WEST VETS GILLIAN, DONNA AND LIZ PLAY AT CRAIL

West vets Gillian Kyle, Donna Jackson and Liz Stewart all played in the British Senior Ladies Championship at Crail this week -- The 2nd round was not played due to hurricane Ali 

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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)

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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.
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FINAL RESULTS FROM THE SENIOR BRITISH WOMEN'S OPEN

TAIN'S MARY SMITH IS TOP SCOT IN ROYAL PORTRUSH ENDURANCE TEST

Tain's Mary Smith had the honour of being the leading Scot in the Senior British Women's Open, finally completedover 36 holes on another very windy and wet third day at Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland.
And Mary is already looking forward to next year because this over-50s tournament, normally played over 54 holes, will be hosted next year by Royal Dornoch Golf Club from September 16 to 18.
Mary had two rounds of 85 for 170 over a par-75 course which had a CSS of 79 (reduction only) for both counting rounds ... proof that the weather was awful and the course too long and too tough for the majority over the competitors.
Mary finished joint 15th in a field of 93 - 10 shots behind the 54-year-old Welsh winner Ann West who birdied the last hole to win by a shot on 160 from overnight leader Minna Kaarnalahti (Finland) and Sheena McElroy (Ireland).
Fiona De Vries (St Rule) also achieved a creditable top 20 finish with scores of 82 and 89 for 171.
Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) finished 32nd on 175 with rounds of 86 and 89 while Mary Smith's sister and clubmate, Ane Ryan tied for 40th place on 177 with rounds of 91 and 86.

SENIOR BRITISH WOMEN'S OPEN
Royal Portrush GC, N Ireland
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 150 (2x75) SSS 76 CSS 79 (reduction only) for both rounds
160 Ann Lewis (Royal St David's 78 82
161 Sheena McElroy (Grange) 76 85, Minna Kaarnalahti (Finland) 75 86
164 Caroline Berry (Bromborough) 78 86
166 Katherine Russell (Royal Ashdown Forest) 84 82.
167 Christina Birke (Sweden) 81 86, Rozalyn Adams (Addington Court) 80 87.

SCOTS' TOTALS
170 Mary Smith (Tain) 85 85 (T15)
171 Fiona De Vries (St Rule) 82 89 (T17)
175 Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) 86 89 (T32)
177 Anne Ryan (Tain) 91 86 (T40)
179 Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 87 92 (T51)
181 Heather Anderson (Blairgowrie) 89 92 (T63)
182 Alison Bartlett (Royal Dornoch) 91 91 (T65)
184 May Hughes (Lanark) 90 94, Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) 86 98 (T83)
187 Pamela Williamson (Baberton) 91 96 (T83)

Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report

SVLGA CHAMPIONSHIP IS MOVED TO AVOID CLASH WITH BRITISH SENIORS

SCOTTISH VETERAN LADIES GOLF ASSOCIATION
CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW - BLAIRGOWRIE 2013

Please note that the SVLGA Championship this year has been arranged for the following week after the normal Blairgowrie Scottish Vets Meeting which takes place on Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th September.

Alex Glennie - West Champ

The reason for the change is that the Senior Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship coincides with the normal Blairgowrie event date.
Draw for Championship : --- Sunday 22nd September
Quarter Finals :
1:33. Linda Dyball (Midlands) v Fiona Hunter (Galloway)
1:42. Alison Bartlett (Highland) v Anne Hanson (East)
1:51. Alex Glennie (West) v Venetia Scott (Borders)
2:00. Susan Arbuckle (North) w/o against Dumfries

Semi Finals and Finals will be on Monday 23rd September. All ties will take place over the Lansdowne Course.


Scottish Entries for the Senior Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship September 17-19th, 2013, Royal Portrush (West Vets in red)

Glennie, Alex

Kilmarnock Barassie

Scotland

3.3

Anderson, Heather

Blairgowrie

Scotland

2.7

Williamson, Pamela

Baberton

Scotland

5.0

Bartlett, Alison

Royal Dornoch

Scotland

3.2

Ryan, Anne

Tain Golf Club

Scotland

2.3

Smith, Mary

Tain

Scotland

2.1

Hunter, Fiona

Southerness

Scotland

4.9

Garrett, Catherine

The West Kilbride Golf Club

Scotland

6.0

Hughes, May

Lanark

Scotland

4.5

Keohone, Liz

Loudoun Gowf Club

Scotland

5.3

Whyte, Ellie

Aberdeen Ladies

Scotland

6.6

Wood, Sheena

Aberdeen Ladies

Scotland

0.9

Sutherland, Kathleen

Royal Montrose

Scotland

2.9

De-Vries, Fiona

St Rule

Scotland

2.1