Congratulations to the Scotland Ladies Team who finished second to England in the recent Home Internationals Tournament at Dunbar Golf Club. County Team member Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) scored an excellent 3 out of a possible 5 points - well done Emily. Top scorer in the Scotland team was Comrie member Carly Booth (5 out of 6 points).

Photograph courtesy of the Kirkwood Site

Congratulations to County team member Roseanne Niven who on her return to the USA, finished joint 9th with scores of 71, 77 and 73 for 221 in the Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic at Fort Collins, Colorado. She had seven birdies and no double bogeys over the 54 holes . Roseanne's scores helped her California Berkeley college team to its first team tournament win in 30 months. Roseanne's team-mates Shannon Yocum and Pia Halbig from Germany, making her college debut, finished first and second on two-under-par 214 and 216 respectively. The team score of 868 saw the team 19 shots clear of second placed Washington State. Well done Roseanne and the Berkeley team!

Photograph courtesy of Tom Ward

Good luck to County team member Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) and the rest of the Scottish team when they compete in the Ladies' Home Internationals being staged at Dunbar Golf Club from tomorrow through to Friday

Play well!

Live scoring is available from Wednesday at http://www.lgu.org/

Congratulations and well done to County Team member Eve Muirhead (Pitlochry) who won both her matches in the Schoolgirls International match against England at Westerwood Golf Club today. The Scottish girls' team started well with a 2 - 1 victory in the morning foursomes. Eve partnered Louise MacGregor and they beat Katherine O'Connor & Helen Searle 2 and 1. The Scots didn't fare quite so well in the afternoon singles - Eve was the only winner, winning her match against Becky Gibbs by 6 & 5. The final result was Scotland 3 England 6.

Photograph courtesy of Cal Carson Golf Agency

Below is the draw for the Champion of Champions Competition taking place on the Queens Course at Gleneagles on Sunday 23rd September. Congratulations to all of the Club Champions and good luck on 23rd!

11.20 Alexandra Bushby, Stella Mitchell, Jane Yellowlees
11.30 Gwen Lambie, Anita Henderson, Gillian Wallace
11.40 Caroline Dunbar, Christine Laing, Margaret Macrae
11.50 Ena Bennie, Elaine Davidson, Barbara Pitney
12.00 Janey Heaney, Lyn Murray, Christine Souter
12.10 Ann McGregor, Perth Ladies Champion, Jackie Brown

Below is the draw for County meeting at Dunblane on Monday 17th September - late entries accepted - contact Carol Lambie on 01250 873979

9.30 am D Butchart N Morrison

9.37 am J Milne A Bushby J Yellowless

9.45 am J Griffiths A Priestley R Duncan

9.54 am A Tannock C Soutar L Murray

10.00 am E Davidson L Fertacz M Marshall

10.07 am C Irving D Doris S Service

10.15 am C Choudhary J Muirhead K McKellar

10.22 am M Robertson S Erskine J Stevenson

10.30 am A Duncan J Pringle I Austin

10.37 am N Hay S Young J Proudfoot

10.45 am A McGregor S Ogg C Peebles

10.54 am A Crossland J Nisbet J Miller

11.00 am G Ness K McKay M McLeod

11.07 am P Kelly W Stewart P Hebner

11.15 am S McNaughton J Thom G Paterson

11.22 am M Chalmers S Jones M Storry

11.30 am S Irvine E Watson A Young

11.37 am M Macrae J Montgomery AMiller

11.45 am M Carruthers R McGeoghegan C Lambie

Congratulations to County team member Emily Ogilvy who has been selected to represent Scotland in the Spirit International Amateur Golf Championships being staged at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Texas from 24th to 27th October 2007.

The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship is a world class golf event featuring the world’s best amateur men and amateur women golfers as they represent their respective country in team and individual competitions. The 96 participants enjoy the Houston Experience, which starts on 21st October, Opening and Closing Ceremonies, accommodations at the International Village at Camp Olympia and Spirit Sponsor events each night. All part of a week dedicated to international fellowship and fantastic competition by the world’s best amateur golfers for the coveted Spirit gold medal. The competition is both individual and team format, Emily partners Aberdeenshire's Michele Thomson - well done to both girls and good luck!

DUNBLANE MEETING

****More entries are needed for the Dunblane Meeting on MONDAY 17th SEPTEMBER. Dunblane have kindly given us a much reduced green fee so we need as many entries as possible. PLEASE send your entry to Carol Lambie as soon as possible. Many thanks.****

Congratulations to County team member Eve Muirhead (Pitlochry) who has been selected to represent Scotland in the Schoolboys and Schoolgirls International Matches against England at Westerwood Hotel Golf & Country Club, Cumbernauld on Monday, September 10. Eve has had a very good golfing year - winning the scratch section of Highland week and the Club Championship at Pitlochry. Eve has to fit in her golf when she can as she is also a world class Curler and is travelling to Spain later this month and to Canada in October. Good luck Eve for both your golf and curling endeavours. Photograph courtesy of Cal Carson Golf Agency

Congratulations to County team member Jane Yellowlees who added the Murrayshall Club Champion title to the Crieff Club Champion title she won in earlier this year.

Well done Jane!

MEGAN LOSES OUT AT STRATHMORE CHAMPIONSHIP

Junior Member Megan Aird was the first ever girl to reach the finals of the Strathmore Junior Championship on Sunday afternoon and I was very pleased to referee what was an excellent match played by two very talented, polite and courteous young people.

The other finalist was defending champion Allan Easton who was the eventual winner of the day. Allan also reached the final of the Gents Club Championship this year and although did not go onto win was the first junior boy to reach the final.

