COUNTY ADULT AND JUNIOR DAY

Angus County hosted a very successful competition yesterday which featured past and present County squad members and juniors from 4 counties (Angus, Stirling & Clackmannanshire, Fife and Perth & Kinross) yesterday at Edzell Golf Club. 24 parings took part in all. Although no P&K pairings were in the prizewinners our top pairing was Dawn Butchart and Erin Millar who returned a very credible 38 points.

The winners were Fiona Gilbert and Claire Borthwick with 40 stableford points on the better inward half from Shonagh Raitt and Katie Reid. Frances Millar and Louise Smith were 3rd, also with 40 points, losing out on the last 6 holes.The prize for the best 1st nine holes went to Ann Hay and Gail Wilson from Angus, and the best 2nd 9 went to Lorna Fury and Kym Honeyman from Fife.

Well done to everyone and I hope you all enjoyed your day, I certainly did! And of course many thanks to Aileen Hunter of Angus who organised the day. Below are photos of our pairings.

GOOD LUCK TO SANDY AND ALEX

County Team Player Alexandra Bushby and her mother, P&K Member Sandy Bushby are making their way to the Dailymail Foursomes Finals at Dalmahoy this weekend. Alex and Sandy are the only P&K members who are taking part and we wish them the very best.

SCRATCH LEAGUE DINNER

Blairgowrie Golf Club were hosts for the annual Scratch League Dinner last night where Craigiehill were declared the winners for 2008. Alyth were 2nd and Strathmore 3rd. Above is the trophy being presented by Blairgowrie Vice Captain Liz Fertacz to Alison Stockley of Craigiehill.

The evening was well attended, Susan Arbuckle chaired the meeting and various points were raised and discussed. Following the meeting we all enjoyed a lovely meal.

Craigiehill will now be our hosts next year and it was agreed that the results will be posted following each match on our website. So look out for the scores here next year!

Many thanks once again to Blairgowrie and well done to winners Craigiehill.

ADULT AND JUNIOR DAY

Angus County have once again organised an Adult and Junior greensomes competition. All Adults should be current or past county squad members and junior girls must be under 18 with a handicap of 36 or less. The hope is that this format will give junior girls the opportunity to play along side established talented lady golfers.

This is the second year this has been organised by Angus and with such a great turnout it is certainly turning out to be a very popular event.

I have highlighted our pairings.

10.30: M Summers & L Smith - E Moffat & A Tait
10.37: J Brown & A Pryde - L Fury & K Honeyman
10.44: H Anderson & A Summers - A Wilton & S Munro
10.51: C Penman & J Chalmers - D Ford & L Whyte
10.58: F Blair & E Jamieson - D Watson & S McGuire
11.05: F Gilbert & A Alston - L Walker & L Campbell
11.12: C Capocci & J Laird - J Yellowlees & A Burnett
11.19: S Raitt & K Reid - G Lambie & E Aird
11.26: A Hay & G Wilson - S Leighton & M Aird
11.33: E Allison & A Goodwin - D Butchart & E Millar
11.38: E Goodwin & N Underhill - F Ramsay & E Watson
11.45: AN Other & AN Other - L McGregor & A Hutton

Congratulations to P & K County team member Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore/North of Scotland Champion) who won the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association Champion of Champions tournament after a playoff over the Glasgow Gailes links in Ayrshire this afternoon. Alexandra had tied fellow P&K teammate, Carly Booth, who qualified as Scottish Girls Champion, on 76, ( SS 77) and although Alex had a better inward half, the rules stipulated a playoff in the event of a tie. Carly outdrove her on the first hole, but Alexandra put her second nicely on the green and sank a tricky 8 foot putt for a birdie 3 and the Championship. As a result of her splendid score Alexandra has reduced her handicap to Scratch - well done to both girls from everyone at P & K.

Full results:
76 Alexandra Bushby (North of Scotland), Carly Booth (Scottish Girls) [A Bushby won after a playoff]
78 Rachael Livingstone (Midlothian) bih, Cara Gruber (Northern Counties)
79 Mary Smith (Senior Strokeplay)
80 Susan Wood (Lanarkshire)
82 Fiona de Vries (Veterans)
83 Laura Walker (Perth and Kinross)
86 Megan Briggs (Renfrewshire)
87 Rebecca Wilson (Angus), Lorna Bennett (Senior Matchplay)
88 Ruth Carroll (East Lothian), Lindsay Kirkwood (Dumfriesshire

GOOD LUCK ALEX, CARLY & LAURA

This Sunday the SLGA will host the Champion of Champions tournament over the Glasgow Gailes links, Ayrshire. Only 15 competitors will take part in this prestigious event and three are from P&K. Team members Alex Bushby qualified as North of Scotland Champion, Carly Booth as Scottish Girls Champion and Laura Walker as our County Champion.

Good luck from all at P&K!!

The full draw is as follows:

11.30 Ruth Carroll (East Lothian), Lindsey Kirkwood (Dumfries-shire).

11.40 Rachael Livingstone (Midlothian), Alexandra Bushby (North of Scotland).

11.50 Louise Kenney (East of Scotland, Rebecca Wilson (Angus).

12.00 Lorna Bennett (Senior match-play), Susan Wood (Lanarkshire), Morag MacPherson (Ayrshire).

12.10 Laura Walker (Perth & Kinross), Fona De Vries (Veterans), Cara Gruber (Northern Counties).

12.20 Carly Booth (Scottish girls), Megan Briggs (Renfrewshire), Mary Smith (Senior stroke-play).

2009 GB & I VAGLIANO SQUAD ANNOUNCED

The Great Britain & Ireland preliminary squad for the 2009 Vagliano Trophy match against the Continent of Europe at Hamburger Golf Club, Falkenstein,Germany on July 24 and 25 next year has been announced and I am delighted to report that two P&K players have been selected. They are Carly Booth and Roseanne Niven. Both Carly and Roseanne had outstanding seasons and we are very proud of this achievement.

Well done to both.

Below is the full squad. Names are in Alphabetical order

1. Hannah Barwood (ENG) (Knowle).
2 Liz Bennett (ENG) (Brokenhurst Manor).
3 Carly Booth (SCO) (Comrie).
4 Amy Boulden (WAL) (Maesdu).
5 Hannah Burke (ENG) (Mid Herts)
6 Krystle Caithness (SCO) (St Regulus)
7 Tara Delaney (IRE) (Carlow)
8 Naomi Edwards (ENG) (Ganton)
9 Jodi Ewart (ENG) (Catterick)
10 Sahra Hassan (WAL) (Vale of Glamorgan)
11 Rachel Jennings (ENG) (Izaak Walton)
12 Niamh Kitching (IRE) (Claremorris)
13 Breanne Loucks (WAL) (Wrexham)
14 Kelsey MacDonald (SCO) (Nairn Dunbar)
15 Leona Maguire (IRE) (Slieve Russell)
16 Lisa Maguire (IRE) (Slieve Russell)
17 Danielle McVeigh (IRE) (Royal County Down Ladies')
18 Roseanne Niven (SCO) (Crieff)
19 Florentyna Parker (ENG) (Royal Birkdale)
20 Pamela Pretswell (SCO) (Bothwell Castle)
21 Kerry Smith (ENG) (Waterlooville)
22 Rhian Wyn Thomas (WAL) (Vale of Glamorgan)
23 Michele Thomson (SCO) (McDonald Ellon)
24 Kelly Tidy (ENG) (Royal Birkdale)
25 Kylie Walker (SCO) (Buchanan Castle)
26 Sally Watson (SCO) (Elie & Earlsferry Ladies)

The breakdown of the nationalities are as follows:
English 9, Scottish 8, Irish 5, Welsh 4.

