COUNTY JUNIOR ‘FUN’ EVENT

Twelve girls attended the ‘Fun’ event for juniors at the Playsport Centre in East Kilbride on Saturday morning.
The girls were given some fun exercises by our County PGA Professional, Lesley MacKay, being divided into groups of two or three and asked to hit various targets using different clubs each time. The helpers were thankful they were not asked to take part !
Some of the girls had already attended our ‘B’ squad coaching but asked to come back to this session. The others either had high handicaps or Club handicaps but all thoroughly enjoyed their time with Lesley. It also gave the Junior Committee the chance to see some new talent and identify girls for our next year’s coaching sessions.
The next event on the Junior calendar is the Campbell Clock being held at Whitecraigs  GC on Sunday, 4th September at 2pm. This is a Stableford competition over 18 holes, 8 holes or the short Par 3 course.
Entry forms are available on this County website and we ask all Junior Convenors to encourage their girls to enter one of the competitions.
Maureen Mitchell (Junior Convenor)
 

MEGAN AND ALYSON ARE PLAYING IN THE LADIES' BRITISH OPEN AMATEUR STROKEPLAY

Good Luck to Megan and Alyson who are playing in the Ladies' British Open Amateur Strokeplay which begins tomorrow at Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club (17th - 19th August 2011)
Scottish Entrants
ATKINS, Lesley (Gullane Ladies')
BRIGGS, Megan (Kilmacolm)
MACDONALD, Gabrielle (Craigielaw)
MCCOOK, Hannah (Grantown on Spey)
MCKECHIN, Alyson (Elderslie)
MONTEITH, Gillian (Portpatrick Dunskey)
MURRAY, Laura (Alford)
PRETSWELL, Pamela (Bothwell Castle)
REID, Katie (Monifieth)
SNEDDON, Jacqueline (Alyth)
SUMMERS, Ailsa (Carnoustie Ladies')
TAYLOR, Rachael (Hartl)
WATTON, Rachael (Mortonhall)

GO TO THE LGU WEBSITE FOR THE DRAW AND LIVE SCORING WHEN AVAILABLE

RLCGA UMBRELLA SURVEY - WOULD YOU LIKE ONE

Trish, Mo and Gillian use their brolly in the sun - Click to enlarge

Captain Trish Brown is going to order some more RLCGA Umbrellas. We can get the full size ones and the smaller ones but we have to order a minimum of 25 of each. We don't want to be out of pocket by ordering too many. She is wondering if we should just offer the one size...ie the larger one --- So this is the dilemma.
Apart from keeping you dry in the rain, they also make great parasols when the sun shines!! Your webmaster and others have done so at many County events and also just out on the golf course.
Can you please help Trish by filling in the following survey form :

CLICK HERE TO FILL IN FORM

The approximate cost of an umbrella will be about £18 (to be confirmed).
 Also for those who are asking the question---- Does it fit into a powacaddy brolly holder ? --- It fits perfectly and your webmaster has one and just loves it.

RENFREWSHIRE JUNIOR ALEXANDRA QAYUM TIES 4TH IN THE UNDER 14'S SCOTTISH GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP

This Championship is jointly run by the SGU and SLGA for leading under 14 male and female golfers. First contested in 2001, the event is the youngest national age group championhip in Scotland, which also features an U12 category within. The event has been greatly supported by the Loretto School Golf Academy who have been sponsors since 2004 and attracts talented young golfers from across the UK. It shall comprise 18 holes of stroke play.
Click on the following link to see the scores today after the Competition was reduced to one round due to rain !
Loretta Schools Under 14 Scottish Girls Championships

Not a good day for the home players in the rain-abbreviated Loretto School Scottish Under-14 girls' open championship at Aberdour Golf Club, Fife today .

Leading Scottish girls were Chloe Goadby (St Regulus) and Alexandra Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) who tied for fourth place with Samantha Fuller (Roehampton).

LEADING GIRLS
Par 68 CSS tbc
74 Susana Vik (Nor).
77 Clara Kelly (Hagley), Emily Lyle (Worksop).
78 Samantha Fuller (Roehampton), Chloe Goadby (St Regulus), Alexandra Qayum (Ranfurly Castle).
79 Sophie Maguire (St Regulus), Victoria Mallett (Sutton Coldfield),Emma Hale (Troon Ladies).
80 Angharad Evans (St Pierre).
81 Sophie Newlove (Notts Ladies), Fiona Liddell (Ger).

