GRAMMAR WIN ABERDEEN SCHOOLS TITLE AFTER

CAPTAIN MHAIRI HOLES

BIRDIE PUTT AT 18th

Aberdeen Grammar School won the Aberdeen schools golf championship final by the narrowest of margins over Robert Gordon’s College over the Hazlehead No 1 course this evening
The final ended in a draw: Grammar 1 ½, Gordon’s 1 ½ and the title went to Grammar by one hole on a holes-up countback.
Nick McAndrew and David Law won the first tie for Grammar by beating Michael Kelly and Steven Smith 4 and 3.
Gordon’s College pair Chris Black and Andrew Harris levelled the overall score at 1-1 by beating William Rennie and Kevin Bass 3 and 2.
Under the holes-up format, that meant Grammar had a one-hole lead (4 to 3) which would prove decisive should the last match to finish end all square.
And it did.
Gordon’s boys Neale Barnes and Harris Jones were one up on Grammar’s Donald McAndrew and Mhairi Johnstone playing the last hole in front of a large gallery.
Mhairi played a real captain’s part for Grammar by holing a 6ft birdie putt on the 18th green to halve the match and secure the trophy for the school on the countback.
Details:
Grammar School names first:
N McAndrew, D Law bt M Kelly, S Smith 4 and 3.
W Rennie, K Bass lost to C Black, A Harris 3 and 2.
D McAndrew, M Johnstone halved with N Barnes, H Jones.
+Picture, supplied by Derek Johnstone, shows his daughter Mhairi receiving the trophy on behalf of the Aberdeen Grammar School team from David McDowell.

Ruth takes East Vets Title

Ruth Brown (Lothianburn) had a narrow victory by one hole over Anne Brownie (also Lothianburn) in the final of the East of Scotland Veteran Ladies Championship at Haddingtom today.
The lone spectator reports that they both played very well in an excellent low-scoring final.
(Pictured right: Anne Brownie and Ruth Brown on the first tee at Haddington)

East v West Vets match
East Vets beat West Vets by 8 matches to 1 yesterday at Gullane.
East :Noreen Fenton, Moira Thomson, Pam Williamson, Ruth Brown, Lesley Johnston, Karen Ballantyne, Sheila Lyon, Susan Penman, Rita Dee
West : Helen Faulds, Janice Paterson, Pat Hutton, Jennifer Mack, Anne Prentice, Mo Neilson, Maureen Mitchell, Elinor Grant, Jennifer Graham

[Thanks to Carol Fell and the West Vets excellent website for the information on the teams]

LYNN KENNY (69) JOINT FOURTH

AFTER FIRST ROUND OF

FRENCH WOMEN'S OPEN

Lynn Kenny, now playing out of Archerfield Links, had her best round for some time - a three-under-par 69 - to be lying joint fourth behind leader Rebecca Hudson at the end of the first day in the French Women's Open.

Lynn, pictured right, bogeyed the long fourth but got into her stride with birdies at the fifth, sixth and ninth to turn in two-under-par 34. Her purple run continued with birdies at the 11th and 16th. Only a bogey 6 at the long 18th took a little bit of the shine off her round.

Kathryn Imrie from Monifieth is back in joint 45th place after a 73 which included a double bogey 6 at the length. She did birdie the fourth, 13th and 15th in halves of 37 and 36.

Clare Queen (Carrick at Cameron House) had a day to forget, and the sooner the better. She is sharing 108th place on 78 with only a faint hope of surviving the 36-hole cut.

Clare had not one but two triple bogey 7s. The first came at the first and the second at the 16th. She birdied the second, fifth, 12th and 17th in halves of 37 and 41.