SPONORSHIP DAY TOTAL

Some time ago I reported on a Golfathon which was organised by Alex Bushby. Six of us took part playing 54 holes over Strathmore Golf Course. We started at 7.45am and had a 15 min break at 11.30 then the last two rounds were completed without a break and we finished the day at 8pm.

It really was a great day and we all even managed to enjoy ourselves!

A huge thank you to all the girls who took part plus all the other squad members who, although unavailable on the day, still contributed by getting sponsors or running raffles. We also had very kind contributions from individual members plus Strathmore Golf Centre were fantastic as they not only provided courtesy of the course but David also put up a very nice bottle of malt and sold raffle tickets all day, he also had a bucket for visitors to sponsor us and he sold a rounds of golf for 4 at Strathmore in aid of our funds. David also provided snacks for the girls at the end of play. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!

Catherine, our treasurer, has now got the final total for the monies raised and the grand total was a fantastic £1337.90.

WOW or what!! I really as so proud of the girls for all their hard work and enthusiasm throughout the whole year they really have been an absolute joy!

Many thanks to all who contributed and of course to the girls for all their efforts!

CONGRATULATIONS CRAIGIEHILL

A very big thank you to Susan Arbuckle who has forwarded the final results of the 2008 Scratch League and Craigiehill with 11 points were the winners this year. In 2nd place was Alyth on 9 points. There were four teams on 8 points, Strathmore taking 3rd place on most games won.

Full results are as follows:


1st: Craigie Hill (11)
2nd: Alyth (9)
3rd: Strathmore (8)
4th: Pitlochry (8)
5th: Blairgowrie (8)
6th: Dunkeld (8)
7th: Auchterarder (4)
8th: Crieff (0)

Scratch League dinner is next Tuesday 14th October at Blairgowrie. See you there.

JACQUELINE SNEDDON LEADS THE GRAND CANYON INVITATIONAL.

Perth and Kinross member Jacqueline Sneddon is leading the field with a fantastic 1 over par 73. Jacqueline was said to be caught unaware of her position when she stated "I'm leading?". Jacqueline knew she was leading when she left but more than half to field was still to return their scores.

The leading scores are as follows:

Par 72. Yardage:6431
Jacqueline Sneddon Grand Canyon 36-37 73 +1
2 Jennifer Lutz Grand Canyon 37- 38 75 +3
2 Kelly Rainbolt Lubbock Ch 35- 40 75 +32 Malin Thorberg CBU 37- 38 75 +3
2 Shauna Curtis CBU 37- 38 75 +3
6 Amy Dalzell St Martins 37- 39 76 +4
6 Roxanne Mejia CSU-SnMrcs 38- 38 76 +4

Good luck in the next round.

P&K CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

Yesterday Perth and Kinross County Golf Association held our annual Champion of Champions Tournament over the Kings Course at Gleneagles. 17 Champions took part from all our the county they were Alex Bushby (Blairgowrie), Betty Brannan (Kinross), Jackie Brown (Whitemoss), Dawn Butchart (Strathmore), Ruth Campbell (Taymouth Castle), Caroline Dunbar (Aberfeldy), Kathleen Duncan (Pitlochry), Nicky Harding-McDonald (Craigiehill), Alison Houston (Milnathort), Gwen Lambie (Dunkeld), Esther Martin (Glenisla), Lynn Sharp (Dunning), Susan Stewart (Crieff), Claire Thompson (Killin), Laura Walker (Muckhart and County Champion), Julie White (Auchterarder), Hazel Wyllie (Comrie) and Jane Yellowlees (Murrayshall).

County Team member Alexandra Bushby was our winner in what proved to be a very close finish! Alex returned a very impressing 78 which was only one shot clear of Jackie Brown and Laura Walker in second and third place respectively with 79. Gwen Lambie also returned a 78 but Alex took the title by virtue of the last 6 holes. A very exciting and close run competition for all!!

The CSS on the day was 74 reduction only.

A huge thank you must go to Gleneagles who kindly grant Courtesy to the county to host this event. The course was stunning as always.

Below are photo's of our champions plus 5 guest who were invited to come along as a thank you for all their help at the Scottish Finals last weekend.

If any one would like any photographs forwarded please email me!

COMMONWEALTH SPOONS RESULS


What a beautiful day and a superb golf course we enjoyed today at Torwoodlee. Apart from the golf the other most important aspect of the day is of course the catering and wow we were in for treat!!! With the most fantastic home baking it truly was fantastic.

The golf wasn't too shabby either with Janet Griffiths and Dawn Butchart top P&K scorers with net 75 only one shot of the winners. Unfortunately they were pipped for a prize with three 74's and two 74.5's this placed our players in 6th position just outside the prize-winners. Dawn and Janet also finished 3rd Scratch.


The full results were as follows:

1st: Susanne Ireland & Diane Moncreiff (Midlothian) (11) 74 bih

2nd: Rachael McLean & Mary Miller (Aberdeenshire) (16) 74 bih

3rd: Jackie Brown & Lynne Fenton(Angus) (3) 74

4th: Sarah Tryon & Louise Ballantyne (Dunbartonshire & Argyll) (10.5) 74.5 better last 6 holes,

5th Joie Robertson & Karen Burns (Stirling & Clackmannan) (8.5) 74.5.

Next year the finals will be held at Baberton Golf Club, don't know about you but I have started practising already!

COMMONWEALTH SPOONS

Tomorrow Torwoodlee Golf Club will stage the Commonwealth Spoons and four couples from P&K will be making their way to take part.

The first qualifiers Carol Lambie and Lenore Kyle play at 10:48, they are followed at 11.12 by Ann McGregor and Joan Miller, Dawn Butchart and Janet Griffiths are next at 12.24 followed by last but not least Moira Middleton and Frances Anderson at 12.32. Gillian Wallace and Esther Martin who qualified in 2nd position are unable to attend as Esther's son is getting married on Friday so we send our very best wishes to Esther for a lovely day. Also Ann Spense and Meriel Walker had to withdraw as Ann has broken a finger. We hope this heals very quickly Ann. Therefore after two pull outs Ann and Joan and Dawn and Janet are replacements.

We wish all the couples the very best of luck and I will let you know how we all fair!!

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

The Champion of Champions takes place this weekend over the Kings Course at Gleneagles. Below is the draw. I know it was in the Courier this morning but they missed all the players out third so please note this is the correct draw. Two have already pulled out and I would appreciate if you can not make it please let me know as soon as possible.

See you there!

