Renfrewshire August County Medal over Gourock

Played 5th August SSS 73, CSS 73
Results:-
0 - 12
1st Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle) 83 - 11 - 72
2nd June Lockhart (Gleddoch) 82 - 9 - 73
3rd Denise Cowan (Ranfurly Castle) 81 - 7 - 74

13 +
1st Vivien Young (Cochrane Castle) 93 - 18 - 75 acb
2nd Samantha Cowan (Cochrane Castle) 89 - 14 - 75
3rd Kate Thornton (Old Ranfurly) 97 - 18 - 79

Best Gross : Liz Stewart (Greenburn) 80

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Scotland Girls are Runners Up in the Home Internationals

The Scottish Girls Team -- Click to enlarge - Courtesy of Colin Farquharson

England stormed to victory in the Girls’ Home Internationals at Bangor, Northern Ireland when they defeated Wales 9-0 on the final day of the matches.
This was their third consecutive win in the championship and the ninth time in the last 11 years that they have won the Stroyan Cup. Scotland were runners-up for the second year in a row. They beat Ireland 5½ -3½ to finish with two wins to their credit.

DAY 3 RESULTS
ENGLAND 9, WALES 0
Foursomes (3-0)
Hayley Davis and Georgia Hsll bt Chloe Williams and Sara Rees-Evans 2 holes.
Alexandra Peters and Elizabet Mallett bt Amy Boulden and India Friswell 5 and 3.
Heidi Baek and Emily Taylor bt Katie Bradbury and Rachel Lewis 2 and 1.
Singles (6-0)
Davis bt Boulden 2 and 1.
Mallett bt Bradbury 1 hole.
Emily Taylor bt Williams 3 and 2.
Bronte Law bt Rees-Evans 1 hole.
Peters bt Kelly Miller 7 and 5.
Lauren Taylor bt Lewis 4 and 3.

IRELAND 3 1/2, SCOTLAND 5 1/2Foursomes (1 ½-1 ½)
Emma O’Driscoll and Laura Grant beat Eilidh Briggs and Rachael Watton 5 and 4.
Laura McCarthy and Amy Farrell lost to Hannah McCook and Gabrielle MacDonald 1 hole.
Paula Grant and Jessica Carty halved with Alyson McKechin and Rachael Taylor.
Singles (4-2)
O’Driscoll lost to Watton 4 and 2.
Carty lost to Lesley Atkins 4 and 3.
Laura Grant beat McKechin 1 hole..
Sarah Helly beat MacDonald.2 holes
Anna Courtney lost to Ailsa Summers 2 holes.
McCarthy lost to McCook 7 and 5.
HOW THEY FINISHED
1 England 3pt.
2 Scotland 2pt.
3 Wales 1 pt.
4 Ireland 0pt.

Scotland beaten by England at the Girls Home Internationals

Scotland’s challenge for the Girls Home Internationals title nosedived on Day 2 at Bangor Golf Club, Northern Ireland today.
After a promising morning, when they shared the foursomes with title-holders England, the Scots had no answer to the skill of their opponents in the singles.
England won five out of six for a 6 ½-2 ½ victory to make them overwhelming favourites to win the Stroyan Cup for a third year in a row
SCOTLAND 2 1/2, ENGLAND 6 1/2
Foursomes (1 ½-1 ½)
Eilidh Briggs and Rachael Watton beat Alexandra Peters and Elizabeth Mallett 3 and 1.
Hannah McCook and Gabrielle MacDonald halved with Lauren Taylor and Georgia Hall.
Lesley Atkins and Alyson McKechin lost to Heidi Baek and Emily Taylor 2 and 1
Singles (1-5)
Watton lost to Davis 1 hole.
Rachael Taylor lost to Baek Watton lost to Davis 1 hole.
Rachael Taylor lost to Baek 4 and 3.
McCook lost to Hall 6 and 4.
Ailsa Summers lost to Bronte Law 2 and 1.
MacDonald beat Emily Taylor 2 holes.
Briggs lost to Lauren Taylor 8 and 6.


To read the full report go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website

Final Day at the English Open Strokeplay Championship

Musselburgh-based South Korean Julie Yang won the English women’s open strokeplay championship by two shots at Whittington Heath, Staffordshire, after a final round duel with Gloucestershire’s Charlotte Ellis.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
284 Julie Yang (Korea) 75 71 69 69
286 Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) 72 75 67 72
288 Charley Hull (Woburn) 72 72 71 73
291 Kelsey Macdonald (Nairn Dunbar) 71 74 75 71; Hannah Barwood (Knowle) 75 73 71 72
293 Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall) 75 75 73 70; Ami Storey (Ponteland) 74 75 72 72; Charlotte Thomas (Singapore Island) 76 76 69 72
294 Sophie Godley (Lindrick) 73 75 76 70.
Other Scottish scores:
303 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 76 72 80 75 (jt 26th).
318 Laura Murray (Alford) 78 76 77 87 (38th).

