June Medal - Kilmacolm

20 entries, SSS 72, CSS 72
Silver :
1 Eilidh Briggs (3) 71
2 Beatrice Orr (14) 80
Bronze:
1 Liz Crichton (24) 69
2 Susan Reid (21) 73
Best scratch player: Eilidh Briggs 74

European Seniors Ladies Championship in Portugal - 2nd Round

Janice Paterson (Drumpellier) is the leading Scot after the 2nd round of the European Seniors Ladies Championship played over Vilamoura Pinhal today :
Leaderboard:
149 V Burrus (Fra) 75 74.
156 V Pertierra (Spa) 79 77.
157 V Hoff (Swe) 80 77.
158 C Utermarck (Ger) 80 78, C Mourgue d'Algue (Fra) 77 81.
Scots' scores:
164 Janice Paterson 83 81 (17th)
168 Heather Anderson 80, 88 (jt 26th)
168 Fiona De Vries 85 83, H Anderson 80 88 (jt 26th).
169 Pamela Williamson 89 80 (jt 33rd).
180 Jennifer Mack 91 89 (jt 58th).

Lanarkshire County Medal over Crow Wood

Result of June Spoon played over Crow Wood on 18th June 2008: No. of Entrants 28; SSS 73; CSS 76
Silver: Alyson Hendry (3) 71, Marion Craig (17) 74, Jean Allan (20) 76
Scratch- Alyson Hendry 74
Bronze: Linda McLanachan (21) 78, Anne Cameron (21) 80, Roxie Brown (23) 81
Bronze Scratch: - Linda McLanachan 99.

European Seniors Ladies Championship in Portugal - 1st Round

In extremely hot conditions in Portugal Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) had to withdraw from the European Senior Ladies Championships at Pinhal Golf Course Portugal due to "not feeling too good especially in this heat". Heather Anderson (Downfield) was the best Scot with an 80 and Janice Paterson (Drumpellier) had a very respectable 83. The best round of the day was a 75 -- 3 over par by Virginie Burrus (France)
Leader Board:
1 Virginie Burrus FRA + 3 75
2 Cecilia Mourgue D Algue FRA + 5 77
3 Dominique Pelzer BEL + 5 77
4 Petra Müller SWI + 6 78
5 Gunilla Ekman SWE + 6 78
6 Vicky Pertierra SPA + 7 79
7 Viveca Hoff SWE + 8 80
8 Heather Anderson SCO + 8 80
Other Scots:
27 Janice Paterson SCO + 11 83
40 Fiona De Vries SCO + 13 85
52 Pamela Williamson SCO + 17 89
60 Jennifer Mack SCO + 19 91

Ranfurly Castle Stableford

Played 18/6/08 36 Entries
SSS 73 CSS 73
Silver Winner Marion Munro 40 pts bih (12)
Runner Up Mary Hardie 40 pts (20)
Bronze Winner Moira Wilson 39 pts bih (22)
Runner Up Helen Dunn 39 pts (29)

Ladies' British Open Mid-Amateur

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY LADIES GOLF UNION
The Council of the Ladies Golf Union has reluctantly decided to cancel the Ladies’ British Open Mid-Amateur Stroke-play championship, due to be played at Bearwood Lakes Golf Club, Berkshire from July 4 to 6.
“We have worked hard to publicise this event since we introduced it in 2002 but entries have been dwindling each year. We had received less than 60 for this year’s championship. We have tried everything to stimulate interest but it is clearly not viable in the busy fixture list.
This year’s tournament has been cancelled and we apologise to Bearwood Lakes Golf Club and the competitors for the inconvenience and disappointment,” said Susan Simpson, the LGU’s Director of Championships
The tournament was first played at The Berkshire Golf Club in 2002 and was for players aged over 25 years. The trophy, donated in memory of the late Angela Uzielli, will now be presented for the lowest score returned by an over-25 player in the Ladies’ British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship.
The Royal & Ancient Golf Club discontinued the British men’s mid-amateur championship this year. Also for over-25s, it was started in 1995 and was played for the last time in 2007

European Seniors Ladies Championship in Portugal

Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) , Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle) Janice Paterson (Drumpellier)are all taking part in the International European Senior Ladies’ Championship which begins tomorrow at Pinhal in Portugal. The Championship is stroke play over three rounds.
The Program:
Wednesday, 18th of June Oficial Practice Day
Player's Registration from 09.00am to 12.00pm and 01.00pm to 06.00pm
Welcome Ceremony - Hilton Vilamoura