12.10: Alex Bushby (Blairgowrie), Nicky Harding-McDonald (Craigiehill)
12.20: Jackie Brown (Whitemoss), Jane Yellowlees (Murrayshall)
12.30: Julie White (Auchterarder), Gwen Lambie (Dunkeld), Kathleen Duncan (Pitlochry)
12.40: Hazel Wyllie (Comrie), Caroline Dunbar (Aberfeldy), Alison Houston (Milnathort)
12.50: Susan Stewart (Crieff), Lynn Sharp (Dunning), Claire Thompson (Killin)
13.00: Betty Brannan (Kinross), Esther Martin (Glenisla), Ruth Campbell (Taymouth)
13.10: Dawn Butchart (Strathmore),

WELL DONE P&K

I am so very proud of all the girls who took part this weekend at Inchmarlo at the Scottish County Finals. All eight girls contributed to a fantastic weekend. Unfortunately we did not lift the trophy but we did ourselves and our county proud.

We got off to a bad start on Friday when we lost our match against Renfrewshire 7-2 but we came out ready for action on Saturday and won the match against borders 8-1. But after a gallant effort on Sunday against Fife we went lost a very close match 5-4. All girls were great but our top scorer this weekend was Annabel Niven who gained 4.5 points out of the 5 games she played.

For the full results please click on the links below.

FRIDAYS RESULTS


SATURDAYS RESULTS


SUNDAYS RESULTS

A huge thank you must also got to eight very loyal caddies and supporters who stayed all weekend. They were Janet Griffiths, Sal Shepherd, Carol Lambie, Pat Colquhoun, Emma Napper, Gwen Lambie, Jane Yellowlees, Meg Marshall and Pam Drysdale. Thank you all you were fantastic. Also thank you to all the Aberdeen ladies who came along and offered their support.

I would also like to thank Lenore and Shona for their support, help and friendship throughout, not only the weekend but the whole year. I don't know how I would manage without them.

But most of all to the Team who are an absolute pleasure to Captain. I don't think I have ever met a better bunch of girls. Their commitment and support of each other and P&K is fantastic. Well done all of you.

I will post more photos later.......best do some work first!!

GO P&K!

Our fantastic Team of Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore) Jillian Milne (Craigiehill) Carol Muir (Craigihill) Eve Muirhead (Pitlochry) Annabel Niven (Crieff) Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) Fiona Ramsay (Crieff) and Laura Walker (Muckhart) are all excited and ready to play their hearts out for Perth and Kinross at the Scottish County Finals at Inchmarlo which takes place 19th - 21st September. We leave tomorrow for our practice round and the matches commence on Friday at 9.30am where we will play Renfrewshire. Three morning matches are played as foursomes this is then followed by six singles matches commencing at 1.30pm. This format is then repeated on both following days. On Saturday we play Borders Tee times are also same and the final day we play Fife. Tee times are slightly different with morning beginning 9.52am and afternoon 2.15pm. The team along with myself, Lenore, Liz and Shona are staying at the Inchmarlo Lodges and a band of very loyal caddies and supporters are, at their own expense, also staying at the lodges. This just makes the event even more special. Thanks go to Janet Griffiths who co-ordinated the caddies and supporters.

If you would like to come along and support your team you would be made most welcome. A sea of Green Jerseys would be great!

I can not speak highly enough of the girls they are a great squad to Captain and I am very proud of all their achievements this year. I know each one will be giving their all for the Team this week.

On behalf of the team I would like to thank all our members who have sent Cards and Emails with your good wishes. This really is appreciated and makes the team even more focused on the task ahead.

Good Luck Girls!

BROWN MEMORIAL

I am so very sorry it was such an awful day for our very last County Meeting of the year. But I am also very pleased so many of you turned up and played in what was very wet conditions. However take some comfort from the fact that it was REDUCTION ONLY!!!

The scoring was as follows:

CSS 73 Reduction Only

Scratch
Gillian Wallace (Glenisla) 81

H/Cap
Liz Fertacz (Dunkeld) (10) 74,
Judy Proudfoot (Taymouth Castle) (18)76,
Carol Lambie (Dunkeld) (14) 76

Winner of the Brown Memorial
Liz Fertacz

Well done all who took part.

WELL DONE P&K GIRLS

The UBC Girls Championship was played over the Loch Ness course at Castle Heather Inverness yesterday and sisters Emily and Megan Aird flew the flag for P&K.
The sisters both returned scratch scores of 85 both also had exactly the same halves -45 -40. Emily won the tie breaker by virtue of better last six to take 3rd prize in the scratch section. As only one prize can be won by each player and as scratch takes precedence, Megan did not leave empty handed. She picked up the best nett prize. Well done to both girls.

The winner of the scratch was fifteen-year-old Hannah McCook (Abernethy).

The full results are as follows:


GIRLS
Par 71. SSS 70. CSS 73. 5,387yd.

LEADING SCRATCH
81 Hannah McCook (Abernethy) 42-39.
83 Ailsa Summers (Panmure Barry) 42-41.
85 Emily Aird (Strathmore) 45-40 better last 6, Megan Aird (Strathmore) 45-40.
86 Fiona Fullerton (Huntly) 48-38, Sophie Alexander (Deeside) 47-39, Samantha Leslie (Murcar Links) 46-40.
91 Louise McGillivray (Banchory).
92 Rachel Polson (Peterculter).
93 Nikita Lamond (McDonald Ellon), Kirsten MacCallum (McDonald Ellon), Tegan Seivwright (Peterculter), Heather Munro (Monifieth), Kitrina Vannet (Peterculter).
95 Vicki Powell (Deeside).
97 Erin Millar (Pitlochry).
106 Annabelle Brown (Nairn Dunbar).
122 Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne).
NRs Jordyn Booth (Kemnay), Lauren Duncan (Aboyne), Louise Smith (Monifieth).

LEADING HANDICAP
75 Megan Aird (Strathmore) (10).
76 Vicki Powell (Deeside) (19).
77 Fiona Fullerton (9) 77 (bih), Tegan Seivwright (Peterculter) (16).

PRIZEWINNERS
Scratch – 81 H McCook. 83 A Summers. 85 E Aird.
Handicap – 75 M Aird (10). 76 V Powell (19). 77 F Fullerton (9).

ADDITIONAL PRIZEWINNERS
Handicaps 1-10 – Sophie Alexander (7) 79.
Handicaps 11-16 – Tegan Seivwright (16) 77.

HOME INTERNATIONALS

Yesterdays match against Wales was a defeat for Scotland 5.5 to 3.5 and are trailing England 2-1 in the morning matches. P&K Team member Emily Ogilvy has not participated so far but has been selected to play this afternoon. We, as a county, will be 100% behind Emily. We wish her well in her singles match against Rachel Connor.

Good Luck Emily!

ABERFELDY MEETING

Our very last County Meeting will be held on Monday 15th. Joan Merry is the convener and below is the draw. If you wish a late entry please contact Joan who will be happy to help.


09:30: D Butchart, A Beeson
09:37: K McAlpine, J Proudfoot
09:45: H Straw, C Lambie, A Priestley
09:52: G Wallace, J Griffiths, M Hope
10:00: S McDougall, C Choudray, A McGregor
10:07: L Fertacz, L Kyle, E Martin
10:15: P Colquhoun, M Middleton, S Lindsay
10:30: C Peebles, L Crichton, G Paterson
10:37: S MacNaughton, J Gemmell, W Stewart
10:45: H Lang, M Leslie, J Thom
10:52: M McLeod, C Webb, M Forbes
11:00: A Crossland, P Hebner, B Harley
11:07: M Chalmers, S Jones, R McGeoghegan

Have a great day!

