Alison Gemmill has the best score at Ralston

New member to the West Vets -- Alison Gemmill (Kilmarnock Barassie) had the best round of the day both with her gross and net scores in the Spring Meeting played over Ralston Golf course in cold and windy but reasonably dry conditions.

Despite the course playing very long everyone enjoyed the day with the magnificent views and Ralston's Golf Club hospitality at the 19th !!

Alison was out in 38 and back in 35 and her round of 73 was 6 shots ahead of Pat Hutton (Lanark) who had a 79.

 Scratch : Alison Gemmill ((Kilmarnock Barassie) 73

 Silver:
1st: Alison Gemmill (Kilmarnock Barassie) 73 (3) 70
2nd: Pat Hutton (Lanark) 79 (6) 73
3rd: Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 81 (4) 77 --- last 6 holes
Bronze:
1st: Anna MacDougall (Old Ranfurly) 104 (24) 80
2nd: Margaret Ramsay (Elderslie) 102 (21)81 bih

CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINKS  FOR THE FULL RESULTS

GROSS SCORES
NET SCORES

 SSS 71, CSS 74 (Reduction Only)


5 Players managed to have Birdie 2's at the short holes  --- WELL DONE TO YOU ALL

Player	Score
9	Gemmill, Alison	2
13	Faulds, Helen	2
13	Glennie, Alex	2
13	Kane, Anabel	2
13	Mitchell, Maureen	2

 HANDICAP EXCHANGE LETTERS AND ALL  RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE  ON THE LINKS  RHS OF THE WEBSITE


Due to technical difficulties your webmaster has not got a photograph of Alison - She thought she had but she hasn't -- So sorry !

WEST VET MAY HUGHES WINS THE LANARKSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

West Vet May Hughes, the Lanarkshire County No 3 seed, won the Lanarkshire Women's County Golf Championship for a fourth time at Bothwell Castle Golf Club today.
In wet conditions, May beat Jenny Potter (Cathkin Braes), the No 8 seed and conqueror of defending champion Rachael Taylor (Germany) in the quarter-finals, by 2 and 1. in the final.
Jenny was two up after three but May won the fifth and sixth to square the match and after nip-and-tuck over a sequence of holes, May went one up for good at the 14th.
She birdied the 16th to be two up and the 17th was halved.
Today's results:
Semi-finals - Jenny Potter (Cathkin Braes) beat Susan Wood (Drumpellier) 4 and 3; May Hughes (Lanark) beat Emma Caddow (Strathaven) 2 and 1.
Final - May Hughes beat Jenny Potter 2 and 1.

Spring Meeting at Ralston G.C.

The draw for the Spring Meeting is tomorrow --  Thursday 26 April. Unfortunately, even after Ralston being good enough to extend our tee time, we are unable to accommodate the huge number of entries received - 102 - and as such have had to ballot several people out.
I am looking forward to seeing all those of you who are playing in the Spring meeting tomorrow.  I hope the weather is good to us!  I am sorry that I had to ballot out several people, but it looks likely that those balloted out, will now be able to play, if still free, due to spaces becoming available.   I would like to remind you that distance measuring devices are allowed, but NOT ones with wind and slope assistance. Currently there are 2 spaces available - 12.39 and 9.37.
If anyone now finds that they are free and would like to play.   Now that the golf season is under way, I wish you all a successful and fun summer of golf.  
Fiona

