SCOTLAND SENIORS LOSE TO WALES

SENIOR WOMEN'S HOME INTERNATIONALS AT HUDDERSFIELD
SCOTS LET FOURSOMES LEAD SLIP IN SINGLES AGAINST WELSH DRAGONS

Scotland's hopes of winning the Senior Women's Home Internationals title at Huddersfield Golf Club, Yorkshire suffered a body blow when they lost their opening match 4 1/2-3 1/2 to Wales.
In the other opening match, Ireland, champions for the past two years, were cut down to size by England 5 1/2-2 1/2.
Things looked promising for the Scots when they took the morning foursomes 2-1 but they were outplayed by the Welsh dragons in the singles.
Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) and Anne Ryan (Tain) both fell two down very early on to Jane Rees and Ann Lewis respectively. In the end Wood lost by 3 and 2, Ryan by 5 and 3.
Scotland's only double winner was Northern Counties LGA secretary Alison Bartlett who formed a good foursomes partnership with Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) and then beat former Curtis Cup player Vicki Thomas by 2 and 1.
Mary Smith (Tain) was held to a square match and Fiona de Vries (St Rule) lost heavily, 6 and 5, in the final tie against Sharon Roberts.


SENIOR WOMEN'S HOME INTERNATIONALS
Huddersfield Golf Club.
DAY ONE

SCOTLAND 3 1/2, WALES 4 1/2
Foursomes: 2-1
S Wood and L Lloyd lost to S Roberts and V Thomas 3 and 2.
A Bartlett and A Glennie bt J Ace and ODavies 1 hole.
M Smith and F De Vries bt A Lewis and J Rees 3 and 1.
Singles: 1 1/2, 3 1/2
Wood lost to Rees 3 and 2.
A Ryan lost to Lewis 5 and 3.
Bartlett bt Thomas 2 and 1.
Smith halved with C Harries
De Vries lost to Roberts 6 and 5.

ENGLAND 5 1/2, IRELAND 2 1/2
Foursomes: 1-2
J Brown and A Mayne lost to C Wickham and S McElroy 1 hole.
C Quinn and L Housman lost to P Doran and H Jones 5 and 3.
C Rawthore and K Russell bt L Webb and S Corcoran 2 and 1.
Singles: 4 1/2- 1/2
Rawthore bt Webb 1 hole.
Brown bt Wickham 5 and 4.
Mayne halved with Doran
D Ricdhards bt G McMullen 3 and 2.
Russell bt McElroy 1 hole.

Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report.

CAPTAIN ANNA IS AT THE SENIOR HOME INTERNATIONALS

Good Luck to West Vets Captain Anna Telfer and her team at the  Senior Home Internationals which begin tomorrow at Huddersfield Golf Club, Yorkshire

 Best wishes go to Alison Bartlett (Royal Dornoch), sisters Anne Ryan and Mary Smith (Tain) and Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) are joined by Fiona de Vries (St Rule), and West Vets -- Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) and Lesley Lloyd (Hayston) for three days of international competition.

 Programme --
TUESDAY - England v Ireland, Scotland v. Wales.
WEDNESDAY - Wales v Ireland, Scotland v England
THURSDAY - Ireland v Scotland, England v Wales.

LORNA BENNETT - MIDLANDS IS THE 2014 SCOTTISH VETS CHAMPION

Lorna Bennett (Midland) won the Scottish Veteran Ladies Golf Association Championship at Strathmore Golf Centre, Alyth this afternoon (Sunday).
Lorna, a member of Ladybank Golf Club, Fife, beat Highland champion Mary Smith from Tain at the 19th in a very exciting final.
Bennett took the lead at the second and although brought back to all square at the fifth, she then won the seventh and eighth and thereafter was either one or two up for the rest of the round until arriving at the 17th tee dormie two.
At that point Smith, who last week finished runner-up in the Senior British women's open amateur championship at Royal Dornoch, holed a 25ft putt for a birdie 2 on 17 and a 10ft putt on 18 to square the match and force it into extra holes.
Bennett had a cast iron par 5 on the first to take the hole and the title.
HOW THE FINAL WENT
They halved the first in par 5s.
Lorna won the second when Mary three putted.
Holes 3 and 4 halved
Mary won the fifth to go to square.
They halved the short 6th in 3s
Lorna won 7 and 8 with pars to go 2 up.
Mary won the 10th to take it back to one.
Lorna had a birdie 3 at the 11th to go to 2 up
They halved 12 and 13.
Mary won the par 5 14th with a birdie, back to one.
Halved 15
Lorna won 16 with a par to go back to 2up.
Mary had a birdie 2 at 17 (25ft putt)
and a birdie 4 at 18 (10ft putt) to be back to square
Lorna had a par 5 at 19th (Mary took three from the edge) to win

