Annabel Niven (Crieff), winner of a Regional Trophy for two very good scores at the windswept R&A Junior Open, receives her trophy from Mr Chris Hill. Image by courtesy of Andrew Bate, all rights reserved.

All the trophy winners at the 2008 R&A Junior Open

THE JUNIOR OPEN 2008
CHAMPION
Presented by The R&A
Club President Derek Holden
Moriya Jutanugarn
Thailand

The Junior Open 2008
Runner Up
Club President Derek Holden
Jordan Spieth
USA

THE JUNIOR OPEN 2008
Silver Category Trophy
Presented by The R&A
Lady Captain Joy Bury
Laura Christiaens
Belgium

THE JUNIOR OPEN 2008
Bronze Category Trophy
Presented by The R&A
Lady Captain Joy Bury
Huang Zhiying
China

THE JUNIOR OPEN 2008
Young Lady Golfer Trophy
Lady Captain Joy Bury
Mami Fukda
Japan

THE JUNIOR OPEN 2008
Under 14 Trophy
Club President Derek Holden
Frederik Hammer
Denmark


THE JUNIOR OPEN 2008
African Trophy
Presented by Halcrow
Mr Willie Dunbar
Ali Hichri
Tunisia

THE JUNIOR OPEN 2008
Asia –Pacific Trophy
Presented by Unisys
David Fox
Hwa-Sing Wang
Chinese Taipei

THE JUNIOR OPEN 2008
Nordic & Central EuropeanTrophy
Presented by
RBS
Chris Long
Annabel Niven
Scotland

THE JUNIOR OPEN 2008
Eastern European & Middle East Trophy
Presented by Lexus
Annick Suy
Laetitia Beck
Israel

THE JUNIOR OPEN 2008
North American & Caribbean Trophy
Presented by MMC
David Frediani/Angus McGougan
Daniela Ortiz
Mexico

THE JUNIOR OPEN 2008
Central & South American Trophy
Presented by Nikon
Barbara Faulkner
Andrea Novoa
El Salvador

THE JUNIOR OPEN 2008
Southern European Trophy
Presented by Rolex
Arnaud Labourd
Federica Maria Costantini
Italy

THE JUNIOR OPEN
Special Invitation Trophy
Presented by The R&A
Ignacio Rodriguez

Maguire twins are top seeds for
Irish girls close championship

PRESS RELEASED ISSUED BY IRISH LADIES GOLF UNION
Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) and sister Lisa finished, unsurprisingly, top of the qualifiers at the Lancome Irish girls close championship at Mullingar Golf Club.
Leona, continuing her strong form that saw Ireland finish eighth at the European girls team championships last week, finished five under par over the 5,946yd parkland terrain.
Twin sister Lisa was closest to the teenage sensation, eight shots back on 77 while Emma O’Driscoll (Ballybunion) and Caroline Murphy (Grange) were a further two shots adrift.
Leona went on to defeat Limerick’s Victoria Bradshaw while Lisa, the second match-play seed, will not complete her round until after 8pm.
Click www.ilgu.ie for an update on the results.
MATCH-PLAY RESULTS
Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) bt Victoria Morris (Limerick) 8 and 6.
Erin Connolly (Co Armagh) bt Laura Grant (Lisburn) 2 and 1.
Sarah Murray (Co Louth) bt Amy Gaynor (Co Sligo) 1 hole.
Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor) v Sarah Helly (Enniscrone).
Sarah Crowe (Tipperary) v Rachel Chambers (Dunfanaghy).
Niamh O'Connor (Naas/Worplesdon) v Bebainne Jennings (Navan).
Ciara Pender (Ennis) bt Sarah Cunningham (Ennis) 5 and 4.
Agnes Doherty (Ballyliffin) v Caroline Murphy (Grange).
Emma O'Driscoll (Ballybunion) v Jessica Boal (Larne).
Hannah O'Brien (Lahinch) v Jill Pierse (Tipperary).
Tara Gribben (Warrenpoint) v Edel Coyne (Youghal).
Amy Chambers (Dunfanaghy) v Caoimhe Quinn (Dungannon).
Laura McCarthy (Muskerry) v Julie Coyne (Youghal).
Sarah Louise Winter (Carnalea) v Carla Reynolds (Seapoint).
Ciara Sharkey (Enniscorthy) v Julie O'Gara (Roscommon).
Terri Byrne (Coollattin) v Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell).
*Patrice Delaney (Birr) is unavailable for the match-play stages due to an injury.
QUALIFIERS
69 Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell).
77 Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell).
79 Emma O'Driscoll (Ballybunion), Caroline Murphy (Grange).
80 Sarah Crowe (Tipperary).
81 Patrice Delaney (Birr), Caoimhe Quinn (Dungannon), Laura McCarthy (Muskerry).
82 Sarah Helly (Enniscrone), Sarah Murray (Co Louth), Carla Reynolds (Seapoint).
83 Tara Gribben (Warrenpoint).
84 Bebainne Jennings (Navan), Sarah Cunningham (Ennis).
85 Jill Pierse (Tipperary), Ciara Sharkey (Enniscorthy), Laura Grant (Lisburn).
86 Erin Connolly (Co Armagh), Julie O'Gara (Roscommon).
87 Hannah O'Brien (Lahinch), Ciara Pender (Ennis), Niamh O'Connor (Naas/Worplesdon), Edel Coyne (Youghal).
88 Sarah Louise Winter (Carnalea), Amy Gaynor (Co Sligo), Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor) Julie Coyne (Youghal).
89 Amy Chambers (Dunfanaghy).
90 Rachel Chambers (Dunfanaghy), Agnes Doherty (Ballyliffin), Jessica Boal (Larne), Terri Byrne (Coollattin).
91 Victoria Morris (Limerick).
NON-QUALIFIERS
91 Jenny Hennessy (Ennis), Hannah O'Connor (Loughrea) Jennifer Russell (Belvoir Park), Rebecca Mulholland (Kilkenny).
92 Kelsey Coey (Clandeboye), Carmel O'Connor (Westport), Emma Murphy (Wexford).
93 Aisling Hill (Roscommon), Anna Courtney (St Anne's), Emily McGuiness (Greenore).
94 Lauren Murray (Delgany), Michelle McCarthy (Clonmel).
96 Holly Robinson (Co. Sligo).
97 Emma Dunne (Castlewarden).
98 Katie Liston (Heritage).
99 Paula Grant (Lisburn).
100 Diane Hennessy (Ennis).
102 Sarah Fay (Westmanstown), Ashley Leacy (Enniscorthy), Olwen Jennings (Navan).
103 Shauna Brady (Co.Sligo), Olivia Mehoffey (Tandragee).
104 Sinead Henry-Bezy (Ashbourne).
105 Darcy Carr (Milltown)