Thursday, 19th of June 1st Round Competition (18 holes Strokeplay)
Friday, 20th of June 2nd Round Competition (18 holes Strokeplay)
Saturday, 21st of June Final Round Competition (18 holes Strokeplay)
Prize Giving Ceremony - Old Course Clubhouse
Sunday, 22nd of June Player's Departure

Other Scots:
Heather Anderson, Fiona De Vries , and Pamela Williamson
We wish them every success in the event

Scottish Golf Schools Championships-

West of Scotland's Eilidh Briggs (Renfrewshire) and Jill Meldrum (D & A) were runner's up in the Scottish Schoolgirls Championships over Banchory today. Full Scotland international Kelsey MacDonald, and member at Nairn Dunbar Golf Club and representing Highland Schools, won the girls' title with steady scores of 71 and 72 for a 143 total.
Eilidh was officially placed second on a countback that went to the last six holes of the second round.
Final Scores:
143 K MacDonald (Highland) 71 72.
148 E Briggs (Renfrewshire) 73 75, J Meldrum (E Dunbartonshire) 73 75.
149 L Atkins (Scottish Borders) 77 72.
152 R Watton (City of Edinburgh) 75 77.
154 S Leslie (S Aberdeenshire) 76 78.
155 S Vass (Highland) 82 73, R Wilson (Angus) 79 76.
156 G Scanlan (S Lanarkshire) 77 79.
157 A Smth (Dundee City) 80 77.
158 R McQueen (S Ayrshire) 78 80, J Graham (Dumfries & Galloway) 80 78.
160 A Niven (Perth & Kinross) 81 79.
161 C Easton (City of Edinburgh) 78 83, A McKechin (Renfrewshire) 77 84.
162 L Allan (N Ayrshire) 80 82, L McGillivary (S Aberdeenshire) 84 78, R Polson (Aberdeen City) 80 82.
163 G Simpson (City of Edinburgh) 82 81.
164 I Craigie (Scottish Borders) 81 83, T MacTaggart (Scottish Borders) 80 84.
165 S Cameron (E Lothian) 82 83.
166 Z Differ (N Lanarkshire) 80 86, G Arnott (N Ayrshire) 82 84, K McIntosh (Midlothian) 82 84, K Scott (E Dunbartonshire) 83 83.
167 J Vass (Highland) 87 80, L Duncan (S Aberdeenshire) 76 91, N Wilson (Glasgow) 81 86, J Meek (Angus) 83 84.
168 A Summers (Dundee City) 88 90.
169 L Meldrum (E Dunbartonshire) 82 87, H McCook (Highland) 85 84, L Cosh (Glasgow) 83 86.
170 N McLuckie (N Lanarkshire) 89 81.
171 L Smith (Dundee City) 86 85, K Vannet (S Aberdeenshire) 86 85.
173 N Taylor (Fife) 89 84, E Bisset (Glasgow) 86 87.
174 C Prouse (Aberdeen City) 92 82, A Alston (Angus) 87 87.
175 F Fullerton (N Aberdeenshire) 89 86.
176 C Tait (Fife) 92 84, N Qayum (Renfrewshire) 85 91.
177 K Seam (S Aberdeenshire) 91 86.
179 S Munro (Fife) 89 90.
180 M McKay (N Ayrshire) 93 87, L Stevenson (Glasgow) 96 84.
181 H Peebles (Dundee City) 92 89, H Scott (City of Edinburgh) 83 98.
182 A King (Dumfries & Galloway) 91 91, K Reid (Dundee City) 92 90.
185 A Mitchell (Scottish Borders) 97 88.
187 C Freeburn (N Lanarkshire) 94 93.
188 K MacCallum (N Aberdeenshire) 90 98.
190 A Tait (Fife) 95 95.
192 E Aird (Perth & Kinross) 100 92.
210 M Aird (Perth & Kinross) 107 103.
GIRLS TEAM
298 Highland.
313 Scottish Borders.
315 City of Edinburgh.
316 South Aberdeenshire.
317 East Dunbartonshire.
324 Renfrewshire.
328 North Ayrshire.
329 Angus.
336 Aberdeen City.
338 Dundee City.
340 Dumfries & Galloway.
347 Glasgow.
349 Fife.
353 North Lanarkshire.
363 North Aberdeenshire.
370 Perth & Kinross.
NR East Lothian.

Stableford Results from Kilmacolm Golf Club

Past Captain's Putter (Stableford), Played 10/06/08, SSS 72 CSS 72, 17 entries
1st P.Brown (13) 35 points
2nd B. Orr (14) 34points (acb)
Doris Keyden Trophy (Stableford) Played 12/06/08, SSS 72 ,CSS 71, 29 entries
1st E.Crichton (26) 42 points
2nd M.McCallum (22) 40 points

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.