70th Year Celebration Lunch and Presentation for the Greenlees Trophy

The Greenlees Lunch and Presentation of Trophies was held at West Kilbride Golf Club yesterday.
Fiona Roger (The West of Scotland Greenlees Secretary) organised the event.
All clubs from the 3 divisions within the Greenlees Trophy were represented and what a great celebration they all had ---- 70 YEARS SINCE THE GREENLEES TROPHY was first played. They were welcomed warmly by West Kilbride Golf Club with a glass of wine and a terrific lunch to follow.

The winners from all the divisions were presented with the trophies and there was much chat !!


GREENLEES LUNCH 2010 - Fiona's Speech

Another year of Greenlees Matches bites the dust and what an exciting end to the first Two Divisions. I find it hard to believe that I am standing here at West Kilbride when I feel Ihave only left the Troon lunch!

It is a pleasure to be here and I would like to thank West Kilbride on behalf of all those present today for very kindly agreeing to host the 2010 Greenlees Presentation Lunch. A very big thank you to all the staff behind the scenes and front of house for such a lovely lunch. To West Kilbride's Aileen Donaldson, for co-ordinating the day so calmly and efficiently - thank you for your time and effort. West Kilbride Club Captain Janette Mair and Ladies Captain Phyllis Howie for your input - Thank you to everyone for a job well done.

At this stage I would be asking the Ladies Captain to pass on our thanks to the Club Captain and Board. This year I have the pleasure of being able to thank the Club Captain in person and to thank her for her very kind words of welcome before lunch. Janette – I know your life currently isn’t your own – thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to join us today. I hope you are enjoying being our guest in your own club!!
I am sure that your year to date has been very successful – not I am sure without ups and downs – and I hope when your year of office ends, you will remember it as an enjoyable and fun time.

Thank you Phyllis for also taking the time to be here today and I would be very pleased if you would do us the honour of presenting the trophies later.
Many of you will perhaps not realise, but this is the 70th year that the Greenlees Trophy has been played for.
In 1931 ten teams played in one division - Troon, Prestwick St. Nicholas, Douglas Park, Paisley, Drumpellier, Sandyhills, Kilmacolm, Ranfurly Castle, Cathkin Braes and Cardross. At the end of the season Troon and Prestwick St. Nicholas both had 62 points, they had a play off over Western Gailes and Prestwick St Nicholas won by one match. Mrs Greenlees, on behalf of her husband who donated the trophy, presented it to Prestwick.
Cathkin must have found it all too much because they withdrew after year one and were replaced by Balmore!! I found a report written after the 1934 matches, I presume by the then Secretary. It read ----- matches have not been so keanly contested this year and certain clubs are lacking in team spirit. ----------. this Secretary won’t dare write a report!!

After the 1938 season the clubs on the waiting list were invited to join – West Kilbride, Erskine, Whitecraigs and Milngavie. Haggs Castle were also on the list but were no longer interested. 1939 season was to be played in two divisions but unfortunately the war years intervened and the trophy was not played for again until 1949.

Some of you may already have read this on the Carol’s West Web site.

In 1940 – 70 years ago – Richmond Golf Club displayed temporary rules on their notice board. I won’t read them all, but here are just a few.
These may seem funny to us in 2010 but not so funny in 1940. CLICK HERE TO READ THE LOCAL RULES

I have a small book in my bookcase called Life’s Little Instruction Book.
I often lift it up and have a read. It has 511 suggestions, observations and reminders on how to live a happy and rewarding life!!
Sing in the shower
Floss your teeth
Drink champagne for no reason at all
Put the cap back on the toothpaste
Whistle
Ride a bike
Treat yourself to a massage on your birthday
Spread crunchy peanut butter on ginger biscuits for the perfect late night
Snack.
When you know you need help, don’t delay in asking for it.
When I need help with computing problems I never delay asking Carol Fell for help!!

I would like to say a personal thank you to Carol for making sure everything ran smoothly on the web and dealing with the things she won’t let me touch! On behalf of us all thank you for the power of work you do not only for the Greenlees but for the Scottish Ladies Golf in general. It is immense and I sometimes think people don’t realise how immense it is.

Now for the business of the day – presentation of trophies. Phyllis may I ask you to join me for the presentations. ---

As it is the 70th year I would like to say that I am not sure if the Ladies from Troon realise they have been the most prolific winners of the Greenlees Trophy, first winning it in 1932. They did in fact win it 11 times in the first 15 and have their name engraved on the trophy 31 times to date the last being in 2008. In all the years since 1931 6 years is the longest period of time your name has not been on the trophy --- an amazing record - WELL DONE.

Milngavie have won it 9 times, Haggs Castle 8, Prestwick St. Nicholas 6, Cochrane Castle 4, Kilmacolm, West Kilbride and Cardross twice, Ranfurly Castle, Turnberry, Douglas Park and Sandyhills once.

