Congratulations North and Well done Lanarkshire

In the County Finals At Alyth GC this weekend Scottish North finished as Champions with Lanarkshire Runners Up .

Final Results:

County                 Match Points     Game Points

North                         3                         21.5

Lanarkshire               1.5                       13.5

Midlothian                 1.5                       12.5

Dumfries                     0                           6.5

Lanarkshire beat Dumfries, lost to North and halved with  Midlothian.. Over the 3 days they won mote games than Midlothian to finish 2nd.

To view all photos of the finals go to the following link 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/5fC7moHhhkNfpqMy8
 

Team for County finals

 The following team will represent  Lanarkshire at the County Finals at Alyth GC from 29-31 August :

Kirsten Brown, Leah Bryce, Jodie Graham, Katie Graham, Rachel Neil, Eva O'Connor, Susan Wood and Susan Woodhouse.

They are competing against Dumfries, Midlothian and Northern Counties.

We wish them well.

Congratulations to Midlothian on Winning the County Finals

 In a close match  Midlothian  beat Lanarkshire 5- 4 to earn a full 3 competition  points and to win  the County Championship Trophy and gold medals.

Lanarkshire finished on 1.5 points as did North but Lanarkshire won more games  and so they finished second and won silver medals and the FJ Morison Trophy. Very well done girls.

Day3 results

Foursomes: Midlothian 2 Lanarkshire 1                   North 3 Borders 0

Singles: Midlothian 3 Lanarkshire 3                         North 4.5  Borders 11,2  

Final Results       Match Points                                Game Points

Midlothian                 3                                                16.5

Lanarkshire               1.5                                              17.5 

North                         1.5                                              15

Borders                      0                                                  5

 

  

Closer Match on Day 2

 On another sunny day at Eyemouth Lanarkshire played North in some close games resulting in a half match.

Results

Foursomes

Lanarkshire 2 North 1

Midlothian 2 Borders 1

Singles

Lanarkshire 2 1/2  North 3 1/2

Midlothian 3 1/2 Borders 2 1/2

Totals

 Lanarkshire 4 1/2 North 4 1/2

Midlothian 5 1/2  Borders 3 1/2 

Very good day for Lanarkshire at County Finals

 County Final Results Day 1

Foursomes

Lanarkshire 3 Borders 0

Midlothian 2 North 1

Singles

Lanarkshire 6 Borders 0

Midlothian 4 North 2

Lovely Day for County Finals Practice at Eyemouth

 

Team for County Finals

The team for the Scottish County Finals at Eyemouth GC on 30,31 August and 1st September is as follows:

 Kirsten Brown (East Kilbride), Leah Bryce (Sandyhills), Jodie Graham ( Royal Troon), 

Abigail McCafferty (Airdrie), Eva O'Connor (Bothwell Castle), Molly Richmond (Strathaven),

Susan Wood (Drumpellier) and Susan Woodhouse (East Kilbride)

We wish them all the best.

The other Counties competing are: Borders, Midlothian and Northern Counties.

Spectators will be very welcome.

Scottish County Champions 1989

The last time Lanarkshire won the Scottish County Finals was in 1989 at Prestwick for the second year in a row.  Below is an extract from a magazine called Lanarkshire Golfer. Fiona McKay is now Fiona Norris andAllison Johnston is now better known as Allison Bell.

 

As you can see there were a number of similarities to this year.

Congratulations Lanarkshire - Scottish County Champions

For more photographs click on the following link:

More Photographs

Today at the Scottish County Finals at Kirkcaldy GC, Lanarkshire beat Aberdeen 8-1 to finish on 6 points.

Fife beat Galloway to finish second with 4 points. Galloway finished 3rd  with 2 points with Aberdeen 4th.

This was an excellent display of golf from our young team. Very well done girls.

This was the first time Lanarkshire has won the County Finals since 1988 at Prestwick. 

Weather much better today for County Finals Day 2

 Photographs courtesy of Anne Lloyd/

For more photographs click om the following link

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Great win in Foursomes on day 2 of County Finals

 Lanarkshire Team have made a great start to day 2 of the County Finals winning the Foursomes 3-0 against Galloway

Susan Woodhouse and Jodie Graham bt Wright & Hart 4&3 .

Katie Scott and Kirsten Brown bt Robson & Dewar 6&4.

Molly Richmond and Leah Bryce bt McMutrie & Crook 5&4..

Aberdeenshire Win County Finals

In a very tight finish to the County Finals at Kilmacolm Golf Club Aberdeenshire, Renfrewshire and Midlothian all finished with 2 wins and hence 2 points.
The competition was decided on the number of match points won. Aberdeenshire finished with 15.5 points, Renfrewshire with 15 and Midlothian with 14.5 points and so Aberdeenshire won the County Final Trophy for the first time since 1986 with Renfrewshire in second place and Midlothian third. Dumfriesshire finished fourth.

