SCOTTISH VETS JAMBOREE 2018 -- FINAL REPORT

SVLGA  Ellie Whyte (Captain), Karen Ballantyne (Vice Captain),
President Emma Wilson and Vice President Maureen McKerrow

The SVLGA Team have returned home from Hexham with a very positive outlook for the future. This year’s team included 4 new players and like many before them, they quickly got to see what a high standard of golf is played at this event.

We got off to a slow start against the North on Tuesday but each day performance improved as the team got into their stride.
The Miller Stirling Trophy was won by the South. The Tony Moffat runner up trophy was won by the North. Scotland improved on last years placing by finishing third, pipping Midlands into fourth place.

On the first two days, we felt there were a few matches that got away from us with a number of matches going down the 18th. However, every member of the team played their part in the victory on the last day whether playing foursomes or singles.

In the morning foursomes, Alison Davidson, heroine of the winning Curtis Cup team of 1996, partnered by her county teammate Linda Allan set the scene with a terrific win against the Midlands second couple, Sue Spencer and Debbie Warren.

In the afternoon singles, Scottish Senior Champion Elaine Moffat got off to a hot start and secured an excellent victory over former professional golfer Julie Brown. Scottish Veteran Ladies Champion Sheena Wood cruised to a comfortable win against Mary McLaren.

There were many outstanding ‘shots of the day’ not least from Liz Stewart’s winning shot to the 18th against English Senior Amateur Stroke Play champion Helen Lowe.

Liz’s point was invaluable as it gave Alison Davidson the opportunity of clinching the last vital point in her match against Catrin Russell. Alison was 2 up playing the 17th. Catrin rolled in her putt for a birdie 3 but Alison coolly followed her in to give us the winning 5th point. What a performance!

Against tough opposition, Gillian Kyle, Frances Millar and Jennifer Bryans all had close games.

Captain Ellie Whyte and Vice-Captain Karen Ballantyne are already working on some new initiatives to help the squad with their winter training and we hope the team take at least one further step up the ladder next August when the jamboree will be hosted by Midlands Division at Northamptonshire County Golf Club.

Thanks must go to Hexham Golf Club and the committee of the North Vets Association for organising an excellent jamboree.

Thanks go to Karen Ballantyne for the report  SVLGA Website

IT IS A FAMILY AFFAIR AT PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERTS AND JOANNE WINS AT KILMARNOCK BARASSIE

Mother and Daughter -- Catherine and Allison Malcom have won the St Cuthberts Club Championship and Junior championship at the weekend. This is  Catherine's 22nd Championship win. --

Allison followed her fathers footsteps -- Alasdair Malcolm who won the Junior Boys Trophy 36 years ago. 

At Kilmarnock Barassie  Joanne Sharp won the 2018 Ladies Championship

Classy Cara clear leader with a 70 in Strathtyrum tourney first qualifying round

By Colin Farquharson

Cara Thompson (Royal Dornoch)  made the long trip down from the Highlands to Fife worthwhile by returning an excellent score of three-under-par 70 over the Eden Course to be the clear leader at the end of  the first qualifying round of the Strathtyrum tournament at St Andrews.
She shot three strokes lower than anyone else at the Eden course.
Jennifer Allan (Glenbervie) led the way at the par-75 St Andrews New Course with a 77.

The big international field will switch courses tomorrow (Tuesday).
At the end of play, the qualifiers will be known for the scratch and handicap match-play stages.
+Cara Thompson is pictured with the Northern Counties championship trophy which she has won many times.

FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND LEADERS
EDEN COURSE
par 73
70 C Thompson (Royal Dornoch)
73 W Grayson (Ringway)
74 G S Westin (Swe), M Pow (Selkirk)
76 M Helgers (Netherlands), E Baxter (Houghton-le-Spring) .
77 D Goodacre (Lambourne), J Nordgren (Swe)
79 M Finn (Thurles)
80 L Wilson (Kelso), J Mackie (Ladybank).
81 E Marshall (Baberton), L Church (Henbury), W Nicholson (Baberton).

SELECTED SCORES
83 E Goodwin (Glenbervie)
84 H Goodwin (Glenbervie)
86 L Terry (Cruden Bay)

ST ANDREWS NEW COURSE
par 75
77 J Allan (Glenbervie)
78 L Jamieson (Heswall), K Marshall (Baberton)
79 M Henderson (Royal Belfast), H Kitson (Cranleigh), M McAuliffe (Ballybunion).
80 B Bergfors (Swe), T Rodenhurst (Ludlow)
81 H Platt (Swe)
82 C Hall (Penwortham)
83 A Gingdal (Swe), C Ryder (Prestbury), C Houghton (Notts).
84 J Sheargold (Shropshire)
85 F Norris (Hamilton), K Evans (Frilford Heath)
86 V Rogers (Bromsgrove), A Hooper (Henbury), J Scanlan (Newcastle West)

NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN FOR THE SCOTTISH GOLF PERFORMANCE ACADEMY

Nominations are open for the Scottish Golf Performance Academy as we search for Scotland’s aspiring and dedicated young golfers for the 2018/19 performance programme.

