RLCGA COUNTY ROSEBOWL QUALIFIERS AND DRAW

The Qualifiers for the 2012 County Rosebowl from the aggregate of best 2 Nett scores from the April Medal (Ranfurly Castle) and Spring Meeting (East Renfrewshire) are as follows:

1.  Iona Stephen               76 +  76       152   (Ranfurly Castle)
2.  Anne Aitken               82 +  76       158   (Eastwood)
3.  Jennifer Mack            80 +  79       159   (Haggs Castle)
4.  Gillian Kyle                86 +  76       162   (East Renfrewshire)
5.  Carol Fell                    82 +  82       164   (Ranfurly Castle)
6.  Fiona Roger                84 +  83       167   (Ranfurly Castle)
7.   June Irons                   86 +  82       168   (Caldwell)
8.   Nancy MacGadie       94 +  76       170   (Ranfurly Castle) - better 2nd round

Qual No.	1st Round	Semi Final	Final TBA
	To be played by Monday 9th July 2012	To be played by Monday 27th August 2012	.
1	Iona Stephen (Ranfurly Castle)	.	.
8	Nancy MacGadie (Ranfurly Castle)
5	Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle)	.
4	Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire)
3	Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle)	.	.
6	Fiona Roger (Ranfurly Castle)
7	June Irons (Caldwell)	.
2	Anne Aitken (Eastwood)

MEGAN AND EILIDH ARE KNOCKED OUT OF THE SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIPS

Two past champions - Kelsey MacDonald (2010 at Craigielaw) and Megan Briggs (2009 at Southerness) - were beaten in this morning's quarter-finals of the 98th Scottish women's amateur championship, played in a drizzle and over a links course which soaked up a lot of overnight rain but was beginning to show puddles here and there by lunchtime.
Kelsey was beaten 7 and 6 by Renfrewshire's Eilidh Briggs who lost to Louise Kenney in last year's championship final at Machrihanish.  Megan was four holes up on 17-year-old Muckhart player, Eilidh Watson, after seven holes and still three up on the 14th tee, let a place in the semi-finals for the second year in a row slip through her wet fingers.
Watson, the only P and K player to make the match-play stages, won the 14th, then the 17th with an eagle 2 against Megan's birdie 3.  At the 18th Megan three-putted, finally missing on the very wet green from about 2 and a half feet and 19th to lose her tie
In the afternoons semi final Eilidh played a very much on form Laura Murray (Alford). Laura went three up at the eighth and then used her strength of the tee to wrap up victory. She birdied three long holes on the home straight - the par-5 11th, 13th and 14th, to win by 6 and 4 with two-under-par figures.
She now meets Jane Turner (Craigielaw) in tomorrows final
To read more go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website
In the Clark Rosebowl Renfrewshire's Carol Whyte (Windyhill) lost in the Semi Final at the 19th against Heather Munro.

98^th SCOTTISH WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Tain Golf Club, Ross-shire

QUARTER-FINALS

Jane Turner (Craigielaw) beat Susan Wood (Drumpellier) 5 and 4.

Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) beat Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) at 19^th.

Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) beat Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 7 and 6.

Laura Murray (Alford) beat Sammy Vass (Tain) 5 and 4.

SEMI-FINALS

Turner beat Watson 7 and 6.

Murray beat Eilidh Briggs 6 and 4.

CLARK ROSEBOWL

SEMI-FINALS
Heather Munro (Monifieth) beat Carol Whyte (Windyhill) at 19^th

Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) beat Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) 3 and 2.

FINAL

Hannah Scott beat Heather Munro 1 hole.

SPRING MEETING AT EAST RENFREWSHIRE

Linda Ellery -- Overall Winner of the RLCGA Spring Meeting 

The RLCGA Spring Meeting was played to-day over East Renfrewshire.
Unfortunately there were a lot of call-offs due to the anticipated horrendous forecast which didn't happen. However conditions were very wet underfoot with moderate rain most of the day and many who played were a wee bit tired after their round !!
The Overall winner was home player  LINDA ELLERY (East Renfrewshire) -- pictured above, with an 89 net 70 (19) and the best scratch was GILLIAN KYLE (also East Renfrewshire) with a gross 81.
The CSS was 74, SSS 71 Reductions Only.