Yesterday Allan played some tremendous golf and finished in style with a 3 on the ladies par 5 14th. Allan was only 1 over par. Megan had reached the green in two but Allan closed out the match by chipping in. Megan played beautifully throughout the match with 2 excellent birdies on 3 and 10 and her play off the tee was superb. Both players conducted themselves in manner they should both be very proud of. There was no displays of bad temper or sulks and even after losing a ball Megan walked back to the tee quite happily. It was a pleasure to spend the afternoon in their company.

Congratulations to Megan for her achievement in reaching the final.

Congratulations to County member Kathleen Duncan who equalled the course record at Pitlochry in the recent Autumn meeting. Kathleen scored a scratch 70 and reduced her handicap to 5.5. Well done Kathleen!

Through the Daily Telegraph Junior Golf Championship, we have been sent a complementary guest ticket to spectate at the above tournament which is being staged at the Belfry Golf Course near Birmingham from 20th - 23rd September 2007. The defending champion is Johan Edfors of Sweden. Among others taking part are Paul Lawrie, Sandy Lyle, Lee Westwood and Paul McGinley . If anyone would like the ticket please contact Janet Griffiths on 01764 670567.

County team members Alexandra Bushby and Emily Ogilvy are not likely to make the cut in the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Conwy Golf Club in Wales. Emily had a better round today (76) but her total of 15 over par is 4 outside the current cut score of +11. Alex didn't fare too well again today scoring a 91. Both girls have had a brilliant year so far and we hope they aren't too disappointed.

P & K wish all the best for the coming year to County team member Roseanne Niven who returned to her University in California this morning. She will be studying hard and competing for the Cal Bears Women's golf team. Their first tournament starts on October 9th - play well Roseanne and let us know how you are getting on.

County team members Alexandra Bushby and Emily Ogilvy will have to play their best golf tomorrow if they are to qualify for the final two rounds of the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Conwy Golf Club in Wales. Emily scored a 13 over par 87 and Alexandra scored a 19 over par 93. We wish them all the best for tomorrow - both girls have worked really hard on their games this year and both deserve to do well. Good luck girls!

Good luck to County team members Alexandra Bushby and Emily Ogilvy who are competing in the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Conwy Golf Club in Wales starting tomorrow. The competition consists of two qualifying rounds following which the top 40 and ties progress to two further rounds. Play well Alex & Emily.

Congratulations to County team member Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) who's golfing year just keeps getting better and better. Emily has been selected to represent Scotland in the Women's Home Internationals at Dunbar Golf Club from 12th to 14th September. Well done again Emily! Fellow County team member Roseanne Niven is not available for selection due to her commitments to her American University. The full team is as follows:

CARLY BOOTH (Comrie),

MEGAN BRIGGS (Kilmacolm),

KELSEY MACDONALD (Nairn Dunbar),

LAURA MURRAY (Alford),

EMILY OGILVY (Auchterarder),

PAMELA PRETSWELL (Bothwell Castle),

MICHELE THOMSON (McDonald Ellon),

JENNA WILSON (Strathaven).

Reserves:1 Louise KENNEY (Pitreavie), 2 Sara BISHOP (Cochrane Castle), Rachael LIVINGSTONE (Musselburgh Old).

Commiserations to County team member Roseanne Niven who lost in the 3rd round of the British Girls' Amateur Championships today. In a very close match, Roseanne lost 2 & 1 to the 7th seed Charlie Douglass from England. Sally Watson was the only Scottish girl to progress to the quarter finals. Carly Booth lost to Henrietta Brockway and Kelsey MacDonald lost to Kelly Tidy from Manchester.

Our congratulations to Roseanne and all of the Scottish girls for their achievements over the past two weeks.

photograph courtesy of Tom Ward

Congratulations to County team member Alexandra Bushby who broke the course record at Strathmore this evening. Alex was playing in the LGU medal competition and scored an exceptional scratch 68 (CSS 72). Alex was one under par after nine holes with a bogey at the 2nd followed by a birdies at the 3rd & 4th holes. She then birdied the 12th, 14th & 18th to break the record by one shot (previously held by County Vice Captain Dawn Butchart) and also to reduce her handicap to 1.3. Alex is off to Wales next week to play in the Ladies' British Open Amateur Strokeplay Championships at Conwy Golf Club. We wish Alex all the very best, she has worked very hard on her game and hope she does really well in Wales. Well done Alex!

Latest from the British Girls' Championships

Congratulations to Roseanne who won her 2nd round tie this afternoon by an impressive 5 & 4 margin. She will play the 7th seed Charlie Douglass (England) tomorrow. Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) also won her 2nd round tie so this means that four Scottish girls are through to the last 16. Well done from everyone at P & K.

Photograph courtesy of Tom Ward

Latest results at http://www.lgu.org/

Roseanne won her first round match by 6 & 4 and plays another Spaniard, Ana Fernandez de Mesa this afternoon. Other Scottish player's results:

Sally Watson 1st round - won 4 & 3, 2nd round - won 5 & 4,
Carly Booth 1st round - won 2 & 1, 2nd round - won 3 & 2,
Pamela Prestwell 1st round - lost 3 & 2,
Kelsey MacDonald 1st round - won 3 & 2 plays Emelie Alonso (France) this afternoon.

