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RENFREWSHIRE GIRLS NARROWLY LOSE OUT TO WINNING THE KENNEDY SALVER - LANARKSHIRE ARE THE WINNERS

The RLCGA Junior Kennedy Salver Team with Captain Gillian McGinlay, Vice Captain Gillian Kyle and Junior Secretary Audrey MacKenzie

Kennedy Salver - Renfrewshire Runners-Up

Yesterday our Renfrewshire girls had their best showing in many years in the Kennedy Salver, being narrowly beaten into second place by Lanarkshire.

The morning foursomes teed off at 9am at Elderslie Golf Club under bright skies. Our three pairings were very competitive with all the matches going to the 18th hole. Niamh Kinney & Jan Adams secured a half point but unfortunately the two pairings of Heather Mushet & Anna MacKenzie and Laura Craig & Charlotte McCluskey both lost out on the 18th green. Despite so much great play this left the girls in joint last place at lunch time with Lanarkshire leading with 3 points out of a possible 3.

L to R - Anna, Jan, Charlotte, Ellie, Laura, Heather and Niamh

The girls came out for the afternoon singles very determined, and whatever the Elderslie catering team gave them for lunch it certainly worked! The Renfrewshire girls played by far the best golf in the afternoon, winning 5 of their 6 singles matches. There was some tremendous play from the girls with great wins for Heather, Anna, Laura, Niamh and Ellie. This gave the team a total points score of 5.5 points.

Sadly there was too much ground to make up on Lanarkshire from the morning foursomes and they were the overall winners by one point, claiming 3.5 in the afternoon singles for an overall total of 6.5 points. Renfrewshire were runners-up on 5.5, with Ayrshire third on 4.5 and D&A fourth on 1.5. All of the matches were played in a great spirit and our thanks go to all the girls who competed.

The Renfrewshire girls were left ruing the lost points from the tight morning foursomes, but they were all rightly proud of their overall performance. The clubhouse talk was already about next year when Ayrshire are the hosts.

The Girls are still smiling -- Heather, Charlotte, Jan, Niamh, Laura, Anna and Ellie

Overall it was an excellent day, which ran smoothly and fortunately the weather was kind. Many thanks to Elderslie Golf Club both for the courtesy of their course (which was in great condition) and their hospitality. Thanks also to both Captain Gillian and Vice Captain Gillian for your help in preparing and on the day. Thank you to everyone who turned up to support the girls.

A final word of thanks and farewell to Laura Craig and Jan Adams as this is their last year as juniors. We will all miss your golf but most of all your friendship, thanks for your contributions to the junior section.

Here is looking forward to Ayrshire next year and going one better ! 

To see some more photographs -- Courtesy of Jean MacIntyre (Lanarkshire) ---- CLICK HERE

Thanks go to Junior Secretary Audrey MacKenzie for the report and photographs

SOME PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE JAMBOREE

Captain Gill in battle with Ayrshire's Captain Sheila Adams

For some photographs please click on the link below

PHOTOGRAPHS - DAY 1 - COURTESY OF JEAN MACINTYRE (LANARKSHIRE)

PHOTOGRAPHS FROM DAY 1& 2 - RENFREWSHIRE v LANARKSHIRE AND D&A  --Photos courtesy of Gillian McGinlay and Carol Fell

PHOTOGRAPHS - LANARKSHIRE v AYRSHIRE DAY 2 - Photos courtesy of Jean MacIntyre (Lanarkshire)

PHOTOGRAPHS FROM AYRSHIRE COUNTY CAPTAIN  -  Sheila Adams

PHOTOGRAPHS - DAY 3 - Courtesy of Lanarkshire's Jean MacIntyre

JUNIOR GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

 The first round of the girls championship has been completed. Thank you to all the girls for completing their matches in a timely manner and well done to those now in the quarter final.

CLICK HERE TO SEE AN ENLARGED VIEW OF THE RESULTS SO FAR 

KENNEDY SALVER -PLEASE COME ALONG AND SUPPORT

Kennedy Salver - Monday 22nd June at Elderslie Golf Club

It is only a few days to go until Renfrewshire host this year's Kennedy Salver at Elderslie Golf Club.

