North of Scotland Championships - Strathmore Golf Club

Scratch Matchplay Tuesday 8th July

9.00am K McNicol vs G Lambie
9.07 H Anderson vs A Ingram
9.15 S Arbuckle vs A Ramsay
9.22 M Smith vs J Brown
9.30 J Grubb vs G Dowling
9.37 A Hunter vs E Ogilvy
9.45 L Walker vs A Ryan
9.52 J Vass vs A Bushby

Handicap Matchplay
10.00am J Chalmers vs S Leighton
10.07 J Griffiths vs N Morrison
10.15 L Kelly vs A Alston
10.22 S Irvine vs G Wilson
10.30 S MacKinnon vs M Horn
10.37 E Anderson vs H Gibson
10.45 M Aird vs S Belton
10.52 S Bradley vs Jennifer Sneddon

Consolation Round
11.07 F Hay, S Tate, L Joss
11.15 C Whicher, E Barrack, Jacqueline Sneddon
11.22 J Yellowlees, A Summers, K McCallum
11.30 L Hardie, S Sneddon
11.37 M Summers, E Herries, E Thomson
11.45 K Esslemont, J Petrie, N Fleming
11.52 F Johnston, A Gowrie, S MacDonnell
12.00pm (Starters time)
12.07 A Hope, S Bushby, H Kelly
12.15 M Chalmers, S Brunton, G Murray
12.22 M Falconer, F Millar, G Pennycook
12.30 (Starters time)
12.37 F Waterson, F Sinclair, N Rice-Melville
12.45 E Aird, E McMurray, L Kyle
12.52 C Turner, A Freeman. F Martin
13.00 (Starters time)
13.07 C Robertson, C Choudhary, S Fenner
13.15 A Grewar, C Lambie, J Kennedy
13.22 S Irvine, C Peebles, C McNab
13.30 J Groom, R McGeoghegan, M Robertson


Scratch Matchplay Quarterfinals
13.45pm
13.52
14.00
14.07

Handicap Matchplay Quarterfinals
14.15pm
14.22
14.30
14.37

GREAT SCORING!

Carly and Roseanne have completed their first round and have returned great scores. Carly has posted a fantastic -2 under for her round placing her in joint 8th at present, she is also leading the amateurs in the field. Carly had a total of 4 birdies and 2 bogies on her card. Well done Carly, keep that form up!

Roseanne has posted a +2 and sitting joint 65. Roseanne had a grand total of 5 birdies and 5 bogies. Unfortunately Roseanne was very disappointed to finish what was an excellent round with a double bogie 7 on the 17th.

We wish the girls well tomorrow.

OUR GIRLS DOING GOOD

P&K Team member Carly Booth and squad member Roseanne Niven are doing well in the LET English Open. Roseanne teed off with the first group at 8am and at present is level par through 12. Carly teed of at 8.40 and is 1 under through 9.

Great scoring girls, keep it up!

Our team are all stars!! They are pictured above with the Team coaches Andrew and John from Gleneagles. Andrew and John came along to support the girls on Sunday.

I must say I am still on a high (albeit a very tired one now!) following the fantastic result the county team of Carly Booth (Comrie)Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore)Jillian Milne (Craigiehill)Carol Muir (Craigiehill)Eve Muirhead (Pitlochry)Annabel Niven (Crieff)Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) and Laura Walker (Muckhart) produced at the weekend. Don't think I have seen so many eagles and birdies in one tournament. All the girls played their hearts out and gave all for their county.

P&K also had the top three point scorers of the Tournament with Carly Booth and Emily Ogivly both on 5.5 points and Alex Bushby finished her tournament with 5 points out of a possible 6. The camaraderie of the team was outstanding and I am very proud of all 8 girls.

We are now very much looking forward to representing the North Division at the Scottish Finals which is held at Inchmarlo on Sept 19th - 21st.

Again a huge thank you to all the team! Also a huge thank you to all squad members who came along to caddy and support the girls and also Lenore and Shona for their fantastic support, I don't think I could have coped without them. Also a huge thank you to all P&K members who came along to support the girls all weekend and too Highland Spring who donated water and to Fiona Robertson of 'The Green Welly' who supplied bananas and an abudance of chocolate bars for the weekend.

Our results over the weekend are below.

Saturday 's play
NORTHERN COUNTIES 3, PERTHSHIRE & KINROSS 6

Foursomes: Kelsey MacDonald & Cara Gruber bt Laura Walker & Eve Muirhead 2 and 1; Mary Smith & Sammy Vass lost to Emily Ogilvy & Carly Booth 5 and 3; Jenny Milne & Pam Mackay lost to Alex Bushby & Annabel Niven 7 and 6 (1-2).

Singles: Kelsey MacDonald lost to Laura Walker 6 and 5, Cara Gruber bt Jillian Milne 4 and 2; Ashton Ingram lost to Emily Ogilvy 5 and 4, Pam Mackay lost to Carly Booth 4 and 3, Sammy Vass bt Annabel Niven 1 hole, Mary Smith lost to Alex Bushby 5 and 4 (2-4).

SUNDAY

ABERDEENSHIRE 4, PERTHSHIRE & KINROSS 5

Foursomes: Michelle Thomson & Laura Murray halved with Emily Ogilvy & Carly Booth; Jill Harrison & Sara Thomson lost to Alex Bushby & Annabel Niven 3 and 2; Sheena Wood & Donna Pocock halved with L Walker & Eve Muirhead (1-2).

Singles: Michelle Thomson lost to Carly Booth 3 and 2; Laura Murray lost to Emily Ogilvy 2 and 1; Laura McLardy lost to Laura Walker 2 and 1; Sheena Wood bt Alex Bushby 4 and 3, Carol Wilson bt Carol Muir 6 and 5, Donna Pocock bt Jillian Milne 5 and 4

MONDAY
PERTH & KINROSS 8, ANGUS 1

Foursomes: Carly Booth & Emily Ogilvy bt Rebbeca Wilson & Katy McNicoll 1 hole; Alex Bushby & Annabel Niven bt Mary Summers & Aileen Hunter 3 and 2; Jillian Milne & Eve Muirhead bt Shonagh Raitt & Ann Ramsay 3 and 2 (3-0).

Singles: Emily Ogilvy bt Rebbeca Wilson 4 and 3, Alex Bushby bt Katy McNicoll 1 hole, Carly Booth bt Ann Ramsay 5 and 4, Annabel Niven lost to Heather Anderson 1 hole, Carol Muir bt Jackie Brown 1 hole, Eve Muirhead bt Shonagh Raitt 2 and 1 (5-1).

This is also some photo's from the weekend. If any one would like me to send on any photo's please let me know which ones and I will be happy to EMail.

P&K ARE INTERCOUNTY NORTHERN CHAMPIONS

Our fantastic team played their hearts out all weekend and won the North of Scotland Inter-County championship today at Downfield. It was a resounding win as P&K won all three days against Northern Counties 6&3, Aberdeenshire 5&4 and Angus 8&1.

All members of the team contributed to this great win. We also had the three top point earners of the tournament with Emily and Carly with 5.5 points out of 6 with Alex not far behind with 5 points.

I can not praise the girls enough, they were wonderful. I am very very proud of them all. Fantastic result, well done all. I will post a full report with some fantastic photo's tomorrow.
I would also like to say a huge thank you to all the cards, phone calls and kind wishes from all our members. Also to the members who came along to support and caddy the girls. Also a huge thank you to squad members Jane, Sal, Fiona and Gwen who came along to support the girls and caddy this weekend, Gwen and Fiona even stayed in the same hotel all weekend to help throughout the tournament. I can not thank them enough.

What a fantastic weekend!

Our County Team of Carly Booth (Comrie), Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore), Jillian Milne (Craigiehill), Carol Muir (Craigiehill), Eve Muirhead (Pitlochry), Annabel Niven (Crieff), Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder), Laura Walker (Muckhart) are making their way to Downfield this afternoon for their practice game ahead of this weekends Jamboree.

Tomorrow we play Northern Counties, Sunday Aberdeenshire and Monday we play hosts Angus. Our girls have worked very hard in practice and coaching sessions and we are all ready and eager for the weekend to begin.

We have a fantastic group of girls whose team spirit is exceptional.

