WINDYHILL FOG FORCES POSTPONEMENT TODAY

WEST WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT 

RESCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 14

The West of Scotland women's stroke-play championship was due to be played today at Windyhill Golf Club but it was called off because
a thick mist over the course reduced visibility too much for play to have been possible.
The 36-hole tournament has been rescheduled for Windyhill on Sunday, September 14 - the same date as the Scottish mixed foursomes at Dunfermline,

NEW DATE FOR POSTPONED WEST WOMEN'S GOLF

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WEST WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP RESCHEDULED FOR SEPT 14

The West of Scotland women's championship, due to be played at Windyhill Golf Club today (Sunday) was postponed because of poor visibility due to a heavy mist over the

course.

It was been rearranged for Sunday, September 14.

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ANGUS WOMEN'S COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

Angus women's county championship match-play results at Kirriemuir Golf Club today:

SCRATCH CHAMPIONSHIP
First round 
Frances Miller (Carnoustie Caledonian) bt Jackie Brown (Monifieth) 1 hole.
Gillian Monteith (Royal Montrose) bt Susan Sneddon (Forfar) 4 and 3.
Claire Penman (Carnoustie Caledonia) bt Marion Duthie (Ladies Panmure Barry) 5 and 4.

Ann F Ramsay (Kirriemuir) bt Elaine Shepherd (Arbroath) 7 and 5.

Louise Graham (Carnoustie Ladies) bt Susan Arbuckle (Ladies Panmure Barry) 3 and 2.
Claire Robertson (Carnoustie Ladies) bt Pat Campbell (Downfield) 7 and 5.
Byes: Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) and Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth).
QUARTER-FINALS
Summers bt Miller 6 and 5.
Monteith bt Penman 6 and 5.
Ramsay bt Graham 6 and 4.
Sneddon bt Robertson 4 and 2.

NEXT SUNDAY'S SEMI-FINALS
May 11 - 9am
Summers v Monteith
Ramsay v  Sneddon

HANDICAP CHAMPIONSHIP 
QUARTER-FINALS

Wendy Smith (Monifieth) bt Cathy Beattie (Arbroath) 2 and 1.
Christine Orr (Carnoustie Caledonia) bt Pat Bruce (Letham Grange) 4 and 3.
Ruth Adamson (Ladies Panmure Barry) bt Marilyn Laing (Grange Monifieth) 4 and 2
Louise Rigg (Ladies Panmure Barry) w.o. Enid Young ((Ladies Panmure Barry) scr
SEMI-FINALS
Orr bt Smith at 19th.
Rigg bt Adams 1 hole.
NEXT SUNDAY'S FINAL
May 11 at 2.30pm
Orr v Rigg

HOME-COURSE PLAYERS MEET IN FINAL AT THE ROXBURGH

                                         DANI KER (left) AND RHEA MIDDLEMASS

DANI KER WINS BORDER LADIES TITLE

It was an all-Roxburghe final in the Border Ladies championship with fourth seed Carina Bunyan up against third seed 18 year old Dani Ker who won the title by a 3 and 2 margin at The Roxburghe.

It was a nervy start from both with Carina winning the first with a 5 after Dani had to chip out from the trees. 

Dani pulled it back to be one up after four holes. Both had excellent birdies at the long fifth. 

Carina then missed a couple of short putts which left her three down at the turn but she won the 11th after Dani three-putted.  

Carina conceded the 13th after having issues with the pond to put Dani four up.  

Carina pulled it back to three down after Dani had to take a drop back into the fairway bunker at the 14th after she plugged her ball in the face.  

The next two holes were halved, Dani winning the match 3 and 2.

In the first semi-final, Carina was two up after four against top seed Julie Birdsall who fought back, winning four holes on the bounce to be two up after 9.

Carina then steadied herself to play par and win by 4 and 3.

