COUNTY PLAYER RUNNER-UP IN TEXAS

County Team Member Emily Ogilvy had a fantastic result this week finishing second and helping her American college, the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, to win the team title in the Islander Spring Classic women's golf tournament at Corpus Christi, Texas. Over the 6,100 yrd par 72 course Emily had rounds of 72, 70 and 76 for a two-over-par tally of 218. Emily would have gone close to catching the winner, Camila Sola (Redlands College) but unfortunatelyy had an 8 on her final card. Emily's college Arkansas Little Rock finished first out 16 teams with a two-round total of 899 eight shots ahead of runners-up Redlands.
The results were as follows:

LEADING INDIVIDUALS
214 Camila Sola (Redlands) 69 71 74.
218 Emily Ogilvy (Arkansas-Little Rock) 72 70 76.
220 Sara Wilkstrom (Arkansas-Little Rock) 69 75 76, Christy Carter (Oral Roberts) 71 74 75.
LEADING TEAMS
899 Arkansas-Little Rock.
907 Redlands.
920 Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

What a fantastic result for Emily who over the summer reduced her handicap of 4 to 1. Well done from us all at P&K.

Photo coutesy of Cal Carson Golf

Roseanne finishes 23rd in Madeira

Roseanne had a tough day today in the Portugese Amateur Championships on Madeira. A scratch score of 88 saw her finish in 23rd place and miss qualifying for the matchplay stages. Fellow Scots Kylie Walker (82) and Clare-Marie Carlton (87) also failed to qualify.

Roseanne currently 11th in Portugese Amateur Championships

County team member, Roseanne Niven scored 81 and lies in 11th place after the first round of the Portugese Amateur Championships at the Porto Santo Golf Club - Madeira. The lead is held by French player Lucie Gendronneau (77). Fellow Scot Clare-Marie Carlton also scored 81 and Kylie Walker is in 20th place after scoring 85. The girls play a second round on Thursday and then the top sixteen go through to the matchplay stages. Good luck Roseanne !

JUNIOR BEGINNERS COACHING 2006

Dates have been arranged for coaching for beginners and pre-handicap girls with Andy Lamb at Strathmore Golf Club. The dates, which are all on a Saturday from 10am - 12pm are : 18/3/06, 22/4/06, 29/4/06, 6/5/06, 20/5/06, and 27/5/06. We are looking for volunteers to help out with the girls. If anyone can spare any time please would you contact Carol Lambie on 01250 873979, Lenore Kyle on 01337 827594 or Janet Griffiths on 01764 670567. Many thanks.

FIXTURE LIST 2006

Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, the fixture lists for 2006 have been sent out containing several mistakes. Over the next few days we will be sending everyone correction sheets to show the proper information. The errors are regarding later fixtures (thankfully) so we look forward to seeing you on April 13th at Pitlochry. If anyone has any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me - Janet Griffiths 01764 670567

Comrie's Carly Booth finished a creditable fifth in the recent Nick Faldo Series Asia Tournament at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling. Difficult weather conditions saw Carly score 80 in her first round and then 3 better (77) in the second round. Well done Carly! Full result below:

Girls Overall 151 Tsai Pei-ying [Taiwan] (77,74), 152 Kiran Matharu [England] (76,76), Tiffany Avern Taplin [South Africa] (73,79); 154 Demi Mak [Hong Kong] (83,71); 157 Carly Booth [Scotland] (80,77); 159 Ginger Mak [Hong Kong] (81,78); 162 Dayanitha Kuneskara [Malaysia] (81,81), Melissa Reid [England] (81,81), Lin Tzu Chi [Taiwan] (80,82); 170 Katharina Boehm [Germany] (86,84)

CARLY OFF TO HONG KONG

13 year old Carly Booth (Comrie) is the only Scottish member in the squad of 10 teenagers from Great Britain & Ireland invited to take part in the Nick Faldo International Series Trophy tournament in Hong Kong. This will be the second time Carly has made the trip to Hong Kong. The tournament is over 36 holes on Wednesday and Thursday. Winning players will play against Nick Faldo in a "champions' shoot-out" on the Friday. This is a fantastic opportunity for Carly to compete with her international contemporates and to attend off-course activities including seminars with Nick Faldo plus fitness and rules workshops.

We wish Carly well and hope she has a fantastic trip.

