Karen wins scratch at Midlothian Summer Meeting

Midlothian Summer Meeting at Craigmillar Park on 10th July 2007
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Scratch winner Karen Marshall (Baberton) 73
Amanda Edwards (Liberton) had a hole in one at the 15th. (Her first...well done Amanda!)

SCOTLAND FAIL AGAIN TO MAKE CHAMPIONSHIP
FLIGHT OF EUROPEAN WOMEN'S TEAM EVENT

Wednesday was not a good day for Scotland's standing in the world of female amateur golf. Our girls failed to make the top flight in the European girls' team championship in Norway and our women's team, once again, failed to make the top eight championship flight in the European women's team championship in Italy.
England (third) and Wales (eighth) made the top flight but Scotland finished ninth in the 36-hole qualifying test and so were "relegated" to the Second Flight which includes Ireland, but that's no comfort.

EUROPEAN WOMEN'S TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Championship match-play flight qualifiers

706 Spain 349 357 (E Cabrera 69, A Munoz 69, C Ciganda 72, C Perez-Narbon 73, B Moxo 74. NC: A Felgueroso 76).
722 Sweden 357 365 (A Nordqvist 72, S Wikstrom 73, C Lennarth 73, P Lindberg 73, C Westrup 74. NC: K Kinnerud 77).
733 England 363 370 (R Bell 71, M Reid 73, J Ewart 75, F Parker 75, N Edwards 76. Non-counter: K Smith 79).
735 Germany 359 375 (S Gal 72, D Becker 75, T Hoffmeister 75, S Kirchmayr 76, S Doering 77. NC: K Schallenberg 79).
742 Italy 372 370.
744 Belgium 372 372.
751 Finland 379 372
752 Wales 372 380 (B Loucks 71, S Hassan 74, T Davies 76, B Harries 78, J Nicholson 81. NC: L Hall 85).
Draw:
Sweden v Finland
Belgium v England
Germany v Italy
Wales v Spain.
SECOND FLIGHT QUALIFIERS
752 Scotland 371 381 (J Wilson 73, M Thomson 75, H MacRae 76, R Niven 78, E Ogilvy 78. NC: R Livingstone 87).
753 France 371 382.
755 Switzerland 378 377.
759 Ireland 369 390 (T Delaney 75, M Riordan 76, M Morrin 79, D Smith 90, D McVeigh 80. NC: K Delaney 84); Norway 385 374.
760 Austria 378 382, Netherlands 382 378.
794 Slovenia 403 391.
Draw:
France v Netherlands.
Austria v Switzerland.
Ireland v Norway.
Slovenia v Scotland.

LEADING INDIVIDUAL SCORES
Par 144 (2 x 72)
136 E Cabrera (Spa) 67 69, A Nordqvist (Swe) 64 72.
139 C Ciganda (Spa) 66 72.
140 A Munoz (Spa) 71 69.
Other scores:
142 R Bell (Eng) 71 71, J Wilson (Sco) 69 73.
144 M Reid (Eng) 71 73, S Hassan (Wal) 70 74.
148 F Parker (Eng) 73 75, D McVeigh (Ire) 68 80.
149 J Ewart (Eng) 74 75, T Davies (Wal) 73 76, B Loucks (Wal) 78 71.
150 N Edwards (Eng) 74 76, T Delaney (Ire) 75 75.
151 M Thomson (Sco) 76 75.
152 R Niven (Sco) 74 78, M Riordan (Ire) 76 76.
153 K Smith (Eng) 74 79, B Harries (Wal) 75 78, H MacRae (Sco) 77 76, D Smith (Ire) 73 80.
157 E Ogilvy (Sco) 78 79, M Morrin (Ire) 78 79.
160 J Nicholson (Wal) 79 81.
161 L Hall (Wal) 76 85, K Delaney (Ire) 77 84.
162 R Livingstone (Sco) 75 87.

SCOTTISH UNDER-16 BOYS' REPORT, SCORES

For news of the second day's play in the Douglas Gillespie Scottish Under-16 boys' stroke-play championship at Brunston Castle, switch over to www.scottishgolfview.com

