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.

Pamela finishes joint 4th In St Rule

Pamela finished in joint 4th place but only 1 shot behind the leaders after the third round of the St Rule over the Old Course St Andrews today.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 227 (75 76 76). CSS 75 77 76
221 Amy Boulden (Maesdu) 75 77 69, Laura Murray (Alford) 73 74 74, Stacey Keating (Australia) 74 73 74.(play-off)
222 Tara Davies (Holyhead) 71 76 75, Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) 70 77 75, Justine Lee (Australia) 71 78 73.

Susan Wood finished on 242 (79,80,83)

Pamela shows her class to lead in St Rule Trophy

Pamela Prestswell , one of only two Scots in the Great Britain & Ireland team for the Curtis Cup match against the United States from June 11 to 13 at Essex County Club, Massachusetts, showed her class by leading the star-studded St Rule Trophy international field over the New Course, St Andrews today.
Pamela, a Bothwell Castle Golf Club member, who has played little competitive golf since last Septemer’s home internationals at Irvine, shot a five-under-par 70 to lead by one stroke from repeating Welsh champion Tara Davies (Holyhead) and last year’s Australian champion, Justine Lee.
Susan Wood also made a good start with a 4 over 79.

FIRST-ROUND SCORES ----- St Andrews New Course.
Par 75, CSS 75
70 Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle).
71 Tara Davies (Holyhead), Justine Lee (A(Vale Royal Millennium), Charley Hull (Woburn), Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton).
73 Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth), Laura Murray (Alford), Martine Pow (Selkirk).
74 Emma Sheffield (Newark), Julie Yang (Loretto School), Sally Shayler (Bedfordshire), Roseanne Niven (Crieff), Stacey Keating (Australia), Charlotte Wild (Mere).
75 Jessica Speechley (Australia), Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), Amy Boulden (Maesdu).
76 Ami Storey (Ponteland), Hannah Roos (Sweden), Natalie Lowe (Prestbury).
77 Ashley Ona (Australia), Charlotte Dalton (Ladbrook Park), Louise Kenney (Pitreavie), Jess Wilcox (Blankney), Gillian O'Leary (Cork), Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder), Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale), Rachael Watton (Mortonhall).
78 Bronte Law (Bramhall), Lisa Ball (Matfen Hall), Emma Goddard
79 Susan Jackson (Ladybank), Maria Dunne (Skerries), Claire Hargan (Mortonhall), Elaine Moffat (St Regulus), Karen Delaney (Carlow), Susan Wood (Drumpellier).
80 Samantha Birks (Wolstanton), Emma Fairnie (Dunbar), Olivia Winning (Rotherham), Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir), Claire MacDonald (Gullane Ladies), Rozalyn Adams (addington Court Ladies), Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm), Rebecca Wilson (Grange), Anne Laing (Vale of Leven), Gemma Bradbury (Cottrell Park).
81 Jane Turner (Craigielaw), Nikki Foster (Pleasington), Sara Bishop (Windyhill).
82 Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze), Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey), Joelle Van Baarle (Belgium).
83 Tilly Magill (Woburn).
84 Alyson McvKechin (Elderslie), Megan Garland (The Oaks).
85 Cara Gruber (Royal Dornoch).
86 Shonagh Raitt (Forfar).
87 Jocelyn Mackie (Ladybank).
88 Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies).

Team for Jamboree

The team to represent Lanarkshire at the West Inter County Matches at Kilmacolm Golf Club from 14- 16 June 2010 is as follows:

Emma Caddow, Strathaven; Elaine Cuthill, Lanark; Angela Devine, Hamilton; May Hughes, Lanark; Lesley Lloyd, Hayston; Fiona Norris, Hamilton; Fiona Scott, Bothwell Castle and Susan Wood, Drumpellier.

Attention Juniors

If you have an approriate congu handicap and are of a suitable age why don't you enter for one of the following Scottish competitions? The entry forms can be downloaded by clicking on the appropriate link below.

Scottish Girls Under 14 Girls Championship at Auchterarder Golf Club on 9th July. Handicap limit 36.
Closing date 7 June.

Under14 Entry Form

Scottish Girls (Close) Championship at Eyemouth Golf Club from 13th to 17th July. Handicap limit 34. This consists of 2 strokeplay rounds over 2 days. The 32 players with the best scratch scores qualify for the matchplay rounds and those with the next 16 best scratch scores qualify for a separate matchplay competition. Although this is a scratch competition girls with higher handicaps are encouraged to participate for experience.
Closing date: 14 June

Girls Entry Form

Scottish Junior Championship at Dunfermline Golf Club from 21-23 July. Age: under21,
Handicap Limit: 34 Closing date: 21 June.

Junior Entry Form

May Hughes is leading qualifier for West Vets Championship

May Hughes (Lanark) played great golf today to have the leading Score of the Day with a 2 over Par 74 at the West Vets' Meeting at Old Ranfurly on a rather windy, blustery and showery day. This was also the qualifying round for the championship.
After starting with a bogey 6 she then managed to have 3 birdies on the outward 9 and finished with a birdie 2 at the tricky 18th hole.
SSS 72, CSS 72, 72 Entrants.
Scratch - May Hughes (Lanark) 74
Silver
1st:Moira Hogg (Old Ranfurly) 88 (19)69
2nd: May Hughes (Lanark) 74 (4) 70 (bih)
3rd: Patricia Richmond (Douglas Park) 85 (15) 70
May will now meet Suzanne Cadden in the quarter finals of the Championship at Renfrew Golf Club on Tuesday.

Junior Friendly Match v Renfrewshire

Last Sunday a team of our higher handicap Juniors played a Friendly Match against Renfrewshire at Caldwell Golf Club on a lovely sunny day. The team consisted of the following players:-
Julie and Emily Glencorse and Kirsten Brown , Torrance House; Alexandra Duffy, Cathkin Braes; Heather Neilson, Kames; Abbi Kidd, Lenzie; Veronica McCluskey, Strathaven and Alison Reid, Lanark.
Our team lost 5-3, with Veronica, Kirsten and Alison winning their match. However a good time was had by all. Thank you to Margaret Reid for the photographs.

Scottish Championship Match Play Results

In the first round Susan Wood bt Ann F Ramsay (Kirriemuir) 2 and 1.
Rachael Taylor bt Jemma Chalmers (Monifieth) 5 and 4.
Sammy Leslie (Westhill) bt Elaine Cuthill 1 hole.
In the second round Clare Marie Carlton (Fereneze) bt Susan Wood 2 holes.
Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) bt Rachael Taylor 6 and 5.

In the County team competition for the McNeil Trophy lanarkshire were third equal with Midlothian behind the winners, Aberdeenshire and Fife.