Dani took charge of the second semi-final against Kelso's Sharon Paterson from the start. Four up at the turn, Ker finished the game at the 15th.
In the bronze championship semi-finals,13 year old Rhea Middlemass (Hawick) put herself into a position to make it three in a row by beating Elaine Brotherstone (Lauder) 8 and  7.  The other match was a close one with June Craig (Selkirk) eventually overcoming Diane Johnstone (Duns) by a hole.The final between Rhea and June was a one-sided affair with Rhea winning on the 13th.
 SCRATCH CHAMPIONSHIP
Semi-finals - Carina Bunyan (Roxburghe) bt Julie Birdsall (Roxburghe) 4 and 3; Dani Kerr (Roxburghe) bt Sharon Paterson (Kelso) 4 and 3.
Final - Ker bt Bunyan 3 and 2.

BRONZE CHAMPIONSHIP
Semi-finals - Rhea Middlemass (Hawick) bt Elaine Brotherstone (Lauder) 8 and 7; June Craig (Selkirk) bt Diane Johnstone (Duns) 1 hole.
Final - Middlemass bt Craig 6 and 5. 

REPORT, RESULTS AND PICTURE
FROM FIONA KER

STIRLING AND CLACKMMAN MATCH-PLAY STARTS

ALISON DAVIDSON IN FORM IN COUNTY

CHAMPIONSHIP OVER HOME COURSE

Alison Davidson, county champion seven times between 1990 and 2007) was two under par in winning her opening match-play tie in the Stirling and Clackmannan women's county championship over her home course.

The former Curtis Cup player and past Scottish champion beat Margaret Tough by 6 and 5.

Laura Bisset was level par at the end of her win by 8 and 7 over Susan McLeod..

Jennifer Allan, only 16 years of age from Glenbervie, beat Tricia Chillas by two holes to advance to the quarter-finals.
Louise Macgregor (Glenbervie) is bidding to win the title for an uprecedented fifth year in a row. She also won in 2006 as Louise Robertson so that makes five county titles in all.
Another multi champion in the last eight is Jill Harrison who won the title in 1986, 1987, 1988 and 2009 - total of four, so far.  

Stirling Golf Club
FIRST ROUND 

 Louise Macgregor (Glenbervie) bt Winifred MacCallum  (Falkirk) 5 and 4.

Jennifer Allan (Glenbervie) bt Tricia Chillas  (Stirling) 2 holes.

Linda Allan ( Falkirk Tryst) bt Sarah Walker  (Braehead) 5 and 3.

Laura Bisset (Braehead) bt Susan McLeod (Stirling) 8 and 7.

Elaine Allison (Stirling) bt Helen Hunter   (Linlithgow) 5 and 3

Jill Harrison (Linlithgow) bt Lynn Fleming (Glenbervie) 3 and 2

Claire Capocci (Bridge of Allan) bt Margo Gardner (Linlithgow)  2 and 1

Alison Davidson (Stirling) bt Margaret Tough (Glenbervie) 6 and 5

MONDAY'S QUARTER-FINALS 

5pm 

Macgregor v Jennifer Allan

Linda Allan v Bisset

Allison v Harrison

Capocci v Davidson

TWO IN A ROW FOR POWERFUL BROOMIEKNOWE PLAYER

HANNAH SCOTT RETAINS MIDLOTHIAN 

TITLE AT MORTONHALL
FROM SHEILA STUART 

Defending champion Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) emerged the winner once again of the  Midlothian women's championship today at Mortonhall Golf Club.
In her semi-final against|Glencorse's Kirsten Blackwood, after a faultering start, Hannah outdrove  and outplayed her opponent to win bt 4 and 2.
The other semi final was keenly contested between past champion Karen Marshall (Baberton) and Sal Shepherd (Craigmillar Park) who had already seen off two Midlothian team members in earlier rounds. 
Sal took an early lead to go four up after seven. Karen fought back to level it at the 18th before Shepherd won at the 21st.
After a delayed start, the final between Scott and Shepherd was fairly even with steady but not outstanding play.
Hannah was one up at the turn. Then the title-holder's longer driving and accuracy to the green paid off and she pulled ahead to win the final at the 15th.
The B Championship was won by Linda Boyle (Harburn) who defeated Marion Glauch (Mortonhall) in the final.