Good luck to everyone

Roseanne qualified in 10th place and plays 55th seed Begona Jauregui Garcia from Spain in the first round tomorrow (10.36am). Well done and good luck Roseanne.
Live scoring at http://www.lgu.org/

Another steady round of 75 for Roseanne in the British Girls' Championship 2nd round qualifier at Southerndown Golf Club in Wales, will see her through to the matchplay stages starting tomorrow. Currently Roseanne is in joint 7th place on 4 over par . Leading the way is Sally Watson on level par and in second place is another Scot - Kelsey MacDonald on 1 over par. Roseanne's younger sister and County squad member Annabel, is also playing in the tournament following a late call up but is not faring quite so well and will not make the matchplay stages.

Good luck to Roseanne and all of the Scottish girls from everyone at P & K.


Photo courtesy of Cal Carson Agency

Despite some heavy rain over the weekend and one or two heavy showers during play, King James VI was in excellent condition. The greens were very good and this was reflected in an excellent winning scratch score by County Team member Jacqueline Sneddon (74). Our thanks to everyone at King James VI for the efforts of the greenstaff and to the catering staff for looking after us all so well.
The results were as follows:

CSS 75

Scratch Division
1st Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) 74
2nd Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore) 80
3rd Liz Fertacz (Dunkeld & Birnam) 82
4th Alison Houston (Dollar) 83

Handicap Division
1st Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) 74 (5) 69
2nd Liz Fertacz (Dunkeld & Birnam) 82 (10) 72
3rd Julia Morrison (King James VI) 87 (13) 74 bih
4th Kathy McKay (Dunbracken) 97 (23) 74

Well done to County team member Roseanne Niven who had an excellent 1 over par 73 in the first round of the British Girls' Amateur Championships qualifier being played at Southerndown Golf Club in South Wales today. Roseanne is currently in joint 7th place. Well done Roseanne and good luck for tomorrow.

KING JAMES VI IS OPEN

HAVE A NICE GAME!

Emily (left) with her trophy, the Lady President of Dumfries-shire LCGA, Dorothy Hill (centre) and runner up Jenna Wilson (right)

Congratulations to County Team member Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) who successfully defended the Mary McCally Trophy at Dumfries & Galloway Golf Club today. For her first round Emily was an amazing 5 under par and for her second round, 1 over. Emily won the tournament by one shot from Strathaven player Jenna Wilson. Emily has had a fabulous year, it's great to have her back and to see her doing so well. Great result Emily - well done!

Good luck to Team member Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) who defends the Mary McCally Trophy held at Dumfries & Galloway Golf Club on Sunday. Play well Emily!

Scotland team & officials

Congratulations to the Girls' Scotland team who have retained the title they won in Ireland last year with an emphatic 8 1/2 to 1/2 win over Wales today. The Girls' Home International tournament has been played on the Southendown Golf Course in Wales over the past three days and the Scottish team won all of their ties in fine style! Well done - Roseanne Niven, Carly Booth, Sally Watson, Krystle Caithness, Megan Briggs, Jane Turner, Pamela Prestwell and Kelsey MacDonald from everyone at Perth & Kinross.

Photographs courtesy of Tom Ward Photography more images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/twardpress/sets/72157601299802752/

Roseanne in action at Southerndown

Draw for County Meeting at King James VI

(sorry for the delay in publishing)

Time
10.00 J Griffiths,H Gibson,L Kyle
10.07 J Morrison,K McKellar,C Peebles
10.15 C Choudhary,M McPherson,M Robertson
10.22 M MacRae,J Hamilton,M Aird
10.30 M Walker,M Story,J Proudfoot
10.37 M Carruthers ,E Aird,S Jones
10.45 S Lindsay,D Pollett,J McNaughton
10.52 M Forbes,K McKay,J Thomm
11.00 M MacLeod,P Hebner,B Harley
11.07 P Kelly,N Bremner,A Duncan
11.15 A Crossland,R McGeoghegan,D Doris

EVENING
5.30 D Butchart,L Fertacz
5.37 A Bushby,M McKay

Late entries to Mary Hope 01821 642288 / 07974690504

The Scotland team scored a terrific victory today over the England team by 7 1/2 points to 1 1/2 in the Girls' Home International Matches in Wales. County team member Roseanne Niven came back from 3 down in her singles match to win by 1 hole at the eighteenth.

ENGLAND 1 1/2 , SCOTLAND 7 1/2
England names first.
Foursomes: E Givens, H Barwood lost to K Caithness, S Watson 4 and 2;
K Tidy, R Dyer halved with C Booth, M Briggs;
R Connor, K Mundy halved with K MacDonald, R Niven (1-2)
Singles: Givens lost to Booth 4 and 2, Tidy lost to Watson 2 and 1, Douglass lost to Briggs 3 and 2, Clyburn lost to Pretswell 2 and 1, Connor lost to Niven 1 hole, Barwood halved with Caithness (1/2 -5 1/2)

Scotland play Wales tomorrow. Good Luck from everyone at P & K!

The Scotland team fared very well against Ireland in the first round of matches in the Girls' Home International Tournament being staged at Southerndown Golf Club, today. The foursomes were shared 1 1/2 to 1 1/2 and the singles went to Scotland 6 - 0. Scotland are defending the title they won in Ireland last year. Today's results were as follows:
SCOTLAND 7 1/2, IRELAND 1 1/2
Foursomes - K Caithness, S Watson bt S Cunningham, A Murphy 4 and 3;
C Booth, M Briggs halved with V Bradshaw, S Meadow;
K MacDonald, R Niven lost to Lisa Maguire, Leona Maguire 1 hole
(1 1/2-1 1/2).
Singles - C Booth bt K Gallagher 4 and 3,
S Watson bt V Bradshaw 6 and 5,
R Niven bt Lisa Maguire 2 and 1,
P Pretswell bt L Mernagh 1 hole,
M Briggs bt Leona Maguire 1 hole,
K Caithness bt S Meadow 5 and 4
(6-0).
Well done to the Scotland team and the best of luck for tomorrow.
Full results and live scoring at http://www.lgu.org/

Good luck to sisters Roseanne & Annabel Niven who are competing in different tournaments starting tomorrow. Roseanne is a member of the Scotland team taking part in the Girls Home International matches being staged at Southerdown Golf Club in Wales. Scotland play Ireland tomorrow. Annabel has reached the Handicap Matchplay stage of the St Andrews Junior Ladies tournament, the qualifier was played on the Strathtyrum course and the matchplay stages will be played on the Old Course. Annabel plays Lauren MacCallum of Macdonald Ellon tomorrow. Good luck to both girls and the Scotland team.