Best Scratch: Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire) 81

Scratch to 12 Handicap: 
1st Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire) 81-5=76
2nd Nancy MacGadie (Ranfurly Castle) 88-12=76
3rd Iona Stephen (Ranfurly Castle) 86-10=76

Handicap 13 and above: 
1st Linda Ellery (East Renfrewshire) 89-19=70
2nd Anne Aitken (Eastwood) 89-13=76
3rd Susan Reid (Kilmacolm) 95-17=78

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SCOTTISH WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS - MEGAN AND EILIDH THROUGH TO THE QUARTER FINALS

It's crunch time for Kelsey MacDonald in tomorrow morning's quarter-finals of the 98^th Scottish women's amateur golf championship over the Tain links in Ross-shire.

Twelve months ago, the Nairn Dunbar player was defending champion when she lost to Renfrewshire's Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) in the same round atMachrihanish.

Kelsey's next opponent this week is ... Eilidh Briggs.

It's the pick of the quarter-finals after another cold and wet, sunless day at Tain and both Eilidh and Kelsey played well to win both their opening ties in the match-play stages.

The 19-year-old Briggs girl, whose sister Megan is making headway in the other half of the draw, beat Nichola Ferguson (Milngavie) 6 and 4 and then KOd the 2005 champion, Martine Pow (Selkirk) by 3 and 2.

MacDonald won by 6 and 5 against Royal Dornoch's Scotland senior international Alison Bartlett and then marked up a 4 and 3 win over Samantha Munro (Aberdour) who had earlier beaten Aberdeenshire champion Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) by 6 and 5.

"I'm playing well, quite steady," said Stirling student Eilidh who lost in last year's final to Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) who couldn't get time off from her teaching duties to defend the title.

"It was a different direction of wind today. It made the outward half tougher but I still managed to get to five up on Martine after 10 holes. I'm looking forward to playing Kelsey again. It should be a great match."

In the other match in the lower half of the draw it's local hope Sammy Vass against the No 2 seed Laura Murray from Alford.

Sammy, home for the summer from college in Florida, won through at the 19th at around 6.45pm in her match aLgainst the rising East Lothian star, 16-year-old Clara Young (North Berwick).

Laura Murray was taken to the 18th green in both her ties, holing a 15ft putt to see off the challenge of Dumfries youngster Rachel Walker and reach the last eight.

"Rachel is quite a prospect. It was a really tight match all the way even though I had four birdies along the way. That's how good a player young Rachel is"

In the top half of the draw it will be top seed Jane Turner (Craigielaw) versus Drumpellier's Susan Wood, and 2005 champion Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) with Muckhart's Eilidh Watson.

Megan had some of the best figures of the day with an eagle (at the 11th) and four birdies as she won by 5 and 4 against new Northern Counties champion Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey). 

Four down after seven, Hannah had a tiger by the tail - "She holed a lot of good putts and there wasn't much I could about that," said McCook ruefully.

Last year Megan Briggs lost to sister Eilidh in the semi-finals.

Jane Turner is getting away with playing poorly - by her standards - in the opening holes before she gets into her stride. The Robert Gordon University student was three down after five holes to Claire Hargan (Cardross), a former international who organised this championship as an SLGA staff member over the last two or three years.

But Turner turns the heat on her opponents after the turn. She won the 10th, 12th, 13th, halved the 14th and 15th in birdies and then birdied the 17th for a 2 and 1 win.

"I think we were both under par at the finish," said Jane.

SCOTTISH WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
SECOND ROUND
Jane Turner beat Claire Hargan 2 and 1.
Susan Wood beat Linsey Stevenson 1 hole
Eilidh Watson beat Jemma Chalmers 3 and 1.
Megan Briggs beat Hannah McCook 5 and 4.
Eilidh Briggs beat Martine Pow 3 and 2.
Kelsey MacDonald beat Samantha Munro 4 and 3.
Sammy Vass beat Clara Young at 22nd
Laura Murray beat Rachel Walker 1 hole.

FIRST ROUND

Jane Turner (Craigielaw) beat Fiona Liddell (Schloss Vornholz) 6 and 4

Claire Hargan (Cardross) beat Cara Gruber (Royal Dornoch) 3 and 2.

Susan Wood (Drumpellier) beat Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) 5 and 4.

Linsey Stevenson (Elie and Earlsferry Ladies) beat Elaine Cuthill (Lanark) 5 and 4.

Jemma Chalmers (Monifieth) beat Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 1 hole.

Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) beat Rachel Polson (Peterculter) 2 and 1.

Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) beat Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 4 and 3.

Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) beat Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) 6 and 4.

Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) beat Nichola Ferguson (Milngavie) 6 and 4.

Martine Pow (Selkirk) beat Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 6 and 5. 

Samantha Munro (Aberdour) beat Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) 6 and 4.

Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) beat Alison Bartlett (Royal Dornoch) 6 and 5.

Clara Young (North Berwick) beat Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) 4 and 3.

Sammy Vass (Tain) beat Karen Marshall (Baberton) 6 and 5.

Rachel Walker (Dumfries and Galloway) beat Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) 6 and 5.

Laura Murray (Alford) beat Claire Ross (Tain) 1 hole.

FRIDAY'S QUARTER-FINALS
8.30 Jane Turner v Susan Wood.
8.40 Eilidh Watson v Megan Briggs
8.50 Eilidh Briggs v Kelsey MacDonald
9.00 Sammy Vass v Laura Murray

SEMI-FINALS AT 1.30 AND 1.50

CLARK ROSEBOWL


FIRST ROUND
Anne Ryan (Tain) beat Susan MacVicar (Gairloch) 5 and 4.
Carol Whyte (Windyhill) beat Kirsten Blackwood (Glencorse) 2 and 1.
Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay) beat Lorraine Morrow (Eastwood) 5 and 4.
Heather Munro (Monifieth) beat Nicola Taylor (Dunnikier Park) 6 and 4.
Jenny Potter (Cathkin Braes) beat Linda Bain (Lochend) 4 and 3.
Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) beat Ashley Ann Alston (Royal Montrose) 4 and 2.
Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) beat Denise Cowan (Ranfurly Castle) 4 and 3.



QUARTER-FINALS
Carol Whyte beat Anne Ryan at 20th
Heather Munro beat Lynne Terry 6 and 5
Hannah Scott beat Jenny Potter 2 and 1
Lauren Whyte beat Mary Smith at 20th

MATCHPLAY RESULTS FROM TAIN

MATCHPLAY STAGES -- LIVE RESULTS

SPRING MEETING DRAW AT EAST RENFREWSHIRE

The draw for the Spring Meeting on Thursday May 17th over East Renfrewshire Golf Course .
Late entries and enquiries to Susan Reid mobile no;  07950037825
County Mobile Number on the Day : 07523278637
Please check your times regularly as it is sometimes necessary to make changes.




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EILIDH, LINSEY, MEGAN AND ALYSON ALL QUALIFY FOR THE MATCHPLAY STAGES AT TAIN

Many congratulations go to Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) who was third qualifier for the matchplay stages of the Scottish (Closed) Amateur Championships at Tain today. Her two round scores of 78 and 77 which equalled the CSS of each day was 5 shots behind the leading qualifier Jane Turner from Craigielaw. Linsey Stevenson (Elie and Earlsferry) had a terrific round of 76  today to finish in 8th place. Despite a 9 on Megan's card today she finished well up the list of qualifiers and Alyson McKechin improved as well in what has been a very difficult 2 round with the cold and ferocious winds. To read the full report go to the Gillian Kirkwood website Many congratulations also go to Carol Whyte (Windyhill), Denise Cowan (Ranfurly Castle) and Lorraine Morrow (Eastwood) who have all qualified for the 2nd flight (The Clark Rosebowl). We wish them every success in the next stage of the Championshiop SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND Par 146 (2x73). CSS 78 (reduction only) 77 MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS 150 Jane Turner (Craigielaw) 75 75 152 Laura Murray (Alford) 79 73 155 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 78 77 156 Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) 80 76, Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 79 77, Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 77 79. 157 Clara Young (North Berwick) 81 76 158 Linsey Stevenson (Elie and Earlsferry Ladies) 82 76 160 Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) 84 76. 162 Karen Marshall (Baberton) 84 78, Samantha Munro (Aberdour) 83 79 163 Rachel Polson (Peterculter) 84 79, Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 81 82, Martine Pow (Selkirk) 80 83. 164 Cara Gruber (Royal Dornoch) 81 83, Rachel Walker (Dumfries and Galloway) 81 83. 166 Claire Hargan (Cardross) 83 83, Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) 80 86 167 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 86 81, Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 85 82, Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) 83 84 168 Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) 86 82, Sammy Vass (Tain) 85 83 169 Susan Wood (Drumpellier) 89 80 171 Elaine Cuthill (Lanark) 83 88 172 Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) 91 81, Jordana Graham (Southerness) 88 84, Alison Bartlett (Royal Dornoch) 86 86. 173 Jemma Chalmers (Monifieth) 97 76, Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) 87 86 174 Claire Ross (Tain) 92 82, Nichola Ferguson (Milngavie) 92 82. 175 Fiona Liddell (Schloss Vornholz) 88 87 (Liddell bt Anne Ryan (Tain) at second hole of sudden-death play-off for last of 32 places). NON-QUALIFIERS FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH-PLAY 175 Anne Ryan (Tain) 88 87, Linda Urquhart (Banchory) 92 83 (failed to turn up for playoff) 177 Mary Smith (Tain) 92 85 178 Kirsten Blackwood (Glencorse) 93 85, Jenny Potter (Cathkin Braes) 89 89, Dawn Young (North Berwick) 88 90 179 Heather Munro (Monifieth) 95 84, Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay) 88 91 180 Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) 94 86, Claire Riddell (Royal Dornoch) 91 89, Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) 91 89. 181 Carol Whyte (Windyhill) 89 92 183 Denise Cowan (Ranfurly Castle) 93 90, Eleanor Tunn (Reay) 92 91 184 Ashley Ann Alston (Royal Montrose) 96 88, Lorraine Morrow (Eastwood) 95 89, Nicola Taylor (Dunnikier Park) 93 91. 183 Denise Cowan (Ranfurly Castle) 93 90 187 Linda Bain (Lochend) 99 88 190 Mary Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 103 87 192 Lynne Fraser (Fortrose and Rosemarkie (Lochend) 104 88 194 Eileen Gillespie (Lochend) 99 95 200 Molly Stewart (Murcar Links) 110 90. 201 Lindsay Mathie (Windyhill) 105 96, Margot Barr (Gairloch) 102 99 207 Fiona Macdonald (Royal Dornoch) 99 108. 215 Ruth McIntyre (Windyhill) 111 104, Pamela Moscati (Royal Dornoch) 108 107 236 Jackie Macdonald (Ranfurly Castle) 125 111. No Return: Sheena McDonald (Buchanan Castle) 98 NR