To read the full report go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website

English Open Strokeplay Championship --- Day 2

Teenagers Rachael Goodall and Charley Hull share the lead at the halfway stage of the English women’s open strokeplay championship at Whittington Heath, Staffordshire.
Both have returned two level par scores of 72 over the first 36 holes but Rachael, 19, (Heswall) was top qualifier for the remaining two rounds, by virtue of her last nine holes. She came home in one-under par 35, while 14-year-old Charley scored one-over 37.
They lead the top 36 qualifiers and ties – a total of 38 players – for the final 36 holes of the tournament. The cut, at the end of a blustery day when scores rose with the strengthening wind, fell on 10-over par 154.
First round leaders Kelsey MacDonald and Katherine O’Connor both returned second round scores of 74 and share third place, one shot behind the leaders.
Leading scores
Par 72 CSS 75 75
144 Rachael Goodall (Heswall) 72 72, Charley Hull (Woburn) 72 72
145 Kelsey Macdonald (Nairn Dunbar) 71 74, Katherine O'Connor (Tadmarton Heath) 71 74
146 Julie Yang (Kings Acre) 75 71
147 Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) 72 75
148 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 76 72, Hannah Barwood (Knowle) 75 73, Daisy Dyer (Chigwell) 77 71, Tilly Magill (Woburn) 73 75, Sophie Godley (Lindrick) 73 75

Selected scores:
154 Laura Murray (Alford) 76 78 (jt 33rd).
MISSED THE CUT (154 or better qualified)
155 Jane Turner (Craigielaw) 82 74, Lauren Mackin (Majorca) 75 81.

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Scotland Girls beat Wales on Day 1 at Bangor

The Scottish Girls Team with Rory McIlroy -- Photo Courtesy of the LGU

From the LGU WEBSITE
England and Scotland start with wins at Bangor
Defending champions England made an impressive start to the Girls’ Home Internationals by beating Ireland 7 ½-1 ½ at Bangor Golf Club, Northern Ireland today.
In the other match, Scotland beat Wales 6-3 .

England took a grip on the outcome of their opening match by making a 3-0 clean sweep of the foursomes against the Irish.

They followed that up with wins in the singles by Elizabeth Mallett (6 and 5), Bronte Law (3 and 1), Lauren Taylor (2 holes) and Alexandra Peters (2 and 1).
The game between Georgia Hall (England) and Anna Courtney (Ireland) finished all square.

Elizabeth Mallett, still on a high from her victory last week in the English Girls’ Championship, was three up on Irish girls champion Laura Grant after five holes. She added further successes at the eighth, ninth and 10th to be six up and halves at the next three holes ended the match.

Bronte Law was twice two up on Sarah Kelly before the turn and then drew away from her opponent on the inward half. Law won the 11th and 12th to go four up but Helly was not ready to throw in the towel. The Irish player hit back with wins at the 14th and 15th to get it back to two down with three to play. Law clinched a 3 and 1 victory by winning the 17th.

Lauren Taylor was four down after six holes to Laura McCarthy but hit back hard to win the seventh, eighth, ninth, 11th and 12th, transforming her position into a one-hole lead.
McCarthy squared the seesaw match at the 16th but Taylor finished the better, winning the 17th and 18th for a two-hole victory.
Alexandra Peters and Paula Grant had a ding dong struggled for most of the way with only one hole in it either way when the game wasn’t at level pegging. All square on the 16th tee, Peters won the 16th and 17th for a 2 and 1 win.

Georgia Hall and Anna Courtney shared the honours after the English player held a two-hole lead at the eighth and again at the 11th. Courtney kept plugging away and was rewarded with a win at the 15th and another at the 17th to square the match. Appropriately, the 18th was halved in birdies. Neither player deserved to lose.
Ireland came out top in only one singles but it was a good one with Emma O’Driscoll winning the lead-off singles. She beat the English women’s champion Hayley Davis by 4 and 2 in a quality match studded with birdies. Emma won the first with the birdie but Hayley won the second and fourth with birdies.

O’Driscoll squared the match at the seventh and then took over the driving seat by winning the eighth, 10th and 11th to forge three up. Davis won back the 14th but the Irish player was not to be denied a memorable win. She won the 15th and 16th for victory.
Scotland carried over a 2pt morning lead into the singles against Wales and at one stage of the afternoon action, it looked as if they would need it resist the Welsh comeback in the singles.

Rachel Watton had an outstanding win for Scotland over Wales’ Amy Boulden in the top singles in that match. Boulden won the third and fourth but was quickly pulled back to square by Watton who won the fifth and seventh. Boulden edged ahead again at the 11th but the tenacious Scot squared it at the 14th then took the lead for the first time at the 16th. Halves at the last two holes gave Watton victory by one hole.