Blairgowrie Golf Club held their prizegiving recently, above are the prizewinners for 2005. Congratulations to everyone. Back, left to right - L Fetacz, M Steven, H Welsh, J McKenzie, L Rice, M Hope, M Black, M Livingston, M MacNaughton, C Irving, and B Cuthbert. Front, left to right - D Johnston, M Stewart, H Inglis, J Hamilton (Captain) S Shepherd, M Rae, J Laburn and M Chalmers. What a wonderful turnout and it's great to see so many County members amongst the winners!

Pitlochry Golf Club held their annual AGM and prizegiving on Friday 25th November at the Pitlochy Festival Theatre. Above is County Squad member Sal Shepherd receiving the Club Championship trophy from retiring Ladies' Captain and Perth & Kinross member Ann McBay. Well done Sal!

More Pitlochry Prize winners for 2005 - left to right Jan Harriman, Gwen Beaton (Ladies' Captain), Sal Shepherd, Jean Bates, Margaret MacCrae and Jannette Kennedy. Congratulations to all!

GLENEAGES SCHOLARSHIP
Each year, Gleneagles Golf award four Perth & Kinross County junior girls a Scholarship. This wonderful opportunity gives each girl honorary membership of Gleneagles, six hours coaching with the Academy professionals and unlimited use of the Academy facilities. The very lucky recipients of this marvellous development opportunity are Eve Muirhead, Pitlochry (handicap 9), Annabel Niven, Crieff (11) Karen Dunbar, Aberfeldy (12) and Laura Campbell, Pitlochry (15). Perth & Kinross Ladies County Golf Association are very grateful for the continued support of the Gleneagles Academy.

ELITE GIRLS
These four girls along with Jacqueline Sneddon, Alyth, Julienne Peebles, Craigie Hill, Lucy Gilmore, Strathmore and Fiona Allan, Auchterarder will also receive coaching at the Gleneagles Academy, funded by Perth & Kinross Ladies County Golf Association. The dates of the sessions are 29th January, 5th March and 26th March 2006.

INTERMEDIATE & DEVELOPING GIRLS
We also provide 3 coaching sessions for Intermediate standard girls at Noah's Ark with professional Niall McGill. The details of these sessions are from 12.00pm - 2.00pm on Sunday 19th March, 9th April and 7th May 2006. Beginners and developing girls are coached by Andy Lamb at Strathmore. The dates for these sessions are to be confirmed.
If any lady member would like to help out at any of the coaching sessions, please contact Carol Lambie on 01250 873979 or Janet Griffiths on 01764 670567 - thank you.

Crieff Golf Club Prize winners for 2005. Back left to right Nikki Buchan, Janet Griffiths, Liz Wishart, Nora McKenzie. Pam Anderson, Maureen Copland, Crieff Ladies Captain, Betty Robertson. Centre, Ladies President Bet Graham and front left to right Donna Copland, Una Woodburn and Margaret Birch. Well done everyone!

CONGRATULATIONS ROSEANNE

Congratulations go to County Team member Roseanne Niven who finished 2nd in the Paull and Williamsons girls rankings for 2005. A fantastic achievement and one to be very proud of. Roseannes average score in nine of the girls ranking tournaments designated by the SLGA was +2.22.

The overall winner was Krystal Caithness who had an average score of +1.67. County Champion Carly Booth, the long-time leader of the inaugural rankings, only played in five tournaments and therefore did not qualify, as a minimum of 9 tournaments had to be played out of a possible 14.

Roseanne's achievement is a fantastic end to a very successful season and we wish her well with her coaching over the winter with both P&K and the Scottish squad.

AGM SEASON

Well it is the AGM Season and as I had already mentioned at the P&K AGM I wanted any photo's that were available from any club AGM's so I will start with my own club!! Strathmore held their annual AGM at Strathmore Golf Club on Thursday 10th November. Annette Grewar has agreed to remains as Captain for a further year with Jane Taylor our Vice Captain, Chris Sturgis is Secretary, Jenny Groom Competition Secretary, Sheena Scott Treasurer, Dawn Butchart Handicap Secretary, Marion Robertson Match Secretary and Rhona McGeoghegan.

Photo of the prizewinners is below:



Back row Jane Taylor (Vice Captain), Linda Holme, Isobel Hughes, Jane Douglas, Chris Tinker, Chris Sturgis and Marion Robertson. Front row Annette Grewar (Captain) Sheena Scott, Dawn Butchart (Club Champion) Jenny Groom and Rhona McGeoghegan

Now please please send me your AGM news and photos!