Congratulations to County team member Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) who's year gets better and better - Emily was second scratch in the Riccarton Bowl staged at Hamilton Golf Club yesterday. Scratch player Emily won the best net return of 70 on a countback against Valerie Melvin, who plays off +1 at Reunion Golf Club, Florida and who won the scratch prize. Emily had the better inward half. Well done Emily!

picture courtesy of Cal Carson Golf Agency

*****ATTENTION ALL NIGHT PLAYERS*****

Following requests from our working lady members we have now secured evening tee times for our next fixture at King James VI Golf Course. This fixture will be held August 13th. Please send your entries to Lenore. - Thanks

County Team member Emily Ogilvy reached the final qualifying round for the Ricoh Women's British Open which was played on the New Course at St Andrews, yesterday.

Despite finishing par - birdie - par, it was not enough to salvage what was for Emily a very disappointing score of 87. In blustery conditions on what is considered a tougher test than the Old Course, Emily struggled to find her true form. However, I would like to congratulate her on an exceptional season so far and say how proud we are of her achievements. To get to the final qualifying round is something she should be very proud of. Well done Emily and good luck for the rest of the season.

County Team member Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) will be playing the New Course at St Andrews on Monday (12.04pm) doing her very best to qualify for the Ricoh Women's British Open which starts on the Old Course at St Andrews, next Thursday.

On behalf of everyone at P & K, I would like to wish Emily the very best of luck - play well Emily - we know you can do it and we'll be rooting for you!

Do go along and support Emily if you can!

photo courtesy of Cal Carson Golf Agency

*****ATTENTION ALL NIGHT PLAYERS*****

Following requests from our working lady members we have now secured evening tee times for our next fixture at King James VI Golf Course. This fixture will be held August 13th. Please send your entries to Lenore.

Thanks

RESULTS FROM GLENISLA

After a night of torrential rain we were extremely lucky to be able to play yesterday. The course held up extremely well and was in fabulous condition, many thanks to the green keeping staff for all their efforts. Day players mostly manage to get round in dry weather however 13 unlucky evening ladies were soaked through.

Team member Fiona Ramsay (Crieff) returned the best scratch and handicap scores of the day with a 75 scratch, 70 nett. Well done Fiona. The full results are as follows:

CSS 73

Scratch
Fiona Ramsay (Creiff) 75
Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) 77 bih
Gillian Wallace (Glenisla) 77 bih
Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore) 77
Jane Yellowlees (Creiff) 79

Handicap
Fiona Ramsay (Creiff) (5) 70
Gillian Wallace (Glenisla) (6) 71
Sally Crystal (Taymouth Castle) (20) 72 bih
Janey Heaney (Callander) (11) 72
Esther Martin (Alyth) (15) 72

Many thanks to all at Glenisla for a very warm welcome, to the bar and catering staff for seeing to our inner needs and of course the green keeping staff for all their efforts.

SCRATCH LEAGUE UPDATE

Many thanks to Anita Henderson who has forwarded the latest Scratch League results as of 21st July.


ALYTH
Played 4, Won 3, Drawn 0, Lost 1, For 14.5, Against 5.5 Points 6
AUCHTERARDER
Played 6, Won 4, Drawn 1, Lost 1, For 19.5, Against 10.5, Points 9
BLAIRGOWRIE
Played 5, Won 0, Drawn 1, Lost 4, For 8, Against 17 Points 1
CRAIGIEHILL
Played 5, Won 3, Drawn 0, Lost 2, For 14.5, Against 10.5, Points 6
CRIEFF
Played 5, Won 0, Drawn 1, Lost 4, For 3, Against 22, Points 1
DUNKELD & BIRNAM
Played 6, Won 1, Drawn 1, Lost 4, For 8.5, Against 21.5, Points 3
PITLOCHRY
Played 6, Won 4, Drawn 0, Lost 2, For 20.5, Against 9.5, Points 8
STRATHMORE
Played 5, Won 4, Drawn 0, Lost 1, For 16.5, Against 8.5, Points 8

Congratulations to County team member Roseanne Niven (Crieff) who has been selected for the Scotland team for the Girls Home International Matches being held at Southerndown Golf Club in Wales from 8 - 10 August 2007. The full team is:

Carly Booth
Megan Briggs
Krystle Caithness
Kelsey MacDonald
Roseanne Niven
Pamela Pretswell
Jane Turner
Sally Watson

Roseanne has also been selected to represent Scotland and to captain the team in the Girls' British Open Amateur Championship also at Southerndown from 13 - 17 August 2007 . The team is as follows:

Carly Booth
Kelsey MacDonald
Roseanne Niven (Captain)

Well done Roseanne!