Weekend results

QUARTER-FINALS
Mary Smith (Highland) beat Linda Scott ( Galloway) 3 and 2
Sheena Wood (North) beat Alison Smith (Borders) 7 and 6
Karen Ballantyne (East) beat Lorraine Campbell (West) 2 and 1
Lorna Bennett (Midland) beat Margaret McGregor (Dumfriesshire) 3 and 2
SEMI-FINALS
Smith beat Wood 1 hole
Bennett beat Ballantyne 4 and 3.
FINAL
Bennett beat Smith at 19th.

Thanks go to the report by Gillian Kirkwood.

SCOTTISH VETS' CHAMPIONSHIP

QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS
Results of the quarter-finals in the Scottish Veteran Ladies Golf Association championship at Strathmore Golf Centre, Alyth today (Saturday) were:

Mary Smith (Highland) beat Linda Scott
(Galloway) 3 and 2
Sheena Wood (North) beat Alison Smith (Borders) 7 and 6
Karen Ballantyne (East) beat Lorraine Campbell (West) 2 and 1
Lorna Bennett (Midland) beat Margaret McGregor (Dumfries-shire) 3 and 2

SCOTTISH VETS' QUARTER-FINALS AT STRATHMORE GOLF CENTRE

The Scottish Veteran Ladies Golf Association championship is being held at Strathmore Golf Centre, Alyth this weekend, featuring the eight divisional championship winners in match-play.

Draw for Saturday is
Linda Scott (Galloway) v Mary Smith (Highland)
Alison Smith (Borders) v Sheena Wood (North)
Karen Ballantyne (East) v Lorraine Campbell (West)
Lorna Bennett (Midland) v Margaret McGregor (Dumfriesshire)

BRITISH SENIORS -- MARY SMITH FROM TAIN IS RUNNER UP AND WEST VET LESLEY LLOYD FINISHES WELL IN HER FIRST SENIOR BRITISH

Cheshire's Catherine Rawthore (Sale) is the new Senior British Women's Open Amateur Stroke-play champion. She won the title by two shots over the testing Royal Dornoch links with a great aggregate of one-under-par 227. The ladies par was 228 (3x76)
Catherine had rounds of 77, 76 and 74.
Local lady Mary Smith (Tain), was runner-up on 229 with scores of 77, 75 and 77.
And another Scot, Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) did well to tie for third place on 230 with scores of 80, 73 and 77. On the same mark were Spain's Macarena Campomanes (78-80-72) and Lulu Houseman (Highgate) 78, 77 and 75.
Campomanes' final round was the lowest score of the three-day tournament.
Leicestershire's Helen Lowe (Scraptoft), clear leader through the first two rounds with scores of 71 and 74, had a disastrous final day of 11-over-par 87 for 232 and finished joint sixth..
Defending champion Ann Lewis from Wales finished on 234 with scores of 75, 77 and 82. Also on the 234 mark was Royal Dornoch player Alison Battlett (81-79-74), the Northern Counties LGA secretary.

