Maguire twins will miss Lancome

Irish girls' close championship

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY IRISH LADIES GOLF UNION
Laura McCarthy (Muskerry), a member of the Irish girls’ team of four for the European team championship, will be favourite to claim the Lancome Irish girls’ close championship trophy when the prestigious tournament is played at Castletroy Golf Club from July 15 to 17.
2008 Champion Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) is unavailable to defend the title which she won in Mullingar last year due to a hectic schedule of tournaments over the coming weeks. Included in this is representing Great Britain and Ireland in the upcoming Vagliano Trophy, to be played in Germany at the end of the month.
Also absent from the field of 72 competitors for the same reasons is the Irish women’s close and stroke-play champion Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell), while a third member of the Irish girls’ team for the European championships, Stephanie Meadow (Royal Portrush), is also unavailable to compete as she returns to the United States where she is now based, to attempt to qualify for the US open girls’ championship.
However, this year’s Lancome Irish girls close hampionship promises to be an exciting affair with those looking to capture the trophy for the first time including the in-form Emma O’Driscoll (Ballybunion), who has claimed both the Connacht women’s and girls’ championships in recent weeks.
Munster girls’ champion Patrice Delaney (Birr) and Ulster girls’ champion Tara Gribben (Warrenpoint) will also be bidding for glory. Other hopefuls in the field include Sarah Louise Winter (Carnalea), Sarah Helly (Enniscrone) and Carla Reynolds (Seapoint).
With valuable Order of Merit points on offer, all competitors will be looking to impress the Irish selectors ahead of the announcement of the team of eight to represent Ireland at the girls’ home international matches (at a Lancashire venue), which will follow the completion of play on Friday afternoon.
The format of the championship consists of one 18-hole stroke-play qualifying round with the leading qualifier collecting the Muwick Cup and the best nett score being awarded the Dorothy Glendinning Trophy, while the lowest qualifier under 15 years of age collects the Violet Heslett Cup.
The leading 32 players go through to the match-play championship for the Blake Cup, with the Lancôme Irish girls champion emerging victorious on Friday afternoon. The 16 first round losers play knock-out matches for the Pat Fletcher Trophy.
Qualifying Round tee times
Wednesday 15 July
1st tee
07:50 Eadaoin Cronin (Bantry Bay), Ciara Magill (East Clare).
08:00 Emma O'Driscoll (Ballybunion), Patrice Delaney (Birr), Sarah Louise Winter (Carnalea).
08:10 Niamh O'Connor (Naas) Carla Reynolds (Seapoint) Megan Thompson (Ballyclare)
08:20 Amy Farrell (Moate) Julie O'Gara (Roscommon) Michelle McCarthy (Clonmel)
08:30 Paula Grant (Lisburn) Rebecca Mulholland (Kilkenny) Chloe Fitzpatrick (The Heath)08:40 Erin Connolly (Co. Armagh) Laura Boylan (Skerries) Amy Chambers (Dunfanaghy)
08:50 Edey Coyne (Youghal) Laura Fekkes (Larne) Emily McGuinness (Greenore)
09:00 Sinead Sexton (Lahinch) Siobhan Greene (Holywood) Aisling Hill (Roscommon)
09:10 Olivia Mehaffey (Tandragee) Amber Gleeson (Co. Sligo) Eimear McManus (Limerick)09:20 Jenny Hennessy (Ennis) Jenny Sykes (Dun Laoghaire) Rebecca Tully (Holywood)
09:30 Deirdre Lawlor (Tralee) Rebecca O'Neill (Larne) Anne-Marie Byrne (Castletroy)
09:40 Chloe Duggan (Lahinch) Lisa O'Shea (Shannon) Alison Coyle (Dun Laoghaire)
09:50 Eimear Delaney (Birr) Blaithin O'Brien (Roscommon) Jenny Maguire (Foxrock)
10th tee
07:50 Aoife Barry (Muskerry) Catherine Byrne (Castletroy).
08:00 Laura McCarthy (Muskerry) Tara Gribben (Warrenpoint) Sarah Helly (Enniscrone)08:10 Sarah Murray (Co. Louth) Kelsey Coey (Clandeboye) Daryl Conroy (Castlebar).
08:20 Jessica Carty (Holywood) Hannah O'Brien (Lahinch) Anna Courtney (St. Annes).
08:30 Jessica Boal (Larne) Aoife McHale (Castlebar) Terri Byrne (Coollattin).
08:40 Julie Coyne (Youghal) Holly Robinson (Co. Sligo) Chloe Ryan (Castletroy).
08:50 Emma Murphy (Wexford) Amy Gaynor (Co. Sligo) Laura Grant (Lisburn).
09:00 Rachel Chambers (Dunfanaghy) Sarah Boden (Kilkeel) Megan O'Hara (Co. Sligo).
09:10 Avril Peevers (Tralee) Shauna Brady (Co. Sligo) Diane Hennessy (Ennis).
09:20 Sarah Fay (Westmanstown) Emma Dunne (Castlewarden) Kerrie Young (Rosslare).
09:30 Laura Doherty (Howth) Michelle Tierney (Waterford Castle) Gemma McCarthy (Clonmel).
09:40 Ellen Greene (Holywood), April Timothy (Roscommon), Sinead Henry-Bezy (Ashbourne)Gillian O'Leary