Katie Bradbury beat the new Scottish girls champion Lesley Atkins by 3 and 2 after striking early. The Welsh girl won the first two holes and added the seventh and ninth, without loss, to be four up at the turn.

Atkins found her form to win the 10th and 11th but Bradbury went back into a three-hole lead by capturing the 12th and four halved holes ended the match on the 16th green.
Chloe Williams scored the second win of the day for Wales, beating Alyson McKechin 5 and 4. The Welsh girl won the first, third, sixth, seventh and ninth to be a commanding five holes to the good at the turn. McKechin scores her only success of the afternoon at the 13th but lost to the 14th and the match.

Hannah McCook was a 7 and 5 winner for Scotland over Kelly Miller. After the first two holes were exchanged, Hannah won the fourth, fifth and sixth but lost the seventh to be two up on the ninth tee after a half at the eighth.
McCook suddenly raised her pace to win the next five holes in a row for the match, going from two up to seven up over the space of six holes.
Scotland were assured of at least a draw with 4 1/2pt in the bag but they got the match-winning point from Eilidh Briggs who beat the Welsh girls champion Rachel Lewis by 4 and 3 in the sixth singles.

Eilidh won the third, fourth, fifth and sixth but thereafter each hole was halved – seven in a row – until Rachel scored her only success at the 14th. Briggs won the 15th for victory.

The last match to finish – Ailsa Summers v India Friswell finished all square after the Welsh girl had led by two holes after 10 and again after 14. Ailsa, however, came back from two down with three to play to win the 16th and 17th and halve the last

Newsletter from the LGU

Kelly Tidy looks to complete rare double at the 2010 Girls' British Open Amateur Championship

Kelly Tidy from Bolton has the opportunity to become only the third player in history to win both the Ladies' and Girls' British Open Amateur titles in the same year. The only other British player to achieve the feat was Mickey Walker from Leeds in 1972, while Spain's Belen Mozo also achieved the prestigious double in 2006 when both tournaments were played in Northern Ireland.

Kelly Tidy won the Ladies' British Open Amateur title at Ganton in June but is still young enough to compete in the Girls' Championship when it is played at Royal Belfast Golf Club from 9^th – 13^th August. Kelly, a Junior Solheim Cup and Junior Ryder Cup player, has twice lost in the final of the British Girls' Championship, once to Henrietta Brockway (England) at Southerndown in 2007 when she was 15 and also to Laura Gonzalez-Escallon (Belgium) in the 2008 final when the Championship was played at Monfieth. She did not play in last year's Championship as it clashed with the Junior Solheim Cup Match which she was competing in.

The Championship has once again attracted a top quality field and has had to be reduced by ballot to 144 players. Two strokeplay qualifying rounds will take place on Monday 9^th and Tuesday 10^th August to decide the top 64 qualifiers for the matchplay stages.

Perrine Delacoure (France) who won the title at West Lancashire Golf Club last year and Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield Ladies') last year's runner-up and recent winner of the English Girls' Championship are both in this year's field and will be bidding to reach the final again.

Other notables include Lisa and Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) who at 15 became the youngest ever Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup team players when they competed in the 2010 Curtis Cup and Hayley Davis (Ferndown) the winner of the 2010 English Women's Championship.

Julie Yang, the 15-year-old South Korean girl who has been based in Scotland since last September when she moved from Arizona to Musselburgh to become a pupil at Loretto School is also one to watch. Her titles this year include the Welsh Women's Open Amateur Stroke-Play, the Paul Lawrie Foundation Scottish schoolgirls and the Danish Amateur Championship. She has since then also came through the qualifying process and played in the 2010 Ricoh Women's British Open at Royal Birkdale.

The overseas challenge includes entries from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States.

Three of the girls named in the European Junior Ryder Cup team for the match against the United States on September 28-29 at Gleneagles are among the entries – Isabella Dellert (2010 European Girls' Young Masters' Champion), Manon Molle (France) and Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale).

The winner receives the Challenge Cup and the beaten finalist is awarded the Leven Trophy. The Lady Heathcoat-Amory Memorial Medal goes to the leading qualifier while vouchers will be awarded for the lowest scores in the qualifying rounds. The Todd Bowl is awarded to the lowest U16 player in the qualifying rounds while the lowest U14 player will receive a voucher. An international team event is also played in conjunction with the two stroke-play qualifying rounds.

About the Ladies' Golf Union ("LGU")

Founded in 1893, the LGU is the encompassing body for ladies' amateur golf in Great Britain & Ireland. The LGU Executive Council includes representatives of ladies' golf's national governing bodies in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Operational activities are undertaken by a wholly owned subsidiary, LGU Championships Limited ("LGUCL"), which in particular owns and runs the Ricoh Women's British Open, founded by the LGU in 1976 and one of the four Major Tournaments for Professional Women golfers. LGUCL also has responsibility for running British Amateur Championships and Home International events, and preparing the Great Britain & Ireland teams for representative matches, such as the Curtis Cup and the Vagliano Trophy.

