Renfrewshire win against Galloway

Fife and Renfrewshire will meet in a title-decider on Sunday in the Scottish women’s county golf team championship at The Hirsel Golf Club near Coldstream.
Both teams made it two wins out of two on the second day. Fife, having swept the foursomes 3-0, beat Perth & Kinross 6-3. Perth and Kinross ralled to take the last three singles but by that time Fife had established a winning lead.
Renfrewshire were made to fight by Galloway who had lost 7-2 to Fife on the opening day. Renfrewshire edged ahead 2-1 in the foursomes and then took the singles 3 ½ to 2 ½ for an overall 5 ½-3 ½ victory.


Saturday details:
FIFE 6, PERTH & KINROSS 3

Foursomes: K Caithness, K Milne bt R Niven, A Bushby 3 and 2; E Moffat, F Lockhart bt J Milne, F Ramsay 4 and 3; L Kenney & J Carthew bt E Napper, S Shepherd 6 and 5 (3-0).
Singles: Caithness bt J Yellowlees 5 and 4, Kenney bt Milne 1 hole, Lockhart bt G Lambie 4 and 3, Carthew lost to Bushby 6 and 5, Moffat lost to Niven 4 and 3, Milne lost to Shepherd 3 and 2 (3-3).

RENFREWSHIRE 5 ½, GALLOWAY 3 1/2

Foursomes: M Briggs, C-M Carlton bt S McMurtrie, A Shamash 3 and 1; D Jackson, G McGinlay bt C Meldrum, G Robson 3 and 1; S Harman, G Kyle lost to T Milligan, G Monteith 5 and 3 (2-1).
Singles: Carlton bt Shamash 5 and 4, Briggs bt McMurtrie 2 and 1, Jackson halved with Milligan, L Robertson lost to Monteith 3 and 1, Harman lost to P Magill 2 holes, McGinlay bt Meldrum 4 and 3 (3 ½-2 ½).

HOW THEY STAND
Fife and Renfrewshire 2pt each, Perth & Kinross 1pt, Galloway 0pt.
FINAL MATCHES
Fife v Renfrewshire, Perth & Kinross v Galloway

Renfrewshire win against Perth and Kinross

Fife and Renfrewshire made winning starts to the Scottish women’s county golf championship’s three-day programme at The Hirsel Golf Club near Coldstream today.
Fife, the favourites on paper, beat Galloway 7-2 after making a clean sweep of the three foursomes.
Renfrewshire trailed 2-1 to Perth & Kinross after the foursomes but singles wins by Clare-Marie Carlton, Megan Briggs, Lesley Robertson and Gillian McGinlay enabled them to turn the tables and finished overall 5-4 winners.
Tomorrow, it’s Perth & Kinross v Fife and Renfrewshire v Galloway.
Details:
PERTH & KINROSS 4, RENFREWSHIRE 5
P&K names first

Foursomes - J Milne, F Ramsay beatt D Jackson, G McGinlay 3 and 2; J Yellowlees, G Lambie lost to C-M Carlton, M Briggs 1 hole; R Niven, A Bushby beatt G Kyle, L Robertson 7 and 6 (2-1).
Singles - Niven lost to Carlton 7 and 6, S Shepherd lost to Briggs 7 and 5, Bushby beat Jackson 5 and 4, Milne beatt C Whyte 5 and 4, Lambie lost to Robertson 4 and 2, Ramsay lost to McGinlay 5 and 4 (2-4).

FIFE 7, GALLOWAY 2

Fife names first
Foursomes - E Moffat, F Lockhart bt S McMurtrie, A Shamash 2 and 1; L Bennett, B Copland bt C Meldrum, G Robson 2 holes; K Caithness, K Milne bt T Milligan, G Monteith 5 and 4 (3-0).