Disqualified: Kate Reid (Monifieth) 91 dq . 

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH-PLAY DRAW

THURSDAY 

UPPER HALF
       

8.30 Jane Turner v Fiona Liddell

8.38 Claire Hargan v Cara Gruber

8.46 Wendy Nicholson v Susan Wood

8.54 Elaine Cuthill v Linsey Stevenson

9.02 Ailsa Summers v Jemma Chamers

9.10 Eilidh Watson v Rachel Polson

9.18 Megan Briggs v Kate McIntosh

9.26 Mhairi McKay v Hannah McCook

LOWER HALF

9.34 Eilidh Briggs v Nichola Ferguson

9.42 Alyson McKechin v Martine Pow

9.50 Samantha Munro v Sheena Wood

9.58 Alison Bartlett v Kelsey MacDonald

10.06 Clara Young v Jacqueline Sneddon

10.12 Sammy Vass v Karen Marshall

10.20 Rachel Walker v Louise Fraser

10.28 Claire Ross v Laura Murray

CLARK ROSEBOWL

Thursday

 10.40 eight minute intervals

Anne Ryan v Susan MacVicar

Kirsten Blackwood v Carol Whyte

Lynne Terry v Lorraine Morrow

Nicola Taylor v Heather Munro

Jenny Potter v Linda Bain

Ashley Ann Alson v Hannah Scott

Lauren Whyte v Denise Cowan

Lynne Fraser v Mary Smith

LIVE SCORING FROM THE SCOTTISH (CLOSED) AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP AT TAIN

CLICK HERE . --- FOR LIVE SCORING --- THEN CLICK ON THE PLAYERS NAME TO SEE WHERE THERE HAD BEEN TROUBLE IN THE HORRIFIC WINDS

EILIDH IS THE BEST RENFREWSHIRE PLAYER IN ROUND 1 AT WINDSWEPT TAIN

By COLIN FARQUHARSON 

Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Beaten in the final of the Midlothian county championship on Sunday, Craigielaw's Jane Turner found her best form in the worst kind of conditions today for the first of two qualifying stroke-play qualifying rounds at the 98th Scottish women's (closed) amateur championship at its second most northerly venue in nigh on 100 years.

The 22-year-old from Penicuik and a student at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen outstripped the field not with a very low sub-par round - a two-over-par 75 was good enough to hoist her two shots clear of the field as only five players broke 80 in at times a gale-force northwestery blowing in over the Dornoch Firth played havoc with the scoring at Tain Golf Club's Old Tom Morris-designed links lay-out in Rosshire, a 40min drive north of Inverness. 
It was not only very, very windy today at Tain, it was also very, very cold. It was sunny most of the day and looked a lovely day through the glass from INSIDE the clubhouse but in reality the temperature outside never rose to double figures.
Underlining just how cold it was, there were two separate showers of hailstones at different times of the day. And this is mid-May?
As players came in, chilled to the bone, after their ordeals, the clubhouse was awash with horror stories of players' experiences in what 2010 champion Kelsey MacDonald and others  described as "absolutely brutal weather for golf."