Further information about the LGU is available on http://www.lgu.org/.

Further information:

Susan Simpson; Head of Golf Operations: Ladies' Golf Union

Tel: +44 (0) 1334 475 811

Fraser Munro, Championship Manager, Ladies' Golf Union
Tel: +44 (0) 1334 475 811

http://www.lgu.org/

West of Scotland's Megan Briggs in Top 30 after Round 1 of the English Open Strokeplay

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
Top Scottish golfer Kelsey MacDonald and Welsh international Katherine O’Connor scored one-under par 71 to share the lead after the first round of the English women’s open strokeplay championship at Whittington Heath, Staffordshire.
After tomorrow’s second round the field will be cut to the top 36 players and ties who will contest the final 36 holes on Thursday

All Scottish Players Results :
Kelsey MacDonald Nairn Dunbar Golf Club 71
Lauren Mackin Son Gual Golf Club 75
Julie Yang Kings Acre 75
Megan Briggs Kilmacolm Golf Club 76
Laura Murray Alford Golf Club 78
Jane Turner Craigilaw Golf Club 82

To see all the first round results CLICK HERE

Follow the English Open Championships

Scottish Players:
1 BRIGGS, Megan Kilmacolm Golf Club
2 MACDONALD, Kelsey Nairn Dunbar Golf Club +
3 MACKIN, Lauren Son Gual Golf Club
4 MURRAY, Laura Alford Golf Club
5 TURNER, Jane Craigilaw Golf Club

ROUND 1 RESULTS as they are completed from the English Open Stroke Play Championship 2010, Whittington Heath Golf Club, 3rd - 5th August 2010

Pamela Pretswell is second in the Austrian Open Amateur Championship

Pamela Pretswell in action at the Austrian women's amateur championship

This week I have been playing in the Austrian Ladies International Championship at Murhof Golf Club http://www.murhof.at/ , the venue for the European Ladies Team Championship in 2011.

I took the opportunity to play in this European Ladies ranking event by flying directly from the International European Ladies' Amateur Championship at Golf & Spa Resort Kunetickà Hora in the Czech Republic, where I finished in 6th place with a 72 hole score of 3 under par. I am really grateful for the support provided by the Scottish Ladies Golf Association and our sponsors Aberdeen Asset Management which allowed me to play in these events.
I finished runner-up in this 72 hole championship with a final total of 9 under par. I scored a 6 under 66 in the first round, including 9 birdies, to lead the championship and followed that up with a par 72 and a 2 under 70 yesterday to lead by one shot at 8 under going into the final 18 holes. I shot a 1 under round of 71 today, including 2 birdies, for a 9 under par total of 279. Unfortunately, this was one shot more than winner Klara Spilkova (Czech Republic) who started in 4th place today and played in the group in front of me. Klara shot a 6 under 66 with 6 birdies over the final 13 holes, including birdies at 17 and 18 to finish one ahead on 278.

Although it was disappointing to be pipped at the post after leading throughout the championship, I have been delighted with the way that I have been playing during the last few weeks. I am starting to benefit from playing more regularly now that I have a summer break from my studies at Glasgow University and really pleased to score 12 under in my last 8 rounds. Looking forward to the rest of my season and to playing the Murhof course again with the Scottish Ladies team at the European Team Championship next year - and perhaps doing even better than the fantastic bronze medal that we won at La Manga, Spain in July.

The full scoreboard can be seen by Clicking Here

Leading Totals:
Par 72
Klara Spilkova (Czech Republic) 278 - 10 under (71, 70, 71, 66)
Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) 279 - 9 under (66, 72, 70, 71)
Sarah Schober (Austria) 280 - 8 under (71, 71, 68, 70)
Tereza Vavruskova (Czech Republic) 282 - 6 under (73, 69, 67, 73)

Regards
Pamela Pretswell

WELL DONE PAMELA --- FROM ALL IN THE WEST OF SCOTLAND

Final Day Scores from the Ricoh British Open

Click on the following link for the RICOH BRITISH OPEN SCORES from Birkdale

Ladies Medal (Golf Foundation Brooch) - Douglas Park

Played 30/07/2010, SSS: 72, CSS:71
Silver:
1st: 84-14=70 Gillian Hendry
2nd: 91-20=71 Ginette Evans
3rd: 87-15=72 Anne Paton

Bronze:
1st: 107-35=72 Norma Vallance
2nd: 94-22=72 Maureen Rennie
3rd: 95-23=72 Janice Palmer
Scratch: Helen Faulds 79

Linzi Allan wins the Nancy Chisholm Trophy

Most of the girls who played

From left to right: is Linzi Allan, Louise Duncan and Samantha Cowan.

