Scottish Seniors Amateur Championships at Aboyne GC

 

Huge congratulations to Karen Ferguson-Snedden on her victory at the Scottish Seniors Champs

 this past week. And what a way to get the win after being 4 down in the semis against Australian 

Sue Wooster winning on 18 and in the final playing West Vets Ruth Hunter and being 1 down

after 13 Karen turned the game around and sealed the Championship for a third year in a row on 

17. What a fighter.

In the 36 hole stroke-play qualification, Hilary Laughland played two great rounds of 74 to 

qualify in second place and in the match play event played her way to the quarters with a great 

19th hole win over North Division’s Sheena Wood. The quarter final draw was tough as it put 

Hilary and Karen Ferguson-Snedden up against each other. Karen won this one 2&1.

Also qualifying for the scratch match play were Caroline Steedman, Ailsa Cackett and Ann 

Sewell who all narrowly missed out on progressing to the quarters with tough first round draws.

We had four qualifiers from East Vets in the handicap match play event, including Liz Calder 

the top handicap qualifier by some way after two very impressive stroke play rounds. Liz had

two good wins in the first two rounds but could not see out the semi-final.

 

Your Captain Sal had a good first round win up 18 but the less said about her second round

performance the better!

 

Well played Karen Ballantyne and Jacqui Moriarty for making it to the match play bad luck

both for not getting past round one, especially Karen Ballantyne who lost on second extra hole

in a downpour.

I would like to thank Scottish Golf Ltd for putting on the Tournament, all at Aboyne GC for 

being brilliant hosts, all the Scottish Senior competitors but especially all the East Vets at the

event for supporting each other all week and generally having a hoot with it.

Sal

East Division Captain