Megan Brown in front of the scoreboard at Dunblane New where she had a hole in one and a holed second shot for an eagle (Image courtesy of Scottish Golf Union).

Fife girl (13) has ace and a holed

second shot in same round

A 13-year old girl from Fife enjoyed a spectacular round of golf, achieving a hole-in-one and a holed second shot for another eagle, both with her trusty seven-wood at Dunblane New Golf Club earlier this week.
Playing in the Dunfermline Building Society Junior Masters central regional final, Saline Golf Club’s Megan Brown holed her second shot from 150 yards at the par-4 fifth hole, then followed that up with a hole-in-one at 147-yard 11th hole, using the same Callaway 7-wood.
Megan, who has been playing golf since she was 10-years old, has been in a rich vein of form of late, having won the girls' prizes in both the Leven and Dunfermline Junior Opens this week. That form continued at Dunblane New where she racked up 35 Stableford points to clinch second place and secure a spot in the Dunfermline Building Society Junior Masters Final at Gleneagles in October.
A delighted Megan said: “I saw my second shot go in at the fifth after I hit a great seven wood from the middle of fairway. I used the same club for my tee shot at the 11th but it was only when I got up to the green and looked in the hole on the way past that I noticed my ball!”
“It wasn’t my best ever round but they were certainly the two best shots of my career.” she added.
The event is Scotland’s biggest participation junior golf championship for boys and girls under the age of 16, with the competition at Dunblane one of five regional finals across the country this summer organised by the Scotti

1 PATERSON, Callum Dunblane New 41pt

2 JEEN, Scott Milngavie 41pt.

3 BALFOUR, Greg Douglas Park 40pt.
4 GIBSON, Rory Mortonhall 40pt.

5 FITZSIMMONS, Sam Windyhill 39pt.
6 DONALDSON, Andrew Royal Aberdeen 39pt.

7 COOKE, Charles Milnathort 39pt
8 HOOD, Joshua Blairgowrie 38pt

9 ROY, Josh Auchterarder 37pt
18.0
18
F
37
10
FENTON, Ryan
St Michaels
21.0
21
F
36
11
EASTON, Allan
Strathmore
6.0
6
F
36
12
CARMICHAEL, Grant
Tillicoultry
19.0
19
F
35
13
ROBERTSON, Ruairidh
New Club St Andrews
10.0
10
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35sh Golf Union.
Megan, who lives in Saline, Fife, will line up against eighty-two other young hopefuls on Sunday, October 12 at Gleneagles, home of the 2014 Ryder Cup, for the grand final.

TOP 13 QUALIFIED AT DUNBLANE NEW:

Mhairi Johnstone (Northern) and Carly Booth (Comrie) in action in their Scottish girls' championship semi-final at Alyth today (Cal Carson Golf Agency images, all rights reserved).

