ESSEX FAVOURITES TO WIN ENGLISH WOMEN'S COUNTY FINALS

Issued 20th September, 2012

Essex lead in women's County Finals showdown Essex took the lead today at women’s County Finals at East Devon Golf Club and hold the advantage going into tomorrow’s deciding matches. They will win the title if they manage at least a half with their opponents, Lancashire. But if Essex lose, the teams will be tied and the championship will be decided on a countback. Gloucestershire, also, are hoping to be in the reckoning. They were knocked out of a share of the lead when they lost today but, if there’s a countback they’ll be in the mix - provided they beat their final day opponents, Surrey. In today’s matches, Lincolnshire beat Surrey 5-4, Essex beat Buckinghamshire 5½-3½, and Lancashire beat Gloucestershire 6-3. It means Essex have 3½ points from four matches, Gloucestershire and Lancashire have 2½ points apiece, Lincolnshire have 2, Surrey 1½ and Buckinghamshire 0. Essex captain Amanda Colegate-Herbert said: “This is a great position to be in and we’ll be putting our best team out and going for a win.” Her team produced something of everything today in their match today:  a hole in one from Kelly Martin (Image © Leaderboard Photography)  – and yet another tense finish before the result was decided. Kelly had her ace – her third – with a beautifully struck five-iron into the fiendishly difficult 10th green. Its three sloping tiers have played havoc with any number of good shots, but Kelly’s ball landed softly behind the flag and rolled back into the hole. She went on to win her match 7/6. It was one of three comfortable singles wins for Essex, but Buckinghamshire – who led 2-1 after the foursomes - challenged them right to the end of the day. Essex needed one point from the last two games on the course. Paige Kemp made certain of a halved result for the team when she secured a half in her game. But the win was assured only when Sam Lovell produced a textbook par on the last to maintain her one up advantage. Meanwhile Lancashire-Gloucestershire clash was an epic, with the advantage swinging backwards and forwards between the two teams.  Early on it was Lancashire who had the initiative, then Gloucestershire took charge, only for Lancashire to take the point with a fighting finish. Their last three players all won on the 18th green with Eloise Healey – who celebrated her 15th birthday today – sealed the team’s win with her point. “It was a real roller coaster,” said Lancashire captain Val Moran. “The scores kept changing all the time and it was so exciting. Now, we’ve just got to do the business tomorrow!” Lincolnshire were trailing 2-1 after the morning foursomes but came back strongly in the singles, winning three, halving two and losing only one. “We needed to get halves from each of the last two matches on the course and we did it,” said team captain Cindy Ireland. “It was another nailbiting finish!” The team are defending champions but realised yesterday that they would not be able to retain the title. “Now we want to finish as high as possible for pride,” said Cindy. Tomorrow’s matches: Lancashire v Essex, Buckinghamshire v Lincolnshire, Gloucestershire v Surrey. Results Surrey 4 Lincolnshire 5   Foursomes Lisa McGowan & Nicola Taylor beat Helen Hewlett & Jessica Wilcox 2/1 Katie Fewster & Tana Churchill lost to Sophie Beardsall & Emilee Taylor 1 down Inci Mehmet & Annabel Dimmock beat Emily Slater & Emma Tipping 2/1 Singles Mehmet lost to Taylor 3/2 Taylor lost to Wilcox 6/5 McGowan beat Beardsall 2/1 Dimmock halved with Lucy Atter Louisa Tarn halved with Megan Illingworth Sammy Fuller lost to Hewlett 5/3 Essex 5½  Buckinghamshire 3½ Foursomes Gabriella Cowley & Dulcie Sverdloff beat Zoe Fitz-Costa & Charlotte West 1up     Daisy Dyer & Paige Kemp lost to Clara Leathers & Alice Kozlowski 3/2 Kelly Martin & Sam Lovell lost to Julia Gallagher & Gillian Kinnear 4/3 Singles Charlotte Thompson lost to West 5/4 Cowley beat Fitz-Costa 5/4 Elizabeth Taylor beat Kinnear 4/2 Kemp halved with Kozlowski Lovell beat Carole Weir 1 up   Martin beat Leathers 7/6 Lancashire 6 Gloucestershire 3 Foursomes Catherine Roberts and Gemma Batty bt Hannah Barwood and Jo Hodge 2 and 1. Elizabeth Stebbings and Sophie Powell lost Shelby Smart and Bethan Popel 3 and 1. Eloise Healey and Sophie Lamb bt Lucy Padley and Victoria Wakeley-Jones 5 and 3 Singles Roberts bt Barwood 4 and 2. Bethany Garton lost to Smart 3 and 1. Batty lost to Padley 2 holes Lamb bt Jemima Gregson 2 holes Healey bt Popel 1 hole Stebbings bt Hodge 1hole Lyndsey Hewison Press Officer England Golf pr@englandgolf.org 07825 752 193 INDIA CLYBURN WINS MIDLANDS NORTH  WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP AT 15   Lincolnshire’s India Clyburn, younger sister of Curtis Cup star Holly Clyburn, is the new Midlands North women’s champion – capturing the title at the end of a stop-go tournament which took over two months to complete. The 15-year-old from Woodhall Spa (pictured) began her marathon campaign at Branston Golf Club in Staffordshire, back on July 5th. The stroke play qualifying and the quarter-finals were played – but then the weather intervened and torrential rain flooded the course. It proved impossible to complete the championship and the plate event within the two-day schedule. Organiser Cherry Loomes took on the task of rescheduling the individual matches, fitting in with the players’ other competition commitments and holidays. Gradually, the games were played and the final has just taken place, with India beating Emma Newlove (Beeston Fields, Nottinghamshire) by 4/3. Earlier, in the semi-finals, India beat Florence King (Rothley Park, Leicestershire & Rutland) while Emma defeated Lucy Evans (Wrekin). India is a past winner of the Midlands’ junior champion of champions title and of the Lincolnshire girls’ championship. She was in the England Golf girls’ squad at the recent North of England U16 championship. The Plate final, also played this month, was won by Bronwyn Davies (Trentham, Staffordshire) who beat Harriet Allsebrook (Shifnal, Shropshire) by 3/1. Harriet had been four down with four to play but won two holes with birdies before succumbing on the 17th. The Midlands North region represents the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire.

