Hannah Screen wins Bridget Jackson Bowl

Venue: Handsworth Golf Club

Par 144 (2x72) SSS 73. CSS 73 73

ALL THE FINAL TOTALS
141 Hannah Screen (Berkhamsted) 71 70
142 Emily Brennan (Trentham) 71 71
143 Bethan Morris (Tenby) 73 70, Amy Taylor (Bawburgh) 70 73, Rhian Barton (Carden Park) 69 74.
145 Elizabeth Prior (Burhill) 73 72, Harriet Allesebrook (Shifnal) 72 73, Georgia Lewis (Southerndown) 71 74.
146 Natasha Ainsley-Thomas (Whittlebury Park) 77 69.
147 Jordan Ryan (Newport) 76 71
148 Lucy Jones (Wrexham) 79 69, Harriet Teversham (Yeovil) 74 74, Cara Gainer (Castle Royle) 74 74, Emily Price (Cleobury Mortimer) 73 75, Fern Clark (S Staffs) 73 75, Fauve Birch (Pennard) 73 75, Nicola Wainwright (Rhuddlan) 72 76.
149 Daniella Ubasa (The Buckinghamshire) 78 71.
150 Lily Downs (Romanby) 75 75, Sophie Johnson (Telford) 74 76.
151 Elizabeth Haycock (Ladbrook Park) 80 71, Ainee O'Connor (Sundridge Park) 74 77, Sarah Gee (West Wilts) 73 78
152 Georgia Pritchard (Beau Desert) 78 74, Morgan Thomas (Beau Desert) 74 78
153 Lisa Barton (Coventry) 74 79
154 Jasmin Pnaiser (Handsworth) 75 79
155 Ffion Vineall (Newport) 82 73
158 Louise Caldon (Enmore Park) 82 76, Olivia Kelly (Erewash Valley) 80 78.
159 Annabel Pitts (Beadlow Manor) 79 80.
160 Sophie Caldon (Enmore Park) 84 76, Ella Mason (Ely City) 79 81.
161 Rachel Wainwright (Rhuddlan) 81 80, Ffion Evans (Newport) 81 80, Lee-Anne Bramwell (Abergele) 77 84.
162 Holly Langford (Perton Park) 83 79.
164 Fiona McCann (Royal Cinque Ports) 83 81.
165 Zhanna Tarasco (Bourn) 82 83
166 Emily Sutton (Walsall) 85 81.
167 Olivia Jay (Waterton Park) 85 82, Brogan Calvert (Lancaster) 81 86
169 Terri Smith (Penn) 88 81, Annette Deeley (S Staffs) 80 89.
170 Katie Symonds (Aston Wood) 87 83
176 Amelia Easthope (Rhuddlan) 85 91.
194 Amelia Taylor (Harwood) 98 96
Retired: Alice Barlow (Hintlesham) 78 ret.

Irish Senior Women's Close Championship

 Bunclody Golf and Fishing Club
 7 July 4-7, 2017

Gertie McMullen is leading qualifier for the match-play stages of the Irish senior women's close championship at Bunclody Golf and Fishing Club.

She had rounds of 75 and 74 for five-over-par 149.

Laura Webb (East Berkshire) had the same total but had the higher second-round (a 75) and had to be content with No 2 seed status.

