May finished fourth in Scottish Seniors Strokeplay Championship

The Scottish Senior Ladies Championship was won by Heather Anderson of Alyth who had a 2 over par 73 today and a two round total of 153. May Hughes finished fourth with an 81 today and a two round total of 157. Well done, May.

She will play Lorna Bennett of Ladybank in the first round of the Matchplay Championship tomorrow.

Leading scores:

CSS: 73,75

Heather Anderson (80,73) 153

Fiona de Vries (75,80) 155

Anne Ryan (74,81) 155

May Hughes (76,81) 157

Margaret Tough (79,80) 159

Moira Thomson (80,81) 161

May makes good start in Scottish Senior Ladies' Championship

May Hughes had an opening round of 76, 2 shots behind the leader, Anne Ryan in the Scottish Seniors at Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Club today. Her round included a birdie 2 at the ninth and an eagle 3 with a driver, a seven wood and a pitching wedge at the 5th.
Scores of other Lanarkshire competitors: Janice Paterson 89; Pat Hutton 87.
Leading scores: SS 72 CSS 73
Anne Ryan Tain 74
Fiona de Vires St Rule 75
May Hughes Lanark 76
Lynne Terry Cruden Bay 76
Margaret Tough Falkirk 79
Lorna Bennett Ladybank 80
Heather Anderson Alyth 80
Moira Thomson Gullane Ladies 80
Jane Herd Musselburgh 81

Pamela and Rachael in Scottish Teams for European Team Championship

FROM THE SCOTTISH LADIES GOLFING ASSOCIATION WEBSITE
European Ladies Team Championship
The team to represent Scotland in the European Ladies' Team Championship at La Manga, Spain from July 6 to 10 is:
Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm)
Louise Kenney (Pitreavie)
Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar)
Laura Murray (Alford)
Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle)
Jane Turner (Craigielaw).
Captain
Lesley Nicholson (Haddington)

European Girls' Team Championship. The Scotland team for the European Girls' Team Championship at Aalborg, Denmark from July 6 to 10 is:
Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm)
Alyson McKechin (Elderslie)
Rachael Taylor (Hartl Golf Resort, Germany)
Rachael Watton (Mortonhall).
Captain
Karen Marshall (Baberton)

Pamela loses in first round to Spanish Star Carlota Ciganda

Pamela shot four birdies but still lost narrowly on the last green to Spanish ace Carlota Ciganda who won the title 3 years ago and lost in the final last year.
Pamela was two up on Ciganda after eight holes but the Spaniard hit a purple patch to turn that around and lead by two holes on the 13th tee.
Ciganda finally won by holing a 30ft putt at the last for a one-hole victory after a great match.

Pamela qualifies for Match Play in the "British"

Pamela Pretswell qualified in 45th place on 156 after a round of 81 today at the British Open Amateur Championship at Ganton.

Pamela makes a good start in the British Open Amateur Championship

Pamela Pretswell had a 3 over par round of 75 in the first qualifying round of the British Amateur Championship at Ganton, 5 strokes behind the leader, Giulia Molinaro of Italy

FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND SCOREBOARD-Leading scores
+Leading 64 after 36 holes qualify for match-play
Par 73
70 Giulia Molinaro (Italy).
72 Taylore Karle (US), Sally Watson (Elie and Earlsferrty), Sue Kim (Canada).
73 Daniela Holmqvist (Sweden), Lauren Mackin (Majorca), Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa), Caroline Hedwall (Sweden), Camilla Hedberg (Spain).
74 Emma Sheffield (Newark), Tonje Daffinrud (Norway), Mireia Prat (Spain), Marieke Nivard (Netherlands), Sarah Attwood (Gog Magog)..
75 Nikki Foster (Pleasington), Sara Juneau (Canada), Jennifer Kirby (Canada), Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle), Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton), Anna Aresse (Spain), Hannah Grant (Enmore Park), Patricia Sanz (Spain), Christine Wong (Canada).
76 Stefanie Kenoyer (US), Sara Garbutt (Ganton), Lara Katzy (Germany), Jessica Speechley (Australia), Tara Watters (Muswell Hill), Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), Rebecca Lee-Bentham (Canada), Charlotte Wild (Mere), Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder), Ami Storey (Ponteland), Sophia Popov (Germany), Marion Ricordeau (France).

More Kennedy Salver Photographs

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Renfrewshire win the Kennedy Salver

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The West of Scotland Junior Inter County Matches for the Kennedy Salver were played today in very pleasant weather at Cawder Golf Club. The girls from the four counties mixed well and enjoyed their day.