EVE AND JACQUELINE BOW OUT AT PETERHEAD

Team members Eve Muirhead and Jacqueline Sneddon both failed to progress into the semi finals of the Scottish Under 18 Girls Championship however they should both be very proud of their achievements during the tournament. To make it to the quarter finals is no mean feat.

Eve lost out to Pamela Prestwell 4&2 and Jacqueline Sneddon lost out to Sammy Vass 4&3. The semi finals this afternoon will be Carly Booth (Comrie) v Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) and Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) v Sammy Vass (Tain).

Congratulations to County team member Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) who has also won through to the quarter finals at Peterhead. Jacqueline beat the No 2 qualifier and East of Scotland champion, Jane Turner from Mortonhall by 4 & 2. In the next round, Jacqueline plays Sammy Vass from Tain. It's wonderul to see the girls doing so well. Good luck to Jacqueline and Eve.
Full details at http://www.slga.co.uk/

EVE GOES THROUGH TO THE QUARTER FINALS

County Team member Eve Muirhead (Pitlochry) has made it through to the quarter finals of the Scottish under 18 girls Championship at Peterhead this afternoon. She defeated number 5 qualifier Lindsay Hunter. Excellent news.

Eve is certainly on form at the moment, this competition follows her win last week at the Highland Open. Well done Eve.

LATEST FROM PETERHEAD



Megan Aird (Strathmore) failed to make it to the second round of the scratch matchplay stages at Peterhead this morning after being defeated by 4th qualifier Pamela Prestwell. Megan did extremely well to qualify into the Scratch section of the championship. With a handicap of 14 she scored a 8 over par 71 in the afternoons qualifying round. Well done Megan.

Unfortunately 2 of our junior members Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) and Annabel Niven (Crieff) were drawn against each other which ultimately means one would be knockout of the competition. On the day Jacqueline Sneddon was the stronger player and won the match 4&2 and will continue on this afternoon against 2nd qualifer Jane Turner. Well done Jacqueline and hard lines Annabel, we are very proud of you both.

In the Handicap Section of the tournament Emily Aird was our only representative and unfortunately Emily was knocked out by Fiona Fullerton 3&2. Emily has only just got a handicap this year and is already down to 25. I am sure there will be plenty of other tournaments for this young girl.

Good Luck to all girls and our commiserations to the girls who were knocked out.

NEWS FROM UNDER 18 GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP

Latest news from Peterhead is that Team Member Eve Muirhead has progressed into the second stages of the competition after defeating Racheal McQueen 9&7. Well done Eve.

Eve will now play the number 5 qualifier Lindsay Hunter in second round. Her tee time is 1.24pm

Good luck Eve.

DRAW GLENISLA 26th JULY

To follow is the draw for our next county meeting at Glenisla.

09:30: D Butchart, F Ramsay
09:37: J Yellowlees, G Wallace
09:45: J Griffiths, J Lang
09:52: J Heaney, P Drysdale,
10:00: C Irving, R Duncan, D Doris
10:07: L Kyle, L Murray, K McKellar
10:15: M McLashan, A Speirs, J Kennedy
10:30: J Stevenson, C Choudhary, H Gibson
10:37: G Pennycook, M Reid, L Fall
10:45: H Straw, M Macrae, A Spence
10:52: L Pattinson, A Duncan, E Benzies
11:00: A Allan, J Nisbet, W Stewart
11:07: J Proudfoot, P Colquhoun, M Carruther
11:15: A Tannock, S Ogg, M Walker
11:30: J Miller, S Crystal , C Peebles
11:37: K McKay , L O'Donnell, N Bremner
11:45: J Clowe, G Ness, P Hebner
11:52: S Irving, J Thom, M Robertson
12:00: R McGeoghegan, I Murray, C Monks
12:07: J Groom, M Chalmers, S MacNaughton
12:15: E Watson , M Storrie
EVENING
17:15: G Lambie, A Bushby
17:22: L Fertacz, S Leighton
17:30: F Johnson, B Clough
17:37: N Fleming, J Layburn, C Lambie
17:45: M McKay, E Martin, Maya Robertson

For late entries phone Dawn

Congratulations to County Junior members Eve Muirhead, Jacqueline Sneddon, Annabel Niven, Megan and Emily Aird.

All of the girls have qualified for the matchplay stages of the Scottish Girls' (Close) Amateur Championships at Peterhead Golf Club. Eve, Jaqueline Annabel & Megan play in the scratch division and Emily in the handicap.

The details are as follows:
Eve (80,77) plays R McQueen
Jacqueline (79,80) plays Annabel (81,82)
Megan (91,81) plays P Prestwell

Emily (125,112) plays F Fullerton

The winner of the qualifying rounds with exceptional rounds of 64 & 73 was Comrie member Carly Booth

Unfortunately Roseanne Niven was not able to defend her title as she has an 'on-line' exam to complete for her college course in the USA.

Good luck to everyone.

(more details at http://www.slga.co.uk)

CONGRATULATION EMILY

Team member Emily Ogilvy has made it through the Pre-qualifying stages for the Weetabix yesterday at the Berkshire. The cut fell at 74 (+2) and 29 players qualified for the Final Qualifying stage. Final Qualifying will take place over the New Course, St Andrews on Monday 30th July 2007. Emily who shot a fantastic 73, 4 under the CSS 77, made it through the qualifying stages along with fellow Scots Heather Macrae, Louise Kenney and Sally Watson.

On behalf of P&K I would like to congratulate Emily and wish her every good fortune at St Andrews on the 30th. Its very exciting!