Qualifying Results

 Par 144 (2x72), SSS 72, CSS Rd 1 73 and Rd 2 73

149 G McMullen (The Island), 75, 74; L Webb (East Berkshire), 74, 75

150 C Reilly (The Heath), 77, 73

153 V Shannon (Lahinch), 75, 78; V McBride (Belvoir Park ), 75, 78

154 M Dowling (Mallow), 78, 76; S Corcoran (Portumna), 74, 80

155 C Wickham (Laytown and Bettystown), 78, 77

156 S McElroy (Grange), 79, 77

157 P Walsh(Headfort), 79, 78; M McAuliffe (Ballybunion), 77, 80

158 P Doran (Donabate), 78, 80; M O'Reilly (Headfort), 76, 82; M MacLaren (Royal Portrush), 76, 82

160 E Kirwan (Killiney), 80, 80

161 V Houston (City of Derry), 80, 81; C Hopkins (Woodbrook), 79, 82; K Evans (Royal Co Down Ladies), 76, 85

162 M Henderson (Royal Belfast), 83, 79

165 M Campion (Killarney), 83, 82

166 H Jones (Royal Portrush), 86, 80; F Corbett (Castletroy), 84, 82; Y Ryan Daly (Tipperary), 83, 83

167 J Donaldson (Royal Portrush), 84, 83

169 M Hayes (Tralee), 88, 81; J Scanlon (Newcastle West), 83, 86

170 A Monteith (Slieve Russell), 87, 83; S O'Herlihy (Muskerry), 86, 84; M Duane (Hermitage), 84, 86; P Murray (Naas), 83, 87

171 M Sheehy (Tralee), 83, 88

172 M Kinsella (Tullamore), 92, 80; G Butler (Birr), 90, 82

173 F Burke (Mullingar), 88, 85

174 F Glass (Ballycastle), 88, 86; A O'Connor (Newcastle West), 84, 90

177 V Hassett (Ennis), 88, 89

179 M Cronin (Stackstown), 89, 90; B Swords-Cox (Carlow), 87, 92; A Ferguson (Royal Co Down Ladies), 83, 96

180 P Morgan (Lahinch), 93, 87; D O'Keeffe (Mullingar), 93, 87; F McComb (Ballycastle), 91, 89; M Geaney (Killarney), 90, 90

181 M Dempsey (Charlesland), 90, 91

182 K Burke (Connemara), 92, 90

183 Y MacSweeney (Wexford), 92, 91

186 A Derham (Roganstown), 94, 92; N Smyth (Royal Portrush), 89, 97

188 M Conlon (The Heath), 93, 95; M Cummins (Castletroy), 92, 96

189 B Murphy (Woodenbridge), 94, 95

194 C Dunne (Slade Valley), 100, 94

196 A Murphy(Ballyliffin), 97, 99

197 K Moylan (Tullamore), 97, 100

200 S Conroy (Tipperary), 107, 93

NR C Roche (Carlow)
WD A Conway (New Ross)

Championship Match Play Draw

09:42 Gertie McMullen (The Island) -v- Clodagh Hopkins (Woodbrook)    

09:51 Carol Wickham (Laytown and Bettystown) -v- Sheena McElroy (Grange)    

10:00 Valerie Shannon (Lahinch) -v- Mary MacLaren (Royal Portrush)    

10:09 Violet McBride (Belvoir Park) -v- Maria O'Reilly (Headfort)    

10:18 Laura Webb (East Berkshire) -v- Vivienne Houston (City of Derry)    

10:27 Suzanne Corcoran (Portumna) -v- Margaret McAuliffe (Ballybunion)    

10:36 Catherine Reilly (The Heath) -v- Emer Kirwan (Killiney)    

10:45 Mary Dowling (Mallow) -v- Pat Doran (Donabate)


Plate Match Play Draw 

08:30 Kate Evans (Royal Co. Down Ladies) -v- Mairead Cronin (Stackstown)    

08:39 Ann Monteith (Slieve Russell) -v- Mary Duane (Hermitage)    

08:48 Yvonne Daly Ryan (Tipperary) -v- Fiona Glass (Ballycastle)    

08:57 Jo Donaldson (Royal Portrush) -v- Mary Kinsella (Tullamore)    

09:06 Margaret Campion (Killarney) -v- Valerie Hassett (Ennis)    

09:15 Joan Scanlon (Newcastle West) -v- Paula Murray (Naas)     

09:24 Fiona Corbett (Castletroy) -v- Ann O'Connor (Newcastle West)    