MIDLOTHIAN COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Mortonhall Golf Club.
SCRATCH CHAMPIONSHIP
Semi-finals
Sal Shepherd (Craigmillar Park) bt Karen Marshall (Baberton) at 21st
Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) bt Kirsten Blackwood (Glencorse) 4 and 2
Final
Scott bt Shepherd 4 and 2
B CHAMPIONSHIP
Final
Linda Boyle (Harburn) bt Marion Glauch (Mortonhall) 6 and 4.

 

Four aces in Midlothian pack (left to right): Sal Shepherd, Hannah Scott, Linda Boyle, Kate McIntosh (best scratch qualifier with Robertson Salver)

PICTURES BY MARY RICHARDSON

YOUNGEST EVER WINNER OF COUNT CHAMPIONSHIP AT MELDRUM HOUSE

   kimb

ABOYNE'S PAIR OF ACES - KIMBERLEY BEVERIDGE (left) and SHANNON McWILLIAM

HISTORIC ABERDEENSHIRE TITLE WIN 

BY 14-YEAR-OLD SHANNON McWILLIAM 
 
Shannon McWilliam scored a history-making win in the final of the Aberdeenshire women's county championship at Meldrum House Golf Club, Oldmeldrum on a very wet  afternoon.
In an all-Aboyne final - which must be another record - against 18-year-old Kimberley Beveridge, Shannon triumphed by 2 and 1 and, at 14 years of age, is the youngest ever winner of the county title.
That honour was held by Elaine Farquharson (Deeside) who was 15 when she won the championship - at Aboyne - in 1983.
Rain ruined this year's final as a spectacle and, indeed, forced a suspension of play for over half an hour at the eighth-nith when the course in that area was beginning to show signs of flooding.
Play continued after some energetic squeegieing by
the greenkeeping staff.
Beveridge had taken a two-hole lead by winning the third and fourth but her advantage was wiped out when McWilliam won the seventh and ninth with pars to be all square at the turn.
McWilliam, last year's Scottish Under-14 girls champion, kept her momentum going by winning the short 10th with a 2 to lead for the first time.
A par put her two up at the 12th.
Beveridge kept her hopes alive by winning the 13th with a par but, after the next three holes were halved, McWilliam clinched her historic victory with a birdie - her third of the match - at the 17th for a 2 and 1 win.
Shannon was an approximate one under par at the finish.
"I'm proud to have become the youngest ever Aberdeenshire champion," said Shannon later.
"Seven days ago I lost a couple of balls and did not play well in an Aberdeenshire girls competition at Stonehaven.
"The following weekend I become Aberdeenshire women's champion!"
Young McWilliam had played even better in the morning semi-final to claim the scalp of defending champion Sammy Leslie (Aberdeen Ladies).
Shannon had a bag of five birdies but had to go all the way to the 18th green before winning by two holes.
In the other semi-final, Beveridge ended the hopes  for another year  of Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) that she might go on to win her sixth county title. Kimberley won by one hole.
Underlining the youthful keynote of the championship, 14-year-old Jasmine Mackintosh (Hazlehead) won the Handicap championship. Playing off seven, she beat Lynne Terry, an eight-handicapper at Cruden Bay, by 4 and 3 in the final. 

 Left to right: Sheena Wood, Kimberley Beveridge, Shannon McWilliam and Sammy Leslie.
SCRATCH FINAL
Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) bt Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) 2 and 1.

                      LYNNE TERRY (left) and JASMINE MACKINTOSH
HANDICAP FINAL
Jasmine Mackintosh (Hazlehead) (7) bt Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay) (8) 4 and 3.

STIRLING STUDENT FROM KILMACOLM HOLDS OFF HELEN HOLM WINNER AT PRESTATYN

Eilidh Briggs and her caddie-mum with the Welsh open amateur stroke-play salver.