The winner with 6 1/2 points was Renfrewshire, second with 5 1/2 points was Ayrshire ,third with 4 1/2 points was Dunbarton & Argyll and Lanarkshire with 1 1/2 points was fourth.

Results:

Foursomes:

Jorden Ferrie & Kirsten Scott)(D&A) lost to Katie Mcgarva & Grace Mackie (Ayrshire) 3&2

Nicole Benson & Abbi Gliksten (Lanarkshire) lost to Natasha Qayum & Lesley Cosh (Renfrewshire) 1 hole

Amanda McLeod & Aileen Campbell (D&A) defeated Samantha Cowan & Saorcha Warren (Renfrewshire) 4&3

Julie Glencorse & Nicole Muir (Lanarkshire) lost to Emma Hale & Rachel Irvine( Ayrshire) 7&6

Robyn Michie & Alex Rennie (D&A) defeated Eva O'Connor & Lisa Bathgate (Lanarkshire) 6&4

Mairi Gray & Alexandra Qayum (Renfrewshire) defeated Conni Jaffrey& Alexandra Brown (Ayrshire) 4&3

Singles:

Kirsten Scott (D&A) defeated Nicole Benson (Lanarkshire) 2 holes

Natasha Qayum (Renfrewshire) defeated Connie Jaffrey (Ayrshire) 3&2

Amanda McLeod (D&A) defeated Samantha Cowan (Renfrewshire) 7&6

Eva O.Connor (Lanarkshire) halved with Katie Mcgarva (Ayrshire)

Jorden Ferrie (D&A) lost to Emma Hale (Ayrshire) 4&3

Nicole Muir (Lanarkshire) lost to Saorcha Warren (Renfrewshire) 4&3

Rachael McLelland (D&A) lost to Abbi Gliksten (Lanarkshire) 4&2

Alexandra Qayum (Renfrewshire) defeated Rachel Irvine (Ayrshire)3&2

Aileen Campbell (D&A) halved with Mairi Gray (Renfrewshire)

Julie Glencorse (Lanarkshire lost to Grace Mackie (Ayrshire) 7&6

Robyn Michie (D&A) lost to Hazel McGarvie (Ayrshire)

Abbi Kidd (Lanarkshire) lost to Emma Kennedy (Renfrewshire)4&2

INTER COUNTY MATCHES - THANK YOU

On behalf of the team I would like to thank Anne Lloyd and her very willing group of volunteers who caddied at Kilmacolm. I would also like to thank fellow members and friends who came along - it is always nice to see so many red jerseys around the course. The team appreciated your support and encouragement over the 3 days.

Although we did not win, I was very encouraged by our performance this week and hopefully it will not be too long before we get our name on the Salver again!

Lesley

More photographs taken at Inter County Matches

More photographs have been added to day 3 of the Inter County matches. Sorry I had omitted to download these earlier.

Pamela returns home from the Curtis Cup and caddies for Fiona

Pamela Pretwell (Bothwell Castle) has just returned from the Curtis Cup in the USA and she came to Kilmacolm Golf Club yesterday to help out her Lanarkshire County Team mates by Caddying for Fiona Norris in their final Inter County Team Match against Ayrshire. SLGA'S Isabel Crawford introduces the match and congratulates Pamela on her achievements



Video - Courtesy of Carol Fell

More Jamboree Photographs

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For more Jamboree photographs AND A FEW VIDEOS go to the West of Scotland Website.

RENFREWSHIRE ARE THE WEST DIVISION CHAMPIONS

Renfrewshire retained the West Division women's inter-county team championship at Kilmacolm Golf Club today. They completed their programme with a 100 per cent record by beating Dunbartonshire and Argyll 7-2. Earlier in the week Renfrewshire had beaten Ayrshire 6 1/2-2 1/2 and Lanarkshire 7-2.
Three Renfrewshire players won six out of six games over the three days - Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm), Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) and Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze).
The other match today resulted in a draw between Ayrshire and Lanarkshire.
Renfrewshire are the first of the divisional champions to qualify for the Scottish county finals at Bothwell Castle from September 17 to 19.

Today's details;

AYRSHIRE 4 1/2, LANARKSHIRE 4 1/2
Foursomes (2-1)
C Malcolm and M McKay lost to F Norris and S Wood 1 hole.
L Hendry and L Barker beat L Lloyd and M Hughes 1 hole.
L Allan and M McPherson beat E Cuthill and E Caddow 4 and 2.
Singles (2 1/2-3 1/2)
L Hendry lost to F Norris 3 and 2..
R McQueen lost to S Wood 2 holes.
D Watt lost to E Cuthill 6 and 4.
L Barker beat F Scott 2 holes.
L Allan beat M Hughes 5 and 4.
C Malcolm halved with A Devine.

