County junior member Carly Booth is representing Scotland in the R & A Junior Open at Heswall Golf Club on the Wirral starting today competing against junior golfers from all over the world and despite a triple bogey 8 finished with a level par round of 72 and secured second place. There are a further two rounds to play - Good luck Carly!

Final results from the European Girls Team Championships in Denmark

In a close match between Sweden and Scotland for fifth place, Scotland lost 3 to 2. In the morning foursomes Carly Booth & Krystle Caithness lost 3 & 2 and Kelsey MacDonald and Roseanne Niven lost 3 & 1. The points in the afternoon singles were shared - Kelsey lost 3 & 1, Krystle halved her match and Carly won 4 & 3. This resulted in an overall placing of 6th - well done everyone!

Full results top flight:
1st Germany
2nd Spain
3rd Denmark
4th France
5th Sweden
6th Scotland
7th Belgium
8th Netherlands

more details: http://www.dgu.org/egtc2006

Very latest from Denmark!

Scotland beat Netherlands 5-0 in the European girls' golf championship at Esbjerg Golf Club, Denmark on Friday. County junior member Carly Booth (Comrie) and Krystle Caithness (St Regulus) won their foursome 2 and 1 while Kelsey Macdonald (Nairn Dunbar) and County team member Roseanne Niven from Crieff were 3 and 1 winners of their morning tie. In making a clean sweep of the three singles, Kelsey won by two holes, Krystle by one hole and Roseanne by 4 and 2. Well done everyone and good luck for the next round.
Scotland will now play Sweden today for fifth place in the final standings.
The final will be between six times champions Spain (3-2 winners over Denmark) and Germany (4-1 winners against France).

Latest from Denmark

Scotland were narrowly beaten 3-2 by Denmark in the first round of the European girls’ team golf championship at Esbjerg Golf Club on Thursday. The best they do now is to finish fifth. County junior member Carly Booth (Comrie) partnering Krystle Caithness (St Regulus) lost at the 20th in one of the two morning foursomes. Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) and County team member, Roseanne Niven (Crieff) won the other foursomes tie, which meant that everything depended on the three afternoon singles. Roseanne was the only winner in the singles, Denmark won two of them with Carly being beaten 2 and 1 and Krystle going down 4 and 3.
Good luck for the rest of the competition.

ALYTH RE-ARRANGED DRAW

To follow is the re-arranged draw for Alyth which was postponed due to the course being closed. There are spaces for late entries, contact me on 01828 633000/633395 or Email me on the above Email address and please please please don't let it rain again on the 20th!!

10.04: D Butchart, E Donaldson
10.11: J Yellowlees, N Morrison
10.18: S Kettlewell, J Griffiths, A Bushby
10.25: K McAlpine, M Middleton, P Wanless
10.32: S Ogg, A Duff, H Welsh
10.39: A Sinclair, L Findlay, M Robertson
10.46: A Watson, M Watson, A Miller
10.53: J Junor, K Jarvie, A Grewar
11.07: S Young, J Muir, C Henry
11.14: M McGlashan, M MacNaughon, J Stewart
11.21: J Muirhead, M Reid, J Nisbet
11.28: H Gibson, A Henry, A Preistley
11.35: M Halkerston, L McGraw, J Heaney
11.42: E Benzies, J French, G Pennycook
11.49: P Drysdale, E Marshall, M Brydson
11.56: H Dalgleish, L Pattinson, J Landsburgh
12.00: S Mitchell, I Murdoch, M Ritchie
12.07: M Vass, L Mailer, E Watson
12.14: S Erskine, A Speirs, S Bowers
12.31: P Colquhoun, D Doris, A Hood
12.38: A Tannock, M Macrae, S MacDougall
12.45: W Stewart, M Wellstead, M Carruthers
12.52: C Winton, N Hay, S Peacock
13.06: A Spence, A Crossland, R McGeoghegan
13.13: S Durward, C Peebles, M MacLeod
13.20: P Hebner, C Choudray, J Donaldson
13.27: L Crighton, H Pirnie, J Thom
13.34: F Anderson, M Leitch, J Gemmell
13.41: L Milligan, S Irvine, H Stout
13.48: M Chalmers, M Robertson-Lang, D Wallace
13.55: J Groom, I Meddicks, M McLay