BRITISH GIRLS MATCHPLAY RESULTS -- Alyson had been beaten by the eventual winner

Renfrewshire's Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) and Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) were  knocked out of the matchplay stages of the British Amateur Girls' Championships.
However ---- Margaux Vanmol from Brussels beat the odds to become the new British girls’ open amateur golf champion over the Gullane No 1 course today.

She beat the French favourite, Celine Boutier from Paris, by one hole in a final that was quick and quality golf.

Renfrewshire's Alyson McKechin's was beaten in the 2nd round by the Belgium who eventually won !!
CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE MATCHPLAY RESULTS RESULTS

SCOTTISH BOYS AND GIRLS U14s NOW A ONE-ROUNDER ON FRIDAY

FROM THE SLGA WEBSITE
The first round of the Scottish Girls and Boys Under 14's Championship at Aberdour has been cancelled today (because of very heavy rain and flooding).
The Championship will now be held over 18 holes tomorrow (Friday, August 12). Tee times for tomorrow will be as per the Round 2 (Friday) tee-times on the draw. Competitors should register tomorrow 30 minutes before their tee-time.

Claire Hargan
Championship Manager

SLGA LADIES FOURSOMES AND MIXED FOURSOMES

The Scottish Mixed Foursomes will take place at Mortonhall Golf Club on Sunday 21st August and the Scottish Ladies Open Foursomes will be played at Glenbervie Golf Club on Sunday 28 August. The draws for these competitions can be found below. There are still some spaces available for both of these events - please contact the SLGA office if you would like a late entry.
MIXED FOURSOMES DRAW
SCOTTISH LADIES STROKEPLAY FOURSOMES

AFTER YOUR GAME AT GLEDDOCH WHY NOT INVITE A PARTNER AND PLAY IN THEIR MIXED FOURSOMES

Charity Mixed Greensomes on Sunday September 18th

All profits will go to Maggie's (Glasgow) and the event is in memory of Gleddoch's late Past Captain, Sheila Hughes, who was also a Past Captain at Fereneze. Her family donated a wonderful trophy, as Sheila did a lot of after dinner speaking for Maggie's whilst undergoing her treatment.

CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR ENTRY FORM

AUTUMN GREENSOMES AND SEPTEMBER MEDAL

Ladies
The Autumn Greensomes is being held at Renfrew on 8th September, the closing date for entries is 22nd August. Also the September Medal is being held at Eastwood on 12th September, the closing date for entries is 24th August. Although the weather tonight is more like winter!! --- Please get your entries in for both these September competitions as soon as possible. --- CLICK ON THE LINK ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE WEBSITE

Jean Irvine, Secretary, RLCGA

ALYSON LOSES - NO SCOTS IN LAST 16 OF BRITISH GIRLS

There are no Scots in tomorrow morning's line-up of the last 16 in the British girls open amateur championship after an awful day of rain at the Gullane No 2 course.
The last host country representative to bow out was Renfrewshire's Alyson McKechin (Elderslie).
Having beat compatriot Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies) by 4 and 2 in the worst of the morning rain, Alyson went down by 2 and 1 to Belgium's Margaux Vanmol in the second round.
The 18-year-old lost the first but bounced back by winning the second, fourth and fifth for a two-hole lead - but that was as good as it got for McKechin.
"I was still two up at the turn but she birdied the long 10th to get one back and after we had halved the long 11th in birdie 4s, Margaux birdied the 13th to square the match," said Alyson who intends playing full-time amateur golf for the rest of the year.
"Then I bogeyed the 14th to go one down for the first time."
After halves in pars at the 15th and 16th, Vanmol clinched a come-from-behind 2 and 1 win by winning the 17th.
The roads around Gullane were flooded after overnight rain continued into the day but the Gullane links continued to drain it all away.

Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report

ALYSON WINS AND EILIDH LOSESTHIS MORNING IN HORRIFIC WEATHER

Renfrewshire's Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) beat Lesley Atikins (Gullane Ladies) in the all-Scottish first-round tie as the match-play stages of the British girls championship got underway in simply awful wet conditions.
The roads around Gullane were flooding after overnight rain continued into the day but the Gullane No 1 course continued to drain it all away.
"It's simply horrific out there," said 16-year-old Bronte Law (Bramhall), one of the favourites for the title after her 4 and 3 win over Maria Tonnessen (Norway).
Alyson McKechin, was three up after 13 holes and went on to beat Lesley Atkins by 4 and 3.

Scottish U18 girls champion Renfrewshire's Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) was two down after only four holes to Norway's Olivia Hullert. The Scot stopped the rot but was still two down after seven and again at the turn. 
She got into her stride to birdie the 11th, 13th, 15th and 17th to take the match down the 19th where Eilidh's hopes ended in a bunker.

Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report

JUNIOR STABLEFORD COMPETITION ENTRY FORMS

The Junior Campbell Clock Stableford, 8 hole Stableford and Par 3 Junior competition are all being held on Sunday 4th September at Whitecraigs Golf Club. To get you entry Form then click on the following link ------
CLICK CAMPBELL CLOCK ENTRY FORM

ALYSON AND EILIDH QUALIFY FOR THE BRITISH GIRLS STROKEPLAY

FIVE SCOTS GIRLS MAKE IT THROUGH TO MATCH-PLAY AT GULLANE
By COLIN FARQUHARSON

FIVE of the 11 Scots who competed in the stroke-play qualifying rounds are among the 64 qualifiers from a field of 144 for the match-play stages of the British girls open amateur golf championship over the Gullane No 2 links near Edinburgh.
Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) led the Tartan brigade with rounds of 72 and 74 for level par 146 – one shot ahead of Carnoustie Ladies’ Jessica Meek who had 73 and 74 for 147.
Scottish girls champion Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) and the Aberdonian, Gemma Dryburgh, she beat in the Under-18s final at Glenisla, both made it through on 151. Eilidh scored 76 and 75, Gemma 74 and 77.
The last of the five was Gullane Ladies’ member Lesley Atkins who birdied the 14th, 15th and 16th after 7pm in the evening sunshine to slash six shots off her opening effort with a level par 73 for 152.
The limit mark for qualifying was seven-over-par 153 but only six of the players with that total survived the card play-off to produce the exact number of 64 qualifiers.

To read the full report and the draw for the Match play stages -- Go to the West of Scotland Website

JUNE'S KEYS HAVE BEEN FOUND !!

Just to say that detective work discovered my key - Someone had put them in their bag by
mistake, It was a genuine mistake.
Anyway, many thanks for your efforts yesterday - the pics of Gleddoch are a great advert !
Regards June Lockhart

AUGUST MEDAL AT GLEDDOCH

Roisin Black

Conditions at Gleddoch to-day for the AUGUST MEDAL were very tricky - sunny overhead but with very strong winds. At times the players needed to take 3/4 clubs more than usual. The overall winner was ROISIN BLACK (GLEDDOCH) over her HOME Course with a net 74 who just pipped MORAG TURNER (KILMACOLM) by virtue of the last 3 holes. Best scratch was NATASHA QAYUM (RANFURLY CASTLE) with a gross 81. Younger sister ALEXANDRA - playing in her first County Medal - won the 13+ class with a net 81 off 14. The SSS was 73 and the CSS 76.

RESULTS:
Scratch: Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 81

Scratch - 12 Handicap
1st Roisin Black (Gleddoch) 85 - 11 - 74 acb
2nd Morag Turner (Kilmacolm) 85 - 11 - 74 acb
3rd Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 81 - 5 - 76 acb

13+ Handicap

1st Alexandra Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 95 - 14 - 81
2nd Fiona Bennett (Eastwood) 95 - 13 - 82 acb
3rd Lyn Black (Eastwood) 104 - 22 - 82 acb

To print out your Handicap Exchange Letter -- CLICK HERE -- and then only print out your Home Club Page





STARTER JUNE LOCKHART LOST HER CAR KEYS AT GLEDDOCH TO-DAY. IT IS A SINGLE KEY ON A RING FOR A HONDA CAR. IF YOU HAVE TAKEN THESE KEYS BY MISTAKE, PLEASE CONTACT JUNE --- A BIG THANKS FROM JUNE!

