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Tuesday, August 30, 2005

BANCHORY CENTERNARY CELEBRATIONS

Banchory Golf Club's Centenary Ladies Open on Saturday, September 10 could do with a few more entries to make it worthy of the occasion. Silver Division players, for whom the entry fee is £16, play 36 holes while Bronze Division players, who play one round, pay £12. If you are interested in taking part entries can be phoned to Banchory Golf Club at 01330 822365.

Tuesday, August 23, 2005


CAPTAINS DAY

What a super day it was yesterday for Captains Day. The weather just couldn't have been better and the course was in fabulous condition. Our thanks go to Taymouth Castle for all their help and especially the professional Gavin who had all our cards written ready for play. Thanks also to our Captain Pam Drysdale for hosting the day.

Well done to the winners Gillian Wallace, Scratch 77 and Janet Griffiths with a net 70 Janet also shot a gross 77. Well done to both. The result are below.

Monday, August 22, 2005

Captain's Day - Taymouth Castle 22.08.05

Results : CSS 74

Handicap - 1st Janet Griffiths ( Comrie ) H'cap 7 Net 70
2nd Maya Robertson ( Taymouth ) H'cap 16 Net 71
3rd Kathleen McKay ( Crieff ) H'cap 21 Net72

Scratch - 1st Gillian Wallace ( Glenisla ) 77
2nd Dawn Butchart ( Strathmore ) 79

Raffle winners : Sheila MacDougal ( Dunkeld ), Ailene Miller ( Auchterarder )
Cathy Irving ( Blairgowrie ), Agnes Watson ( Murrayshall ), Lyn Murray ( Kinross ).

Saturday, August 20, 2005

CARLY FINISHES JOINT 13TH

After two par rounds of 72, and a final total of 297, Team member Carly Booth finished the British Womens Open in tied 13th. What a fantastic achievment for one so young. After congratulating Carly last night, she said she was happy with her perfomance but still felt it could have been better!
Emily had a final round 82, making her total 313 finishing joint 39th. The overall winner was Dunblane member Heather Macrae. Great to see the Trophy remaining in Scotland!

Well done to all girls.

Friday, August 19, 2005


CARLY SHOOTS ANOTHER PAR ROUND

Carly Booth has completed her final round at the British Womens Open Championship and finished in style with another par round of 72. Excellent golf by Carly, lets not forget she is still only 13 years old! This places her equal 17th at present but with many still to complete there round this may change. Carly final round consisted of two bogeys at the 1st and 6th holes and two birdies at the 2nd and 10th. Well done Carly

Emily has still to complete her final round.
3RD ROUND RESULTS

Carly Booth posted an excellent par round of 72 this morning which brought her into joint 18th position. This was an excellent score considering a triple bogey 7 on the 13th hole. She also had a bogey at the par 3 11th hole but posted four birdies at the par 4 2nd and 16th, the par 3 6th, and the finishing par 5 18th.
Emily shot an 80 placing her joint 32nd. Emily had two double bogeys at the 3rd and 14th and 6 bogey's at 4th, 5th, 6th 8th 16th and 17th. However she did birdie the 2nd and 10th hole.

Carly is teeing off at 12.22 and Emily at 12.58.
Best of luck to both
EMILY AND CARLY BOTH QUALIFY

Emily Ogilvy and Carly Booth are both qualifiers for todays final two rounds at the British Womens Championship. Emily didn't score quite as well yesterday with a 78 but this was good enough to be in joint 17th. Carly shot an excellent 75 and has already completed her first round this morning and has posted a brilliant 72. This should move her closer to the top before this afternoon's round.

Unfortunately Roseanne Niven missed the cut by only one shot.

I will try to keep you posted, however a little thing called work keeps getting in my way!

