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.

All Lanarkshire team members qualify for Matchplay at 'Scottish'

At the Scottish Ladies Close Amateur Championship at Craigielaw Rahael Taylor, Susan Wood and Elaine Cuthill have qualified for the first round of the matchplay tomorrow.

Rachael has qualified in 5th place after an excellent 2 under par round of 71 today to add to her 79 of yesterday. In today's round she had two bogies, one double bogie and six birdies.

Susan had a very good 2 over par round of 75, which included 3 birdies, today to improve on her 84 of yesterday and raise her into 25th place.

After a good round of 78 yesterday Elaine slipped to 31st place today with a round of 84. She birdied the last to make sure of a place in the matchplay. We wish them all well.

Martine Pow was the top qualifier with a 2 under par total of 144.

Results now published on HowDidiDO

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Rachael made it to the Scottish Championship

Rachael Taylor arrived at Edinburgh Airport last night on an EasyJet flight from Munich Airport and will tee off at 9.20 this morning, writes COLIN FARQUHARSON
Rachael and her mother came off the stand-by list at the last moment to get on the late-night flight after 48 hours of being thwarted by the volcanic ash clouds in their bid to get from Germany to Scotland.
Hopefully Rachael can recover sufficiently from this ordeal to do herself justice. At the momnt she is 4 over after 9.

For live scoring during the 'Scottish' please go to the SLGA website. The link on the sidebar can be used.

Lanarkshire Team to defend trophy in Scottish Close Championship

Last year the Lanarkshire team of Pamela Pretswell, Elaine Cuthill and Susan Wood won the McNeil Trophy which is presented to the County team with the best two from three handicap scores in the two Qualifying rounds of the 'Scottish'. Pamela is unable to play this year as she has an important exam this week. Her place in the team at Craigielaw has been taken by Rachael Taylor , a 1 handicap 17 year old who was born in Airdrie but has spent most of her life in Germany where her father is the head professional,with a staff of 36, at the five star Hartl Golf Resort, Bad Griesbach in southern Germany.
She is scheduled to tee off at 9.20 tomorrow morning on her debut in the 97th Scottish women's amateur championship at Craigielaw.
Unfortunately so far her efforts to make it from Germany to Scotland have beeen stymied by the volcanic ash from Iceland which closes airports right, left and centre at short notice.
She has been trying since the weekend to find airports that are open in Bavaria and Britain. She is tonight on standby for a flight from Munich to Edinburgh
Rachael, in an E-mail to Kirkwoodgolf at tea-time today, said:
"My flight to Scotland on Sunday night was cancelled. We booked another flight today, but it was also cancelled. My last and only chance is to go standby tonight. I'm just about to go to the airport to try and get on! It's about a 100 miles away.
"So far the flight hasn't been cancelled from the Edinburgh end. Fingers crossed!"
Claire Hargan, the SLGA's Championship Manager, said:
"We are very much hoping Rachael will make it. It's an important championship for her in that Scotland team selections for later in the season can be based on performances this week."
Munich Airport is about 1 1/2 hours away from where the Taylors live but Claire understands that Rachael and her parents drove something like 700 kilometres at the weekend to try to find an airport that was open."
Miss Taylor is a Scotland girl international and recent winner of an open tournament in Germany. She told Kirkwoodgolf earlier in the month:
“I started playing golf in Germany with my dad at the age of eight and played my first adult tournament at the age of 11. Although I have lived almost all of my life in Germany, I feel as Scottish as any of the other girls,” said Rachael, a fluent German speaker.
Rachael joined LLCGA this year and hopes to play in some of our competitions during July and August.
We hope she manages to catch a flight in time.

May Spoon Results

The May Spoon was played today over Lanark Golf Club which was in very good condition.
SS 74 CSS 75
Silver Scratch: May Hughes 77
Silver Handicap:
1. Jenny Potter 80 (9) 71
2. May Hughes 77 (4) 73 BIH
3. Angela Devine 79 (6) 73
4. Ruth Rankin 80 (6) 74
Bronze Scratch and Handicap: Anne Morrison 111 (22) 89
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Inter County Foursomes Qualifying Round

The Qualifying Round for the Inter County Foursomes was held today at Carluke Golf Club with the competitors enjoying the sunny weather (after a few flakes of snow), the good condition of the course and the good food afterwards. The following have qualified for the finals at Ballochmyle Golf Club on Thursday 3rd June.
Scratch:
1. Lesley Lloyd & Fiona Scott 75
2. Pauline Warlow & Joanna Scott 81
3. Jenny Potter & Donna Hunter 89

Handicap:
1. Linda Mclanachan & Anne Cameron (20) 72
2. Mary Turner & Margaret Loughrey (21) 77
3. Pam Rice & Marion Porter (21) 79

The leading handicap scores were:
1. L. McLanachan & A. Cameron (20) 72
2. L. Lloyd & F. Scott (2.5) 72.5
3. J Potter & D Hunter (15.5)73.5
4. P. Warlow & J. Scott (6.5) 74.5
5. M Turner & M Loughrey (21) 77
6. P Rice & M Porter (21) 79