Good luck to Junior members Roseanne Niven, Annabel Niven, Eve Muirhead, Jacqueline Sneddon, Megan Aird and Emily Aird who are competing in the Scottish Girls' (Close) Amateur Championships at Peterhead Golf Club starting tomorrow (Tuesday). Crieff member Roseanne is the holder and is defending the title she won in sweltering temperatures at Peebles Golf Club last year. Let's hope they get some warmer, dryer conditions to play in over the next few days!

Play well everyone!

European Team Championships, Castleconturbia, Italy

Day Five

Scotland have finished on a high by beating Austria 3 1/2 to 1 1/2 to secure 11th place. The results were as follows:

Foursomes
Rachel Livingstone & Emily Ogilvy bt Claudia Wolf & Nina Muehl 6/4

Singles
Jenna Wilson lost to Martina Hochwimmer 1 hole
Michele Thomson bt Sabrina Poelderl 1 hole
Roseanne Niven bt Cristina Gugler 4 & 3
Heather Macrae halved with Stefanie Endstrasse

The overall winners were Spain who beat Sweden 5 1/2 to 1 1/2 in the flight one final.

European Ladies Team Championships, Castleconturbia, Italy

Day Four

Scotland were matched against Ireland and unfortunately Scotland lost 4 matches to 1. In the next round Scotland play Austria who lost to France, for 11th place. The Scotland results were:

IRELAND 4, SCOTLAND 1

Foursomes: 1-0
D Smth & M Morrin bt R Livingstone & R Niven 2 and 1.

Singles: 3-1
T Delaney bt J Wilson 1 hole.
M Riordan lost to H MacRae 3 and 2.
K Delaney bt E Ogilvy 4 and 3.
D McVeigh bt M Thomson 3 and 2.

Good luck for today.

Congratulations to County junior member Jennifer Smith (Kinross) who won the Bronze division of the Under 14s competition at Brunston Castle Golf Club today. In pretty awful weather Jennifer scored 39 stableford points, five points clear of the field - well done Jennifer!

Strathmore members Megan and Emily Aird also competed, Megan scored a nett 78 in the Silver Division and Emily was 4th in the Bronze Division with 30 stableford points. Well done girls!

The winner of the Silver division scratch was Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) with 78 and the winner of the nett prize was Gemma Dryburgh (Beaconsfield) with 70.

Congratulations to County Junior member Erin Millar who won the Bronze division of the Highland week yesterday. Erin beat fellow Pitlochry member Ann Garden in the final by 5 & 4.

Well done Erin!

Congratulations to County Team member Eve Muirhead who won the scratch division of the Highland Week tournament at Pitlochry today. Eve played fellow County squad member Sal Shepherd in an excellent, closely fought final. Eve scored an estimated 70 and Sal 72. Eve won by one hole and spectators said that it was one of the best finals they had seen!

Well done to both girls!

photo courtesy of Cal Carson

County junior member Erin Millar (Pitlochry) has also reached a final at the Highland. In the semi finals of the handicap section Erin beat Gwen Beaton by 4 & 2 and meets Ann Garden in the final. Well done Erin and good luck!

HIGHLAND UPDATE

This morning saw two squad members and one junior member take part in the semi finals of the Highland. Former Highland champion (2005) Eve Muirhead, beat first qualifier Robina Gilbertson on the 18th 1 up and Sal Shepherd beat junior member Laura Campbell 2&1. Laura should be very proud of her performance this week and we hope to see her in future P&K events. Her reduced handicap is a great achievement. Well done.

It is very exciting to have two team members in the final and we wish them both the very best of luck.

STRATHMORE COUNTY MEETING

What a beautiful day we had for our County Meeting at Strathmore yesterday. Some players certainly took advantage of the good playing conditions are returned excellent scores. Home player Alexandra Bushby returned the best scratch score of one over par 73 and Catherine Peebles (Alyth), Anne Hood (Dunblane) and Alison Houston (Muckhart) returned net 70 but Catherine took the first place spot by virtue of a better inward half. Well done. Full Results are as follows:

CSS 72

Scratch
Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore) 73
Annabel Niven (Creiff) 79 bih
Alison Houston (Muckhart) 79
Dawn Butchart (Strathmore) 80 bih
Mary Hope (Blairgowrie) 80

Handicap
Catherine Peebles (Alyth) (21) 70 bih
Anne Hood (Dunblane) (20) 70
Alison Houston (Muckhart) (9) 70
Angela Crossland (Dunblane) (23) 71 bih
Lyn Murray (Kinross) (13) 71
Brenda Clough (Blairgowrie) (11) 71
Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore) (2) 71
Jan Kennedy (Blairgowrie) (16) 71

A huge thank you to Strathmore Golf Centre for their warm welcome and excellent catering.

Please get your entries into me as soon as possible for our next meeting at Glenisla on 26th July.

Good luck to County Team members Eve Muirhead and Sal Shepherd and Junior member Laura Campbell who have reached the semi finals in the scratch section of the Highland Week at Pitlochry. Eve plays Robina Gilbertson and Sal and Laura play each other. In the handicap section Junior member Erin Millar has also reached the semi finals - play well everyone!

In qualifying, Sal reduced her handicap to 5 and Laura, her handicap to 8 - well done.

More details later.

News from European Ladies Team Championships, Castelconturbia, Italy

Day Three

Scotland beat Slovenia and play Ireland today (Friday)

SCOTLAND 3 1/2, SLOVENIA 1 1/2
Foursomes: 0-1
R Niven & R Livingstone lost to A Kirn & T Prelog 2 and 1.

Singles: 3 1/2- 1/2
J Wilson bt T Kikelj 3 and 2.
H MacRae bt U Orehek 2 holes.
M Thomson bt T Sarkanji 6 and 5.
E Ogilvy halved with P-Z Jenko.

