Angus, Perth and Kinross teams who tied for 2nd place at Edzell

Angus women's golf team who finished joint second with Perth and Kinross in the Northern Division inter-county team championship at Edzell, having won the title three times in the past four years.

Back left to right – Katie Reid, Jacqueline Cameron, Lynne Fenton and Anne Ramsay.

Front left to right – Ashley Smith, Claire Penman, Heather Munro and Jackie Brown.

Pictures by Pat Campbell.

Perth and Kinross, the only team to beat title-winners Aberdeenshire in the inter-county jamboree at Edzell.
Back row:  left to right -  Emily Ogilvy (Muckhart), Jen Saxton (Muckhart) Shonagh Raitt (Crieff), Nicola Robertson (Stirling).
Front row: left to right -  Isla Moncrieff (Pitlochry), Eilidh Watson (Muckhart), Laura Walker (Muckhart), Laura Campbell (Pitlochry).  

PICTURE BY PAT CAMPBELL

Northern Counties team who played at Edzell over weekend

Northern Counties team who finished fourth in the Northern Division women's inter-county team championship at Edzell over the weekend.

Back row (left to right): Ashley Rose (Royal Dornoch), Meg Sievright (Buckpool), Kerri Harper (Inverness) and Claire Riddell (Royal Dornoch).

 Front row: Sandy Jackson (Royal Dornoch), Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey), Carinne Taylor (Nairn) and Cara Gruber (Royal Dornoch)

Rose and Jackson, both Americans, are members of Royal Dornoch Golf Club.

Picture by courtesy of Pat Campbell.

Shannon McWilliam runner-up to Hazlehead teenager

Jasmine Mackintosh wins Stephen Gallacher 

Foundation Vase at Cardrona

NEWS RELEASE

Aberdeen's Jasmine Mackintosh held off a late challenge by fellow North-east player Shannon McWilliam to become the first winner of the Stephen Gallacher Foundation Vase on Sunday.

Mackintosh, a 16-year-old Hazlehead Golf Club member, carded a last-round 75 at Macdonald Cardrona, near Peebles, for a winning two-over-par aggregate of 221.

She finished two ahead of McWilliam after the Aboyne player made up four shots in the last three holes in her closing 72.

"I'm glad that I've managed to win," admitted Mackintosh. "I played steady most of the way round."

Three clear of the field after opening rounds of 74 and 72, Mackintosh made birdie-2s at both the fifth and ninth in an outward 36, level-par.

One-over with three to play, she then finished bogey-birdie-bogey while playing partner McWilliam sandwiched an eagle-3 at the 17th between two pars.

"I not really thinking about how many shots I had in hand on the way round," added Mackintosh, whose previous biggest win came in the North of Scotland girls' championship two years ago.

Gullane's Joanne Free and Hazel McGarvie (Troon Ladies) finished joint-third on 227.

+picture caption: Stephen Gallacher presents the trophy to Jasmine Mackintosh

Scotland girls named for Norway Challenge

NEWS RELEASE FROM SCOTTISHGOLF

The Scotland side has been named for the European girls' amateur team championship in Norway next month.

A six-player team will contest the annual event, this year being held at Oslo GC from July 5 to 9. Hazlehead’s Jasmine Mackintosh has been selected, fresh from winning the Stephen Gallacher Foundation Vase event at Macdonald Cardrona on Sunday.

Troon Ladies’ Hazel MacGarvie, who tied third in the Borders event, is also joined by Kirsty Brodie from Strathmore. Kirsty  finished second in the recent Paul Lawrie Foundation Scottish Schoolgirls Championship at Murrayshall.

Jillian Farrell from Cardross and West Kilbride’s Louise Duncan have earned selection too, with Gullane Ladies’ Joanne Free the most experienced player in the team, aged 18.

Steve Paulding, Scottish Golf Performance Director, said: “This is a very young team and for the majority of them it will be their first European Championship.

“The competition will be tough, but it will hopefully be a great learning experience for them. We are expecting each of the girls to go out and match their best performances of the year. It would be great to make the top eight match-play stage, but that will require everyone to play at their best.” 

Aboyne’s Shannon McWilliam, one of the youngest ever winners of last year’s Scottish Ladies’ Order of Merit, is unavailable for selection due to school commitments.

The Scottish boys’ team for their equivalent European event in Austria will be finalised after this week’s Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters, where a number of players are competing. 
Scottish Boys champion Eric McIntosh (Bruntsfield Links GS) is the only automatic selection for the European team – given Nairn teenager Sandy Scott has been named in the Men’s side – with five other picks to be chosen.

SCOTLAND Girls’ Team (club and age in brackets)

• Kirsty Brodie (Strathmore) age 16.
• Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) 16
• Jillian Farrell (Cardross) 16
• Joanne Free (Gullane Ladies)  18
• Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies) 16
• Jasmine Mackintosh (Hazlehead) 16

The Girls’ team is selected from the leading two players on the Scottish Golf Girls’ Order of Merit and four selectors’ picks.

