Meet Issie

 It's a girl!

Less than a day old....   Isabella Armstrong, born yesterday, 14th September  2010, in Edinburgh.  

Parents Carrie and Alastair doing well. 

Big brothers Harry and Oliver delighted with their baby sister.

First grand-daughter for David and Gillian Kirkwood and John Armstrong. 

Maureen Richmond on the first tee today (Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency).

MAUREEN RICHMOND LEADS WITH ROUND TO GO AT WEST KILBRIDE

Kilmacolm exile Maureen Richmond, a Curtis Cup player, British and Scottish girls champion in her youth and now a GP at Wallasey, is one good round away from adding to a glittering golfing CV that has been virtually dormant since she became a GP several decades ago.
At the end of a long, long day – the start of play was delayed 2hr 15min until 45mph early-morning winds abated – Dr Richmond and her playing partners finished their second rounds almost in darkness at 7.45pm.
Maureen added an 80 to her opening round of 78 and her 36-hole tally of 158 gives her a one-stroke lead from England’s Caroline Marron (Bromborough, Cheshire), recent winner of the English seniors’ championship, and Ireland’s Helen Jones (Strabane), winner last week by six strokes of the Irish senior women’s open amateur championship.
Caroline had a 77 and Helen a 79, both for 159.
Defending champion Vicki Thomas (Carmarthen) is by no means out of the hunt. She had an 80 for 161 and is only three shots off the pace.
The field was cut to 40 and ties for tomorrow’s final round. Players had to have two-round aggregates of 173 or better to survive.
“I had a very poor putting round,” said Maureen Richmond. “I missed too many putts of around three to four feet.”

She had a double bogey 7 at the long seventh and bogeys at the first, second, fifth, 10th, 12th and 18th in halves of 41 (five over par) and 39 (three over).

Although the conditions were easier than was the case for the first round, players were still buffeted around by a wind of around 20mph.

Caroline Marron’s 77 included birdies at the sixth and 13th in halves of 38 and 39.

Helen Jones, pictured right at West Kilbride today by Cal Carson Golf Agency, had halves of 40 and 39.

Other Scots in the picture after 36 holes are Ladybank’s European seniors team hero Lorna Bennett with a 79 for 163 and Blairgowrie’s Heather Anderson with an 81 for 164.

“I just played solidly,” said Lorna. “Nothing spectacular. Just kept going.”

Heather was drifting out of the top 20 when she reached the turn in 43 but she came back in 38, good going in the conditions, to salvage an 81.

Swedish international team member Helen Maxe, 51, from Gothenburg returned the lowest score of the championship so far - a three-over-par 75 with halves of 39 and 36. That represented an improvement of 13 strokes between first and second rounds ... and it could have been even better as she had "bad drives" at the 17th and 18th and bogeyed them both. 

Caroline Marron, pictured on the first tee this afternoon by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

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Forrest loses ground on Duke of York Trophy leaders

Scottish boys champion Grant Forrest (Craigielaw), who had a first-round 78, lost further ground on the leaders with a second-round 86 for a 22-over-par, two-round tally of 164 in The Duke of York Young Champions Trophy tournament at Royal St George's Golf Club, Kent today.
Icelander Gudmundur Kristjansson leads with scores of 75 and 71 for 146.
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GIBSON CUP DRAW

The 2010 Gibson Cup draw for the foursomes medal qualifying round on Saturday 25th September is below. Late entries for tee times shortly after mid-day will be accepted up to Tuesday 21st September; please contact apbrownie@blueyonder.co.uk for further information and application arrangements. 

 The following Draw is being sent out to competitors by post together with a letter with tournament arrangements; please note that the title sponsor, the Ladies Golf Centre(www.golfing-lady.com), will have goods available for purchase at the event.