As I have previously requested, we as a county would be very grateful for as many supporters to come along to Downfield as possible. A sea of green jerseys would be wonderful. The tee times every morning commence at 9.04 and afternoon 2pm, with 7 minute intervals.. Morning are foursomes and afternoon see the singles matches. The order of play is as follows:

Saturday

Northern Counties v Perth & Kinross

Angus v Aberdeenshire

Sunday

Northern Counties v Angus

Aberdeenshire v Perth & Kinross

Monday

Perth & Kinross v Angus

Northern Counties v Aberdeenshire

We wish the team well and I look forward to seeing you over the weekend.

DRAW FOR THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND

Our county are hosting the North of Scotland Ladies Championship at Strathmore Golf Club on 7th 8th and 9th of July. I am delighted that the entries have now exceeded 100 and here is the draw for the qualifying round on Monday July 7th. The top 16 scratch and the top 16 handicap fomr Monday's round then go forward to the matchplay stages and the remainder of the competitors play a consolation round on Tuesday.

9.00:R Niven (Crieff), E Ogilvy (Auchterarder)
9.07: K McNicol (Carnoustie Ladies), L Walker (Muckhart)
9.15. A Ramsay (Kirriemuir), A Bushby (Strathmore)
9.22: H Anderson (Downfield ), A Ryan (Tain), J Brown (Monifieth)
9.30: M Smith (Tain), A Hunter (Monfieth), J Sneddon, (Alyth)
9.37: M Summers (Panmure Barry), C Penman (Carnoustie Ladies) F Hay (Deeside)
9.45: F Millar (Carnoustie Ladies), A Niven (Crieff), A Ingram (Fort William)
STARTERS TIME
10.00: F Blair (Carnoustie Ladies), E Muirhead (Pitlochry), J Yellowlees (Murrayshall)
10.07: G Lambie (Dunkeld), S Arbuckle (Panmure Barry), G Dowling (Inverness)
10.15: M Hope (Blairgowrie), S Bushby (Strathmore), A Gowrie (Inverness)
10.22: S Leighton (Alyth), J Vass (Tain), J Grubb (Montrose)
10.30: N Fleming (Alyth), J Griffiths (Strathmore), J Clark (Panmure Barry)
10.37: A Summers (Panmure Barry), F Sinclair (Carnoustie Caledonia), J Petrie (Panmure Barry)
10.45: L Hardie (Aberdeenshire), J Henderson (Royal Montrose), M Aird (Strathmore)
STARTERS TIME
11.00: S Sneddon (Carnoustie Caledonia), C Whicher (Aberdeen Ladies), N Morrison (Dunblane)
11.07: S Mackinnon (Ellon), J Lang (Alyth), L McGillivray (Banchory)
11.15: L McGraw (Auchterarder), G Pennycook (Alyth), A Freeman (Panmure Barry)
11.22: L Kyle (Milnathort), E McMurray (Downfield), M Horn (Newmachar)
11.30: S Tait (Newmacher), P Drysdale (Alyth), M Duthie (Panmure Barry)
11.37: H Kelly (Panmure Barry), F Johnston (Alyth), M Faulkner (Royal Montrose) 11.45: S Belton (Kirriemuir), K MacCallum (McDonald), A Hope (Newmacher)
STARTERS TIME
12.00: C Turner (Alyth), A Alston (Royal Montrose), G Wilson (Monifieth)
12.07: G Murray (Cruden Bay), J Taylor (Strathmore), H Gibson (Alyth)
12.15: K Esslemont (Cruden Bay), C Bryce (Ballater), S Cummins (Royal Montrose) 12.22: J Kennedy (Blairgowrie), A Grewar (Strathmore), L Joss (Newmacher)
12.30: C Choudhary (Callander), F Gibson (Ballater), J Chalmers (Monifieth)
12.37: R McLean (Cruden Bay), C Lambie (Dunkeld), S MacDonell (Inverness)
12.45: C Robertson (Dunkeld), E Thomson (Aberdeen Ladies), L Kelly (Newmacher)
STARTERS TIME
13.00: Jen Sneddon (Alyth), F Watterson (Newburgh),
13.07: S Bradley (Kirriemuir), E Barrack (Aberdeen Ladies), M Robertson (Strathmore),
13.15: B Lyburn (Blairgowrie), E Herries (Banchory), D Massie (Newmacher)
13.22: E Aird (Strathmore), S Adamson (Banchory), F Martin (Kirriemuir)
13.30: S Fenner (Strathmore), E Anderson (Deeside), C Peebles (Alyth)
13.37: L McWilliam (Banchory), R McGeoghegan (Strathmore), D Wallace (Blairgowrie)
STARTERS TIME
13.52: C McNab (Strathmore), M Walker (Aboyne), N Rice-Melville (Downfield)
14.00: J Groom (Strathmore), J Pritchard (Newmacher), S Irvine (Blairgowrie)

You will be sure of a very welcome at Strathmore! Look forward to seeing you all there and if any one can spare sometime to help on the days please contact me!
Thank you.

COUNTY TEAM PRACTICE

Saturday saw the final team get together, coaching and practice day for our County Team 2008. All eight members, Carly Booth, Alex Bushby, Jill Milne, Carol Muir. Eve Muirhead, Annabel Niven, Emily Ogilvy and Laura Walker, got together at 11am for some shot game practice with their coaches untill 2. Then we were all kindly invited to Emily's for a wonderful BBQ and back again to play under the watchful eye's of P&K coaches Andrew and John over the PGA course.
All players gained alot from the day and all are eagerly looking forward to the Jamboree at Downfield next weekend.

The girls and the officials have all put so much time and effort into the preparations and are all looking forward to the Jamboree. So please come along and support our team at Downfield on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Morning Tee Times commence at 9.30 and the pm Tee Times commence at 2pm. Wear your green jersey and support the girls efforts.

Thank you!

SLGA NOMINATE ANNABEL NIVEN TO
PLAY IN R&A JUNIOR OPEN

The Scottish Ladies Golfing Association has nominated Team Member Annabel Niven to play in the R&A Junior Open golf championship at Hesketh, Lancashire from July 14 to 16.

The R&A competition, which attracts competitors from around the world, is for juniors, boys and girls, aged 16 and under. Players with handicaps of three and under play 54 holes, those with higher handicaps play 36 holes.

Once the tournament is finished, the R&A give all competitors the opportunity to attend the Open championship at nearby Royal Birkdale.

This is a huge honour for Annabel and we send her our warmest congratulations.

CONGRATULATIONS ROSEANNE

P&K send there warmest congratulations to P&K member Roseanne Niven who played exceptional golf last week at the British and progressed to the semi final stages of this prestigious event. Above is Roseanne with her Semi finalist trophy. semi finals.

Well done indeed.

CONGRATULATIONS ROSEANNE

Roseanne Niven has made it through to the final 16 of the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship. Roseanne won her match this afternoon 2&1. Well done Roseanne! You have done us proud, we wish you all the very best tomorrow.

Roseanne along with Pamela Prestwell are the only two Scots left in the tournament however as luck would have it they are drawn against each other tomorrow.

We are also very proud of Team members Emily and Carly who also played exceptional golf today, both under par, a full report on the days play go to http://www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk/

EMILY AND CARLY BOW OUT OF BRITISH

Sad to report but unfortunately Emily and Carly have both been defeated in the 2nd round of the British. Emily played the top qualifier and after a very close game the match ended on the 17th green. Carly's match was also an extremely close and exciting game which ended on the last green.

We are very proud of our girls making it to the match play stages and congratulate them on their achievements.

Roseanne Niven is still on the course and last reported to be 1 up through 7. Good luck Roseanne.

ROSEANNE THROUGH TO NEXT ROUND

Roseanne joins Carly and Emily in the next round of the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship. Roseanne won her match against french golfer Andre Lucie. Roseanne will now play Sahra Hassan from Wales. Well done Roseanne

Good luck to all three of our girls and also to their fellow Scots players Michelle Thomson, Kylie Walker and Pamela Preston who have already won through to the next round. Krystal Cathness is at present still out on the course, last known score 2 up through 7.

