Clare Queen makes the cut in Portugal

Clare Queen (Tha Carrick - Loch Lomond) was playing in the Portuguese Ladies Open over the weekend at Quinta da Ria, Vila Nova de Cacela, in the Algarve. She made the cut and finished with a fine 72 yesterday
To read the FINAL TOTALS to the Gillian Kirkwood Website

Third Time Lucky for the Swede Anna Nordqvist

It was a Swedish final at North Berwick today. In a quality final played at a breakneck pace by modern standards Anna Nordqvist (who had beaten West of Scotland's Kylie Walker in the 2nd round) beat the no 1 seed Caroline Hedwall.

Top seed Caroline Hedwall defeated her sister 4 & 3 this morning to seal her place in the final.
Former British Girls' Champion, Anna Norqvist took the other spot with a 2 & 1 victory, resisting the spirited challenge of Crieff's Roseanne Niven.
Semi Final:
Caroline Hedwall (SWE) beat Jacqueline Hedwall (SWE) 4 and 3
Roseanne Niven (SCO) lost to Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 2 and 1

FINAL:
Caroline Hedwall (Swe) lost to Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 3 and 2

For the Full Report go to the LGU Website or the
Gillian Kirkwood Website

Roseanne Niven from Crieff reaches the Semi Finals of the British Amateur Championships

Swedish twin sisters Caroline Hedwall and Jacqueline are through to the semi finals of the Ladies British open amateur championship at North Berwick. Roseanne Niven (Crieff) won at the 20th and now meets the another Swede Anna Nordqvist who beat Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) in the 2nd round


Quarter Final Results:
Caroline Hedwall (SWE) won 2up against Maude-Aimee Leblanc (CAN)
Valentine Derrey (FRA) v Jacqueline Hedwall (SWE) - won 1 up
Roseanne Niven (SCO) won at the 20th Azahara Munoz (SPA)
Anna Nordqvist (SWE) won 4&2 against Maria Hernandez (SPA)

To read the full report for the quarter finals go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website

Pamela Pretswell loses to Roseanne Niven in the battle of the Scots

19-year-old Roseanne Niven from Crieff beat Lanarkshire's Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) by 2 and 1 in the Battle of the Scots which drew the biggest gallery of the morning to win a place in the quarter finals.
To read the full report go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website

Mail on Sunday Results

Douglas Park, Hilton Park and Kilmacolm are through to the 6th Round of the Mail on Sunday To Read all the results click on the following link Mail on Sunday Round 5 Results

Pamela Pretswell makes it to the last 16 of the British Open Championship

Crieff’s Roseanne Niven and West of Scotland's Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) are the only Scots still standing in the last 16 of the British Women’s Open Amateur Golf Championship at North Berwick.
St Rule Trophy winner Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) lost by 4 and 2 to Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist who has lost in the last two finals of this championship.
Lanarkshire's Pamela Pretswell, the Scottish universities champion, knocked over Germany’s Pia Halbig by 2 and 1 and then put in gritty performance to win at the 20th against the No 3 seed from Sweden, Camilla Lennarth.

To read the all the results for today's match play rounds go to the
Gillian Kirkwood Website

To read the full report from todays play Click Here

Myra Craig Stableford - Douglas Park Golf Club

Played 13th June 2008, SSS 72, CSS 72, 56 Entrants:
Silver:
Jinty Halley (13) 40
Hilary Macnaughton (18) 38 acb
Sheila McFarlane (16) 38
Bronze:
Edith Monachan (23) 33 acb
Alison White (25) 33 acb
Maureen Rennie (21)33 acb
Winner of the Myra Craig Trophy: Jinty Halley

Kylie Walker and Pamela Pretswell make the cut in the British Amateur Open Championship at North Berwick

Improved conditions – less wind and no rain, at least for the morning starters – led to a general improvement in the scores for the second qualifying round of the Ladies’ British Open amateur championship over the North Berwick links today.
West of Scotland's Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) had a 75 – a two-shot improvement on Wednesday – for a 36-hole tally of 152
Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) had a 74 today to add to her 77 yesterday and made the cut with Kylie.
Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) had a 75 today to improve her first round score by 12 shots.
Gemma Webster (Hilton Park) had a 78 today to add to her 81 yesterday and along with Megan missed the cut
Carly Booth, only 15 years old, led the nine Scots into the knock-out stages.
The Scots are: Roseanne Niven (Crieff), Krystle Caithness (St Regulus),Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle), Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder), Lesley Nicholson (Haddington) and Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon).

