Stableford Competition - Eastwood Golf Club

18 Hole Stableford Played 15/4/08 SSS 72, CSS 72, Entries 17
Winner: S Crowther (27) 38 Points
2nd: I McCutcheon (24) 34 Points
3rd: F McNicol (23) 33 Points

Megan Briggs is the 2008 Renfrewshire Ladies County Champion

It was the battle of the Briggs sisters from Kilmacolm in today's 18-hole RLCGA Championship final at Bonnyton Golf Club.
Megan, 18, won the the title for the third year in a row by beating her 14-year-old sister Eilidh by 4 and 3.
Both played well on the outward half, Megan turning in level par to be only one hole up.
She then birdied the 10th to double her advantage and then went three up with a par at the 11th.
Eilidh kept her hopes alive by winning the 12th before the 13th was halved.
Megan went three up again with a par at the 14th and this time there was no way back for young Elidh.
Megan birdied the 15th for a 4 and 3 winning margin - but how lucky Kilmacolm Golf Club and we are to have two such talented youngsters.
In the semi-finals, Megan, the leading qualifier, won by 4 and 2 against former internationalist Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle), winner of the County title 10 times in the past, while Eilidh, the No 3 seed, beat the No 2 qualifier, Sarah McCorkell (Williamwood) - nee Harman by one hole. (Sara was the winner of the Peggy Clark Trophy best net score on the qualifying round - pictured above with Megan and Eilidh)
Today's results:
Semi-finals
Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) beat Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle) 4 and 2.
Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) beat Sarah McCorkell (Williamwood) 1 hole.
Final
Megan Briggs beat Eilidh Briggs 4 and 3.
To see the complete results of all the Championship matchplay rounds CLICK HERE

To see some more photographs from the day CLICK HERE

Morag Macpherson is the 2008 Ayrshire County Champion

Morag Macpherson (Troon Ladies) --- (pictured left) won the Ayrshire women's county championship for the first time at West Kilbride Golf Club today.
Morag, the No 1 qualifier, beat Jennifer Linklater (Largs), the second seed, at the 19th in a classic match-play final.
Macpherson was three up after 13 holes but Linklater squared the match by winning the 14th, 15th and 16th. The 17th and 18th were halved before Macpherson won the day at the first extra hole.
Today's results:
Semi-finals:
Morag Macpherson (Troon Ladies) beat Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) 5 and 4.
Jennifer Linklater (Largs) beat Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 4 and 3.
Final:
Macpherson beat Linklater at 19th.

The Briggs Sisters are in the Renfrewshire County Championship Semi - Finals

Defending champion Megan Briggs progressed to the semi-finals with two convincing wins over Linda McDougall (Greenock) 7/5 in the morning and Gillian McGinley (Cochrane Castle) 6/5 in the quarter finals.
Younger sister Eilidh also reached the semi-finals with wins over Denise Cowan (Cochrane Castle) 5/4 followed by a 3/2 win over Beth Paterson (Eastwood).
Remaining semi-finalists are former champion Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle) with a 5/4 win over Janette McCartney (Erskine) in the morning and a narrow 2/1 win over Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle) in the afternoon.
Sara McCorkell (Williamwood)-- --- (nee Harman) who continued a good run of form after winning the Peggy Clark Trophy on Tuesday with wins over Julie Nicol (Elderslie) 4/2 and another former winner, Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) 3/2.


First round - M Briggs beat L McDougall (Greenock) 7 and 5, G McGinlay (Cochrane Castle) beat P Orr (Cochrane Castle) 6 and 4, D Jackson (Cochrane Castle) beat J McCartney (Erskine) 5 and 4, C Fell (Ranfurly Castle) beat C Whyte (Windyhill) 2 and 1, E Briggs (Kilmacolm) beat D Cowan (Cochrane Castle) 5 and 4, B Paterson (Eastwood) beat L Stewart (Greenburn) 3 and 2, C-M Carlton (Fereneze) beat A McKechin (Elderslie) 3 and 2, S McCorkell (Williamwood) beat J Nicol (Elderslie) 4 and 2.

Quarter Finals - M Briggs beat McGinlay 6 and 5, Jackson beat Fell 2 and 1, E Briggs beat Paterson 3 and 2, McCorkell beat Carlton 3 and 2.