8.28    Dee Williams Margaret Anderson           /  Anne Brownie Mary  Stark

8.36     Kate McIntosh Wendy Nicholson          /   Sheila McEwan Janet Graham

8.44     Margaret Ritchie Janet Hardie               /   Jacky Burnett  Claire Barnish

8.52     Dorothy Wilson  Linda Boyle                 /   Margaret Logan   Mairi Hall

9.00     Barbara Hamilton  Audrey Duncan        /   Arlene Bruce  Maxine Nicholson

9.16     Fiona McLaren  Kate Johnston              /    June Falconer  Janice Halvorson

9.24     Vivien Mitchell  Louise Wells                /   Hazel Deerness   Elaine Wilson

9.32      Katrina Muir   Katherine Anderson       /   Liz Moody   Barbara McQuillan

9.40      Elspeth Johnston  Margaret McLaren    /   Julie Wilkinson  Alison Chalmers

9.58      Fiona Smith  Aileen Kennedy                /   Karina Matson  Gillian Lithgow

10.06    Zandra  Mathieson  Sandra Kempston   /   Suzanne Ireland  Diane Moncrieff

10.14    Sally Brian   Maggie Gunn                     /  Caroline McIntosh  Patricia Capaldi

10.22    Jean Cosgrove  Alison Wilson               /   Eileen Stevenson  Rhona Archibald

10.38    Elspeth Adair  Hazel Carpenter             /   Carol H Brown  Sharon Porter

10.46    Lynn Wilson  Margaret Fergusson         /   Anne Stokes   Jennifer Syme

10.55    Ruth Brown  Viv Curran                       /   Linda Wemyss    Sandra Hennessey

11.03    Eileen O’Donnell Christine Rodgers       /   Jill Porcher    Margaret Beckwith

11.20    Diane Watson   Annie Leitch                /   Elizabeth Taylor    Janette Reid

11.28    Kay Baillie   Sal Shepherd                     /    Karen Burns    Margaret  McFarlane

 11.36    Janet Begrie  Catherine Stewart           /   Katie Massie  Eileen Preston

11.44    Ruth Wilkojc    Janet Hamblin               /   Muriel Gilligan  Stella Thomson

11.52    Adrienne Turner  Laura Reekie            /    Iris O’Neil    Jean Ingles

SENIOR BRITISH WOMEN’S OPEN

AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Over three rounds at
West Kilbride GC, North Ayrshire

SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72). CSS 77 tbc

158 Maureen Richmond (Royal Liverpool) 78 80.

159 Caroline Marron (Bromborough) 82 77, Helen Jones (Strabane) 80 79.

161 Vicki Thomas (Carmarthen) 81 80.

162 Pat Doran (Donabate) 81 81, Janet Melville (Sherwood Forest) 81 81. Bev New (Lansdown) 78 84.

163 Helena Maxe (Swe) 88 75, Jo Ashmore (Barnham Broom) 85 78, Jean O’Connor (Newport Gwent) 84 79, Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) 84 79, Rozalyn Adams (Addington Court) 83 80, Sheena McElroy (Grange) 81 82.

164 Heather Anderson (Blairgowrie) 83 81.

165 Susan Dye (Delamere Forest) 85 80, Sandy Woodruff (US) 84 81.

166 Diane Williams (Can) 86 80.

167 Fiona De Vries (St Rule) 84 83, Fiona Anderson (Formby Ladies) 84 83, Niamh Giblin (Dun Laoghaire) 84 83, Ruth Lindley (Hartlepool) 81 86.

168 Else Kalstad (Den) 87 81, Mary Smith (Tain) 84 84, Minna Kaarnalahti (Fin) 83 85, Felicity Christine (Banstead Downs) 83 85.

169 Gill Snelson (Branston) 88 81, Catherine Garrett (West Kilbride) 87 82, Loree McKay (US) 86 83, Jane Finnie (Troon Ladies) 83 86.

170 Chris Utermarck (Ger) 89 81, Jane Rees (Hendon) 89 81, Alison Murdoch (Can) 86 84, Valerie Hassett (Ennis) 85 85, Janet Doleman (Rushcliffe) 84 86.

171 Annie Gowing (Frilford Heath) 90 81, Marion Kaufmann (Ger) 87 84, Alison Bartlett (Royal Dornoch) 85 86.

172 Marilyn Henderson (Castlerock) 80 92.

173 Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 91 82, Sigrid Johannesen (Den) 88 85, Margaret Tough (Falkirk) 88 85, May Hughes (Lanark) 83 90, Noreen Fenton (Dunbar) 86 87.

MISSED THE CUT

174 Andrea Stockdale (Mapperley) 93 81, Janice Paterson (Drumpellier) 89 85, Carolyn Kirk (Ganton) 86 88, Anne Ryan (Tain) 82 92.

175 Kate Evans (Frilford Heath) 93 82, Cristina Marsans (Spa) 92 83, Cathy Armstrong (Ellesborough) 92 83, Barbara Woodham (Cobtree Manor Park) 91 84, Anna Telfer (Milngavie) 90 85, Christina Birke (Swe) 89 86, Alison Grant (Ringway) 88 87, Jeannie O’Keeffe (Hankley Common) 88 87, Cornelia Fischer (Ger) 88 87.

176 Sue Pidgeon (Wrekin) 92 84, Karen Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park) 92 84.

177 Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) 94 83, Pauline Walsh (Headfort) 94 83, Christine McAndrew (Nairn Dunbar) 93 84, Ada Vrolijk (Net) 91 86, Ann Monteith (Slieve Russell) 86 91.

178 Edeltraud Jacob (Ger) 96 82, Elisabeth Wilson (Stockport) 93 85, Karen Pultz (Can) 93 85, Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle) 90 88.

179 Vivien Saunders (Cambreidge Meridian) 88 91.

180 Lynda Palahniuk (Can) 97 83, Melanie Grant (Can) 89 91.

181 Pat West (Spalding) 95 86, Katrin Burnie (Bermuda) 95 86, Gillian Curley (Northants Co) 94 87, Sheila McKinnon (Royal Liverpool) 89 92.

