Pamela finishes Joint fourth in European Championship

Pamela Pretswell did well in windy conditions to finish in joint fourth place in the European Championship in Sweden. Caroline Hedwall of Sweden won by 10 shots from second placed Kylie Walker of Buchanan Castle.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)
285 Caroline Hedwall (Swe) 70 74 66 75.
295 Kylie Walker (Sco) 70 76 71 78.
296 Louise Larsson (Swe) 70 78 74 74.
297 Pamela Pretswell (Sco) 73 69 80 75, Marieke Nivard (Net) 74 75 74 74, Danielle McVeigh (Ire) 70 75 75 77.

Pamela drops back to 9th place

Pamela Pretswell had a round of 80 in the 3rd round of the European Amateur Championship today to fall back to ninth place, 12 shots behind the leader.

Pamela has a 2 stroke lead after 2nd round of European Championship

Another great round of 69 by Pamela Pretswell, this time in Sweden to take the European amateur championship lead with two rounds to go at Falsterbo Golf Club.

Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle)opened up a two-stroke halfway lead with a sparkling two-under-par second round of 69 in the European women's amateur golf championship at Falsterbo Golf Club on the southern tip of Sweden today.

For video interview with Pamela, go to West of Scotland website.

Pamela in 8th place in European Championship

After a 2 over par round of 73 Pamela Pretswell is in joint 8th place after the first round of the European Women's Individual Amateur Championship at Falsterbo, Sweden.
Pamela is currently in fourth place in the SLGA order of merit.

Lucky with weather at Autumn Meeting

Pam Rice and Susan Wood , winners of foursomes and

nearest the pin at the fourth.

Jillian McPherson and Aileen Beaton

winners of nearest the pin in 2 at 14th and AN other prize

We were very lucky to have only one short shower during the Autumn Meeting at Carnwath Golf Club today. Thank you to Liz Lees for organising this enjoyable day. The winners of the Foursomes Competition were Susan Wood and Pam Rice with Nora Wilson and Lyn Currie in second place.

Jenna Wilson and her team win the all Women Pro- Am

Team Winners at the all-women pro-am at Archerfield Links were Morag Wright, Gael Davidson and Janice Aikman, all representing Clydebank & District Golf Club, accompanied by professional Jenna Wilson.They one by one shot with a net 61.
For fuller report and photograph see Kirkwood or West of Scotland website.

Fife County Centenary Open

Fife County Ladies Golf Association are holding a Centenary Open at Dunfermline Golf Club on Sunday 27th September. Tee-times: from 9.30 am – 1.30pm. The competition is open to members of any County Association in Scotland.
Scratch & Handicap Prizes. Entry Fee: £12.
Entries to be submitted with fee by 6th Sept.To download an entry form click on the link below.

Entry Form

Pamela finishes joint seventh in British Open

Pamela Pretswell finished joint seventh on 310, 6 shots behind winner Danielle McVey of Ireland, in the British Open Strokeplay Championship at Royal Aberdeen.

Pamela was determined to break 80 at the fourth and last attempt but went further than that - she broke 70!
Pamela returned the lowest round by anyone over the three days in the fourth round – a three-under-par 69, which earned her the Taunton Trophy. Well done,Pamela.

Pamela Pretswell qualifies for last stages of British Open

Pamela Pretswell has qualified for tomorrow's final two rounds of the British women's open amateur stroke-play championship at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club . In conditions which were horrendous with rain and winds of 40mph Pamela scored 80 to give her a total of 161, five under the cut mark of 166 and 10 shots behind the leader, England's Hannah Turland.

Draw for Autumn Meeting on 26 August

The draw for the Autumn Meeting at Carnwath Golf Club on Wednesday is shown below. Please arrive in plenty of time to enjoy tea/coffee and a bacon roll before playing. This along with a snack lunch is included in the £10 cost.