Singles - Caithness bt Shamash 4 and 3, Moffat lost to McMurtrie 4 and 3, Lockhart bt Monteith 4 and 3, J Carthew bt Meldrum 2 holes, Bennett lost to Milligan 6 and 5, Milne bt Robson 3 and 2 (4-2).
Thanks go to Colin Farquarson for the report

Marion Munroe is the September Medal Overall Winner

Marion Munroe (Ranfurly Castle) was the overall winner in today's County medal played over her home course Ranfurly Castle by the BIH from Gillian McGinlay (Cochrane Castle) with a net 70
Gillian had another terrific score to day. Despite 3 putting the 1st hole and having a double bogey at the 17th Gillian had a gross 74 to play to scratch on the day since the CSS went up by one to 74
In the 13 and upwards division SLGA's Pamela McKenzie (Ranfurly Castle) was the winner with a net 74

Jennifer McLeod wins the Campbell Clock

The 2006 Campbell Clock was won today by Jennifer McLeod of East Renfrewshire with 37 pts.

RLCGA Rosebowl Finalists

Congratulations to Gillian McGinlay, playing very well this season, to win a closely fought match on the 19th against Anita McMillan at Cochrane Castle.  Commiserations to Anita

In the other semi final Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle) beat Valerie McKinnon (Old Ranfurly)
The date for the final has still to be arranged

Gillian McGinlay wins the Autumn Meeting

  
Gillian McGinlay (Cochrane Castle) had a terrific round at the Autumn Meeting today at Cathcart Castle. Her Gross Score of 73 was the best of the day. Despite a double bogey 5 at the first hole she went out in 36. She then came back in even par 37 to be 1 under the SSS 69. The CSS then went up to 71 and Gillian is now cut to a handicap of 4 the lowest she has ever been.

Eilidh Briggs is the RLCGA Junior Champion

The RLCGA Junior Championship was played at Bonnyton Golf Course today. Lesley Cosh (Cowglen) beat Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) in the morning semi final.
Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm)then won in the final against Lesley to become the 2006 RLCGA Junior Champion

Double Whammy for RLCGA's Morag Keys

Congratulations go to Morag Keys who last weekend won Erskine's Club Championship and Ralston's Club Championship
Here is a picture of Morag with Erskine's Ladies Club Captain Gina McDougall presenting her with the championship cup. This is Morag's second win at Erskine, the last one was in 1998 . It was a very exciting finals match as Morag fought her way back from 3 down against Fiona Campbell to clinch the title on the 18th green.


WELL DONE MORAG

Draw for September Medal over Ranfurly Castle

Dorothy Yates (Cowglen) has completed the draw for the September Medal at Ranfurly Castle on Wednesday 13th September To see it Click Here

Win a round of Golf at Gleneagles

RLCGA have been given a raffle prize of "A round for 4 at Gleneagles" to help us raise more funds for the Scottish Finals. The draw will take place at the Bridge Drive and the tickets are £1.
PLEASE HELP THE COUNTY TEAM BY BUYING A RAFFLE.
Contact Beth or Christeen if you would like to buy some

Renfrewshire Girls' Championship 2006

This will be held at Bonnyton Golf Club on Saturday 26th August.

Unfortunately not all the eligible girls are able to play so there will be one semi-final at 9.30am between Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) and Leslie Cosh (Cowglen) with the winner playing Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) in the final at 1.30pm.

Everyone is very welcome to come and support the girls and admire their golfing skills.

Committee Member Dorothy Yates is a winner

Fiona Lockhart and Elaine Moffat, both members of St Regulus Golf Club, St Andrews – and both former Scottish women’s amateur champions, added another national title to their golfing CV at Cowglen Golf Club, Glasgow today
They won the Scottish women’s foursomes title by one shot from the Baberton pairing of Karen Marshall and Fiona Hunter.
Fiona and Elaine had rounds of 77 and 73 over the par-72 women’s course for a total of 150.
Karen Marshall and Fiona Hunter scored 71 and 80 for 151.
The best net total was 142 off a handicap of eight by local members Dorothy Yates and Chris Fowler. They had gross scores of 77 and 81 (net 69 and 73)

Jennifer Jenkins winning Scottish Girls Team

Victorious Scottish Girls team flanked by coach Karyn Dallas and captain Jennifer Jenkins

Congratulations go to Jennifer Jenkin's team who beat Wales 7 - 2, England 7 ½-1½ and finally thrashed Ireland 9 - 0 today to win the Girls Home Internationals for the first time since 1998.

