Congratulations go to West Vet May Hughes who won 4th Scratch at the Scottish Seniors Strokeplay Championship at Fortrose Folf Club today. May along with Alex Glennie have qualified for the Matchplay stages which begin tomorrow.
Scottish senior women's stroke-play championship
Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Club, Black Isle
FINAL TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71)
153 Heather Anderson (Alyth) 80 73.
155 Fiona de Vries (St Rule) 75 80, Anne Ryan (Tain) 74 81.
157 May Hughes (Lanark) 76 81.
159 Margaret Tough (Falkirk) 79 80.
161 Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay) 76 85.
162 Noreen Fenton (Dunbar) 81 81.
163 Fiona Hunter (Baberton) 81 82.
164 Mary Smith (Tain) 84 80, Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies) 83 81, Jane Herd (Musselburgh) 81 83.
165 Janice Cumming (Inverness) 84 81, Pamela Williamson (Baberton) 82 83, Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) 80 85.
166 Jill Harrison (Cruden Bay) 84 82, Alison Bartlett (Royal Dornoch) 83 83.
167 Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 86 81.
168 Helen Faulds (Douoglas Park) 85 83.
169 Maureen Woodhead (Gourock) 89 80, Agnes Freeman (Ladies Panmujre Barry) 84 85.
170 Karen Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park) 86 84.
171 Sue Penman (Gullane Ladies) 84 87, Marion Stewart (Kilmacolm) 83 88.
172 Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle) 88 84, Anna Telfer Milngavie) 86 86, Margot Barr (Gairloch) 83 89.
173 Isobel McIntosh (Inverness) 87 86, Winifred MacCallum (Falkirk) 82 91.
174 Suzanne Cadden (Cardross) 92 82.
173 Ruth Brown (Lothianburn) 88 86.,
174 Pat Wilson (Murcar Links) 83 95.
175 Isobel Harvey (St Rule) 88 87, Susan MacVicar (Gairloch) 84 91, Annabel Kane (Kilmacolm) 82 92.
176 Patricia Hutton (Lanark) 87 89.
178 Janice Paterson (Drumpellier)PATERSON 89 89, Jen Petrie (Panmure Barry) 87 91.
Sheila Travers (Alloa) 89 89, Elizabeth Coghill (Royal Dornoch) 88 91.
179 Fiona Farquharson (King James VI) 86 93.
180 Jenny Thornton (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 91 89, Rita Dee (Kingsknowe) 91 89, Janmice Lang (Alyth) 89 91, Karen Maxwell (Milngavie) 88 92.
181 Mairi Pollock (Craigmillar Park) 96 85, Linda McDouogall (Greenock) 92 89.
182 Isabel Chapman (Forfar) 91 91, Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle) 89 93.
183 Elizabeth Cruickshank (West Surrey) 93 90, Dorothy Thomson (Gullane Ladies) 92 91, Maureen Neilson (Greenock) 90 94, Pat Morrison (Muir of Ord) 88 95
184 Joanne Watt Gullane Ladies) 96 88, Suxy Cooper (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 95 89.
MCFADZEAN, Frances 92 92, Sheena McDonald (Buchanan Castle) 96 89.
185 Esme Hill (Dumfries and Co) 91 94.
WILSON, Alicia 90 95 F +43
185 Sheilah Ramsay (Inverness) 95 91.
186 Hazel Kelly (Ladies Panbmure Barry)l 91 95 .
186 Norma Smith (Downfield) 91 95
187 Liz Fertacz Blairgowrie) 92 95, Barbara Biggart (North Berwick) 91 96.
188 Elda Morrison (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 98 90, Catherine Bryce (Ballater)92 96.
189 Maureen Ritchie (Muir of Ord) 88 101.
190 Sandy Bushby (Blairgowrie), 94 96, Fiona Roger (Ranfurly Castle) 91 99.
192 Ann Moffat (St Regulus) 92 100.
193 Maureen McRobb (Kingsknowe) 91 102.
194 Kay Jarvie (Auchterarder) 94 100.
196 Elinor Wallace (Muir of Ord) 93 103.
199 Pamela Moscati (Royal Dornoch) 105 94.
203 Clare Bowe (Gullane Ladies) 106 97.
208 Shona Low (Gullane Ladies) 106 102.
NR Maureen Ross (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 88 NR
NR Lesley Johnston (Gullane Ladies) 83 NR.
NR Anne Brownie (Lothianburn) 90 NR.
NR Anne Terrey (Greenock) 102 NR.
NR Morag Wardrop (Niddry Castle) 95 NR