SENIOR BRITISH WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Royal Dornoch Golf Club.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 228 (3x76)
227 C Rawthore (Sale) 77 76 74
229 M Smith (Tain) 77 75 77
230 M Campomanes (Spain) 78 80 72, Lulu Houseman (Highgate) 78 77 75, S Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) 80 73 77.
232 M De Orueta (Spain) 73 79 80, H Lowe (Scraptoft) 71 74 87.
233 C Utermark (Germany) 78 79 76, A Mayne (Saltford) 73 79 81, P Cornett (USA) 78 73 82
234 A Bartlett (Royal Dorncoh) 81 79 78, S McElroy (Grange) 79 77 78, A Lewis (Royal St David's) 75 77 82
235 J Brown (Trentham) 82 80 73, S Dye (Delamere Forest) 84 74 77, C Berry (Bromborough) 79 77 79
236 L Lloyd (Hayston) 77 79 80, R Adams (Royal Blackheath) 80 77 79, M Castillo (Spain) 73 80 83.
SELECTED SCORES
243 K Russell (Royal Ashdown Forest) 76 79 88, P Doran (Donabate) 79 79 85 (T32)
244 A Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 81 79 84 (T34)

TO VIEW ALL THE SCORES CLICK HERE

WEST VETS ALEX AND LESLEY MAKE THE CUT AT THE BRITISH SENIORS AMATUER CHAMPIONSHIP AT DORNOCH

The British Seniors Amateur Championship is being played at Royal Dornoch this week and West Vets Alex Glennie and Lesley Lloyd have both made the cut today after 2 rounds.
CLICK HERE for all the scores

WEST VETS ARE WINNERS AT BLAIRGOWRIE

Sheila Mitchell R/U over 70s

Marion Stewart winner 65-70

Anna Telfer Scratch winner ( Lyon picture )

Marion Stewart - overall nett winner (Patrick Rosebowl)

Thanks go to Sheena McDonald for the photos and results:

1 Sheila Mitchell R/U over 70s
2 Marion Stewart winner 65-70
3 Anna Telfer Scratch winner ( Lyon picture ) - Gross 81
4 Marion Stewart - overall nett winner (Patrick Rosebowl -- 83 (12) 71

West Vets win the Team Trophy for the 3 best scores in one division -- (best last 6 holes count back from East Division)

Vice President Gillian Kirkwood presented the prizes (due to President Sally Coster who was unable to attend due to injury) 
Emma Wilson was elected as the new Vice President at the AGM

Full results to follow.

SENIOR SCOTS WOMEN LOSE TO SPAIN IN AUSTRIA, RANKED 6th OVERALL

Anne Ryan, Mary Smith, Fiona De Vries, Anna Telfer (CAPTAIN),
Alison Bartlett, Alex Glennie and Sheena Wood

Scotland lost 4-1 to Spain in their concluding match of the rain-hit European senior women's amateur team golf championship near Salzburg in Austria.

Because the course was waterlogged until Thursday, only one qualifying round was possible and only four teams qualified for the championship flight.

The Scots finished second in Flight B and were ranked sixth overall.

England beat France 3 1/2-1 1/2 in the Flight A final. Ireland were ranked third after finishing with a 4-1 win over Sweden.

Other result: Germany 1, Belgium 4.

Details of Scotland's match:
SPAIN 4, SCOTLAND 1

P Allende and R Ruiz de Velasco bt Alison Bartlett and Alex Glennie 5 and 4.
M De Orueta bt Sheena Wood at 19th
M Corcosteguia halved with Fiona De Vries.
M Castillo halved with Mary Smith
M Campomanes bt Anne Ryan 6 and 5

SENIOR SCOTS WOMEN THROUGH TO FLIGHT B FINAL

From L - R  Alison Bartlett. Anna Telfer (Captain), Sheena Wood, Fiona De Vries,
Anne Ryan, Mary Smith and Alex Glennie (Photo courtesy of Anna Telfer)

In the rain-shortened format for this week's European senior women's amateur team championship at Gut Altentann GC near Salzburg, Scotland beat Belgium 3 1/2-1 1/2 in the semi-final of their four-team Flight B.
The Scots, on Saturday, will play Spain, 4-1 victors over Germany, in the Flight B final.
Details of Scotland match (Belgian names first):
I Dumont lost to S Wood 2 holes.
R De Winghe and S Delport lost to A Bartlett and A Glennie at 19th
L Vanderlinden bt A Ryan 6 and 4.
M-A Toussaint lost to M Smith 2 holes.
A Riff halved with F De Vries.