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Leading Qualifier Morag MacPherson progesses to the Ayrshire County Championship Semi Finals

Defending Ayrshire Champion Lesley Hendry (Routenburn) lost in the first round of the Ayrshire women's county golf championship to Catherine Malcolm (Prestwick St Nicholas) at West Kilbride Golf Club today (Wed).
Catherine Malcolm who won by 3 and 2 but then, however, lost in the quarter-finals to leading qualifier Morag Macpherson (Troon Ladies) by 5 and 4.
In tomorrow's semi-finals Morag will play clubmate Rachael McQueen while Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) now meets Jennifer Linklater (Largs)

1st round results:
First round
Morag Macpherson (Troon Ladies) beat Jane Ashdown (Largs) 8 and 7.
Catherine Malcolm (Prestwick St Nicholas) beat Lesley Hendry (Routenburn) 3 and 2.
Linzi Allan (Kilbirnie Place) beat Sheila Adams (Loudoun) 2 and 1.
Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) beat Lesley Williamson (Kilmarnock Barassie) 5 and 3.
Debbie Watt (Ayr Belleisle) beat Greta Smith (Ardeer) 4 and 3.
Alex Glennie(Kilmarnock Barassie) beat Roz Purdom (Prestwick St Nicholas) 1 hole.
Jane Finnie (Troon Ladies) beat Linda Parry (Irvine) 3 and 2.
Jennifer Linklater (Largs) beat Eleanor Taylor(Troon Ladies) 5 and 3.

Quarter-finals:
Macpherson beat Malcolm 5 and 4.
McQueen beat Allan at 19th.
Glennie beat Watt 4 and 3.
Linklater beat Finnie at 22nd

Kylie Walker is the 2008 D&A County Champion

Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) beat defending champion Jill Meldrum (Dullatur) by 8 and 7 in the final of the Dunbartonshire & Argyll women's county golf championship at Douglas Park Golf Club today (Wednesday).
Kylie's accurate play enabled her to dominate the match and regain the title she last won in 2006.
County secretary Anne Byiers (Milngavie) won the Bronze Division Championship by beating Jacky Sinclair (Hilton Park) 5 and 4 in the final.

Semi-finals
Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) beat Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) 5 and 4.
Jill Meldrum (Dullatur) bt Zoe Differ (Dullatur) 6 and 5.
Final
Kylie Walker beat Jill Meldrum 8 and 7.

April Medal -- Ranfurly Castle

Played 16th April 2008 37 entries, SSS 73, CSS 74,
Scratch: S Eckford 85
Silver: S Gray 73 (19), M Munro 74 (12)
Bronze: E McDermid 72 (25), M Cunningham 75 (26) (bih)

Morag Macpherson is the top qualifier in the Ayrshire County Championship

Morag Macpherson (Troon Ladies) was the leading qualifier in the Ayrshire County Championship at West Kilbride. She finished three clear of Jennifer Linklater (Largs) and Greta Smith (Ardeer) with a 78.
Defending Champion Lesley Hendry (Routenburn) struggled today but still managed to qualify with an 85



QUALIFIERS
78 Morag Macpherson (Troon Ladies).
81 Jennifer Linklater (Largs), Greta Smith (Ardeer).
82 Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies).
84 Linzi Allan (Kilbirnie Place), Roz Purdom (Prestwick St Nicholas), Jane Finnie (Troon Ladies).
85 Lesley Hendry (Routenburn).
86 Catherine Malcolm (Prestwick St Nicholas).
87 Linda Parry (Irvine).
88 Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie).
89 Sheila Adams (Loudoun).
90 Lesley Williamson (Kilmarnock Barassie).
92 Debbie Watt (Ayr Belleisle).
96 Eleanor Taylor (Troon Ladies).
100 Jane Ashdown (Largs)
Match-play draw:
9.0 Macpherson v Ashdown, Malcolm v Hendry, Allan v Adams, Williamson v McQueen.
9.32 Smith v Watt, Glennie v Purdom, Finnie v Parry, Taylor v Linklater

