NORTH DIVISION COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

PERTH AND COUNTY WIN TITLE FOR

FIRST TIME IN 24 YEARS

 

 

Perth & Kinross will compete in the Scottish women’s county golf  championship finals in September for the first time since 1982.

They booked their place alongside the three other area title-winners by winning the North Division women’s county team championship at Crieff Golf Club today.

Perth & Kinross did it in champion style by winning all three matches over the three-day tournament. They clinched the divisional title for the first time in 24 years – Crieff was also the venue in 1982 – by beating Aberdeenshire 6 ½-2 ½.

P & K made a clean sweep of the morning foursomes 3-0 to take most of the pressure off the singles. Needing only 2pt from the six afternoon ties to make sure of victory, they got them from Emma Ogilvy (Auchterarder) and Alexandra  Bushby (Strathmore).

A win for Emma Napper (Craigie Hill) and half a point from Fiona Ramsay (Crieff) extended the winning margin.

Perth and Kinross had the outstanding player of the tournament – Alexandra Bushby who won all six of her ties. Fiona Ramsay ran her close with five wins and a halved match.

 

“It’s fantastic to have won the divisional title after 24 years,” said vice-captain Dawn Butchart. “It was an awesome team effort and it’s rather nice that Perth & Kinross are champions in the year that Jessie Valentine (who was a Craigie Hill Golf Club member all her life) passed away.”

Northern Counties, bidding to win the area title for a fourth year in a row, finished runners-up by beating Angus 5-4.

 

 

Monday results:

 

PERTH & KINROSS 6 ½, ABERDEENSHIRE 2 ½

 

Foursomes: J Milne & F Ramsay bt S Wood & L Murray 2 and 1, R Niven & A Bushby bt M Thomson & L McLardy 4 and 3, E Ogilvy & E Napper bt C Wilson & K Thomson 3 and 1 (3-0).

Singles: Ogilvy bt K Thomson 3 and 2, Milne lost to Wood 2 and 1, J Yellowlees lost to M Thomson 2 and 1, Bushby bt J Harrison 3 and 2, Napper bt D Pocock 4 and 3, Ramsay halved with Murray (3 ½-2 ½).

 

NORTHERN COUNTIES 5, ANGUS 4

Foursomes: K MacDonald & J Milne lost to A Ramsay & R Wilson 2 and 1, K Harper & L Walker bt K McNicoll & F Millar 7 and 6, A Ingram & E Manson lost to M Summers & A Hunter 4 and 3 (1-2).

Singles: MacDonald lost to McNicoll 4 and 3, Ingram lost to Ramsay 7 and 5, Harper bt S Murray 3 and 2, Milne bt J Tough 7 and 5, M Smith bt Summers 3 and 2, Walker bt Hunter 6 and 4 (4-2).

 

Final placings: 1 Perth & Kinross (3 wins), 2 Northern Counties (2 wins, 1 defeat), 3 Angus (1 draw, 2 defeats) and Aberdeenshire (1 draw, 2 defeats).