Scottish Girls Draw

PLF SCOTTISH GIRLS SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND CANCELLED

The second qualifying round of the Paul Lawrie Foundation Scottish Under-18 girls championship was cancelled because the Crail Golfing Society Craighead course was flooded by overnight rain.
THURSDAY'S TEE TIMES
Players' qualifying number listed after their club
8.30 Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies) (1) v Emma Kennedy (Dumfries and Galloway) (32).
8.37 Danielle Kerr (Roxburghe) (17) v Eva O'Connor (Bothwell Castle) (16)).
8.44 Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) (9) v Clare Gadsby (Crieff) (24).
8.51 Chloe Goadby (St Regulus) (25) v Emily Aird (Blairgowrie) (8).
8.58 Heather Munro (Monifieth) (5) v Nicola Robertson (Dunblane New) (28)
9.05 Rachel Walker (Dumfries and Co) (21) v Linsey Stevenson (Elie and Earlsferry) (12)
9.12 Katie Wright (Stranraer) (13) v Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) (20)
9.19 Tara Mactaggart (Minto) (29) v Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) (4)
9.26 Nicola Callander (Mill Green) (3) v Olivia Borwick (McDonald Ellon) (30)
9.33 Charlotte Munro (Gullane Ladies) (19) v Katie McGarva (Troon Ladies) (11)
9.40 Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) (11) v Alexandra Tait (St Regulus) (22)
9.47 Mirren Fraser (Powfoot) (27) v Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) (6)
9.54 Emma Hale (Troon Ladies) (7) v Rachel Irvine (Largs) (26)
10.01 Tegan Seivwright (Deeside) (23) v Claire Robertson (Carnoustie Ladies) (10)
10.08 Kimberley Beveridge) (Aboyne) (15) v Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) (18)
10.15 Kirsten Pryde (Deeside) (31)  v Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) (2).

Round 2 on Thursday will start at 12.30 with matches at 10min intervals.
Friday quarter-finals will start at 8.45 with 10min intervals.
Friday semi-finals will start at 1.30 and 1.40
Saturday's 18-hole final will tee oo at 9am.

The 32 qualifiers for the match-play stages of the championship were decided on the scores returned in the first qualifying round on Tuesday.

Scottish Girls

LESLEY ATKINS HITS FORM AT RIGHT TIME

Gullane's Lesley Atkins leads the Paul Lawrie Foundation Scottish Under-18 girls golf championship at the end of the first qualifying round over the Crail Golfing Society's Craighead course in south Fife. Lesley had a great round of 71, three under par and two under the CSS for the day. Winner of this title, decided on match-play after two rounds of stroke-play, Atkins has timed her return to form to perfection. She leads by three shots going into the second Q round from Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) with Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) and England-based Nicola Callander (Mill Green), daughter of a former golf magazine editor, sharing third place on 75. LEADING FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND Par 74. CSS 73 71 L Atkins (Gullane Ladies) 74 C Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 75 N Callander (Mill Green), J Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) 77 H Munro (Monifieth), H Scott (Broomieknowe). 78 Emma Hale (Troon Ladies), E Aird (Blairgowrie), L Whyte (St Regulus). 79 C Robertson (Carnoustie Ladies), L Stevenson (Eloe and Earlsferry) 80 K Wright (Stranraer), K McGarva (Troon Ladies), K Beveridge (Aboyne), E OConnor (Bothwell Castle). 81 D Ker (Roxburghe), S McWilliam (Aboyne) C Munro (Gullane Ladies), E Watson (Muckhart) 82 R Walker (Dumfries and Co), A Tait (St Regulus), t Seivwright (Deeside) 83 C Gadsby (Crieff) 84 M Fraser (Powfoot), C Goadby (St Regulus), N Robertson (Dunblane New), R Irvine (Largs). 85 T Mactaggart (Minto), K Pryde (Deeside), Emma Kennedy (Dumfries and Galloway), O Borwick (McDonald Ellon).