NIKKI GARRETT SETS HOT PACE WITH 64 IN TENERIFE

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR
Report by BETHAN CUTLER, LET Media Manager

Australian Nikki Garrett set a blistering pace as she opened with a career-low round of eight under par 64 at the Tenerife Open de España Femenino at Golf Las Américas on Thursday.

Garrett was out in the first group from the 10^th tee and played flawless golf on a beautiful day with temperatures at 27C and little breeze.

She birdied holes 11, 16 and 17 for a back nine total of three under before picking up five more birdies on the front nine, closing with three in a row from the seventh.

“I just played really solid the whole day. I hit a lot of greens, hit a few close shots that I really capitalised on and sunk the putts. I chipped in out of the bunker on my eighth hole, which is 17, so just everything went well,” said the 28-year-old from Shelly Beach, New South Wales.

Garrett has an excellent record in Spain having won the 2007 Tenerife Ladies Open at Golf Del Sur and then the Open de España Femenino at Sergio Garcia’s home course, Country Club Mediterráneo in Castellón, the following week.

She tied for second behind Becky Brewerton in a non-official Ladies European Tour matchplay event at Golf Las Américas last June and clearly relishes playing in Spain.

“I love Tenerife, I love Spain.  I had both my wins in Tenerife, Spain, so it feels a lot like home. I’m always very relaxed when I play in this part of the world,” said Garrett.

“To come second last year and go out there and I really like the course, so I was really relaxed.”

The 2006 Rookie of the Year explained how she recently started hitting her drives from the turf rather than from a tee in a similar style to Laura Davies.

“I’ve been teeing it up a little bit like Laura the last two and a half weeks and I think for me, thats been a bit of a key because I’ve been playing it well from after the driver, so to get things in the fairway, a good score was bound to happen sooner or later.

“I’ve always practised hitting driver off the deck as a kid, just for fun and just because you want to try and do something different. I think I just commit to it more.

“I had a lesson last week at the British Open off Gerald (Adams), Laura’s caddie, how to do the grass properly, so I’ve got it down packed a little bit now. It’s a lot harder here because the grass sprays everywhere but it’s just a confidence thing and as long as it goes in the fairway I don’t really care.”

Trish Johnson, the 2010 Tenerife Ladies Open champion at Buenavista Golf Club in the north of the island, was at five under after a 67 containing six birdies and one bogey.