OUR GIRLS DO GOOD

Of the P&K girls playing today Emily Ogilvy was first out but the early start didn't hinder Emily winning her match 2&1, Carly Booth also is safely though to the next round after winning her match 4&2. Roseanne Niven is still out on the course and at present is 2 up through 7.

Emily now plays the number one qualifier Caroline Hedwall of Sweden and Carly will play Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Canada.

Will try to keep you up to date!

BRITISH WOMENS OPEN RESULTS

Didn't our girls do well at the British women's open amateur golf championship at North Berwick today! Team member Carly Booth was certainly on form and returned a 2 under par 70 finishing with a eagle two on the 273 closing hole. Her final total of 146 makes Carly the top qualifier of eight Scots. Along with Carly playing in the final stages are our own Emily Ogilvy who returned scores of 79 73 for a total of 152 and Roseanne Niven who posted 78 71 for a total of 149. Great scoring by all our girls and look forward to the match play stages tomorrow. Fantastic for P&K to have three players in the top 64.

Our fourth entrant Alexandra Bushby had a nightmare round yesterday but had the courage to come back today and return an excellent score of 73 today. Unfortunately the damage had already been done on Wednesday but I can not praise her enough for the way she came back and showed her great fighting spirit. Well done Alex.

Emily is our first girl out tomorrow at 7.38 against Hannah Jenkins, Carly is up next at 8.26 against Stephanie Kirchmayr and the last of our members Roseanne is out at 10.02 against Andre Lucie.

Good luck to all. I will try to keep the website up to date but you can catch all the news on the LGU website. See the previous post for the link!

SCORES SO FAR

So far only two of our girls have completed their first round of the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship, they are Carly Booth and Roseanne Niven who have return excellent scores of 4 and 6 over respectively. Emily Ogilvy and Alexandra Bushby are 4 and 8 over through 9 holes.

The leading completed round score is -4 from Sweden's +5 handicapper Caroline Hedwall, then on level par is Ireland's Deirdre Smith and Spaniard Maria Hernandez.

For live scoring click on the lick below:

CLICK HERE SCORING

Just as I was posting this report Emily has since completed her round and is a very credible 7 over.

GOOD LUCK P&K GIRLS

Four Perth and Kinross members are taking part in the British women's open amateur golf championship over the North Berwick they are County Team members Alexandra Bushby, Carly Booth and Emily Ogilvy and fellow County member Roseanne Niven. Alex who holds a 1 handicap was delighted when she received a late call at 2pm today to be told she was off the waiting list and included in tomorrows play

Carly, along with fellow curtis cup team mates, Michelle Thomson and Krystal Caithness, has the huge honour of representing Scotland in the international team event staged in conjunction with the stroke-play qualifying rounds.

We wish all four girls the very best of luck and I will try to keep you as up to date as possible as the day unfolds.

WELL DONE AILIE

Ailie Burnett who represented North Division in the Inter-Girls Championships at Balumbie this weekend did extrememly well all weekend. Ailie won both her matches on Saturday and narrowly lost her match on Sunday. Ailie you did great and we send you our warmest congratulations.

This tournament is played in a two-ball format, round robin over two days. East won the event with 6pt. South were runners-up with 4.5 points andn in third position was North 4pt from two halved matches and one defeat.West were fourth with 3.5pt from one win, one halved match and one defeat.

RESULTS:SOUTH 1, WEST 2
Isla Craigie & Lesley Atkins bt Linzi Allan & Hannah Gaunt 4 and 2.
Kirstie McDonald & Tara MacTaggart lost to Zoe Differ & Lauren Meldrum 8 and 6.
Ailsa Mitchell & Ailsa Bain lost to Nicola Ferguson & Natasha Qayum 6 and 5.

NORTH 1.5, EAST 1.5
Ailsa Summers & Julie Vass halved with Cara Easton & Rachael Watton.
Ailie Burnett & Rachel Polson bt Judy Shields & Camilla Tait 6 and 4.
Ashley Smith & Hannah McCook lost to Gillian Simpson & Gabrielle McDonald 2 holes.

SOUTH 1.5, EAST 1.5
Isla Craigie & Lesley Atkins lost to Cara Easton & Rachael Watton 2 holes.
Kirsty McDonald & Tara MacTaggart bt Judy Shields & Camilla Tait 2 and 1.
Ailsa Mitchell & Ailsa Bain halved with Gillian Simpson & Gabrielle McDonald.

WEST 1.5, NORTH 1.5
Nichola Ferguson & Natasha Qayum bt Ailsa Summers & Julie Vass 3 and 2.
Zoe Differ & Lauren Meldrum halved with Ashley Smith & Hannah McCook.
Linzi Allan & Hannah Gaunt lost to Ailie Burnett & Rachel Polson 2 holes

WEST 0, EAST 3
Nichola Ferguson & Natasha Qayum lost to Cara Easton & Rachael Watton 2 and 1.
Zoe Differ & Lauren Meldrum lost to Gillian Simpson & Gabrielle McDonald 4 and 2.
Linzi Allan & Hannah Gaunt lost to Judy Shields & Camilla Tait 3 and 2.

SOUTH 2, NORTH 1.
Isla Craigie & Lesley Atkins bt Julie Vass & Ailsa Summers 1 hole.
Kirstie McDonald & Tara MacTaggart lost to Ashley Smith & Hannah McCook 3 & 2.
Ailsa Mitchell & Ailsa Bain bt Ailie Burnett & Rachel Polson 2 and 1.

GIRLS INTER DIVISIONAL MATCHES

Winner of the P&K County Gibb Trophy Ailie Burnett will represnt P&K North team for the Girls Inter Divisional Matches at Ballumbie on 7th and 8th June. This is a round robin tournament with 2 matches on Saturday and 1 match on Sunday against girls teams from South, East and West.

TheNorth team is as follows:
Ailie Burnett (Dunkeld and Birnam), Ashley Smith (Monifieth), Ailsa Summers (Panmure Barry) Rachel Polson (Peterculter), Julie Vass (Tain) and Hannah McCook ( Abernethy).

We wish Ailie all the very best of luck throughout the weekend. Come on the North!!

P&K NOW ON HOW DID I DO

For those of you who are unaware, Perth and Kinross LCGA are now on How Did I Do. This means that by late evening after a County Meeting the results including the CSS will be posted on line at http://www.howdidido.com/ If you have any problems give me a call and I will help you through the process. Below is a link direct to the website.

Hope you like this new facility.

CLICK HERE FOR HOW DID I DO!

DUNKELD AND BIRNAM RESULTS

Our thanks go to Dunkeld and Birnam Golf Club for their very warm welcome. The course was in excellent condition and the views were exceptional. A very beautiful course indeed. Our thanks also go to Jane and her catering staff for fantastic food and service.

Some of us did a little better than others but the star of the day was Dunkeld Club Champion Gwen Lambie who not only returned the best Scratch Score of 78 but also one under CSS Net score of 71. Well done Gwen.

Full results are as follows:

CSS 72

Scratch
Gwen Lambie (Dunkeld and Birnam) 78 bih
Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore) 78

H/Cap
Gwen Lambie (Dunkeld and Birnam) (7) 78
Sheila MacDougall (Dunkeld and Birnam) (15) 72 bih
Elizabeth Fertacz (Dunkeld and Birnam) (10) 72
Miriam Wilson (Dunblane) (12) 72

Well done to all. Remember and get your entries in for The North of Scotland!!

NORTH OF SCOTLAND

Please, please, please get your entries in for the North of Scotland!!! We only host this event every four years and this year it will be held at Strathmore Golf Club which, even if I say so myself, is in fantastic condition as over 100 ladies who played in Strathmore Ladies Open yesterday will testify!

The North of Scotland is played over 3 days from Monday 7th July through to Wednesday 9th July. All players play on Monday and then we will have 16 scratch qualifiers and 16 handicap qualifers who go forward to the match play stages which take place Tuesday and Wednesday. All non qualifiers will then play on Tuesday in a consolation round. Therefore the entry of £15 guarantee's you a minimum of two rounds of golf on a beautiful golf course which serves the most wonderful food!!

So many of you have said to me, and I quote 'we are not good enough' this is nonsense as the tournament is a handicap event as well as a scratch one and everyone will go out in as near handicap order as possible. So please please come along and support the county in this event. We can accomodate 120 ladies and so far we only have 75 entries which is very disapointing. You will certainly be made very welcome.