GOOD LUCK EMILY

Good Luck to team member Emily Ogivly who made her way to Wrexham GC with fellow team mates to take part in the Ladies Home Internationals which will be held September 10-12:

Will keep you posted as play commences.

TEAM ANNOUNCED

The team representing P&& at the Scottish Finals at Inchmarlo on September 19-21 are:

Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore)
Jillian Milne (Craigiehill)
Carol Muir (Craigihill)
Eve Muirhead (Pitlochry)
Annabel Niven (Crieff)
Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder)
Fiona Ramsay (Crieff)
Laura Walker (Muckhart)
Reserve:
Jane Yellowlees (Murrayshall)

Traveling with the team will be Dawn Butchart (Captain) Lenore Kyle (Vice Captain) Shona Leighton (Match Secretary) and Liz Miskimmin (President). We are also very pleased that a group of loyal supporters who, at their own expense, are coming along and staying at Inchmarlo to support and caddy for the girls. A very big thank you to them.

We have only lost one of our players from the orginal line up. Carly Booth is out of the country at the time of the finals as she has been selected to play in the junior Ryder Cup in America. Therefore our reserve Fiona Ramsay has been drafted into be a very welcomed member of the team. Carly, along with Emily, was top point scorer at Downfield and we will miss her not only for her golf but for her fun and great team spirit over the weekend however we all wish her well in the Ryder Cup in America.

We are all looking forward to the weekend and thank you all for your support and encouragement over the summer.
Thank you.

GOLFATHON!

We held our very successful golfathon on Saturday and thankfully it was dry all day!! We started at 7.45am and had a 15 min break at 11.30 then the last two rounds were completed without a break and we finished the day at 8pm. It was a great day and we all even managed to enjoy ourselves! Taking part was myself, Alex, Annabel, Carol, Emily and Laura.

I have to say a very special thank you to David Norman and Jane Taylor at Strathmore Golf Centre who not only provided courtesy of the course but David also put up a very nice bottle of malt and sold raffle tickets all day, he also had a bucket for visitors to sponsor us and he sold a round for 4 at Strathmore in aid of our funds. David also provided snacks for the girls at the end of play. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!

I should have the final tally of what was raised soon and I will post this along with pictures of the day soon!

CARLY KELSEY AND CARLY WIN BELGIAN
GIRLS' TEAM TROPHY

Scotland's pair of champion girl golfers, Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) and our own Team member Carly Booth (Comrie) won the girls' team trophy at the Belgian junior international tournament at the Royal Golf Club of Belgium.
Carly, the Scottish Under-18 champion and Curtis Cup player, and Kelsey Under 21's Champion finished joint fifth and joint second individually but their totals, added together, won the girls' team trophy with a score of 593, one shot ahead of Spain (594) with Wales (600) third and Ireland (602) fourth.

Fantastic news for the girls and Scottish Golf!
PS. Carly also won the longest drive competitions which was held prior to play!

GOOD LUCK GIRLS!

Good luck to 5 team members and one very silly Captain who are taking part in a sponsored Golfathon tomorrow at Strathmore Golf Centre. The day will begin at 7.30 with round number one then be followed by a slightly weary round 2 at 11.45 then the day will be complete with an exhausting round 3 at around 4.30.

The five team members participating are Alexandra Bushby who has organised the event, Carol Muir, Annabel Niven, Emily Ogilvy and Laura Walker. I am hoping they will help me round, if not carry me round on the day! The three remaining team members are unfortunately unavailable, Carly is competing in Belgium, Eve Muirhead is on olympic curling duty and Jillian Milne has family commitments but they have all been involved in the gaining sponsors. It is fantastic to see the girls supporting the county and helping to fund the County Finals in September. I am very proud of them all.

We wish the girls all the very best of luck and hope the sun will shine for them all! I will post the final tally soon.

CONGRATULATIONS EMILY AND ROSEANNE

I am delighted to announce that team member Emily Ogilvy has been selected to play in the Ladies’ Home International Matches at Wrexhan Golf Club, 10-12 September 2008. Emily has had an excellent season, even more outstanding considering she began this season with a serious injury. But despite her injury Emily has worked extremely hard and we are all very proud of Emily.

The full team for this event is as follows:
Megan Briggs – Kilmacolm
Kelsey MacDonald – Nairn Dunbar
Laura Murray – Alford
Emily Ogilvy – Auchterarder
Pamela Pretswell – Bothwell Castle
Michele Thomson – MacDonald
Kylie Walker – Bothwell Castle
Sally Watson – Elie & Earlsferry Ladies
Reserves – Louise Kenney (Pitreavie), Jane Turner (Craigielaw), Rachael Livingstone (Musselburgh), Rebecca Wilson (Monifieth)

P&K member and new British Open Stroke Play champion Roseanne Niven has also been selected to represent Scotland in the World Amateur Team Championship – Espirito Santo Trophy at the Grange Golf Club, Adelaide, 8-11 October 2008. Brillant news for Roseanne and very well deserved.

The full team for this tournament is as follows:
Krystle Caithness – St Regulus
Roseanne Niven – Crieff
Kylie Walker – Buchanan Castle
Reserves – Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle), Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar)

Well done to both of our girls!

DO YOU HAVE AN OLD PING BAG!

Do you or do you know of anyone with an old Ping Carry Bag?? Team member Laura Walker has broken one of the stands on her bag and is anxiously looking for anyone who has an old one which she can salvage the leg from!

If you can help please contact me.

Thanks!

CONGRATULATIONS TO PERTH & KINROSS STAR - ROSEANNE NIVEN !

Roseanne Niven (Crieff) has just won the Ladies British Women's Open Strokeplay Championships at the Malone Club in Belfast. Roseanne's stunning final round 68 gave her a four round total of 288 which was matched by Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle). They then had to play off for the title and Roseanne won at the first extra hole. Roseanne has had a wonderful season - also reaching the semi finals of the British Women's Open Amateur Championship at North Berwick in June. The win in Ireland entitles Roseanne to play in the Ricoh British Women's Open Championships at Royal Lytham St Annes in 2009.

Well done Roseanne - everyone at P & K is hugely proud of you!!

Roseanne pictured with her trophy - photo courtesy of the Cal Carson Golf Agency

Roseanne has finished on level par as has Kylie Walker - sudden death play off underway!

WOW ROSEANNE!

Roseanne Niven has completed her final round with an amazing 4 under par 68! Fantastic scoring which takes her into first position on her! Brilliant news indeed! To say I am on the edge of my chair would be an understatement!!

The leader board at present is:
1 (Par) Roseanne Niven Crieff 75, 74, 71, 68
2 (+1) Sahra Hassan Vale of Glamorgan 72, 71, 74, (Par through 9)
3= (+2) Tara Delaney Carlow 77, 69, 72, (Par through 9)
Kylie Walker Buchanan Castle 71, 75, 73, (-1 through 9)


Keep your fingers and toes and everything else crossed!

CARLY AND ROSEANNE MAKE THE CUT

County Players Carly Booth and Roseanne Niven both made the cut and play again today in the British Open Stroke play Championship. Emily was very unlucky in that she just missed the cut by one shot.