The Swindon-based 46-year-old said: “I think it was pretty good all the way around really, from start to finish. I started quite well, one under early on, birdied 16, 17 and one: I was playing the back nine first obviously and got to four under. I made one mistake really. I had a birdie putt to go to six under on the fifth, which I missed. I hit a poor tee shot on the par-three fifth hole, didn’t get up and down, and that was the only poor shot I hit.”

Johnson was clearly happy to have left behind the harsh conditions at the recent Ricoh Women’s British Open and added: “I think anyone who played last week, coming off of that, in two, three, four club winds and really tight fairways that you can’t miss then this is a breath of fresh air.”

Italian Veronica Zorzi, South African Lee-Anne Pace and Germany’s Miriam Nagl carded four under par 68s to lie in a share of third place.

Pace, the 2010 Ladies European Tour money list winner, started with two bogeys on 10 and 11 but fought back with six birdies.

“I played really well today. I started quite badly but made six birdies after that. No more mistakes, so that was good. I definitely left a couple out there,” said Pace, a five-time winner on the Ladies European Tour. 

Pace has a chance to top the LET’s ISPS Handa Order of Merit for a second time with a victory this week and added: “I’m trying to really push this week for the win and getting up there, making a move on the money list, getting a bit closer to the top or if not at the top. I’m very much a big golf mover towards the end of the year.”

Meanwhile Zorzi is going for her first title since 2006. “I played good. I got one eagle, so that was great and I got some pars, two bogeys. I hit 12 fairways, so it’s good. The ball was on the fairways. I hit 13 greens and made 27 putts so the putting was the key today,” said the 31-year-old from Verona.

“The eagle was at the seventh. I hit driver and three-wood and then got a putt, like eight metres. I just tried to roll the ball, not thinking about techniques or how to move the putter. Just rolling the ball where I want to. It was the key for me.”

Zorzi has her boyfriend Alberto Furlani acting as her caddie and is enjoying the fine food and weather for which the Canary Islands are renowned.

“I like the course. It’s in good shape. It’s good weather and for me, when you are in good weather, it’s fine, like in Italy. It’s a bit like home: nice weather, good food. It’s all the things that I like!” she said.

Spain’s own Tania Elosegui and the 2010 Spanish Open champion Laura Davies was in a large group at three under par, while the 2011 and 2009 winners, Melissa Reid and Becky Brewerton, opened with respective rounds of 74 and 78.

  FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD

  Par 72

64 - Nikki Garrett (AUS)

67 - Trish Johnson (ENG)

68 - Veronica Zorzi (ITA) , Lee-Anne Pace (ZAF) , Miriam Nagl (DEU)

69 - Joanna Klatten (FRA) , Florentyna Parker (ENG) , Tania Elosegui (ESP) , Julie Greciet (FRA) , Elizabeth Bennett (ENG) , Frances Bondad (AUS) , Rebecca Artis (AUS) , Anais Maggetti (CHE) , Sophie Sandolo (ITA) , Laura Davies (ENG) , Caroline Masson (DEU)

70 - Sahra Hassan (WAL) , Stacey Keating (AUS) , Ashleigh Simon (ZAF) , Karen Lunn (AUS) , Dawn Shockley (USA) , Carin Koch (SWE) , Hannah Burke (ENG) , Lydia Hall (WAL) , Esther Choe (USA) , Gwladys Nocera (FRA) , Malene Jorgensen (DNK) , Sara Beautell Largo (ESP)

71 - Laura Cabanillas (ESP) , Carlota Ciganda (ESP) , Laurette Maritz (ZAF) , Maria Beautell (ESP) , Celine Palomar (FRA) , Margherita Rigon (ITA) , Rebecca Hudson (ENG) , Danielle Montgomery (ENG) , Nontaya Srisawang (THA) , Cassandra Kirkland (FRA) , Carmen Alonso (ESP)

72 - Sofia Harkonen (FIN) , Caroline Martens (NOR) , Jessica Yadloczky (USA) , Diana Luna (ITA) , Stefania Croce (ITA) , Sharmila Nicollet (IND) , Charlotte Ellis (ENG) , Rebecca Codd (IRL) , Elisabeth Esterl (DEU) , Caroline Afonso (FRA) , Caroline Rominger (CHE) , Charlie Douglass (ENG) , Barbara Genuini (FRA) , Connie Chen (ZAF) , Monique Smit (ZAF) , Heather MacRae (SCO) , Carly Booth (SCO) , Nicole Gergely (AUT) , Ana Larraneta (ESP)