RENFREWSHIRE 7, DUNBARTONSHIRE and ARGYLL 2
Foursomes (3-0)
E Briggs and M Briggs beat S Bishop and L McGeachy 5 and 4.
A McKechin and C-M Carlton beat N Ferguson and J Meldrum 4 and 3.
G Kyle and C Whyte beat S Cadden and L Campbell 4 and 3.
Singles (4-2)
E Briggs lost to S Bishop 3 and 2.
C M Carlton beat N Ferguson 2 and 1.
M Briggs beat J Meldrum 3 and 1.
A McKechin beat S Cadden 7 and 5.
L Stewart lost to H Faulds 4 and 3.
D Jackson beat L McGeachy 7 and 6.

FINAL PLACINGS
1 Renfrewshire, 2 Lanarkshire, 3 Dunbartonshire and Argyll, 4 Ayrshire.

Day 2 Results-- Lanarkshire lose to Renfrewshire

West Division women's Inter-County Team Championship

Day 2 Scoreboard at Kilmacolm Golf Club

Renfrewshire, the defending champions, had two wins out of two today with a 7-2 victory over Lanarkshire.
In the other match a strong fight back in the singles by Ayrshire just failed to wipe out their 0-3 deficit from the morning foursomes. Dunbartonshire and Argyll won 5-4.
Today's details:
RENFREWSHIRE 7, LANARKSHIRE 2
Foursomes (2-1)
E Briggs and M Briggs beat F Norris and S Wood 4 and 3.
A McKechin and C-M Carlton beat E Cuthill and A Devin 2 and 1.
D Jackson and G Kyle lost to L Lloyd and M Hughes 1 hole.
Singles (5-1)
E Briggs beat F Norris 6 and 4.
M Briggs beat S Wood 2 holes.
A McKechin beat E Cuthill 5 and 4.
C-M Carlton beat M Hughes 2 holes.
C Whyte beat E Caddow 8 and 6.
L Stewart lost to L Lloyd 6 and 5.

DUNBARTONSHIRE and ARGYLL 5, AYRSHIRE 4
Foursomes (3-0)
S Bishop and L McGeachy beat L Hendry and L Barker 3 and 1.
N Ferguson and J Meldrum beat D Watt and M McKay 1 hole.
S Cadden and L Campbell beat R McQueen and L Allan 1 hole.
Singles (2-4)
J Meldrum beat L Hendry 1 hole.
N Ferguson beat M McPherson 6 and 5.
L McGeachy lost to C Malcolm 3 and 2.
H Faulds lost to R McQueen 3 and 2.
L McColl lost to L Allan 2 and 1.
L Campbell lost to D Watt 6 and 5.
DAY 1 RESULTS
Renfrewshire 6 1/2, Ayrshire 2 1/2
Lanarkshire 8 1/2, Dunbartonshire and Argyll 1/2

Renfrewshire win against Ayrshire

In this afternoon singles matches Renfrewshire defeated Ayrshire by 4 games to 2 giving them a 6 1/2 to 2 1/2 total for the match.
Result:
E Briggs defeated L Hendry 6&5
C-M Carlton defeated L Barker 7&5
M Briggs defeated R McQueen 4&2
A McKechin defeated M McPherson 5&4
G Kyle lost to C Malcolm 1 up
C Whyte lost to D Watt 4&2.

Lanarkshire continue their good form in afternoon singles

D&A v Lanarkshire

D&A 1/2 Lanarkshire 5 1/2

Sara Bishop lost to Fiona Norris 4&3

Nichola Ferguson lost to Susan Wood 5&4

Jill Meldrum lost to Elaine Cuthill 2 holes

Helen Faulds halved with Fiona Scott

Lynn McColl lost to Emma Caddow 2 holes

Laura McGeachy lost to Lesley Lloyd 5&4

Today's result D&A 1/2 Lanarkshire 8 1/2

Other results and photographs later.

Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire are winning teams in this morning's Foursomes at Inter County Matches

Results
D&A v Lanarkshire
D&A 0 Lanarkshire 3
S Bishop & LMcGeachy lost to F Norris & S Wood 2 holes
L Campbell & N Ferguson lost to E Cuthill & A Devine 2 holes
H Faulds & S Cadden lost to L Lloyd & M Hughes 3&2

Renfrewshire v Ayrshire
Renfrewshire 2 1/2 Ayrshire 1/2
E Briggs & M Briggs defeated L Allan & M McKay 8&6
D Jackson & L Stewart halved with L Hendry & M McPherson
C M Carlton defeated C malcolm & D Watt 5&4

Curtis Cup Final result

The final result in the Curtis Cup was USA 12 1/2 GB&I 71/2.
In today's singles the honours were shared with each team winning 4 matches.
SINGLE Results
GBI Names first
Danielle McVeigh beat Jennifer Song 3 and 2
Sally Watson lost to Alexis Thompson 6 and 5
Rachel Jennings lost to Jennifer Johnson 5 and 4
Lisa Maguire beat Kimberly Kim 1 Up
Hannah Barwood loat to Cydney Clanton 4 and 3
Leona Maguire beat Tiffany Lua 2 and 1
Pamela Pretswell lost to Jessica Korda 4 and 3
Holly Clyburn beat Stephanie Kono 2 and 1

Curtis Cup latest

USA continued their good form to take the afternoon foursomes 3-0 and so now have a lead of 8 1/2 to 3 1/2. On the final day tomorrow there will be 8 singles matches.

Match 1:Danielle McVeigh and Leona MaGuire lost to Alexis Thomson and Jessica Korda 3/1
Match 2 : Hannah Barwood and Holly Clyburn lost to Jennifer Song and Stephanie Kono 3/1
Match 3: Sally Watson and Rachel Jennings lost to Lua Tiffany and Jennifer Johnson 3/2

Curtis Cup started well for GB&I

GB& I were leading by 3 1/2 to 2 1/2 after day 1 with Pamela along with Danielle McVeigh defeating Jennifer Song and Kimberly Kim 4&3 but unfortunately they lost all three of today's four-ball matches and USA now lead by 5 1/2 to 3 1/2.

In today's foursomes Danielle McVeigh and Pamela Pretswell lost to Alexis Thompson and Jessica Korda 2&1

Leona and Lisa Maguire lost to Jennifer Song and Cydney Clanton 3&2

Sally Watson and Rachael Jennings lost to Stephanie Kono and Kimberly Kim by 1 hole.

June Spoon competition results

The June Spoon competition was played today at Hamilton Golf Club in continuous rain. In spite of this there was some good scoring with Fiona McWhirter winning the silver division with a net 5 under 67.
Results: SS 72; CSS 72.
Silver Division:
Fiona McWhirter 85 (18) 67
Janice Paterson 76 ( 6) 70 acb
Tracy McPherson 78 ( 8) 70
Scratch: Lesley Lloyd 75

Bronze Division:
Roxy Brown 99 (22) 77
Margaret I Allan 105 (26) 79
Marlene Turner 112 (29) 83
Bronze Scratch: Roxy Brown 99

Curtis Cup on TV

Sky Sports 3 will be showing the Curtis Cup action from 11pm on the nights of Friday-Saturday-Sunday, June 11-12-13.
Photographs of Pamela and the team can be seen on the Kirkwood Golf Website.

Inter County Foursomes Final Results

Liz Keohone and Audrey Thompson of Loudoun Gowf Club, Ayrshire won the West Division Inter-County Foursomes tournament at Ballochmyle Golf Club, Ayrshire today.
They had a round of five-over-par 76 and headed the scratch returns by two shots from Renfrewshire's Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle) and Liz Stewart (Glenburn).
Lanarkshire's Lesley Lloyd (Hayston) and Fiona Scott (Bothwell Castle) were third with an 80.
In the Handicap section, the winners were Renfrewshire's Jackie MacDonald and Denise Cowan of Ranfurly Castle with a net 69.5 off a handicap of 13.5
Lanarkshire's Anne Lloyd (Hayston) and Pat Casey (Mount Ellen) (13) tied with Renfrewshire's Merope Dunlop and Maureen Taggart (Old Course Ranfurly) (14) on the net 70 mark. Anne and Pat were awarded second place with the better inward half.

Draw for June Spoon

To view the draw for the June Spoon at Hamilton Golf Club on Tuesday 8 June please cick on the link below.

June Spoon

May has reached final of West Vets Championship

The Matchplay stages of the West Vets Championships were played today over Renfrew Golf Club in yet again "Wet conditions".
Top seed May Hughes continued her good run of form with wins against Suzanne Cadden (6&5) and the 2009 Champion Helen Faulds (4&3) to reach the final against Alex Glennie.