Very worthy County Champion after excellent standard of Final

 Very many congratulations to Champion Susan Woodhouse and to Runner Up Kirsten Brown. Susan won 4&2 and in these 16 holes was 8 under par. Kirsten also played excellent golf having 2 eagles and 3 birdies to finish on -4 for 16 holes.

It is Susan's 4th Championship Win.

Champion Susan Woodhouse

Runner Up Kirsten Brown

All Trophy Winners

All Winners
 Many thanks to Hamilton Golf Club for the courtesy of their course this week The competitors enjoyed playing the course and the warm welcome they received.  

Congratulations Janet and Anne

 

Congratulations to Janet Leiper on winning the 2nd Division County Championship at Hamilton Golf Club this morning and to Runner Up Fiona McWhirter. Well done both.

Many congratulations also to Anne Armstrong winner of the Division 1 Handicap Championship  and to Runner Up Joan Anderson in a very good match this morning. 

First Round of Matchplay Championship

 The first round of the matchplay Championship teed off this afternoon in a shower of rain which fortunately did not last.

Results

The semi finals of the Championship on Sunday at 9.25 am will be

Kirsten Brown v Ruth Hunter

Eva O'Connor v Susan Woodhouse

The Final of the Championship will tee off at around 2.10.

The final of of the 1st Division Handicap Championship at 9.35 will be:

Joan Anderson v Anne Armstrong

The final of the 2nd Division Championship at 9.45 will be

Janet Leiper v Fiona McWhirter.

 Congratulations to Shirley Dalrymple on her hole in one at the third hole of Hamilton GC during the qualifying round of the championship.

Congratulations Kirsten

 Congratulations to Kirsten Brown , leading qualifier in this year's championship at Hamilton Golf Club with a score of 70(-2). Second qualifier was Susan Woodhouse on 74 followed by Ruth Hunter and Eva O'Connor on 76.

Kirsten also won the Centenary Salver with the best net score of 72 after a count back. Very well done Kirsten.

Championship Matchplay

The draw for the Championship Quarter and Semi Finals are as follows:

Championship      Kirsten Brown v Shirley Dalrymple

                 Ruth Hunter v  Lynn Feeley

                  Eva O'Connor v Lindsay Main  &

                  Susan Woodhouse v Angela Devine

1st Div Handicap       Linda Allan v Joan Anderson

                 Anne Armstrong v Mari Scott

2nd Division       Janet Leiper v Marion Craig

                  Moreen Cromwell v Fiona McWhirter

The games will take place on Friday afternoon starting 14:00. All welcome to come along and support.

The semi finals and finals will take place on Sunday starting 09:25.  

The Championship final will be  on Sunday afternoon tee off 14:00.

Congratulations to County Champion and other Priewinners

 Congratulations to Susan Woodhouse, County Champion 2025. In a high quality closely fought Championship Final today Susan beat  fellow East Kilbride member Kirsten Brown 2&1.

Susan Woodhouse

Kirsten Brown, runner up to Champion and leading qualifier.

Carol Saunders, Centenary Salver Winner

Scratch Championship Prizewinners With President Sheila Boyd

Congratulations to  Marion Craig Bronze Champion , Marion beat fellow Strathaven member Anne Cameron 4&2 in a a friendly  but well  fought game.

Marion Craig

Congratulations also to Georgie McIntosh. Strathaven GC who won the Silver Handicap trophy. In avery good friendly match she deat Shirley Dalrymple, Hayston GC.

Georgie McIntosh

Bronze and Silver Handicap Prizewinners

Some photographs from Championship Qualifying Round

To view more photographs  from Wednesday's qualifying round at Cathkin Braes GC click on the link below.

More Photographs

Championship Results

Congratulations to  Leading Qualifier Kirsten Brown, East Kilbride GC winning the Scratch with an excellent score of.74 beating her club mate Susan Woodhouse by 2 shots. Leading Silver  Net score for 2025 is Ellie McManus of Airdrie GC who returned a net 70 narrowly beating Mari Scott of Strathaven GC by one shot.

Leading Qualifier in the Bronze Section  was Janet Leiper, Strathaven, with 99 one shot better than Christine Paterson and Anne Cameron, both Strathaven,

The best net sore in Bronze was an excellent 69 by Carol Saunders Strathaven.  Carol with the best net score in either division has won the Centenary Trophy.

