Greenlees Result - 2nd Division

GREENLEES RESULT: Old Ranfurly 3.5 Troon 5.5

Invitation Greensomes - Douglas Park

Over 50 couples played in Douglas Park's Invitation Greensomes on Friday 11th May 2007

Prizewinners:
Number of Putts on the Green (Bronze): Olive Mackay and Liz Fleming 30 putts
Number of Putts on the Green (Silver): Helen Faulds and Sally Coster 29 putts (bih)
Longest Drive 8th Hole (Silver) : Susan Lemond and Linda Stevenson (Whitecraigs)
Longest Drive 10th Hole (Bronze) : Olive Mackay and Liz Fleming (Cardross)
Nearest the Pin 3rd Hole (Bronze) : Sheena Gardiner and Cherry Jamieson
Nearest the Pin 12th Hole (Silver) : Gladys Speedie and Betty Stewart (Haggs Castle)
Nearest the Pin 17th Hole (All) : Joan Gemmell and Margaret Gibb (Hilton Park)
Nearest the Pin in 2 at the 6th (Silver) : Lynda Smith and Dale Reid (East Renfrewshire)
Nearest the Pin in 2 at the 18th (Bronze) : Anne Reid and Alison Thompson

Bronze: Winners : Helen Robertson and L Watt,
Runners Up : Olive Mackay and Liz Fleming (Cardross)
Silver : Winners Lynda Smith and Dale Reid (East Renfrewshire)
Runners Up: Irene Berry and Anne Barraclough (Hilton Park)

Past Captain Alison Nicholson who organised the raffle would like to congratulate and give a BIG THANK YOU to all the ladies who helped raise £439 for ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND

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Calloway / LGU Thistle Brooches / Coronation Foursomes - Old Ranfurly Golf Club

Saturday 28th April 2007 - Calloway Competition
SSS 72 - No CSS, 18 Entries - One Class
A Moss 81-9pts = 72 pts, B Clark 83-9pts = 74 pts

Monday 30th April 2007 - LGU Thistle Brooches
SSS 72 - CSS 71,15 Entries
Silver A McKenzie (8) 73, S McKnight (14) 73
Bronze A Adams (22) 71,F MacPhee (22) 73
Scratch A McKenzie 81

Monday 5th May 2007 - Coronation Foursomes
SSS - 72 - No CSS, 24 Entries
S Fleming & A MacDougall (22) 38 pts.S McKnight & M Mitchell (14) 35 pts

Lady's Captains Day -- Eastwood Golf Club

Lady Captains Day/ Extra Medal/ 3rd Rnd Club Championship Qualifiers
Played 8th May 2007, SSS 72, CSS 75,Entries 39
Silver : Winner - B.Paterson (7) 78 bih
Runner up: H. Williamson (15) 78 acb
Bronze: Winner - C. Anderson (29) 72
Runner up: I. McCutcheon (23) 75

Spring Meeting and May Medal - Windyhill

Spring Meeting - 5th May, 2007. Par 72, CSS 71, 14 Competitors
Silver: 1st Tracy Cochran 84 (14) 70 , 2nd Leanne Johnston 89 (1) 72
Bronze: 1st Margaret Paterson 92 (23) 69, 2nd Nan Jamieson 96 (23) 73
Scratch: Ashley Kerr 83

April Midweek Medal 9th May, 2007. CSS 72, Par 72, 8 Competitors
Silver: 1st Ashley Kerr 82 (10) 72, 2nd Christine Kelly 91 (15) 76
Bronze: 1st Moira Taylor 100 (21) 79 (BIH), 2nd Mary McWilliam 111 (32) 79
Scratch: Ashley Kerr 82

Ranfurly Castle Spring Meeting for Captain's Prizes

Played 9th May 2007 55 Entries
SSS 73 CSS 73 (Reduction only)
Scratch A Robinson 82 A Judge 86
Silver A Robinson 72 (10) S M Gray 74 (19) (bih)
Bronze H Dunn 69 (35) K MacKenzie 71 (28)

Ayrshire County Foursomes --- Brunston Castle

Foursomes Results 8th May 2007
Brunston Castle SSS 73

SCRATCH J Bowden & M Short (Belleisle) 89

Handicap
1st J Pollock( Belleisle) & V Stephens(PSt Nicholas) 98(21.5) 76.5
2nd J Mutter & F Cameron (LGCTroon) 103(23) 80BIH
3rd J Neilson & J Kellock(West Kilbride 95(15) 80