(Photo Courtesy and Copyright © Tom Ward)

Megan in Girls Scottish Team

Scottish Girls' Team at Portstewart for the Girls' Home Internationals which start tomorrow
Back Row L to R: Nancy Chisholm (SLGA President), Kelsey Macdonald, Sally Watson, Michelle Thomson, Carly Booth, Rachael Livingstone, Judith Anderson (Team Manager), Margaret Rodgers (SLGA Chairman)
Front Row L to R: Megan Briggs, Jennifer Jenkins (Girls' Captain), Krystle Caithness, Roseanne Niven
(Photo Courtesy and Copyright © Tom Ward)

Draw for Autumn Meeting over Cathcart Castle

Maureen Mitchell (Cathcart Castle) has completed the draw for the Autumn Meeting at Cathcart Castle on Monday 28th August To see it Click Here

Janette McCartney is the Overall Winner of the Kilmacolm Medal

The August Medal was played over Kilmacolm this afternoon and evening with the final players finishing about 8:30pm.
Janette McCartney (Erskine) was the overall winner with a net 69 by virtue of the BIH from Beatrice Orr (Kilmacolm).
Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle) won the Scratch award with a gross 74
SSS 72 CSS 74.
Click on the link on the RHS to Howdidido for all the results

13 year old Eilidh cuts her handicap to 5

Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) was in the top ten at the Riccarton Rosebowl at Hamilton on Sunday 6th August With 2 terrific rounds of 74 and 72 (Par 72). She has now has cut her handicap to 5.
13 Year old Eilidh started the season with a handicap of 13 !!

Tom Leham Trophy - the Briggs Sisters are Winners

Megan Briggs[Kilmacolm] won the Tom Leham Trophy 2006 played over Troon Lochgreen today.
Megan scored a gross 73 against the par 75 course where the CSS was 74.
Not to be outdone , sister Eilidh won the handicap trophy with a 74 less 7 net 67.

Scottish Under 21 Championship -- Stirling Golf Club

Eilidh Briggs (Kilmalcolm) had the best three-round gross total by an Under 14 Year Old:
FINAL TOTALS (Par 74, CSS 73 72 72)
202 K Caithness (St Regulus) 64 69 69.
213 K McNicoll (Carnoustie Ladies) 71 72 70.
215 K MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 70 73 72
216 K Walker (Buchanan Castle) 70 74 72.
217 G Webster (Hilton Park) 67 79 71
219 M Thomson (McDonald Ellon) 75 72 72, R Niven (Crieff) 69 75 75.
224 L Fleming (The Roxburghe) 77 76 71.
226 J Turner (Mortonhall) 74 77 75.
227 V Stevenson (Stirling) 76 78 73.
228 R Livingstone (Musselburgh Old) 82 74 72.
230 M Briggs (Kilmacolm) 79 80 71, K Harper (Inverness) 77 81 72.
Others:
232 C-M Carlton (Stirling Univ) 81 77 74, L Murray (Alford) 79 74 79.
242 L Mackin (Majorca) 83 83 76.
245 E Briggs (Kilmacolm) 82 79 84.
278 N Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 90 91 97.

Megan Briggs gets her 2nd Scottish Cap

RLCGA County Champion Megan Briggs [Kilmacolm] has received her second Scottish cap after being selected for the Scottish Girls Team for the Home Internationals to be played at Port Stewart, Northern Ireland from 9 to 11 August 2006.The team is captained by RLCGA's Jennifer Jenkins [Ralston]