Scottish Girls Under 14 s

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Check out progress of Charlotte & Joanne - all to play for tomorrow !

Loretto Under 14s Scottish Championships and other fixtures

Week commencing 1st July is a busy week for EL Boy and Girl golfers. The East Girls Summer meeting and Championship starts at Murrayfield on Monday 2nd July. See the ESGGA website for details. On Wednesday, the Loretto School Scottish Under 14 Championships for Boys and Girls starts at Buchanan Castle. EL has 3 entrants in the Boys and 2 entrants in the Girls. For the draws see the SGU website at “Events, National” or at the SLGA website.

Good luck Charlotte Munro , Joanne Free and Scott Young - all under14 Gullane members ! 

Scottish Girls - Round 1

Eilidh leads after Round 1

Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) leads by one shot from Connie Jaffrey (Troon  Ladies) and by two from Gemma Dryburgh (Beaconsfield) going in to the second and final qualifying round of the Scottish Girls' (Close) Championship. Eilidh, who was a member of the Scottish Girls team that competed in the European team Championships in Sardinia last week shot a level par round of 71 over Glenisla Golf Course. Defending Champion, Lesley Atkins (Gullane) is also well placed after a 74.  ( As is Clara )  The top 32 players will qualify for the match play Championship and the next16 players will qualify for the Ansley Reid second flight after tomorrow's second qualifying round (Wednesday 13 July). The draw for the second round can be found from the link below: ROUND 2 DRAW ROUND 1 CSS = 72 ROUND 1 SCORES Live scoring will once again be in operation for tomorrow's second qualifying round.  LIVE SCORING.

Scottish Girls - 2011

GEMMA HEADS FOR GLENISLA AFTER SUCCESS AT THE BERKSHIRE

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com 
Aberdeen teenager Gemma Dryburgh will tee off this morning on a high in the first qualifying round of the Scottish Under-18 girls' championship at Glenisla Golf Club, Alyth. 

Today she played in the pre-qualifying round of the Ricoh Women's British Open championship at The Berkshire Golf Club, Ascot - and a par round of 72 secured a place in the final qualifier at Panmure Golf Club for the major championship at Carnoustie later this month.

Then she set off a high speed to travel the 400 miles or so north to the Perthshire venue for this week's girls' championship.
Dryburgh has recently flown home for the summer from Florida where she is a successful student, on and off the golf course, at the IMG David Leadbetter Academy, Bradenton. An experienced player in American junior events, Gemma has yet to make a name for herself in her native land - but that could all change this week at Glenisla.

Playing off one of a handicap - her American handicap is +2, Dryburgh should go close to winning the championship - she reached the semi-finals last year - and is determined to impress the SLGA selectors enough for them to award her her first Scotland cap for the girls' home internationals at Gullane early next month.
Certainly Dryburgh's form over the last week or two has been impress - third in the Bridget Jackson Bowl, top-10 in the Astor Salver and now one of the qualifiers from a big field at The Berkshire today.

Standing between Gemma and the Under-18s title - the leading 32 players after the 36-hole eliminator - go into the match-play stages - are players of the calibrie of Kilmacolm's Eilidh Briggs, Renfrewshire women's county champion and beaten finalist in the Scottish women's amateur championship at Machrihanish in May, and the rest of the Scotland team just back from the heat of Sardinia in last week's European girls team championship:
Lauren Whyte (St Regulus), Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey), Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies), Clara Young (North Berwick & Gullane Ladies) and Alyson McKechin (Elderslie). 

Tournament director Claire Hargan reports that, like almost every other golf course in Scotland, Glenisla is very, very wet and will play every inch of its 5,803yd with little or no run on the fairways. The par is 71 but the Standard Scratch 73. 

Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies) is the defending champion and last year's beaten finalist, Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) is also in the field again.

+The Glenisla course was originally built and opened by the Glenshee Lift Company in 1995 as a summer business to give their ski trade employees some work in the off-season. Then that company went bust, the course was bought by the Somerville family who have invested heavily in the project and plan a housing development in the area.

