Lesley's inward half pips Liz in West Vets qualifier

Lesley Lloyd (Hayston) and Liz Keohone (Loudoun Gowf) tied on 83 for the best scratch score  on a blustery but sunny  day at Largs Kelburne yesterday in the SVLGA (West ) Championship qualifier. A field of over 70 players took part. Lesley had the better inward half

RESULTS
SSS 73, CSS 76 (Reduction Only)
Scratch:
1 Lesley Lloyd (Hayston) 83 bih
2 Liz Keohone (Loudoun Gowf) 83

Silver
1 Liz Keohone (Loudoun Gowf)  77
2 Christine Fowler (Cowglen) 87 (9) 78 bih
3 Helen Robertson (Douglas Park) 91 (13) 78

Bronze
1 Gail Brown (Troon Ladies) (23) 78
2 Janette Stewart (Kilmarnock Barassie) (22)  83

Super Vet
Janette Stewart (Kilmarnock Barassie) (22)  83

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CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE NET SCORES

Click on the he following Championship qualifiers and the Stewart Trophy qualifiers for Renfrew Golf Club on Thursday 28th May 

CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW

STEWART CUP DRAW - HANDICAP

BETTY SINGLETON TROPHY - PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS GOLF CLUB LADIES SECTION

BETTY SINGLETON TROPHY -- FRIDAY, 31ST JULY 2015 LADIES OPEN FOURSOMES:

ONE ROUND MEDAL PLAY -- PLAY WILL BE ON ONE HALF OF COMBINED HANDICAP -- MAXIMUM COMBINED HANDICAP ALLOWANCE IS 30 ENTRY FEE - £16 PER COUPLE

 MUST BE INCLUDED WITH ENTRY AND S.A.E. (Entry limited to ladies aged 18 years and over) STARTING TIMES FROM 8.30 TO 3.00PM

 Entries to : Rosalind Purdom 8 Capperview PRESTWICK KA9 1BH Tel: 01292 470152.

  CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES: 1ST JUNE 2015

CLICK HERE FOR AN ENTRY FORM

WEST CHAMPIONSHIP IS RESCHEDULED

Fiona Scott has received confirmation from Cawder Golf Club  for the rescheduled date of the West Championship.

It is Sunday 13 September - first tee time 12 noon.

All the players will be contacted. 

LESLEY LLOYD IS THE 2015 LANARKSHIRE CHAMPION

Lesley Lloyd beats Fiona Norris at 19th in 

Lanarkshire final at East Kilbride

REPORT FROM JEAN MACINTYRE 

Lesley Lloyd - 2015 Lanarkshire County Champion

On a nice sunny afternoon at East Kilbride GC, Lesley Lloyd (Hayston) won her second Lanarkshire women's county championship. Her previous victory was in 1997. This was Lloyd's seventh appearance in the final.

After a very close final, in which there was never more than one hole in it, Lesley beat Fiona Norris (Hamilton) at the 19th.

Fiona birdied the first to go one up. The next three holes were halved in pars. Lesley won the fifth with a par but Fiona birdied the ninth to go one up again. 

Lesley immediately squared the match by winning the 10th while Fiona again went one up at the 11th but Lesley won the 12th. 

The 13th was halved. Fiona won the 14th and remained one  up through 17. Lesley won the long par 5 18th  to square the match and then won the first extra hole when Fiona found a bunker with her second shot and failed to get up and down.

Both played well and scored two over par for the 18 holes.

In the morning's semi-finals Lloyd bt the 2008 champion, Susan Wood (Drumpellier) by 2 and 1.
Norris, five times county champion since 1992 (when she was Fiona McKay), bt Janice Paterson (Drumpellier) 4 and 2 in the other semi-final.
It will be Lloyd's seventh county final. She won the title in 1997.
Nora Wilson (Strathaven) won the Bronze Championship, beating Margaret Marshall (Wishaw) 5 and 4 in the final

SCRATCH
Semi-finals
Lesley Lloyd (Hayston) beat Susan Wood (Drumpellier) 2 and 1.
Fiona Norris (Hamilton) beat Janice Paterson (Drumpellier) 4 and 2.
Final
Lloyd bt Norris at 19th.
HANDICAP
Final
Norah Wilson (Strathaven) beat Margaret Marshall (Wishaw) 5 and 4.

WEST OF SCOTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP CANCELLED

The West of Scotland Championship which was due to take place today at Cawder Golf Club has been cancelled due to flooding of the Cawder Course. 
This is the second year in a row it has had to be cancelled. Last year it was cancelled due to fog.

LANARKSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

To read all about it -- go to Kirkwood Golf Website

WEST OF SCOTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW FOR OVER CAWDER GOLF CLUB

Cawder Golf Club
Sunday 3 May 2015
	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
12pm	Susan Wood	Jennifer Rankine
12.10pm	Claire Hargan	Eva O'Connor	Donna Jackson
12.20pm	Lesley Lloyd	Linzi Allan	Jillian Farrell
12.30pm	Gillian Kyle	Catherine Malcolm	Molly Richmond
12.40pm	Carol Whyte	Katie Scott	Laura McGeachy
12.50pm	Lesley Cosh	Susan McGrenaghan	Fiona Rattray
1pm	Angela Devine	Lorraine Campbell	Niamh Kinney
1.10pm	Melanie Anderson	Anna MacKenzie	Lindsay Mathie
1.20pm	Cathy Morton	Lori Macdonald	Emily Dunsmore
1.30pm	Gillian McGinlay	Irene Morton	Lauren Gilbert

Entries for the West Championship and County
Name	Club	H'Cap	County
Catherine Malcolm	Prestwick St Cuthbert	3	Ayrshire
Linzi Allan	West Kilbride	3	Ayrshire
Lauren Gilbert	Largs	9	Ayrshire	J
Claire Hargan	St Regulus	3	D & A
Jillian Farrell	Cardross	5	D & A	J
Lorraine Campbell	Cardross	6	D & A
Laura McGeachy	Haggs Castle	5	D & A
Lori Macdonald	Cardross	9	D & A	J
Fiona Rattray	Douglas Park		D & A	J
Lesley Lloyd	Hayston	2	Lanarkshire
Susan McGrenaghan	Mount Ellen	6	Lanarkshire
Molly Richmond	Strathaven	6	Lanarkshire	J
Angela Devine	Hamilton	7	Lanarkshire
Susan Wood	Drumpelier	1	Lanarkshire
Katie Scott	Strathaven	7	Lanarkshire	J
Eva O'Connor	Bothwell Castle	6	Lanarkshire	J
Emily Dunsmore	Bishopbriggs	11	Lanarkshire
Melanie Anderson	Drumpelier	10	Lanarkshire
Irene Morton	Drumpelier	11	Lanarkshire
Gillian McGinlay	Cochrane Castle	6	Renfrewshire
Jennifer Rankine	Haggs Castle	6	Renfrewshire	J
Gillian Kyle	East Renfrewshire	4	Renfrewshire
Carol Whyte	Milngavie	4	Renfrewshire
Donna Jackson	Cochrane Castle	3	Renfrewshire
Lindsay Mathie	Troon	10	Renfrewshire
Lelsey Cosh	Cowglen	5	Renfrewshire
Anna MacKenzie	Crail	12	Renfrewshire	J
Cathy Morton	Eastwood	10	Renfrewshire
Niamh Kinney	Erskine	13	Renfrewshire	J

HELEN HOLM TROPHY RESULTS

CLICK HERE for Live Scoring from the Helen Holm Trophy at Troon

To read the full report at the end Day 1 go to Kirkwood Golf   -- CLICK HERE
and for Day 2 -- CLICK HERE

Day 3 CLICK HERE for final tee off times

GREENOCK OPEN DAY GREENSOMES

GREENOCK GOLF CLUB Ladies’ Open Greensome Sunday 7th June, 2015

Handicap Calculated as .4 of highest & .6 of lowest. Certificates must be produced
Please state club, handicaps and preferred starting time

Entry fee £16 and SAE (by 25th May, 2015 - no refund if cancelled after this date)
(Cheques made payable to Greenock Golf Club Ladies’ Section)
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR ENTRY FORM

Send to:
Mrs Morag Connelly
48 Oxford Avenue
Gourock
PA19 1UU    
Tel. 01475 799086

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

Please go to the Kirkwood Golf Website for all County Championship updates - your webmaster can post to that website and will be trying to run down putting posts on this site.

MILNGAVIE LADIES OPEN DAY - TRI AM

Milngavie Ladies Open Tri-Am  is on Wednesday 8^th of July and the cost is £30 per team of 3.

Enter directly online at Milngavie Golf Club Website 

Or phone the secretary on 0141 956 1619

2015 WEST OF SCOTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP - ENTRY FORM

The West of Scotland Championship, an 18 hole strokeplay competition, for those with handicaps of 15 or less will be held at Cawder Golf Club, Cawder Course, on Sunday 3 May with tee off from 12.00 to 2.30pm.

To download an entry form please click on the following link --- CLICK HERE 

LANARK OPEN DAY

Lanark Golf Club Open Day is a better ball on Sunday 12th July 2015 between 10am and 2pm. Proceeds to Beatson Cancer Charity. Enter online with a partner at Lanark Golf Club Website
Sheila Fairbairn (Captain)

BROADLEES LADIES 9 HOLE TEXAS SCRAMBLE

GET YOUR ENTRY FORM -- CLICK HERE

AYRSHIRE GIRLS SPRING SALVER - LOUISE DUNCAN WINS

Some of the Ayrshire Juniors

The sun was shining at Ballochmyle on Sunday 22nd March for Ayrshire girls' first competition of the season. Winter conditions were still in play and there was a strong wind blowing, but the girls were not put off and all returned very acceptable scores. Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) was the first winner of a new Salver gifted for this competition.