FRENCH WOMEN'S OPEN SCOREBOARD

First round scores in the Vediorbis Open de France Dame
(par 72)
67 Rebecca Hudson (Eng).
68 Lotta Wahlin (Swe), Trish Johnson (Eng).
69 Leah Hart (Aus), Sarah Kemp (Aus), Veronica Zorzi (Ita), Lynn Kenny (Sco).
70 Marta Prieto (Spa), Joanne Mills (Aus), Gwladys Nocera (Fra), Linda Wessberg (Swe), Anna Rossi (Ita), Sophie Walker (Eng), Rebecca Coakley (Irl)
71 Ursula Wikstrom (Fin), Lara Tadiotto (Bel), Iben Tinning (Den), Samantha Head (Eng), Isabella Maconi (Ita), Elisa Serramia (Spa), Rebecca Stevenson (Aus), Cecilia Ekelundh (Swe), Sophie Giquel (Fra), Becky Brewerton (Wal), Karen-Margrethe Juul (Den), Diana Luna (Ita), Marina Arruti (Spa).
72 Kristie Newton (Aus), Maria Verchenova (Rus), Maria Boden (Swe), Karen Lunn (Aus), Lora Fairclough (Eng), Nikki Garrett (Aus), Paula Marti (Spa), Anja Monke (Ger), Nicole Gergely (Aut), Jo Clingan (Eng), Stefania Croce (Ita), Asa Gottmo (Swe), Georgina Simpson (Eng), Amanda Moltke-Leth (Den), Lisa Hall (Eng), Cassandra Kirkland (Fra), Emilie Alonso (Am) (Fra)
73 Hanna-Leena Salonen (Fin), Mianne Bagger (Den), Carlie Butler (Aus), Ellen Smets (Bel), Lill Kristin Saether (Nor), Anna Temple (USA), Cherie Byrnes (Aus), Beatriz Recari (Spa), Louise Friberg (Swe), Kathryn Imrie (Sco), Louise Stahle (Swe), Kirsty S Taylor (Eng), Margherita Rigon (Ita), Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa)
74 Emma Zackrisson (Swe), Bree Turnbull (Aus), Mette Buus (Den), Laura Cabanillas (Spa), Natalie Claire Booth (Eng), Rikke Rasmussen (Den), Nina Karlsson (Swe), Danielle Masters (Eng), Nienke Nijenhuis (Ned), Shani Waugh (Aus), Stephanie Arricau (Fra), Catrin Nilsmark (Swe), Sophie Sandolo (Ita), Frederique Dorbes (Fra)
75 Carina Vagner (Den), Tullia Calzavara (Ita), Nathalie David-Mila (Fra), Laurette Maritz (Rsa), Ludivine Kreutz (Fra), Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (Fra), Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa), Stefanie Michl (Aut), Sara Beautell (Spa), Virginie Auffret (Fra), Kirsty Taylor (Eng), Lynn Brooky (Nzl), Tania Elosegui (Spa)
76 Frederique Seeholzer (Swi), Jade Schaeffer (Fra), Lisa Jean (Aus), Anna Knutsson (Swe), Federica Piovano (Ita), Elisabeth Esterl (Ger), Anna Rawson (Aus), Eleanor Pilgrim (Wal), Claire Coughlan (Irl), Anne-Lise Caudal (Fra), Ana Larraneta (Spa), Anna Tybring (Swe), Jehanne Jail (Fra), Christine Hallstrom (Swe).
77 Carmen Alonso (Spa), Ana B Sanchez (Spa), Fany Schaeffer (Fra), Jenni Kuosa (Fin), Nora Angehrn (Swi), Elin Ohlsson (Swe), Riikka Hakkarainen (Fin), Kiran Matharu (Eng).
78 Eva Steinberger (Aut), Felicity Johnson (Eng), Sarah Heath (Eng), Alexandra Vilatte (Fra) (am), Sofia Renell (Swe), Clare Queen (Sco), Natascha Fink (Aut), Melodie Bourdy (Fra)
79 Isabelle Boineau (Am) (Fra), Audrey Decharne (Am) (Fra), Martina Gillen (Irl), Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den), Caroline Afonso (Am) (Fra), Elena Giraud (Am) (Fra)
80 Fame More (Eng), Helena Alterby (Swe), Bettina Hauert (Ger), Denise Simon (Ger)
81 Julie Berton (Fra)