10.00am MARION BRODIE/JEAN ALLAN ;
JENNIFER WILES/JOYCE McGOWAN

10.07am JAN MACMILLAN/ANNE SILLARS ;
PAT MILLIGAN/LIZ LEES

10.14am NORA WILSON/LYN CURRIE ;
ANNE CLARK/ANNE MOORE

10.21am MAY HUGHES/MARION PORTER;
SUSAN WOOD/PAM RICE

10.28am JEAN HAMILTON/JEAN CAMERON ;
JEAN MEIKLE/ELAINE MORRIS

10.35am JEAN MACINTYRE/IRENE NISBET;
ROXY BROWN/ANNE MCKEOWN

10.42am AILEEN BEATON/JILLIAN McPHERSON;
HELEN GLEN/MARGARET SAMSON

10.48am MARY WEIR/JOANNA HARVIE;
MARION ARTHUR/ELIZABETH NELSON

Photographs of Centenary Texas Scramble

The photographs below were taken by May Hughes and myself on Monday. Please click on a photograph to enlarge.

Texas Scramble

After much crossing of fingers our centenary texas scramble beat the summer rains and as you have read in Jean's earlier post 84 ladies had an enjoyable day. As captain i have had few sleepless nights worrying about the weather and what to do with 90+ ladies in the clubhouse waiting for lunch to be served. A received text at 5.50am this morning advising that the course may be unplayable due to overnight rain just about threw me over the edge -- but i need not have worried, our prayer mat did not let us down. My thanks to you all for your good humour today, it is a pleasure to be captain of the best county in Scotland. I hope you all had a fun day out. I am now sitting in dark room with a perfectly chilled white.

Ps. Jean Mac has now gone on a well deserved break. Photographs of the day will be available at the weekend.

PPs. Earlier post confirmed that plan b would come into force if the weather was suspect, can i tell you i had no idea what plan b was ??

Centenary Texas Scramble voted a success

The Centenary Shotgun Texas Scramble held at Bothwell Castle Golf club today was a most enjoyable competition in which 84 participated. A further eight participated in a putting competition. Thanks to our very generous sponsors we then enjoyed a very tasty buffet lunch and a large number of prizes were presented. The main prize winners were:

Putting:
1. Jan Vallance
2. Betty Coutie
Nearest Pin at 2nd Ruth Rankin
at 17th Pauline Warlow
Texas scramble:
1. Winners of fourball at The Carrick at Cameron House: Fiona Scott, Irene Morrison, Anne McKeown, Pam Rice 60.6
2. Anne Mungall, Patti Chalmers, Lesley Glicksten, Margaret Porteous 61-2
3. Ruth Rankin, Lesley McTaggart, Kathryn Lyons, Margaret Samson 61.3 BIH
4. Angela Devine, Jan McMillan, Betty Smith, Irene Cooper 61.3

Texas Scramble Reminder

Please remember that on Monday registration will open at 8.15am and you should be checked in and ready to proceed to the appropriate tee by 8.45 am.

Final numbers for lunch have been confirmed with Bothwell Castle GC so please do not call off if the weather is suspect. Plan B will come into operation and lunch will still be served. In any case your team members would miss you

Tri Am Results

The prize winners in the Tri Am played at a sunny and warm Cambuslang Golf Club today were:

Anne Clark, Agnes McCall and Margaret Brown 60
Ann Mungall, Jean Hamilton and Margaret Reid 61
As a result of today's competition £186 was raised for the funds. Thank you to all who contributed.

Pamela wins Riccarton Rosebowl

Pamela Pretswell won the Riccarton Rosebowl SLGA 36-hole Order of Merit tournament by a six-stroke margin at Hamilton Golf Club today (Sunday).
The Bothwell Castle player and Glasgow University student had rounds of 69 and 72 for a total of 141, compared with the combined CSS aggregate of 146 (73-73).Susan Wood had a share of sixth place on 151.
Janice Paterson won the inaugural Riccarton Salver, an 18-hole competition for senior ladies.