Kylie Walker and Jill Meldrum through to the D&A Semi Finals

Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle), the leading qualifier for the match-play stages, is on target for a meeting in the final with the teenage defending champion Jill Meldrum (Dullatur) at the Dunbartonshire & Argyll women's county golf championship at Douglas Park Golf Club on Wednesday afternoon.
Kylie and Jill both registered two comfortable wins to progress through to tomorrow morning's semi-finals which will feature Kylie against home course player Helen Faulds and Jill against Dullatur clubmate Zoe Differ.
Today's results:
First round
K Walker (Buchanan Castle) bt M Rennie (Douglas Park) 9 and 8.
L McGeachy (Carradale) bt K Scott (Milngavie) 1 hole.
H Faulds (Douglas Park) bt S Cadden (Cardross) 4 and 3.
A Telfer (Milngavie) bt L Meldrum (Dullatur) 4 and .
J Meldrum (Dullatur) bt N Ferguson (Clober) 6 and 5.
I Harvey (St Rule) bt L McColl (Bearsden) 2 and 1.
Z Differ (Dullatur) bt L Moffat (Helensburgh) 2 holes.
B Robertson (Helensburgh) bt L Campbell (Cardross) 4 and 3.
Quarter-finals
Walker bt McGeachy 6 and 5.
Faulds bt Telfer 1 hole.
J Meldrum bt Harvey 6 and 5.
Differ bt Robertson at 20th.
Bronze Division championship
Semi-finals - A Byiers (Milngavie) (25) bt J Tennent (Clober) (21) 6 and 5, J Sinclair (Hilton Park) (22) bt M McCartney (22) 3 and 1.

Megan Briggs is the leading Qualifier in the RLCGA County Championship at Bonnyton

Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) --- pictured above -- the 2007 County Champion was the leading qualifier over Bonnyton today with a gross 75 in very wet underfoot conditions.

She was closely followed by County Team member Sara McCorkell (Williamwood) - (nee Harman) who had a 76 and who also had the lowest net score of 72 for the day --- She is the winner of the Peggy Clark Trophy.

The SSS 71 CSS 74 (Reduction only)

Qualifiers (SSS 71, CSS 74)
75 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm).
76 Sara McCorkell (Williamwood).
77 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm).
79 Carol Whyte (Windyhill), Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle).
80 Liz Stewart (Greenburn).
81 Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze).
83 Gillian McGinlay (Cochrane Castle).
84 Pearl Orr (Cochrane Castle).
85 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Beth Paterson (Eastwood).
86 Jeanette McCartney (Erskine).
87 Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle), Denise Cowan (Cochrane Castle).
89 Julie Nicol (Elderslie), Linda McDougall (Greenock).
Match-play draw
9.15 M Briggs v McDougall, Orr v McGinlay, 9.30 Jackson v McCartney, Fell v Whyte. 9.45 E Briggs v Cowan, Paterson v Stewart. 10.0 Carlton v McKechin, Nicol v McCorkell.

Kylie Walker is the leading qualifier in the D & A Championship at Douglas Park

Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) was the leading qualifier at Douglas Park today in the D&A County Championship with a terrific round of 71 (39, 32).
Teenager Jill Meldrum (Dullatur), the defending champion, qualified in third place with an 82.
SSS 72 CSS 75 (Reduction Only) -- 83 Entrants (18 Douglas Park -- Home players - just 2 off the required number of "Home" players needed to calculate 2 separate CSS's !)

QUALIFIERS
71 Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle).
81 Lorraine Campbell (Cardross).
82 Jill Meldrum (Dullatur).
83 Anna Telfer (Milngavie).
84 Helen Faulds (Douglas Park).
85 Lynn McColl (Bearsden).
86 Zoe Differ (Dullatur).
86 Kirsten Scott (Milngavie).
87 Laura McGeachy (Carradale).
87 Linda Moffat (Helensburgh).
88 Isobel Harvey (St Rule), Suzanne Cadden (Cardross).
89 Lauren Meldrum (Dullatur).
92 Nichola Ferguson (Milngavie).
94 Babs Robertson (Helensburgh).
101 Maureen Rennie (Douglas Park).

1st Round Match Play Championship:
Kylie Walker v Maureen Rennie
Laura McGeachy v Kirsten Scott
Helen Faulds v Suzanne Cadden
Lauren Meldrum v Anna Telfer
Jill Meldrum v Nichola Ferguson
Isobel Harvey v Lynn McColl
Zoe Differ v Linda Moffatt
Babs Robertson v Lorraine Campbell

April Medal Results:
Scratch: Kylie Walker 71 +1 72

Silver: 1 Linda Moffat 87 17 70 Helensburgh
2 Kylie Walker 71 +1 72 Buchanan Castle
3 Kirsten Scott 86 12 74 Milngavie

Bronze 1 Anne Byiers 101 25 76 Milngavie
2 Helen Divers 104 26 78 Douglas Park
3 Sheila Welsh 103 24 79 Hilton Park