Entry forms can be downloaded from the left hand side of the page or CALL ME on 01828 633000/633395.

PLEASE.

WE ARE PROUD OF YOU CARLY!

Courtesy of the LGU and R&A, Perth and Kinross LCGA organised a coach for any of our junior girls who were interested in coming along to the Curtis Cup yesterday. 26 Juniors took up the invitation however, sadly due to illness and other arrangements, a few could not make it. But those who came along and braved the cold and rain were treated to some magnificent golf.
My thanks go to volunteers Alex Dot and Janet who gave up their day to help with the girls.

Of course our own Carly was there and the girls were in awe of her golf and how she conducted herself on the course. They were all very excited to watch her play in such a prestigious event. We, as a county, are extremely proud of Carly's achievements. Playing in the Curtis Cup must be the highest honour for any amateur female golfer and I am sure Carly will feature in the team many more times to come.

Well done Carly.

The picture above is the GB&I Team after the event. Carly is 5th from the right.

COURSE RECORD BROKEN

The Blairgowire, Lansdowne Course record which has stood at 74 since 1997 was broken today by Team Member Alexandra Bushby with a fantastic 71!! The par of the course is 73 and the CSS for the night 76!!

Alex who also holds the record at Strathmore Club, where the North of Scotland will take place in July, with a fantastic 68 (par is 72), has today reduced her handicap back to 1.4.

The scoring was as follows
Front nine
Par= 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 3 = 37
Alex 4 4 4 3 3 4 5 6 3 = 36

Back Nine
Par =4 4 4 43 4 4 5 4 = 36
Alex 4 4 44 2 4 3 6 4 = 35

Well Done Alex

GB&I TEAM 4-2 DOWN

The GB&I Team are 4-2 down to USA after the first days play but that is by not a huge margin and everything is still to play for with 14 points up for grabs! The GB&I Captain has stated that the golf out on the course is outstanding and I for one can't wait to go and watch on Sunday along with 26 P&K juniors!

Carly once again is out to take part this time in the mornng foursomes and along with her playing partner Breanne Loucks will play Kimberly Kim & Jennie Lee.

Good luck for tomorrow Carly.

CARLY OUT THIS AFTERNOON

Carly is making her debut in the Curtis Cup this afternoon when she teams up with fellow Scot Michelle Thomson for this afternoon's fourball match. Michelle has just completed the first win for Great Britain and Ireland when she along with Scot Sally Watson won 1up.

Will try to keep you up to date with the scores but for up to the minute scoring visit click on the link below which will take you to the LGU Scoring Page then click on the round you wish to see.

CLICK HERE FOR LINK

Good luck Carly!

GOOD LUCK CARLY

County Team member Carly Booth will take part in Curtis Cup which begins today at St Andrews. On behalf of all members of P&K I would like to wish her the very best of luck and will be watching with great excitement.

Carly is resting this morning but we hope to see her out on the course later today.

Go Carly!!

DUNKELD MEETING

Below is the draw for Perth & Kinross County Ladies Golf Association, Meeting at Dunkeld
Please note there are free spaces so please contact Carol if you wish to play.

Morning Draw
09.30: L. Fertacz, K. Duncan
09.37: D Butchart, C Dunbar
09.45: N Morrison, L Westwood, C. Lambie
09.52: M Brydson, M Wilson, M Hunter
10.00: K Jarvie, S MacDougall, B Lyburn
10.07: A McGregor, C Choudhary, G Pennycook
10.15: M Macrae, P Colquhoun, K McKellar
10.22: J Proudfoot, E Watson, A Duncan
10.30: W Stewart, J Millar, M Carruthers
10.37: M Storry M Forbes

Evening Draw
5.15: A Burnett, E Millar
5.22: J Griffiths, G Lambie
5.30: A Speirs, S Crystal

Please remember Buggies are available please contact us Carol to book one.

COUNTY TEAM ANNOUNCED

The County Selectors Liz Miskimmin (President), Dawn Butchart (Captain), Lenore Kyle (Vice Captain) and Shona Leighton (Match Secretary) have had a very difficult time selecting the County Team who will represent Perth and Kinross at the Jamboree. Our squad of players are all worthy of a place and have all worked very hard over the winter. We are extremely grateful to them all for their efforts. We are very lucky to have such depth of talent in our county.

The team is as follows:
Carly Booth (Comrie)
Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore)
Jillian Milne (Craigiehill)
Carol Muir (Craigiehill)
Eve Muirhead (Pitlochry)
Annabel Niven (Crieff)
Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder)
Laura Walker (Muckhart)

Reserve - Fiona Ramsay (Crieff)

Once again our thanks to all the squad and we now look forward to playing in the Jamboree which is hosted by Angus and played over Downfield next month, June 27th - 30th. Please come along and support the girls. I will post more details later.

DUNKELD COUNTY MEETING

Just a wee reminder of our next meeting which will is to be held at Dunkeld on June 5th. Dunkeld is a beautiful course with exceptional views. A real treat if you haven't already played it. We would love some more entries please. If you haven't already entered please contact Carol as soon as possible. If you think it may be a little hilly then buggies are available, please let Carol know if you would like one to be booked.

Look forward to seeing you.

COMMONWEALTH SPOONS

What a beautiful course Kenmore was. The views were fantastic and the drive up was lovely. Certainly a hidden gem. The horses along side the course were an added bonus, so much so my ball decided it wanted to stay there and promptly went over the fence! The course was a little tricky and this showed in the scoring, not one of us achieving par!

Here are the results:

1st C Lambie & L Kyle 75
2nd G Wallace & E Martin 77
3rd M Middleton & F Anderson 78 ½ BIH
4th A Spence & M Walker 78 ½ BIH
5th A McGregor & J Miller 78 ½

Well done to all the qualifiers.

Thank you to everyone who bought raffle tickets. The winners of the balls were: Anne Hood, Grace Paterson and Jill Stewart. Well done

Our thanks also go to Kenmore golf Club who certainly made us very welcome and especially Joan who provided us with tea and coffee. Also thank you goes to the conveners Liz Miskimmin and Liz Fertacz. Thank you all very much and we look forward to a return visit very soon.

INTER COUNTY FRIENDLY MATCH

Our County Squad had an inter-county match against Fife on Sunday. Fife were our hosts and invited us along to Balburnie Golf Club for our annual match. Our 8 strong senior squad of Laura Walker, Emily Ogilvy, Alex Bushby, Jillian Milne, Carol Muir, Jacqueline Sneddon, Jane Yellowlees and Sal Shepherd along with four juniors Laura Campbell, Ailie Burnett, Megan Aird and Emily Aird did us all proud and we ended the day with a 2-2 draw for the seniors and a 1-1 draw for the juniors. The format of the day was Greensomes.

Our thanks go to Fife for hosting the match and for providing soup and sandwiches to the players and officials. My thanks go to Shona Leighton and Pam Drysdale who along myself braved a very cold day and walked round to support the girls. Also Lenore who after 23 guests for lunch came joined later in the day!

The full results are as follows:

Emily Ogilvie & Laura Walker lost to Louise Kenney & Jocelyn Carthew 4/3, Alex Bushby & Jillian Milne bt Susan Jackson and Karen Sharp 2 hole, Carol Muir and Jacqueline Sneddon bt Lorna Bennett and A Wilton 5&3, Jane Yellowlees & Sal Shepherd lost Dorothy Ford and L Fury 3/2.
RESULT : 2 - 2

JUNIORS
Ailie Burnet & Laura Campbell bt R Hanlon & S McGuire 2/1 and Emily Aird & Megan Aird lost to G Brown and N Taylor 1 hole
RESULT 1 - 1

Well done to all our players.

EMILY LOSES OUT TO KYLIE

Unfortunately Emily Ogilvy lost out this morning to number five qualifier Kylie Walker. Emily played great golf and was four up with five to play but Kylie won the next five holes in a row, including an eagle at the 14th and birdie at 17. Emily a finalist in last years event at Barassie has only just returned to competitive golf following an accident in the gym which left her with a dislocated shoulder. Emily has worked hard to reach match fitness and we wish her well in future events.

