NEWS ARCHIVE (NOV 2006-MAR 2007)

MARCH 2007

LGU GB & I Training Squad Match vs Men

Krystle Caithness did the best of the four Scots playing for the Ladies Golf Union GB&I training squad against the Lancashire men's county team at West Lancashire Golf Club. Krystle, halved the No 2 singles game with Michael Hunt (Pleasington).
All the ties were played to the 18th green. The girls played off the yellow tees (a course of some 6,250yd). The men played off the back white tees. It was a close match overall in very windy conditions and over a lay-out which very few of the girls would have played before. Three ties were halved and six other games were either one down/one up or all square playing the 18th. The Lancashire men?s county team won the match by 8 ½ - 4 ½. In the holes-up count, the men were +15 and the LGU squad +10.

The match against the Cheshire men's county team at Royal Liverpool Golf Club was abandoned after only a few holes because of bad weather.

SCOTTISH VET LADIES TEAM TO PLAY MARY McKENNA'S SELECTION

The Scottish Veteran Ladies Golf Association team to play a Mary McKenna Seniors Selection? from Ireland at Southerness Golf Club on the Solway Firth on April 15-16 is:
Lorna Bennett (Midlands), Liz Campbell (Borders), Fiona de Vries (Midlands), Helen Faulds (West), Noreen Fenton (East), Kathleen Sutherland (North), Moira Thomson (East), Margaret Tough (Midlands), Pamela Williamson (East).

The first-day programme will consist of four-ball matches with singles on the Monday.
At stake is the Mary McKenna Perpetual Trophy. The annual match was not held last year because of reorganisation of senior women?s golf within Ireland.

FEBRUARY 2007

Girls Home International Team - Team Captain

Well done to Katrina Milne for being nominated as Team Captain for the Girls Home International Team for 2007. We wish you and the team every success in the defence of the title they won so convincingly last year.

JANUARY 2007

KRYSTLE CAITHNESS - AMERICA

Krystle Caithness has made a verbal commitment to join Georgia University in August for four years. The campus and golf facilities are at Athens, Georgia, about 70 miles from the city of Atlanta. The 18-year-old from Cellar Dyke made the decision after a seven-day tour of three American colleges - Georgia, Texas A&M and Ohio State Universities.

All the best Krystle - hope it all goes well for you.

DECEMBER 2006

R&A BURSARS

Louise Kenney, Pitreavie, who is studying to be a primary school teacher at Dundee University, has received a bursary from the R&A for the current academic year. Individual bursaries range from £500 to £3,000 and players with handicaps of +1 or better for men or 3 for women are eligible to apply.

LGU TRAINING SQUAD

Congratulations to Krystle Caithness for being selected for the 15-strong squad selected by the Ladies Golf Union for close season training in preparation for 2007 team events - the Vagliano Trophy and Commonwealth Tournament.

The full squad members are:
Rachel Bell (Ganton), Elizabeth Bennett (Brokenhurst Manor), Carly Booth (Comrie), Krystle Caithness (St Regulus), Tara Davies (Holyhead), Tara Delaney (Carlow), Naomi Edwards (Ganton), Sahra Hassan (Vale of Glamorgan), Breanne Loucks (Wrexham), Danielle McVeigh (Royal County Down Ladies), Florentyna Parker (Gut Waldhof), Melissa Reid (Chevin), Kerry Smith (Waterlooville), Kylie Walker and Sally Watson (Elie & Earlsferry Ladies)

Training Programme:
14 - 17 Dec 2006: Winter Warm Weather Training 1 - Desert Springs, Spain
25 - 28 Jan 2007: Winter Warm Weather Training 2 - Desert Springs, Spain
22 - 25 Feb 2007: Winter Warm Weather Training 3 - Desert Springs, Spain
15 - 18 Mar 2007: Spring Matches - Royal Liverpool & TBC
28 Jun - 1 Jul 2007: TBC Vagliano Team Practice - Fairmont St Andrews, Scotland

NOVEMBER 2006

SLGA WINTER TRAINING SQUADS

Congratulations to Krystle Caithness, Louise Kenney and Fiona Lockhart for being selected by the SLGA for the 'National Ladies' squad for winter training 2006-2007.
The squad will be coached by Kevin Craggs, who works from the Drumoig Golf Centre.

The full squad members are:
Sara Bishop (Windyhill), Krystle Caithness (St Regulus), Louise Kenney (Pitreavie), Anne Laing (Vale of Leven), Fiona Lockhart (St Regulus), Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), Heather MacRae (Dunblane), Roseanne Niven (Crieff), Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle), Jenna Wilson (Strathaven), Emily Ogilvy, USA (Auchterarder)
and Gemma Webster, USA (Hilton Park)

BRITISH UNIVERSITIES SPORTS ASSOCIATION REGIONAL QUALIFIER (

Scotland

) - Devlin & Torrance Courses, Fairmont St Andrews Bay.

FINAL TOTALS
155 Claire-Marie Carlton (Stirling) 80 75.
165 Laura Murray (Robert Gordon?s) 85 80.
167 Emma Fairnie (Edinburgh) 86 81.
168 Emma Tipping (Stirling) 85 83.
173 Faye Haffey (Edinburgh) 93 80.
174 Morag Macpherson (St Andrews) 87 87.
179 Lesley Rolland (Napier) 94 85.
180 Joanna Krupa (Edinburgh) 92 88, Dawn Dewar (Stirling) 92 88.
182 Rachel Schwartz (Glasgow) 86 95.
183 Kerri Harper (Abertay Dundee) 94 89.
186 Coleen Winstanley (St Andrews) 95 91.
195 Jennifer Linklater (St Andrews) 97 98

TEAM EVENT
323 Stirling (Carlton, Tipping, Dewar).
339 Edinburgh (Fairnie, Haffey, Krupa).
360 St Andrews (Macpherson, Winstanley, Linklater).

ESPIRITO SANTO

Scotland finished 19th on 591 - two shots better than Wales who were tied for 20^th.

FINAL TEAM TOTALS
566 South Africa 139 138 141 148, Sweden 139 145 138 144.
567 Colombia 147 141 143 136.
Other scores included:
591 Scotland 153 141 150 147 (19th)

FINAL INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
280 C Westrup (Swe) 72 73 66 69.
282 R Morita (Jap) 65 72 70 75.

283 A Munoz (Spa) 74 72 69 69, Pei-lin Yu (Chinese Taipei) 66 73 71 73.
Also:
295 H MacRae (Sco) 76 72 76 71 (jt 36th).
300 J Wilson (Sco) 77 69 76 78 (jt 52nd).
305 K Caithness (Sco) 77 78 74 76 (jt 73rd).

PAULL & WILLIAMSONS LADIES RANKINGS - FINAL RESULT 2006

Congratulations to Louise Kenney for finishing in 2^nd place in the SLGA Paull & Williamsons Ladies Rankings for 2006. Fiona Lockhart finished in 5^th Place, Jo Carthew tied for 8^th and Elaine Moffat in 15^th place. Well done to you all.

Rank
Player
Aver. to CSS
1
Jenna Wilson
-3.60
2
Louise Kenney
-1.10
3
Heather MacRae
-0.60
4
Anne Laing
-0.50
5
Fiona Lockhart
-0.10
6
Sara Bishop
0.00
7
Cara Gruber
0.20
8=
Jocelyn Carthew
0.30
8=
Claire Hargan
0.30

15=
Elaine Moffat
2.80