Both Carly and Roseanne have completed the first round of the day. Carly returned a 3 over 74 and Roseanne returned a brilliant 1 under 71 and with 9 holes played in the final round Roseanne has gone into joint first position with a 3 under par front nine! Excellent news. Carly is at present in joint 29th position.

There really is all to play for and a very exciting afternoon in prospect for P&K!!

County team members have fared very well in the first round of the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship taking place at Malone Golf Club in Belfast from today until Friday. Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) has the best score - a 1 over par 73 and is in joint 12th place, Carly Booth (Comrie) scored 74 (joint 20th) and Roseanne Niven (Crieff) on 75 (joint 27th). Annabel Niven (Crieff) lies in joint 81st(81) and Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore) in joint 83rd (83). After tomorrow's second round the top 40 (and ties) scores go forward to the final two rounds on Friday.

We wish them all the best for tomorrow's round.

GOOD LUCK
County Team Members Carly Booth, Alexandra Bushby, Emily Ogilvy and Annabel Niven and County Squad Member Roseanne Niven are all taking part in the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship which takes place at Malone Golf Club in Northern Ireland from tomorrow through to Friday. The course on which the championship will be played is 6175yd with a par of 72 (37-35) and a standard scratch of 76. One round of 18 holes will be played on each of the first two days for which one draw will be made. The players, in a field of 113, returning the 40 (and ties) lowest 36-hole aggregates will qualify to play the final two rounds on Friday.
The winner will receive an exemption straight into the starting field of next year's Ricoh Women's British Open Championship which will be played at Royal Lytham & St. Annes from the 30th July - 2nd August.
So everything to play for - good luck to everyone!!
For live scoring (from tomorrow) at http://www.lgu.org/

CAPTAINS DAY

What a fantastic turnout for Captains Day yesterday at Blairgowrie and what a lovely day we all enjoyed! The course was fantastic and the catering first class. The scoring was none to shabby either with a very impressive par equaling scratch score of 74 being returned by Team member Emily Ogivly and a 5 under par nett score of 69 from Cathy Irving, great scoring!

The full results were as follows:

CSS 74.
Scratch
Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) 74
Laura Walker (Muckhart) 78
Shona Leighton (Alyth) 79

H/Cap
Cathy Irving (Blairgowire) (12) 69,
Helen Lang (Pitlochry) (26) 71
Alison Houston (Muckhart) (9) 72
Janet Griffiths (Strathmore) (8) 73

Many thanks to all who played and a special thank you for all who sponored the team and bought tickets for the golf balls.

LAST SCOT STANDING

What can I say about Eve Muirhead other than as County Captain it was a real privilege to watch and support Eve through out her British Girls campaign. She truly was a star throughout.

Eve qualified into the matchplay stages of the British Girls at Monifieth and played her first match against English Women's Champion Hannah Barwood from the Knowle club, Bristol and following a volley of 5 birdies won the match 2&1. Eve was indeed, on paper, the underdog which made the win an even more outstanding victory. Going into the afternoon's play Eve was the final Scot standing with Kelsey MacDonald, Sammy Vass (Tain) and Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) all failing to proceed into the 2nd round.

Eve's opponent was Chloe Leurquin from Belgium and Eve astounded all who witnessed this unbelievable fighting come back! Eve was five down after five holes which is bad enough in any match but what you might not realise is that all the ties were being played over 16 holes because the Ashludie Burn burst its banks and with the walkways completely underwater, play on the 6th and 7th holes was completely out of the question. So Eve was five down and only 11 holes left to make a fight back. And what a fightback she made winning a nail biting match by one hole.
Eve, in her own admition didn't hit the ball as well as she had been over the first five holes but her amazing fightback started with a birdie at the eighth to go to four down. Another birdie at the 10th brought the deficit to three. Unfortunately she lost the 11th to a birdie to go back to four down.

A par at the 12th was all that was required to return to three down then her opponent was bunkered at the 14th and took three putts at the 15th and suddenly Eve was only one down with three holes to play.

The 16th was halved and with a tremendous shot into 17 Eve brought the match to all square going down 18. Both players reached the long par 5 in three both then left their approach putts short of the hole. But, without a show of nerves, Eve calmly rolled in her 6ft putt for a par 5 and Chloe missed hers. Although this was the first time Eve was ahead in the match it was certainly the best time to be!Fantastic golf Eve.

Eve then went on to last sixteen and faced top seed Laura Gonzalez-Escallon from the Royal Waterloo club, Belgium where unfortunately Eve ended her fantastic run in this competition by losing the match 4&3.

Eve has been a great ambassador for P&K all week and it was a pleasure to Caddy for her in the first round and also watch her make that most fantastic comeback on Wednesday afternoon. Eve was then caddied by fellow P&K player Roseanne Niven for the next two rounds and supported by another fellow team member Emily Ogilvy. Great week all round.

Well done Eve!

CONGRATULATIONS ALEX

Congratulations go to Team Member Alexandra Bushby who qualified into the match-play stages of the English Women’s Open Mid-Amateur Championship at Wallasey. The Tournament is open to players aged 25 or over. Alex made it all the way into the semi-finals yesterday where she was unfortunately beaten by Warwickshire’s Charlotte Dalton. Alex played great golf all week winning her first match against Welsh internationalist Laura Collin (John O'Gaunt) by 1 hole. She then met Stephanie Evans (Vale of Llangollen) in round two again winning by 1 hole. Yesterday her quarterfinal was against Kate Whitmore (Sandiway) and Alex again repeated the score line from Wednesday by winning again by 1 hole. She then made her way into the Semi-Final yesterday afternoon and even following a wonderful display of golf including an eagle 2 on the 267 yard sixth where she drove the green and holed a four foot putt, she failed to continue her winning streak losing the match 4 and 3.

Well done Alex a brilliant display of golf, great for P&K!

CONGRATULATIONS EVE

Congratulations go to Team member Eve Muirhead who has qualified into the match play stages of the British Girls at Monifieth. Eve returned scores of 74 and 78. Eve is the third top Scot of the qualifiers with Kelsey MacDonald on 73, 71 and Racheal Watton 77 and 74. Fantastic news Eve. I am lucky enough to be on caddy duty tomorrow for Eve and will keep you up to date as much as possible how she does.

Fellow team members Carly Booth and Annabel Niven failed to make it to the final 64. Carly returned scores of 79, 78 and Annabel returned 82 and 75 both ended equal 80th.

BRITISH GIRLS OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Today sees the start of the British Girls at Monifieth today. With only 64 players making it through to the matchplay stages, which begins on Wednesday, our P&K hopes are with three players. They are Team members Carly Booth, Eve Muirhead and Annabel Niven.

So far Annabel and Eve are the only two to finish their fiurst round, Annabel is 10 over par and Eve has returned a fantastic 2 over. At present Eve is sitting 2nd top Scot just behind Kelsey MacDonald who is 1 over.

Carly has not completed her round yet and was 4 over par after 9.

Will keep you posted as much as possible!

