Dumfries=shire win South Division women's team championship

Venue: Stranraer Golf Club, June 27-28-29

RESULTS
Saturday - Dumfries-shire 7, Galloway 2
Sunday - Dumfries-shire 8, Borders 1
Monday - Galloway 6.5, Borders 2.5

 

Foursomes (Galloway first)

Katie Wright and Maria Cowan bt Sharon Paterson and Leanne Wilson 6 and 5

Gwen Robson and Jenny Edmunds bt Denise Richards and Alison Smith 4 and 3

Sheila McMurtrie and Tracy Milligan bt Tara McTaggart and Fiona Ker

 

Singles

Wright  lost to Mactaggart 6 and 5

Robson  halved with Paterson

 Cowan bt Sheila Cuthbertson 1 hole

Pat Magill  bt Richards 5 and 4

Milligan lost to Wilson 2 holes

 McMurtrie bt Ker 4 and 3

Dumfries-shire win south title to  claim last place 

in Scottish county finals at Stranraer in September

Dumfries-shire won the title with two wins. Galloway were runners-up with one win and Borders third and last with no wins.

So Dumfries-shire, captained by Fiona Alison complete the set of four divisinal champions who will contest the Scottish county finals at Stranraer GC from September 18 to 20.

North Division - Angus

East Division - Midlothian

South Division - Dumfries-shire

West Division - Ayrshire

                  Dumfries-shire, South Division champions 201

  Dumfries-shire captain Fiona Allison with the South Division team championship trophy. She is flanked on the left by tournament organiser Linda Scott and, on the right,  Fiona Ker, Borders captain.

A look back at the 2015 Vagliano Trophy match at Malone GC, Belfast

Leona Maguire was GB and I's main points earner with 3.5pt out of possible 4

TELL-TALE TABLE
Leona Maguire                    W W D W ... 3.5 out of 4
Meghan MacLaren              W --  L W ... 2    out of 3
Bronte Law                           L W L W  ... 2   out of 4
Olivia Mehaffey                    W D D L  ... 2    out of 4
Charlotte Thomas                 L W W L ... 2    out of 4
Hayley Davis                          L L W D  ... 1.5 out of 4
Alice Hewson                         W L L --  ...  1    out of 3
Chloe Williams                       L L L W ...  1    out of 4
Gemma Clews                         -- L -- L  ...  0    out of 2     

World No 1 female amateur Leona Maguire, GB and I's star player, driving at the ninth in the final set of Vagliano Trophy singles at Malone GC, Belfast last Saturday afternoon.
                                               Pictures by Cal Carson Golf Agency

Scot Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies), pictured driving from tne ninth tee at Malone on Saturday afternoon,  was the leading points earner for GB and I in the Junior Vagliano Trophy with 3pt out of 4 

Hazel MacGarvie top GB and I points earner in Junior Vagliano Trophy

Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies)  ..  W W L W  ..... 3pt out of 4
Annabel Wilson (Lurgan, Ireland) .  W L W D   ....  2.5 out of 4
Mairead Martin (Killarney, Ireland) W L W L   ...   2pt out of 4
Hollie Muse (West Lancashire)   ......  L L L W   ...    1pt out of 4
Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) .........  L L L W   ...    1pt out of 4
Emily Price (Cleobury Mortimer) ...  W L L L    ...   1pt out of 4
 

         Annabel Wilson from Lurgan Golf Club, Ireland






 

  

Angus win North Div title again by beating 
Aberdeenshire 6-3 at Murcar Links

      Angus team with the North Division inter-county team championship trophy. Front left is Ailsa Summers and front right Ann Ramsay. Picture by Karen Stalker, Aberdeeshire secretary.

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Angus domination of the North Division in women's county golf continued at Murcar Links today when they won the title again by beating Aberdeenshire, the only other team with a 100 per cent record at the end of two days, 6-3.
Angus won the foursomes 3-0 but Aberdeenshire derived some consolation for holding the 2014 Scottish champions to a 3-3 draw in the final singles.
Angus's victory earns them another  trip to the Scottish county finals, this year at Stranraer in September. They have won the national title twice in the past three years.
Angus topped the final North Division table with three wins for 6pt. Aberdeenshire finished runners-up with two wins for 4pt.
Northern Counties' 6-3 win over Perth and Kinross on the final day meant they finished third with 2pt ahead of pointless P and K 
Secret of Angus's success is their strength in depth. Their most successful players at Murcar Links were Katie Reid and Heather Munro, both with 5pt out of 5.
They were well supported by Gillian Paton with 4.5 out of 5, and Ailsa Summers with 4 out of 5.
Ailsa lost her 100 per cent record in the final session of play, when she was beaten 6 and 4 by Rachel Polson, an outstanding result by the Aberdeenshire player.
DAY THREE
 ABERDEENSHIRE 3, ANGUS 6
Foursomes 0-3
S Leslie and K Beveridge lost to A Summers and H Munro 2 and 1.
S Wood and R Polson lost to A Ramsay and G Paton 4 and 3.
C Wilson and M Stewart lost to J Meek and K Reid 5 and 3.
Singles 3-3
Wilson lost to Paton 3 and 2.
Polson bt Summers 6 and 4.
Stewart lost to Munro 6 and 4.
Beveridge bt Meek 1 hole
Leslie bt J Sneddon 4 and 2. 
D Pocock lost to Reid 3 and 2.