Evening
5.25: N Fleming, S Leighton, J Milne
5.31: L Fertacz, R Brass, S Crystal
5.38: A Duncan, H Straw, B Clough
5.45: Maya Robertson, S McNaughton, J Miller
5.52: M Marshall, M McKay, C Lambie
5.59: C Turner, F Johnston, G Lambie

CORONATION TROPHY AND HANDICAP QUAICH

What a warm welcolme we received at Dunkeld yesterday. The course was in excellent condition and the views were magnificent. A real treat! Home member Gwen Lambie certainly made the most of the scoring conditions and returned an excellent gross score of 74, the CSS for the day was 72 she was therefore 6 under her handicap of 8 and is the 2006 winner of the coronation Trophy.
Gwen the recent winner of the Blairgowrie Championship is certainly on form at present, well done.

Congratulations also go to Morag Brydson who returned a nett 71 and wins the Handicap Quaich. Full results are as follows:

CSS 72

Scratch
G Lambie 74
G Wallace 81
S Leighton 82
S Kettlewell 84 bih
C Dunbar 84

Handicap
M Brydson (14) 71
C Lambie (16) 72 bih
C Robertson (19) 72
L Pattinson (17) 73

Well done all

Scotland qualified in 5th place for the match play stages of the European Girls team championships in Esbjerg, Denmark, today. Fine performances from the whole team saw them qualify behind Spain, Sweden, Germany and Denmark. In the second round, county junior member Carly Booth had the best score of the quartet with a 72, Kelsey MacDonald fared better with a 74, Krystle posted a 75 and County team member Roseanne Niven a 76. Scotland face Denmark in the first round tomorrow. Good luck to everyone.

RE-SCHEDULED MEETING AT ALYTH

The draw for the re-scheduled meeting which will be held at Alyth on 20th will be posted on Friday 14th July. If you were on the original draw and can not make the next meeting, or if you were not available for the original meeting but can play on the 20th, then please contact Dawn on 01828 633000 or 01828 633395 or email me on IandDinsurance@aol.com otherwise I will assume that if you were in the original draw then you can play in the re-scheduled draw.

Thank you

County junior members Roseanne Niven & Carly Booth helped Scotland into third place after today's first round in the European girls team championships on the Esbjerg golf course in Denmark. Top scorer for Scotland was Krystle Caithness with an excellent 72. Carly scored 75 and Roseanne 77 for a total of 224. Kelsey MacDonald's score of 85 was discarded. Sweden lead the way on 216 followed by Spain on 219. The second qualifying round is tomorrow and the top eight teams go forward to the matchplay stages. Good luck to everyone.

County members were successful at Alyth yesterday in the Open Greensomes competition. County team member Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) partnered her friend and rival Laura Walker from Nairn Dunbar and managed to win the best scratch prize with a splendid 69. County Vice Captain Dawn Butchart teamed up with county member Jane Taylor (both Strathmore) and took second handicap with a nett 65.8. Well done to everyone!

County junior members Roseanne Niven & Carly Booth left for Denmark this weekend to compete for Scotland in the European Girls Team Championships in at the Esbjerg Golf Club from 11th - 15th July. The other team members are Krystle Caithness and Kelsey MacDonald - good luck to all!

Club Championship Results

County Team member Alexandra Bushby defeated County Vice Captain Dawn Butchart over 36 holes at Strathmore today by 4 & 3 - Well done Alexandra. Commiserations to Dawn

Comrie's championship was rescheduled from Sunday because of thunder and lightening. In the rearranged match Carly Booth overcame Elaine Davidson 5 & 4. Well done Carly.