BAD DAY FOR THE YOUNG SCOTS IN JAPAN

Scotland's squad of four had a collective bad third day in the Toyota world boys' team golf championship at Chukyo Golf Club, Nagoya in Japan.
None of the 14 teams had a worse score than Scotland's mediocre, nine-over-par 222 for the third round - 10 shots more than their first and second day team scores.
Only bottom of the table Singapore also scored 222 today.
The Scots - James Byrne (Banchory), Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck), Paul Ferrier (Baberton) and Shaun McAllister (Craigielaw) - have slumped to 12th in the table with one day to go. Only Venezuela and Singapore are below them.
Their 54-hole aggregate of 646 is 30 shots behind leaders Sweden who are one shot ahead of the defending champions, Norway.
On the first two days, one Scotland boy scored in the 60s - par of the course is 71 - but in the third round, the lowest score the Scots could muster was a one-over 72 from Michael Stewart. Shaun McAllister, Paul Ferrier and James Byrne each returned a four-over 75.
Stewart is joint 17th in the individual standings with a three-round total of two-under-par 211. Byrne comes next in joint 22nd place on level par 213. McAllister is tied 50th on 224 and Ferrier is 55th in the field of 56 with a total of 232.

TOYOTA WORLD BOYS' TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Chukyo Golf Club, Nagoya, Japan. Par 71, 6,886yd

THIRD-ROUND TEAM TOTALS
Par 639 (3 x 213)
Three from four scores to count daily
616 Sweden 201 204 211.
617 Norway 205 205 207.
627 New Zealand 210 213 204
630 Chinese Taipei 216 207 207.
632 South Africa 212 213 207.
634 Australia 210 210 214, Mexico 211 208 215.
635 Japan 207 216 212.
639 United States 216 214 209.
642 Canada 210 213 219.
643 Argentina 215 217 211.
646 Scotland 212 212 222 (M Stewart 72, P Ferrier 75, J Byrne 75, S McAllister 75).
658 Venezuela 225 218 215.
659 Singapore 219 218 222.

LEADING INDIVIDUALS
Par 213 (3 x 71)
200 A Kristiansen (Nor) 67 66 67.
202 J Kennegard (Swe) 65 68 69.
206 M Thorp (Nor) 70 66 70, C-T Pan (Chinese Taipei) 73 66 67.
Scottish scores:
211 M Stewart 67 72 72 (jt 17th).
213 J Byrne 73 65 75 (jt 22nd).
224 S McAllister 74 75 75 (jt 50th).
232 P Ferrier 72 85 75 (55th).

LOW HANDICAP AMATEURS' CHANCE TO WIN
A PLACE IN LADIES ENGLISH OPEN

Leading women amateurs are being given the chance to win a wildcard into the Ladies English Open at Chart Hills in Kent from July 5-7.
BBC Radio Kent’s Breakfast Show is offering the wildcard as the prize in a competition for amateurs with handicaps of two or better.
To enter, all golfers have to do is tell Radio Kent why they should be given the wildcard into the Ladies European Tour event.
Further details are available on the BBC Radio Kent website: www.bbc.co.uk/kent or email: john.warnett@bbc.co.uk
The closing date for entries is June 26.

SCOTLAND TEAM FOR EUROPEAN SENIOR
LADIES TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Scotland squad for the European senior women's amateur team championship at Royal Drottningholm Golf Club, Stockholm from July 24 to 28 is:

Lorna Bennett (Ladybank).
Fiona de Vries (St Rule).
Helen Faulds (Douglas Park).
Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose).
Moira Thomson (North Berwick).
Pamela Williamson (Baberton)

THE MONTGOMERIE OFFERS COOL EXPERIENCE IN DUBAI

News from Dubai that this summer, The Montgomerie, Dubai will be the first golf club in the Middle East to introduce a climate-controlled cooling system known as the Coolwell G2 to its fleet of golf carts.
The Montgomerie, Dubai — winner of numerous accolades and awards — has discovered yet another means of enhancing the Troon Golf experience and proving why the luxury golf brand is continually setting new benchmarks for service and quality standards world wide.
The Coolwell G2, enables golf to be played in comfort 365 days of the year, irrespective of changing climates. The Coolwell G2’s functionality is two-fold, providing cooling air-conditioning to golfers on warm summer days and, with the flip of a switch, heating during the colder months.
The powerful G2 uses ice, physics and 1 amp of battery from a golf cart to provide the air-conditioning.

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