I hope you have all enjoyed another competitive season. What an exciting finish in Division 1 – the last match Milngavie needing 7 points to pip Cathkin Braes by .5 and securing 7.5 points to win the league by 1 and in Division 2 Prestwick winning by just half a point from Whitecraigs and heading straight back to Division 1 for Season 2011. Whitecraigs deserve their promotion to Division 1 and Largs and Cowglen are promoted from Division 3.

To the teams going down a Division don’t despair – look forward to next season on different courses and for everyone the challenge will always be there.
The Greenlees Trophy 2010 is retained by Milngavie Golf Club with 48.5 points.
I had a lovely note from Anna Telfer (the Milngavie Team Captain) , who is unable to be here today
(which Fiona read out to everyone)

The Urn for Runner Up in Division 1 goes to Cathkin Braes for the second year in a row ----
Last year you were beaten into second place be half a point and this year by only a point. I know Joanna you and your team will be disappointed but what another great season you have had. May 2011 be ‘3rd time lucky’

Division 2 is won by Prestwick St Nicholas with 49 points.

Largs win Division 3 with a wonderful total of 46.5 points, remembering that Division 3 have only 7 matches as opposed to 8 in the other divisions.
As this is the 70th year of Greenlees League --- I have a small momento which I would like to give to each of the winners of the Divisions to keep in their Club Trophy Cabinets. May I ask Milngavie, Prestwick and Largs to come up and collect them.

I hope that next year’s Divisions are as closely contested and that we all remember to enjoy. Winter well and look forward to seeing everyone in season 2011
The Final Positions :-
DIVISION 1
Milngavie 48.5 -- Greenlees Trophy Winners
Cathkin Braes 47.5 -- Greenlees Trophy Runners Up
Kilmarnock Barassie 45
Ranfurly Castle 34.5
Douglas Park 34
Troon 34
Kilmacolm 30.5
West Kilbride 29 - relegated to Division 2
Cardross 21 - relegated to Division 2

DIVISION 2
Prestwick St. Nicholas 49 - Winners and promoted to Division 1
Whitecraigs 48.5 - Runners Up - Promoted to Division 1
Haggs Castle 44
Hilton Park 40.5
Erskine 34
Eastwood 33.5
Williamwood 28
Lanark 27 - Relegated to Division 3
Bothwell Castle 19.5 - Relegated to Division 3

DIVISION 3
Largs 46.5 - Winners -- Promoted to Division 2
Cowglen 34 - Runners Up - Promoted to Division 2
Old Ranfurly 33
Greenock 32.5
Lenzie 29
East Renfrewshire 27
Cawder 25.5
Cathcart Castle 24.5
Turnberry 0

(Louden Gowf Club will be joining Division 3 in 2011)

FINAL 2010 TOTALS AND RESULTS

To see some photos from the Presentation and Lunch click on the small thumbnail below

2010 Greenlees Lunch

Jumping with Joy !! --- Milngavie win the Greenlees Trophy --- Click to enlarge

World Championships Begin

The 2010 World Amateur Team Championships get underway in Argentina today with the first day of the 24th Espirito Santo Trophy, which is being held at Buenos Aires and Olivos golf clubs.CLICK HERE to keep uptodate
GOOD LUCK SCOTLAND

Eilidh Briggs is the 2010 SLGA Girls' Order of Merit Winner

Eilidh Briggs (Courtesy of Colin Farqharson) - Click to enlarge

Renfrewshire's County Junior and Senior Champion Eilidh Briggs (Kilmalcolm)  who also won the West of Scotland Girls’ Championship at Troon Portland earlier this month is  the 2010 Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association Girls’ Order of Merit Winner.
Eilidh gathered 2,040 points to edge the Merit title ahead of Hannah McCook (Abernethy).
Hannah, from the nine hole club in Nethybridge, made sure of second place with victory in the North of Scotland Girls’ Championship at Brechin. She finished with 1,620 points.
Third place went to the Scottish Girls Champion, Lesley Atkins (Gullane), with 1,568 points and Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) was fourth on 1,400.
Rachael was a member of the Scottish Ladies team that won the Home Internationals in Wales in September.

D & A Girls win at West Kilbride

D&A Team (from L to R) Jorden Ferrie; Aileen Campbell; Jillian Farrell; Megan Duff; Kirstin Scott; Heather McKinney and Rachel McLellan.

The Ayrshire Girls Team

Ayrshire and D & A Girls played their friendly match yesterday at West Kilbride. Despite a very strong cold wind blowing all the girls played very well, with all but one match being decided on either the 17th or 18th greens.
Congratulations to the visiting team who won by 4 matches to 3.