CAPTAINS DAY AT BLAIRGOWRIE

The draw for Captains Day at Blairgowrie Golf Club - Thurs 14th August 2008 on ROSEMOUNT COURSE is below, if you would like a late entry please contact Liz Fertacz on 01738 828632

9.30: E OGILVY, L WALKER, J MILNE
9.37: M HOPE, G LAMBIE, S BUSHBY
9.45: M MARSHALL, H GIBSON, J LANG
9.52: M WILSON, C LAMBIE, A BURNETT
10.00: S DURWARD, P DRYSDALE, L KYLE
10.07: M BRYDSON, C IRVING, E MILLAR
10.15: M MCGLASHAN, A MCGREGOR, A PRIESTLEY
10.22: G PENNYCOOK, S MACDOUGALL, K MCKELLAR
10.30: S MITCHELL, H DAWSON, E MILLIGAN
10.37: H DALGLEISH, A SPEIRS, L PATTINSON
10.45:
10.52: M CHAPMAN, S YOUNG, L FALL
11.00: D WHYTOCK, H STRAW, S CRYSTAL
11.07: J PROUDFOOT, D WALLACE, M MACLEOD
11.15: J MERRY, M HUNTER, C CHOUDRAY
11.22: P COLQUHOUN, J CLOWE, A DUNCAN
11.30: A ALLAN, W STEWART, E WATSON
11.37: E DONALDSON, A TANNOCK, M MACRAE
11.45: S FENNER, J PRINGLE, E CAMPBELL
11.52: G PATERSON, C WEBB, L O’DONNELL
12.00:
12.07; H LANG, M FORBES, M ROBERTSON
12.15: E HARRILD, S MACNAUGHTON, P HEBNER
12.22: J THOM, S JONES, G NESS
12.30: A CROSSLAND, S IRVINE, C MCNAB
12.37: A BEESON, J GROOM, M LESLIE
12.45: R MCGEOGHEGAN, C MONKS, M CHALMERS

EVENING
17.00: D BUTCHART, K DUNCAN
17.07: G WALLACE, J GRIFFITHS, A BUSHBY
17.15: L FERTACZ, E MARTIN, M BRASS
17.22:
17.30: F JOHNSTON, C TURNER, M ROBERTSON

Really looking forward to seeing you all there, here's hoping the sun will be shining!

SCOTLAND V WALES

The singles matches between Scotland and Wales are proving to be closely fought. To date Carly Booth has won her match 3&1 along with Kelsey who had a convincing win of 5&4. However the remaining 4 matches are hanging in the balance with Lesley Aitkens 3 down thru 15, Eilidh Briggs 2 down thru 14 and Rebecca Wilson all square thru 15. Scotland requires one match to go there way to win the days play.

SINGLES DRAW FOR THIS AFTERNOON

Carly is out first in this afternoons singles matches against Wales. She tees off at 1.10pm. The full draw is as follows: Wales first.

13:10: Natasha Gobey v Carly Booth
13:20: Laura Watkins v Kelsey MacDonald
13:30: Amy Boulden v Rachael McQueen
13:40: Katherine O'Connor v Lesley Atkins
13.50: Gemma Bradbury v Rebecca Wilson
14:00: Kelly Miller v Eilidh Briggs

SCOTLAND ARE LEADING 2-1

Following the morning foursomes Scotland are leading Wales 2-1. County Team member Carly Booth was paired with Kelsey MacDonald, they beat the lead-off Welsh pairing of Chloe Williams and Katie Bradbury 5&4. Rebecca Wilson and Sammy Vass were the other winning Scots, they beat Kelly Miller and Gemma Bradbury 3&1. Wales did gain one point in the third match in which Amy Boulden and Katherine O'Connor won by 4 and 3 against P&K's Annabel Niven and Eilidh Briggs.

ANNABEL GETS THE WAR PAINT ON!!

Many thanks to Colin Farquharson who forwarded this great picture of Team Member Annabel Niven who along with fellow Scottish team mates have face painted the Scottish Flag on their faces for the first day of the Girls Home Internationals which tees off today at Panmure Barry Golf Club.

Good luck to our P&K girls who are in the Girls Team, they are County Team Members Annabel and Carly Booth.

Will try and keep you up to date as the competition unfolds.

P&K GIRLS DO WELL AGAIN

P&K members Roseanne Niven was our top player this week at the Scottish Under-21 girls' open stroke-play at Powfoot. Roseanne's final round of 74 gave her a final tally of 221 taking her to 6th place overall. Not far behind was Team member Eve Muirhead who also returned a 74 today giving her a final tally of 223 placing her in 7th place. Fantastic scoring girls. Annabel Niven posted a final tally of 230 and Jacqueline Sneddon 245.

The winner of the Trophy was runner up last week, Kelsey MacDonald who holed a great putt on the last green to win the tournament by one shot.

Top scores are as follows:
Kelsey MacDonald 70 70 71 =211
Pamela Prestwell 71 67 74 =212
Kystle Caithness 74 66 73=213
Holly Clyburn 77 68 72 =217
Rachael Livingstone 71 72 76 =219
Roseanne Niven 76 71 74 =221
Eve Muirhead 73 76 71 =223
Jane Turner 75 75 74 =224
Racheal Watton 77 74 74 =225
Michelle Thomson 74 75 78 =227

Also doing well today is Team member Carly Booth is sitting top of the Girls Leader Board in the European Masters in France with 1 over par.

Good luck tomorrow Carly.

P&K GIRLS PLAY WELL AT POWFOOT

Four P&K girls are in the top 16 after the first round of the Scottish Under-21 girls' open stroke-play at Powfoot. Team member Eve Muirhead heads the girls with a fantastic one under par 73. Not far behind is Team member Annabel Niven on level par 74, then squad members Roseanne Niven on 75 and Jacqueline Sneddon on 77.

Fantastic girls keep it up!! Unfortunately the second round scores are no where to be found!!

Par 74. CSS 73

70 K MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar).
71 P Pretswell (Bothwell Castle), R Livingstone (Musselburgh Old).
72 E Fairnie (Dunbar).
73 E Muirhead (Pitlochry),
74 K Caithness (St Regulus), M Thomson (McDonald Ellon), A Niven (Crieff).
75 J Turner (Craigielaw), E Sandak (Concorn Sydney), E MacKay (Nairn Dunbar).
76 M Briggs (Kilmacolm), R Niven (Crieff), H Owers-Bradley (Wollaton Park), R Watton (Mortonhall), F Blair (Monifieth).
77 H Clyburn (Woodhall Spa), L Murray (Alford), R Wilson (Monifieth), J Sneddon (Alyth), J Linklater (Largs), I Craigie (Torwoodlee), J Meldrum (Dullatur).
78 R McQueen (Troon Ladies), G Arnott (Kilbirnie Place), A Ingram (Fort William).
79 K McNicoll (Carnoustie Ladies), G Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey), S Vass (Tain), R McIntyre (Eden), L MacGregor (Falkirk), A Wilton

ANNABEL BEING PRESENTED WITH THE NORDIC & CENTRAL EUROPEAN TROPHY

Congratulations Annabel.

CARLY WINS THE SCOTTISH GIRLS

Carly has won the Scottish Girls (Close) Amateur Championship with a 4&3 win over fellow Scottish Team mate Kelsy MacDonald.

Carly played some magnificent golf all week which ended by being crowned Champion. I lost count of the amount of birdies and eagles Carly produced this week she truly is a great talent.