In the Highland week of competitons the finalists were county squad member Sal Shepherd who beat Eve Muirhead in the semi final and Robina Gilbertson who overcame Caroline Dunbar - Robina won 2 & 1. Excellent perfomances by county members.

DRAW FOR DUNKELD


To follow is the draw for Dunkeld which will be held on Thursday 13th July. Late entries are available please contact Carol Lambie on 01250 873979.




9.30 am G Wallace J Griffiths G Lambie
9.37 am C Lambie M McPherson H Gibson
9.45 am M Watson A Grewar M Brydson
9.52 am A Speirs J Merry L Findlay
10.00 am L Kyle S MacDougall M Halkerston
10.07 am L Pattinson L Fall N Bremner
10.15 am I Murdoch S Durward J Nisbet
10.22 am A Crossland S Peacock C Peebles
10.30 am H Pirnie M Macleod K McKay
10.37 am C Monks G Allardice S Irvine
10.37 am C Monks G Allardice S Irvine
10.45 am A Young M Chalmers R McGeoghegan
10.52 am M Robertson-Lang J Groom
11.00 am C Robertson L Fertac
Evening
5.15 pm S Ogg M McKay
5.22 pm B Clough K Dunbar
5.30 pm D Butchart S Leighton C Dunbar

Could all ladies who have not already done so please contact Dawn by Email or phone 01828 633000 regarding availability for rescheduled Alyth meeting.

Thank you

News from the Highland at Pitlochry

Three county members, Caroline Dunbar, Sal Shepherd and junior Eve Muirhead have won through to the semi finals at the Highland week of competitions at Pitlochry. Eve, the top qualifier beat fellow junior member Karen Dunbar in the first round at the twentieth hole. She meets county squad member Sal Shepherd in a repeat of the championship final at Pitlochry. Caroline Dunbar also won through to the semis and plays Robina Gilbertson tomorrow.

Good luck to everyone.

County members through to the matchplay stages at the North of Scotland being played at Royal Montrose this week were:

Scratch
Jane Yellowlees (Murrayshall)
Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth)
Dawn Butchart (Strathmore)

Handicap
Janet Griffiths (Comrie)
Jillian Sneddon (Alyth)

The only player to progress was Jillian Sneddon who won her morning tie against A Bowman (McDonald Ellon) 2 & 1. Unfortunately Jillian lost in the afternoon to Susan Murray of Brechin, 3 & 2.

Club Championship Results:

Gwen Lambie had another fine win in the club championship at Blairgowrie where she beat Norma Fleming (this year's champion at Alyth) 4 & 2.

Junior member Eve Muirhead was victorious at Pitlochry where she beat county squad member Sal Shepherd 3 & 1. Eve will be defending her Highland title at Pitlochry this week. Good luck Eve and well done to both champions!

News from Ireland

Fine third round performances from Emily and Roseanne resulted in a joint seventh place for Emily and joint seventeenth place for Roseanne. Emily was the top placed player in the team representing Scotland. Well done both girls!

PS Good luck to county members playing in the North of Scotland tomorrow.

County team members Roseanne Niven and Emily Ogilvy left Scotland in high spirits to compete in Ireland this weekend in the Irish Ladies Open at County Sligo. Emily is also competing as a member of the Scottish team in the event. After 36 holes today Emily lies in joint 12th place on 160 and Roseanne in joint 17th place on 162.

Good luck for tomorrow!

The leader is Tara Delaney (Carlow) bidding for her third successive victory in the tournament. (151)

County fixture - Dunkeld & Birnam - Thursday 13th July 2006

The closing date for entries to Dunkeld is fast approaching - if you haven't entered please send your form to Carol Lambie as soon as possible - thank you

Congratulations

Club Championship wins:

Dunkeld and Birnam - Championship -Gwen Lambie beat Liz Fertacz 2 & 1
Handicap - Susan Ogg beat Anne Walker 3 & 2


Crieff - Championship - Maureen Copland beat Annabel Niven by 1 hole

Congratulations to all!