Isla Craigie wins Ansley Reid Salver at Alyth

Isla Craigie (Torwoodlee) beat Keren Ward (The Glen) by 2 and 1 in the final of the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association's Ansley Reid Salver competition, also staged alongwith the Scottish girls' championship at Alyth.
Thursday's results:

Semi-finals - Keren Ward (The Glen) bt Julie Vass (Tain) 1 hole, Isla Craigie (Torwoodlee) bt Ashley Alston (Royal Montrose) 6 and 4.
Final - Craigie bt Ward 2 and 1.

Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) and Gillian Scanlan (Hamilton) (above) in action in their semi-final at Alyth today. You can enlarge the images by clicking on them. Cal Carson Golf Agency images, all rights reserved.

It's the "Dream Final" at Alyth:

Carly Booth v Kelsey MacDonald

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Title-holder and Curtis Cup player Carly Booth from Comrie, the No 2 seed, will play Scottish schoolgirls champion Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), the top qualifier, in the "dream final" of the Scottish Under-18 girls' championship at Alyth Golf Club, Perthshire tomorrow.
Sixteen-year-old Carly has a +3 rating, 17-year-old Kelsey plays off +2 and it has all the makings of a classic match between two talented teenagers.
After a day in which she played 42 holes to progress through the quarter and semi-finals, Kelsey admitted she was very tired but looking forward keenly, after a good night's rest, to playing her good friend and Scotland international team-mate.
MacDonald came back from two down to win at the 24th hole in the morning against Rebecca Wilson (Monifieth) and then lost the first three holes and was still three down after eight to Gillian Scanlan (Hamilton) in the afternoon.
Kelsey birdied the ninth and 10th to turn the tide in her favour but she did not lead until the 13th. Scanlan, who has almost certainly earned herself a first Scotland cap in the girls' home internationals at Panmure next month, was not finished yet. She squared the contest at the 16th but Kelsey raised her game one more time - a sign of her class - to birdie the short 17th and go on to win by one hole.
"I was about two or three under par in the morning and roughly level par in the semi-final," said Kelsey.
For her part, Carly was in the majestic form that won her the European Young Masters and other titles last summer. And when she is in that mood, the Perthshire prodigy is well nigh unbeatable at girls' level.
Booth was five under par in beating Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) by 7 and 5 in the morning quarter-finals and then two under par in recording a 7 and 6 semi-final win over Aberdeen's Mhairi Johnstone (Northern).
It will be Carly's third appearance in the final of this championship.
In 2005, at Tain, she lost by 2 and 1 to Sally Watson and last year, at Peterhead, Carly beat Megan Briggs by 2 and 1.
Friday's 18-hole final tees off at 9am. It should be well worth watching. A big gallery would draw the best out of both girls.
Thursday's results
Quarter-finals - K MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) bt R Wilson (Monifieth) at 24th, G Scanlan (Hamilton) bt J Meldrum (Dullatur) at 19th, M Johnstone (Northern) bt L Atkins (Minto) 2 holes, C Booth (Comrie) bt R McQueen (Troon Ladies) 7 and 5.
Semi-finals - MacDonald bt Scanlan 1 hole, Booth bt Johnstone 7 and 6.

Scottish girls' quarter-finals results

This morning's quarter-final results in the Scottish Under-18 championship at Alyth Golf Club were:

Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) bt Rebecca Wilson (Monifieth) at 24th.
Gillian Scanlan (Hamilton) bt Jill Meldrum (Dullatur) at 19th.
Mhairi Johnstone (Northern) bt Lesley Atkins (Minto) 2 holes.
Carly Booth (Comrie) bt Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) 7 and 5.

Stephanie Meadow in action in the United States.

Stephanie Meadow loses ground in

second round of "Betsy Rawls"

US-based Stephanie Meadow from Jordanstown, Northern Ireland, lost ground with a 78 in the second round of the McDonald's Betsy Rawls girls championship, organised by the American Junior Golf Association, at White Manor Country Club, Malvern in Pennsylvia.

With one round to go, Stephanie is in 16th place on 150. She had three 6s on her second-round scorecard, including a double bogey at the second.

SCOREBOARD

Par 142 (2 x 71)
1 Alison Lee, Valencia, Calif. 68-71--139 -3

2 Courtney Gunter, Matthews, North Carolina 75-66--141 -1 .

3 Jessica Korda, Bradenton, Florida 72-71--143 +1

4 Ginger Howard, Bradenton, Florida 77-68--145 +3

4 Kristina Wong, Bradenton, Florida 73-72--145 +3

4 Maria Piccio, Bradenton, Florida 72-73--145 +3

7 Danielle Kang, Oak Park, California 74-72--146 +4

8 Brittany Altomare, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 75-72--147 +5

8 Jennifer Johnson, La Quinta, California 74-73--147 +5

8 Victoria Tanco, Bradenton, Florida 73-74--147 +5.

Other score:

16 Stephanie Meadow, Jordanstown, Northern Ireland 72-78--150 +8.