Tight at the top in Boyd Quaich

students' event at St Andrews

It’s a three-way tie for the lead with one round left to play in the Boyd Quaich Memorial students’ international golf tournament.
Will Bowman (North Carolina), Matthew Williams (Aston University) and Gordon Stevenson (University of St Andrews) lead the field at 215 (one over par) with 18 holes on the Old Course to go.
Two rounds were played on Wednesday and at halfway it was Gordon Stevenson who held a six-shot lead after he added a level par 72 on the Old Course to his blistering first round 64 on the par 71 New Course.
However, things went a little awry for Gordon in the third round as he scored 79 which brought him back to the chasing pack. The main damage was done on the ninth hole where a quadruple bogey 7 undid most of his hard work
Williams and Bowman shot 73 and 71 respectively on the New Course and that means that they will be in the final group on Thursday morning’s final round. Last year’s runner-up, Daniel Sommerville, is just 2 shots back on 217 after a fine 72 on the New. His round could have been much better as it included a lost ball on the par 5 eighth. Daniel managed to make an eagle with his second ball so no momentum was lost but it was a case of ‘what might have been’ at the end of the round.
The best rounds of the day came from Aaron O’Callaghan and Marco Cioffrese who both managed one-under 70. They now find themselves part of a six-strong chasing pack four shots adrift of the leaders.

LEADING THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 214 (2x71,1x72)
215 Will Bowman (North Carolina) 70 74 71, Matthew Williams (Aston) 71 71 73, Gordon Stevenson (St Andrews) 64 72 79.
217 Daniel Sommerville (Dundee) 70 75 72, Joshua Clakre (Abertay) 71 73 73.
218 Christo Harms (Pretoria) 75 70 73, Kevin Stack (University College Cork) 73 70 75.
219 Aaron O’Callaghan (Southeastern Louisiana) 77 72 70, Marco Cioffrese (St Gellen) 76 73 70, Joe Campbell (North Carolina) 76 72 71, Philipp Dirkx (Grenoble) 73 74 72, Patrick Brimmer (Loughborough) 73 73 73, Kevin Duncan (Clayton State) 67 75 77.
220 Frazer McKenna (Southeastern Louisiana) 75 73 72, John Wybar (Aberdeen) 75 72 73.
221 Darragh Cochlan (Greensboro) 73 73 75, Wilson Bowen (Stanford) 72 73 76, Gerard Kelly (University College Dublin) 73 70 78.
222 Scott Samuel (Canada) 71 75 76, John Green (University College Dublin) 72 73 77.
223 Ben Wescoe (Yale) 76 73 74.
224 Neil McBride (Clayton State, Georgia) 76 73 75, Stephen Pointon (St Andrews) 74 72 78.

RACHEL HANLON IS EAST OF SCOTLAND GIRLS’ CHAMPION

Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus) took the title of the East of Scotland Girls' Champion at Kingsknowe Golf Club, Edinburgh by beating Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) in a very close and exciting final.

Results

Semi-final

Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus) beat Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) 6/4
Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) beat Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw) 2/1

Final

Rachel Hanlon beat Kate McIntosh 2 holes

Scots women ninth - miss out on

Top Flight place by one

Apologies for giving you duff information earlier, having not realised that the European women's amateur team championship website computer was not programmed to discard a team's worst score on the day.

When it was all sorted out, instead of scraping into the Championship Flight in eighth and last place, the Scots finished ninth in the 36-hole qualifying stroke-play which put them into the Second Flight - admittedly paper favourites to win it - alongwith Wales and Ireland.