Despite a very strong north wind at West Kilbride today, the girls still managed to produce excellent scores and a high percentage of magic two's were recorded.

Local girl Linzi Allan, who has completed her 1st year on a golf scholarship at university in Kansas, had the best scratch, a 78 (SS 73) and won the Nancy Chisholm Trophy. The leading nett prize and winner of the Kandy Bar Cup went to Samantha Cowan (Cochrane Castle) who had a splendid 68 playing off 15. In the Pre-handicap competition, 10 year old Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) was the best overall and won the June Kerr Cup. Louise only started playing golf this year and already is showing lots of promise.

Local girls and visitors alike were a delight to have and we look forward to them returning next year.


West Kilbride Girls’ Open - 29th July 2010

Results:- SSS 73 CSS 73

SCRATCH SECTION
1st Linzi Allan (West Kilbride) 78 Winner of the Nancy Chisholm Trophy
2nd Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 82
3rd Samantha Cowan (Cochrane Castle) 83

HANDICAP SECTION
Division 1 (Handicaps 0-14)
1st Linzi Allan (West Kilbride) 78 (6) 72
2nd Katie McGarva (Troon Ladies) 86 (10) 76
3rd Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 82 (5) 77

Division 2 (Handicaps 15-36)
1st Samantha Cowan (Cochrane Castle)83 (15) 68 Winner of the Kandy Bar Cup
2nd Hazel McGarvie (Troon Ladies) 91 (18) 73 bih
3rd Beth Donoghue (Brucefields) 96 (23) 73

Nearest the Pin at the 4th Samantha Cowan
9th Rachel McClelland (Balmore)
12th Linzi Allan
16th Samantha Cowan

PRE-HANDICAP GIRLS (9 holes from forward junior tees)
10-11 year olds
1st: Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) 50 Winner of the June Kerr Cup
2nd: Iona Duff (Hilton Park) 72
3rd: Katie Parker (West Kilbride) 74

12 years and above
1st: Nicola Turner (West Kilbride) 52
2nd: Helen Montgomery (West Kilbride) 54

Nearest the Pin at the 4th: Nicola Turner

Thanks go to June Kerr for the report and Photographs

Scottish Ladies Foursomes -- Has you Club put on an entry ?

The closing date for the Scottish Ladies' Foursomes to be held at Douglas Park on 29 August has been extended to 12 noon on Monday 9 August.

This is an 18 hole stroke play foursomes event, which is open to teams of two who are members of the same Club or Section Affiliated to the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association.  Entry forms for this event have been sent to your club secretary so please remind your club Secretary or Captain to put in an entry or entries for your club.  Note that clubs may enter more than one team for this event.

The semi-finals and final of the Scottish Ladies' Match Play Foursomes which has been running throughout the year will also be played at Douglas Park on 29 August.  After some very tight fourth round matches, the quarter final draw for this competition is as follows:

Home team    Away team 
Murrayfield  v  Linlithgow 
Saline  v  Tillicoultry 
Cruden Bay  v  Carnoustie Caledonia 
Ayr Dalmilling  v  Williamwood 

Xltec Pro Golf Tour -- Clare Queen and Kylie Walker take Part

Clare Queen and Kylie Walker are competing in the Xltec Pro Tour 36-hole event at Westerwood Hotel golf course, Cumbernauld today (WEDNESDAY) and tomorrow. Kylie had a 75 and Clare a 77.
You can see their first-round results by logging on to http://www.scottishgolfview.com/

West of Scotland Girls Medal-- Played over Milngavie

11 girls played, SSS 71, CSS 73
1st Silver: Megan Duff 74 (20)
2nd Silver: Connie Jaffrey 75 (5)
1st Bronze: Heather McKimmie 68 (29)
2nd Bronze: Heather Neilson 71 (22)
Best Scratch: Connie Jaffrey 80

Lanarkshire County Spoon Competition -- Lesley Lloyd has the Best Scrtach

Played over Shotts Golf Club on Sunday 26th July 2010, SSS 70, CSS 71.
Silver Division:
Tracy McPherson 75 - 6 = 69
Emma Caddow 76- 5 = 71 after count back
Eva O'Connor 82 - 11 = 71 acb
Marion Craig 88 -17 = 71 acb

Bronze Division
Alison Reid 107 - 33 =74 acb
Emily Glencorse 101 - 27= 74 acb
Linda McLanachan 99- 22= 77
Lowest gross: Linda McLanachan 99

Scratch: Lesley Lloyd 74

Winner of Nancy's Cup (lowest net score by a Junior): Emma Caddow 71

Megan Briggs celebrates her 21st Birthday

Megan Briggs celebrated her 21st Birthday this weekend in style at Kilmacolm Golf Club --- Click on this link to see more

LESLEY ATKINS WINS MACKIE BOWL BY FOUR STROKES

Lesley Atkins, 15-year-old recent winner of the Scottish Under-18 girls’ match-play golf championship, chalked up her biggest win in open tournament play at Gullane, East Lothian today (Sunday).
The Loretto School, Musselburgh pupil, who hails from Hawick, won the Mackie Bowl 36-hole SLGA Order of Merit event over her home course with very good rounds of 71 and 69 – the par is 74 – for an eight-under total of 140.
Because the eighth hole on the No 1 course has been remodelled and lengthened, Lesley's 69 will be recognised as a new women's course record.
Atkins, had four shots to spare at the finish from the Majorca-based Scot,(past Ranfurly Castle Member) Lauren Mackin. Lauren had rounds of 74 and 70.