RLCGA Spring Meeting / May Medal- Old Ranfurly

Played over Old Ranfurly on 9th May 2007 , Entries 39, SSS 72, CSS 73
Handicap: Scratch - 12:
1st Merope Dunlop Old Ranfurly 85, 11, 74(bih)
2nd Maureen Skinner Gourock 79, 5, 74
3rd Maureen Cook Lochwinnoch 88, 12, 76

Hnadicap 13 and Upwards
1st Shirley McKnight Old Ranfurly 83, 14, 69
2nd Maureen Taggart Old Ranfurly 96, 14, 72
3rd Lindsay Mathie Cochrane Castle 89, 16, 73

Scratch: Maureen Skinner (Gourock) 79
May Medal -- Overall Winner - Shirley McKnight (Old Ranfurly) net 69

Helen Faulds is the 2007 West Vets Champion

The final of the 2007 West Vets Championship took place today at Renfrew Golf Club. Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) completed a hat-trick of West Vets Championship wins by defeating Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle) 5 and 4



In the Bronze Championship Maureen Rennie (Douglas Park) defeated Mary Irving (Ranfurly Castle) 4 and 3 ----- A GOOD DAY FOR DOUGLAS PARK

LGU Area Finals at Haggs Castle- Eilidh Briggs is a winner

Eilidh Briggs, 14-year-old Kilmacolm Golf Club junior member, led the Silver Division section with a net 71 off six in the West Division final of the Ladies Golf Union Medal at Haggs Castle Golf Club today. The CSS was 74 (+1).
The eight qualifiers for the Grand Final at Crieff Golf Club on Sunday, June 3 were:
Silver Division – Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) (6) 71; Christine Whitelaw (Largs) (11) 72; Elaine Whyte (Windyhill) (12) 73; Pat McWhirter (Westerwood) (15) 75 (bih).
Bronze Division – Susan Campbell (Whitecraigs) (24) 63; Vivien Howe (Ranfurly Castle) (20) 69; Margaret McDevitt (Gourock) (22) (bih), Patricia Brown (Ralston) (21) 73 (bih).

2007 West Vets Championship at Renfrew Golf Club

Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) the 2006 Champion reached the final of the West Vets Championship at Renfrew Golf Club today by beating Sheila Shaw (Lochwinnoch) in the quarter finals in the morning and then Anna Telfer (Milngavie) in the semis in the afternoon. She now meets Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle) tomorrow who beat leading qualifier Janice Paterson (Drumpellier)in the morning and Pat Hutton (Lanark) in the afternoon. The final takes place at 11am tomorrow.
In the Bronze Championship Mary Irving (Ranfurly Castle) meets Maureen Rennie (Douglas Park)
RESULTS:
Championship Quarter Finals: Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle) beat Janice Paterson (Drumpellier) at the 19th, Pat Hutton (Lanark) w/o Heather Anderson (Caldwell) withdrew, Anna Telfer (Milngavie) beat Fiona Roger (Ranfurly Castle) 2/1,Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) beat Sheila Shaw (Lochwinnoch) 7/6
Semi Finals: Jennifer Mack beat Pat Hutton 2/1, Helen Faulds beat Anna Telfer 6/5
Bronze: Mary Irving (Ranfurly Castle) beat Anne Deacon (Whitecraigs) 3/2
Maureen Rennie (Douglas Park) w/o Pat Kerr withdrew

West of Scotland Championship --- Hailstorm cancels 2nd round

A freak hailstorm in the midst of gale-force winds forced the cancellation of the second round of the scheduled 36-hole West of Scotland women’s amateur stroke-play championship at Drumpellier Golf Club today (Sunday).
Ayrshire county champion Lesley Hendry was declared the winner with a first-round 77,five over the standard scratch but a good score in such awful May weather.
Lesley had a stroke to spare from Elaine Cuthill (Lanark) with Liz Keohone (Loudoun) and Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle), the new Lanarkshire women’s champion both on the 79 mark.
Lanarkshire (Elaine Cuthill, Pamela Pretswell and Susan Wood) won the team event with ease with a total of 238.
Kirsten Scott (Windyhill) won the handicap prize with a net 73 off 13, despite incurring a two-stroke penalty for inadvertently starting at the wrong hole.