The Kennedy Salver is the main West of Scotland inter-county girls team competition between girls from Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, Dunbartonshire & Argyll and Renfrewshire. The trophy will be contested over 36 holes with morning foursomes and afternoon singles.

Renfrewshire Girls have not won the trophy for some time so the girls have been practising hard and are hoping to do well this coming Monday.

The girls would really appreciate your support - especially on home soil ! Please come along and support the team, either for the morning foursomes (tee times between 9:00 - 9:45) and / or the afternoon singles (tee times 1:30 - 3:00). 

In addition any help you can offer in terms of ball spotting on particular holes would be much appreciated. This will be a great help in the smooth running of the day. 

Hope to see you there and remember to wear pink. 

RENFREWSHIRE JUST LOSE OUT TO AYRSHIRE WHO WIN THE JAMBOREE

RLCGA County Team -- (photo courtesy of Gillian McGinlay)

Ayrshire  lost the final singles session to Renfrewshire but won the West Division county team championship with three wins out of three.
They go forward to meet the three other divisional champions in the Scottish women's county championship finals at Stranraer Golf Club from September 18 to 20.
Over the three days at Loudoun Gowf, the host county beat Dunbartonshire and Argyll 6.5-2.5, then  Lanarkshire 6.5-2.5 before squeezing home past Renfrewshire 5-4.
Ayrshire almost made a clean sweep of the morning foursomes, taking a 2.5-0.5 lead into the singles.
Catherine Malcolm stretched the Ayrshire lead to 3pt by beating  Gillian Kyle 4 and 3 but Renfrewshire got their act together after that with wins by Katrina Milne, young debutante Jennifer Rankine, Donna Jackson
Audrey Thompson stopped the rot for Ayrshire by beating Carol Whyte 2 and 1. The last tie was halved, leaving Ayrshire the match winners by a 5-4 margin.
Lanarkshire beat Dunbartonshire and Argyll 7-2 in the day's other match.
Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and Dunbartonshire all finished with records of one win and two defeats.

Lanarkshire 7, Dunbartonshire and Argyll 2
 FOURSOMES 3-0
Rachael Taylor, Molly Richmond bt Claire Hargan,  Jillian
Farrell 5 and 3.
Susan Wood, Susan McGrenaghan bt Laura McGeachy, Lorraine
Campbell 2 and 1
Lesley Lloyd, Alyson Hendry bt Anne Laing, Aileen Baker 5 and 4.

SINGLES 4-2
Taylor bt Macdonald 7 and 5.
Fiona Norris lost to Farrell 2 holes
Richmond bt Hargan 2 and 1
K Brown lost to Laing 2 and 1.
Hendry bt Baker 7 and 6
Wood bt McGeachy 5 and 4.

Renfrewshire 4, Ayrshire 5
FOURSOMES 0.5-2.5
Katrina Milne, Denise Cowan lost to Emma Hale, Jenny Linklater 4 and 3.
Gillian Kyle, Carol Whyte halved with Catherine Malcolm, Linzi Allan
Donna Jackson, Liz Stewart lost to Connie Jaffrey, Audrey Thompson 7 and 6.
SINGLES 3.5-2.5
Kyle lost to Malcolm 4 and 3.
Milne bt Jaffrey 2 and 1.
J Rankine bt D Watt 3 and 2.
Jackson bt Allan 5 and 4.
Whyte lost to Thompson 2 and 1.
Cowan halved with Linklater

HOW THEY FINISHED
1 Ayrshire 3 wins out of 3
2 Renfrewshire 1 win, 2 defeats
2 Lanarkshire 1 win, 2 defeats
3 Dunbartonshire 1 win, 2 defeats

Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report

RENFREWSHIRE LOSE TO D&A ON DAY 2 OF THE COUNTY JAMBOREE

Hosts Ayrshire go into the final day at Loudoun Gowf as favourites to win the West Division inter-county women's team golf title.
They are the only team with two wins out of two, having beaten Lanarkshire 6.5-2.5 today after winning by the same margin over Dunbartonshire and Argyll on Day1.
Dunbartonshire and Argyll did Ayrshire a good turn by beating Renfrewshire 5-4 today which means the table reads:
Ayrshire 2 wins
Renfrewshire 1 win, 1 loss
Dunbartonshire and Argyll 1 win, 1 loss
Lanarkshire 2 losses.
The three-day programme closes with Ayrshire playing Renfrewshire while D and A close with a match against pointless Lanarkshire.