PERTH and KINROSS 3, NORTHERN COUNTIES 6
Foursomes 0.5-2.5
L Walker and E Watson lost to C Thompson and C Taylor 2 and 1.
J Saxton and N Robertson lost to M Sievwright and J Milne 4 and 2.
S Crolla and K Brodie halved with K Harper and A Brown.
Singles 2.5-3.5
Saxton lost to Taylor 6 and 4.
Walker halved with Thompson
Watson bt A Ryan 4 and 3.
Robertson lost to Brown 3 and 1.
S Raitt lost to C Riddell 5 and 3.
L Campbell bt Harper 2 and 1. 
HOW THEY FINISHED
6pt Angus
4pt Aberdeenshire
2pt Northern Counties
0pt Perth and Kinross

+Three of the four teams who will contest the Scottish women's county finals at Stranraer on September 18 to 20 are now known.
North Division - Angus
East Division - Midlothian
West Division - Ayrshire
South Division - not known yet.

Beaten Scots have reasons to be cheerful after 

Vagliano and Junior Vagliano Trophy matches


By COLIN FARQUHARSON
The three Scots involved in the Vagliano and Junior Vagliano Trophy matches at Malone Golf Club flew home from Belfast with high hopes for the future.
Continent of Europe's amateur women's team won the biennial Vagliano Trophy match for the fifth time in a row, beating their Great Britain and Ireland counterparts 12.5-11.5 at the end of the most evenly-contested match in the series since Team Europe took possession of the trophy in 2007.
A lunchtime pep-talk by GB and I team captain Elaine Farquharson-Black before the final session of singles produced a fighting display by her team and at one stage they looked like pulling off a shock win or at least a draw.
Two matches that went to the 18th green in the final session produced only a point to the GB and I total when they might well have boosted it by 1.5pt.
France's Celine Boutier, the new British open amateur champion, and Olivia Mehaffey, who lives only a short drive away from the Malone course, had a nip and tuck contest that was all square on the 18th.
Boutier won the 18th for a one-hole win which was tough luck on 17-year-old Mehaffey. She deserved to get something out of it.
And Hayley Davis was one up playing the last against Germany-based Olivia Cowan, daughter of a Liverpool-born club pro at a Germany club, Cown won the 18th to salvage a square match.  That's how close GB and I were at least to drawing if not winning the Vagliano Trophy.
Consider that two years ago, the Continentals won the Day 2 action by the runaway margin of 10-2 after they had led by only point (6.5-2.5) at halfway, exactly the position at the end of Day 1 in Belfast.
So that underlines the improvement in the quality of the GB and I performance compared with the landslide defeat at Chantilly in 2013.
"It shows you what fighting spirit can achieve and I am now looking forward with a degree of confidence to the Curtis Cup match against the United States at Dunlaoghaire Golf Club, near Dublin next June," said Elaine, an Aberdeen solicitor who specialists in planning and she carried over her day job to being a golf team captain by noting every GB and I player's hole-by-hole scores over the two days.
Mrs Farquharson-Black will be the first Scot to captain a Curtis Cup team since Belle Robertson some 30 years ago.
Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) and Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies) were members of the GB and I team who lost the Junior Vagliano Trophy match to the Continentals but the scoreline of 10.5-7.5 was the most points our Under-16 girls have secured since this biennial competition started in 2011.

Both Shannon, pictured right, and Hazel are too young to be serious contenders for placings in the Curtis Cup match in 2016 but they are improving every year and promotion to the GB and I team for the 2017 Vagliano Trophy at Bologna, Italy is certainly an achievable goal.
"It was a great experience for both of us to play for a GB and I team and we have set our sights on making it into the team of the next Vagliano Trophy match in 2017," said 15-year-old Shannon.
Both McWilliam and MacGarvie are in the Scotland squad for the European girls' team championhip in the Czech Republic from July 7 to 11. The sky's the limit for two of the best Scottish female prospects for some time.

 

Hazel MacGarvie in action for GB and in Junior Vagliano Trophy  match final singles session

Monday, July 6 is closing date for entries

Mackie Bowl - Sunday, July 26
Venue:  Gullane No.1.

This is a 36 hole scratch competition for women with handicap of 12 or less.

There are still spaces available. Entry forms can be downloaded from the 
SLGA website
 This is a wonderful opportunity to play the Scottish Open course (well, most of it, but not from the championship tees!).

Closing date for entries is Monday, July 6

South Division inter-county team championship at Stranraer

SATURDAY

 DUMFRIES-SHIRE 7, GALLOWAY 2

Foursomes 3-0

Rachel Walker and Gemma Batty bt Katie Wright and Maria Cowan 3 and 2

Diane MacDonald and Mirren Fraser bt Sheila McMurtrie and Tracy Milligan 5 and 4

Jordana Graham and Emma Greenlees bt Gwen Robson and Jenny Edmunds 3 and 2

Singles 4-3

Rachel Walker lost to Katie Wright  5 and 3.

Diane MacDonald bt Gwen Robson  3 and 2

Katie Malcolm bt Maria Cowan 1 hole

Jordana Graham bt Pat Magill 3 and 2

Mirren Fraser lost to Tracy Milligan 1 hole

Gemma Batty bt Sheila McMurtrie  2 and 1

 SUNDAY

DUMFRIESH-SHIRE 8, BORDERS 1

Foursomes 3-0

Diane MacDonald and Mirren Fraser bt Alison Smith and Denise Richards 6 and 5

Rachel Walker and Gemma Batty bt Tara Mactaggart and Fiona Ker 4 and 3

Jordana Graham and Emma Greenlees bt Sharon Paterson and Leanne Wilson 2 and 1

Singles 5-1

Gemma Batty bt Leanne Wilson 8 and 7

Rachel Walker bt Fiona Ker 3 and 2

Diane MacDonald bt Sheila Cuthbertson 3 and 2

Mirren Fraser bt Alison Smith 3 and 2

Jordana Graham bt Sharon Paterson 1 hole

Lindsey Kirkwood lost to Tara Mactaggart 4 and 3.