QUALIFIERS--- The top 64 players (No Play off required)
Par 144 (2 x 72)
140 C Hedwall (Swe) 68 72.
141 M Hernandez (Spa) 72 69.
144 C Lennarth (Swe) 72 72
145 T Karle (US) 75 70, N Holleder (Ger) 75 70, A Munoz (Spa) 73 72.
146 A Nordqvist (Swe) 78 68, C Booth (Comrie) 76 70, B Loucks (Wrexham) 75 71.
147 H Burke (Mid-Herts) 73 74, R Jennings (Izaak Walton) 74 73, M Ricordeau (Fra) 73 74.
148 K Meixner (Can) 76 72.
149 M Nivard (Net) 73 76, K Smith (Aus) 75 74, M Kotnik (Aut) 77 72, A Decharne (Fra) 78 71, R Niven (Crieff) 78 71, D Smith (Co Louth) 72 77, J Ewart (Catterick) 77 72.
150 T Cuningham (SAf) 79 71, C Boeljon (Net) 76 74, C Gugler (Aut) 78 72, M-A Leblanc (Can) 75 75, S Endstrasser (Aut) 79 71.
151 J Hedwall (Swe) 77 74, K Caithness (St Regulus) 77 74, A Goodman (US) 79 72, P Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) 77 74, I Boineau (Fra) 77 74, S Juneau (Can) 81 70.
152 K Walker (Buchanan Castle) 77 75, J Pease (Braintree) 74 78, N Edwards (Ganton) 7, K MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 78 74, R Connor (Manchester) 78 74, H Aitchison (Bedfordshire) 78 74, P Halbig (Ger) 78 74, E Ogilvy (Auchterarder) 79 73, H Jenkins (Cradoc) 80 72.
153 S Hassan (Vale of Glamorgan) 80 73, B Mozo (Spa) 79 74, L Nicholson (Haddington) 79 74, K Smith (Waterlooville) 80 73, M Thomson (McDonald Ellon) 81 72, G Molinaro (Ita) 80 73, F Parker (Royal Birkdale) 82 71, M Prat (Spa) 76 77, B Genuini (Fra) 79 74, V Sternebeck (Ger) 80 73, M Silva (Spa) 80 73, P Lindberg (Swe) 81 72, J Kirby (Can) 81 72, C Masson (Ger) 80 73, C Aitken (Mid Kent) 78 75, V Derrey (Fra) 79 74, A Lucie (Fra) 80 73, S Kirchmayr (Ger) 79 74, H Ralph (Cowdray Park) 82 71.
154 R Wyn Thomas (Vale of Glamorgan) 79 75, T Davies (Holyhead) 81 73, L Stempfle (Ger) 78 76, N Kitching (Claremorris) 77 77, E Givens (Blackwell Grange) 79 75.

SCOTS THAT MISSED THE CUT:
155 R Livingstone (Musselburgh Old) 83 72,
157 L Murray (Alford) 77 80,
159 C MacDonald (Gullane Ladies) 79 80 G Webster (Hilton Park) 81 78.
160 A Ramsay (Kirriemuir) 81 79,
161 J Turner (Craigielaw) 85 76,
162 M Briggs (Kilmacolm) 87 75,

To see the match play draw for tomorrow go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website

Ranfurly Castle Centenary Trophy

Played 11th June 2008, 40 entries, SSS 73, CSS 73
One Class :
Winner: Anne Judge 68 (8)
Runner Up: Rosemary Ogilvie 70 bih (18)

D & A Outing to Dalmalling is a great success

The D&A ladies who travelled to Dalmally for their county fun day really did have a very good time. The friendliness of the Dalmally members takes a bit of beating and we had such a good looking young man to send us out on the course --- Quote from the D&A WEBSITE
Winners - Silver:
1st Captain Kay McColl 35 bih
2nd Joan Shankland 35
Bronze:
1st Lindsay McCubbin 33 bih (twin sister of Joan)
2nd Patrician Simpson 33
It was a Hilton Park Clean Sweep today