Results are as follows:- (Ayrshire names first)

Connie Jaffrey beat Jorden Ferrie 2 holes
Mhairi McKay lost to Kirstin Scott 2/1
Katie McGarva lost to Aileen Campbell 1 hole
Emma Hale lost to Rachel McLellan 3/1
Grace Mackie lost to Megan Duff 2/1
Rachel Irvine beat Heather McKinnie 1 hole
Hazel McGarvie beat Gillian Farrell 3/2

To see some photographs taken on the day courtesy of  Lorraine Campbell CLICK HERE

Thanks go to Ayrshire's June Kerr for the Report and Ayrshire Team Photograph
Thanks go to D&A's Lorraine Campbell for the D& A Team Photograph

SGU and SLGA Begin Countdown Towards Amalgamation

The move to bring the Scottish Golf Union (SGU) and Scottish Ladies Golfing Association (SLGA)together as a single governing body has gathered momentum with a formal proposal being delivered to each organisation’s members this month.
It is proposed that the new joint organisation be called Scottish Golf Limited, and will be operational from 1 October 2011. Consequently the SGU and SLGA have developed a twelve month timetable to consult with members and refine and finalise the details of the proposed amalgamation.
The SGU’s existing shareholders are its 16 Area Associations, while the SLGA comprises affiliated ladies clubs and sections along with 15 County organisations, each with a vote on how the governing bodies are run at present. The proposed changes have now been sent to each of the member groups for consideration, with the two bodies conducting a series of meetings during October, November and December to gather the views of those groups.
Donald Turner, Chair of the amalgamation working group, welcomed the move to meet with the
existing members:
“It is vitally important that we harness the views of our existing members while explaining in detail the rationale behind the change which I believe is right for Scottish Golf. The SGU and SLGA have now been working very closely for a number of years and amalgamation is a natural step in the right direction which can have great benefits for the development of the game in Scotland.”
“At a time when we are encouraging clubs to work towards equality, it is important that every golfer – regardless of gender – is given the same level of opportunity to participate and succeed in the game and that can only happen through amalgamation. At the heart of the game lies our clubs and during these particularly challenging times, clubs need the support of a strong governing body.”
“There is much history and heritage within the SLGA and SGU as well as their respective Counties, Areas and clubs. However, we must look to the future together if we are to succeed with the ambitions shared by both governing bodies,” he added.
Funding from sportscotland accounts for more than one third of the combined income of the SGU
and SLGA at £1.3m and are key partners in the development of the game. sportscotland’s Chief
Executive, Stewart Harris commented:''sportscotland has been investing in and working with the Scottish Golf Union and Scottish Ladies Golfing Association on the amalgamation of the two bodies for a number of years. We look forward to working with SGU & SLGA to finalise the amalgamation process to allow golf to enjoy the benefits of having one united body responsible for governing and developing the amateur game in Scotland.
Our support and investment to golf will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. We anticipate that one
strong amateur golf body would be a more efficient way for sportscotland to invest in the future, and propel Scottish Golf to even greater heights"
The joint proposals include the creation of a single Board of Directors with a new Chair to be
appointed as both Shona Malcolm (SLGA Chair) and Douglas Connon (SGU Chair) have indicated
they will step down at the end of their current terms. It is intended that the Company will be limited by guarantee, with the voting members comprising the Areas, Counties and golf clubs throughout Scotland.
Under the proposal, existing Counties and Areas will retain their identity and boundaries, with
Counties being offered the opportunity to explore a different method (consistent with the Areas) of promoting membership and collecting club subscriptions. The new body will unify the level of per capita subscription it collects from clubs, which is currently different for men and ladies, and this will remain for playing adults only, with an agreement to continue a policy of not charging for juniors.
Following the consultation period, the amalgamation working group will conduct a debrief and review before updating the proposal, which will be further discussed at the SGU and SLGA AGMs in
January 2011. Further seminars will then take place among Areas, Counties and clubs in the spring, with a final proposal anticipated to be put to respective EGMs in May 2011. On approval of the proposal by the respective voting members, an appointment process for the inaugural Board will be undertaken in time for a smooth handover of responsibilities from the SGU and SLGA to Scottish Golf Limited from 1 October 2011.
Shona Malcolm, Chair of the SLGA, said: “We have made excellent progress throughout 2010 and trust that the various stakeholders will be in agreement with our proposals. We welcome the feedback of our clubs and Counties over the coming months and their input will be invaluable to enable the new body to act in the best interests of Scottish Golf.
”Her counterpart at the SGU, Douglas Connon, added:“We welcome the proposals put forward by Donald Turner and the working group. We believe the timetable we have put in place can now be achieved. Having worked so closely with the SLGA for a number of years across many key projects, it makes perfect sense to be working together under one single entity for the betterment of Scottish Golf and giving our clubs and golfers the best opportunity to develop. Scottish Golf demands and deserves this step change.”
CLICK HERE --- TO PRINT OUT THE ABOVE STATEMENT

Amalgamation Update --- Links to various details (from the SLGA Website)
SGU and SLGA Begin Countdown Towards Amalgamation
The move to bring the Scottish Golf Union (SGU) and Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association (SLGA) together as a single governing body has gathered momentum with a formal proposal being delivered to each organisation’s members this week.
The proposal with details of the roles of Board members and committees and a covering letter from the Amalgamation Group Chair, Donald Turner may be accessed by clicking on the links.