Leading Scores:
Par 148 (2x74) SSS 75. CSS 75 75

140 Lesley Atkins (Gullane) 71 69.
144 Lauren Mackin (Majorca) 74 70.
148 Roseanne Niven (Crieff) 75 73.
149 Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 71 78.
152 Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) 81 71.
153 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 72 81.

Other West of Scotland Players:
164 Jennifer Linklater (Largs) 82 82.
167 Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 82 85.

Prizes in addition to the best four scratch aggregate:
BEST FIRST ROUND - Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 72; Louise MacGregor (Falkirk) 76 (better inward half than Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) who also had a 76).
BEST SECOND ROUND - Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) 71; Tara MacTaggart (Minto) 76.
BEST NET AGGREGATE - Louise McGillivray (Banchory) (6) 150

Commonwealth Games --- Four Years from Now

Pamela finishes 6th in the European Championships

Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) finished a creditable sixth in a big field for the European women’s individual amateur championship at Kuneticka Hora Golf Resort in the Czech Republic today.
She had rounds of 70, 72, 71 and 72 for a three under par total of 285 – five shots behind the German winner, Sophia Popov who had scores of 69, 69, 69 and 73.
To read all the results go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website

Ladies Medal 7 -- Douglas Park

Ladies Medal 7 Played 23/07/2010 SSS 72,CSS 73

SILVER:
1st 87-15=72 Anne Paton
2nd 87-15=72 Gillian Hendry
3rd 90-18=72 Janice McIlwraith
BRONZE:
1st 87-25=62 Norma Gray
2nd 102-27=75 Yvonne Currie
3rd 111-36=75 Elaine McEwen
SCRATCH :
Carol Fell 83 (bih)

Girls and Seniors Teams Announced

The team to represent Scotland in the Girls' Home International Matches at Bangor Golf Club from 4-6 August is:

Captain - Karen Marshall
Manager - Judith Anderson

Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies)
Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm)
Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw)
Hannah McCook (Abernethy)
Alyson McKechin (Elderslie)
Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies)
Rachael Taylor (Hartl Golf Resort)
Rachael Watton (Mortonhall)

Reserves:
1. Gemma Dryburgh (IMG Academies)
2. Rachel Polson (Peterculter)
3. Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie)
4. Rebecca McGeehan (Hummelbachaue)

The team to represent Scotland in the European Senior Ladies' Team Championships at Sporting Club Berlin, Germany from 1 - 4 September is:

Captain - Pamela Williamson

Heather Anderson (Alyth)
Lorna Bennett (Ladybank)
Fiona de Vries (St Rule)
Anne Ryan (Tain)
Mary Smith (Tain)
Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies)
Reserves:
Noreen Fenton (Dunbar)
Fiona Hunter (Baberton)

Megan and Eilidh do well in Scottish Under 21 Girls

All the prizewinners - Courtesy of the SLGA

Stirling University student Kelsey MacDonald (pictured above with all the winners) finished top of the class for the third year in a row in the Scottish Under-21 girls open amateur stroke-play golf championship at Dunfermline Golf Club today.
The 19-year-old Scottish women’s champion from the Nairn Dunbar club signed off in champion style with a two-under-par 70, the joint lowest round of the tournament, for a one-over-par total of 217.
That gave her a four-stroke winning margin from last year’s Scottish Women’s Champion, Renfrewshire's Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) (72-271) with Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) giving her best performance in a national tournament to finish third on 272, also closing with a 72.
Megan had a little bit of everything in her round today - an eagle 3 at the long 15th, birdies at the long seventh, 11th, long 17th and long 18th and then, on the downside, a double bogey 5 at the short 16th and other bogeys at the fourth, eighth, 10th and 14th in halves of 36. She fought well to try an recover from her one bad hole in the 1st round of the tournament when she had a 5 over par 9 at the 6th.

Eilidh Briggs, the 2010 Renfrewshire champion, finished fourth with a 77 for 225 and won the Menzies Cup for the best performance over the three rounds by an Under-18 year old.