Thursday, August 18, 2005

EMILY SITTING TIED FOURTH

Team Member Emily Ogilvy is only two shots off the lead at the British women's open amateur golf championship at Nairn Golf Club. Emily is only one over par and sitting equal 4th at present. This is an even greater achievement considering Emily clawed her way back into contention from four shots in a bunker at the first hole. A great show of determination on her part. Roseanne Niven is also playing well at 4 over which is equal 21st and Carly Booth at 5 over par is equal 29th.
However several hours of unrelenting rain is threatening today second round. Four pin placements have been changed and the green keeping staff are working relentlessly to keep the course playable. Hopefully the rain will stop and play will not be disrupted.
We wish the girls well today.

Saturday, August 13, 2005

McPherson Medals - Milnathort Golf Club 12.08.05

Final Junior Meeting this Season!

Ten young ladies played 18Holes, twelve played 9Holes and three played 7Holes.

The results were excellent:

7-Holes:
1st Leah Doogan ( Alyth )
2nd Lucy McNab ( Kinross )
3rd Louise MacKay ( Milnathort )

9-Holes:
1st Rhiannon Stewart ( Pitlochry ) Net 33
2nd Erin Miller ( Pitlochry ) Net 34
3rd Caitlin Bartrop ( Whitemoss ) Net 35
4th Emily Aird ( Strathmore ) Net 46

18-Holes:
Gold Medal-1st Scratch- Jacqueline Sneddon ( Alyth ) 82
2nd Scratch- Lucy Gilmour ( Strathmore ) 88
Silver Medal-1st H'cap- Patricia Mennie ( Auchterarder ) (36) Net 67
2nd H'cap- Julienne Peebles ( Craigie Hill ) (17) Net 73
3rd H'cap- Lauren Marchbank ( Auchterarder ) (34) Net 74

Well done to everyone who played and many thanks to Milnathort Golf Club and to all who helped!

Carol and Lenore.


A GREAT TURN OUT FOR CAPTAINS DAY

An excellent day is in prospect for Captains Day at Taymouth Castle on Monday 22nd August. With 90 ladies taking part this will be one of the highest attended day meetings for some time. There are a few spaces still left so please contact Carol if you wish to attend.

The draw is as follows:

09.30 D Butchart, B Clough, G Wallace
09.37 M Hope, J Yellowlees, C Dunbar
09.45 L Kyle, M McPherson, L Miskimmin
09.52 A Henry, R Brass, J Griffiths,
10.00 L Gregory, L Murray, C Irving
10.07 M Watson, D Benzies, J Hamilton
10.15 D Farquhar, A Miller, R Duncan
10.22 M McGlashan, H Bunch, J Heaney
10.30 K Jarvie, P Drysdale, S Mitchell
10.37 J Stevenson, L Westwood, H Welsh
10.45 K McKay, M McNaughton, H Dalgleish
10.52 S Service, W Stewart, D Whytock
11.00 J Kennedy, S MacDougal, M Whittet
11.07 J Muirhead, F Wildsmith, M Robertson
11.15 A McGregor, F Guild, S Bowers
11.22 H Gibson, S Dunphy, A Duncan
11.30 C Robertson, S Mellor, M Halkerston
11.37 A Spence, L Fall, S. Ogg
11.45 J Hewitt, C Monks, A Duff
11.52 J Clowe, M Aitken, R Hoad
12.00 A Watson, R Gowrie, J Thom
12.07 D Wallace, P Hebner, J Blair
12.15 C Peebles, J Laburn, C Choudhray
12.22 M Chalmers. B Harley, E Watson
12.30 S McNaughton, A M Sinclair, I Shepherd
12.37 I Murray, M Storry, A Crossland
12.45 M Carruthers, A Young, M Robertson-Lang
12.52 M Macrae, Alexis Sinclair, M Middleton
13.00 M Ritchie, C Lambie, F Anderson
13.07 P Wanless, C Turner, C Peters
13.15 P Colquhoun, D Doris, L. Fertacz

