HAVE YOU GOT YOUR ENTRY IN FOR THE SUMMER MEETING

This is a  reminder that the closing date for the Summer Meeting at Drumpellier Golf Course is on Thursday, 2nd May, 2013.
We have had an excellent entry but there are still a few places left if anyone is interested. Obviously, if we overrun our limit then the “dreaded ballot” will be necessary!!
The Draw will be available on the Website a few days after the closing date.
Morag Key (Secretary)

PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE MARY MCKENNA TROPHY

To see some PHOTOGRAPHS of the event (courtesy of Fiona Cowan) --- CLICK HERE  AND THEN CLICK ON SLIDESHOW  -- Thank you Fiona

SPRING MEETING 2013 -- ROBINA GILBERTSON IS THE OVERALL WINNER

82 ladies played at Prestwick St Cuthbert's today in the annual Spring Meeting. There were a few blustery showers but at least it was warm when the sun shone. The scores ranged from very good to respectable to "at least that's my first card of the season" and there were five 2s.
SSS 71, CSS was 73.

RESULTS:
Scratch:  - Robina Gilbertson (Prestwick St. Nicholas)    76
1st Silver: - Robina Gilbertson                     70  (76-6)
2nd Silver: - Anita McMillan (Erskine)          71  (86-15)  bih
3rd Silver :- Janice Paterson (Drumpellier)   71 (77-6)
1st Bronze: - Sheena Niven (Hilton Park)      75 (99-24) bih
2nd Bronze:  - Jacky Sinclair (Hilton Park)     75 (101-26)
Super Vet - Elinor Grant (Douglas Park)      72 (87-15)

CLICK HERE for all the Net Scores including Stableford Adjustments and CLICK HERE for all the gross scores --
You will also find the results on the RHS of this webpage on both the West Vets Scoreboard Link and the Spring Meeting Link.
Hopefully if your club has registered for the CDH (Centralised Database of Handicaps) your result should return automatically to your Home Club.

PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR HANDICAP SECRETARY THAT SHE HAS RECEIVED YOUR SCORE.

Anita McMillan -1st Silver

Janice Paterson 2nd Silver

Elinor Grant -Super Vet

IRISH SENIORS RETAIN THE MARY MCKENNA TROPHY

Irish Seniors and Scottish Vets

The Scotland Vets Team nearly had a “Ryder Cup” second day in their annual match against the Irish Seniors at West Kilbride today. They trailed 31/2 -1/2 after the 1st day fourballs but played great golf to win 5 of the 8 single matches and narrowly lost the match by 1 point. Congratulations to Ireland for retaining the Mary McKenna Perpetual Trophy.
Single Results:
Lorna Bennett beat Mary Dowling 2 and 1
May Hughes beat Carol Wickham 2 holes
Mary Smith beat Gertie McMullen 3 and 2
Fiona de Vries beat Suzanne Corcoran 4 and 3
Kathleen Sutherland lost to Pat Doran 2 and 1
Alex Glennie lost to Kate Evans 1 hole
Jane Finnie lost to Sheena McElroy 6 and 5
Alison Bartlett beat Helen Jones 2 holes
Final score Scotland 5.5; Ireland 6.5
To see some PHOTOGRAPHS of the event (courtesy of Fiona Cowan) --- CLICK HERE  

THE MARY MCKENNA TROPHY AT WEST KILBRIDE

Below is the draw for the singles matches in the Mary McKenna Trophy at West Kilbride Golf Club on Monday 15th

(Irish named first)
Mary Dowling (Mallow)  v  Lorna Bennett (Midlands)
Carol Wickham (Laytown and Bettystown)  v  May Hughes (West)
Gertie McMullen (The Island)  v  Mary Smith (Highland)
Suzanne Corcoran (Portumna)  v  Fiona de Vries (Midlands)
Par Doran (Donabate)  v  Kathleen Sutherland (North)
Kate Evans (Filford Heath)  v  Alex Glennie (West)
Sheena McElroy (Grange)  Jane Finnie (West)
Helen Jones (Royal Port Rush)  v  Alison Bartlett (Highland)

We wish them all good matches and hope for some reasonable weather.

IRISH WIN THE FOURBALL MATCHES ON DAY 1 OF THE MARY MCKENNA TROPHY AT WEST KILBRIDE

On the first day of the Mary McKenna the Irish Seniors Team won the fourball matches by 3.5 - 0.5
The matches started at 11:30 this morning in dry by very blustery conditions which as the afternoon progressed and the conditions deteriorated making it very difficult for all the players.
The Irish putting was better than the Scots and they now go into the singles tomorrow with a strong lead.
FOURBALL RESULTS: (Irish named first)
Sheena McElroy (Grange) and Carol Wickham (Laytown and Bettystown) beat Kathleen Sutherland (North) and Mary Smith (Highland) 5&4
Helen Jones (Royal Portrush) and Pat Doran (Donabate) beat May Hughes (West) and Jane Finnie (West) 2&1
Gertie McMullen (The Island) and Kate Evans (Frilford Heath) beat Alex Glennie (West) and Alison Bartlett ( Highland) 4&3
Suzanne Corcoran (Portumna) and Mary Dowling (Mallow) halved with Lorna Bennett (Midlands) and Fiona de Vries (Midlands)

SPRING MEETING DRAW IS NOW AVAILABLE

The Spring Meeting at Prestwick St Cuthbert Golf Club on Monday April 15th has been heavily over subscribed.
112 entries were received which means that unfortunately we have had to ballot out 17 ladies.
My apologies and commiserations to those unfortunate to miss out this time.
The draw is now available for viewing, but please keep checking that your time remains the same, because if we receive any cancellations, we may have to adjust the draw to accomodate ladies who are on the reserve list.
THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW CHANGES SO PLEASE CHECK OUT THE DRAW LIST BELOW
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE DRAW
Anyone who finds they are unable to play should please contact our secretary, Morag Key (Tel No. 07950 279733) , as soon as possible.
I look forward to meeting up with you all  tomorrow.
Let's hope the sun shines, the temperature rises and the scoring is good.

Anna Telfer (West Vets Captain)

MARY MCKENNA TROPHY AT WEST KILBRIDE GOLF CLUB

The Mary McKenna Trophy takes place at West Kilbride Golf Club on Sunday 14th and Monday 15th April.
Please go and support the Scottish Vets Team captained by Helen Faulds against the Irish Team

Lets hope the weather is ok .

This is what it was like in 2010 at the British Seniors !!