Pamela Pretswell is the Champion of Champions

Pamela Pretswell -- The 2010 Champion of Champions (Photo courtesy of Claire Hargan - SLGA) - Click to enlarge

Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) rounded off an excellent season by winning the Scottish Ladies' Champion of Champions at Glasgow Gailes Golf Club today (Sunday 10 October).  The reigning British Stroke Play Champion shot a level par round of 75 which was six strokes better than the Scottish Girls' Champion, Lesley Atkins (Gullane).  Alison Davidson (Stirling) was third with a score of 82.  There was a strong cross wind across the Gailes links on a day that saw the CSS increasing to 80 (reduction only).

1st:  Pamela Pretswell (British Stroke Play Champion), 75
2nd: Lesley Atkins (Scottish Girls' Champion), 81
3rd: Alison Davidson (East of Scotland Champion), 82

Thanks go to the SLGA for the report

Pamela's handicap is now +4 --- Many Congratulations from all in the West of Scotland

Some Old Temporary Golf Rules !!

Click on these Temporary Rules from 1940 to see more --- Thanks go to Anne Paton (Douglas Park) for that one

The Final 2010 Greenlees Match is played

The last Greenlees Match of the 2010 season was the rearranged Division 1 game between Kilmarnock (Barassie) & Troon Ladies This was played on Thursday 7th October and Kilmarnock Barssie won 7 - 2

The Final Positions :-
DIVISION 1
Milngavie 48.5
Cathkin Braes 47.5
Kilmarnock Barassie 45
Ranfurly Castle 34.5
Douglas Park 34
Troon 34
Kilmacolm 30.5
West Kilbride 29
Cardross 21

DIVISION 2
Prestwick St. Nicholas 49
Whitecraigs 48.5
Haggs Castle 44
Hilton Park 40.5
Erskine 34
Eastwood 33.5
Williamwood 28
Lanark 27
Bothwell Castle 19.5

DIVISION 3
Largs 46.5
Cowglen 34
Old Ranfurly 33
Greenock 32.5
Lenzie 29
East Renfrewshire 27
Cawder 25.5
Cathcart Castle 24.5
Turnberry 0

Medal 12 - Douglas Park

Played 09/10/2010 SSS:72, CSS:75 Reduction only
Silver:
1st 96-16=80 Beverley Mitchell
2nd 106-20=86 Irene Orr

Bronze:
1st 106-24=82 Anne Terry
2nd 109-25=84 Joan Brechin
3rd 114-29=85 Margaret Brodie

Eilidh Briggs Wins the West Girls Championship for the 3rd time

The finals of the West of Scotland Girls Championships were held on Saturday 2nd October at Troon Portland GC.
Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) played faultless golf in the final to beat Linsey Stevenson (Whitecraigs) by 6 & 5.
Eilidh retains the Championship for the third consecutive year equaling Lesley Hendry's record in this competition.
Megan Duff narrowly defeated Kirsten Brown by 2 &1 to win the bronze final.

Semi Finals Championship:
Eilidh Briggs beat Emma Hale
Linsey Stevenson beat Emma Caddow
Final: Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) beat Linsey Stevenson (Whitecraigs)

Bronze Semi Finals:
Kirsten Brown beat Emma Kennedy
Megan Duff beat Heather Neilson
Final: Megan Duff (Hilton Park) beat Kisrten Brown (Torrance House)

Thanks go to Fiona Scott for the Photographs

Ryder Cup News and Final Singles Draw

CLICK HERE to keep up todate

Westwood has been in superb form so far in the contest, inspiring Europe to a 9½-6½ lead after a stunning third session in which the hosts won five and a half points from six

To see the Singles Draw for tomorrow CLICK HERE

Mail on Sunday update from the victorious Skelmorlie Golf Club

Skelmorlie Golf Club Ladies Team -- Click to enlarge Photo courtesy of Gillian Pollock

Skelmorlie Golf Club Ladies Team have just returned from an extremely enjoyable but stressful weekend competing in the Quarter finals of the prestigious Mail on Sunday Team Classic event.  These Quarter Finals were played at the Marriott Worsley Park Golf and Country Club in Manchester.

The seven other ladies teams who competed, fielded strong teams with plenty of reserves to choose from after their practice round on Sunday. Unfortunately Skelmorlie team captain Kath MacKellar was not afforded this luxury of choice.