News from European Ladies Team Championships, Castelconturbia, Italy

Day Two

It looks as if Scotland have missed qualifying for the top flight of matchplay by one shot. They have the same aggregate score as Wales but were one shot worse on today's scores so are placed 9th. Qualifying first were Spain (706) then Sweden (727), England (733), Germany (734), Italy (742), Belgium (744), Finland (751 and Wales (752).

The Scottish team scores were as follows:

Rachel LIVINGSTONE 75 (87)
Heather MACRAE 77 76
Emily OGILVY (78) 79
Roseanne NIVEN 74 78
Michele THOMSON 76 75
Jenna WILSON 69 73

Total 752.

Scotland will play 16th qualifiers Slovenia in the first round of the second flight matchplay tomorrow.

News from the European Ladies Team Championships, Castelconturbia, Italy

Day One

After today's play Scotland lie in joint 6th place with a total of 371. In the lead are Spain on 349 including a 66 from Carlota Ciganda. Sweden are in second place (357) followed by Germany (359), England (363) and Ireland (369).

The Scottish scores were as follows:

Rachel LIVINGSTONE 75
Heather MACRAE 77
Emily OGILVY (78)
Roseanne NIVEN 74
Michele THOMSON 76
Jenna WILSON 69

After tomorrow's round the top eight team will progress to the first flight matchplay stages starting on Thursday. Good luck for tomorrow.

County team members Roseanne Niven (Crieff) and Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) have travelled to Italy as part of the Scotland team competing in the European Ladies Team Championships at Castelconturbia Golf Club near Milan starting on Tuesday 10th July through to Friday 14th July - all the best to the team!

The full team is as follows:
Rachael Livingstone (Musselburgh Old)
Heather MacRae (Dunblane New)
Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder)
Roseanne Niven (Crieff)
Michele Thomson (McDonald)
Jenna Wilson (Strathaven)

Captain: Lesley Johnston

Congratulations to County team member Alexandra Bushby who won the Strathmore Club Championship today. Her opponent was County Vice Captain Dawn Butchart. Alexandra won the final which is played over 36 holes by 5 & 4 . This is Alexandra's second Club Championship victory this season having also won at Blairgowrie. Well done Alex and commiserations to Dawn.

Congratulations to County member Janey Heaney who won the Callander Club Championship yesterday. Janey defeated fellow County member Anne Tannock 4 & 3 - well done Janey!

JAMBOREE AT CRUDEN BAY

At last I have found some time to put together a slide show from the Jamboree weekend at Cruden Bay. A nice mixture of the team, the golf, the caddies, spectators and ofcourse the wonderful views. There are also photos of new Team members Eve Muirhead and Jaqueline Sneddon receiving there 'county badges'. Also a presentation to Captain Janet Griffiths from the team and squad members to thank her for two years of hard work on their behalf.

Enjoy!!

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS

Commiserations to County team member Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) who just failed to overcome Northern Counties team member Laura Walker (Nairn Dunbar) in her second very close match in a row in the final of the North of Scotland competition at Moray Golf Club this afternoon. The match was all square at the turn, after Emily had cancelled out Laura’s early two-hole lead , Laura regained the lead with an eagle 2 at the 10th only for Emily to draw level again with a birdie 4 at the 11th. Emily took the lead for the first time with a par at the 12th but was pulled back to square again by Laura’s birdie 3 at the next. Emily bogeyed the 16th to go one down again but squared the match with a birdie 4 at the 17th. The 18th and the 19th were halved in par 4s before Laura won the 20th and the title with a birdie 4. The quality of the golf played by both girls was exceptional - after 18 holes both Emily and Laura were two under par. In the quarter finals, Emily beat the No 1 qualifier, Kerri Harper (Inverness) at the 21st while Laura was a 4 and 2 winner over Perth & Kinross county champion and County team member Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore). Since Emily's return from the USA she has had an excellent season with some wonderful performances. She reached the final of the Scottish women's championship at Barassie in May and is now considered an international class player.

Emily' s next golfing date is as a member of the Scotland team competing in the European Ladies Team Championships being played at the Castelconturbia Golf Club, Italy, from 10 to 14 July.

Fellow County team member Roseanne Niven (Crieff) is also part of the Scotland team - best wishes and good luck to them both.

Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

STRATHMORE COUNTY MEETING

The draw for the Strathmore County Meeting on 12th July is as follows:

09:30: D Butchart, J Yellowlees,
09:37: J Griffiths, A Niven
09:45: G Wallace, G Lambie
09:52: M Hope, E Donaldson, J Lang
10:00: C Lambie, M Begbie, L Fertacz
10:07: M McGlashan, L Kyle, J Heaney
10:15: C Irvine, P Drysdale, J Kennedy
10:30: C Turner, K Jarvie, L Murray
10:37: G Pennycook, R Duncan, P Colquhoun
10:45: H Gibson, S Ogg, M Reid
10:52: S Young, D Doris, A McGregor
11:00: J Pringle, S Bowers,A Speirs
11:07: S Erskin, H Welsh, A Grewar
11:15: A Hood, M Brydson, E Martin
11:30: C Choudhary, H Straw, A Henry
11:37: M MacNaughton, A Duncan, M MacLeod
11:45: M Robertson, L Fall, C Peebles
11:52: J Miller, M Chalmers, C Monks
12:00: S Crystal, J Groom, J Proudfoot
12:07: F Anderson, R McGeoghegan, M Forbes
12:22: B Harley, A Young, I Murray
12:30: N Bremner, L O'Donnell, A Crossland
12:37: S Irvine, A Spence, S McNaughton


17:22: A Bushby, R Brass, B Clough
17:30: Maya Robertson, J Laburn, F Johnston

Late entries will be accepted. Phone Dawn 01828 633000/633395

Lets hope summer begins!!