WEST OF SCOTLAND WOMEN’S AMATEUR STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Drumpellier GC. Second round cancelled because of bad weather.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS (CSS 72).
77 Lesley Hendry (Routenburn).
78 Elaine Cuthill (Lanark).
79 Liz Keohone (Loudoun), Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle).
81 Susan Wood (Drumpellier), Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie).
83 Judy Galbraith (Cowal), Sara Harman (Williamwood), Lesley Williamson (Kilmarnock Barassie), Ruth Rankin (Lanark), Audrey Thompson (Loudoun).
84 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm), Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle), May Hughes (Lanark).
HANDICAP – Kirsten Scott (Windyhill) (13) 73.
Thanks go to Gillian Kirkwood for this report
(Photographs of the winners were taken on the last day of the Inter County Matches in July when they were presented with their trophies)

Welsh open amateur stroke-play -- Jenna Wilson is the best in the west

Dunblane’s Heather MacRae added her name to the list of Scottish winners of the Welsh women’s open amateur stroke-play golf championship at Newport Golf Club today (Sunday)
Heather, 23, recaptured the form that won her the British stroke-play title at Nairn in 2005, with rounds of 70, 75 and 74 for a total of 219 – three shots ahead of runner-up Bronwyn Mullins-Lane (Harefield Place).
West of Scotland Players --- Jenna Wilson (Strathaven) was the next best Scot this weekend with rounds of 79, 75 and 77 to share 13th place on 231.
Clare-Marie Carlton (Stirling University and Fereneze) was joint 23rd on 238 with scores of 80, 80 and 78.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72). CSS 75 75 75
219 Heather MacRae (Dunblane) 70 75 74.
222 Bronwyn Mullins-Lane (Harefield Place) 75 75 72.
Others---West of Scotland Players:
231 Jenna Wilson LANARKSHIRE (Strathaven) 79 75 77, Other Scottish scores:
238 Clare-Marie Carlton RLCGA --(Fereneze Stirling Univ) 80 80 78 (jt 23rd).
248 Kylie Walker D&A-- (Buchanan Castle) 85 86 77 ( 45th)
Thanks go to Gillian Kirkwood for the report

Mail on Sunday - Erskine v Douglas Park

Erskine played Douglas Park in the 4th round of the Mail on Sunday yesterday at Erskine. In a closely contested match the home team won 3 - 2 and now progress to the next round.
Erskine Team: Sandra Carruthers, Patricia Davidson, Fiona Campbell, Lorraine Morrow and Janette McCartney
Douglas Park Team: Sally MacFarlane, Lindsay McLean, Elinor Grant, Carol Fell and Joan Gemmell

May Medal --- Haggs Castle Golf Club

Played 3rd May, Entries 35, SSS 73, CSS 73,
Scratch : Jennifer Mack 78
Silver: 1st Carol Smith (12) 71, 2nd Jennifer Mack (6) 74
Bronze: 1st Pat Kerr(26) 74, 2nd Susan Gallatly (23) 77
Bronze Scratch: Pat Kerr 100

May Medal --- Eastwood Golf Club

May Medal/Gleneagles Medal/Medal Finals/2nd round Club Championship Qualifiers
Played 1st May 2007 ,SSS 72,CSS 72,Entries 48
Silver : 1st M. McLean (20) 68, F. Bennett (17) 75
Bronze : 1st S. Warren (26) 67, A. Brabson (22) 71

LGU Area Finals at Haggs Castle

The Draw for the LGU West Area Finals at Haggs Castle for Tues 8th May is available. Click on this link
LGU Medal Finals Draw

Ranfurly Castle May Medal

Played 2nd May 2007, 47 Entries, SSS 73, CSS 72

Scratch: A Judge 80
Silver: S Kirby 72 (8), E MacGregor 73 (14)
Bronze: J Irvine 64 (23), L Snodgrass 69 (21)

D & A County Championship at Milngavie Golf Club

Jill Meldrum of Dullatur Golf Club defeated Anna Telfer who is captain of Milngavie Golf Club to become at 14 the youngest ever winner of this event. Milngavie golf course was in super condition and the spectators were treated to a feast of excellent golf.
The bronze winner was Eleanor Starling of Balmore Golf Club who defeated Denis Harrow of Hilton Park