If you have a good attitude, a desire to succeed at the highest level, age 12-16, and have a handicap of 5 or under for boys or 8 or under for girls, then you can nominate yourself for consideration in the selection process... We'd love to hear from you! 

Nominations close Sunday 26 August...

Discover more ➡️ AT SCOTTISH GOLF

SCOTLAND LADIES GOLFERS - RANKINGS WEEK 31 / 2018

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mygolfranking.net SCOTLAND LADIES GOLFERS of WEEK 18/31 is KERRY LOCKERBIE (CrichtonLadies) who is the highest new entry in the Top 20 of Scotland Ladies MGRanking at No 6.

mygolfranking.net SCOTLAND LADIES CLUB of the WEEK is STIRLING GC LADIES – the highest placed new entry at No 9 in the Top 10 of Scotland Ladies Club MGRanking.

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SCOTLAND LADIES​​*New entry this week

1​Jayne McDougall (Callander) 1212 points 

2​Anna Turner (Carluke) 1188 

3​Elizabeth Donaldson (Kirkintilloch) 1180 

4​Hazel Hume (Tillicoultry) 1167

5​Joan Pratt (Moray) 1150 

6​*Kerry Lockerbie (Crichton) 1143 

7​Jane Tough (Brechin) 1135​

8​Suzanne Robertson (Peterhead) 1131  

9​Fiona Norris (Hamilton) 1129   ​

10​*Deborah Bird (Elgin) 1125

11 ​Fiona Watt (Bathgate) 1118

12 ​*Katie Wright (Stranraer) 1117

13  ​Kelly McNee (Loudoun Gowf) 1113

14​Margot Gardner (Linlithgow) 1109

15​Gill Hunt (Turnhouse) 1097

16=​Lorraine Campbell (Cardross) 1094

16=​Carol Carstairs (Lundin Ladies) 1094  ​

18​*Moira McPake (Muir of Ord) 1092 

19​*Caroline Henderson (Pitlochry) 1090

20​*Karen Haggarty (Dumbarton) 1084​​

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SCOTLAND LADIES – CLUBS

1​Palacerigg 970 points

2​Callander 957

3  ​Keith 949

4​Dundas Parks 935 

5​Taynuilt 934

7​Carrickvale 933

8​Carluke 931

9​*Stirling 929

10 ​Loudoun Gowf 909

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CONNIE JAFFREY, HANNAH MCCOOK AND SHANNON WCWILLIAM SELECTED FOR WORLD AMATEUR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Connie Jaffrey

Scottish Golf has announced its teams for this year’s World Amateur Team Championships, at Carton House, Ireland.

 Key members of last week’s winning Ladies Home Internationals team, Connie Jaffrey, Hannah McCook and Shannon McWilliam will represent the women’s side.

Troon Ladies’ Connie Jaffrey earned automatic selection as the top Scottish female on the World Amateur Golf Rankings (124th), coming off the back of a successful final year at Kansas State University, which included two wins. 

Hannah McCook (Grantown-on-Spey) and Aboyne’s Shannon McWilliam earned selectors’ picks. 
McCook, produced some fantastic early season form to win both the Irish and Welsh Ladies Open Championships, while McWilliam represented team GB&I in the Curtis Cup in June, won the Border Championship in South Africa in February and had top-10 finishes in the Helen Holm Championship and Portuguese Amateur Championships. 

Espirito Santo Trophy: Scotland Team (Club, Age, WAGR) 

• Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies, 21, World Ranking 124) 
• Hannah McCook (Grantown-on-Spey, 25, World Ranking 178)
• Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne, 19, World Ranking 208) 

 To read more go to the Scottish Golf Website

SOUTH SCOTLAND RANKINGS WEEK 31 / 2018

mygolfranking.net SOUTH OF SCOTLAND LADIES GOLFER of Week 18/31 is GAIL GRAHAM(Lochmaben Ladies) who rises to No 2 South ofScotland Ladies MGRanking.