Renfrewshire 4, Dunbartonshire and Argyll 5
FOURSOMES 1-2
Donna Jackson and Liz Stewart lost to Claire Hargan and Jillian Farrell 1 hole
Gillian Kyle and Carol Whyte bt Lorraine Campbell and Lori
MacDonald 5 and 4
Katrina Milne and Jennifer Rankine lost to Anne Laing and Aileen Baker 5 and 4.
SINGLES 3-3 
Kyle lost to MacDonald 1 hole
Whyte halved with Laura McGeachy
Gillian McGinlay lost to Hargan 2 and 1
Milne beat Fiona Alexander 8 and 7
Denise Cowan halved with Laing
Jackson beat  Farrell 4 and 2.

Lanarkshire 2.5, Ayrshire 6.5
FOURSOMES (0-3) 
Rachael Taylor and Molly Richmond lost to Connie Jaffrey and Audrey Thompson 1 hole
Fiona Norris and Kirsten Brown lost to Liz Keohone and Emma Hale 1 hole
Susan Wood and Susan McGrenaghan lost to Catherine Malcolm and Linzi  Allan 1 hole
SINGLES (2.5-3.5)
Taylor beat Jaffrey 2 and 1
Lesley Lloyd lost to Thompson 4 and 3,
Brown lost to Hale 5 and 4
Richmond beat Jenny Linklater 2 holes
Wood halved with Debbie Watt
McGrenaghan lost to Allan 4 and 2.
DAY 1 RESULTS:
Ayrshire 6.5, Dunbartonshire and Argyll 2.5
Renfrewshire 7, Lanark 2.

RENFREWSHIRE WIN AGAINST LANARKSHIRE ON DAY 1 OF THE COUNTY JAMBOREE

Renfrewshire beat Lanarkshire 7-2 and Ayrshire beat Dunbartonshire and Argyll 6.5-2.5 on the opening day of the West Division inter-county women's team championship at Loudoun Gowf, Ayrshire today. 
Tomorrow Renfrewshire take on Dunbartonshire and Argyll and Lanarkshire  face Ayrshire.

DAY ONE RESULTS

RENFREWSHIRE 7, LANARKSHIRE 2
Foursomes (2-1)
D Jackson and L Stewart beat L Lloyd and R Taylor 5 and 4.
C Whyte and G Kyle beat F Norris and A Hendry 4 and 3.
K Milne and J Rankine lost to S Wood and S McGrenaghan 5 and 4.
Singles (5-1)
Kyle lost to Taylor 9 and 8.
Milne beat Lloyd 3 and 2.
D Cowan beat M Richmond 3 and 2.
Jackson beat K Brown 3 and 2.
Rankine beat Wood 3 and 1.
Whyte beat Norris 4 and 3.

AYRSHIRE 6.5, DUNBARTONSHIRE and ARGYLL 2.5
Foursomes (2.5-0.5)
C Malcolm and L Allan beat A Laing and A Baker 1 hole.
A Thompson and C Jaffrey halved with C Hargan and J Farrell
L Keohone and E Hale beat L McGeachy and F Alexander 5 and 4.
Singles (4-2)
Malcolm beat L Campbell 4 and 3.
D Watt lost to Farrell 1 hole.
J Linklater beat L MacDonald 4 and 2.
Hale beat Baker 6 and 5
Allan beat Laing 3 and 1.
Jaffrey lost to Hargan 1 hole.

ROSEBOWL QUALIFIERS

The 8 qualifiers for the Rose Bowl are:- (aggregate net scores from the Championships and June Medal) 
1. Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle)  158 
2. Linda McDougall Greenock 158 
3. Gillian Kyle East Renfrewshire 158 
4. Fiona Armour Renfrew 160 
5. Marion Stewart Kilmacolm 161 
6. Sandra MacDougall Greenock 161 
7. Denise Cowan Ranfurly Castle 161 
8. Brenda Conway Renfrew 164 

Match Play Draw: 
Carol Fell v Brenda Conway 
Marion Stewart v Fiona Armour 
Gillian Kyle v Sandra MacDougall 
Denise Cowan v Linda McDougall

JUNE MEDAL AT WHITECRAIGS

The medal was played today over WHITECRAIGS GOLF CLUB. Only 27 ladies played in brilliant sunshine all day.