Turner (75), MacDonald (77), Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) (78), Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) (79) and Alford's Laura Murray (79) fill the first five places overnight on a day when every player deserved a medal.
If the same high velocity wind hangs around for another blow tomorrow, then the qualifying score to figure among the 32 for the match-play stages will be around 178, i.e. a pair of 89s.
"The trouble with the wind," said Kelsey MacDonald, whose 77 has her tucked in behind Turner in second place in the chase for 32 places in the match-play draw, "was that it was mostly blowing across the fairways and that made it very difficult to get pars and very easy to get bogeys, double bogeys and even higher figures."
Indeed 10s and 11s at single holes became commonplace as the wild wind maintained its tempo and coldness to the bitter end.

One player took 56 shots (21 over par) for the first nine holes after starting with a 10. Another said she was seven over par after only three holes.

Even an experienced and still very good player such as six times Angus champion Mary Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) marked up a 10 at the par-5 11th and finished with 103

So how did Jane Turner succeed when so many others failed?
"Holing a 20ft putt across the first green for a birdie certainly helped my attitude. I wasn't going to let the wind beat me. I drove it well and into the right places," she said.
"You could say my course management was good but mainly I just played really steady golf, making mistakes as was to be expected, but making the best of it and getting on with it," added the 22-year-old Scotland international who graduates this summer and already has a job waiting for her with an Edinburgh firm of graphic designers (a job that guarantees her time off for golf!)
"I got my second birdie at the long 13th but the icing on the cake for me - and the hole that really gave me a two-shot lead over playing partner Kelsey = was the 17th. It's a par 4, even though it is only 208yd
"Today it was one of the few holes directly into the wind - and I hit it really well with my driver, through to the back edge of the green. And I holed the putt from about 30 feet for an eagle 2!"
"The trouble with the wind," said Kelsey MAC, whose 77 has her tucked in behind Turner in second place in the chase for 32 places in the match-play draw, "was that it was mostly blowing across the fairways and that made it very difficult to get pars and very easy to get bogeys, double bogeys and even higher figures."
Indeed 10s and 11s at single holes became commnplace as the wild wind maintained its strength and coldness to the bitter end.
One player took 56 shots (21 over par) for the first nine holes and another said she was seven over par after only three holes. became common place as the wind maintained its tempo to the bitter end. 
Even an experienced and still very good player such as six times Angus champion Mary Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) marked up a 10 at one hole early in her inward half and finished with 103.
Mary must have had a premonition about her round because she admitted in the clubhouse beforehand that she was a little bit reluctant to go out.
Her teenager daughter Ailsa, Angus women's champion for the fourth year in a row at the weekend, did very well to salvage a 79 considering she was five over par after only four holes, having had a double bogey 7 at the fourth and bogeys at the first three holes.
Out in 41, she matched the par of 38 for the inward journey and was the first player in the field to break 80 - at 3pm!
"It wasn't in the least bit enjoyable but the fact that there is another qualifying round tomorrow kept me going."
New Northern Counties champion Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) had the best outward half of 36 (one over par) but had three double bogey 6s, including the 17th and 18th, in an inward 44 (six over par).
"It was a cross wind all the way until we got to the last two holes - which were directly into the wind. They cost me four shots," said Hannah.
"It was such a struggle from start to finish."
Big-hitting Laura Murray was going well when she turned in one-over 37 but she slipped to 42 shots for the inward half, bogeying the 12th, 15th, 16th and 17th. She had only one birdie all day - a 2 at the short fifth.
Peterculter's Rachel Polson, just back from her first year at Florida Tech, finished with an 84 which really did not do her justice/
Out in 38, she had a triple bogey 8 at the long 11th and dropped six shots to par from the 14th to the 17th, including a double bogey 5 at the short 16th.
Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm), beaten finalist last year, was five over par on the fourth tee, having started double bogey 6, bogey 5, double bogey 6 but she had picked up two birdies by the turn which she reached in a respectable 40 and got another three birdies- at the 13th, 15th and 17th - over an inward half of 38.
Without having check every card, I would say that Eilidh had more birdies than any other player in the field on a day when they were an endangered species.
Sister Megan, Scottish champion three years ago, also came home in 38 but the damage had been done to her card with 43 for the outward nine.