The Scottish Golf National Squads are sponsored by Aberdeen Asset Management and TaylorMade-adidasGolf.

ENDS

PRESS RELEASE: Teams announced ahead of Interprovincial matches

PRESS RELEASE

 

Women’s and Girls’ Interprovincial Matches

Slieve Russell Golf Club

5-7 July 2016

 

Teams announced ahead of Interprovincial matches

14 June 2016

 

Photo Caption: 2015 Ladies’ Champions Ulster (Front L:R): Niamh Ward, Louise Coffey, Captain Janet Wilson, Victoria Craig, Lisa Maguire. (Back L:R): Tara Gribben and Chloe Weir

 

Leinster, Ulster, Munster and Connacht have announced their teams ahead of the interprovincial matches next month. The defending ladies’ champions Ulster, will have the trophy in sight once again but will face stiff competition from Munster, Connacht and Ulster. The current champions have named a strong side again this year with 2016 Ulster ladies’ champion Lisa Maguire and international Paula Grant on Janet Wilson’s team. However Munster, Connacht and Leinster will be determined to make their mark at Slieve Russell.

 

Meanwhile Munster will be hoping to lift the girls’ trophy again this year. 2015 girls’ international Lisa O’Shea will lead the Munster girls’ charge alongside talented teammates Clodagh Jones (Roscrea), Sara Byrne (Douglas) and Aine Donegan (Woodstock), to name but a few. Connacht, Leinster and Ulster all show as strong on paper and it will be a battle for whatever team emerges on top. 

 

The interprovincial matches will take place at Slieve Russell Golf Club, home club to Leona and Lisa Maguire. Lisa was a member of the victorious Ulster team last year and will be representing her province once again on home soil in a few weeks’ time.

 

Each team shall consist of seven players and a non-playing captain. The interprovincial matches have been running for over half a century and are an essential element in the development of talented and elite golfers. Each province shall play each other by matchplay which will consist of three foursomes matches and five singles matches.

 

Forming part of a magnificent 300 acre estate, including 50 acres of lakes, the highly acclaimed 18-hole championship course at Slieve Russell is wrapped around the lakes and the drumlins of the County Cavan landscape.

 

Women’s Interprovincial Teams

Connacht
Anne Brett (Naas)
Shannon Burke (Ballinrobe)
Clodagh Hopkins (Woodbrook)
Maureen Keane (Westport)
Maeve Kelly (Castledargan)
Fiona Moclair (Ballinasloe)
Noreen Moloney (Oughterard)
Captain: Marie Carr (Athenry)

 

Leinster
Ciara Casey (Hermitage)
Ariana Coyle -Diaz (Elm Park)
Mary Doyle (The Heath)
Meadhbh Doyle (Portarlington)
Aedin Murphy (Carlow)
Deirdre Smith (Co. Louth)
Rachel Taylor (Laytown & Bettystown)
Captain: Ailish McCartan (Greenore)

 

Munster
Aoife Lowry (Tipperary)
Chloe Ryan (Castletroy)
Emma O'Driscoll (Ballybunion)
Katie Aherne (Waterford Castle)
Paula Walsh (Doneraile)
Sarah Cunningham (Ennis)
Tara Whelan (East Clare)
Captain: Tracy Eakin (Dooks)

 

Ulster
Victoria Craig (Royal Belfast)
Paula Grant (Lisburn)
Tara Gribben (Warrenpoint)
Hannah Henderson (Ballyclare)
Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell)
Niamh Ward (Lurgan)
Chloe Weir (Shandon Park)
Captain: Janet Wilson (Royal Belfast)

 

Girls’ Interprovincial Teams

Connacht
Ailbhe Bourke (Enniscrone)
Niamh Cronin (Co. Sligo)
Lorna Mullally (Tuam)
Chloe O'Connor (Roscommon)
Róisín O'Brien (Roscommon)
Maeve Rooney (Co. Sligo)
Róisín Timothy (Roscommon)
Captain: Maureen Leonard-Dodd (Enniscrone)

 

Leinster
Georgia Carr (Milltown)
Elisa Corcoran (Grange)
Anna Foster (Elm Park)
Eleanor Metcalfe (Laytown & Bettystown)
Ellen O'Gorman (Milltown)
Clodagh Walsh (Castlewarden)
Lauren Walsh (Castlewarden)
Captain: Suzie Hayes (Hermitage)

 

Munster
Aideen Walsh
Aine Donegan (Woodstock)
Ciara Leonard (Muskerry)
Clodagh Jones (Roscrea)
Grace McGrath (East Cork)
Lisa O'Shea (Shannon)
Sara Byrne (Dougals)
Captain: Jennifer Hickey (Mallow)

Ulster
Beth Coulter (Kirkistown Castle)
Maeve Cummins (Lurgan)
Kate Dwyer (Rossmore)
Emma Forbes (Newtownstewart)
Anna Morwood (Clandeboye)
Olivia McClurg (Belvoir Park)
Becky McNeice (Malone)
Captain: Kathleen Calvert (RCDL)

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