09:33 Margaret Hayes (Tralee) -v- Mary Sheehy (Tralee)

Sandra Barnett
Tournament Officer

Irish Ladies Golf Union 

Eilidh Watson beats Gillian Paton in North of

Scotland final at Kemnay

Linda Bell (Kemnay), left, winner of the handicap championship, and Eilidh Watson (Muckhart). winner of the scratch championship. Picture by courtesy of Karen Stalker

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Muckhart's Eilidh Watson, the Perth and Kinross county champion, added another title to her CV when she beat Gillian Paton (Royal Montrose), the Angus county title-holder, by 3 and 2 in the final of the North of Scotland women's amateur championship at Kemnay Golf Club this afternoon.
Watson, who also won the Highland Women's Open at Pitlochry last year, was in top form, covering the front nine in the final in three-under-par 34, including an eagle at the second.
She was one-under-par for the holes played on the inward half..
Eilidh, the No 2 seed, won her semi-final against clubmate and No 3 qualifier, Jen Saxton, by one hole and then faced Paton who had KOd the top seed, Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) by 3 and 2 in the other semi-final.
The handicap championship was won by leading qualifier Linda Bell (Kemnay). Playing off 20, she beat Mary Robinson (Murcar Links) (16) by 3 and 1 in the final.

NORTH OF SCOTLAND WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Kemnay Golf Club

SCRATCH
SEMI-FINALS
Gillian Paton (Royal Montrose) bt Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) 3 and 2.
Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) bt Jen Saxton (Muckhart) 1 hole.
FINAL
Watson bt Paton 3 and 2

HANDICAP
SEMI-FINALS
Linda Bell (Kemnay) (20) bt Joan Cooper (Forres) (16) 4 and 2.
Mary Robinson (Murcar Links) (16) bt Michelle Finnie (Aberdeen Ladies) (11) at 21st.
FINAL
Bell bt Robinson 3 and 1.
CLICK HERE for all the results

Hannah Darling, only 13, is youngest ever
winner of Scottish girls' Under-18 title


By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe), only 13 years of age, has become of the youngest winner of the Scottish U18 girls' amateur championship.
She beat Jillian Farrell (Cardross) by 2 holes in the 36-hole final at Scotscraig Golf Club, Fife after being one up at the end of 18 holes.
Jane Connachan was 14 when she won the girls' title for the first time.
Hannah, who has three of a handicap, was one under par for the 36 holes. After being all square at the 31st, which Farrell won with a birdie 2, Darling finished with a winning birdie 2 at the 33rd, a winning eagle 3 with a chip-in at the 34th; lost the 35th to a birdie from Jillian, and then won the 36th with a birdie to her opponent's bogey.
Farrell was three over par for the 36 holes.
Darling was four up at the ninth in the first round but Farrell won the 11th, 12th and 13th to get back to one down.
The finalists combined to produce six birdies over the last seven holes of the first round, Darling birdied the 15th to go two up, Farrell birdieing the 16th to get one back. The 18th was halved in birdies.
“It’s a bit surreal at the moment, my WhatsApp is going crazy,” admitted Darling, going into third year at Lasswade High School and coached by Ian Muir.
 “It’s not sunk in yet to be honest. Jillian came back at me, she was making birdies, but chipping in twice was important at both the seventh and the 16^th in the second round.”
Darling, announced earlier this week as one of six Scottish girls set to journey to the Solheim Cup next month as part of ‘Project 19’, added: “You have to believe you can do it, but I’m obviously one of the youngest here so it was just about trying to do my best and how I compare with older girls.
“I only got a handicap three years ago, but I’ve been hitting plastic clubs since I was four, coming up through ClubGolf.”