British Women's Open Amateur Championship- Rusults -- Day 1

BRITISH WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP at North Berwick Golf Club.
FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND , Par 72 , CSS 77

68 C Hedwall (Swe).
72 D Smith (Co Louth), M Hernandez (Spa), C Lennarth (Swe).
73 M Ricordeau (Fra), A Munoz (Spa), M Nivard (Net), H Burke (Mid-Herts).
74 J Pease (Braintree), R Jennings (Izaak Walton).
75 M-A Leblanc (Can), B Loucks (Wrexham), N Holleder (Ger), K Smith (Aus), T Karle (US).
76 M Eikenaar (Net), C Booth (Comrie), K Meixner (Can), M Prat (Spa), C Boeljon (Net).
77 N Kitching (Claremorris), C Ellis (Minchinhampton), J Ewart (Catterick), P Pretswell (Bothwell Castle), I Boineau (Fra), L Henriksson (Fin), J Hedwall (Swe), K Walker (Buchanan Castle), K Caithness (St Regulus), M Kotnik (Aut), K Zaanen (Net), L Murray (Alford), O Jordan-Higgins (Royal Jersey).
78 M Bazin de Jessey (Fra), T Daffinrud (Nor), L Chemarin (Fra), E Bennett (Brokenhurst Manor), A Decharne (Fra), R Niven (Crieff), C Aitken (Mid Kent), H Aitchison (Bedfordshire), P Halbig (Ger), N Edwards (Ganton), K MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), R Connor (Manchester), M Pow (Selkirk), A Nordqvist (Swe), C Gugler (Aut), L Stempfle (Ger), J Klattan (Fra).
79 S Attwood (Gog Magog), S Kim (Can), E Alonso (Fra), E Givens (Blackwell Grange), S Endstrasser (Aut), E Ikavalko (Fin), A Averna (Ita), V Derrey (Fra), E Ogilvy (Auchterarder), S Kirchmayr (Ger), B Mozo (Spa), D McVeigh (Royal Co Down). L Nicholson ( Haddington), C De Vries (Net), T Cuningham (SAf), R Wyn Thomas (Vale of Glamorgan), M Smit (SAf), C MacDonald (Gullane Ladies), A Goodman (US), B Genuini (Fra).

== PROJECTED CUT-OFF POINT FOR QUALIFYING & PLAY-OFF==
Other Scottish Scores:

81 G Webster (Hilton Park), A Ramsay (Kirriemuir), M Thomson (McDonald Ellon),
83 R Livingstone (Musselburgh Old),
87 J Carthew (Ladybank), M Briggs (Kilmacolm).
90 K McNicoll (Carnoustie Ladies).
93 A Bushby (Strathmore).

+The leading 64 after Thursday's second round will go forward to the match-play stages. There will be a play-off if necessary to produce the precise number of 64 qualifiers.
+There are 70 players with scores of 79 or better with 20 of them on 79.

TEAM EVENT - HOW THEY STAND
145 Spain.
146 Sweden.
149 Netherlands.
153 Scotland.
154 Wales
155 Canada, England, France.
156 Ireland.
157 Austria.
158 South AFrica.
159 Germany.
161 Italy.
180 Finland.

The Women's British Championship begins today

SEVEN of the eight players in the GB & Ireland Curtis Cup team are in action this week at the British Women's Open amateur golf championship at North Berwick.
Carly Booth, Krystle Caithness and Michele Thomson will represent Scotland in the international team event, staged in conjunction with the stroke-play qualifying rounds. England have Curtis Cup trio Elizabeth Bennett, Jodi Ewart and Florentyna Parker, while Breanne Loucks represents Wales.
West of Scotland's Kylie Walker, Megan Briggs and Pamela Pretswell are all taking part
The leading 64 after the 36-hole qualifying test will go forward to the match-play stages.