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SOUTH OF SCOTLAND LADIES

1 Kerry Lockerbie (Crichton) 1043 points

2 Gail Graham (Lochmaben) 1103 

3 Katie Wright (Stranraer) 1071

4 Yvonne Schneider (Crichton) 1033

5 Jacqueline Hart (Stranraer) 993 

6 Glenda Dewar (Portpatrick) 979

7 Jill Hunter (Lockerbie) 973 

8 Yvonne Miller (Portpatrick) 968 

9 Maureen McKerrow (Dumfries & Galloway) 959

10 Cilla Strain (Wigtown and Bladnoch) 950

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SOUTH OF SCOTLAND LADIES - CLUBS

1 Lochmaben 900 points

2 Wigtown and Bladnoch 877​

3 Stranraer 858

4 Lockerbie 844

5 Thornhill 826

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MICHELE THOMSON ADDS A BRONZE MEDAL TO HER SILVER MEDAL AT GLENEAGLES

Cajsa PERSSON and Linda WESSBERG of Sweden 3 won the gold medal in the women’s team golf at Gleneagles PGA Centenary Course on Sunday.
France 2 took silver and Great Britain 3 bronze

The Great Britain 3 team of Meghan MacLaren and Michele Thomson won the bronze medal match by 3&1 over the GB 1 team of Ricoh Women’s British Open champion Georgia Hall and US Women’s Senior Open champion Dame Laura Davies.

The major champions took the early lead but GB 3, who had earlier in the week labelled themselves the British ‘underdogs’, pulled it back to all square after 12. They then won the 14th, 15th and 17th, to claim their second medal of the European Championships.

On adding the bronze to the silver they won in the mixed team event on Saturday, MacLaren said: “We could have won gold this week but we put that disappointment behind us and to come away with two medals is very special.”

Thomson added: “I’m just over the moon. It was extremely hard-going out there because of the weather. The course was playing so long. There weren’t many birdies out there. We just played sensibly. We ground it out together. I’m really proud of Meghan.”

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RENFREWSHIRE COUNTY TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR THE COUNTY FINALS AT KILMACOLM

Kilmacolm Golf Club

Renfrewshire Ladies' County Golf Association  County Captain June Lockhart has announce the following players who will contest the Scottish County Finals at Kilmacolm from Friday 14^th – Sunday 16^thSeptember :

Eilidh Briggs ( Kilmacolm)

Megan Briggs ( Kilmacolm), 

Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle), 

Emma Kennedy (Paisley), 

Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire), 

Alyson McGinnigle (Cowglen), 

Jennifer Rankine (Haggs Castle) 

Liz Stewart (Greenburn).  

Carol Whyte (Milngavie) - reserve.

The other teams that are in the finals are Aberdeenshire Dumfriesshire, and Midlothians

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ABERDEENSHIRE AND NORTHERN COUNTIES RANKINGS

mygolfranking.net ABERDEENSHIRE LADIES GOLFER of Week 18/31 is LARAINE TAIT (Caledonian Ladies) who enters the Top 10 of Aberdeenshire Ladies MGRanking for the first time at No 8. 

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ABERDEENSHIRE LADIES

1 Suzanne Robertson (Peterhead) 1131 points

2 Julie Lees (Westhill) 1071 

3 Christina Adam (Ballater) 1060 

4 Julie Henderson (Inverurie) 1056 

5 Janice Wink (Keith) 1034 

6 Wilma Lawrence (Stonehaven) 1027

7 Emma Logie (Keith) 1015

8 Laraine Tait (Caledonian) 1011

9 Gillian Mackenzie (Banchory) 1004 

10 Katherine Emeleus (Hazlehead) 998 

ABERDEENSHIRE LADIES - CLUBS 

1 Keith 964 points

2 Inchmarlo 894 

3 Stonehaven 889 

4 Caledonian 866 

5 Hazlehead 863 

mygolfranking.net NORTHERN COUNTIES GOLFER of Week 18/31 is MOIRA MCPAKE (Muir of Ord Ladies) who enters the Top 10 of Northern Counties MGRanking for the first time at No 3. 

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NORTHERN COUNTIES LADIES

1 Joan Pratt (Moray) 1150 points

2 June Nicol (Inverness) 1093​

3 Moira McPake (Muir of Ord) 1092 

4 Ellen Cheyne (Newtonmore) 1089 

5 Alison Gowie (Inverness) 1060 

6 Cynthia May (Nairn Dunbar) 1048 

7 Deborah Kinnaird (Grantown-on-Spey) 1020 

8= Marsha Fraser (Fortrose & Rosemarkie), Muriel M McCulloch (inverness) 1011

10 Jeani Hunter (Bonar Bridge) 1010 

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NORTHERN COUNTIES LADIES – CLUBS 

1 Hopeman 880 points

2 Muir of Ord 857 

3 Alness 846     ​

4 Inverness 831

5 Stromness 828 

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