73 - Eleanor Givens (ENG) , Beth Allen (USA) , Caroline Westrup (SWE) , Rachel Bailey (AUS) , Georgina Simpson (ENG) , Mikaela Parmlid (SWE) , Kylie Walker (SCO) , Henrietta Zuel (ENG) , Lucie Andre (FRA) , Clare Queen (SCO) , Virginia Espejo (ESP) , Lucy Williams (ENG) , Stephanie Na (AUS) , Louise Larsson (SWE) , Sophie Walker (ENG) , Maria Ohlsson (SWE) , Patricia Sanz (ESP) , Holly Aitchison (ENG) , Linda Wessberg (SWE) , Marion Ricordeau (FRA) , Virginie Lagoutte-clement (FRA) , Mireia Prat (ESP)

74 - Bree Arthur (AUS) , Valentine Derrey (FRA) , Julie Maisongrosse (FRA) , Marieke Nivard (NLD) , Marianne Skarpnord (NOR) , Jenni Kuosa (FIN) , Titiya Plucksataporn (THA) , Elin Emanuelsson (SWE) , Zuzana Kamasova (SVK) , Melissa Reid (ENG)

75 - Emma Cabrera-bello (ESP) , Marjet Van Der Graaff (NLD) , Pamela Feggans (SCO) , Sandra Carlborg (SWE) , Vikki Laing (SCO) , Suzanne Dickens (ENG) , Adriana Zwanck (ESP) , Line Vedel (DNK) , Tandi Cuningham (ZAF)

76 - Chrisje De Vries (NLD) , Mariana Macias Capuzzi (ESP) , Alison Whitaker (AUS) , Cecilie Lundgreen (NOR) , Yu Yang Zhang (CHN) , Liebelei Lawrence (LUX) , Klara Spilkova (CZE) , Mary Mattson (USA) , Anja Monke (DEU)

77 - Mianne Bagger (DNK) , Sophie Giquel-bettan (FRA) , Stacy Lee Bregman (ZAF) , Kiran Matharu (ENG)

78 - Felicity Johnson (ENG) , Becky Brewerton (WAL) , Kelly Hutcherson (ENG)

79 - Martina Migliori Trapani (ITA) , Stefanie Michl (AUT)

80 - Alexandra Vilatte (FRA) , Steffi Kirchmayr (DEU)

81 - Lucia Cortezo Castillo (ESP) , Gemma Webster (SCO) , Marina Arruti (ESP)

82 - Viva Schlasberg (SWE)

83 - Kym Larratt (ENG)

84 - Sabina Imboden (CHE)

86 - Lara Hernandez Arteaga (ESP)

 

DE VRIES AND SUTHERLAND SURVIVE HUNSTANTON CUT

St Andrews hotelier Fiona de Vries (St Regulus) and Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) go into the third and final round of the Senior British women's open amateur stroke-play golf championship in joint 20th place at Hunstanton links, Norfolk. De Vries scored 86 and 78 for 164 over a testing par-75 course while Sutherland hit that mark with rounds of 84 and 80. Both are eight shots behind the Spanish leader, Rocio Ruiz de Velasco from Madrid who not only has never played in this event before - this is the first week she has played on a links course! She did not play as well today for an 80 as she did for a first-round 76 but, as she says, it's a huge learning curve for her. Favourite to take the championship to add to her Irish senior women's close title is Helen Jones, ladies captain at Royal Portrush GC, and one shot off the pace after a 78 for 157. Only five Scots entered this over-50s major and Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay), Royal Dornoch's Alison Bartlett and Pamela Williamson (Baberton) all missed the cut. Bartlett missed out by one shot on 172 with scores of 89 and 83, while Williamson shot 91-84 for 175. Terry scored 89-88 for 177. SCROLL DOWN FOR ALL THE 36=HOLE TOTALS WHEN TO SEE THE LEADERS ON FRIDAY 10.40 Pat West (162), Rozalyn Adams (161) 10.50 Christine Watson (161), Minna Kaarnahlti (161) 11.00 Vicki Thomas (161), Sheena McElroy (161) 11.10 Lindsey Shaw (160), Katherine Russell (160) 11.20 Pat Doran (160), Christine Quinn (159),  11.30 Jane Rees (159), Maria de Orueta (158) 11.40 Helen Jones (157), Rocio Ruiz de Velasco (156). SPECTATORS MADE VERY WELCOME NO ADMISSION CHARGE, NO CAR PARKING FEE AND YOU GET TO WATCH WHAT PROMISES TO BE A VERY EXCITING FINISH IT'S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE! READ A FULLER SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S PLAY   BY LOGGING ON TO THE LGU WEBSITE  CLICK HERE