I would also like to thank all the P&K Members who came along and supported the girls and her fellow County team mates who came along to give their support.

P&K had another win with junior member Emily Aird winning the consolation handicap prize, well done Emily.

I great week of golf all round.

CARLY KELSEY FINAL

Carly has played her way through to the final of the Scottish Girls at Alyth. She won this afternoon 7&6, playing the most fantastic golf. She will meet Kelsey MacDonald in final which tees off at 9am.

Well done Carly, we wish you all the very best of luck.

UPDATES FROM THE SCOTTISH GIRLS

Carly is 3 up through 6 holes against Rachel McQueen.

TWO P&K PLAYERS MEET IN ROUND 2

Unfortunately the only two players who made it into the Scottish Girls (Close) Amateur Championships met in the second round. They were County Team members Carly Booth and Eve Muirhead. Carly won the match 6&5. However the score line does not do justice to the fine play by both players.

Well done

In the 2nd flight, sisters Megan and Emily Aird avoided a head to head battle when Emily was knocked out in the first round on the final hole by Ashley Ann Alston. Megan won her tie 3&2 and went onto meet Ashley in the afternoon knockout. Megan was three down with but courageously fought back to only one down on the 18th. Both halved the hole in 5 therefore Ashley went through to the next round. Well done to both Megan and Emily who played very well all week.

TWO P&K PLAYERS IN NEXT ROUND

Both Eve Muirhead and Carly Booth have progressed to the next round in the Scottish Girls this afternoon, however the news is not quite so good as the draw is rather unfortunate that both girls now play each other. Tee times have been put forward by 30 mins so Carly and Eve tee off at 2.20 this afternoon.

Megan Aird has also progressed to the next round in the 2nd flight, unfortunately younger sister Emily lost her match on the last green.

CONGRATULATIONS ANNABEL

County Team Member Annabel Niven who was pipped for the girls scratch Silver Category Trophy, produced a fine performance in the R&A Junior Open at Hesketh Golf Club, Southport to win the Nordic & Central European Trophy.

Annabel won the Trophy which is presented by RBS on net scores by boys AND girls from the appropriate geographical region. Annabel had net scores of 73 and 70 for a total of 143 - one shot ahead of Laura Christiaens (Belgium) with 69 and 74 for 144.

It was Laura who pipped Annabel by one shot for the Silver Category Trophy, decided on scratch scores over 36 holes.

Well done Annabel.

NEWS FROM ALTYH

Hot news from Alyth and the Scottish Girls (close) Amateur Championship is that three of our four girls have now completed their 2nd rounds and Carly Booth's scores were 73-78, Eve Muirhead's were 79-84 and Megan Aird 92-92. We are still waiting for Emily Aird who returned a 91 this morning.

Carly looks to take 2nd qualifying spot behind Kelsey MacDonald who returned scores of 74-74. Eve will also almost certainly qualify.

Ailie Burnett withdrew due to an injury. We hope it's not too bad, will keep you up to date on that on.

CONGRATULATIONS EMILY

Team member Emily Ogilvy competed in the Ricoh British Open Pre-Qualifying over the Blue course at The Berkshire yesterday and has progressed to the Final Qualifying event A total of 25 competitors who finished on 75 or better progress to the Final Qualifying event to be staged at The Berkshire on July 28th where the top 18 finishers will earn places in the Ricoh Women’s British Open which starts at Sunningdale on July 31st. She will be joined there by fellow Team Mate Carly Booth. Carly did not have to play in the pre qualifying stages as she is exempt due to her being a Curtis Cup player.

The full lsit of qualifiers are below
66 – C. Ellis (Eng)
71 – N. Edwards (Eng), D. Montgomery (Eng), R. Connor (Eng)
72 – P. Lindberg (Swe), H. Zuel (Eng)
73 – A. Rossi (It), J. Morley (Eng), M. Rigon (It), K. Smith (Eng), C. Blaney (USA), S. Nicholson (NZ), H. Kavanagh (Ire)
74 – Z. Kamasova (Svk), L. Sibille (Fr), C. Lundgreen (Nor), C. Byrnes (Aus), J. Pritchard (Wal), R.W.Thomas (Wal), C. Coughlan-Ryan (Ire), A. Highgate (Wal), K. Takanashi (Jpn),
75 – C. Douglass (Eng), E. Ogilvy (Sco), S. Heath (Eng), J. Lundberg (Swe), E. Houtsma (USA), E. Lyons (Eng), C. Alonso (Sp)

Well done Emily!

DRAW FOR PITLOCHRY

Our county convenor Pam Drysdale has completed the draw for our county meeting at Pitlochry on Monday 21st July. If you would like a late entry please contact Pam on 01250 873641

09.3o, E Ogilvy, A Bushby

09.37, L Walker, E Muirhead, K Duncan

09.45, J Lang, S Bushby, L Fertacz

09.52, L Kyle, M Beggie, S Durward

10.00, M Wilson, N Morrison, A Tannock

10.07, P Colquhoun, L Pattinson, E Campbell

10.15, A Hood, J Hamilton, M Macrae

10.22, J Proudfoot, E Millar, E Harrild

10.30, K Jarvie, A Burnett, E Watson

10.37, S Ogg, S Lindsay, H Dawson

10.45, J Nisbet, J Miller, J Clowe

10.52, J Pringle, P Hebner, S Fenner

11.00, L O'Donnell, J Thom, G Paterson

11.07, C Choudray, M Robertson, H Lang

11.15, C McNab, R McGeoghegan, K McKay

11.22, D Pollet, J Groom, M Storrey

11.30, H Dalgleish, S Mitchell, H Telford

11.37, B Harley, A Crossland, M Forbes

Evening Draw

17.30, D Butchart, G Lambie

17.37, J Griffiths, C Lambie

P&KLCGA Results of County Meeting at Auchterarder 14.07.08.

SCRATCH: 1st Laura Walker ( Muckhart ) 70
2nd Sandy Bushby ( Strathmore ) 77 bih

HANDICAP: 1st Jane Yellowlees ( Murrayshall ) 71 (5) 66
2nd Kay Jarvie ( Auchterarder ) 84 (16) 68
3rd Marion Forbes ( Muckhart ) 95 (26) 69 better last 3
4th Elizabeth Campbell ( Pitlochry ) 89 (20) 69

CSS 71

Golf Balls:
Lande Pattinson ( Pitlochry )
Judith Proudfoot ( Taymouth )
Barbara Lyburn ( Blairgowrie )

SCOTTISH GIRL'S (CLOSE) AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

The Scottish Girls (Close) Amateur Championships kicks off at Alyth Golf Club tomorrow. We have five girls P&K County girls involved. Defending Champion Carly Booth (Comrie), Team member Eve Muirhead (Pitlochry), Megan Aird (Strathmore), Ailie Burnett (Dunkeld) and Emily Aird (Pitlochry).

Practice day is today then two qualifying rounds tomorrow. Carly tees off at 8.00am and 12.30, Eve at 9.12am & 13.42, Megan at 9.21 & 13.50, Emily at 10.33 & 15.03 and Ailie at 10.51 & 15.21. 32 players will then go forward to the three days matchplay.