9.30

Joanna Scott 5 Cathkin Braes

Maureen Mitchell 9 Cathcart Castle

Carol Fell 10 Ranfurly Castle

9.37

Suzanne Cadden 5 Cardross

Jennnifer Mack 6 Haggs Castle

Anne Robinson 8 Ranfurly Castle

9.44

Alex Glennie 4 Kilmarnock Barassie

Linda McDougall 5 Greenock

Janice Paterson 6 Drumpellier

9.51

Pat Hutton 5 Lanark

Helen Faulds 5 Douglas Park

Jane Finnie 5 Ladies Club Troon

9.58

Alison Gemmill 3 Kilmarnock Barassie

May Hughes 4 Lanark

Sheena McDonald Buchanan Castle

10.05

Helen Robertson 11 Douglas Park

Cathy Morton 11 Eastwood

Anne Edgar 14 Kilmarnock Barassie

10.12

Fay Storey 17 Old Ranfurly

Sally Macfarlane 13 Douglas Park

Sheilagh Osborne 14 Ladies Club Troon

10.19

Maureen Woodhead 7 Gourock

Enid Young 9 Balmore

Anabel Kane 9 Kilmacolm

10.26

May Myers 9 Clober

Marion Stewart 10 Kilmacolm

Jennifer Graham 11 Haggs Castle

10.33

Rena Simpson 13 Kilmacolm

Jill West 16 Irvine

Elinor Grant 14 Douglas Park

10.40

Maureen Cook 14 Lochwinnoch

Jess Blackwood 15 Kilmarnock Barassie

Jinty Halley 15 Douglas Park

10.47

Sheila Shaw 15 Lochwinnoch

Susan Young 17 Blairmore & Strone

Dorothy Horsfield 17 Balmore

10.54

Anne Mckellar 15 Whitecraigs

Anne Paton 16 Douglas Park

Rosemary Ogilvie 16 Ranfurly Castle

11.01

Patricia Richmond 16 Douglas Park

Eleanor Bremner 17 Ladies Club Troon

Christine Gauldie 16 Ralston

11.08

Margaret Mowat 15 Ladies Club Troon

Betty Connor 16 Cathcart Castle

Chris Dingwall 18 Douglas Park

11.15

Willeen McCallum 17 Ladies Club Troon

Janette Stewart 19 Kilmarnock Barassie

Margaret Gray 18 Old Ranfurly

11.22

Helen Burnet 19 Hilton Park

Evi Park 17 Haggs Castle

Hatty Forrest 19 Ladies Club Troon

11.29

Kay Murray 18 Whitecraigs

Kay McColl 19 Hilton Park

Sara Scott 19 Ladies Club Troon

11.36

Janey McFarlane 18 Cathcart Castle

Pat Robertson 20 Caldwell

Shelagh Young 20 Kilmarnock Barassie

11.43

Moira Cameron 18 Ladies Club Troon

Anna MacDougall 23 Old Ranfurly

Sheila Tollan 18 Dalmally

11.50

Marjorie Walker 17 Haggs Castle

Sheila Mitchell 17 Ladies Club Troon

Merope Dunlop 13 Old Ranfurly

11.57

Julie Will 17 Ladies Club Troon

Ann Colthart 20 Dalmally

Christeen Finlayson 19 Whitecraigs

12.04

Glennis Rintoul 20 Old Ranfurly

Patricia Brown 20 Ralston

Jean Irvine 21 Ranfurly Castle

12.11

Elizabeth Fazzi 20 Haggs Castle

Gail Brown 21 Ladies Club Troon

Christine Baird 23 Douglas Park

12.18

Elizabeth Hume 20 Ladies Club Troon

Christine Richmond 20 Erskine

Sheila Greenshields 22 Whitecraigs

12.25

Moira Hogg 21 Old Ranfurly

Sheila McLean 21 Whitecraigs

Ann Deakin 25 Ladies Club Troon

12.32

Margaret Ramsay 20 Elderslie

Sandra Carruthers 21 Whitecraigs

Morag Dunan 25 Milngavie

12.39

Morag McCartney 24 Milngavie

Anne Terry 23 Greenock

Maggie White 21 Ralston

12.46

Ann Donnelly 24 Whitecraigs

Janet Dow 25 Douglas Park

Sheena Niven 25 Hilton Park

12.53

Agnes Robertson 29 Erskine

Avril Berry 31 Douglas Park

Liz Stansfield 31 Erskine

Scots lose to the Irish in the Singles Matches to retain the Mary McKenna Trophy

Winning Irish Vets Captain Terry Saxton with Scottish Vets Captain Helen Faulds

The Irish Vets Team Celebrate

The Scottish Vets were beaten 7.5 to 0.5 in the singles on Day 2 of the Mary McKenna Trophy today

Singles Results:
Sheena McElroy beat May Hughes 3/2
Pat Doran beat Alison Bartlett 3/2
Gertie MacMullen beat Linda Urquhart 2/1
Pauline Walsh beat Heather Anderson 2 up
Carol Wickham halved with Mary Smith
Mairead MacNamara beat Elaine Allison 2/1
Suzanne Corcoran beat Lorna Bennet 2 up
Helen Jones eat Karen Ballantyne 4/3

Singles result 71/2 – ½
The Final Result was Irish Vets 9.5  Scottish Vets 2.5.

Helen said --- "Very disappointing day in the singles. At the halfway stage it was pretty even but somehow in the back nine the Irish established a lead and ran out deserved winners of the competition."

Scottish Vets Draw with Irish Vets on Day 1 of the Mary McKenna Trophy

The Scottish Vets Team in their new purple outfit
Back -L to R :Linda Urquhart, Elaine Allison, May Hughes, Mary Smith, Heather Anderson, Alison Bartlett
Front - L to R :Lorna Bennett, Helen Faulds (Captain), Noreen Fenton (Vice Captain) and Karen Ballantyne

The First day of the annual match against an Irish Senior Select Team for the Mary McKenna Perpetual Trophy took place today (Sunday 15th April)at Hilton Templepatrick course outside Belfast on a bright, sunny but cold day.
Overall result of fourballs 2-2

Results: Scottish Vets Named first
Lorna Bennett and Mary Smith beat Sheena McElroy and Carol Wickham 4/3
Heather Anderson and May Hughes lost to Helen Jones and Pat Doran 2/1
Elaine Allison and Linda Urquhart beat Mairead MacNamara and Suzanne Corcoran 2/1
Karen Ballantyne and Alison Bartlett lost to Pauline Walsh and Gertie McMullen 2/1

Mary McKenna Trophy

Scottish Seniors team leaves for Ireland

The annual match against an Irish Senior Select Team for the Mary McKenna Perpetual Trophy will take place on Sunday 15th and Monday 16th April with Saturday as the practice day. The match will be played over the Hilton Templepatrick course outside Belfast, a course which will be familiar to a few of the team as it was the venue for the British Senior Ladies in 2008. West Vet Helen Faulds will captain the team and we are delighted that West Vet May Hughes will be playing for the team.

We wish Helen and Vice Captain Noreen Fenton (E) an enjoyable and successful few days in Ireland.
Scottish Vets team
Elaine Allison (Midlands)
Heather Anderson (Midlands)
Karen Ballantyne (East)
Alison Bartlett (Highland)
Lorna Bennett (Midlands)
May Hughes (West)
Mary Smith (Highland)
Linda Urquhart (North)
Non-travelling reserves
Anne Ryan (Highland)
Jill Harrison (North)
Alex Glennie (West)
Captain Helen Faulds (West)

Vice-Captain Noreen Fenton (East)
President Jean Thomas (Borders)
Vice-president Sally Coster (West)

Helen and Bobby Faulds are celebrating their Ruby Wedding Anniversary today at the Masters

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