Although a strong team, Skelmorlie only had five players to choose from  - Kath MacKellar, Gillian Pollock, Aileen Donaldson, Janet Harkness and Alex Sargent as the other team member, Jenny McGee, was unable to attend the event as she had been called away to America following her daughter Heather’s serious riding accident.  Thankfully Heather is now well on the way to recovery and Jenny will be home shortly because against all the odds, this team of five, from the small club of Skelmorlie in Ayrshire faced the might of Chelmsford in Essex and emerged victorious with a 3.5/1.5 win.

They now find themselves in the wonderful position of being off to the Grand finals to be held at El Rompido Golf resort in Southern Spain, at the end of November.

Skelmorlie Ladies would also like to take this opportunity to wish Murrayfield  Ladies every success and we look forward to meeting them for an all Scottish final.

Thanks go to Gillian Pollock for the news

D&A CORONATION MEDALS & MEDAL FINALS

Played AT CLYDEBANK & DISTRICT ON TUESDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER 2010
SSS 71 CSS 74 REDUCTION ONLY, 69 entrants

CORONATION MEDALS

Scratch : Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) 79
1st Silver : Jill Stewart (Taynuilt) 91-20-71
2nd Silver : Helen Faulds (D.P.) 79-5-74 (BIH)
3rd Silver : Liz Thomson (Cowal) 91-17-74 (BIH)

1st Bronze : Jean Ramsay (Helensburgh) 97-24-73
2nd Bronze : Sheila Welsh (Hilton Park) 101-24-77 (BIH)

WINNER SILVER CORONATION MEDAL : JILL STEWART
WINNER BRONZE CORONATION MEDAL : JEAN RAMSAY

MEDAL FINALS
WINNER SILVER MEDAL FINAL : HELEN FAULDS
WINNER BRONZE MEDAL FINAL : SHEILA WELSH

Commonwealth Spoons -- New rearranged Date

The new date for the Commonwealth Spoons Final is Thursday 21st October.  It will be held at Cathkin Braes.

Skelmorlie and Murrayfield win in Manchester and are off to Spain

The Pride of Skelmorlie Golf Club. Back row: Janet Harkness and Alex Sargent. Front row: Gillian Pollock, Kath Mackellar, Aileen Donaldson and Jenny McGee.

HOT OFF THE PRESS
Skelmorlie beat Chelmsford 3 1/2 - 1 1/2 today at Manchester in the quarter finals of The Mail On Sunday Golf Classic. They are off the Spain in November.

In fact both Scottish teams in the quarter-finals of the Mail on Sunday Women's Classic won their matches at Worsley Park, Manchester today.
Murrayfield beat West Essex 3-2.

So it's Viva Espana for the Scots teams - off to Spain for the Grand Finals on November 21.

We'll have more details from Worsley Park as the day progresses.

WOW  --- WELL DONE AND MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL FROM EVERYONE IN  THE WEST OF SCOTLAND


The Daily Mail told us that this competition is the largest club competition in the world with over 5,000 teams (men and women) at the start of the competition, so you can imagine that Skelmorlie and Murrayfield are delighted that two Scottish clubs are in the semi-finals.
We travel to Spain to El Rompido Golf and Beach Resort on the Costa de la Luz on Sunday 21 November, have a practice round on the 22nd, play the semis on 23rd, finals on the 24th, returning home on the 25th.


To read more go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website

2010 Greenlees News Round Up

The conclusion of Division 1 in the 2010 West Of Scotland Ladies Inter Club League for the Greenlees Trophy proved equally as exciting as the division 2 finish as Milngavie grabbed the title with a comprehensive win over Troon ladies in their final match of the season.

Needing to win by 7 - 2 on Tuesday 21st September, in order to overtake the leaders Cathkin Braes, the Milngavie side dashed Troon Ladies remaining slim hopes of the title by winning six of the nine ties outright. The other three ties were a more nailbiting affair, with all three going to the final green and finishing square in each case. This gave Milngavie 7.5 points and the premier title by one point over Cathkin Braes.

With only the rearranged match between Kilmarnock (Barassie) & Troon Ladies still to be played, the leading places and the relegation positions cannot be altered. Kilmarnock (Barassie) can consolidate their third place in their remaining match whilst Troon Ladies can hoist themselves into fourth or even third place depending on the scoreline in the match.

A defeat by 6 - 3 at home to Cathkin Braes in their final match of the season left West Kilbride in one of the two relegation places along with Cardross, 1.5 points adrift of third bottom team, Kilmacolm.

The standings at present are :-

DIVISION 1

Milngavie 48.5
Cathkin Braes 47.5
Kilmarnock Barassie 38
Ranfurly Castle 34.5
Douglas Park 34
Troon 32
Kilmacolm 30.5
West Kilbride 29
Cardross 21

Prestwick St Nicholas go up to division one next season as Division 2 champions after their heroic 7.5 - 1.5 win over Lanark in their final match, and will be joined by Whitecraigs, whilst Bothwell Castle and Lanark will go down to Division 3.