ALL THE SCORES FROM THE WIND-LASHED FIRST DAY OF THE 98th SCOTTISH WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

SCOTTISH WOMEN'S AMATEUR (closed) CHAMPIONSHIP Tain Golf Club, Ross-shire FIRST ROUND Par 73 (35-38). Yardage 5,955 75 Jane Turner (Craigielaw). 77 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar). 78 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm). 79 Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies), Laura Murray (Alford).. 80 Martine Pow (Selkirk), Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe), Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey).. 81 Rachael Walker (Dumfries and Galloway), Cara Gruber (Royal Dornoch), Clara Young (North Berwick), Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm). 82 Linsey Stevenson (Elie and Earlsferry Ladies). 83 Claire Hargan (Cardross), Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe), Elaine Cuthill (Lanark), Samantha Munro (Aberdour), Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) 84 Karen Marshall (Baberton), Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe), Rachel Polson (Peterculter). 85 Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe), Sammy Vass (Tain) 86 Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies), Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Alison Bartlett (Royal Dornoch). 87 Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) 88 Jordana Graham (Southerness), Fiona Liddell (Schloss Vorholz), Anne Ryan (Tain), Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay), Dawn Young (North Berwick). 89 Susan Wood (Drumpellier), Jenny Potter (Cathkin Braes), Carol Whyte (Windyhill).. 91 Katie Reid (Monifieth), Lauren Whyte (St Regulus), Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth), Claire Riddell (Royal Dornoch). 92 Nichola Ferguson (Milngavie), Eleanor Tunn (Reay), Mary Smith (Tain), Linda Urquhart (Banchory), Claire Ross (Tain). 93 Kirsten Blackwood (Glencorse), Nicola Taylor (Dunnikier Park), Denise Cowan (Ranfurly Castle). 94 Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe). 95 Heather Munro (Monifieth), Lorraine Morrow (Eastwood) 96 Ashley Alston (Royal Montrose). 97 Jemma Chalmers (Monifieth). 98 Sheena McDonald (Buchanan Castle). 99 Linda Bain (Lochend), Eileen Gillespie (Lochend), Fiona Macdonald (Royal Dornoch). 100 Susan MacVicar (Gairloch). 102 Margot Barr (Gairloch). 103 Mary Summers (Carnoustie Ladies). 104 Lynne Fraser (Fortrose and  Rosemarkie). 105 Lindsay Mathie (Windyhill). 110 Molly Stewart (Murcar Links). 111 Ruth McIntyre (Windyhill) 125 Jackie McDonald (Ranfurly Castle). - Gillian McGinlay (Cochrane Castle) - retired

THE SCOTTISH LADIES AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS TOMORROW

The Scottish Ladies Amateur Championship begins tomorrow at Tain -- CLICK HERE for the starting times. We wish all the Renfrewshire players that are playing - the best of luck.
Renfrewshire Players:
Eilidh Briggs, Megan Briggs, Denise Cowan, Lindsay Mathie, Gillian McGinlay, Alyson McKechin, Lorraine Morrow, Linsey Stevenson and Carol Whyte

COUNTY TEAM

The squad who will represent Renfrewshire at the Inter-County Championship (Jamboree) is as follows;

Alyson McKechin (Elderslie)
Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm)
Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm)
Liz Stewart (Greenburn)
Linsey Stevenson (Elie and Earlsferry)
Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle)
Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire)
Carol Whyte (Windyhill)

Reserve; Gillian McGinlay (Cochrane Castle).

The matches against D&A, Lanarkshire and Ayrshire will take place at Cardross Golf Club 18 - 20 June 2012.  I know it is a bit of a trek but the team would very much appreciate your support if you can manage along, even for one of the days.  Don't forget to wear something pink!!

If you can caddy, that would be terrific.  Please contact June Lockart.

Several players attended training sessions with Lesley Mackay at Playsport over the winter and my thanks go to them for taking the time out of their busy schedules to take part.

Look forward to seeing some of you at Cardross.

Maureen
Captain

PLAYSPORT ARE HOLDING A LADIES OPEN DAY

Playsport are holding a Ladies Open Day on Wednesday 27 June 2012. It will take the form of a 9 hole Tri Am. The cost is £10 which includes coffee and a bacon roll on arrival.

Competitors may enter in teams of 3 or as individuals who will be balloted into a team.

