Scottish Ladies Teams - Exciting times for Rachael & Clara

Teams to represent Scotland at forthcoming events are: St Rule Trophy, St Andrews, 28-29 May - Louise Kenney  (Pitreavie), Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), Pamela  Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship, Royal Portrush GC,  7-11 June - Louise Kenney (Pitreavie), Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn  Dunbar), Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) Irish Ladies' Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship, Elm Park  GC,18-19 June - Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Jane Turner  (Craigielaw), Rachael Watton (Mortonhall); Travelling Reserve  - Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) European Young Masters, Royal Balaton GC, Hungary, 21-23  July - Lauren Whyte (St Regulus), Clara Young (North  Berwick) Many congratulations to Rachael and Clara - both of whom  are also members of Gullane Ladies with Rachael having  played for Gullane Juniors last year and regularly to be seen  practising at Gullane  and Clara a regular competitor in our  Junior events despite playing for the NB Junior Team !  Both played and did well at the Scottish Ladies  Championship at Machrihanish last week with Rachael  losing in the QF v the eventual winner Louise Kenney and  Clara qualifying for the matchplay and losing in Round 2  to Curtis Cup reserve Kelsey MacDonald. Rachael on the extreme left of this group of leading  prizewinners  at the "Scottish," is unlikely to play in  another Scottish women's  amateur championship nor  Women's Home Internationals for the next four  years. That's because the 18-year-old, one of Scotland's  leading female prospects, has accepted a four-year  golf scholarship at Denver University, Colorado -  where former English girls champion Ellie Givens from  Darlington and Sarah Faller from Galway, Ireland have  been on the golf roster.  Ellie has completed her four-year course - and Rachael,  the No 2 seed at Machrihanish before she lost in the  quarter-finals to champion-to-be Louise Kenney has  most probably been signedup to take her place. Rachael  will enrol at Denver before the end of August.