It is fantastic that this is being held in P&K so please try to come along and support our girls.Good luck to Carly, Eve, Megan, Ailie and Emily.

GOOD LUCK ANNABEL

County Team member Annabel Niven from Crieff, pictured in the blue Scottish Blazer,(photo courtesy of Cal Carson) at last nights opening ceremony of the R&A Junior Open at Hesketh Golf Club, Lancashire.

Annabel received a competitors badge from defending Open champion Padraig Harrington.

Annabel will play along side 108 competitors from 68 countries in this three day event which begins today.

Good Luck Annabel.

NORTH OF SCOTLAND

Photo's as promised!

EVE WINS THE HIGHLAND

County Team member Eve Muirhead has successfully retained her Highland Open Title after a great match against fellow squad member Sal Shepherd, Eve won the tie 3&2.

Eve was the leading qualifier with a record breaking 69 and followed this with a fantastic 71. She was 14 shots clear of the field and with that sort of form was the clear favourite. Well done Eve you really have done good!

The weeks play went as follows:
Round one

Eve Muirhead bt Katy Burden 7 & 5.

Bobbi Waugh bt Isobel Harvey 2 & 1.

Claire Capocci bt Laura Campbell 1 hole.

Robina Gilbertson bt Erin Millar 5 & 3.

Sal Shepherd bt Annika Johnsson Edin 2 & 1.

Pat Simpson bt Gillian Wallace 6 & 5.

Hannah Harvey bt Pam Stephenson 5 & 4.

Danuta McLachlan bt Kathleen Duncan 2 holes.

Quarters

Eve Muirhead bt Bobbi Waugh 2 and 1.

Claire Capocci bt Robina Gilbertson 5 and 3.

Sal Shepherd bt Pat Simpson 6 and 5.

Hannah Harvey bt Danuta McLachlan 2 holes.

Semi Finals
Eve Muirhead bt Claire Capocci 4&2
Sal Shepherd bt Hannah Harvey 2&1

Perth & Kinross Ladies County Golf Association - Auchterarder Meeting
14th July 2008

Morning
9.36
L Miskimmin, L Kyle, J Heaney
9.44
J Yellowlees, A Bushby, G Wallace
9.52
S Bushby, K Morrison, P Drysdale
10.00
H Gibson, L McGraw, M McGlashan
10.08
K Jarvie, K McKellar, S Durward
10.16
J Muirhead, C Choudhary, A Priestly
10.24
H Dalgliesh, Maya Robertson, E Martin
10.32
S Mitchell, J Proudfoot, A Tannock
10.40
P Colquhoun, H Straw, D Whytock
10.48
E Millar, M Chapman, A Speirs
10.56
A McGregor, A Hood, M MacLeod
11.04
J Clowe, S Service, J Miller
11.12
J Donaldson, C Peebles, Marion Robertson
11.20
M MacRae, M Begbie, J Laig
11.28
M Carruthers, S Fenner, S Irvine
11.36
E Campbell, S Young, B Lyburn
11.44
C Webb, J McNaughton, A Crossland
11.52
H Lang, P Kelly, C McNab
12.00
J Nisbet, B Harley, J Groom
12.08
S Ogg, S Jones, R McGeoghegan
12.16
G Paterson, E Watson, E Callander
12.24
M Storry, M Leslie, A Beeson
12.32
F Anderson, M Forbes, J Thom
12.40
E Benzies, C Monks, M Wilson
12.48
L Pattinson, L O'Donnell, N Morrison
12.56
D Doris, L Walker, M Robertson-Lang
13.04
E Milligan, E Harrild, A Spence

Evening
17.04
D Butchart, J Griffiths
17.12
J Chisholm, S Crystal
17.44
S Leighton, G Lambie, C Lambie

HIGHLAND OPEN FINAL

The Highland Open final takes place this afternoon at Pitlochry Golf club. The Finalists are Team Member and number one qualifier Eve Muirhead against fellow squad member Sal Shepherd who qualified in 3rd position.

We wish both players well and I will give you a full report of the weeks play later in the day.

NORTH OF SCOTLAND

A busy week is at an end and the result was fantastic with P&K Team member Alexandra Bushby crowned North of Scotland Ladies Champion. A fantastic result for both Alex and P&K.

Alex played Katy McNicol in the final and what a fantastic display of golf from both girls. Alex was level par through 9 and 2 up at the turn. Then Katy landed her drive, on the 10th par 4, onto the green and completed the hole in birdie, Alex followed this birdie with another at the 11th. Not to be out down Katy replied with a birdie 4 at the long par 5 12th. Undeterred Alex went onto birdie the par 3 13th which was quickly answered by Katie with a birdie at the following par 5 14th. I think you will see that this final certainly was a match to savour. Alex eventually won the match with a 3 at the 17th . With a better-ball score of 7 under par it was a treat to watch. Well done to both girls.


The winner of the Handicap Section was Monifieth girl Jemma Chalmers who played fantastic throughout the tournament and won her final against Aberdeenshire's Dot MacKinnon 6&5. She certainly is one to watch for the future.

A huge thank you to all the staff at Strathmore for making this such a fantastic tournament. Their help was invaluable. The greenstaff were also fantastic, the greens and the course was in brilliant condition a treat for all to play.

Thank you also to my fantastic committee who were just great. Also to all the Strathmore members who really made this a magical week.

Thank you all, you know who you are!

North of Scotland Matchplay Results
Tuesday 8th July

Scratch 1st round
K McNicoll bt G Lambie 3 & 1
H Anderson bt A Ingram 5 & 4
S Arbuckle bt A Ramsay 1 up
M Smith bt J Brown 1 up
G Dowling bt J Grubb 3 & 2
A Hunter bt E Ogilvy 1 up
L Walker bt A Ryan 19th hole
A Bushby bt J Vass 5 & 3

Scratch Quarter Finals
K McNicoll bt H Anderson 4 & 3
S Arbuckle bt M Smith 22nd hole
A Hunter by G Dowling 4 & 3
A Bushby bt L Walker 3 &2

Handicap 1st Round
J Chalmers bt S Leighton 5 & 4
J Griffiths bt N Morrison 2 & 1
L Kelly bt A Alston 3 & 1
G Wilson bt S Irvine 2 up
S MacKinnon bt M Horn 2 up
E Anderson bt H Gibson 4 & 2
M Aird bt S Belton 2 up
J Sneddon bt S Bradley 2 & 1

Handicap Quarter Finals
J Chalmers bt J Griffiths 4 &3
G Wilson bt L Kelly 3 & 1
D MacKinnon bt E Anderson 1 up
J Sneddon bt M Aird 3 & 2.

Scratch Semi Finals
Wednesday 9th July
8.52 am K McNicoll vs S Arbuckle
9.00 am A Hunter vs A Bushby

Handicap Semi Finals
9.07 am J Chalmers vs G Wilson
9.15 am S MacKinnon vs J Sneddon


Consolation Round
1st Scratch J Yellowlees , Perth & Kinross - 74
2nd Scratch G Murray, Aberdeenshire - 77

1st Handicap E Barrack, Aberdeenshire - 87 (19) 68
2nd Handicap K MacCallum, Aberdeenshire - 83 (14) 69 bih
3rd Handicap E Aird, Perth & Kinross -87 (18) 69

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.