DUNBARTONSHIRE & ARGYLL WIN WEST DIVISION
TITLE AND PLACE IN FINALS AT TULLIALLAN

Dunbartonshire & Argyll, who have not won the Scottish title since 1997, have joined the other divisional champions, Aberdeenshire, Dumfries-shire and Midlothian, in the Scottish women’s county golf finals at Tulliallan Golf Club from August 31 to September 2.
They won the West Division women’s team championship – their ticket to the county finals – at Prestwick St Nicholas Golf Club today, clinching the title with a 7-2 win over Ayrshire while Lanarkshire were beating the defending champions, Renfrewshire, 5-4.
D&A started the three-day programme by drawing with Lanarkshire but they won their next two matches, beating Renfrewshire on Tuesday, to finish with 2 1/2pt out of three.
Lanarkshire were runners-up with 1 1/2pt while Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire both finished with one point.
Ayrshire resisted the D&A victory roll in the morning foursomes which were shared but it was one-way traffic in the afternoon singles. Kylie Walker, Judy Galbraith, Jill Meldrum, Anne Laing and Sara Bishop won for D&A and Gemma Webster halved the other tie.
Three times Scottish champion Anne Laing was D&A’s top performer with 4 1/2pt out of six, closely followed by Sara Bishop with 4pt out of five.
But the players who gained the most points over the three days were teenager Megan Briggs and Claire-Marie Carlton, both of Renfrewshire. Megan won six out of six ties, while Claire-Marie had 5pt out of six to her credit.
Final day details:
AYRSHIRE 2, DUNBARTONSHIRE & ARGYLL 7
Foursomes: L Hendry & M MacPherson halved with J Meldrum & A Laing; D Watt & R Purdom lost to S Cadden & H Faulds 3 and 2; C Malcolm & L Keohone bt K Walker & G Webster 2 and 1 (1 ½-1 ½).
Singles: Hendry lost to Walker 3 and 2, L Willkiamson halved with Webster, Watt lost to J Galbraith 3 and 2, R McQueen lost to Meldrum 1 hole, Keohone lost to Laing 5 and 3, Malcolm lost to S Bishop 5 and 4 (1/2-5 ½)).
LANARKSHIRE 5, RENFREWSHIRE 4
Foursomes: E Cuthill & P Pretswell lost to M Briggs & C-M Carlton 1 hole; A Hendry & S Wood halved with D Jackson & G Kyle; L Lloyd & M Hughes bt E Briggs & G McGinlay 2 and 1 (1 ½-1 ½).
Singles: Pretswell lost to M Briggs 2 holes, R Rankin bt Carlton 4 and 3, Wood bt Jackson 3 and 2, A Devine bt Kyle 1 hole, Cuthill lost to McGinlay 3 and 2, Lloyd halved with E Briggs (3 ½-2 ½).
HOW THEY FINISHED
1 Dunbartonshire & Argyll (2 ½ pt), 2 Lanarkshire (1 ½ pt), 3 Renfrewshire and Ayrshire (both 1pt).

Home countries' disappointment in Norway

SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, IRELAND AND WALES
ALL FAIL TO MAKE CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT

Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales all failed to qualify for the championship match-play flight of eight teams for the European girls’ team golf championship at Oslo Golf Club, Norway today.
The Scots – Carly Booth (Comrie), Sally Watson (Elie & Earlsferry), Krystle Caithness (St Regulus) and Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) – finished the 36-hole stroke-play eliminator with a 23-over-par total of 455.
That was seven shots too many to make the top eight.
England (450) just missed out in ninth place and Ireland (451) were 10th ahead of 11th placed Scotland with Wales (488) last of the 19 competing countries.
Carly Booh was Scotland’s best second-round performer with a 74 for a total of 149, which put her joint 22nd in the individual standings.
Kelsey MacDonald and Sally Watson tied for 29TH place on 153. Kelsey had a 73 in the second round, Sally a 78.
Krystle Caithness, expected to be the dominant force for these Scotland Under-18s, again failed to produce anything like the form which has earned her a place in the Great Britain & Ireland women’s team for the Vagliano Trophy match against the Continent at Fairmont St Andrews at the end of the month.
Krystle had the non-counting score for the second day in a row – a 78 for 157, which put her joint 54th in the standings.

TEAM TOTALS
Championship flight qualifiers
437 Denmark 221 216 (C K Lorentzen 71, M Schedt 71, S M Erikson 74. Non-counter: D Nielsen 76).
438 Germany 219 219.
441 Spain 220 221.
443 France 224 219.
444 Sweden 224 220.
447 Netherlands 225 222, Norway 221 226.
448 Belgium 225 223.
Second flight qualifiers
450 England 220 230 (H Barwood 75, E Givens 76, R Connor 79. NC: K Tidy 79).
451 Ireland 229 222 (Lisa Maguire 72, V Bradshaw 73, Leona Maguire 77. NC: H Snelling 85)..
455 Scotland 228 227 (C Booth 74, K MacDonald 75, S Watson 78. NC: K Caithness 78).
457 Austria 230 227.
459 Czech Rep 231 228, Italy 228 231.
460 Finland 228 232.
461 Iceland.
Third flight qualifiers.
463 Switzerland 230 233.
467 Portugal 238 229.
488 Wales 245 243 (A Carling 77, K O'Connor 80, B Davies 86. NC: A Rees 86).

LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
140 Audrey Gourmard (Fra) 69 71.
143 Charlotte K Lorentzen (Den) 72 71.
Other scores:
147 Ellie Givens (Eng) 71 76 (jt 10th).
148 Victoria Bradshaw (Ire) 75 73 (jt 13th).
149 Carly Booth (Sco) 75 74, Lisa Maguire (Ire) 77 72. (jt 22nd).
151 Kelly Tidy (Eng) 72 79 (jt 30th).
152 Hannah Barwood (Eng) 77 75 (jt 36th).
153 Kelsey MacDonald (Sco) 78 75, Sally Watson (Sco) 75 78 (jt 39th).
154 Leona Maguire (Ire) 77 77.
156 Rachel Connor (Eng) 77 79, Anna Carling (Wal) 79 77. (jt 49th).
157 Krystle Caithness (Sco) 79 78 (jt 54th).
163 Katherine O'Connor (Wal) 83 80.
1679 Beth Davies (Wal) 83 86, Amy Rees (Wal) 83 86.
165 Holli Snelling (Ire) 80 85.

West Division Inter-County Matches

The four teams involved in the West Division Inter-County matches
at Prestwick St Nicholas this week.
Top to bottom: Renfrewshire, Lanarkshire, Ayrshire, Dunbartonshire and Argyll
[Photo Courtesy and Copyright : Carol Fell, Renfrewshire]
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