Well done to Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) who finished well to be up in the top 10 of the tournament

West of Scotland's Rachael Taylor, Jill Meldrum (Dullater) and Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) all finished well.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72). CSS 74 74
217 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 72 75 70.
221 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 77 72 72.
222 Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) 78 72 72.
225 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 76 72 77.
226 Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 82 71 73.
227 Charlotte Austwick (Pike Hills) 79 78 70.
230 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 80 74 76.

Other West Of Scotland Players
231 Rachael Taylor (Hartl Golf Resort, Germany) 79 76 76,
236 Jill Meldrum (Dullatur) 76 81 79.
237 Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 78 84 75,
241 Gillian Scanlan (Hamilton) 77 82 82
242 Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 82 81 79,
245 Nicola Ferguson (Clober) 79 87 79.
247 Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) 85 80 82.
248 Linsey Stevenson (Elie and Earlsferry) 85 82 81, Linzi Allan (West Kilbride)
83 83 82
254 Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) 88 80 86.
255 Jorden Ferrie (Kirkintilloch) 89 85 81,
265 Gillian Arnott (Kilbirnie Place) 85 92 88.
266 Kirstin Scott (Milngavie) 94 88 84.
302 Alexandra Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 100 101 101.

To read the full list of results go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website

Hole in One by Joan Gemmell

Congratulations go to Joan Gemmell (pictured above) of Douglas Park who had a Hole in One in their Monthly Medal today.

Pamela Pretswell still in top 10

Two late bogeys knocked back Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) into a share of ninth place at the halfway stage of the European women's individual amateur championship at Kuneticka Hora in the Czech Republic.
The Scottish Curtis Cup player has scored 70 and 72 for 142 to be six shots behind the two-stroke leader, Spain's Marta Silva with scores of 67 and 69 for 136.
HOW THEY STAND
Par 144 (2x72)
136 Marta Silva (Spain) 67 69.
138 Sara Schoberg (Switzerland) 70 68, Sophie Popov (Germany) 69 69.
139 Sara Monberg (Denmark) 72 67, Julia Neumann (Germany) 71 68.
140 Hannah Burke (England) 72 68
141 Mireia Prat (Spain) 72 69, Valerie Sternebeck (Germany) 70 71
Sottish scores:
142 Pamela Pretswell (Scotland) 70 72,
147 Louise Kenney (Scotland) 73 74 (jt 43rd).
162 Laura Murray (Scotland) 78 84 (jt 136th).

The Briggs Sisters do well at the 2nd Round of the Scottish Girls

Nairn Dunbar’s Kelsey MacDonald has led through the first two rounds of her title defence in the Scottish Under-21 girls’ Open Stroke-Play Championship at Dunfermline Golf Club.
With Jane Turner (Craigielaw), a shot behind after one round, falling away to a second-round 85, it looks as if only the Briggs sisters from Kilmacolm , Megan and Eilidh, lying a close second and third overnight, are the only ones who can stop the 19-year-old Scottish women’s champion completing a hat-trick of Under-21 titles.
Kelsey added a 75 to her opening par round of 72 and she would be the first to admit this was not one of her best efforts. She had no birdies and dropped shots at the short fifth, the 10th and long 18th.
Eilidh, the younger of the Briggs girls and the Renfrewshire county champion, took over second place with a 72 to be one shot off the pace on 148. Eilidh birdied the long third and the six but dropped shots at the fourth and 14th in halves of 34 and 36.
Megan, Scottish Women’s Champion in 2009, also had a 72. After her disatrous 9 at the 6th yesterday she had an outward half of two-under-par, with birdies at two long holes, the third and seventh. Unfortunately 2 bogeys in the 2nd 9 spoilt the charge !

Good luck to all the West of Scotland Players tomorrow

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
147 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 72 75.
148 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 76 72.
149 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 77 72.
150 Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) 78 72.
151 Hannah McCook (Abernethy) 78 73.
152 Ailsa Bain (Peebles) 76 76.
153 Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 82 71, Lucie Walker (Ormskirk) 75 78.
154 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 80 74, Rebecca Wilson (Grange) 76 78.
155 Rachael Taylor (Hartl GR, Germany) 79 76, Rachael Goodall (Heswall) 79 76, Nicola Rawlinson (Royal Birkdale) 78 77.

Other West of Scotland Players:
157 Jill Meldrum (Dullatur) 76 81.
159 Gillian Scanlan (Hamilton) 77 82
162 Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 78 84.
163 Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 82 81
165 Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) 85 80.
166 Linzi Allan (West Kilbride) 83 83, Nicola Ferguson (Clober) 79 87.
167 Linsey Stevenson (Elie and Earlsferry) 85 82
168 Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) 88 80
174 Jorden Ferrie (Kirkintilloch) 89 85.
201 Alexandra Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 100 101.