Perth & Kinross Senior Squad for 2006

The Perth & Kinross County selection committee - Janet Griffiths, Dawn Butchart and Liz Miskimmin met on Monday evening to select the senior squad for 2006. The squad will receive 3 coaching sessions at the Gleneagles Academy, play in practice matches against Fife, Stirling and Clackmannanshire, the Crieff Men's Scratch team and a Perth and Kinross County junior team. The first coaching session is on Sunday 27th November 2005 at 9.00am and 1.00pm.

The coaching and practice matches are in preparation for the Inter Counties Jamboree which will be held at Crieff Golf Club from 24th - 26th June 2006.

The squad is as follows:

Carly Booth - Comrie
Roseanne Niven - Crieff
Emily Ogilvy (USA) - Muckhart
Dawn Butchart - Strathmore
Alexandra Bushby - Strathmore
Jillian Milne - Craigie Hill
Jane Yellowlees - Murrayshall
Emma Napper - Craigie Hill
Sally Kettlewell - Dunblane
Fiona Ramsay - Crieff
Sal Shepherd - Blairgowrie

Congratulations to everyone for being selected for the squad.

Perth & Kinross prize winners for 2005. From the left, winner of the Brown Memorial Trophy Janey Heaney, Callander, Annabelle Niven, Crieff, winner of the Gibb Trophy and Angela Crossland, Dunblane, winner of the Nell Scott Quaich. Unable to attend Carly Booth winner of the Scratch Championship, Champion of Champions, Order of Merit. Shona Leighton winner of the Crawford Salver. Fiona Farquharson winner of the Coronation Trophy. Rena Duncan, Kinross, winner of the Handicap Quaich.

The evening of the AGM was very successful - many thanks to those who attended.

Perth & Kinross Ladies County Golf Association Committee 2005.
Back row left to right - Mary Hope, Joan Ritchie, Dot Doris, Lenore Kyle, Carol Muir, Junior Conveynor - Carol Lambie and Secretary - Jillian Milne. Front row left to right President - Liz Miskimmin, Captain - Janet Griffiths and Vice Captain - Dawn Butchart. Unable to attend Gillian Wallace and Liz Fertacz.

CARLY FINISHES THIRD BEHIND JODI EWART IN DUBAI.

County team member, Carly Booth finished a creditable third in the girls’ section of the Daily Telegraph Junior Championships’ Grand Final over the Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club course.In strength-sapping conditions and heat and humidity for every round, the 13-year-old, plus one junior member at Auchterarder Golf Club, had rounds of 77, 73 and 73 for a total of 10-over-par 223.She finished seven shots behind the title winner, Jodi Ewart from Catterick. Jodi came from behind to win the title, overtaking defending girls’ champion Melissa Reid from Chevin, Derbyshire over the last round.Jodi had scores of 75, 70 and 71 for three-over-par 216 while Melissa scored 72, 71 and 75 for 218.Krystle Caithness (St Regulus), the Scottish Under-16 girls’ open champion for the past two years, finished fifth on 231 with rounds of 77, 76 and 78.The third Scot in the select girls’ field of nine players, Borders women’s champion Emma Fairnie (Peebles) totalled 253 with scores of 84, 86 and 83.

Well done Carly!

'WANTED'
A TREASURER FOR P&K


Pat Colquhoun our faithful Treasurer for many years is retiring after the annual AGM therefore we will require to fill this position as soon as possible.

If you think you can offer your services to the county or know someone who can then please please contact either Janet Griffiths or myself.


Thank you

Champion of Champions, Carly Booth

COUNTY CHAMPION WINS 'CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS'

Gleneagles Queens Course was host for this annual event where Club Champions from P&K are invited to take part in the Champion of Champions. 21 Champions took part and the cream of the crop was County and Crieff Champion Carly Booth who shot a scratch 71 - 3 under par for the course and CSS of 74. A wonderful display of golf and a very worthy winner.
This is the 2nd year for Carly to lift the Trophy and with a +1 handicap at the age of 13 a fantastic achievement.
2nd place went to Team Member Jillian Milne (Craigie Hill) with a 77. The full results are as follows:

Carly Booth (County & Crieff Champion) 71
Jillian Milne (Craigie Hill) 77
Jane Yellowlees (Murrayshall) 85
Dawn Butchart (Strathmore) 86

A big thank you to Gleneagles for providing Courtesy of the Course.