CARLY BOOTH IS THE 2005 COUNTY CHAMPION

Carly Booth played outstanding golf at the weekend to win her first ever County Championship. On Saturday Carly won both her matches against Joan Ritchie(Auchterarder) and Nicki Harding (Craigiehill) which lead to a fantastic semi-final against reigning County Champion Roseanne Niven (Crieff). It was a superb match with birdies and eagles to win holes it was a pleasure to watch both the girls in action. However there has to be one winner and Carly came through to win 3&2.

On the other half of the draw Emma Napper played extremely well to win both her matches on Saturday against Gillian Wallce (Glenisla) and Shona Leighton(Alyth) which led to her semi final against the No 1 seed and fellow clubmate Avril Ker (Craigiehill). On a very close fought match Emma won by 2 holes.

Emma and Carly tee off at 11.52 and with the sun shining down, both played some great golf. Carly won the championship on the 14th green 5&4.

The Gibb Trophy was won by Annabel Niven (Crieff) who is certainly looks like being a bright new star for County Golf. Annabel played beautfully all weekend winning her first match against Maggie Bruce (Alyth) 4&3 then in the afternoon she won against the number one seed Susan Ogg 7&5. The final was against Alison Ker (Craigiehill) which turned out to be an extremly close match with some fantastic golf shoots played it was a joy to watch. Annabelle won on the 18th by one hole.

Well done to all for a super weekends golf. The full weekends result are as follows:

First round
Avril Ker (Craigiehill) bt Alison Stockley (Craigiehill) 2 holes.
Meg Marshall (Blairgowrie) bt Sal Shepherd (Blairgowrie) 3 and 2.
Shona Leighton (Alyth) bt Mary Hope (Blairgowrie) 2 and 1.
Emma Napper (Craigehill) bt Gillian Wallace (Glenisla) 1 hole.
Roseanne Niven (Crieff) bt Jennie French (Alyth) 4 and 3.
Dawn Butchart (Strathmore) bt Jane Yellowlees (Murrayshall) 3 and 2.
Nicky Harding (Craigiehill) bt Jillian Milne (Craigiehill) 2 and 1.
Carly Booth (Auchterarder) bt Joan Ritchie (Auchterarder) 7 and 5.
Quarter-finals
Ker bt Marshall 5 and 4.
Napper bt Leighton 3 and 2.
Niven bt Butchart 2 and 1.
Booth bt Harding 6 and 5.

Semi-finals
Emma Napper (Craigiehill) bt Avril Ker (Craigiehill) 2 holes.
Carly Booth (Auchterarder) bt Roseanne Niven (Crieff) 3 and 2.

Final
Booth bt Napper 5 and 4.

Gibb Trophy
Quarter-finals Susan Ogg (Dunkeld) (24) bt Christine Tripney (Alyth) (17) 1 hole.
Annabel Niven (Crieff) (14) bt Maggie Bryce (Alyth) (15) 4 and 3.
Sandra Johnston (Alyth) (17) bt Kathleen McKay (Crieff) (24) 1 hole.
Alison Ker (Craigiehill) (16) bt Carol Lambie (Dunkeld) (13) 2 and 1.

Semi-finals
Niven bt Ogg 7 and 5
Ker bt Johnston 6 and 5.

Final
Annabel Niven (Crieff) (14) bt Alison Ker (Craigiehill) (16) 1 hole.

The County would like to thank Glenisla Golf Club for their warm welcome and for the suberb condition of the course. Also thanks go to all our members who came to watch and support the girls.
I will post some photos of the day when I get them for our photographer for the day, Meg Marshall.