Number one qualifier Kelsey MacDonald was beaten by another youngster Sammy Vass, two holes.

FULL RESULTS

SCOTTISH WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Moray Golf Club Old Course, Lossiemouth

FIRST ROUND MATCH-PLAY
S Vass (Tain) bt K MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 2 holes.
A F Ramsay (Kirriemuir) bt S Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) 2 holes.
K Marshall (Baberton) bt L Hendry (Routenburn) 1 hole.
J Carthew (Ladybank) bt M Tough (Falkirk) 4 and 3.
K Walker (Buchanan Castle) bt E Ogilvy (Auchterarder) 1 hole.
M Summers (Panmure Barry) bt R Livingstone ( Musselburgh Old) 2 and 1.
J Turner (Craigielaw) bt C Gruber (Royal Dornoch) 2 and 1.
M Pow (Selkirk) bt E Fairnie (Dunbar) 3 and 2.


C-M Carlton (Fereneze) bt D Pocock (Murcar Links) 7 and 5.
M Briggs (Kilmacolm) bt E Briggs (Kilmacolm) 2 and 1.
L Murray (Alford) bt P Williamson (Baberton) 7 and 6.

GOOD LUCK EMILY

Yesterday saw the final qualifying round of the Scottish Amateur Golf Championship's which is taking place at Lossiemouth Golf Club and I am very pleased to report that squad member Emily Ogilvy has qualified in 28th position with scores of 84 + 82. Emily will play 5th qualifier Kylie Walker at 9.04 this morning.

Emily was one of three Perth and Kinross entries. Former County Champion Alex Bushby and squad member Jacqueline Sneddon also took part but unfortunately failed to qualify to the matchplay stages, with scores of 89+84, and 89+94 respectively, leading qualifier is Kelsey MacDonald.

The full draw is as follows:

8.30 K MacDonald v S Vass, S Wood v A F Ramsay, L Hendry v K Marshall, J Carthew v M Tough.
9.02 K Walker v E Ogilvy, M Summers v R Livingstone, J Turner v C Gruber, E Fairnie v M Pow.
9.34 C-M Carlton v D Pocock, D Jackson v E Moffat, M Briggs v E Briggs, P Williamson v L Murray.
10.0 C Hargan v L Bennett, K Blackwood v M Thomson, S Bishop v C MacDonald, L McLardy v L Kenney.

Good luck Emily.

COMMONWEALTH SPOONS

Thursday 22nd May is the date of our annual Commonwealth Spoons and we look forward to visiting Kenmore Golf Club. Below is the draw which has been prepared for us by Liz Miskimmin.

10.00: McKellar / Jarvie & Whytock / Chapman
10.07: Groom / Robertson & Paterson / Souter
10.15: Durwood / Gordon & Nisbet / Ogg
10.22: McNab / Fenner & MacDougal / Young
10.30: Carruthers / Storry & Miller / McGregor
10.37: Gibson / Peebles & Martin / Wallace
10.45: Pringle / Milligan & Benzies / Stewart
10.52: Irvine / Muirhead & Spence / Walker
11.00: Gemmel / Crichton & Campbell / Lang
11.07: Hood / Morrison & Macrae / Telford
11.15: Donaldson / Service & Crossland / Macleod
11.22: Anderson / Middleton & Kelly / Harrild
11.30: Johnston / Layburn & Thom / Hebner
11.45: Colquhoun / Tannock & Monks / Fall
12.00: Pennycook / Johnstone & an others

Evening
17.00: Griffiths / Butchart & Dunbar / Fertacz
17.07: Crystal / Chisholm & Stockley/ Doris
17.15: Proudfoot / Allan & Lambie / Kyle
17.22:

Should you wish a late entry please contact Liz who will be happy to help.

PHOTO'S FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND.

Above is Laura Walker being presented with the Perth and Kinross County Championship trophy.

Above is Ailie Burnett being presented with the Gibb Trophy for winning the Handicap Championship.

Below is photos from the first days play

Below is photo's from the last day of play. I have numbered all the photo's so if anyone would like any of the photo's to be emailed just email me with the number or numbers you would like and I will be happy to forward this on to you.

I huge thank you once again to vice Captain Lenore, Match Secretary Shona and Pam who were a great help throughout the weekend. Also all the committee members who gave their time to help on the qualifying day and over the weekend.

I have been involved in many Championships and have even been privileged enough to be a past champion, however as Captain this weekend certainly makes me feel very proud and is one which I will take a great deal of pleasure from. Thank you again to all the competitors and spectators who made the weekend such a huge success.

CONGRATULATIONS LAURA AND AILIE

After yet another fabulous day at Alyth Golf Club, the new champions have been crowned. The 2008 Perth and Kinross County Champion is Laura Walker. Laura played 2007 County Champion Alexandra Bushby in the final after a win of 1 up over Gillian Wallace in the semi-final. Alex played Emily Ogilvy in the semi final and won her place in the final 2&1. However Laura played fantastic golf in the final and after a volley of birdies and pars won the game 8&6.

Laura a former winner of the Scottish girls match-play title in 2002, was a former member of Northern Counties but moved from her home in Nairn to take a teaching post in Perthshire and subsequently joined Muckhart Golf Club and of course Perth and Kinross. She is a very welcomed member of the county and the county squad. Winning the County Championship was a fantastic start to what we hope will be a long association to P&K.

Our Handicap Champion and winner of the Gibb Trophy is Ailie Burnett. Ailie a junior along with fellow junior Erin Millar both made it through to the final of the handicap championship. Ailie won her place in the final after a win of 3&2 over Angela Crossland and Erin Millar won her place with a 4&3 victory over Janette Hamilton. After a very exciting final in which 14 year old Erin fought back from 6 down, Ailie won the excellent final 2&1.

Ailie, a 16 year old Dunkeld member, played excellent golf all weekend and along with Erin was a credit to their parents, golf clubs and county. Well done girls, I will watch your golfing successes with interest.

Full Results:
First round - Laura Walker (Muckhart) bt Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) at 19th,
Shona Leighton (Alyth) bt Norma Fleming (Alyth) 1 hole,
Gillian Wallace (Glenisla) bt Jane Taylor (Strathmore) 4 and 2;
Carol Muir (Craigie Hill) bt Gwen Lambie (Dunkeld) at 19th;
Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) bt Fiona Ramsay (Crieff) 7 and 5;
Janet Griffiths (Strathmore) bt J Yellowlees (Murrayshall) 5 and 4;
Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore) Laura Campbell (Pitlochry) 5 and 4;
Jillian Milne (Craigie Hill) bt Sandy Bushby (Strathmore) 5 and 4.

Quarter-finals -
Laura Walker bt Shona Leighton 3 and 1,
Gillian Wallace bt Carol Muir 2 and 1,
Emily Ogilvy bt JanetGriffiths 2 and 1,
Alex Bushby bt Jillian Milne 5 and 3.

Semi-finals –
Laura Walker bt Gillian Wallace 1 hole,
Alex Bushby bt Emily Ogivly 2 and 1.

Final –
Laura Walker bt Alex Bushby 8 and 6.

HANDICAP CHAMPIONSHIP
Quarter-finals -
Janette Hamilton bt Jan Kennedy 5 and 4,
Erin Millar bt Ann Duncan 4 and 3,
Angela Crossland bt Miriam Wilson at 19th,
Ailie Burnett bt Carol Lambie 3 and 2.

Semi-finals –
Erin Millar bt Janette Hamilton 3 and 2,
Ailie Burnett bt Angela Crossland 2 and 1.

Final –
Ailie Burnett bt Erin Millar 2 and 1.

Our sincere thanks go to Alyth Golf Club for hosting the tournament.

I would also like to thank my vice Captain Lenore, Match Secretary Shona Leighton and Pam Drysdale for all their help over the weekend. Also thank you to Liz Miskimmin for supporting the girls on the final day and for presenting the prizes. Also a huge thank you to all of you who came along to walk the course and support the girls in their endeavours. I was also delighted to see honorary member Dorothy Farquahar who is a stalwart supporter of the County Team, back to health and walking the course along with fellow stalwart Margaret MacNaughton.

Well done once again to all and I will post the photo evidence tomorrow!