ALYSON HAS A GREAT SCORE IN ROUND 1 OF THE BRITISH GIRLS' CHAMPIONSHIP

From the LGU Website:
Renfrewshire's Alyson McKechin, who played for Scotland in last week’s Girls Home Internationals, might well have broken 70 today in the 1st round of the British Girl's Strokeplay at Gullane No 1, which would have been great scoring in none-too easy conditions.
A weekend of heavy rain has left the fairways soft and the greens receptive but the rough is long and very wet – and a strong, swirling wind is making the conditions tough to score well.
McKechin, a member of Elderslie Golf Club, was ahead of the game right away with a superb approach shot with a 52 degree wedge to within 2ft of the flagstick for a tap-in birdie 3.
She bogeyed the fourth, failing to get up and down after missing the green, but got home in two downwind at the long fifth with a four-iron second and two-putted for a birdie 4.
The tall Scot had birdie chances on seven and eight but couldn’t take them … until the 10th and 11th. Alyson hit the green in two at the par-5 10th with a drive and a rescue club for a two-putt birdie 4, and she holed a 15ft putt for her fourth birdie of the round at the 11th.
Birdie No 5 was marked at the downwind 15th (487yd) where McKechin was on in 2 with an eight-iron second and two-putted for a 4.
Standing on the 17th tee, Alyson is four-under-par. Two 4s to finish will give her a 69 …. But she stumbled to a bogey-double bogey end to her round.
“I missed the green at the seventeenth and could not get up and down to save par. Then I drove it into the left rough at the 18th. The rough is difficult to get out of and it took me four shots to reach the green and two-putted for a 6,” she said.

Eilidh who started with 3 bogeys in the first 4 holes recovered well to end up only 3 over par in what was obviously very difficult conditions.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU BOTH TOMORROW


FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND LEADING SCORES
Par 73.Yardage 6267
69 Ileen Nieuwenhuis (Net), Bronte Law (Bramhall).
70 Caroline Nistrup (Den), Linnea Strom (Swe), Olivia Hullert (Nor).
71 Noemi Jimenez (Spa), Emelie Alonso (Fra), Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies), Natalia Escuriola (Spa)
72 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Frida Gustafsson (Swe), Amy Boulden (Maesdu), Celine Boutier (Fra).
73 Emma Nilsson (Swe), Shannon Aubert (Fra), Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies), Anna-Lena Kraemer (Ger), Jade Down (Boothberry), Isabel Gadea (Ger).
74 Gemma Dryburgh (Beaconsfield), Roberta Roeller (Ger), Josephine Farrando (Fra), Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield), Laura Christiaens (Bel), Annette Lyche (Nor), Clara Young (North Berwick), Nicole Larsen (Den).
75 Hayley Davis (Ferndown), Daisy Nielsen (Den), Chloe Williams (Wrexham), Camille Richelle (Bel), Brogan Townend (Pleasington), Virginia Carta (Ita), Stefania Avanzo (Ita), Shelby Smart (Knowle), Merle Kasperek (Ger), Ho Rang Lee (Spa), Luna Sobron (Spa), Perrine Delacour (Fra), Julia Neumann (Ger), Laure Castelain (Fra), Marlies Krenn (Aut)..
76 Julie Christine Lied (Nor), Sophie Keech (Lyme Regis), Margaux Vanmol (Bel), Marta Martin (Spa), Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm), Laura Lornardi (Ita), Ellie Goodall (Selby),Miranda Brain (Gog Magog).


+Leading 64 after Round 2 on Tuesday will qualify for match-play stages starting on Wednesday morning. There will be no play-off to separate those tieing for 64th place - card countback will decide.