SCOTTISH U18 GIRLS' CHAMPIONSHIP
Scotscraig GC, Fife
FINAL
Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe) bt Jillian Farrell (Cardross) 2 holes

ENTRY INFORMATION FOR THE STEPHEN GALLACHER FOUNDATION TROPHIES

STEPHEN GALLACHER FOUNDATION UNDER 12 TROPHY

GOGARBURN GC

25th, 26th and 27th July

Entry fee £15

Entry is OPEN to all boys and girls aged 11 or under on 1st January 2017.

ENTRIES WILL CLOSE ON SUNDAY 17th JULY

It will be played over Gogarburn GC 12 hole golf course, approx 3,100yrds long and will consist of 3 rounds of stroke play. One round each day.

There will be two sections, the main event the Under 12 category and an Under 10 category. .

The main trophy will be for the lowest scratch score over the 3 rounds.

There will be scratch prizes along with daily prizes where applicable.

Prizes for each section will be dependent upon number of entrants received.

The top 3 scratch prize winners will be invited to our end of season "Race to Dunbar" with Stephen Gallacher

The top 10 scratch winners will also be invited to our end of season Flag/Stroke Play Finals Day at Kingsfield with Stephen Gallacher

The event is non-counting for handicap purposes.

To enter please visit www.sgfoundation.co.uk, tournament section or contact Scott Knowles at scott@sgfoundation.co.uk

STEPHEN GALLACHER FOUNDATION UNDER 15 TROPHY

RATHO PARK GC

31st July, 1st August and 2nd August

Entry fee £20

Entry is open to any boy or girl aged 14 or under on 1st January 2017 who currently holds a CONGU handicap

ENTRIES WILL CLOSE ON SUNDAY 17th JULY

It will be played over Ratho Park GC  and will consist of 3 rounds of stroke play. One round each day.

There will be two sections, the main event the Under 15 category and an Under 13 category. .

The main trophy will be for the lowest scratch score over the 3 rounds with a trophy for the Under 13 scratch winner.

There will also be trophies in each section for the lowest total nett score

There will be daily prizes where applicable.

Number of Prizes in each section will be dependent upon number of entrants received.

The top 3 scratch prize winners and top 3 handicap prize winners in each category will be invited to our end of season "Race to Dunbar" with Stephen Gallacher

To enter please visit www.sgfoundation.co.uk, tournament section or contact Scott Knowles at scott@sgfoundation.co.uk

 

Darling one up on Farrell after 18 holes of

Scottish girls' 36-hole final

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe) was one up against Jillian Farrell (Cardross) after 18 holes of the 36-hole Scottish U18 girls' amateur championship final at Scotscraig Golf Club, Fife.
Darling, pictured, had much the better of the opening nine holes and was four up at the turn, having own the fourth, seventh, eighth and ninth with par figures.
Farrell got her game together after the turn and won the 11th with a par, the 12th with a birdie and the 13th with a birdie to slash her deficit to only one hole.
Darling birdied the 15th to go two up again but Farrell birdied ther 16th to go back to one down.
The 18th was halved in birdies.
Between them, the finalists had six birdies over the last seven holes - quality stuff!

Team Europe's dominance of Vagliano Trophy has surely earned them the right of a separate match against the USA?

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Six Vagliano Trophy wins in a row over Great Britain and Ireland has, in my opinion, earned the Continent of Europe women's amateur team a higher place in the pecking order of women's international golf.
I am not suggesting, as some do, that the Curtis Cup format should be changed so that the United States play an all-Europe team, i.e. one chosen from the ranks of both Great Britain and Ireland, and the Continent of Europe.
What I would like to see is a new women's international trophy match introduced to the golfing calendar, namely the Continent of Europe versus the United States.
The stumbling block is that the Curtis Cup and Vagliano Trophy matches are played in alternate years which means there is no room to introduce a third, separate contest as I have outlined.
One idea I had - and I am never short of them! - is that GB and I, the USA and the Continent of Europe could play the Curtis Cup, the Vagliano Trophy and the "New Trophy Match" in an intermingled six-day bonanza of international quality amateur women's match-play golf. The Curtis Cup would still feature GB and I v the USA, and the Vagliano Trophy would still be GB and I v Continent of Europe but the third contest on a six-day programme would be the USA v the Continent of Europe, each team having a rest day after two consecutive days of play.