ALL THE SECOND-ROUND SCORES AT HUNSTANTON

SENIOR BRITISH WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP Hunstanton Golf Club, Norfolk. QUALIFIERS FOR FINAL ROUND Par 150 (2x75) CSS 79 78 Yardage 6,200 156 Rocio Ruiz de Velasco (Spa) 76 80. 157 Helen Jones (Royal Portrush) 79 78 158 Maria de Orueta (Spa) 79 79 159 Jane Rees (Hendon) 80 79, Christine Quinn (Hockley) 79 80 160 Pat Doran (Donabate) 81 79, Katherine Russell (Royal Ashdown Forest) 79 81, Lindsey Shaw (Chevin) 78 82 161 Sheena McElroy (Grange) 86 75, Vicki Thomas (Carmarthen) 82 79, Minna Kaarnalahti (Fin) 78 83, Christine Watson (Beaconsfield) 77 84, Rozalyn Adams (Addington Court Ladies) 75 86 162 Pat West (Spalding) 80 82 163 Janet Melville (Sherwood Forest) 89 75, Susan Dye (Delamere Forest) 86 77, Carol Wild (Notts) 83 80, Isabelle Dumont (Bel) 82 81, Marion Kaufmann (Ger) 82 81 164 Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) 84 80, Fiona de Vries (St Rule) 86 78, Cornelia Schmidt-Stuetzle (Ger) 83 81 165 Christine Birke (Swe) 89 76, Karin Gumpert (Ger) 84 81, Marie Christine de Werra (Swi) 84 81 166 Mimmi Guglielmone (Swi) 87 79, Alison Murdoch (Can) 87 79, Jo Ashmore (Barnham Broom) 80 86, Hilary Smyth (Pannal) 81 85 167 Jo Rumsey (Rochford Hundred) 84 83, Sue Meadows (Hunstanton) 83 84 168 Annie Gowing (Frilford Heath) 86 82, Barbara Woodham (Cobtree Manor Park) 82 86, Caron Harrison (Sherwood Forest) 84 84 169 Gillian Curley (Northamptonshire Co) 86 83 170 Geraldine Bray (Littlestone) 87 83, Debbie Richards (Burhill) 87 83, Amanda Mayne (Saltford) 82 88 171  Julie Wheeldon (Wakefield) 87 84, Elisabeth Wilander (Swe) 93 78, Mary MacLaren (Wellingborough) 86 85, Julie Ballard (Littlestone) 86 85, Inger Sund (Swe) 84 87 MISSED THE CUT 172 Alison Bartlett (Royal Dornoch) 89 83, Christine Harries (Llanwern) 90 82, Kate Evans (Frilford Heath) 87 85, Sally Kreuger (US) 87 85, Lena Tomros (Swe) 94 78, Andrea Stockdale (Mapperley) 88 84, Jeannie O'Keeffe (Hankley Common) 87 85, Irene Brien (Wentworth) 86 86, Janet Doleman (Rushcliffe) 84 88 173 Marion Bridgen (Walton Heath) 90 83, Vivien Saunders (Cambridge Meridian) 87 86, Carolyn Kirk (Ganton) 87 86, Felicity Christine (Woking) 85 88, Diane Williams (Can) 85 88 174 Gunilla Ekman (Swe) 89 85 175 Maria Castillo (Spa) 91 84, Pamela Williamson (Baberton) 91 84, Elke Neumann-Drope (Ger) 86 89 176 Olwen Simpson (Filton) 91 85, Alison Gee (Walton Heath) 91 85 177 Lorraine Richardson (Fernwood) 92 85, Colleen McCormack (Bridlington) 92 85, Denise Parker (Woodhall Spa) 91 86, Linda Hunt (Newbury and Crookham) 91 86, Pat Bennett (Reading) 89 88, Sheree Dove (Chobham) 88 89, Ann-Catrin Sveningson (Swe) 90 87, Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay) 89 88, Carol Cass (Broadstone) 87 90. 178 Sue Westall (Copt Heath) 92 86, Pauline Walsh (Headfort) 90 88, Edeltraud Jacob (Ger) 87 91, Sheila Stirling (Royal Mid-Surrey) 86 92. 180 Gill Snelson (Branston) 96 84, Cornelia Fischer (Ger) 89 91, 181 Katrin Burnie (Bermuda) 96 85 182 Lynda Jones (Royal Porthcawl) 94 88, Marleen Nijhof (Ned) 91 91 183 Pat McIntosh (Tyneside) 91 92 186 Jean Johnson (Hunstanton) 90 96, Dominque Pelzer (Bel) 94 92 187 Alison Agnew (The Dyke) 95 92, Birgitta Ljung (Swe) 95 92 188 Sue Penfold (Mapperley) 91 97 190 Helen Gastonguay (Can) 98 92 194 Eppie Zandvoort (Eaton) 103 91 Retired: Christina Marsans (Spa) 89 ret.