EILIDH BRIGGS WINS WELSH WOMEN'S

OPEN STROKE-PLAY TITLE

Stirling student Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) scored the best win of her amateur golf career so far today (Sunday) when she had several Curtis Cup-class players in her wake as she led the way
home in the Welsh women's open amateur stroke play championship at Prestatyn Golf Club.
Eilidh scored 74, 68 and 74 over a testing par-75 course for a total of nine-under-par 216. She covered the last seven holes in two under par with birdies at the 12th and 16 under intense pressure.
She won by a shot from the recent Helen Holm Scottish women's stroke-play winner and Curtis Cup selection certainty, Annabel Dimmock (Wentworth).
Dimmock had rounds of 71, 73 and 73 for 217. She bogeyed the 12th and 13th in her final round but birdied the 16th and 18th
Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies), runner-up in the "Helen Holm," finished a creditable joint ninth year, the Ayrshire teenager, last year's Scottish U18 girls champion, totalling 221 with rounds of 73, 74 and 74.
Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), who defends the Scottish closed title at Prestwick later this month, finished 18th on 225 with rounds of 74, 75 and 76.
St Andrews' Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) scored 77, 75 and 76 for a share of 25th plae on 228.
Stirling student Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) finished joint 38th on 232 with rounds of 81, 75 and 76.
WELSH WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR STROKE PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Prestatyn Golf club
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 225 (3x75)
216 E Briggs (Kilmacolm) 74 68 74
217 A Dimmock (Wentworth) 71 73 73
218 Emma Goddard (Royal Liverpool) 72 73 73. Emma O'Driscoll (Ballybunion) 75 71 72, Emily Pedersden (Denmark) 72 71 75, Gemma Clews (Delamere Forest) 74 68 76
219 Bethan Popel (Long Ashton) 76 72 71
220 Gabriella Cowley (Hanbury Manor) 72 72 76
SELECTED TOTALS
221 C Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 73 74 74 (T9)
223 G Hall (Parkstone) 75 72 76 (T13)
225 A McKechin (Eldereslie) 74 75 76 (18th)
228 L Whyte (St Regulus) 77 75 76 (T25)
232 H McCook (Grantown on Spey) 81 75 76 (T38)
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YOUNGSTERS KO THE FAVOURITES IN MELDRUM HOUSE SEMI-FINALS

SHANNON (14) v KIMBERLEY (18) IN

YOUNGEST ABERDEENSHIRE FINAL

This afternoon's Aberdeenshire women's county championship final features two of the youngest ever finalists - and they are both from Aboyne - 14-year Shannon McWilliam (pictured above in action this afternoon)  and 18-year-old Kimberley Beveridge, pictured below in the final.

They beat their more fancied - and older - opponents in this morning's semi-finals at Meldrum House Golf Club, Oldmeldrum.
McWilliam, last year's Scottish U14 girls champion, KOd the defending champion, Sammy Lesle (Aberdeen Ladies) by two holes, birdieing the short 18th to clinch a place in the final.
Shannon reached the quarter-finals but, like Kimberley Beveridge, this is her first appearance in the county final.
Kimberley beat the five times past champion, Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) in another close contest that went to the 18th green before Beveridge prevailed by one hole.
The final tees off at 2.40pm just as the rain came on. The first hole was halved in par 4s, Shannon missing a 4ft birdie putt chance.
And just to underline what a great day for the youngsters was the fact that 14-year-old Jasmine Mackintosh (Hazlehead) won the Handicap championship final.
Playing off seven of a handicap, Jasmine beat the experienced Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay) by 4 and 3.
TODAY'S RESULTS
SCRATCH CHAMPIONSHIP
Semi-finals
Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) bt Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) 1 hole.
Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) bt Sammy Leslie (Aberdeen Ladies) 2 holes.
HANDICAP CHAMPIONSHIP
Final
Jasmine Mackintosh (Hazlehead) bt Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay) 4 and 3.