Richard Heath, General Secretary of the European Golf Association, has this to say on the subject:
"Both the Curtis Cup and Vagliano Trophy are steeped in history and we do enjoy the opportunity the latter presents us in terms of a match against GB and I as a ladies’ equivalent of the Jacques Léglise and St Andrews Trophies.
"There is little doubt regarding the strength of ladies’ elite amateur golf on the Continent and I think that we could field a team to well-challenge the United States. However, the EGA does offer both the GB and I and the Continental players the opportunity to be selected to play for Europe in the recently-inaugurated Patsy Hankins Trophy vs Asia-Pacific.
"For the younger players, there is the chance for Junior Solheim and Junior Ryder Cup selection.
"With regard to your concept of a six-day programme featuring GB and I, the Continent of Europe AND the United States,  I think that the rather disjointed programme would dilute the interest. Following the third day, a team may choose to focus on one particular match and “conserve energy” on another. 
"Also, how would it look if: Europe defeated USA, GB and I defeated Europe, USA defeat GB and I – who then really wins with such bittersweet results?"

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Six Vagliano Trophy wins in a row over Great Britain and Ireland has, in my opinion, earned the Continent of Europe women's amateur team a higher place in the pecking order of women's international golf.
I am not suggesting, as some do, that the Curtis Cup format should be changed so that the United States play an all-Europe team, i.e. one chosen from the ranks of both Great Britain and Ireland, and the Continent of Europe.
What I would like to see is a new women's international trophy match introduced to the golfing calendar, namely the Continent of Europe versus the United States.
The stumbling block is that the Curtis Cup and Vagliano Trophy matches are played in alternate years which means there is no room to introduce a third, separate contest as I have outlined.
One idea I had - and I am never short of them! - is that GB and I, the USA and the Continent of Europe could play the Curtis Cup, the Vagliano Trophy and the "New Trophy Match" in an intermingled six-day bonanza of international quality amateur women's match-play golf. T
The Curtis Cup would still feature GB and I v the USA, and the Vagliano Trophy would still be GB and I v Continent of Europe but the third contest on a six-day programme would be the USA v the Continent of Europe, each team having a rest day after two consecutive days of play.

Richard Heath, pictured right, the Switzerland-based secrtary of the European Golf Association, has this to say on the subject:
"Both the Curtis Cup and Vagliano Trophy are steeped in history and we do enjoy the opportunity the latter presents us in terms of a match against GB and I as a ladies’ equivalent of the Jacques Léglise and St Andrews Trophies.
"There is little doubt regarding the strength of ladies’ golf on the Continent and I think that the Continental ladies could well-challenge the United States. However, in terms of “stepping-up”, the EGA does offer both GB and I and Continental players the chance to be selected to play for Europe in the recently-inaugurated Patsy Hankins Trophy vs Asia-Pacific.
"For the younger players, there are the Junior Solheim and Junior Ryder Cups.
"There will also be a ladies match: US vs “The World” in a new version of the Arnold Palmer Cup.
"With regard to your concept of a six-day programme featuring GB and I, the Continent of Europe AND the United States,  I wonder how the rather disjointed programme would be received; i.e., playing one team for one trophy one day and then another team for another trophy the next. Following the third day, a team may choose to focus on one particular match and “conserve energy” on another. 
"Also, how would it look if: Europe defeated USA, GB and I defeated Europe, USA defeat GB and I – who then really wins with such bittersweet results?"