England qualified in fourth place for Championship Flight status.

Top scorer for the Scots over the qualifying rounds was Swiss women's open amateur champion Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle0 with 77 and 71 for 148.
Louise Kenney (Pitreavie), Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) and Sally Watson (Elie & Earlsferry) all totalled 152, Louise with a pair 0f 76s, Kyle with scores of 78 and 75 while Sally followed up a 79 with a 73.
Stirling University student Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) improved by five shots with a 75 for 155 but Carly Booth (Comrie) is still not at her best with scores of 79 and 77 for 156.

REVISED SCOREBOARD
Championship Flight qualifiers
1 FRANCE 369 364 = 733
2 SWEDEN 377 358 = 735
3 SPAIN 371 369 = 740
4 ENGLAND 371 373 = 744
5 NETHERLAND 373 371 = 744
6 DENMARK 373 377 = 750
7 GERMANY 386 366 = 752
8 NORWAY 377 378 = 755

SECOND FLIGHT qualifiers
9 SCOTLAND 389 369 = 758
10 ITALY 388 370 = 758
11 BELGIUM 378 383 = 761
12 FINLAND 381 380 = 761
13 SWITZERLAND 391 381 = 772
14 AUSTRIA 396 378 = 774
15 WALES 381 393 = 774
16 IRELAND 387 389 = 776

THIRD FLIGHT qualifiers
17 ICELAND 379 397 = 776
18 SLOVENIA 385 394 = 779

Individual scores:
SCOTLAND
148 Pamela Pretswell 77 71.
152 Louise Kenney 76 76, Kylie Walker 78 74, Sally watson 79 73.
155 Kelsey MacDonald 80 75.
156 Carly Booth 79 77.
ENGLAND
145 Rachel Jennings 72 73.
146 Jodi Ewart 76 70.
150 Charlie Douglass 74 76, Hannah Barwood 73 77.
153 Holly Clyburn 76 77.
154 Emma (Duggleby) Brown 77 77.
IRELAND
151 Danielle McVeigh 74 77.
153 Mary Dowling 75 78.
156 Charlene Reid 77 77, Aedin Murphy 78 78.162 Sarah Cunningham 83 79, Niamh Kitching 83 79.
WALES
151 Tara Davies 73 78.
152 Gemma Bradbury 76 76.
155 Rhian Wyn Thomas 74 81.
156 Amy Boulden 76 80.
160 Stephanie Evans 82 78.
Withdrew: Lucy Gould.

Scotlands golfing girls in Finland with team captain Margaret MacNaughtan on the extreme right. Click on the image to enlarge.

Scots girls improve to make Second

Match-play Flight in Finland

Scotland's girls shook off their first-day nerves and improved by 11 strokes to qualifying for the Second Flight match-play at the European girls' team golf championship at Kokkola Golf Club, Finland.
That was better than 12 months ago at Murcar Links when the Scots - a different team of four it has to be said, failed to come through the stroke-play qualifying rounds among the leading 16 countries and were doomed to play in a fag-end flight of also-rans.
Borders women's champion Lesley Atkins (Minto) was again the top individual Scot. She had a 75 for a total of 151 and was joint 17th in the standings.
Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) shaved six shots off her first-day effort with a 74 for 154 and a share of 33rd place.
Sammy Leslie from Westhill, Aberdeen was another to improve by a handful of shots with a 79 for 162 and joint 60th place.
Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies), the Angus girls' and women's county champion, had a 91 for 177 and 73rd place.
The Irish wonder twins Leona and Lisa Maguire are making even more headlines.
Leona followed up a first-round 77 with a superb 67 for a level par total of 144 to be the leading individual in the qualifying rounds.
Sister Lisa had a 74 for 146 and was fifth best.
The efforts of the Maguires, backed up by America-based Stephanie Meadow (Royal Portrush) and Laura McCarthy, ensured that Ireland were the team with the lowest team total and they are No 1 seeds in the championship flight which also includes Spain, Finland, England, Switzerland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Belgium.
Alongwith Scotland in the Second Flight are France, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Denmark, Wales and Norway.
QUALIFYING TOTALS
Championship Flight
439 IRELAND 221 218.
442 SPAIN 222 220.
443 FINLAND 224 219
450 ENGLAND 225 225.
452 SWITZERLAND 234 218, SWEDEN 231 221, CZECH REP 227 225
455 BELGIUM 228 227
Second Flight
455 FRANCE 232 223.
457 GERMANY 231 226.
460 NETHERLANDS 226 234, AUSTRIA 231 229.
462 DENMARK 232 121.
463 WALES 231 232
465 NORWAY 234 230.
467 SCOTLAND 239 228.
Third Flight
475 ITALY 243 232
485 GREECE 247 238
503 LATVIA 247 256.