County Team Selections for the Inter County Matches at Hilton Park

The County Teams for the Inter County Matches to be played at Hilton Park Golf Club - Mon 23rd June - 25th June 2008

D&A:
Suzanne Cadden, Judy Galbraith, Anne Laing, Jill Meldrum, Laura McGeachy, Louisa Ruane, Gemma Webster,Kylie Walker

RLCGA:
Eilidh Briggs , Megan Briggs ,Clare-Marie Carlton, Donna Jackson,Gillian Kyle, Sara McCorkell (nee Harman) ,Gillian McGinlay ,Liz Stewart

Lanarkshire
Elaine Cuthill,Angela Devine,May Hughes,Lesley Lloyd,Janice Paterson,Pamela Pretswell, Ruth Rankin, Susan Wood

AYRSHIRE
Morag Macpherson, Jennifer Linklater, Rachael McQueen, Catherine Malcolm, Lesley Hendry, Debbie Watt, Roz Purdom, Lesley Williamson, Alex Glennie (Reserve)

Midlands Vets win against the West Vets

The West Vets were beaten by the Midlands Vets 4 - 3 today at Ranfurly Castle. To read the full report go to the West Vets Website

9 hole Stableford - Kilmacolm Golf Club

9 Hole Stableford, Played 5th June 2008, 6 entries, SSS 72 CSS 71
1st: Joy Monteith (27) 38pts
2nd: Liz Crichton (26) 34 pts

East win SLGA inter-divisional girls' tournament title at Ballumbie Castle

East beat West 3-0 in the decisive Sunday match to win the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association inter-divisional girls' team tournament, played over the weekend at Ballumbie Castle Golf Club, Dundee.

HOW THEY FINISHED

East: P3-W1-H2-L0-Pts2 (games won/lost: 6-3).
South: P3-W1-H1-L1-Pts1.5 (games won/lost: 4.5-4.5).
West: P3-W1-H1-L1-Pts 1.5 (games won/lost 3.5-5.5).
North: P3-W0-H2-L1-Pts 1 (games won/lost 4-5).
To read the full report go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website

Alyson McKechin wins the LGU Medal Finals at Crieff

The LGU Medal Grand Final was played at Crieff today and 14 year old Alyson McKechin (Eldeslie) was the winner with a net 72
SILVER :
1st Nett & Winner of Gold Medal Alyson McKechin Elderslie West 80 (8) 72
2nd Nett Jane Tough Edzell North 79 (4) 75 BIH
3rd Nett Dianne Watson Leven East 81 (6) 75
BRONZE
1st Nett & Winner of Silver Medal Carol Anne Craig Beith West 90 (21) 69
2nd Nett Angela Dutch Downfield North 97 21 76
3rd Nett Anne Fisher Prestwick St Nicholas West 101 (24) 77

398 ladies were entered in one of the four area finals in April and May of this year. 24 ladies qualified to play in today's competition

Clare Queen finishes in 46th place in Eindhoven

Gwladys Nocera successfully defended the ABN AMRO Ladies Open at Eindhovensche Golf in the Netherlands today, winning by one shot with a spectacular birdie on the last hole. West of Scotlands Clare Queen had a last round of 75 to finish in 46th place
To read the full report go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website

Curtis Cup Michele Thomson wins the Munross Trophy and Kylie has a record 66

Curtis Cup player and Scottish champion Michele Thomson won the Munross Trophy over 36 holes at the Montrose Links today.
The McDonald Ellon Golf Club player had two rounds of 71 - the CSS was 73 and 74 - for a four-under-par total of 142, which gave her victory by three strokes from her Aberdeenshire county team-mate Laura Murray (Alford),
West of Scotland's players Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) finished third on 144 with a 73 and a 71 and Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) set a new course record with second-round, seven-under-par 66, two shots better than the old mark held by Louise Kenney (Pitreavie).

Kylie's figures were:
OUT: 4 4 3 3 2 4 4 4 4: 32
IN: 4 3 3 2 5 5 4 4 4: 34
Kylie had eagle 2s at the fifth and 13th and birdies at the fourth, sixth, 11th and 17th. She had one bogey, at the 16th.
Leader Board :
Par 146 (2 x 73) CSS 73 74.
142 M Thomson (McDonald Ellon) 71 71.
143 L Murray (Alford) 76 67.
144 M Briggs (Kilmacolm) 71 73.
145 K Walker (Buchanan Castle) 79 66.
146 R Niven (Crieff) 74 72.
148 L Kenney (Pitreavie) 73 75.
Other West of Scotland scores:
150 P Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) 74 76,
151 L Hendry (Routenburn) 78 73.
153 M Macpherson (Troon Ladies) 77 76.
155 R Rankin (Lanark) 77 78, J Meldrum (Dullatur)
157 E Cuthill (Lanark) 75 82.
160 J Linklater (Largs) 77 83,
163 C-M Carlton (Fereneze) 80 83.
164 J Jenkins (Ralston) 77 87, E Briggs (Kilmacolm) 85 79.