NORTH OF SCOTLAND RESULTS

Team Members Emily Ogilvy and Alexandra Bushby had mixed fortunes this morning at Lossiemouth.

County Champion Alexandra played her heart out but was beaten by Northern Counties Team member Laura Walker 4&2. Alex's perfomance over the last few days has been excellent and we are very proud of her achievments.

Emily Ogivly (pictured above)after playing some outstanding golf, has made it into the Finals but had to work her socks off to beat number one seed Kerri Harper at the 21st hole. Emily, home after 5 years in the states, has produced some wonderful golf since her return and we hope, that after this afternoons play, we will see Emily's name on the trophy.

Good luck Emily from us all.

Brilliant news from the North of Scotland - both Emily Ogilvy and Alexandra Bushby are through to the semi finals to be held tomorrow. In the quarter finals Emily beat Sammy Vass 4 & 3 and Alexandra beat second seed Michelle Thomson on the 18th.

In the semis, which will be P & K versus Northern Counties - Emily plays top seed Kerri Harper and Alexandra plays 6th seed Laura Walker.

Really well done and the best of luck to both girls.

SCRATCH LEAGUE RESULTS TO DATE

To follow is the results of the Scratch League to date which were kindly provided by Anita Henderson.

ALYTH
Played 4, Won 3, Drawn 0, Lost 1, For 14.5, Against 5.5
Points 6
AUCHTERARDER
Played 5, Won 3, Drawn 1, Lost 1, For 14.5, Against 10.5,
Points 7
BLAIRGOWRIE
Played 3, Won 0, Drawn 1, Lost 2, For 6.5, Against 8.5
Points 1
CRAIGIEHILL
Played 4, Won 2, Drawn 0, Lost 2, For 9.5, Against 10.5,
Points 4
CRIEFF
Played 4, Won 0, Drawn 1, Lost 3, For 3, Against 17,
Points 1
DUNKELD & BIRNAM
Played 5, Won 1, Drawn 1, Lost 3, For 8.5, Against 16.5,
Points 3
PITLOCHRY
Played 4, Won 2, Drawn 0, Lost 2, For 12, Against 8.5,
Points 4
STRATHMORE
Played 5, Won 4, Drawn 0, Lost 1, For 16.5, Against 8.5,
Points 8

County member Jillian Milne and her husband Stuart settling in with their new baby Esme.

RESULTS FROM NORTH OF SCOTLAND

Well done to Emily Ogilvy and Alexandra Bushby who are both through to the next round of the matchplay stages at Lossiemouth this afternoon. Unfortunately Gillian Wallace, who was drawn against Emily and Jacqueline Sneddon who played against title holder Michele Thomson were both knocked out this morning.

Full results are as follows;
Kerri Harper (Inverness) bt Mary Smith (Tain) 2 holes.
Donna Pocock (Murcar Links) bt Samantha Leslie (Westhill) 7 and 6.
Sammy Vass (Tain) bt Carol Wilson (Murcar Links) 7 and 6.
Emily Ogilvy (Muckhart) bt Gillian Wallace (Glenisla) 6 and 5.
Laura Murray (Alford) bt Anne Bowman (McDonald Ellon) 5 and 4.
Laura Walker (Nairn Dunbar) bt Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir) at 19th.
Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore) bt Heather Anderson (Downfield) 1 hole.
Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon) bt Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) 5 and 4.

Emily will play Sammy Vass and Alex will play Michele Thomson.

Good luck girls.

Congratulations to County Team members, Jane Yellowlees and Alexandra Bushby for winning their Club Championships over the weekend. Jane beat Mary Taylor 4 & 3 at Crieff and Alexandra beat Susan Arbuckle at Blairgowrie by 4 & 2. Well done to both ladies.

Below is the draw for the matchplay stages of the North of Scotland competition which continues tomorrow:

8.30 - 1 Kerri Harper v 16 Mary Smith.
8.38 - 9 Samantha Leslie v 8 Donna Pocock.
8.46 - 5 Carol Wilson v 12 Sammy Vass.
8.54 - 13 Gillian Wallace v 4 Emily Ogilvy.
9.02 - 3 Laura Murray v 14 Anne Bowman.
9.10 - 11 Ann Ramsay v 6 Laura Walker.
9.18 - 7 Heather Anderson v 10 Alexandra Bushby.
9.26 - 15 Jacqueline Sneddon v 2 Michele Thomson.

Good luck to everyone.

(2 other entrants, Gladys Pennycook and Jennifer Sneddon did not qualify)

Latest from the qualifying round of the North of Scotland competition at Moray Golf Club:

Emily Ogilvy 75
Alexandra Bushby 81
Gillian Wallace 83
Jacqueline Sneddon 84

CSS 77

Currently all players qualify for matchplay stages (17.40pm)

NORTH OF SCOTLAND

Scores so far (that I am aware of) is that county team members Emily Ogilvy, Alex Bushby and Jacqueline Sneddon have returned scores of 75, 81 and 84 respectively. Emily broke the par of the course which is 76. Excellent scoring. So far it would appear that the cut off will be 85. So fingers crossed all three will make it through to the matchplay stages tomorrow.

Best score posted so far is Northern County player Kerri Harper with a 6 under par 70.

Will try to keep you posted!