GO LESLEY & CLARA !! 

Lesley at The East Division Ladies Inter- County

15 yo Lesley Atkins has been playing for East Lothian in the Ladies County matches this week. Now that exams are out of the way it looks like she is in good shape winning 4 out of 5 matches ahead of her defence of the Scottish Girls which takes place at Glenisla 12-16 July. Clara Young and Catherine Small of Gullane also in the field for that one.

Details of County matches on Kirkwood Golf  http://www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk/

Scottish Girls - http://www.slga.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=41&Itemid=72

A big match to come will be the final of the Gullane Girls Championship which was held over from last week-end due to Clara being away for the Vagliano. Scottish Girls Champ v GB & I Under 16 Cap - doesn't get better than that ! 

Scottish Girls and Under 21's Closing Dates

Entries for the Scottish Girls' (Close) Amateur Championship close   on Monday 13 June, while entries for the Scottish Ladies' Junior Open  Stroke Play Championship  on Monday 20 June.  Entries must be  received by 12 noon on the closing date.The Scottish Girls' (Close)  Championship is an under 18 event and will be held at Glenisla Golf  Course from 12 - 16 July.   The Junior Open Stroke Play Championship  is an under 21 event and will be held at Cardross Golf Club from 27 -  29 July.  For entry forms and further information about these  Championships please see the following links: SCOTTISH GIRLS' CHAMPIONSHIP SCOTTISH LADIES' JUNIOR OPEN STROKE PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

SLGA Under-16 Open Stroke Play Championship

This 36-hole stroke play event will once again be held at Strathmore Golf Centre on April 14-15 with a practice round available on April 13. This is always a popular event and no late entries will be accepted so make sure you get your entries in before the closing date at 12 noon on Monday, March 14.

Strong Scotland Girls Team for Belgian Junior Tournament

Scotland is being represented by women's amateur champion Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) and girls' champion Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies) as well as Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie), last year's Scottish boys' stroke-play champion, and Liam Johnston (Dumfries and Co), winner of the SGU Junior Tour event at Kilmarnock Barassie this season and second in the SGU Boys' Order of Merit table,  in the Total Belgian Junior International Tournament at Royal Belgique Golf Club near Brussels.
Kelsey has a very good record in this four-round stroke-play tournament begins on Wednesday. There is a cut after three rounds.

Three in a row for Kelsey - Girls Update - Scottish Team

Kelsey MacDonald from Nairn Dunbar has won the Scottish Ladies' Junior Open Stroke Play Championship for the third year running.

Having kicked off with a level par 72 to lead the field after the first round she maintained that lead after round two with a 75 before finishing off with a two under par round of 70.

Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) moved up to finish second with Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) third, Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) fourth and Rachael Watton (Mortonhall & Gullane ) fifth. Eilidh Briggs also won the Menzies Trophy for the lowest aggregate score by an under 18.

Lesley Atkins was 23rd and Clara Young 25th - they've a few more years at this one !!

Congrats too to Rachael W and Lesley Atkins  of GLGC and both of whom play for the Gullane Junior team who have been selected to represent Scotland in the Girls Home Internationals in NI at the start of August.

SCOTLAND


Karen Marshall (Captain) ( Gullane Ladies )

Judith Anderson (Manager)

Kevin Craggs (Coach)

Emma Wilson (President)

Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies)

Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm)

Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw)

Hannah McCook (Abernethy)

Alyson McKechin (Elderslie)

Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies)

Rachael Taylor (Hartl Golf Resort, Germany).

Rachael Watton (Mortonhall & Gullane)

Gemma Dryburgh (IMG Academies) Reserve 1

Rachael Polson (Peterculter) Reserve 2

Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) Reserve 3

Scottish U21 Girls Update

Both Briggs in the Hunt but Rachael W shoots best of day 71 !


