The players were greeted at Ralston today with brilliant
blue skies and most of the morning matches were won comfortably. However it was a different story in the
afternoon.
First match out was Gillian Kyle against Carol
MacNally. Gillian was soon 3 down to
Carol but kept fighting till she managed to square the match at the 18th. A half at the 19th and Gillian went on to win with a par at the 20th.
Denise Cowan then went out against Carol Fell (who says
she doesn't play 36 holes!). Her superior length proved to be to her advantage
and a tiring Carol and caddy Freda (combined ages 143!!!) finally gave in at
the 16th to lose 4 & 2.
11 times Champion Donna Jackson played well to win 3
& 2 over Carol Whyte who at times still seemed to have jetlag after her recent
trans-atlantic flight.
14 year old Jennifer Rankine, after a convincing win over
Beth Paterson in the morning round, then took on Captain Gillian McGinley. Gillian says Jennifer played really well and
she went down 6 & 5.
The semi-finals Friday 17th April
9.30 Gillian
Kyle v Denise Cowan
9.37 Donna
Jackson v Jennifer Rankine
1st Round
Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire) bt Heather Mushet
(Elderslie) 5 & 3
Carol McNally (Williamwood) bt Sally Foster
(Kilmacolm) 6 & 4
Denise Cowan (Ranfurly Castle) bt Sandra Littlejohn (Erskine) 2 up
Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle) bt Linda McDougall
(Greenock) 3 & 1
Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle) bt Anne Judge (Ranfurly
Castle) 4 & 3
Carol Whyte (Milngavie) bt Marion Munro (Ranfurly Castle)
8 & 6
Gillian McGinley (Cochrane Castle) bt Elizabeth Russell
(Ralston) 4 & 3
Jennifer Rankine (Haggs Castle) bt Beth Paterson
(Eastwood) 5 & 3
Quarter Finals
Gillian Kyle bt Carol McNally at 20th
Denise Cowan bt Carol Fell 4 & 2
Donna Jackson bt Carol Whyte 3 & 2
Jennifer Rankine bt Gillian McGinley 6 & 5