Winners Aberdeenshire

Runners Up Renfrewshire

Midlothian win Scottish County Finals

Midlothian are County Champions for 2013 after a nail biting finish on Sunday at Stirling Golf Club..  Midlothian won their morning foursomes against the Borders 2-1 and Aberdeenshire trailed Renfrewshire by the same margin.  With Aberdeenshire only needing a half match to take the title it appeared their destiny was still in their hands, however Renfrewshire still had a chance for the title and they ran out eventual winners 5-4. Midlothian knew they needed to win all of their singles matches to be in with a chance and they managed that in convincing style.  As the three teams all had 2 match wins it went down to a countback and with the game points tied it all came down to holes played in winning matches with Midlothian beating Aberdeenshire by 1hole.

To view photographs of the teams, prizegiving etc click on the link below
County Finals Teams and Prizewinners
To view the scenery at Stirling Golf Club click on the link below.
Scenery at Stirling Golf Club

Angus win County Finals for first time

On the final day of the County Finals at Montrose Angus beat Midlothian 6 1/2-2 1/2 to win the Scottish County Finals for the first time. The morning foursomes were halved but Angus won the afternoon singles 5-1.

Renfrewshire beat Dumfriesshire 6-3 to finish in third place behind runners up Midlothian.

Angus and Midlothian again winners at County Finals

On the second day of the County Finals at Montrose GC Angus defeated Dumfriesshire 6 1/2- 2 1/2 and Midlothian defeated Renfrewshire 6-3.

Tomorrow's match between  Angus and Midlothian will decide the winner. Renfrewshire  will play Dumfriesshire.

Angus and Midlothian are winners on first day of County Finals

On the first day of the County Finals at Montrose GC, Angus defeated Renfrewshire 5-4 due to winning the morning foursomes 2-1. The afternoon singles were halved 3-3.
Midlothian defeated Dumfriesshire 7 1/2- 1 1/2.
Tomorrow Angus play Dumfriesshire and Midlothian play Renfrewshire.

Midlothian win County Finals

Midlothian, title-winners in 2007 but pipped on a countback in 2009 and 2010 for the Scottish women's county championship, finally prevailed on a three-way countback in the closest finish for years to the tournament hosted by Dumfries and County Golf Club.

Midlothian, Ayrshire and Dumfries-shire all finished with two wins and one defeat while Perth and Kinross lost all three of their matches.

Midlothian bt Perth and Kinross 61/2 - 21/2 but lost to Dumfrieshire 2-4 in the singles only match
Ayrshire bt Dumfrieshire 61/2- 21/2 and Perth and Kinross in the singles only match.
Final Placings
1 Midlothian 2 pt (14 1/2-9 1/2)
2 Ayrshire 2pt (13-11), Dumfries-shire 2pt (13-11)
4 Perth and Kinross 0pt (7 1/2-16 1/2)

Rain stops play at County Finals

Rain halted play on the second day of the Scottish women's county golf championship finals at Dumfries and County Golf Club today (Saturday).
Only the foursomes were completed before the course became too wet. The singles ties will be played on Sunday morning with the final set of matches being decided over six singles each in the afternoon.
.Saturday's foursomes results:
MIDLOTHIAN lead PERTH and KINROSS 3-0
Karen Marshall and Wendy Nicholson bt Laura Walker and Eilidh Watson 2 and 1.
Kate McIntosh and Linda Bain bt Steph Crolla and Nicola Robertson 2 holes.
Gabrielle Macdonald and Kirsten Blackwood bt Jill Milne and Eve Muirhead 5 and 4.


AYRSHIRE lead DUMFRIES-SHIRE 2 1/2- 1/2
Lesley Hendry and Jenny Linklater bt Jordana Graham and Emma Greenlees 3 and 2.
Gillian Arnott and Debbie Watt halved with Diane Macdonald and Lindsay Kirkwood.
Connie Jaffrey and Audrey Thompson bt Rachel Walker and Katie McCracken 7 and 5.

Ayrshire lose on first day of County Finals

Ayrshire lost 3-6 to Midlothian at Dumfries and County Golf Club today. Midlothian took the foursomes 2-1 , and then the singles 4-2. 

South Division champions Dumfries-shire scored a very good opening 6 1/2-2 1/2 win over North Division qualifiers Perth and Kinross in the opening day's other match.

MIDLOTHIAN 6, AYRSHIRE 3

Foursomes (2-1)

Karen Marshall and Wendy Nicholson bt Cathering Melcolm and Debbie Watt 3 and 2.

Sally Shepherd and Linda Bain lost to Lesley Hendery and Jenny Linklater 2 holes.

Jane Turner and Gabrielle Macdonald bt Audrey Thompson and Connie Jaffrey 2 holes.

Singles (4-2)

Marshall lost to Malcolm 2 holes.

Kate McIntosh bt Gillian Arnott 5 and 3.

Nicholson bt Lesley Arnott 3 and 1.

Kirsten Blackwood lost to Linklater 2 and 1

Macdonald bt Thompson 4 and 3.

Turner bt Jaffrey 2 and 1.

Congratulations to Renfrewshire- winners of County Finals

Renfrewshire won the County Finals today at Bothwell Castle for the first time since 1987 after defeating Dumfriesshire 5 1/2- 31/2. This gave them 2 wins and 1 halved match, the same as Midlothian who defeated Angus 7- 2 today but Renfrewshire won on the number of games won (16- 15 - half matches do not count). In a close finish Midlothian reqired to win all 6 afternoon singles to equal Renfrewshire on games won. They won 5 but halved one.