Leading individual totals
Par 144 (2 x 72)
144 Leona Maguire (Ire) 77 67.
145 Sherlyn Popelka (Swe) 74 71.
145 Anna Arrese (Spa) 75 70, Tonje Daffinrud (Net) 70 75.
146 Lisa Maguire (Ire) 72 74.
Selected Scores:
148 Hayley Davis (Eng) 73 75 (jt 12th).
149 Katie Bradbury (Wal) 73 76, Stephanie Meadow (Ire) 72 77 (jt 14th).
151 Lesley Atkins (Sco) 76 75, Alex Peters (Eng) 75 76, Kelly Tidy (Eng) 77 74 (jt 17th).
154 Rachael Watton (Sco) 80 74, Kelly Miller (Wal) 78 76 (jt 33rd).
155 Heidi Baek (Eng) 77 78 (jt 41st).
159 Laura McCarthy (Ire) 77 82 (jt 50th).
160 Natasha Gobey (Wal) 80 80 (jt 56th).
162 Sammy Leslie (Sco) 83 79 (jt 60th).
167 Chloe Williams (Wal) 85 82 (jt 67th).
177 Ailsa Summers (Sco) 86 91 (73rd).

Tournament organiser Karen Stalker (Aberdeenshire CLGA secretary), handicap champion Lauren MacCallum, Emily Ogilvie. scratch champion Katy McNicoll, Lynn Kelly and Aberdeenshire county captain Fiona Hay (images by Cal Carson Golf Agency, click to enlarge).

Carnoustie's Katy first

Angus winner of

North of Scotland

title since 1998

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Carnoustie's Katy McNicoll, daughter of former Dunfermline Athletic football Dave McNicoll,
scored the biggest win of her fledgling golf career at Newmachar Golf Club today when she became the first Angus player in 11 years to win the North of Scotland women's amateur golf championship.
Katy, 21, with her dad as caddie, beat Scotland international Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder), 25, by 3 and 2 with one-under-par figures if one discounts a 7 at the 13th where she paid a couple of visits to the water hazard that runs down the right of the hole.
A girl international before she spent four years at Lynn University in Florida, from where she graduated a couple of months ago, Katy has set her sights on gaining a first full cap for Scotland in the women's home internationals at Irvine Golf Club in September.
A North of Scotland women's champion tag will surely impress the SLGA selectors.
There was nothing to choose between Katy and Emily over the first 10 holes at the end of which they were on level pegging.
Miss McNicoll, whose older brother Keir is a Scotland international with a +5 handicap, then turned the tide in her favour by holing the longest putt of the match, a 40-footer, for a birdie 3 at the 11th. Emily drove into the trees to lose the 12th - and suddenly Katy, two up, was in control of the final for the first time.
Even losing the 13th to a double-bogey 6, didn't upset her composure. She played a good approach and holed a 6ft birdie putt to go two up again at the 14th and completed a three wins in four holes decisive run by taking the 15th where her opponent missed a short putt.
A half at the 16th ended an entertaining final which took only 2hr 40min and when one considers they had to wait every shot behind the handicap final, which played off 15min earlier, until getting through them at the sixth, Katy and Emily's pace of play was astonishing by current snail's pace standards.
"I didn't play well at the North Division inter-county team championship at Royal Dornoch the week before so I put in a lot of hard practice before coming up to Newmachar. I was the No 2 qualifier which showed I had sorted some of the things out and I was much happier with my game over the three days of the North of Scotland championship," said Katy who wants to become a tour professional but feels she can wait another year before going to the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School, to which Emily Ogilvy is planning a return visit at the end of the current amateur season.
"I'm happy with my long game. If only I could putt better. I didn't hole anything against Katy and that's the way it's been with me for a while," said Emily.

The handicap championship was won for the second time in four years by Ellon-based 19-year-old Lauren MacCallum (Newburgh-on-Ythan).