May Hughes has the best 1st round score at the Scottish Seniors

Northern Counties team player Anne Ryan (Tain) leads the field by one stroke in the Scottish senior women’s (closed) amateur stroke-play championship at Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Club on the Black Isle, 12 miles north of Inverness.
Anne shot a three-over-par 74, including birdies at the sixth, seventh and 15th. The CSS was 73.
Her closest challengers at the start of the second round – at the end of which the leading 16 go forward to the match-play championship – are Fiona De Vries (St Rule), a shot behind on 75, and joint third-placed Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay) and May Hughes (Lanark) on 76.

SCOTTISH SENIOR WOMEN’S (CLOSED) AMATEUR STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Club.
FIRST ROUND
Par 71. CSS 73
74 Anne Ryan (Tain).
75 Fiona De Vries (St Rule).
76 May Hughes (Lanark), Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay).
79 Margaret Tough (Falkirk).
80 Heather Anderson (Alyth), Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies), Lorna Bennett (Ladybank).
81 Fiona Hunter (Baberton), Noreen Fenton (Dunbar), Jane Herd (Musselburgh).
82 Pamela Williamson (Baberton), Winifred MacCallum (Falkirk).
83 Lesley Johnston (Gullane Ladies), Marion Stewart (Kilmacolm), Alison Bartlett (Royal Dornoch), Margot Barr (Gairloch), Pat Wilson (Murcar Links), Anabel Kane (Kilmacolm ).
84 Sue Penman (Gullane Ladies), Agnes Freeman (Ladies Panmure Barry), Jill Harrison (Cruden Bay), Susan MacVicar (Gairloch), Mary Smith (Tain), Janice Cumming (Inverness).
85 Helen Faulds (Douglas Park).
86 Anna Telfer (Milngavie), Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie), Karen Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park), Fiona Farquharson (King James VI).
87 Jen Petrie (Panmure Barry), Isobel McIntosh (Inverness), Patricia Hutton (Lanark).
88 Isobel Harvey (St Rule), Ruth Brown (Lothianburn), Maureen Ritchie (Muir of Ord), Maureen Ross (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), Pat Morrison (Muir of Ord), Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle), Elizabeth Corghill (Royal Dornoch), Karen Maxwell (Milngavie), Isobel Harvey (St Rule), Ruth Brown (Lothianburn), Maureen Ritchie (Muir of Ord).
89 Maureen Woodhead (Gourock), Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle), Janice Paterson (Drumpellier), Sheila Travers (Alloa), Janice Lang (Alyth).
90 Alicia Wilson (Clober), Maureen Neilson (Greenock), Anne Brownie (Lothianburn).
91 Rita Dee (Kingsknowe), Fiona Roger (Ranfurly Castle), Maureen McRobb (Kingsknowe), Norma Smith (Downfield), Isabel Chapman (Forfar), Esme Hill (Dumfries and Co), Jenny Thornton (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), Barbara Biggart (North Berwick), Hazel Kelly (Ladies Panmure Barry).
92 Frances McFadzean (Craigmillar Park), Ann Moffat (St Regulus), Linda McDougall (Greenock), Catherine Bryce (Ballater), Dorothy Thomson (Gullane), Liz Fertacz (Blairgowrie), Suzanne Cadden (Cardross).
93 Elinor Wallace (Muir of Ord), Elizabeth Cruickshank (West Surrey).
94 Kay Jarvie (Auchtgerarder).
95 Sheilah Ramsay (Inverness), Susy Cooper (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), Morag Wardrop (Niddry Castle).
96 Sandy Bushby (Blairgowrie), Joanne Watt (Gullane Ladies), Sheena McDonald (Buchanan Castle), Mairi Pollock (Craigmillar Park).
98 Elda Morrison (Foprtrose and Rosemarkie).
102 Anne Terrey (Greenock).
103 Helen MacGregor (Hilton Park).
105 Pamela Moscati (Royal Dornoch).
106 Clare Bowe (Gullane Ladies), Shona Low (Gullane).