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

BRITISH GIRLS ROUND ONE

In the first qualifying round for the British girls’ open amateur golf championship at West Hill Golf Club near London yesterday Carly made a great start shooting a 74, Roseanne who shot a 78 is on the borderline of the cut. The 64 players with the lowest aggregates after today’s second round will go forward to the match-play stages. There are at present 71 players with scores of 78 or better.
The other scottish scores are as follows:
Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle), 72,
Carly Booth (Auchterarder), 74,
Krystle Caithness (St Regulus) 76,
Sally Watson (Elie & Earlsferry) 76
Roseanne Niven (Crieff) 78
Rebecca Watson (Elie & Earlsferry) 79
Michelle Thomson (McDonald Ellon) 80
Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 81
Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 81
Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie) 81
Jane Turner (Mortonhall) 84
Laura Murray (Alford) 84

Best of luck today from us all.

Monday, August 08, 2005

ROSEANNE AND CARLY AT BRITISH GIRLS OPEN

Joining the already impressive line up at this week's British open girls' championship - maximum age 18 on January 1 - at West Hill Golf Club, Surrey, are P&K Team members Carly Booth and Roseanne Niven. The tournament kicks off with two rounds of Strokeplay on Monday and Tuesday followed by matchplay later in the week. We send all our best wishes to the girls and look forward to this weeks play.

There are a few more scots joining our girls the full list of scottish girls are as follows:
Krystle Caithness (St Regulus), Carly Booth (Auchterarder), Laura Murray (Alford), Roseanne Niven (Crieff), Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), Sally and Rebecca Watson (Elie & Earlsferry), Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm), Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle), MicheleThomson (McDonald Ellon), Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie) and Jane Turner (Mortonhall).
ROSEANNE MOST SUCCESSFUL SCOTTISH PLAYER

Sadly Scotland did not lift the trophy at the girls' home international matches however P&K have much to be proud of. Team member Roseanne Niven, who notched 4 1/2pt out of six was Scotlands top point earner. Next came Carly Booth along with Sally Watson with 3pt each. P&K girls did us proud once again.

Thursday, August 04, 2005

CARLY AND ROSEANNE NO1 AND 3

When it comes to stroke play our County Champion Carly Booth excels. Her strokeplay scores have placed her in the No 1 position in the Paull and Williamsons girls' rankings. Carly, who is a scratch golfer at the age of 13 has an average score of 1.60 over CSS in five of the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association-designated tournaments she has played. P&K Team mate Roseanne Niven is in third place with an average of 2.5 over the CSS. Well done to both girls.
The newly updated rankings are:
1 Carly Booth (Auchterarder),
2 Krystle Caithness (St Regulus),
3 Roseanne Niven (Crieff),
4 Rebecca Watson (Elie & Earlsferry),
5 Laura Murray (Alford),
6 Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon),
7 Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle),
8 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm),
9 Sally Watson (Elie & Earlsferry),
10 Rachael Livingstone (Musselburgh Old)
CARLY AND ROSEANNE DO SCOTLAND PROUD

County Team members Carly Booth and Roseanne Niven who are representing scotland at the girls' home international golf matches at Worplesdon Golf Club, made a great start to their week when Scotland beat Ireland 61/2 - 21/2 Carly partnering Michele Thomson won on the 18th green and Roseanne Niven partnering Megan Briggs won their tie by 4 and 3. In the afternoon singles Carly won her match 7 & 5 whilst Roseanne held her opponent to a square game. A fantastic start for both girls - very well done from all at P&K.
The full results were as follows:
GIRLS' HOME INTERNATIONALS - Worplesdon GC
SCOTLAND 6 ½, IRELAND 2 ½
Foursomes:
K Caithness & S Watson lost to F Carroll & D McVeigh 2 holes;
C Booth & M Thomson bt E Gilmore & A McCormack 1 hole;
M Briggs & R Niven bt V Bradshaw & S Faller 4 and 3
(2-1).
Singles:
S Watson bt McVeigh 4 and 3,
K MacDonald bt Bradshaw 5 and 3,
C Booth bt S Meadow 7 and 5,
R Watson bt McCormack 6 and 4,
R Niven halved with L Holmes,
K Caithness lost to Carroll 2 holes
(4½-1½).