SCOTTISH WOMEN'S COUNTY FINALS AT MONTROSE

FROM THE SLGA WEBSITE

The Scottish women#s county Finals will take place at Montrose Links from tomorrow (Friday) through to Sunday (September 23). Montrose Links, who are celebrating 450 Years of Golf this year, will play host to the reigning County Champions Midlothian along with Angus, Dumfriesshire and Renfrewshire.  The finals are played over three days with 3 foursomes and 6 singles each day, last year the final days play at Dumfries & County Golf Club was restricted to just the 6 singles due to extreme weather conditions.   The teams who have been selected to represent their counties are below.    Angus Captain Mary Summers Dumfriesshire Captain Sheila Townsley Jemma Chalmers Monifieth Jordana Graham Southerness Jessica Meek Carnoustie Ladies Wilma Graham Southerness Heather Munro Monifieth Emma Greenlees Dumfries & County Claire Penman Carnoustie Caledonia Linda Jack Dumfries & Galloway Ann Ramsay Kirriemuir Lindsey Kirkwood Powfoot Ashley Smith Monifieth Diane Macdonald Dumfries & County Ailsa Summers Carnoustie Ladies Katie McCracken Powfoot Rebecca Wilson Monifieth Rachel Walker Dumfries & County      Midlothian Captain Mary Richardson Renfrewshire Captain Maureen Woodhead Louise Fraser Kingsknowe Megan Briggs Kilmacolm Claire Hargan Cardross Donna Jackson Cochrane Castle Gabrielle Macdonald Craigielaw Gillian Kyle East Renfrewshire Karen Marshall Baberton Alyson McKechin Elderslie Kate McIntosh Broomieknowe Iona Stephen Ranfurly Castle Wendy Nicholson Broomieknowe Linsey Stevenson Whitecraigs Hannah Scott Broomieknowe Liz Stewart Greenburn Jane Turner Craigielaw Carol Whyte Windyhill

PROGRAMME OF MATCHES

FRIDAY
Midlothian v Dumfries-shire
Angus v Renfrewshire
SATURDAY
Angus v Dumfries-shire
Renfrewshire v Midlothian
SUNDAY
Angus v Midlothian
Renfrewshire v Dumfries-shire

MAY HUGHES WINS SCOTTISH VETS TITLE AT BLAIRGOWRIE

                                May Hughes with the veterans' trophy. Picture by Carol Fell
                                    
FROM CAROL FELL

May Hughes (Lanark) won the Scottish Vets Championship at Blairgowrie this week.
1st Round Results:
Kathleen Webster (Midlands) lost to Liz Campbell (Borders) 1 hole
Ruth Brown (East) w/o Jill Harrison (North) scr
May Hughes (West) beat Jean Brysden (Galloway) 3 and 2
Anne Ryan (Highlands) beat Nancy Clanahan (Dumfries) 7 and 6
Semi Finals:
Ruth Brown (East) beat Liz Campbell (Borders) 1 hole
May Hughes beat Anne Ryan (Highlands) 2  and 1.
Final:
May Hughes (West) beat Ruth Brown (East) 2 and 1.