Medal 1 -- Douglas Park Golf Club

Medal 1,- (Postponed Medal from 6th April) Played 13th April 2008, SSS 72, CSS 73, 19 Entrants
Silver:
Alison Miller 86 - 17 = 69
Joan Gemmell 84 - 6 = 78
Gladys Speedie 91 - 13 = 78
Bronze:
Alison White 97 - 25 = 72
Brenda Murray 111 - 34 = 77
Denise Macnaughton 115 - 35 = 80
Scratch: Joan Gemmell 84

West Vets Spring Meeting -- Largs Golf Club

Played 10th April 2008,SSS 73, CSS 76 (Reduction Only), Entrants 81
SCRATCH Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 82
SILVER: 1 Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 82-5=77
2 May Hughes (Carluke) 83-5=78
3 Janice Paterson (Drumpellier) 85-6=79
Bronze: 1 Sandra Carruthers (Whitecraigs) 108-23=85
2 Maureen Thompson (Old Ranfurly) 111-22=89
3 Avril Berry (Douglas Park) 118-26=92
SSS 73, CSS 77 (Reduction Only)
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Medal 2 -- Douglas Park Golf Club

Played Friday 11th April, SSS 72, CSS 72, 30 Entrants
Silver Division:
Alison Miller 88 - 17 = 71
Joan Gemmell 78 - 6 = 72
Gillian Hendry 86 - 14 = 72
Bronze Division:
Janice Palmer 89 - 24 = 65
Helen MacDowall 98 - 26 = 72
Pauline Vannet 106 - 33 = 73
Scratch: Joan Gemmell 78

April Medal/Cancer Relief - Eastwood Golf Club

Played 8/4/08 SSS 72 CSS 73 Entries 21
Silver
L Baillie (20) 80
B Paterson (8) 81
Bronze
A Fergusson (23) 68
S Crowther (27) 72
Cancer Relief Winner: A Fergusson

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Ranfurly Castle -- Marie Curie Stableford

Played 9th April 2008, 30 entries SSS 73, CSS 73
Silver M Parrott (20) 36 pts (bih), M Munro (12) 36 pts
Bronze S Biggart (22) 37 pts, V Rennie (32) 36 pts (bih)

RLCGA - April Medal over Cochrane Castle

APRIL MEDAL played over COCHRANE CASTLE on 9th APRIL 2008
Entrants : 31 SSS: 72 CSS: 73
Scratch: Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) 74
Handicap Scr - 12
1st: Pearl Orr, (Cochrane Castle)78, (7) 71
2nd: Denise Cowan (Cochrane Castle) 81 (8) 73
3rd: June Lockhart (Gleddoch) 84 (11) 73 bih
Handicap 13 - 28
1st: June Irons (Caldwell)92 (17) 75
2nd: Paula McBride (Cochrane Castle)92 (16)76
3rd: Moira Cameron (Whitecraigs)93 (16) 77 bih.

D & A Inter County Foursomes and Commonwealth Spoons Qualifying Round

Inter County Foursomes Qualifying Round at Cardross G.C. on 8th April 2008
Qualifiers:
1st Scratch:Babs Robertson & Linda Moffat (both H'burgh) 87
2nd Scratch : Sara Tryon & Louise Ballantyne(both Cardross) 88
3rd Scratch: May Myers(Clober) & Elinor Grant(D.P.) 89

1st Handicap:Helen Abel & Mhairi Stevenson(both Cardross) 94(77.5)
2nd Handicap: Helen Robertson & Jinty Halley (both D.P.) 91(79)BIH
3rd Handicap: Lorraine Campbell(Cardross) & Helen MacGregor(H.P.) 90(79)

Commonwealth Spoons Qualifying Round at Cardross G.C. on 8th April 2008
Qualifiers- All Handicap:
1st : Babs Robertson & Linda Moffat (both H'burgh) 87(74.5)
2nd : Helen Abel & Mhairi Stevenson (both Cardross) 94(77.5)BIH
3rd : Sara Tryon & Louise Ballantyne (both Cardross) 88(77.5)
4th Helen Robertson & Jinty Halley (both D.P.) 91(79)BIH
5th Lorraine Campbell (Cardross) & Helen MacGregor(H.P.) 90(79)
6th May Myers (Clober) & Elinor Grant(D.P.) 89(79.5)

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