Both Briggs sisters are in the hunt for the 2010 Scottish Junior Open Stroke Play Championship with one round to go. Younger sister Eilidh is one shot behind defending champion, Kelsey MacDonald with one round to go with Megan one shot further back. Both sisters closed the gap on the round 1 leader, Kelsey with level par rounds of 72 after Kelsey followed up her opening round of 72 with a 7

Rachael Watton is only 6 behind despite an opening 81

See  SLGA website for scores / draw

LESLEY WINS SCOTTISH GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP

Lesley Atkins has just won the Scottish Girls U18 Championship winning 5 and 4 over Kate McIntosh of Broomieknowe. She was level par over 14 holes in blustery conditions at Eyemouth. Fantastic achievement for her which will make Hawick, Minto GC, Loretto Golf Academy, GLGC and all involved with Gullane Juniors very proud - not to forget Ivy & Bill - WELL DONE !! FANTASTIC !!

LESLEY IN SCOTTISH GIRLS FINAL - TEE OFF 9AM TODAY !!

SCOTTISH UNDER-18 GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP

LESLEY ATKINS                   KATE McINTOSH

LESLEY v KATE IN ALL-LOTHIANS FINAL AT EYEMOUTH

After a day of shock results at windswept Eyemouth, Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe), 25th of the 32 qualifiers, will play the No 3 seed, Lesley Atkins (Gullane), in an all-Lothians 18-hole final of the Scottish girls’ championship tomorrow morning.
McIntosh toppled the No 1 seed and hot favourite Rachael Watton (Mortonhall & Gullane ) by 3 and 1 in the quarter-finals and then, with the wind increasing in intensity, Kate KO’d the No 4 seed, Gemma Dryburgh from Aberdeen via Florida, where she is a student at the IMG David Leadbetter Golf Academy.
Gemma could not manage a single par on the outward half in the so difficult conditions for the semi-finals and McIntosh was five up at the turn. She went on to win 6 and 5.

Lesley Atkins, a pupil a Loretto School, Musselburgh and originally a member of Minto Golf Club when she was the youngest-ever Borders women's county champion, upset the form book in the morning with a 5 and 3 win over the No 2 seed and Renfrewshire women’s county champion Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm).
In the afternoon, Atkins was roughly seven over par for the outward half into the gale but had a lead of two holes over the No 3 seed, Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw). MacDonald rallied in the closing stages from three to one down by winning the 15th and 16th but she four-putted to lose the 17th and the match 2 and 1.

All four semi-finalists are young enough to compete again in next year’s championship which is unusual – McIntosh is 16, Atkins 15, MacDonald 17 and Dryburgh 17.
The Ansley Reid Salver second-tier match-play competition - Kate McIntosh won it last year, incidentally -  was won this year by Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus), the East of Scotland girls champion who was expected to qualify for the main event but didn’t. She beat Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) 3 and 2 in the final.

Afternoon results:
CHAMPIONSHIP 
Semi-finals
Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) bt Gemma Dryburgh (IMG Academies) 6 and 5.
Lesley Atkins (Gullane) bt Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) 2 and 1.

Morning results 

QUARTER-FINALS
Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) bt Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 3 and 1.
Gemma Dryburgh (IMG Academies) bt Rachel Polson (Peterculter) 4 and 2.
Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) bt Hannah McCook (Abernethy) 3 and 2.
Lesley Atkins (Gullane) bt Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 5 and 3.

Scottish Girls - Eyemouth - Going Well !

Rachael Watton leads after 1st Qualifying Round

Rachael Watton, Mortonhall & Gullane leads the Scottish Girls' qualifying at  Eyemouth Golf Club after the first round.  Her level par 73 is three shots  ahead of Gillian Scanlon, Hamilton and four clear of Lesley Atkins, Gullane.   The second qualifying round will be played tomorrow (July 14) with the top  32 girls' qualifying for the main match play Championship and the next 16  qualifying for the Ansley Reid Salver.