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS SO FAR

It was a glorious day at Alyth Golf Club for our first day of the County Championships. It has also been a very long day!! So I will post the results so far and provide a more indepth report on Monday, with ofcourse all the photo's!

First Round Scratch Championship
L Walker (Muckhart) bt J Sneddon (Alyth) 19th
S Leighton (Alyth) bt N Fleming (Alyth) 1 up
G Wallace (Glenisla) bt J Taylor(Strathmore) 4&3
C Muir(Craigiehill) bt G Lambie (Dunkeld) 19th
E Ogilvy(Auchterarder) bt F Ramsay (Crieff)7&5
J Griffiths (Strathmore) bt J Yellowlees(Murrayshall) 5&4
A Bushby (Strathmore) bt L Campbell (Pitlochry) 5&4
J Milne (Craigiehill) bt S Bushby (Strathmore) 5&4

Afternoon Quarter Finals
L Walker bt S Leighton 3&1
G Wallace bt C Muir 2&1
E Ogilvy bt J Griffiths 2&1
A Bushby bt J Milne 5&3

tommorow
L Walker v G Wallace
E Ogilvy v A Bushby

H,CapQuarter Finals
J Hamilton (Blairgowire) bt J Kennedy (Blairgowrie) 5&4
E Millar (Pitlochry) bt A Duncan (Taymouth Castle) 4&3
A Crossland (Dunblane) Bt M Wilson (Dunblane)19th
A Burnett(Dunkeld) bt C Lambie (Dunkeld) 3&2

tomorrow
J Hamilton v E Millar
A Crossland vA Burnette

If you can come along to support the finalists you would be very welcomed.

JOB OPPORTUNITY

The SLGA are recruiting a Tournament Assistant. Below is further information.

The Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association Limited is the governing body for ladies’ and girls’ amateur golf in Scotland.
Applications are invited for the following position which will be based in Perth.

TOURNAMENT ASSISTANT

(Full Time)

Applicants must be familiar with competitive golf. They should be self motivated but able to work as part of a team and have strong communication and organisational skills. Fully conversant with Microsoft Office the person appointed will assist the Tournament Officer in the administration for and delivery of the Association’s Championships and Competitions. Attention to detail and the ability to work to tight deadlines are imperative. A full clean driving licence and willingness to work away from home are essential.

Salary and benefits package will be commensurate with experience.
The Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association is an equal opportunities employer.

Applications, in writing, accompanied by a curriculum vitae should be sent to:
Dr S E Hartley, The Company Secretary, Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association Limited, The Den, 2 Dundee Road, Perth PH2 7DW
marking the envelope Ref:TA Private & Confidential.
Email: sheila@slga.co.uk
Closing date for applications: 26 May 2008

CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER RESULTS

Thank you to everyone who came along and took part in our Championship qualifier at Alyth yesterday. We were all certainly rewarded with the best weather of the year so far. It was beautiful. The course was also in fantastic condition and our thanks go to all the green keeping staff, professional Tom Melville for his help and all the catering staff who worked hard all day and kept the kitchen open for all our evening players.

The results were as follows:
Scratch
Laura Walker (Muckhart) 75bih
Jillian Milne (Craighill) 75
Annabel Niven (Crieff) 76
Emily Ogivly (Auchterarder) 77
Carol Muir (Craigiehill) 77
Gillian Wallace (Glenisla) 77
Jane Yellowlees (Murrayshall) 78
Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore) 78
Eve Muirhead (Pitlochry) 80
Shona Leighton (Alyth) 81
Norma Fleming (Alyth) 82
Hazel Gibson (Murrayshall) 82
Laura Campbell (Pitlochry) 83
Janet Griffiths (Strathmore) 83
Jane Taylor (Strathmore) 84
Gwen Lambie (Dunkeld) 84
Caroline Dunbar (Aberfeldy) 84
Fiona Ramsay (Crieff) 85
Pat Colquhoun (Callander) 85
Nan Morrison (Dunblane) 86
Margaret Macrae (Pitlochry) 86
Sandy Bushby (Strathmore) 87
Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) 87

Unfortunately Annabel is unable to play because of exam commitments, Eve has an Olympic curling press conference and Hazel, Caroline, Pat, Nan and Margaret are also unavailable. Therefore the automatic draw is as follows:

Saturday 10th May
10:04 Laura Walker v Jacqueline Sneddon
10:11 Norma Fleming v Shona Leighton
10:18 Gillian Wallace v Jane Taylor
10:25 Gwen Lambie v Carol Muir
10:32 Emily Ogilvy v Fiona Ramsay
10:39 Janet Griffiths v Jane Yellowlees
10:46 Alexandra Bushby v Laura Campbell
10:53 Sandy Bushby v Jillian Milne

Handicap scores were very impressive especially as the CSS did increase to 73 the results were as follows:
69: Hazel Gibson (Murrayshall) (13), Pat Colquhoun (Callander) (16)
70: Jillian Milne (Craigiehill) (5) Annabel Niven (Crieff) (6)
71: Janette Hamilton (Blairgowrie) (18)
72: Jane Taylor (Strathmore) (12), Carol Muir (Craigiehill) (5), Carol Lambie (Dunkeld) (15), Gillian Wallace (Glenisla) (5)
73: Shona Leighton (Alyth) (8), Jane Yellowlees (Murrayshall) (5), Shirley Irvine (Blairgowrie) (26)
74: Mariane Carruthers (Pitlochry) (27), Angela Crossland (Dunblane) (23), Laura Walker (Muckhart) (1), Norma Fleming (Alyth) (8), Ella Benzies (Alyth) (21), Elizabeth Milligan (Dunblane) (17), Ann Duncan (Taymouth Castle) (19)
75: Erin Millar (Pitlochry) (17), Eve Muirhead (Pitlochry) (5), Morag Brysdon (Dunkeld) (14)
Miriam Wilson (Dunblane) (12), Allie Burnett (Dunkeld) (14), Jan Kennedy (Blairgowrie) (14)

Unfortunately Hazel, Pat, Shirley, Mariane, Ella, Elizabeth and Morag are unavailable and when we remove the scratch qualifiers the draw is as follows:

Saturday 10th May at Alyth
11:00 Jan Hamilton v Jan Kennedy
11:07 Erin Millar v Ann Duncan
11:14 Angela Crossland vMiriam Wilson
11:21 Allie Burnette v Carol Lambie

Well done everyone and I look forward to seeing you at the weekend. If you are not included in the draw then please come along and support the qualifiers.

Also a very big thank-you to all who brought along raffle prizes and for supporting your county by buying raffle tickets. A grand total of £238 was raised. Thank you very much.

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER RAFFLE

Looking forward to Monday's qualifier at Alyth. 121 of us are taking part and the weather forecast looks good!

A raffle will take place on Monday in aid of County funds and I would be very obliged if you could bring along a raffle prize and also buy some raffle tickets!!!

Thank you very much and look forward to seeing you on Monday.

EVE MUIRHEAD NAMED IN THE OLYMPIC CURLING SQUAD

I am very pleased to announce that Junior Member and County Squad Member Eve Muirhead has been named in the 6 strong ladies squad for the 2010 Olympic's. The squad named along with Eve are Karen Addison, Lynn Cameron, Jackie Lockhart, Lorna Vevers and Kelly Wood .

Eve who although has only recently turned 18 is a very experience Curler she was Captain of the women's team who beat hosts Sweden 12-3 in the final match at the 2008 World Championships in Ostersund, Sweden on Sunday 9 March. She also won gold at the World Junior Curling Championships, Minnesota, 2007 was part of the young futures curling squad, 2006, won Silver League Winner 2005 and was 3rd in the Scottish Junior Championships 2005 & 2004.

On top of her curling achievements Eve is also an excellent golfer who has represented P&K at County level on numerous occasions, what a talent indeed!!

We are very proud of Eve and send her our warmest congratulations. Well done Eve, we will be supporting you all the way.

Picture above of Eve Muirhead as a golfer is by courtesy of Cal Carson Golf Agency, all rights reserved.

WELL DONE ALEXANDRA

Congratulations go to Alexandra Bushby who took part in the Helen Holm Scottish women's open amateur stroke-play championship at Troon over the weekend. The event had a handicap ballot of 3 or less. Friday and Saturday Alex returned scores of 79 on Friday and an excellent 76 on Saturday. Par of the course is 75. The field was then cut and Alexandra made the cut to play in the final day on Sunday. Although Alex didn't return such a good score (84) she was, quite rightly, very pleased with her overall performance.