OUTWITH MAIN PRIZEWINNERS
Best first round - A Ramsay (Kirriemuir) 73 (better inward half).Best second round - R Niven (Crieff) 72
Best net aggregate - M Macpherson (Troon Ladies) (4) 73 73: 145 (better second round).

June Medal - Ranfurly Castle

Played 4/6/08 and 8/6/08
41 entries, SSS 73, CSS 73
Silver: Sally Smyth 73 (12)bih, Lilias Snodgrass 73 (20)
Bronze: Helen Abram 71 (25), Helen Dunn 72 (31)
Scratch: Lesley Robertson 78

Clare Queen makes the cut

West of Scotland's Clare Queen added a 72 to her 70 posted yesterday to make the cut in the ABN Amro Ladies' Dutch Open in Eindhoven today to be 10 shots behind G Nocera (France) 67 65. To read the full report go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website

Medal 5 - Douglas Park Golf Club

Played 6th June 2008, SSS 72, CSS 72, 54 Entrants
Silver:
Aileen MacIntyre 84 - 16 = 68
Alison Miller 86 - 15 = 71
Joan Gemmell 77 - 6 = 71
Bronze:
Alison White 97 - 25 = 72
Pauline Vannet 106 - 32 = 74
Marie Bryce 96 - 22 = 74
Scratch: Joan Gemmell 77

Elizabeth Weale Rosebowl Winner: Aileen McIntyre

Open Day at East Renfrewshire Golf Club

Played 5th June 2008, SSS 71 CSS 70
Silver:
Alison Miller (Douglas Park ) (16) 40 (acb)
Joyce Mitchell (Whitecraigs) (20) 40
Margo Dubrey (Loudoun) (20) 39
Bronze:
Shuming McCabe (Bonnyton) (26)41
Pamela Ferguson ( Whitecraigs) (26)40
Flora Cameron (Troon Ladies) (23) 36 (acb)

Clare Queen starts well in Eindhovan

West of Scotland's Clare Queen enjoyed one of her best starts of the season with a two under par 70 and was just three strokes behind the two French leaders, Gwladys Nocera and Jade Schaeffer, after the first round of yesterday's ABN Amro Ladies' Dutch Open in Eindhoven.
Queen started on the back nine and went out in 37. She then soared through the field with birdies at the fourth, sixth and ninth in a great second nine of 33 and was in a tie for tenth place.
Nocera (last month's winner at The Carrick, Loch Lomond) had three birdies and an eagle at the long ninth, while Schaeffer also highlighted her 67 with a three at the ninth.
The other three Scots failed to break par. Lynn Kenny had a 74, Jenna Wilson was on 77 and Kathryn Imrie 78.

County Challenge Bowls over Hilton Park

The Ladies Golf Union Challenge Bowls competition was played at Hilton Park Golf Club, today. The Fife golfer Susan Jackson (Ladybank) had a round of 73 to win the Wallace Williamson Bowl for the leading Silver Division scratch score.
The best net round in this division was a 66 off 14 by Merle Oxton (St Boswells). Runner-up was Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) with a net 72 off four.
In the Bronze Division the winner of the scratch trophy was Isobel Millar (Vale of Leven) with a score of 107. The best net score in the bronze section was by home-course player Rhonda Morris (Hilton Park)with a net 81
SSS 73, CSS 73
TO SEE THE FULL LIST OF RESULTS CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK --- County Challenge Bowl Results

Want to see some pictures of the winners --- click on the small photograph

2008 LGU Challange Bowls

RLCGA June Medal - Fereneze

Played 5th June 2008, SSS 71, CSS 71, Entries 21
Division 1:
1st Sheila Genders (West Kilbride) 82 (12) 70
2nd Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle) 79 (6) 73
3rd Sally Smyth (Ranfurly Castle) 86 (12) 74

Division 2:
1st Anabel Kane (Kilmacolm) 84 (13) 71
2nd Sheila Gray (Ranfurly Castle) 91 (18) 73
3rd Sheila Shaw (Lochwinnoch ) 88 (14) 74
The Medal finals from 2007 was played in conjunction with to-day's medal - the winner was Morag Turner of Kilmacolm with a net 82 off 10

Video of the Curtis Cup opening and closing ceremonies

Here is a 10 minute video of the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the Curtis Cup with extracts of the speeches made by Mary McKenna captain of the GB&I Team.

