UPDATE FROM THE SCOTTISH SENIOR WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

Congratulations go to Sheena Wood of Aberdeen Ladies who won the Scottish Women's Seniors Matchplay Championship by defeating Ashley Rose of Royal Dornoch 3 and 2 in the Final at Fortrose and Rosemarkie GC. Well done Sheena.     (Sadly for East Vets who had reached either the Championship or handicap flights of matchplay as detailed further down this article, they did not progress although there were some close matches. Ah well, there's always next year!)

Day 2 of the Scottish Senior Women's Strokeplay Championship being played on the Black Isle provided a very stern test over Fortrose & Rosemarkie's challenging links as strong winds swept many competitors' golf balls astray! The gusting wind was held to be responsible for Fortrose's renowned gorse claiming many victims with double, triple and quadruple bogies (and worse) being recorded on scorecards. It was therefore no surprise that Day 2's CSS was Reduction Only, in contrast to the more benign conditions of  Day 1 when the CSS matched the SSS of 72.

Congratulations go to Alex Glennie who overcame the testing conditions rounds of  77 and 78 to become the 2016 Scottish Senior Women's Strokeplay Champion. Well done Alex.

The Strokeplay Championship also provides the qualifiers for the Scottish Senior Women's Matchplay Championship. Several East Vets put together qualifying scores though Karen Ballantyne (family reasons) is unavailable to take part. Leading East Vet, Anne Hanson (Glencorse) together with Dawn Young (North Berwick) and Linda Grieve (Musselburgh) will all participate in the Championship Flight. In the second flight of matchplay Jennifer Bryans (Harburn), Caroline Kinnaird (Glencorse), Morag Wardrop (Turnhouse) and Barbara Biggart (North Berwick) are the qualifiers from East Vets.  Jennifer narrowly missed out on the Championship Flight by being pipped in a play off  between five players for the final two places. Fuller information on scores and the matchplay draws in both flights are set out below.

Best of luck to all East Vets playing on Friday in, hopefully, more benign weather conditions.

 SCORES  FROM 29TH & 30TH JUNE

 155 A Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 77 78
157 F de Vries (St Rule) 76 81
159 M Smith (Tain) 79 80
161 S Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) 75 86
163 A Hanson (Glencorse) 83 80
164 A Rose (Royal Dornoch) 82 82
165 K Sutherland (Royal Montrose) 83 82, E Whyte (Aberdeen Ladies) 80 85
166 L Dyball (Pitreavie) 82 84
167 A Ryan (Tain) 78 89, D Young (North Berwick) 77 90.
168 K Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park) 83 85
169 L McKinlay (Dunnikier Park) 82 87, S MacVicar (Nairn) 80 89, L Grieve (Musselburgh) 80 89.
170  L Fraser (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 90 80. L Terry (Cruden Bay)85 85

FIRST ROUND CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH-PLAY DRAW

(East Vets in green)

8.30 Alex Glennie v Lynne Terry

8.38 Ellie Whyte v Linda Dyball

8.46 Sheena Wood v Susan MacVicar

8.54 Anne Hanson v Lorna McKinlay

9.02 Ashley Rose v Dawn Young

9.10 Mary Smith v Linda Grieve

9.18 Kathleen Sutherland v Anne Ryan

9.26 Fiona De Vries v Lynne Fraser

SECOND FLIGHT MATCHPLAY ROUND 1 DRAW
(NB this is a handicap competition, with qualification based on nett scores)

Jennifer Bryans v Fiona Clark
Isobel Chapman v Margaret Thurston
Caroline King v Louise Graham
Agnes Freeman v Morag Wardrop
Caroline Kinnaird v Margot Barr
Barbara Biggart v Angela Ford
June Nicol v  Christine McAndrew
Elizabeth Coghill v Aileen Baker  

OTHER STROKEPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP SCORES (GROSS)
170 J Bryans (Harburn) 85 85,  L Graham (Carnoustie Ladies) 82 88, C McAndrew (Nairn Dunbar) 81 89.
171 A Ford (Ullapool) 82 89, E Coghill (Royal Dornoch) 82 89
172 A Baker (Crail GC) 87 85, M Wardrop (Turnhouse) 85 87, C King (Clober) 84 88.
173 M Hughes (Lanark) 84 89 
174 B S Biggart (North Berwick) 90 84
175 J Nicol (Inverness) 86 89.
178 A Freeman (Panmure) 90 88, J Paterson (Drumpellier) 84 94
179 C Kinnaird (Glencorse) 87 92.
180 M Barr (Nairn 87 93
181 M M Fergusson (Murrayfield) 83 98
184 I Chapman (Forfar) 92 92
185 R Lynch (Murrayfield) 96 89
186 M Miller (Blairgowrie) 87 89
187 F Cameron (Cowglen) 90 97
188 M Thurston (Panmure) 91 97
192 B Godley (Blairgowrie) 94 98
193 J Petrie (Panmure) 91 102
195 F Clark (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 100 95.
197 J Cooper (Forres) 95 100
198 I Harvey (St Rule) 102 96
199 L Nixon (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 95 104.