Final standings in the division are :-

DIVISION 2

Prestwick St. Nicholas 49
Whitecraigs 48.5
Haggs Castle 44
Hilton Park 40.5
Erskine 34
Eastwood 33.5
Williamwood 28
Lanark 27
Bothwell Castle 19.5

Largs will play in division 2 next year after winning the Division 3 title by a comprehensive margin, and will be joined by Cowglen who edged out Old ranfurly by one point for the other promotion spot.

With Turnberry dropping out of the league early on in the campaign, it will be hoped that the club will not remain out of the leagues for too long.

Final placings in the division are :-

DIVISION 3

Largs 46.5
Cowglen 34
Old Ranfurly 33
Greenock 32.5
Lenzie 29
East Renfrewshire 27
Cawder 25.5
Cathcart Castle 24.5
Turnberry 0

Thanks go to Alisdair Malcolm for this report from the Ayrshire Golf News Website

Eilidh Briggs wins the Renfrewshire Junior County Championship for the 5th time in a row

Captain Trish Brown presents Eilidh with the Junior Championship Trophy - Click to enlarge

Eilidh Briggs from Kilmacolm won the Renfrewshire Junior Championship for the 5th time at Haggs Castle Golf Club yesterday. She beat Linsey Stevenson from Whitecraigs. To read the full report go to the Renfrewshire County Website

Try out this trial link on your mobile phone for all golf news in the West of Scotland

Type the following address and put it into your mobile phone and save it as an icon on your mobiles desktop
 http://m.wbx.me/mobile-golfing-by-carol-fell
There is a feedback back form on the application.
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Milngavie Greenlees Captain Anna has another reason to Celebrate --- It's a Girl !!!!!!

 Isla Anna Telfer - click to enlarge

Scott and Calum  - 2 little super heroes

Yes it is official - Isla Anna Telfer arrived today, September 24th at 10am - to delighted parents David and Karen.
We are all absolutely thrilled - and somewhat in shock because after 10 male Telfers on the trot, we were beginning to think we'd never see a little girl.
Isla weighed in at 7lbs 11 oz and has the same colouring as Scott (and features too)
I make no apologies for being a besotted Granny and have attached a photo taken 5 hours after birth and also one of my 2 little super-heroes (Scott and Calum)

Anna Telfer
Here is a wee card for you Anna --- Click on the View Closing icon and then on the small picture on Isla (Make sure you sound is on too)

Renfrewshire's Captain Trish Brown is Emotionally drained after winning the Scottish Team County Championships

LGU Press Release - 2011 Great Britain & Ireland Squad Announced

The Ladies' Golf Union is pleased to announce the 2011 Great Britain & Ireland squad.

The 16 strong squad will form the basis of the 2011 GB & I teams which will compete for the Astor and Vagliano Trophies next summer.

Tegwen Matthews (Wales) who will be captaining the Great Britain & Ireland side for both events said, "I am delighted to be working with such a talented young squad. Announcing the squad now also gives any unnamed girls a chance to work hard over the winter and make their claim for selection early next year. These are exciting times for ladies' golf in Great Britain & Ireland."

The 2011 Astor Trophy will take place at Fairhaven Golf Club from 15^th – 19^th June and the 2011 Vagliano Trophy will be played at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club on the 24^th – 25^th June.

NAMES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

1 Hannah Barwood (ENG) (Knowle)
2 Amy Boulden (WAL) (Maesdu)
3 Gemma Bradbury (WAL) (Cottrell Park)
4 Hannah Burke (ENG) (Mid Herts)
5 Holly Clyburn (ENG) (Woodhall Spa)
6 Tara Davies (WAL) (Holyhead)
7 Nikki Foster (ENG) (Pleasington)
8 Louise Kenney (SCO) (Pitreavie)
9 Kelsey MacDonald (SCO) (Nairn Dunbar)
10 Leona Maguire (IRE) (Slieve Russell)
11 Lisa Maguire (IRE) (Slieve Russell)
12 Danielle McVeigh (IRE) (Royal County Down Ladies')
13 Stephanie Meadow (IRE) (Royal Portrush)
14 Pamela Pretswell (SCO) (Bothwell Castle)
15 Kelly Tidy (ENG) (Royal Birkdale)
16 Sally Watson (SCO) (Elie & Earlsferry Ladies')

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/.

Photos and Videos from the County Finals

Videos of the Prizegiving

Day 3 Photographs --- Match against Dumfries-shire

Day 2 Morning Foursomes ----- Match against Angus

Day 1 Photographs ---- Match against Midlothian

Photos taken by SLGA's Claire Hargan

Commonwealth Spoons Cancelled

Due to flooding on the course at Cathkin Braes the Commonwealth Spoons, scheduled for today - 23 September, has been cancelled.