Alternatively view it at the YouTube Website where if you click to watch in higher quality you will get a quality of video.
Since Sky Sports did not have these ceremonies on there highlights this is about all you are going to get !!!

USA are the winners and here are some photographs from the Curtis Cup

United States won the 35th Curtis Cup competition for the 26th time in the history of the biennial transatlantic women’s amateur golf international contest.
In a historic match – the first to be staged over the Old Course, St Andrews and the first to be played over three days – the Americans triumphed easily in the end by a 13 points to seven margin.
After two warm almost summer-like days, the Sunday weather certainly turned in favour of the home team … much colder, windier and occasionally wet.
The Brits were soon trailing in the top four singles and things did not get much better although, to be fair, the home tail did wag with wins by Florentyna Parker (Royal Birkdale) by 6 and 4 over Meghan Bolger and by home-course girl Krystle Caithness (St Regulus) by 2 and 1 over Mina Harigae.
And Scottish champion Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon) gained a creditable half with Jennie Lee.
Another Scot, Sally Watson (Elie & Earslferry), came back from two down against Irish-born Alison Walshe in the final singles to be all square with five holes to play. But she lost the 16th and went down by one hole.
Watson, only 16, and 19-year-old Caithness were the top points producers for Great Britain with three points each. Watson played in every session of play while Caithness, home for the summer from Georgia University, and playing over her home course, won all three ties in which she was played.
For the Americans, Stacy Lewis was the MVP with five wins out of five.
Galway-born Alison Walshe, whose family emigrated to Boston when she was a youngster, was the second most successful player in the American squad she won all four of her ties.
Carly Booth (Comrie), at 15 the youngest GB&I player ever to be chosen for a Curtis Cup match – this was the youngest-ever GB&I team, had a nightmare last day. She went down by 6 and 5 to Tiffany Joh despite winning the first two holes.
Breanne Loucks (Wrexham), winner of all three of her Curtis Cup ties at Bandon Dunes two years ago, could win only one of four outings over the Old Course. Given the honour of playing in the lead-off singles tie, the Welsh girl lost by 3 and 1 to former US amateur champion, and still only 16, Kimberly Kim from Hawaii.
Jodi Ewart (Catterick), who plays on the US college circuit as a student at Texas A&M University, was drawn to play the top-ranked American player, Amanda Blumenherst and did well to take her to the 17th green before going down 2 and 1.
Liz Bennett (Brokenhurst Manor), at 25 the oldest player in the home team, went down by 3 and 2 to Stacy Lewis, the No 2 ranked US college player, by 3 and 2.
The Sunday attendance was 4,800, not a bad figure considering the inclement weather, which gave a three-day total of 13,600.
Thanks go to the LGU for the reportHere are some photos from the event:

Curtis Cup 2008

I nearly got a pass to enable me to take photos on the course at the Curtis Cup -- but didn't quite manage it and just missed out. However, I have taken some photos of the Opening Ceremony, some on the course and also the Closing Ceremony.
Click on the small picture to see a few.
I hope to put on a short video of the opening and closing ceremonies when I have time to look at it

Captain's Prize -- Douglas Park

Played 30th May 2008, SSS 72, CSS 71, 80 Entries
Silver:
Karen Brodie (16) 42 points
Hilary Macnaughton (19) 39
Anne O'Connell (16) 38
Bronze:
Anne Reid (26) 42
Margaret McLaughlin (29) 40
Sandra Frew (21) 39

Charity Stableford / 9Hole Competition -- Kilmacolm

Charity Stableford
Played 27/5/08, SSS 72, CSS 73, Entries: 24
Silver:
1 C Anderson (17) 37pts
2 C Hibberd (20) 33
Bronze:
1 J Simpson (25) 36
2 M Boyle (25) 32
9 Hole Competition;
Played 29/5/08 CSS 71, 13 entries - one class
1 S Wilson (36) 38 pts
2 J Davidson (36) 35