RLCGA County Foursomes - Elderslie

Scratch:
1st: Gillian McGinlay (Cochrane Castle) and Maureen Skinner (Gourock) 78
2nd: Donna Jackson and Alison McGinngle (Cochrane Castle) 80
3rd: Pearl Orr and Paula McBride (Cochrane Castle) 81



Handicap:
1st: Vivien Howe and Sheila Gray (Ranfurly Castle) (19) 67.5
2nd: Pearl Orr and Paula McBride (Cochrane Castle) 81 (11) 70
3rd: Shirley McKnight and Valerie McKinnon (Old Ranfurly) (13) 73 bih
4th: Kay Black (Paisley) and Jane Biggart (Ranfurly Castle) (20) 73

Greenlees Result - 2nd Division

GREENLEES RESULT: East Renfrewshire 6.5 Erskine 2.5

D & A County Championships and Marion Anderson Salver (Bronze)

Results from Milngavie Golf Club - morning
Jill Meldrum beat Margaret Stirling
Jill Foggo beat Kay Macaulay
Babs Robertson Beat Lynn McColl
Margaret Kinvig w/o Karen Maxwell (Karen went over on her ankle during the match)
Anna Telfer beat Annabel Struthers
Laura McGeachy beat Ann Sinclair
Enid Young beat Isobel Harvey
Helen Faulds beat Leanne Johnston

afternoon
Meldrum beat Foggo
Robertson beat Kinvig
Telfer beat McGeachy
Faulds beat Young

Semi finals will be played Wednesday - all welcome

D&A- County Championship qualifier

Dullater’s Jill Meldrum, the Scottish Under-14 girls championship winner at Deeside last summer, headed the 16 qualifiers for the match-play stages of the Dunbartonshire & Argyll women’s county golf championship at Milngavie Golf Club today (Monday).
On a bright, sunny day with a cool easterly win, Jill, who has a handicap of five, returned a 77, only three over the CSS.
Scottish senior international team player Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) claimed the No 2 seed berth with a 78, one shot ahead of another over-50s cap Anna Telfer, playing over her home course.
Three other Milngavie Golf Club members will also figure in the first round of the match-play on Tuesday morning – Karen Maxwell, the No 4 seed with an 83, Katy MacAulay and Jill Foggo, the eighth and ninth qualifiers respectively on the 88 mark.
Scotland international Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) is not defending her title. She is playing in the Welsh women’s open stroke-play championship at Newport Golf Club this coming weekend.
QUALIFIERS
77 Jill Meldrum (Dullatur).
78 Helen Faulds (Douglas Park).
79 Anna Telfer (Milngavie).
83 Karen Maxwell (Milngavie).
85 Babs Robertson (Helensburgh), Laura McGeachy (Windyhill).
87 Isobel Harvey (St Rule).
88 Katy MacAulay (Milngavie), Jill Foggo (Milngavie).
90 Enid Young (Balmore).
93 Ann Sinclair (Hilton Park).
94 Lynn McColl (Bearsden).
95 Margaret Kinvig (Vale of Leven), Annabel Struthers (Buchanan Castle).
96 Leanne Johnston (Windyhill), Margaret Stirling (Cardross).
AUTOMATIC DRAW
Meldrum v Stirling, Foggo v MacAulay, Robertson v McColl, Kinvig v Maxwell.
Telfer v Struthers, Sinclair v McGeachy, Harvey v Young, Johnston v Faulds.
Thanks go to Gillian Kirkwood for the report

April Medal Results - Old Ranfurly Golf Club

Sat 7th April 2007 – Saturday Medal – 16 Entries
SSS – 72 CSS - 73
Silver: A Moss (13)74, M Gray (17) 74
Bronze: A MacDougall (22) 75, S Fleming (21) 78
Scratch A McKenzie 84

Saturday 14th April 2007 – Stableford – 23 Entries
SSS – 72, CSS – 73
One Class: S McFall 38 points,B Clark 38 points,D Garson 37 points, A Taylor 37 points

Monday 16th April 2007 – Monday Medal – 20 Entries
SSS – 72, CSS - 71
Silver S McKnight (14) 72, M Williamson (20) 72
Bronze A Taylor (29) 72, D Garson (24) 73
Scratch S McKnight 86

Helen Holm Final Result - Jenna Wilson is the leading Scot

HELEN HOLM SCOTTISH WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
First two rounds over Troon Portland, third round over Royal Troon.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 225 (3 x 75). CSS 74 74 77

211 M Reid (Chevin) 70 63 78.
214 R Bell (Ganton) 65 74 75.
217 A Decharne (France) 71 73 73.
219 B Loucks (Wrexham) 72 73 74.
220 J Wilson (Strathaven)-- Lanarkshire 70 73 77, C Afonso (France) 73 70 77.