She beat host club Newmachar player Lynn Kelly, who plays off 16, by two holes despite being three down after only six. Lauren also won the Angus Salver at Banchory in 2005 when Michael Thomson (McDonald Ellon) won the North of Scotland title.

Lauren, who has a handicap of seven, has played little or no golf for one reason or another this year and scraped into the handicap match-play as the last of the 16 qualifiers.
+In case you are trying to remember who was the Angus player who won the North of Scotland title in 1998 it was Jane Tough (Brechin) who beat Jenny Milne (Elgin) at the 19th at a venue which escapes me for the moment.
Angus winners have certainly been thin on the ground. Kathryn Imrie (Monifieth) in 1990, at Forfar where she beat Christine Middleton (then playing out of St Rule) in the final, is the only other Angus winner in the last two decades. Kathryn also won the title at Blairgowrie in 1988 when she beat Isobel McIntosh (Inverness) in the final.
Next year's North of Scotland women's amateur championship will be hosted by Angus at Forfar Golf Club.
Today's championship results:.
Semi-finals - Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) bt Donna Pocock (Murcar Links) 2 and 1, Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie Ladies) bt Laura Murray (Alford) 1 hole.
Final - McNicoll bt Ogilvy 3 and 2.
Handicap championship
Semi-finals - Lauren MacCallum (Newburgh on Ythan) (7) bt Esther Milne (Inchmarlo) (21) 4 and 2, Lynn Kelly (Newmachar) (16) bt Claire Prouse (Hazlehead) (6) 3 and 1.
Final - MacCallum bt Kelly 2 holes.

Emily v Katy for North of Scotland title

This afternoon's 18-hole final of the North of Scotland women's amateur championship will feature Scotland international Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) and Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie Ladies).
In this morning's semi-finals, Emily beat former Aberdeenshire champion Donna Pocock (Murcar Links) 2 and 1, while Katy beat Scotland cap Laura Murray (Alford) by one hole.
Katy was beaten in last year's final at Strathmore by home club player Alexandra Bushby who did not defend this year.
In the handicap championship semi-finals, Lauren MacCallum (Newburgh on Ythan), playing off seven and the last of the 16 qualifiers for the match-play won by 4 and 2 against Esther Milne (Inchmarlo) (21), wile Lynn Kelly (Newmachar), playing off 16), beat teenager Claire Prouse (Hazlehead) (6).

Dear Gillian,

As handicap secretary of Hamilton Golf Club, I would be grateful if you would draw to the attention of your readers the Riccarton Salver. This is a new competition for Senior Ladies to which we would like to invite, in particular, all Ladies who in the past competed in the Riccarton Rosebowl but who now prefer not to play two rounds in the one day.

Tee times are available from 11.am to 12.30pm approx. Handicap limit is 16 and entry fee is £10.00.

The competition is being run in conjunction with the Rosebowl on Sunday 2nd August and the closing date for entries is 17th July.

Please note there are also times available for the Rosebowl Competition.

Further information can be found on Hamilton Golf Club website or from HGCLadysecretary@googlemail.com.

Thank you for any help you can give.

Fay Allan

European girls' team championship qualifying

Hayley leads England scoring

in bad weather day in Finland

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION

Teenager Hayley Davis (pictured) made a great international debut when she led the England scoring in the first qualifying round of the European girls’ team championship at Kokkola in Finland.
She scored a one-over par 73 to help the team into fourth place. After tomorrow’s second round the leading eight teams will qualify for the championship matchplay stages of the competition.
Hayley, 16, from Ferndown, reached the turn at one-under par and played steadily on the way home with seven pars and two bogeys. Her score puts her in a share of fifth place in the individual table. She is the Scottish U16 open strokeplay champion.
Alex Peters, 15, (Notts Ladies) shot a steady 75 while Heidi Baek, 15 (Felixstowe Ferry) and Kelly Tidy, 17, (Royal Birkdale) both scored 77. The best three scores count from each round. England are currently on 225, four shots behind the first round leaders, Ireland.
Team captain Faye Sanderson remarked: “This was the first time Hayley had played for England and she was very impressive and had a really good round.
“Overall we’ve had a good start and we’re happy with our position. We’ll be very pleased to be in the top four after tomorrow’s round.”
Weather conditions were difficult with heavy rain for England’s early starters followed by strong winds in the afternoon. The forecast for today (Wednesday) is worse!
Leading positions:

221 Ireland.

222 Spain.

224 Finland.

225 England.

226 Netherlands.

227 Czech Republic.

228 Belgium.

231 Wales, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Germany.
Full details: www.egagirls2009.fi

Kirsty Simpson of Murrayfield wins the

East of Scotland Girls’ Summer Meeting

Kirsty Simpson (Murrayfield) won the East Girls’ Summer Meeting yesterday at Kingsknowe Golf Club, Edinburgh with a fabulous net 67 playing off a handicap of 17.
Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus) took the Scratch Prize with a 3 over par 75.
The scores overall were good on a day with no wind but which was dampened by the threat of thunder storms.
Prizewinners
Par 72 SS 71 CSS 70
Overall Net Prize :- Kirsty Simpson ( Murrayfield ) 84 (17) Net 67
Scratch Prize :- Rachel Hanlon ( St Regulus ) 75
Under 18 Net Prize :- Heather Tumblety (Duddingston) 92 (20) Net 72.
Under 16 Net Prize :- Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) 81 (12) 69.
Under 14 Net Prize :- Catherine Goodwin (Glenbervie ) 115 (35) 80.
Full Net Scores
Kirsty Simpson 84 (17) 67.
Alison Goodwin 81 (12) 69.
Rachel Hanlon 75 (5) 70.
Sam Munro 79 (9) 70.
Kate McIntosh 78 (7) 71.
Nicola Taylor 82 (10) 72.
Alexis Hutton 85 (13) 72.
Heather Tumblety 92 (20) 72.
Hannah Scott 84 (11) 73.
Nicole Underhill 92 (17) 75.
Shannen McGuire 91 (12) 79.
Catherine Goodwin 115 (35) 80.
Katherine Fisher 116 (35) 81.
Gillian Simpson 89 (6) 83

30 year drought for Kingsknowe’s Sheila Lyon

ended with Morison Millar win

The following report comes from the Morison Millar Organising Committee, courtesy of Alison Mutch of the host club, Lothianburn GC.
Despite soaring temperatures on Thursday 2nd July and the challenge of Lothianburn’s slopes, there were several scores in the tournament under the par of 70. The best of these were a great 66.5 in the morning by Adrienne Turner & Laura Reekie from Baberton B, and a superb 66.5 in the afternoon (when typically scores rose in the heat) by Sheila Lyon & Sheila Halliday of Kingsknowe A. The latter helped Kingsknowe A to a narrow win with 291 strokes, over Lothianburn A and Baberton B, both on 293 – Lothianburn gaining 2nd place by virtue of the better 2nd round. Murrayfield B came 4th , close behind on 294.
At the prizegiving Sheila Lyon, speaking on behalf of the winning Kingsknowe team, mentioned that she had played in the last 30 Morison Millar Tournaments and never before been in the winning team, having been runner up on more than one occasion. So, rather than 3rd time lucky Sheila – it was 30th time lucky!
Well done to Sheila and her Kingsknowe team-mates.

LEADERBOARD
1 Kingsknowe A (L Fraser & M Davidson, S Lyon & S Halliday) 291.
2 Lothianburn A (R Brown & C Clements, E Adair & V Thomson) 293.
2 Baberton B (M Alexander & L Campbell, A Turner & L Reekie) 293.
4 Murrayfield B (L Whitaker & A Bunker, R Lynch & N Richmond) 294.
5 Kingsknowe B (R Dee & E Lumsden, G Petrie & L Mackinnon) 296.
6 Lothianburn B (M Stark & C Stewart, V Curran & K Matson) 298.
7 Turnhouse B (T Clark & I McCrone, M Knubley & M Pringle) 300.
7 Craigmillar Park B (H Wright & C Clark, J Dickson & J Hamblin) 300.
9 Craigmillar Park A (K Blackwood & F McFadzean, G Glen & S Shepherd) 302.
10 Comiston Ladies (A Brownie & K Polson, Z Mathieson & S Ashurst) 305.
10 Ratho Park A (I O’Neill & A McLuskie, J Buchan & M Irvine) 305.

Lowest 36 holes outwith prizes: R Archibald & A Miller (Merchants A) 142.

2nd lowest 36 holes outwith prizes: V Curran & K Matson (Lothianburn B) 143.*
from: J Herd & E Borthwick (Musselburgh A) 143.

Dormie Plate - lowest scratch score: R Brown & C Clements (Lothianburn A) 158.

*Prizewinners decided by virtue of lower second round