To download an entry form please click here

EILIDH'S VOTE OF THANKS AFTER RECEIVING THE WEST OF SCOTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY

EILIDH RETAINS WEST OF SCOTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP AND RENFREWSHIRE WIN BOTH TEAM AWARDS

Eilidh Briggs - The 2012 West of Scotland Champion

Renfrewshire's Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) retained the West of Scotland Women's Amateur golf Championship at Renfrew Golf Club today.
 Eilidh, the reigning Scottish Under-18 girls champion, won by eight shots from Renfrewshire's Carol Whyte (Windyhill) with scores of 75 and 72 for a total of one-under-par 147.

From L to R Carol Whyte (Runner Up Championship and  Handicap Winner) Alex Qayum (Junior Team winner with Linsey Stevenson - missing in photo) Eilidh Briggs (Champion with Gillian Kyle and Donna Jackson Team Winners)

 Carol scored 78-77 for 155 and had the consolation of winning the best net aggregate award of 145.

 Renfrewshire won the junior and adult county team titles.
 LEADING FINAL TOTALS Par 148 (2x74). SSS 74. CSS 75 and 74.
147 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 75 72
155 Carol Whyte (Windyhill) 78 77
157 Lesley Lloyd (Hayston) 78 79
158 Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle) 79 79
161 Jenny Linklater (Largs) 82 79 161 Lorraine Morrow (Eastwood) 78 83
162 Susan McGrenaghan (Mount Ellen) 82 80
163 Nichola Ferguson ( Milngavie) 90 73
167 Emma Hale (Troon Ladies) 83 84
169 Laura McGeachy (Windyhill) 82 87
170 Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire) 92 78, Linsey Stevenson (Elie and Earlsferry ) 83 87


 SENIOR TEAM TOTAL:
475 Renfrewshire (Eilidh Briggs, Donna Jackson, Gillian Kyle).
501 Lanarkshire 506 Dunbartonshire and Argyll.
 JUNIOR TEAM
319 Renfrewshire (Alexandra Qayum, Linsey Stevenson).
321 Lanarkshire.  Ellie Bryce and Eva O'Conner

To see the Gross Aggregate Scores -- CLICK HERE
To see all the Net Aggregate Scores -- CLICK HERE
To get your Handicap Exchange Letter -- CLICK HERE

(If I have your CDH number there will not be a Handicap Exchange Letter)


TO SEE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE DAY -- CLICK HERE

MEGAN AND ALYSON FINISH JOINT 18th IN WALES

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com


Welsh champion and Curtis Cup reserve Becky Harries produced arguably the best round of her life just when she needed it most to win the prestigious Welsh women's open amateur stroke-play championship over the Ashburnham links on the South Wales coast today.
Starting the final day four shots behind overnight leader Chloe Williams (Wrexham) and in joint fifth place, the 23-year-old from the Haverfordwest club stormed round in five-under-par 69 for a final total of two-under-par 220.

Top Scot for the second weekend in a row was Laura Murray (Alford). Joint third last week at Troon, Laura finished ninth at Ashburnham with scores of 79-77-74.
The big hitting winner of the St Rule Trophy two years ago (when she beat Amy Boulden in a play-off), Laura had an eagle at the fifth and birdies at the third and 17th.
Four late bogeys - at the 14th, 15th, 16th and 18th - cost Murray a top five or six placing.
Second best Scot was Carnoustie teenager Jessica Meek in 11th place on 233 with scores of 78-75-80.
Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) and former Scottish champion Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) also failed to break 80 in the final round but made the final top 2-20.
Alyson scored 77-81-80 for 238, the same aggregate as Megan with scores of 77-78-83. They were joint 18th.
Curtis Cup team selection Charley Hull (Woburn) did not defend the title.

THE FINAL TOTALS
Par 222 (3x74)
220 Becky Harries (Haverford West) 76 75 69.
222 Chloe Williams (Wrexham) 74 73 75
224 Georgia Hall (Remedy Oak) 80 70 74.
225 Amy Boulden (Conwy) 78 75 72.
226 Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale) 76 74 76, Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham) 73 75 78.
227 Kerry Smith (Waterlooville) 75 78 75.
229 Nikki Foster (Pleasington) 77 74 78.
230 Laura Murray (Alford) 79 77 74
231 Katherine O'Connor (Tadmnarton Heath) 74 78 69.
233 Jessica Meek (Carnoustie) 78 75 80.
234 Rachel Drummond (Beaconsfield) 77 81 76, Lauren Hillier (Newport) 79 75 80, Hannah Barwood (Knowle) 75 77 82
235 Helen Searle (Huddersfield) 83 76 76, Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough) 78 76 81
237 Katerina Slukova (Czech Rep) 80 81 76.
238 Stacey Rodger (West Hove) 79 83 74, Annabel Dimmock (Wentworth) 81 79 78, Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 77 81 80, Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 77 78 83.
239 Lucy Gould (Bargoed) 85 79 75, Rachel Goodall (Heswall) 82 78 79.
240 Sophie Madden (West Essex) 80 78 82.
Other Scot
244 Clara Young (North Berwick) 77 84 83.