EILIDH HAS A BIRDIE AT THE LAST IN THE SINGLES TO HELP SCOTLAND WIN AGAINST WALES

The Scottish Girls Team - Click to enlarge (Courtesy of Colin Farquharson)

Scotland, for the first time in three days, went into the singles with a lead from the foursomes, a two-point lead which the Welsh overcame with a 3 and 2 win by Amy Boulden over Renfrewshire's Alyson McKechin and a 3 and 1 victory by Katie Bradbury over Gemma Dryburgh.
But Eilidh Briggs, two down with six to play, squared the match by winning the 13th and 14th (with a birdie) but then lost the 16th to be one down again … winning the 18th with another birdie to gain an honourable halved match.
Scotland won the last three singles with Ailsa Summers beating Myrian Hassan by 2 and 1 after winning the seventh, ninth and 11th for a three-hole lead.
Lauren Whyte won by 5 and 3 against Sara Ree-Evans who was three down after the fifth and never won a hole.
Hannah McCook completed Scotland’s first win with a 4 and 3 win over Jessica Evans. A close match suddenly swung the Scot’s way when she won the 13th, 14th and 15th

GIRLS HOME INTERNATIONALS
Gullane No 2 course
Day 3
IRELAND 1.5, ENGLAND 7.5
Foursomes
Paula Grant and Jessica Carty lost to Bronte Law and Emily Taylor 2 and 1.
Ariana Coyle-Diez and Jean O’Driscoll lost to Hayley Davis and Georgia Hall 3 and 1.
Chloe Ryan and Sinead Sexton lost to Alex Peters and Meghan MacLaren 2 and 1 (0-3)
Singles
O’Driscoll lost to Davis 1 hole.
Carty lost to Law 3 and 1.
Grant halved with Hall.
Coyle-Diez lost to Brogan Townend 6 and 5.
Olivia Mehaffey beat Peters 1 hole.
Ryan lost to Taylor 7 and 5 (1.5-4.5).

SCOTLAND 6, WALES 3
Foursomes
Alyson McKechin and Eilidh Briggs beat Amy Boulden and Chloe Williams 4 and 3.
Gemma Dryburgh and Ailsa Summers halved with Katie Bradbury and Jessica Evans,.
Hannah McCook and Clara Young beat Myriam Hassan and Sara Rees-Evans 2 and 1 (2.5-0.5)
Singles
Briggs halved with Williams.
McKechin lost to Boulden 3 and 2.
Dryburgh lost to Bradbury 3 and 1.
Summers beat Hassan 2 and 1.
Lauren Whyte beat Rees-Evans 5 and 3.
McCook beat Jessica Evans 4 and 3 (3.5-2.5)

HOW THEY FINISHED
1st England 2.5pt
2nd Ireland 2pt.
3rd Scotland 1pt.
4th Wales 1/2pt

To read the full report go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website

LIVE SCORING FROM THE GIRLS HOME INTERNATIONALS

Go to the LGU Website for Live Scoring

Renfrewshire's Alyson McKechin and Eilidh Briggs gave Scotland a flying start by beating Wales’ Amy Boulden and Chloe Williams by 4 and 3 in this morning's foursomes. The Scots won the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th, losing only the 5th, to be three up after six holes.
The Welsh pair seemed to settle to win the seventh but they lost the eighth and ninth to be four down at the turn. Only two holes were won or lost on the inward half. Boulden and Williams got back to three down by winning the 13th but Alyson and Eilidh sealed their success by winning the 15th for a 4 and 3 victory.
The second singles in the Scotland v Wales match ended all square with Katie Bradbury and Jessica Evans coming back from two down after 12 holes to secure a half against Gemma Dryburgh and Ailsa Summers. The Welsh pair won the 14th and the 18th
Hannah McCook and Clara Young gained Scotland’s second point of the morning by beating Myriam Hassan and Sara Rees-Evans by 2 and 1.

English Ladies Open Strokeplay 2011- Megan finishes 5th

This event was taking place this week just outside Leeds. --- The event finished today.
Of the 120 or so entries only 3 came from Scotland, Renfrewshire's Megan Briggs [Kilmacolm], Gillian Monteith [Portpatrick] and Katie Reid [Monifieth].
The event started on Tuesday with one round of Stroke Play followed by a second on Wednesday.
The leading 36 players and ties play another 2 rounds today.
Unfortunately only one Scot made the cut. -- Brilliantly the one Scot was our own Renfrewshire star Megan Briggs

She then completed the last two rounds to finish in 5th place. England's Charley Hull was the overall winner

All results are on the EWGA website.

MANY CONGRATULATIONS MEGAN --- WELL DONE WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU.

SOME FUTURE RLCGA STARS AT KILMACOLM !

Trish with 3 future RLCGA County members – we hope! -- CLICK TO ENLARGE

THANKS GO TO Margie McCallum for the Photograph