Jenna was the leading Scot, officially placed fifth with scores of 70, 73 and 77 for 220, having a better last six holes than the French girl, Caroline Afonso, who also totalled 220 and finished with a 77.
(Jenna is pictured above on the RHS with the 2nd leading West of Scotland player Pamela Pretswell)

Other West of Scotland Players:

225 P Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) 74 76 75 --- Lanarkshire.
231 K Walker (Buchanan Castle) 78 76 77, --- D & A.
235 C-M Carlton (Fereneze) 79 74 82.---- Renfrewshire.
237 A Laing (Vale of Leven) 79 75 83.---- D & A.
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Helen Holm - 5 West of Scotland players qualify for final round over Royal Troon

Thanks go to Jean Campbell (D&A webmaster fo the photo)
HELEN HOLM SCOTTISH WOMEN’S AMATEUR STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Troon Portland.
SECOND-R0UND TOTALS
Par 150 (2 x 75). CSS 74 74
133 M Reid (Chevin) 70 63.
139 R Bell (Ganton) 65 74.
140 H MacRae (Dunblane New) 70 70.
142 C Lennarth (Sweden) 69 73.
143 J Wilson (Strathaven) 70 73, C Hedwall (Sweden) 77 66, C Afonso (France) 73 70.
149 N Muehl (Austria) 76 73, J Carthew (Ladybank) 73 76, L Herman (Belgium) 71 78, R Svahn (Finland) 74 75, K Caithness (St Regulus) 76 73, J Hodge (Knowle) 79 70.

Other West of Scotland Qualifiers:
150 P Pretswell (Bothwell Castle)
153 C-M Carlton (Fereneze) 79 74,
154 K Walker (Buchanan Castle) A Laing (Vale of Leven) 79 75.

West of Scotland players who did not qualify
157 L Hendry (Routenburn) 83 74.
160 M Briggs (Kilmacolm) 77 83.
162 L Robertson (Ranfurly Castle) 78 84.

Spring Meeting - Douglas Park

Spring Meeting Played 27th April 2007, SSS 72, CSS 74, Entries 79.
SILVER: 1ST M Rutherford 73 acb (15) 2nd O Mackay 73 (14) 3rd Karen Brodie 76 (17) acb
BRONZE: 1ST M Rennie 70 (21) 2nd P Vannet 72 (35) acb 3rd M Bryce 72 (23)
SCRATCH: H Faulds 86 acb

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Helen Holm - Jenna Wilson is the best in the West after round 1

Thanks go to D&A's Webmaster -- Jean Campbell for the photograph --- click to enlarge.
HELEN HOLM SCOTTISH WOMEN’S OPEN AMATEUR STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP- Played over Troon Portland (Par 75)

FIRST ROUND
65 R Bell (Ganton).
69 A Vilatte(Fra), C Lennarth (Swe).
70 D Montgomery (The Lambourne), M Reid (Chevin), J Wilson (Strathaven) Lanarkshire H MacRae (Dunblane New), L Bennett (Brokenhurst Manor).

Other West of Scotland Players:
74 P Pretswell (Bothwell Castle)--- Lanarkshire
77 M Briggs (Kilmacolm)--- Renfrewshire
78 K Walker (Buchanan Castle) --- D&A, L Robertson (Ranfurly Castle)- Renfrewshire
79 A Laing (Vale of Leven) - D& A, C-M Carlton (Fereneze), Renfrewshire
83 L Hendry (Routenburn)--- Ayrshire

Coronation Foursomes - Haggs Castle

Date played:26th April 2007, Entries 24,SSS 73,

Winners:Betty Stewart and Evi Park 33 points
Runners Up Regina Quinn and Carol McAuslin 32 points