A full list of round 1 scores and the second round draw are available from 

the link below:

ROUND 2 DRAW (PDF)

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ROUND 2 DRAW (DOC)

Round 1 CSS: 75

Leading scores ( reverse order ) 

Lauren Whyte St Regulus                 6  81 75
Jill Meldrum Dullatur                        3 81 78
Megan Clyne Deeside                       5 81 76
Alyson McKechin Elderslie                1 81 80
Linsey Stevenson Elie & Earlsferry    4 81 77
Rachael Taylor Hartl Golf Resort       1 80 79
Gemma Dryburgh IMG Academies     5 79 74
Gabrielle MacDonald Craigielaw         3 79 76
Eilidh Briggs Kilmacolm                     0 79 79
Hannah McCook Abernethy              1 78 77
Clara Young North Berwick & G     5 78 73
Jennifer Hide Royal Norwich             5 78 73
Lesley Atkins Gullane                     3 77 74
Gillian Scanlan Hamilton                    4 76 72
Rachael Watton Mortonhall & G      0 73 73

Please follow the SLGA website for updates - The Manager is away for a few days ....
here's hoping for a G 1,2, 3 !!

Strong field for Scottish Girls’ Championship at Eyemouth

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE SCOTTISH LADIES GOLFING ASSOCIATION

Eilidh Briggs (Kilmalcolm) and Rachael Watton (Mortonhall & Gullane ), who both play off scratch, head a strong entry for the Scottish Girls’ Championship at Eyemouth Golf Club from July 13-17. 

It is a first National Championship for the Borders Club and 64 girls – 43 boasting single figure handicaps – will be aiming to lift the trophy won by Ailsa Bain (Peebles) last year. 

Eilidh and Rachael are both members of the Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association’s Performance B squad and they are joined in the line-up by three of their colleagues - Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Lesley Atkins (Gullane) and Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw).

The field also includes two sets of sisters - Natasha and Alexandra Qayum, from Ranfurly Castle and Alison and Catherine Goodwin from Glenbervie. 

The Championship consists of two rounds of stroke-play qualifying (July13-14) with the top 32 advancing to the match-play knock-out stage. The next 16 girls qualify for the Ansley Salver.

The 18 hole final takes place on Saturday, July 17 at 9.00 am.

Round up of the Week

Been heaps of activity away from Gullane and here is a round up of what's been going on 

Scottish Boys Under 16s Aucherarder 

A tricky course and some testing winds ! Alexander and Duncan finished well down the field and failed to make the 36 hole cut. Both are energised by the experience and know they need to work on their games and course management in order to challenge at this level next year.

Anthony Blaney fared better, demonstrating his added years and experience coming in 9th with a score of  216, nine over par. He looked like he might do better until derailed by three late doubles in round 2. 

Scottish Boys Under 14s Auchterarder

Again a tough windy and wet day which derailed the Gullane member playing today _ Finn, Oli and John. Scores soared ! Do we not get wind and rain here ?? Admittedly, not mixed up with trees ! Still good experience - good for these boys to qualify for and play in their first national championships. Hard work need to get into U16s next year!! 

Scottish Girls Under 14s Auchterarder 

Better news here though not immediately apparent from the leaderboard. Gullane members were second and third with Clara scoring a fantastic 70, finishing with two birdies and Eloise Healey from Liverpool, who recently received honorary junior membership for a year following her performance in the US Kids, coming in with a fine 73. Well done and congratulations to both ! 

Click here for more details of the Under 14 events 


European Girls Team Championships - Denmark 

Rachael and the Scottish girls team  have had a disappointing week in Aalborg - failing to qualify for the top flight knock-out stage and then losing the the Czech team.

Good luck to Rachael , Lesley and Clara girls playing at Eyemouth in the Scottish girls next week and to Anthony & Alexander in the English Under 16s and to all those playing in the Paul Lawrie Junior Jug at Craigielaw on Monday 


Heres hoping regarding the clubgolf Junior Club of the Year - announced on Wednesday at St Andrews