Scottish Junior Open Strokeplay --- Live Scoring

The 2nd round of the Scottish Junior Open Stroke Play Championship at Dunfermline (Pitfirrane) Golf Club is today.
The format for the championship is 54-holes strokeplay - one round each day - and there is no cut
Click on the following link for LIVE SCORING

Pamela Pretswell does well in first round in the Czech Republic

Curtis Cup player Pamela Pretswell was the best place of the three Scots in the field of 144 at the end of the first day of the European women's individual amateur golf championship at Kuneticka Hora Golf and Spa Resort n the Czech Republic.
Pamela from Bothwell Castle, had a two-under-par round of 70 to be three shots behind joint leaders Marta Silva (Spain) and Giulia Molinaro (Italy).
Louise Kenney from Pitreavie, Dunfermline is lying joint 34th on 73 while Alford's Laura Murray's 78 has her back in a share of 105th place.
FIRST ROUND LEADERS
Par 72
67 Marta Silva (Spa), Giulia Molinaro (Ita).
69 Lisa Maguire (Ire), Marieke Nivard (Net), Sophia Popov (Ger).
70 Pamela Pretswell (Sco), Camilla Hedberg (Spa), Lara Katzy (Ger), Valerie Sternebeck (Ger), Sara Schober (Swi), Rachael Raastad (Nor), Myrte Eikenaar (Net).
Selected scores:
71 Amy Boulden (Wal) (jt 13th).
72 Hannah Burke (Eng) (jt 25th).
73 Hannah Barwood (Eng), Louise Kenney (Sco), Mary Dowling (Ire) (jt 34th).
74 Rachel Jennings (Eng) (jt 49th).
75 Leona Maguire (Ire), Hayley Davis (Eng), Charlotte Ellis (Eng) (jt 64th).
76 Becky Harries (Wal) (jt 80th).
77 Gemma Bradbury (Wal), Tara Davies (Wal), Victoria Bradshaw (Ire) (jt 89th).
78 Laura Murray (Sco) (jt 105th).
81 Charlene Reid (Ire) (jt 129th).
Field of 144 players.

The Scottish Under 21 Stroke Play Results

The Scottish Junior Open Stroke Play Championship at Dunfermline (Pitfirrane) Golf Club began today.
The format for the championship is 54-holes strokeplay - one round each day - and there is no cut

FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72
72 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar).
73 Jane Turner (Craigielaw).
74 Emma Clegg (Clitheroe).
75 Lucie Walker (Ormskirk).
76 Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth), Ailsa Bain (Peebles), Lesley Atkins (Gullane), Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm), Jill Meldrum (Dullatur), Rebecca Wilson (Grange).
77 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm), Gillian Scanlan (Hamilton).
78 Hannah McCook (Abernethy), Sophie Alexander (Deeside), Nicola Rawlinson (Royal Birkdale), Samantha Munro (Aberdour), Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle), Samantha Leslie (Westhill), Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey), Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe).
79 Lauren Whyte (St Regulus), Charlotte Austwick (Pike Hills), Nicola Ferguson (Clober), Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw), Louise MacGregor (Falkirk), Clara Young (North Berwick), Alice Boothroyd (Rudding Park), Rachael Goodall (Heswall), Rachael Taylor (Hartl Golf Resort),
80 Jordana Graham (Southerness), Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Amelia Taylor (St Annes Old Links), Tegan Seivwright (Deeside), Tara MacTaggart (Minto).
81 Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus), Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe).
82 Keren Ward (Glen), Ashley Smith (Monifieth), Rachael Watton (Mortonhall), Rachel Polson (Peterculter), Eilidh Mackay (Nairn Dunbar). Emily Aird (Blairgowrie), Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies), Shannon McGuire (Canmore).
83 Linzi Allan (West Kilbride), Katie Reid (Monifieth).
84 Heather Munro (Monifieth), Sammy Vass (Tain), Eve Muirhead (Pitlochry).
85 Gillian Arnott (Kilbirnie Place), Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies), Jenna Birch (Royal Lytham), Linsey Stevenson (Elie and Earlsferry).
86 Rachel Walker (Dumfries and Co), Megan Clyne (Deeside), Nicola Taylor (Walton Heath), Nicola Taylor (Dunnikier Park), Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie).
87 Eilidh Watson (Muckhart), Ashley Ann Alston (Royal Montrose), Hannah Robb (Strathmore), Gail Wilson (Grange).
88 Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne), Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride), Louise McGillivray (Banchory), Eleanor Tunn (Reay).
89 Jorden Ferrie (Kirkintilloch), Alexis Hutton (Falkirk Tryst), Klly McNulty (Whitley Bay).
92 Annabel Niven (Crieff), Gillian Simpson (Murrayfield), Julie Vass (Tain).
93 Nicola Robertson (Dunblane New).
94 Jemma Chalmers (Monifieth), Kirstin Scott (Milngavie), Megan Brown (Dunfermline).
98 Catherine Small (Craigielaw).
100 Alexandra Qayum (Ranfurly Castle).
Disqualified: Rebecca McGeehan (West Rhine).
No Return: Lesley Cosh (Cowglen).