Thursday, July 04, 2013

ANNA LOSES AT THE 19TH IN THE 1ST ROUND OF THE MATCHPLAY STAGES AT WEST LINTON

Past West Vest Captain Fiona Roger is
"Under the Weather at West Linton"
 Photo courtesy of Janice Paterson
Two Ladybank players - Kathleen Webster and Lorna Bennett - are through to the semi-finals of the Scottish Senior Women's Amateur Match-play Championship at West Linton Golf Club where morning flooding delayed the start of the day's play by several hours.
It was well into the evening before Webster, Bennett, Fiona Hunter (Southerness) and Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) achieved the victories that took them through to the last four.
Webster and Bennett are in opposite halves of the draw so an all-Ladybank final is possible - although Fiona Hunter and Kathleen Sutherland will do their very best to prevent it.
Webster's 19th hole win over May Hughes (Lanbark) was the tie of the delayed quarter-finals.
It was the slaughter of the seeds in the first round.
The top three seeds - stroke-play champion West Vets Captain Anna Telfer (Milngavie), No 2 Heather Anderson (Blairgowrie), the defending champion, and Margaret Tough (Falkirk) - were all knocked out in their first ties.
No 1 qualifier Anna Telfer lost at the 19th to the last of the 16 qualifiers Louise Graham (Carnoustie Ladies) who was later herself beaten by Fiona Hunter.

RESULTS

SCOTTISH SENIOR WOMEN'S AMATEUR MATCH-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
West Linton Golf Club.
FIRST ROUND
Louise Graham (Carnoustie Ladies) beat Anna Telfer (Milngavie) at 19th.
Fiona Hunter (Southerness) beat Elaine Allison (Stirling) 3 and 1.
Kathleen Webster (Ladybank) beat Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay) 6 and 5.
May Hughes (Lanark) beat Fiona De Vries (St Rule) 3 and 1.
Sheena McDonald (Milngavie) beat Margeret Tough (Falkirk) 1 hole.
Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) beat Alison Bartlett (Royoal Dornoch) 2 and 1.
Pamela Williamson (Baberton) beat Karen Burns (Bathgate) 5 and 4.
Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) beat Heather Anderson (Blairgowrie) 6 and 4.
QUARTER-FINALS
Hunter beat Graham 3 and 1.
Webster beat Hughes at 19th
Bennett beat McDonald 3 and 1.
Sutherland beat Williamson 3 and 2.

HANDICAP MATCH-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
FIRST ROUND
Elizabeth Goodwin (Glenbervie) (10) beat Mandy McBain (Turnhouse) (12) at 19th.
Susan MacVicar (Gairloch) (9) beat Sandy Bushby (Blairgowrie) (10) 4 and 3.
Barbara Biggart (North Berwick) (8) beat Morag Wardrop (Turnhouse) (9) 3 and 2.
Fiona Cameron (Cowglen) (11) beat Frances McFadzean (Craigmillar Park) (11) 1 hole.
Elinor Blair (North Berwick) (9) beat Louise Rigg (Ladies Panmure Barry) (24) 4 and 3.
Lorraine Campbell (Cardross) (5) beat Karen Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park) (6) 3 and 2.
Gillian Wallace (Blairgowrie) (7) beat Margot Barr (Gairloch) (11) 2 holes.
QUARTER-FINALS
Goodwin beat MacVicar 4 and 3.
Cameron beat Biggart 1 hole.
Campbell beat Blair 4 and 3.
Wallace beat Dee 4 and 2.

Thanks go to Colin Farquharson  for the report