North of Scotland women's championship at Kemnay

Gillian Paton beats Kimberley Beveridge and


plays Eilidh Watson in final


By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Top seed Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) was beaten 3 and 2 by Angus county champion Gillian Paton, the fourth best qualifier, in this morning's semi-finals of the North of Scotland women's amateur championship at Kemnay Golf Club.
In this afternoon's 18-hole final, Paton will play the No 2 seed Eilidh Watson who beat Muckhart clubmate, Jen Saxton, by one hole in the other semi-final.
The handicap final will be between leading net qualifier Linda Bell (Kemnay), who plays off 20, and former Aberdeenshire county secretary Mary Robinson (Murcar Links), who has a handicap of 16.


RESULTS:
SCRATCH
SEMI-FINALS
Gillian Paton (Royal Montrose) bt Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) 3 and 2.
Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) bt Jen Saxton (Muckhart) 1 hole.
FINAL
Watson bt Paton 3 and 2

HANDICAP
SEMI-FINALS
Linda Bell (Kemnay) (20) bt Joan Cooper (Forres) (16) 4 and 2.
Mary Robinson (Murcar Links) (16) bt Michelle Finnie (Aberdeen Ladies) (11) at 21st.
FINAL
Bell bt Robinson 3 and 1.

 Darling v Farrell Scottish girls' 36-hole final

                            HANNAH DARLING (picture courtesy of Scottish Golf)

SCOTTISH GOLF NEWS RELEASE
In the Scottish U18 girls championship at Scotscraig,  top seed Louise Duncan (West Kilbride), the leading qualifier after the 36 holes of stroke play, lost  2 and 1 against Broomieknowe’s Hannah Darling.

In the other clash, there was another sight surprise, as favourite Shannon McWilliam from Aboyne, who will represent Scotland at women’s European level next week, was edged out 2 and 1 by Scotland girls’ international Jillian Farrell (pictured)  from Cardross.

“I feel like I kept the ball in play very well,” said Farrell (pictured left by courtesy of Scottish Golf).
 “I was hitting fairways and greens and that definitely helped. Getting my longer putts to the hole helped too.
“I’m really looking forward to just having the opportunity to go out there and try and win it on Wednesday . I’ll just try and do my best and see how it goes.”
The girls’ handicap match-play final was won by America-based Abby Hunter. She finished one up  against Claire McLaughlin from West Kilbride.
Scotscraig, which celebrates its bicentenary this year, looks forward to two great finals on Wednesday


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View scores Girls nett matchplay


Josh Greer, a 16-year-old Scot who moved with his family to Australia five years ago, has stormed all the way to the Scottish U18 boys’ championship final at Scotscraig GC, Fife.
After a week of upsets at the event, running concurrently with the Scottish girls championship for the first time, Greer saw off two Scotland boy internationals on Tuesday, first taking the scalp of Lewis Irvine (Kirkhill) and then Callum Bruce (Duff House Royal).
A slender figure who originally hails from Gourock, Greer was cheered on by his dad, John, whose working life took him to Perth (the Oz version) in 2012, where his son now plays out of Joondalup in Western Australia.


 View latest scores Scottish Boys

Having held his nerve to oust Irvine at the 20^th, Greer was always in control against Bruce, but had to wait until a birdie at the 17^th to claim a memorable 2 and 1 victory.
While the steady drizzle in Fife could have acted as a challenge to Greer, he simply took it in his stride as he continues to enjoy his summer golf ‘holiday’ back in Scotland.




“The new date for this year’s event has allowed me to play,” said Greer, a shorter hitter who only recently turned 16. “I’ve enjoyed my return to Scotland. You could be more aggressive today as there wasn’t as much wind.
“The trip back here is definitely going better than expected, I feel as though I’m getting better each day. I’ve been back to Scotland kind of every second year since we moved to Australia, so I’m still used to the conditions.”
Greer will now meet Greg Dalziel from Airdrie in Wednesday's  36-hole final at Scotscraig, as he came through by a hole against Lochgelly’s Dean Walsh after his poor finish.