderson (Downfield) (4) 154 (79 75, better second round); 3 Jill Harrison (Cruden Bay) (4) 154 (78 76).

MATCH-PLAY DRAW
(8min intervals)
8.0 M Smith v A Smart, Glennie v Cadden. Bennett v Fenton, Telfer v Tough.
8.32 De Vries v Williamson, Hunter v Anderson, Harrison v Sutherland, Wilson v Thomson.
Quarter-finals: 1pm, 1.10, 1.20, 1.30.

Only two seniors break 80 at Deeside in the Scottish Seniors

Deeside Golf Club's women's course proved too difficult a test for the 75 competitors in the first round of the 36-hole Scottish senior women's amateur stroke-play championship.
On a wind-free day, only two players - Margaret Tough (Falkirk) with a 77 and Tain's Mary Smith with a 79 - broke 80 over a course with a par of 72. The CSS was 76 (reduction only). - SSS 73
Some players blamed the pin placements, which were chosen by club professional Frank Coutts, for the high scores.

There will be a play-off if necessary to decide the stroke-play champion at the end of Wednesday's second round. The 16 players with the lowest 36-hole aggregates will qualify for the seniors' match-play championship over the same course on Thursday and Friday.
For the first time, there will be a play-off if necessary to produce the precise number of 16 qualifiers.

SCOTTISH SENIOR WOMEN’S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Deeside Golf Club
ALL THE FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72. SSS73 CSS 76 (Reduction Only)
77 Margaret Tough (Falkirk) 37-40.
79 Mary Smith (Tain) 40-30.
81 Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) 41-40, Noreen Fenton (Merchants of Edinburgh) 41-40, Fiona de Vries (St Rule) 41-40, Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) 39-42.
82 Moira Thomson (North Berwick) 42-40, Jill Harrison (Cruden Bay) 41-41, Suzanne Cadden (Cardross) 40-42
83 Heather Anderson (Downfield) 43-40, Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 42-41, Pat Wilson (Murcar Links) 41-42.
84 Lesley Johnston (Gullane Ladies) 42-42, Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay) 42-42, Shelagh Quinn (Stirling) 40-44, Sandy Bushby (Strathmore) 39-45.
85 Patricia Hutton (Lanark) 45-40, Frances Neish (Forres) 43-42, Karen Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park) 41-44, Fiona Hunter (Baberton) 41-44
86 May Hughes (Lanark) 44-42, Sue Penman (Gullane) 42-44
87 Anna Telfer (Milngavie) 47-40, Elizabeth Simpson (Murrayfield) 45-42, Barbara Biggart (North Berwick) 44-43, Rose Anderson (Huntly) 43-44, Anne Bowman (McDonald Ellon) 43-45.
88 Ruth Brown (Lothianburn) 46-42, Rita Dee (Kingsknowe) 44-44, Ann Smart (Banchory) 44-44, Janice Paterson (Drumpellier) 44-44, Isobel McIntosh (Inverness) 43-45.
89 Margaret MacNaughtan (Aberdeen Ladies) 49-40, Isobel Harvey (St Rule),46-43, Linda McDougall (Greenock) 46-43, Rosaleen Dunsmuir (Cruden Bay) 45-44, Johanna Carrigan (The Australian) 44-45, Louise Graham (Carnoustie Ladies) 43-46.
90 Pam Gordon (Inverness) 47-42, Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle) 47-42.
91 Winifred MacCallum (Falkirk) 48-43.
92 Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle) 50-42, Eleanor Fisken (Nairn) 45-47.
93 Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) 50-43, Dorothy MacKinnon (McDonald Ellon) 50-43, Stella Bain (Aberdeen Ladies) 49-44, Norma Smith (Downfield) 48-45, Jean Bald (Aberdour) 46-47, Emma Wilson (Elie & Earlsferry Ladies) 45-48.
94 Sheila Reid (Aberdeen Ladies) 51-43, Maureen McRobb (Kingsknowe) 50-44, Morag Clapperton (Banchory) 48-46, Esme Hill (Dumfries & Co) 48-46, Judy Slater (Aboyne) 47-47, Anne Stalker (Aberdeen Ladies) 47-47, Janice Cumming (Inverness) 47-47, Maureen Neilson (Greenock) 45-49.
95 Hazel Kelly (Ladies Panmure Barry), Anne Ellen (Nairn), Ann Moffat (St Regulus).
96 Nancy Duncan (Brechin), Doris Dunn (Dunblane New), Moira Begbie (Murrayshall), Carol Whicher (Aberdeen Ladies), Elinor Grant (Douglas Park).
97 Anne Terrey (Greenock).
99 Fiona Roger (Ranfurly Castle), Catherine Bryce (Ballater).
101 Pat Nile (Banchory).
102 Lindsey McNiven (Aberdeen Ladies).
104 Elizabeth Rose (Aboyne).
105 Gwynneth Haines (St Regulus).
107 Diane Gray (Lanark).
1089 Anne Hood (Dunblane New).
110 Helen MacGregor (Hilton Park).

