Caithness and Sutherland women's inter-club competition

Some of the competitors at the Caithness and Sutherland women's inter-club competition. Image by courtesy of Robert MacDonald, Northern Studios, Wick.

It's a piece of cake for Thurso Ladies!

By ROBIN WILSON
Inaugurated in 1981, the Caithness and Sutherland women's inter-club competition for the Ord Salver reached its 30th milestone at Wick Golf Club last Saturday.
Wick Golf Club's Lady Captain, Christine Hunter, and Brora Golf Club's Life Member, Marlene Bokas, who has played in the event every year since 1981, cut a special birthday cake made by the Wick lady members to mark the occasion.
Brora Golf Club were the first winners of the scratch Ord Salver in 1981 and Royal Dornoch the first winners in 1981 of the handicap Beatrice Trophy, but neither club were able to put up a successful defence of the of silverware after their successes twelve months ago at Golspie.
Fifteen teams of four took part, with three scores to count and Thurso Golf Club, represented by, Eileen Manson, 79, Anne Dunnett 84, and Nadia Green, 84, combined for a winning total of 247.
Their non-counting score of 85 came from from Laura Durrand.
Over the very windy but sunny Reiss Links, Manson's 79 was also the best individual scratch score of the competition.
Scratch runners-up were the holders, Royal Dornoch 1, with a gross of 257 from Alison Bartlett 81, Denise McBride 85, Elizabeth Coghill 91 and the non- counting 96 from Trish Weekes.
The Beatrice Trophy also remained in the North, won by Reay members, Pam Bain nett 77, Patricia Macdonald nett 77,and Carole Cameron, nett 72, for a total of 226. Their non counting card of nett 79 came from Eleanor Tunn. Runners up were the hosts, Wick, with 228, Deirdre MacAngus, Doreen Cormack, Carol Place and Marion Mackay. Royal Dornoch's first team with a nett of 229 were placed third. Alison Bartlet nett 77, Denise McBride nett 72, Trish Weekes nett 80 and Elizabeth Coghill the non-counting card of nett 82.
The best individual handicap score of the competition was returned by Bonar-Bridge/Ardgay's Jeanie Hunter who returned a nett 70, off 19, on her first visit to the course.
Next year's event will be played at Brora on the last Saturday of August.

SCOTS SENIOR WOMEN QUALIFY SIXTH


Scotland qualified in sixth place for the European senior women's amateur team golf championship at Berlin Sporting Club today.
They will play No 3 seeds Germany, the defending champions, in the quarter-finals of the match-play stages.
England (760) earned top seed status ahead of France (776) and Germany (778).
The Scots required 10 more shots than they did in the first qualifying round. None of them broke 80. Closest to it was Mary Smith (Tain) who had the non-scoring round on Tuesday. This time she led the Scots with an 80.
Fiona De Vries had an 81, Anne Ryan and Moira Thomson both 82 and Lorna Bennett an 84. Heather Anderson had the non-counting 86.
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT QUALIFIERS
760 ENGLAND 383 377.
776 FRANCE 391 385.
778 GERMANY 394 384.
792 SWEDEN 396 396.
806 SWITZERLAND 404 402.
808 SCOTLAND 399 409, IRELAND 415 393.
814 SPAIN 411 403.
MATCH-PLAY DRAW
England v Spain
Sweden v Switzerland
Germany v Scotland
France v Ireland.

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
England staged a phenomenal performance to open up a 16-shot lead at the end of the qualifying stage of the European senior team championship at the Sporting Club, Berlin.

England sailed into the championship matchplay flight as top seeds, 16 shots ahead of France, 18 ahead of Germany and 32 ahead of fourth-placed Sweden.

In an excellent team performance, every one of the six England players scored in the 70s in the second qualifying round. They enjoyed the luxury of being able to discount a 79 – a score which many teams would have been pleased to count.

On a day when the course again played wet and very long – with preferred lies in use – four members of the team returned three-over 75, one shot 77 and the sixth scored 79.

Team captain Sue Westall said: “We have had a phenomenal day and everyone has been very clinical and very professional – they just went out there and did their job. Now the matchplay begins and everyone is raring to go.”

Tomorrow’s quarter finals are: England v Spain, France v Ireland, Germany v Scotland, Sweden v Switzerland.
England scores
75 Roz Adams (Addington Court Ladies), Chris Quinn (Hockley), Caroline Marron (Bromborough), Sue Dye (Delamere Forest).
77 Felicity Christine (Banstead Downs)
79 (discounted) Jo Ashmore (Barnham Broom)
Janet Melville (Sherwood Forest) was rested.


Lyndsey Hewison
Press and PR Officer
EWGA

Aberdeenshire Ladies' leading scores at Murcar Links

Prizewinning scores from this week's Aberdeenshire Ladies county open meeting at Murcar Links:

Par 72. SSS 73. CSS 76 (reduction only)

SILVER DIVISION
Scratch:
82 F Hay(Deeside)
83 L Terry (Cruden Bay)
Handicap:
76 M MacNaughtan (Aberdeen Ladies) (10) (bih), M Robinson (Murcar Links) (15) (bih), P Wilson (Murcar Links) (8)
77 D Gordon (Westhill) (9)
78 P Fraser (Peterculter) (12) (bih)


BRONZE DIVISION
Strabathie: Par 70. SSS 71. CSS 74 (reduction only)
Handicap:
79 E Milne (Inchmarlo) (22)
80 C Bishop (Murcar Links) (22)