LIVE SCORING FROM WALES

Live Scoring at the Welsh Open Strokeplay -- CLICK HERE

MEGAN AND ALYSON ARE PLAYING IN THE WELSH OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Carnoustie teenager Jessica Meek is the leading Scot after two rounds of the Welsh women's open amateur championship at Ashburnham GC on the South Wales coast.

Jessica shot rounds of 78 and 75 for a tally of five-over-par 153 over the par-74 course to be sharing ninth place with Amy Boulden (Conwy), the Welsh Curtis Cup player who won last weekend's Helen Holm Scottish stroke-play title at Troon.

Former Scottish champion Renfrewshire's Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) will start Sunday's final round in 14th place after scores of 77 and 78 for 155 - one shot ahead of Alford's Laura Murray (79-77).

Renfrewshire's 2012 County Champion -- Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) scored 77-81 for a share of 19th place on 158.

SECOND-ROUND LEADING TOTALS

Par 148 (2x74)

147 Chloe Williams (Wrexham) 74 73

148 Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham) 73 75.

150 Georgia Hall (Remedy Oak) 80 70, Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale) 76 74.

151 Nikki Foster (Pleasington) 77 74, Becky Harries (Haverfordwest) 76 75.

152 Hannah Barwood (Knowle) 75 77, Katherine O'Connor (Tadmarton Heath) 74 78.

153 Amy Boulden (Conwy) 78 75, Kerry Smith (Waterlooville) 75 78, Jessica Meek (Carnoustie) 78 75.

154 Lauren Hillier (Newport0 79 75, Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough) 78 76.

OTHER SCOTS SCORES

155 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 77 78 (14th)

156 Laura Murray (Alford) 79 77 (T15)

158 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 77 81 (T19)

161 Rachel Walker (Dumfries&Co) 79 82, Clara Young (North Berwick) 77 84

CDH TRIAL -- CAN YOU CHECK WITH YOUR HANDICAP SECRETARY

The April medal played over Ranfurly Castle trialling the new Centralised Database for Handicaps (CDH) created a few problems that are being looked at by the SGU and Golfbox .
 The players who played in both the County Championship Qualifier and the April Medal and are members of  any of the following clubs -- Erskine, Gourock, Kilmacolm, Gleddoch, East Renfrewshire and Haggs Castle and Ranfurly Castle may have your County Championship Qualifier result in TWICE.
Can you ask your Handicap Secretary to check what is there -- It probably has the Qualifier Result in that was entered manually through the handicap exchange letter that was issued plus an entry that has been added automatically through the CDH system.
Please let me know if you see there is a problem and I will pass on the information

WEST OF SCOTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP STARTING TIMES

The West of Scotland Championships are being held at Renfrew Golf Club on Sunday 6th May . Here is a list of the all the starting times

TIME	NAME	CLUB
8.37/1.37	Eilidh Briggs	Kilmacolm
	Patricia Davidson	n   Erskine
8.45/1.45	Liz Stewart	Greenburn
	Nichola Fergusson	Clober
8.52/1.52	Linsey Stevenson	Elie & Earlsferry
	Ruth Rankin	Lanark
	Jenny Linklater	Largs
9.00/2.00	Donna Jackson	Cochrane Castle
	Gillian Kyle	East Renfrewshire
	Emma Hale	Troon Ladies
9.07/2.07	Carol Whyte	Windyhill
	Mhairi McKay	West Kilbride
	Lesley Lloyd	Hayston
9.15/2.15	Laura McGeachy	Windyhill
	Denise Cowan	Ranfurly Castle
	Lorraine Campbell	Cardross
9.22/2.22	Angela Devine	Hamilton
	Susan McGrenaghan	Mount Ellen
	Gillian Arnott	Largs
9.30/2.30	Lorraine Morrow	Eastwood
	Hazel McGarvie	Troon Ladies
	May Hughes	Lanark
9.37/2.37	Eva O’Connor	Bothwell Castle
	Iona Stephen	Ranfurly Castle
	Lindsey Mathie	Windyhill
9.45/2.45	Alexandra Qayum	Ranfurly Castle
	Ellie Bryce	Strathaven
	Paula McArthur	Cathkin Braes
CLICK HERE TO GET THE STARTING SHEET