In Flight A, it will be a France v England final. France beat Ireland 4 1/2-1/2 and England beat Sweden 3 1/2 - 1 1/2

This is the message that West Vets Captain Anna has sent ---

Super Scottish Seniors win in Austria!!!!
In a very very close match against Belgium, the Scots triumphed 3.5 to 1.5. The 4somes pairing of Alison Bartlett and Alex Glennie won at the 19th, Sheena Wood played the back 9 in 3 under par to win on the very tricky 18th. With equal nerves of steel, Mary Smith also triumphed on the 18th. Anne Ryan was under the cosh from the start and lost 6 and 5 but by then the match was secured and as is the custom in this tournament, Fiona De Vries's match was declared a half ( even tho she was 1 up after 17. 
Captain Anna Telfer is over the moon and "vewy vewy pwoud" of her players "it was a match of 2 halves but thankfully we played the second half so much better"
Next up is Spain for the play-off for 5th and 6th place.

MESSAGE FROM CAPTAIN ANNA AT THE EUROPEAN SENIORS

As you can imagine it was fantastic to be playing golf today - and in the sunshine too!!!!
Three of the very wet holes had been shortened to par 3s and the 18th was cut to a par 4. This didn't make it any easier and there were preferred lies in operation.
The Scottish team played really well despite the difficult and wet conditions and achieved the target we had set ourselves. This was to finish in the top flight of 8 teams and we actually finished 7th. Unfortunately because of the curtailed tournament, there are only flights of 4 and so we are in the 2nd group. Tomorrow we play Belgium, starting at 10:06am.
Today's top performer was Sheena Wood, who played superbly. She was one over after 15 holes, but 2 double bogeys at 16 and 18 spoilt what had been an excellent round. These are both testing holes over water and caused many a high score. Alison Bartlett also had a good round - very steady play. The others were disappointed in their scores but I can't emphasise just how difficult it was - especially for the early grouping of Mary, Anne and Fiona. They were out when the ground was even wetter with the dew.
Anyway, on to the match play rounds now and I'm confident we will do well

PLEASE CHECK YOUR FOOTJOY SHOES !!

Good Evening Ladies,

I have had a phone call from Betty Connor of Cathcart Castle GC (Tel.No.577-6442) to ask if anyone took away the wrong shoes yesterday.  They were white Footjoys with a black stripe on the front and there was a pair of socks tucked inside!  If anyone took them by mistake, you should contact Betty direct.

Thank you.

Regards, Morag.

LESLEY LlOYD HAS THE BEST SCORE OF THE DAY AT ERSKINE

Lesley Lloyd (Hayston) -- Scratch Winner

80 ladies played today in the Autumn Meeting at Erskine Golf Club.  Although the sun didn't manage to come out, it was perfect golfing conditions.

The Course was in great shape and everyone had a very enjoyable day.

Lesley Lloyd (Hayston) had the best Scratch Score of 78.

Jill West (irvine Bogside) best Net score - Silver Division

Christine Richmond (Erskine) - Bronze Division Winner

The Winner of Division 1 was Jill West (Irvine Bogside) with a net score of 70.  Division 2 was won by Christine Richmond (Erskine) with a net 73.  Christine was also our "Super Vet".  Well done ladies."
To see all the days results CLICK HERE

Morag Key,

Secretary.

MORE RAIN IN AUSTRIA -- ANNA AND HER TEAM

The European Seniors Team --- Sheena Wood, Fiona De Vries, Mary Smith,
Anne Ryan, Alex Glennie (West Vets) and Alison Bartlett

Rained all night and all morning too.
Managed to hit some balls at the range and then walked the course (see photo!!)
Play has already been abandoned for tomorrow too as the course simply isn't playable. So we are down to one round of Strokeplay on Wednesday then on to match play on Thursday as was planned. Supposed to dry up and warm up - very soon we hope!
Anna