Those who have played can view the full results on the SG App.

Fridays draws are:

Championship Quarter Finals

13.06 Kirsten Brown v Eva O'Connor

13.14 Fiona Norris vFiona Hunter

13.21 Katie Graham v Ellie McManus

13.30 Susan Woodhouse v Leah Bryce

Silver Handicap Semi Final

13.40 Georgy McIntosh v Lynn Feeley

13.48 v Anne Armstrong v Shirley Dalrymple

Bronze Championship Semi Final

13.56 Margaret Marshall v Mairi Gilliland

14.04 Janet Leiper v Anne Cameron

Championship Prizewinners

                Champion Kirsten Brown                                           Runner Up Eva O'Connor                                                                                                

                     Leading Qualifier Susan Woodhouse                           Scratch Prizewinners   

                 Silver Handicap Winner Ellie McManus                     Ellie with Runner Up Susan Halley

         Bronze Champion & Centenary Salver Winner Linda Allan     Linda with Runner Up Anne Cameron

Silver Handicap and Bronze Prizewinners

Congratulations Kirsten

 In a very close game with some very good golf including an albatross from Kirsten at the par  5 7th and a number of birdies from each player. Kirsten Brown beat  Eva O'Connor 2&1 to win the 2024 Lanarkshire Championship

Some close matches in Championships today

 

It was another sunny day at East Kilbride GC  for the matchplay rounds of the Championships.

Congratulations to all the winners.

Results

Scratch Championship

Susan Woodhouse bt Leah Bryce  7&6

Eva O'Connor bt Jodie Graham at 20th hole

Kirsten Brown bt Ruth Rankin 3&2

Susan Wood (wo) as Fiona Norris had to withdraw due to illness.

Draw for semi finals on  Sunday 28th April

9.00 Susan Woodhouse (EK) v Eva O'Connor ( Bothwell Castle)

9.08  Kirsten Brown (EK) v Susan Wood (Drumpellier & St Regulus

)Silver Handicap Championship

 

Ellie McManus bt Deirdrie Anderson 2&1

Susan Halley bt Mia McElhinney 3&2

Handicap Final Sunday 28th April

9.16 Ellie McManus v Susan Halley

Bronze Championship

Linda Allan bt Barbara Brown 3&1

Anne Cameron bt Joan Greenshields 3&2

Bronze Championship Final Sunday 28th April

9.24 Linda Allan (Strathaven) v Anne Cameron (Strathaven)

Sun Shone for Championship Qualifying Round Today

 Congratulations to Susan Woodhouse. leading qualifier in the Championship held at East Kilbride Golf club today.

                                             

Leader board (Gross Scores) Par 73

Division 1

1 Susan Woodhouse (East Kilbride)  70

2 Kirsten Brown       (East Kilbride)  71

3 Fiona Norris           (Hamilton)        75

Division 2

1 Linda Allan              (Strathaven)     91

2 Anne Cameron         (Strathaven)     97

3 Fiona McWhirter (Cathcart Castle) 101

For full results go to What DidIDo

Leading Net Scores

1 Linda Allan              (Strathaven)      68

2 Ellie McManus        ( Airdrie)           70

3 Kirsten Brown(        (East Kilride)    70

Congratulations Linda on winning the Centenary Salver.

T)) o view photographs of all today's competitors go to the following link

https://1drv.ms/f/s!AkeQjPj5zT-OgdIpebu6vR6CYt5Y-g?e=CfKkGs

Championship Final was of a high standard

Yesterday's Championship final was very closely fought and the golf was very good to watch.

Susan Woodhouse  made a good start with birdies at the 1st, 3rd and 4th holes to go 3 up. Kirsten Brown then fought back with birdies  at 6,7,9,10 and 11 and went 1 up at 12. Susan who also birdied hole 7 then won 13 and 15 with a par and a birdie to go 1 up and halved the remaining holes to win at 18.

                                        Ellie McManus - winner of the Centenary Salver

For more photographs click on the following link.

https://1drv.ms/a/s!AkeQjPj5zT-O4hQWb32pPPP7G_vw