West Vets Jamboree at Blairgowrie

May Hughes (Lanark) the West Vets Champion reached the final of the Scottish Vets Championship played at Blairgowrie on Monday 20th September. However she lost to East Vets Champion Karen Ballantyne in the final.
To read the full report and see some photographs go to the West Vets Website

Milngavie come up Trumps to win the Greenlees Trophy by Half a Point from Cathkin Braes

Jumping with Joy !! --- Milngavie win the Greenlees Trophy --- Click to enlarge

Milngavie Greenlees Captain --- Anna Telfer is absolutely amazed of their win on Monday.
Needing 7 points from 9 to pip Cathkin Braes for the Greenlees Division 1 Trophy, the Milngavie girls were just awesome.

"I cannot tell you how proud I am, how delighted I am and also how relieved cos there was alot of pressure on us all.
Troon made us fight all the way to the finishing line - 3 matches went to the 18th and all were halved and the other 6 ties were all wins for Milngavie.
As you can see from the photo, we are jumping for joy, altho some of us look a little tired after all the effort and pressure!
Can I commiserate with Jo Scott and her Cathkin team - they pushed us all the way with a fierce but friendly rivalry and they must be gutted - I know I would have been.
Also special mention to the Troon team who gave no quarter but were generous and sporting in defeat."

The Milngavie Greenlees Team - Click to enlarge

Look forward to the lunch at West Kilbride - and also next season of course!

Thanks go to Anna Telfer for the Photographs and the report

To see all the results CLICK HERE

Grace Mackie wins at Turnberry --- Ayrshire Girls' Centenary Trophy

Ayrshire Girls -- Click to enlarge

The Ayrshire Girls' Centenary Trophy (Stableford) competition was played over the Kintyre Course at Turnberry on Sunday. On a breezy but dry afternoon ten girls played the Kintyre while 14 pre-handicap girls played a stroke competition over the 9 hole Arran Course.

Emma Hale, the holder, put up a great defence of her trophy finishing on 36 points, but it was Troon's Grace Mackie off 14 who was the runaway winner with a splendid 40 points.
Silver Division
1st Grace Mackie (Troon Ladies) 40 points
2nd Emma Hale (Troon Bentinck) 36 points
3rd Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 34 points
Bronze Division
1st Ali Roy (Maybole) 33 points
2nd Alexandra Brown (Turnberry) 24 points
3rd Lindsay Scott (Troon Bentinck) 15 points
Pre-Handicap Girls
Age 9-10
1st Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) 50
2nd Jodie Cooper (Maybole) 63
3rd Emma Turner (West Kilbride) 68
Age 11
1st Hannah McSorley (Maybole) 49
2nd Sophie Craig (Troon Bentinck) 59
3rd Leona Murray (Loudoun) 64
Age 12-13
1st Emma Paterson (Loudoun) 44
2nd Hayleigh Campbell (Loudoun) 50
3rd Marian Boyd (Brunston Castle) 74


Thanks go to June Kerr for the Report

D&A Autumn Meeting at Windyhill

PLAYED ON TUESDAY 21st SEPTEMBER 2010
SSS  71   CSS  74   25 played
Scratch : Anna Telfer (Milngavie)    78
1st Silver : Anna Telfer (Milngavie)   78-5-73
2nd Silver : May Myers (Clober)  83-9-74

1st Bronze : Joyce McGregor (Windyhill)  95-22-73
2nd Bronze : Marie Miller (Windyhill)  100-23-77
Winner of the Moira Alexander Trophy : Anna Telfer (on countback)

Renfrewshire win the Scottish County Finals

Renfrewshire are Scottish women's county champions for the first time this Century! The last time they won the title was 1987, before some of the present team members were born.
On the third and final day at Bothwell Castle, Renfrewshire beat Dumfries-shire 5 1/2-3 1/2 while Midlothian beat Angus 7-2.
That meant a tie between Renfrewshire and Midlothian - who had drawn their opening-day match 4 1/2-4 1/2 - with 2 1/2pt each. The tie-breaker was a countback of individual game won (not counting halved games).
Renfrewshire shaded that 16 to 15.
Renfrewshire's Alyson McKechin was the MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the tournament with five wins out of six. Her only defeat was in the opening day foursomes.
The champions also got 4pt out of 6 from Megan Briggs and 3 1/2pt out of four from Clare-Marie Carlton who did not play on the first day.
Midlothian's top points winner was Jane Turner with 4 1/2 out of six. Closely followed by young Gabrielle MacDonald with 4pt from five games, and Karen Marshall with 4pt from six.
The mainstay of the Angus team was teenager Jessica Meek with 4 1/2pt out of six while top scorer for Dumfries-shire was Diane Ma\cDonald with 3 1/2pt, having lost only one of her six outings.