182 Isobel Williams (Appleby) 96 86.

183 Lorraine Campbell (Cardross) 93 90, Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay) 86 97..

184 Cecilia Landelius (Swe) 93 91.

185 Inger Sund (Swe) 100 85.

186 Eva Hildebrand (Swe) 97 89.

187 Elizabeth Wilander (Swe) 101 86, Eppie Zandvoort (Net) 94 93.

188 Ena Spalding (Can) 99 89.

189 Isabel Lorenzana (Spa) 98 91, Maresa Handl (Aut) 96 93, Olwen Simpson (St Pierre) 96 93

196 Luci Foster (Bramhall) 103 93.

NR Ruth Brown (Lothianburn) 98 NR.

WD Catherine Reilly (The Heath) 83 85.

LEADING FINAL ROUND TEE TIMES
09.00 Alison Murdoch and Jane Rees.
09.10 Chris Utermarck and Jane Finnie
09.20 Loree McKay and Catherine Garrett.
09.30 Gill Snelson and Felicity Christine.
09.40 Minna Kaarnalahti and Mary Smith.
09.50 Else Kalstad and Ruth Lindley.

10.00 Niamh Giblin and Fiona Anderson.
10.10 Fiona De Vries and Diane Williams.
10.20 Sandy Woodruff and Susan Dye.
10.30 Heather Anderson and Sheena McElroy.
10.40 Rozalyn Adams and Lorna Bennett.
10.50 Jean O'Connor and Jo Ashmore.

11.00 Helene Maxe and Bev New.
11.10 Janet Melville and Pat Doran.
11.20 Vicki Thomas and Helen Jones.
11.30 Caroline Marron and Maureen Richmond.

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Chris Robb wins in second

event on US college circuit

Former Scottish schoolboys champion Chris Robb (Inchmarlo, Banchory), a freshman student at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, has scored his first win on the US college circuit in just his second tournament.
Chris enrolled at UTC at the beginning of the year but was not eligible to start playing golf for the university until the start of the 2010-2011 college season.
Robb won the 54-hole Springhill Suites Collegiate competition at the Country Club of South Carolina yesterday with an excellent total of nine-under-par 207, made up of rounds of 66, 69 and 72 over a longish par-72 course of 7,062yd.
His performance enabled UTC to finished second in the team event behind Georgia College. 
"Chris Robb was great all three rounds," said head coach Mark Guhne. "His putt on 18 was really hard and under the pressure of a win, it was a great roll."
Robb won by one shot and did so in exciting fashion. At his final hole, he holed a slick, downhill left-to-right five-footer for par to earn the one-shot win over Billy Shida of Georgia College.
There was another Scot in the field - Kyle Godsman from the North. Now a student at the University of South Carolina-Aiken, Kyle finished joint 15th in the field of 79 players with a one-over-par total of 217, made up of scores of 69, 74 and 74.
LEADING INDIVIDUALS
Par 216 (3x72) Yardage 7,062.
207 Chris Robb (Chattanooga) 66 69 72.
208 Blly Shida (Georgia College) 70 68 70.
210 Patrick Garrett (Georgia College) 67 71 72.
Selected score:
217 Kyle Godsman (South Carolina-Aiiken) 69 74 74 (jt 15th).
LEADING TEAMS
848 Georgia College.
866 Chattanooga.
870 Furman.
871 Jacksonville State.
15 Teams took part.

Anna Carling leads Arkansas State to victory
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 Anna Carling (Vale of Glamorgan) led Arkansas State University to victory in the Chip and Club Collegiate Invitational at Wilderness Ridge, Lincoln in Nebraska.
Over a par-72 course of 6,238yd, Anna had rounds of 72 and 74 for 146, to finished third, two shots behind the individual winner, Amy Anderson (North Dakota State) (71-73) and Paige Osterlook (Kansas State) (74-71 for 145)
Arkansas State (508) beat Kansas and Kansas State, both 599, by a single shot with Texas-San Antonio (604) fourth of 15 teams.
The tournament was reduced to two rounds by bad weather.
Amy Storey from Ponteland, a student at the University of Missouri, tied for eighth place on 149 with scores of 74 and 75.
Team-mate Nicola Race from Essex finished joint 36th on 156 with scores of 77 and 79.
Gemma Hardie (Central Arkansas) shared 48th place in the field of 87 players with scores of 78 and 80 for 159.

Wild winds continue at West Kilbride, start of second round

delayed until 10.15am

The winds were even stronger at West Kilbride this morning than they were yesterday. But they dropped sufficiently for play in the second round to start at 10.15am - a delay of 2hr 15min from the scheduled time.
That means the last players will not tee off until 3.45pm.
There will be a cut to the leading 40 players and ties at the end of the second round.
"We had a test of the conditions early this morning and the balls were being blown off the greens, but now the wind has dropped enough for us to start play for the day at 10.15am," said Tournament Director Susan Simpson after a second course/wind inspection after 9.30am.