Live Scoring from the Scottish Seniors

Click on the following link to see live scoring from Fortrose in the Scottish Seniors

Live Scoring From The Scottish Seniors
Leading Scores at 4pm
1 RYAN, Anne 74 F +3
2 DE VRIES, Fiona 75 F +4
3 HUGHES, May 76 F +5
4 TERRY, Lynne 76 F +5
5 TOUGH, Margaret 79 F +8
6 BARR, Margot +9 15 +9
7 BENNETT, Lorna 80 F +9
8 ANDERSON, Heather 80 F +9
9 HERD, Jane 81 F +10
10 FENTON, Noreen 81 F +10
11 HUNTER, Fiona 81

Seniors Head North for National Honours

From the SLGA Website
Fiona Hunter (Baberton) and Heather Anderson (Alyth) defend titles at the Scottish Senior Ladies' Amateur Championship at Fortrose and Rosemarkie from June 29 - July 2.

The Black Isle Club is staging its first National Championship and Hunter is bidding to retain the 36-hole strokeplay title, while Anderson defends the matchplay trophy contested by the top 16 strokeplay qualifiers.

Lorna Bennett (Ladybank), runner-up in the strokeplay championship at Kinross las year, is the back marker with a one handicap and Fiona de Vries (St Rule) is off two.

But the high quality field of 84 includes 21 players with handicaps of five or better - the list includes Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies), last year's beaten finalist in the matchplay.

Seniors golf is thriving, and the Championship will play a major part in the selection of the Scottish team for the Seniors' Home Internationals at Sheringham at the end of September.

Their are many West Division players going up North --- Helen Faulds, May Hughes, Alex Glennie, Anna Telfer, Janice Paterson, Pat Hutton, Suzanne Cadden, Jennifer Mack, Linda MacDougall to name but a few.

The full draw list for the first round of the strokeplay championship is as follows:
SENIORS ROUND 1 DRAW

Live scoring will again be in operation for this Championship by clicking this Live Scoring link or going to the SLGA WEBSITE and clicking the live scoring item on the left of the screen

East Vets retain the Elise Duncan Trophy

The East v West Teams (Courtesy of Noreen Fenton) - Click to enlarge

The East Vets retained the Elise Duncan Trophy at Troon Portland yesterday when they won by 6.5 to 2.5

Results (East vets first)
Noreen Fenton won against May Hughes 5 and 4
Moira Thomson won against Suzanne Cadden 5 and 3
Pamela Williamson halved with Alex Glennie
Ruth Brown lost to Helen Faulds 6 and 5
Lesley Johsnton lost to Anna Telfer 3 and 1
Sue Penman won against Jennifer Mack 2 and 1
Caroline Johnston won against Janice Paterson 4 and 2
Karen Ballantyne won against Joanna Scott 2 and 1
Jane Herd won against Pat Hutton on the eighteenth

To read the full report go to the EAST VETS WEBSITE

Also to see some photographs taken by East Vets Noreen Fenton --- CLICK HERE --- Then Click on Slideshow

May Helen and Suzanne do well at the Inter County Jamboree

May Hughes, Helen Faulds and Suzanne Cadden - click to enlarge

Many Congratulations go to West Vet May Hughes of Lanarkshire who played superbly well at the County Jamboree at Kilmacolm this week. Her putting and chipping was fantastic --- Well done May
-- And what about our West Vets Captain Helen Faulds representing D&A -- a good win against Renfrewshire in the Singles and a halved match against Lanarkhire. Also West Vets Suzanne Cadden (D&A) who had a good win in the foursomes against Ayrshire
Meantime --- Ayrshire's Captain Alex Glennie was keeping all her players in check and probably would have been playing had it not been for all her Captaincy duties.