The winner of the tournament was 24 year old Barbara Genuini from near Nice. She won the prestigious title by two strokes with a total of 11-under-par 214 for the 54-hole event.

Well done Alex you did yourself and us proud.

PLEASE CHECK DRAW

As ever a few changes have been made to the county draw, please check below.

ALEX PLAYS IN THE HELEN HOLM

County Champion Alexandra Bushby is P&K's only entrant in this years Helen Holm Scottish women’s open amateur stroke-play championship over the Troon Portland links. Alex scored a very credible 79 over the par 75 course. Sahra Hassan from South Wales, a Curtis Cup reserve, is in pole position with a very impressive 68.

Well done Alex and we wish her the very best in today's final round.

Fellow squad member Emily Ogilvy would normally feature in this event but is recovering from a dislocated shoulder and did not enter. However I am please to say, Emily is recovering well and is taking part in the County Championship at Alyth.

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW

To follow is the draw for the County Championship Qualifying round. Should you have any queries or require a late entry please contact me. 01828 633000/633395

10.04: Emily Ogilvy, Jq Sneddon
10.11: F Ramsay, D Butchart
10.18: G Wallace, J Yellowlees, Carol Muir
10.25: N Morrison, S Bushby, N Fleming
10.32: E Donaldson, J Heaney, J Taylor
10.39: M Beggie, A Priestley, A Tannock
10.46: P Colquhoun, H Gibson, A Burnett
10.53: C Turner, M Brydson, K McAlpine
11.00: J Kennedy, G Pennycook, S MacDougal
11.07: E Martin, A Grewar, K Jarvie
11.14: M Middleton, L Pattinson, C Choudray
11.21: A Hood, S Bowers, S Ogg
11.28: S Young, C Peebles, L Fertacz
11.35: L Scott, J Muirhead, J Montgomery
11.42: Je Sneddon, S Durward, D Doris
11.49: H Dalgleish, E Milligan, M Walker
11.56, Maya Robertson, D Whytock, M Robertson
12.03: S Mitchell, M Wilson
12.10: H Straw, J Clowe, J Donaldson
12.17: S Crystal, S Lindsay, E Millar
12.24: E Campbell, A McGregor,
12.31: M Macleod, J Miller, C Webb
12.38: J Pringle, L Crighton, S Fenner
12.45: E Benzies, E Harrild, P Hebner
12.52: J Thom, J Gemmel, A Crossland
12.59: A Spence, K McKay, M Robertson-Lang
13.06: S McNaughton, P Kelly, G Paterson
13.13: Ji Sneddon, L Fall, S Irvine
13.20: L O'Donnell, C Monks, M Forbes
13.27: Starters Time
13.34: J Proudfoot, H Lang, M Macrae
13.41: M Carruthers, A Allan, M Chalmers
13.48: A Beeson, C McNab, E Watson
13.55: E Callander, M Storry, F Anderson
14.02: L Kyle, J Groom, R McGeoghegan

Evening
16.42: A Bushby, J Milne
16.48: M Marshall, J Griffiths
16.54: E Davidson, C Dunbar
17.00: A Duncan, M McKay, P Drysdale
17.06: J Hamilton, M Aird, J Chisholm
17.12: L Walker, A Niven, E Muirhead
17.18: E Aird, C Lambie, A Spiers
17.25: G Lambie, S Shepherd, S Leighton

Could you all please bring along something for our annual raffle in aid of funds for the Jamboree. Thank you.

Hope the sun shines for us all!

The 2nd HACIENDA DEL ALAMO WOMEN’S WINTERGOLF FESTIVAL

The following information was received from Tournament Organiser Colin Farquarson, should you require any further details or information please contact him by email.

February 11 to 17, 2009
FOUR TOURNAMENTS OVER SIX DAYS
Open to lady professionals and Silver Division lady amateurs
To be played at the five-star Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort, Murcia, South-east Spain.

PROGRAMME
Wednesday, February 11: Free practice round over championship course.

1: Thursday-Friday, February 12-13: MURCIA LADIES OPEN (36 holes stroke-play)

2: Saturday, February 14: HACIENDA DEL ALAMO Valentine’s Day Pro-am (lady pros & teams of three amateurs, male or female, over 18 holes.

3: Sunday, February 15: COSTA CALIDA PAIRS competition (first nine holes alternate shot, second nine holes better ball).

4: Monday-Tuesday, February 16-17: HACIENDA DEL ALAMO LADIES OPEN (36 holes
stroke-play).

FIVE-STAR PRACTICE FACILITIES
Hacienda del Alamo has five-star practice facilities: two big practice putting greens, big chipping/pitching green, bunker practice facility, 36-bay two-tier driving range, six-hole Academy course.
You can arrive early and practise …. And you can stay on and practise even more.

HOW TO ENTER
Entry forms available by E-mailing Festival Director COLIN FARQUHARSON (Colin@scottishgolfview.com) or by downloading them from www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk
There are separate entry fees for each event but you do not have to play in them all.

MIDWEEK FLIGHTS
The 2009 Festival is being spread over a long weekend in response to suggestions made by players who took part in the inaugural Festival. They felt it would be much cheaper to fly to Spain in midweek.
Murcia Airport is less than 30min away from Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort.
Alicante Airport is more than 75min away.

HOW TO RENT A VILLA
Quotes for rental of villas at Hacienda del Alamo (the more players who share a villa, the cheaper it becomes) are available from SUE GARDINER of HM Rentals by E-mailing her at sue@hmrental.com Log on to her website for details at: www.hmrental.com also www.clubmurcia.com for a full rundown on rentals, hotels etc.

ALYTH COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP


Only two weeks on Monday to go for our 2008 County Championship Qualifier so please get your entries to me as soon as possible.

As always we will be holding our annual raffle in aid for funds for Jamboree. If you could possibly bring along a raffle prize we would be very grateful. Either pass it onto a committee member or bring it along on the day. Please ask you clubs if they could possibly donate a prize that too would be fantastic.

I have made a wee poster asking for help and would appreciate it if you could download this and place it on your club notice board. Just click on the link below and this will take you to the file and just then download.

CLICK HERE FOR POSTER

Thank you for your help and look forward to seeing you on the day!

SENIOR COACHING

The second of our coaching sessions took place today at Gleneagles Golf Academy. The focus for the day was 'short game' and the pro's certainly put the girls through their paces!! Following a brief sessions the girls, watched by the professionals, played an 18 par competition which consisted of 9 difficult positions that the girls were required to get' up and down' in two shots. Hence the 18 par.

Some of the spots chosen by the boys were extremely testing but the girls rose to the occasion and some of the shots played were fantastic. It also shows the girls which part of their game they should concentrate on.

All the girls enjoyed the coaching and we hope they are ready for a very successful season! Well done girls.

CONGRATULATIONS ANNABEL



Well done Annabel Niven who returned a 80 on the final day of the Scottish Under 16's Open Strokeplay Championship. This score added to the first day 75 placed Annabel in joint 12th place overall and the highest placed Scot. Well done Annabel. I spoke with Annabel on Friday night and she said the conditions were tougher on the final day with some very difficult pin placements. A great start to Annabel's season. Annabel's team Scotland 2 finished 5th one place ahead of Scotland 1 team. England were the overall team winners.


Megan Aird had a 97 to add to her 83 a very creditable total of 180, well done Megan. Emily Aird had 100 in the first round followed by 103 to-day, a total of 203, great effort Emily.

Well done girls.

NEWS FLASH

Megan has kindly called to keep me up to date with the girls at Craigielaw and the news so far is that Annabel has returned an excellent 75 and Megan has returned a 83. Well done both. The leading score at present is 69.

Will keep you up dated on any further news as it happens.

THREE PERTH AND KINROSS GIRLS IN SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP

Senior Squad member Annabel Niven has been selected to represent Scotland in the team event of the Under 16 Open Stroke Play Championship which starts today at Craigielaw Golf Club. Annabel tee's off at 8.30 both days. Annabel also represented Scotland last year and we wish her well. Annabel along with sisters Megan and Emily Aird makes up the three representatives from the county. Megan Tees off at 9am both days and Emily at 12.40.