Results are as follows:-
Silver
1st Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) 84 (8) 76 (trophy winner)
Bronze
1st Claire McLaughlin (West Kilbride) 103 (26) 77
2nd= Rachel Foster (Turnberry) 104 (23) 81
Samantha McKay (Loudoun) 116 (35) 81

Pre-Handicap (10 holes)
12 years and under Cristina McCracken (Troon) 68
Hannah Young (Troon) 70
13-14 years Gemma Paton (Loudoun) 59
Heather Kelly (Loudoun) 63

Pre-handicap Putting
1st Gemma Paton
2nd Cristina McCracken

Thanks go to June Kerr for the report and photographs

SKELOMORLIE LADIES OPEN DAY

OPEN GREENSOME SUNDAY 13th SEPTEMBER  2015 - £12 per couple
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR ENTRY FORM

BOTHWELL CASTLE SENIOR MIXED OPEN

Bothwell Castle Senior Mixed Open
Thursday 7 May 2015 8am – 3pm
Entry Fee is £14 per couple
All competitors must be 55 years or over by the competition date
Entry forms can be obtained from Bothwell Castle Website
Closing date for entries will be 23rd April 2015.
I would be obliged if you could highlight that Bothwell Castle are holding their Senior Mixed Open on 7 May 2015.

PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT GOLF CLUB OPEN DAY

PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT GOLF CLUB LADIES SECTION LADIES OPEN MEDALCOMPETITION
for the RANKIN SMITH TROPHY
(SCRATCH, SILVER AND BRONZE PRIZES AWARDED)
To be played on --- FRIDAY, 22nd MAY 2015
STARTING TIMES AVAILABLE BETWEEN 9.00AM AND 3.30PM

ALL LADIES WITH A CERTIFIED HANDICAP ARE WELCOME TO ENTER
HANDICAPS MUST BE PRODUCED ON THE DAY
TIES WILL BE DECIDED ON THE BETTER INWARD HALF

ENTRY FEE £10.00

ENTRY FORMS AND S.A.E. TO BE RETURNED NOT LATER THAN
WEDNESDAY, 29th APRIL 2015
(No Entry Fees Refunded After This Date)
To: MRS CATHERINE MALCOLM,
17 AUCHINCRUIVE AVENUE, PRESTWICK KA9 2DT
Tel: (01292) 477657

BELLE ROBERTSON IS AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE R&A

ROYAL AND ANCIENT GOLF CLUB NEWS RELEASE

February 10, 2015, St Andrews, Scotland:
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is delighted to announce that Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, Dame Laura Davies, Renée Powell, Belle Robertson MBE, Lally Segard, Annika Sorenstam and Louise Suggs have accepted invitations to become honorary members of the R&A

SLGA MEMBERSHIP VOTE YES TO AMALGAMATION

NEWS RELEASE FROM SLGA
The Membership of the Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association (SLGA) has today (Saturday, February 7) backed the Proposal to amalgamate with the Scottish Golf Union (SGU) after a yes vote at their Annual General Meeting.

Ladies Sections of Clubs, Ladies Clubs, County Golf Associations, Vice Presidents and Directors voted in favour of the proposed amalgamation by a unanimous margin of 204-0 at their AGM at the Edinburgh Marriott Hotel.
Voting took place on the day, with those unable to send a representative voting by proxy.

Beth Paterson, SLGA Chairman, said: “We are delighted, for a second time, the voting members of the SLGA have backed the proposal to amalgamate with the SGU. I would like to thank our members for their patience during the consultation process.
“Unifying the amateur game for men and women is a positive step for both the game and the participants. The move to a single governing body will make Scottish Golf stronger, and I know the sport will continue to be committed to increasing the number of people who play golf regularly and supporting those with talent to fulfil their potential.
“I’d like to acknowledge the work done by the Amalgamation working group under the Chairmanship of Sherriff Alastair Thornton, which has resulted in the women reaching a positive decision today.
“Amalgamation between the SGU and the SLGA is in the best interests of golf and we sincerely hope that the SGU will gain the support for amalgamation from their shareholders, so we can look forward to a new era and to realising our vision for the future.”
Shortly before Christmas, the Proposal to amalgamate the SGU and the SLGA into a single unified governing body for amateur golf in Scotland was finalised, one that can herald an exciting “new era” for Scottish Golf and one fundamentally important for the future of the game.
In clear terms, the proposal outlines how amalgamation can provide a platform for a new governing body to lead Scottish Golf positively into the future, help clubs be viable and vibrant and attract more people of all ages and gender into the sport.
Tom Craig, SGU Chairman, added: “I’m delighted the Membership of the Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association has voted in favour of the Proposal to amalgamate. It is now over to the SGU clubs and the 16 SGU Area Associations to make their decision.
“This is an historic opportunity to step confidently forward together as one – Areas, Counties, clubs and staff – and share knowledge and ideas to make the game at all levels stronger.”
Presently, all clubs affiliated to the SGU are being urged to vote in an independent Poll which is open until February 27 as part of the Proposal to amalgamate with the SLGA.

Karin Sharp
Chief Operating Officer
k.sharp@slga.co.uk
Tel: 0131 339 3987
Mob: 07812 665159




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