FROM THE SLGA WEBSITE:
The outcome was far from certain until the second last match on the course was finished. Midway through the afternoon Renfrewshire looked like they could struggle to win the three points needed from the singles matches to seal the win against Dumfriesshire with only Gillian Kyle up in her match.
Clare-Marie Carlton started the come-back by halving her match with Diane MacDonald with a pitch-and-putt birdie 4 on the 18th.
Megan Briggs and Alyson McKechin both then won their respective matches by two holes, having each been down for much of the afternoon.
Giliian Kyle duly won her match, giving Renfrewshire a 5.5 - 3.5 win in the match and 16 individual match wins from the three days.
With Midlothian sitting on 10 individual match wins going into the afternoon singles that meant that they had to win all six of their matches to tie Renfrewshire on the number of match wins and take it to a further count back. With all but one of the Midlothian team all square or down going into the back nine it looked like their chance was all but over.
However, like Renfrewshire, the Midlothian team fought back with wins from Rachael Watton and Gabrielle Macdonald by one hole and by Kate McIntosh on the 17th.
Louise Fraser who had been the one match up all afternoon, won her match, leaving Karen Marshall and Jane Turner needing to win their matches. Karen Marshall sank a gutsy putt to win the 18th hole against Jessica Meek, however it was to halve the match, which meant that Renfrewshire's win was confirmed.
Congratulations to all the players and captains on an excellent three days of golf, played in great spirit and many congratulations to Renfrewshire on their first County Finals win since 1987.
TODAY'S RESULTS

DUMFRIES-SHIRE 3 1/2, RENFREWSHIRE 5 1/2FOURSOMES (1-2)
Diane MacDonald and Lindsay Kirkwood bt Eilidh Briggs and Megan Briggs 1 hole.
Jordana Graham and Katie McCracken lost to Clare-Marie Carlton and Alyson McKechin 6 and 4.
Rachel Walker and Wilma Graham lost to Liz Stewart and Carol Whyte 1 hole.

SINGLES
MacDonald halved with Carlton
Kirkwood lost to Megan Briggs 2 holes.
Walker bt Eilidh Briggs 3 and 1.
McCracken lost to McKechin 2 holes.
Graham bt Donna Jackson 2 and 1.
Trish Lilly lost to Gillian Kyle 4 and 3.

ANGUS 2, MIDLOTHIAN 7

FOURSOMES (1 1/2-1 1/2)
Ailsa Summers and Rebecca Wilson lost to Jane Turner and Rachael Watton 1 hole.
Clare Penman and Ashley Smith halved with Gabrielle Macdonald and Kate McIntosh.
Ann Ramsay and Jessica Meek bt Karen Marshall and Wendy Nicholson 1 hole.

SINGLES
Wilson lost to Watton 1 hole.
Penman lost to Macdonald 1 hole.
Meek halved with Marshall.
Smith lost to McIntosh 2 and 1.
Fiona Gilbert lost to Louise Fraser 7 and 5.
Ramsay lost to Turner 3 and 2.

HOW THEY FINISHED
1 Renfrewshire 2 1/2pt (Individual games won +16).
2 Midlothian 2 1/2pt (Individual games won +15).
3 Angus 1pt.
4 Dumfries-shire 0pt.

Day 2 Results at the County Finals at Bothwell Castle

Day 2 results:
RENFREWSHIRE 7, ANGUS 2
Foursomes (2-1)
Eilidh Briggs and Megan Briggs beat Ailsa Summers and Rebecca Wilson 2 holes
Donna Jackson and Liz Stewart lost to Claire Penman and Ashley Smith 5 and 3.
Clare-Marie Carlton and Alyson McKechin beat Fiona Gilbert and Jessica Meek 2 holes.
Singles (5-1)
Megan Briggs beat Wilson 2 and 1
Carlton beat Penman 1 hole.
Eilidh Briggs beat Jackie Brown 6 and 4
McKechin beat Ann Ramsay 1 hole.
Carol Whyte lost to Meek 2 holes
Gillian Kyle beat Summers 5 and 4.

MIDLOTHIAN 6 1/2, DUMFRIES-SHIRE 2 1/2
Foursomes (2 1/2-1/2).
Louise Fraser and Jane Turner beat Diane MacDonald and Lindsey Kirkwood 4 and 3.
Kirsten Blackwood and Gabrielle Macdonald halved with Jordana Graham and Katie McCracken.
Karen Marshall and Wendy Nicholson beat Rachel Walker and Margaret McGregor 8 and 6.
Singles (4-2)
Turner halved with Diane MacDonald.
Gabrielle Macdonald beat Graham 2 and 1.
Kate McIntosh beat Kirkwood 4 and 2.
Blackwood lost to Walker 3 and 1.
Nicholson beat McCracken 2 and 1.
Marshall halved with Trish Lilly.

To read more go to the Renfrewshire County Website

Photos and a video from the British Seniors at West Kilbride

Looking for photos and a short video from the British Seniors at West Kilbride this week then CLICK HERE

Thanks go to Haggs Castle's Jennifer Mack for the photos taken on the final day