Scottish Seniors at Deeside begins tomorrow

Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) and Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) will be defending the Scottish senior women's stroke-play and match-play titles respectively over the next four days at Deeside Golf Club in the leafy western suburbs of Aberdeen.
The 16 players with the lowest aggregates will go forward to the match-play championship at the same venue on Thursday and Friday. Lorna Bennett beat Margaret Tough (Falkirk) in last year's final.
To see the draw for tomorrow and you will see all the West of Scotland players are in bold Click here
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Scottish Senior Women's Stroke-Play - Championship

Tee Times for Deeside on Tuesday ---

Order of play for the Scottish Senior Women's Amateur Stroke-Play Championship first round at Deeside Golf Club, Aberdeen on Tuesday is:

8.00 Janice Paterson (Drumpellier), Rose Anderson (Huntly).
8.10 Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay), Mary Smith (Tain).
8.20 Johanna Carrigan (The Australian), Eleanor Fisken (Nairn), Patricia Hutton (Lanark).
8.30 Isobel McIntosh (Inverness), Louise Graham (Carnoustie Ladies), Shelagh Quinn (Stirling).
8.40 Anna Telfer (Milngavie), Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie), Pat Wilson (Murcar Links).
8.50 Anne Bowman (McDonald Ellon), Rita Dee (Kingsknowe), Sue Penman (Gullane).

9.00 Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle), Sandy Bushby (Strathmore), Karen Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park).
9.10 Ruth Brown (Lothianburn), Linda McDougall (Greenock), Lesley Johnston (Gullane Ladies).
9.20 Ann Smart (Banchory), Barbara Biggart (North Berwick), Emma Wilson (Elie & Earlsferry Ladies).
9.30 May Hughes (Lanark), Rosaleen Dunsmuir (Cruden Bay), Frances Neish (Forres).
9.40 Jill Harrison (Cruden Bay), Lorna Bennett (Ladybank), Margaret Tough.
9.50 Noreen Fenton (Merchants of Edinburgh), Fiona Hunter (Baberton), Moira Thomson (North Berwick).
10.00 Pamela Williamson (Baberton), Suzanne Cadden (Cardross), Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose).
10.10 Helen Faulds (Douglas Park), Fiona de Vries (St Rule), Heather Anderson (Downfield).
10.20 Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle), Morag Wardrop (Niddry Castle), Elizabeth Simpson (Murrayfield).
10.30 Nancy Duncan (Brechin), Esme Hill (Dumfries& Co), Carol Whicher (Abedeen Ladies).
10.40 Morag Clapperton (Banchory), Janice Cumming (Inverness), Margaret MacNaughtan (Aberdeen Ladies).
10.50 Winifred MacCallum (Falkirk), Isobel Harvey (St Rule), Dorothy MacKinnon (McDonald Ellon).
11.00 Maureen Neilson (Greenock), Moira Begbie (Murrayshall), Jean Bald (Aberdour).
11.10 Maureen McRobb (Kingsknowe), Elinor Grant (Douglas Park), Norma Smith (Downfield).
11.20 Ann Moffat (St Regulus), Judy Slater (Aboyne), Sheila Reid (Aberdeen Ladies).
11.30 Hazel Kelly (Ladies Panmure Barry), Pam Gordon (Inverness), Stella Hodge (Aberdeen Ladies).
11.40 Doris Dunn (Dunblane New), Helen MacGregor (Hilton Park), Fiona Roger (Ranfurly Castle).
11.50 Maureen Macrae (Dunblane New), Diane Gray (Lanark), Anne Ellen (Nairn).
12.00 Lindsay McNiven (Aberdeen Ladies), Gwynneth Haines (St Regulus), Pat Nile (Banchory).
12.10 Anne Stalker (Aberdeen Ladies), Elizabeth Rose (Aboyne), Anne Terrey (Greenock).
12.20 Stella Bain (Aberdeen Ladies), Catherine Bryce (Ballater), Anne Hood (Dunblane New