This is the first major event in the SLGA Girls callender and we wish the girls well.

To see the full draw click on the link below

SLGA Under 16's draw

CALLANDER MEETING

Our first County Meeting took place today at Callander and we were extremely lucky with the weather considering the forecast! Most of us stayed dry but unfortunately the very last groups did catch a heavy shower.

The majority of the scoring was relatively high however this did increase the CSS to 71 and REDUCTION ONLY!!! Only one player was below the CSS and that was Elizabeth Campbell with a nett 70, well done Elizabeth. The best scratch of the day was new Perth and Kinross member Laura Walker posting a very credible 75, well done Laura. The full scores were as follows:

Scratch
Laura Walker (Muckhart) 75

Handicap
Elizabeth Campbell (Blair Atholl) (20) 70
Margaret Ewen (Craigie Hill) (18) 72
Lenore Kyle(Milnathort) (12) 74 bih
Elizabeth Fertacz (Dunkeld And Birnam) (9) 74

Well done all.

A very big thank you goes to Callander Golf club for the wonderful welcome we received. The course was in very good condition for so early in the season and the food was absolutely wonderful!! The county always enjoy our visits to Callander and this was no exception.

Also thanks go to our convener Carol Lambie and assistant Pam Drysdale who looked after so well.

Our next meeting is our County Championship qualifier at Alyth so get your entries as soon as possible to Dawn Butchart.

MATCH AT GLENEAGLES

Unfortunately our first inter county friendly match didn't quite go the way we had hoped! All four senior matches went Stirling and Clackmanans way. The team of Laura Walker, Eve Muirhead, Fiona Ramsay, Jillian Milne, Gwen Lambie, Jane Yellowlees, Sal Shepherd and Carol Lambie all did us proud by fighting hard against stiff opposition with some matches going all the way to the 18th. I was very proud to see the fighting spirit if the girls and was very pleased to see the way they supported each other even when their matches were over. Injured squad member Emily Ogilvy also came along to give the girls her support.

The juniors, I am very pleased to say, was a much happier result with both matches going to P&K. The first team were Annabel Niven and Megan Aird who fought hard throughout their match and won by one hole. The girls were giving 7 shots and to play some great golf to win through. The second team were Aillie Burnett and Emily Aird who also won their match 2 up. The girls fought hard and were not daunted by the occasion. The officials of President Liz Miskimmin, Vice Captain Lenore Kyle, Match Secretary Shona Leighton and Junior Assistant Pam Drysdale and myself were all impressed by the standard of play and the way in which all team members conducted themselves on the course.

Well done all and a very big thank you to Match Secretary Shona Leighton for her hard work in the organisation of the event.

GOOD LUCK GIRLS!

The first of our InterCounty Matches for the season takes place tomorrow and we are very grateful to Gleneagles for providing courtesy of the Queens Course for the Team.

The County Team of 12, which includes seniors and juniors,will play against Stirling and Clackmananshire at 2pm. This is our first match of the season and we wish the girls all the very best of luck.

I will let you know the result as soon as possible.

JUNIOR SQUAD AND SENIOR SQUAD DAY

We had a fabulous day at Strathmore Golf Club on Sunday. 14 juniors and 14 seniors took part in a Greensome Competition. It was a fantastic turnout with 14 juniors taking part. All the girls enjoyed their day and a special thanks go to Strathmore Golf Centre who provided courtesty for the day.

We were extremely lucky with the weather with only a little rain for the players at the end of the draw. Although it didn't seem to make any difference to the scoring!!

The results of the day were as follows:

Nearest the Pins Girls:
6th Hole - Emily aird
13th Hole - Ailie Burnett

Nearest the Pins Seniors:
4th Hole - Sandy Bushby
17th Hole - Laura Walker

Scratch Prize-winners
1st Place - Laura Walker & Laura Campbell
2nd Place - Dawn Butchart & Erin Millar
3rd Place - Annabel Niven & Megan Aird

Handicap Prize-winners
1st Place - Sandy Bushby & Eilidh Watson
2nd Place - Dot Doris & Emily Aird
3rd Place - Pat Colquhoun & Siobhan Teague

Thanks go to Carol Lambie and Shona Leighton for helping with the organisation.

(LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THE NEW SLIDE SHOW!)

CALLANDER COUNTY MEETING


At last at last at last!! The season is now upon us! I am really looking forward to our very first County Meeting which is to be held at Callander Golf Club on Monday 7th April.
Carol Lambie is our convener and she has kindly forwarded the draw. It is as follows:

09.30: P Drysdale, A Tannock G Lambie
09.37: C Choudhary, E Martin, R Brass
09.45: M Hope, J Griffiths, L Kyle
09.52: M McPherson, K Jarvie, J Muir
10.00: A Spence, A Burnett, D Doris
10.07: K McKellar, M Hunter, E Milligan
10.15: H Dawson, H Gibson, S Durward
10.22: S Bushby, L Fertacz, J Heaney
10.30: D Butchart, M Middleton, Maya Robertson
10.37: F Johnston, H Straw, D Whytock
10.45: L Crighton, J Proudfoot, M Chapman
10.52: J Gemmell, P Hebnet E Harrild
11.00: A McGregor, S Fenner, C Peebles
11.07: J Miller, S McNaughton, C McNab
11.15: M Ewing, G Paterson, J Clowe
11.22: M Macrae, M Macleod, M Robertson-Lang
11.30: P Kelly, L Campbell, A Beeson
11.37: H Lang, R McGeoghegan, E Callander
11.45: S Jones, A Crossland, E Watson
11.52: M Forbes, C Webb, K McKay
12.00: P Colquhoun, M Storrey, C Lambie

Look forward to seeing you all on the day. If you have any queries regarding the draw contact Carol.

JUNIOR DAY AT STRATHMORE

On Sunday 14 juniors are making their way to Strathmore Golf Club where they will be paired with a senior player for a greensome competition. We were hoping to pair every junior with a squad member but with more juniors wishing to take part than we actually have senior squad members we are drafting in some lower handicap P&K members to help out, some of whom are past team members. Our gratitude go to Strathmore Golf Centre who not only are offering courtesy of the course but following the demand by the juniors, have agreed to provide more Tee Times than we originally requested.

There will be prizes for scratch and handicap, so fingers crossed for some good weather on the day. I will post some photo's next week.

SENIOR TRAINING DAY

Unfortunately the weather let us down again on Easter Sunday! Gleneagles Golf Academy woke up to 1 to 2 inches of snow which made our 2nd Senior Squad coaching session a bit of a non starter!

Coaches at Gleneagles had devised an outdoor coaching day which was to focus on all aspect of the girls short game and of course due to the snow we had to cancel the sessions. We will rearrange for another day when hopefully this very unexpected spell of weather has improved!

CONGRATULATIONS CARLY!!

What wonderful news came to me whilst playing golf in Tenerife!! The news being that P&K squad member Carly Booth had been selected for the Curtis Cup Team which will be played at St Andrews this year. Carly, at 15, becomes the youngest ever player to be selected for a GB&I Curtis Cup team. The previous youngest was Jane Connachan from Musselburgh when she made her debut at the age of 16 in 1980.

This is a fantastic honour for Carly and one which she is more than ready to accept. She has already been part of the Junior Ryder Cup team and playing against the United States will not intimidate our Carly at all in fact it will probably inspire her!

Carly's response when hearing the news was 'Awesome, Awesome, Awesome'!! We all send Carly our heart felt congratulations and look forward to seeing her at St. Andrews!

The team along with ages are below:

Liz Bennett (Brokenhurst Manor) 25, Carly Booth (Comrie) 15, Krystle Caithness (St Regulus) 19, Jodi Ewart (Catterick) 20, Breanne Loucks (Wrexham) 20, Florentyna Parker (Royal Birkdale) 18, Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon) 19, Sally Watson (Elie & Earlsferry Ladies) 16.

Reserves:

1 Kerry Smith (Waterlooville) 36, 2 Sahra Hassan (Vale of Glamorgan) 20, 3 Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton) 19, 4 Danielle McVeigh (Royal Co Down Ladies) 20.