It was a double for MARION STEWART (Kilmacolm) winning both the scratch and the overall net.  Her scores were 85 (better inward half from Gillian Kyle) and net 85 - 12 - 73.

Winner - Marion Stewart (Kilmacolm)

The winner of 2nd class was FIONA ROGER (Ranfurly Castle) with a score of 90 - 13 - 77 (better inward half from Joyce Kelly and Sandra MacDougall)
The CSS was 75; SSS 72 and was Reductions only.
Results:
1st Class
1.       Marion Stewart  (Kilmacolm)         85-12-73
2.       Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle)            88-10-78
3.       Linda McDougall (Greenock)         87-7-80
2nd Class
1.       Fiona Roger (Ranfurly Castle)       90-13-77 bih
2.       Joyce Kelly (Elderslie)                   97-20-77 bih
3.       Sandra MacDougall (Greenock)     94-17-77

Medal Finalists from 2014

April​Sara McCorkell​​did not play

June​Carol Fell

July​Fiona Armour

August​Fiona Armour

Sept.​Liz Hale

Winner Medal Finals:   Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle)   88-10-78

2015 KENNEDY SALVER TEAM

Renfrewshire County Junior Team for the West of Scotland Inter-County Kennedy Salver at Elderslie GC on 22nd June

Heather Mushet - Elderslie

Anna MacKenzie - East Renfrewshire

Niamh Kinney - Erskine

Laura Craig  - Elderslie

Charlotte McCluskey - Whitecraigs

Ellie Wilkie  - Greenock

Jan Adams  - Whinhill

Reserve: Alison Macnab - Kilmacolm

RLCGA JUNIOR JENNIFER RANKINE SELECTED BY THE SLGA FOR EUROPEAN MASTERS

Many congratulations go to RLCGA Junior Jennifer Rankine who has been selected for the European Masters in Switzerland in July.

European Young Masters (Switzerland, July 23-25)
Jillian Farrell (Cardross)
Jennifer Rankine (Haggs Castle)

CLICK HERE to read all the SLGA Team Selections for 2015 

DONNA AND LIZ WIN THE INTER COUNTY FOURSOMES AT HILTON PARK

Donna and Liz - Winners of the Inter County Foursomes

Elaine Munn and Gillian Kyle - 3rd

Donna Jackson and Liz Stewart (Renfrewshire), with a very good score of 75 in testing conditions, won the scratch section of the Inter-county foursomes final at Hilton Park Golf Club today.

More like winter than June 1st - the official start of summer - the wet and windy weather was reflected in the scores. It was very wet underfot.

Twenty-three pairs from Dunbartonshire and Argyll, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire counties took part.

Scratch runners-up were Catherine Malcolm and Debbie Watt (Ayrshire) with a 79.
3rd were Renfrewshire's Gillian Kyle and Elaine Munn with an 84

Sheila Adams and Aileen Anderson (Ayrshire) won the handicap section with a net 80.5 off 10.5

Winners of the handicap section were Sheila Adams and Aileen Anderson ALCG  91  less 10.5   =  80.5

Other leading handicap returns:

81 Helen Faulds and Christie Kelly (Dunbartonshire and Argyll) (13) (better inward half), Ann Shanks and Rona Agney (D and A) (18).

82.5 Carol Fell and Fiona Roger (Renfrewshire) (11.5)

JUNE MEDAL DRAW IS NOW AVAILABLE

The draw for the June Medal on Wednesday 10th June at Whitecraigs Golf Club is now available - CLICK HERE 
Gillian Kyle is the contact for the competition  Mobile Number - 07950 070275

VICE CAPTAIN GILLIAN KYLE LOSES AT THE 21ST HOLE IN THE WEST VETS CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINAL

Despite the fact that Vice Captain Gillian Kyle had jammed her finger in the car door last week she managed to play in the West Vets Championship at Renfrew Golf Club on Thursday and Friday of this week. With her finger strapped it she made it through to the Semi finals where she met Lanarkshire Count Champion Lesley Lloyd. The match went to the 21st Hole where Gillian unfortunately lost -- Lesley went on to win the Championship
To read the full report go to the WEST VETS WEBSITE

RENFREWSHIRE COUNTY TEAM FOR INTER COUNTY JAMBOREE AT LOUDOUN GOWF

Team for Inter County Matches at Loudoun Gowf - June 15th - 17th June. 