WELL DONE TO YOU ALL --- GOOD FOR VETS GOLF

To see photos and videos of the event go to the West of Scotland Website

West v East Singles Match

Never mind the Curtis Cup! -the match of the year takes place next Wednesday, the 23rd June at Troon Portland between the West and East Vets. We will meet at 10.15am with an 11am tee off time.
The West Team selected is: (in alphabetical order)

Suzanne Cadden (Cardross)
Helen Faulds (Douglas Park)
Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie)
May Hughes (Lanark)
Pat Hutton (Lanark)
Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle)
Janice Paterson (Drumpellier)
Joanna Scott (Cathkin Braes)
Anna Telfer (Milngavie)

We will be trying very hard to bring the Elise Duncan Trophy back to the West.

Helen Faulds (Captain)

Go to the East Vets Website to see who is in their team

West Vets win against Midlands

Enid Young, Marion Stewart, Jennifer Graham, June Lockhart, Helen Robertson, Maureen Mitchell and Carol Fell - Click to enlarge

The Mid West Trophy was played today against Midlands Vets. The match was played over Douglas Park Golf course in lovely weather and enjoyed by all. West Vets who have not won this trophy for at least 4 years at last managed regain the trophy by winning 5 - 2 . Captain Helen Faulds played in the Courtesy match with Midland's Vice Captain Winifred MacCallum who was there as Emma Wilson (Midlands Captain and SLGA President) is away to the Curtis Cup Results: West Vets Team Names 1st Enid Young beat Joan Blyth 4 and 3 Marion Stewart beat Fiona Farquharson 2 and 1 June Lockhart beat Sheila Travers 3 and 1 Carol Fell beat Moira Begbie 3 and 2 Helen Robertson lost to Jean Bauld 3 and 2 Maureen Mitchell beat Lizee McGraw 1 Hole Jennifer Graham lost to Helen Cambell 1 Hole A few words are said by West Captain Helen and Midlands Vice Captain Winifred (Apologies for the poor light quality of the video) -- Make sure your volume is turned on. Alternatively --- Click on the small thumbnail below and then slideshow to see larger photos of the day's events

West Vets v Midlands

Senior Scratch Competition for the Riccarton Salver

The Riccarton Rosebowl is on Sunday 8th August over Hamilton Golf Course. This is an SLGA ranking competition of 2 rounds.
On that day there is also the Senior Ladies competition for the Riccarton Salver. This competition is a Scratch Competition over one round and played between the rounds of the Rosebowl. It ran in 2009 for the first time but many ladies did not know about it until too late. The idea of the competition was to encourage Ladies who previously played in the Rosebowl but who now do not wish to play 36 hole competition. We hope that this could renew many old friendships.

To get your entry form for both of these competitions then CLICK HERE FOR ENTRY FORMS

West Vets Championship Results

Alex Glennie and May Hughes -- The 2010 West Vets Finalists

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 and the 2009 Champion Helen Faulds to reach the final against Alex Glennie. This is the repeat final from 2008 in which May was the winner on that occasion

Maureen Rennie from Douglas Park the 2009 holder of the Bronze Trophy has managed to reach the final again and now meets Jane Thomson from Whitecraigs

The 2010 West Vets Championship Qualifiers

RESULTS:
May Hughes(Lanark) beat Suzanne Cadden(Cardross)6 & 5
Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) beat Linda McDougall (Greenock) 4&3
Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) beat Anna Telfer (Milngavie) 4&3
Jane Finnie (Troon) beat Maureen Woodhead (Gourock) 1 up
Semi-finals :-
May Hughes beat Helen Faulds 4&3
Alex Glennie beat Jane Finnie 2&1
Bronze semi finals :-Maureen Rennie (Douglas Park)beat Pat Robertson(Caldwell) 5&3
Jane Thomson (Whitecraigs) beat Helen Crichton (Ranfurly Castle)6&4

The date for the finals will be published when available