Denise Cowan (Ranfurly Castle)
Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle)

Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire)
Gillian McGinlay (Cochrane Castle)
Katrina Milne (Erskine)

Jennifer Rankine (Haggs Castle)

Liz Stewart (Greenburn)

Carol Whyte (Milngavie) 

RLCGA JUNIOR GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW

CLICK HERE TO SEE AN ENLARGED VIEW OF THE DRAW

RLCGA JUNIOR JAN ADAMS IS THE STAR AT RANFURLY CASTLE IN THE SPRING MEETING

Jan Adams

39 ladies played at Ranfurly Castle today in the Spring Meeting. The conditions were tricky as there was a stiff breeze and it was damp and showery for the early players. The greens were electric which spoiled many scores!

Only 1 player broke her handicap today! Jan Adams, a very keen junior from Greenock Whinhill, who has been practising hard over the winter, scored an excellent 91 less 22 for a nett 69 - 7 under the CSS of 76. A well deserved handicap cut for Jan.

Ranfurly Castle's Carol Fell was surprised that her 86 was best scratch score of the day and she also won the Division 1 handicap prize.

SSS 73 , CSS 76 REDUCTION ONLY

Results : 

Scratch : Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle) 86

Handicap 0 - 12

Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle) 86 (10) 76

Lynda Bradley (Kilmacolm) 87 (10) 77

Anne Judge (Ranfurly Castle) 88 (10) 78

Handicap 13 + Upwards

Jan Adams ( Greenock Whinhill) 91 (22) 69

Muriel Young (Old Ranfurly) 95 (19) 76

Maureen Cook (Ranfurly Castle) 91 (14) 77

To see all of the results -- CLICK HERE -- You will also note that half of the field had stableford adjustments  - Perhaps this gives a clue to how eveyone struggled except young Jan Adams  --

Well done Jan.

Thanks go to Vice Captain Gillian Kyle for the report and photograph

RESULTS OF MATCHPLAY STAGES AT THE SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIPS

RESULTS OF MATCHPLAY STAGES AT THE SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIPS - CLICK HERE

CLARK ROSEBOWL RESULTS - CLICK HERE

Jennifer Rankine lost in the 1st round of the Scottish Ladies Championship and Denise Cowan won her 1st Round Clark Rosebowl by 1 hole in the morning and then lost 2&1 in the afternoon. Well done to you both for making the matchplay stages.
Past RLCGA County Team Member -- Iona Stephen (Wentworth) lost by 1 hole in the 2nd Round.

RLCGA'S JUNIOR JENNIFER RANKINE QUALIFIES FOR THE MATCHPLAY STAGES ATTHE SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIPS AT MONIFIETH

Jennifer Rankine 

Many congrats go to Renfrewshire's up and coming junior star Jennifer Rankine (Haggs Castle) who has qualified for the matchplay stages of the Scottish Amateur Championship at Monifieth today. Good luck in the match play stages.

Quote from Kirkwood Golf Website

Four players – Jennifer Rankine (Haggs Castle), Nicola Robertson (Stirling), Carol Wilson (Murcar) and Margo Gardner (Linlithgow) – tied on 160 and were in a play-off for the final two of the 32 matchplay places. 
Gardner and 14-year-old Rankine both birdied the long second – all four players had pars at the first – to make it through to the knockout.  Eliminated in the play off were Carol Wilson (Murcar Links) and Nicola Robertson (Stirling)

Well done Jennifer -- Great performance

Also many congrats go to Denise Cowan (Ranfurly Castle) who has qualified for the Clark Rosebowl (2nd Flight). She finished on 167 (84, 81)
Also a fantastic performance from Iona Stephen former RLCGA County Team member who now plays out of Wentworth - She finished tied in 4th place to go through to the Championship matchplay stages.