WELL DONE NORTH TEAM

WELL DONE NORTH TEAM

The photo above is our winning team of Back Row Left to Right Annabelle Brown (Northern Counties), Emily Aird (P&K), Jennifer Saxton (P&K) Front Row, Lauren Watson (Aberdeenshire), Claire Robertson (Angus) and Kirsty Brodie (P&K).

The tournament consists of a round robin between 4 teams, North, South, East and West Division with foursomes being the format. Emily Aird and Jennifer Saxton were paired together by North Team Captain Ashley Smith of Angus and they won all three of their games.  Kirsty Brodie was paired with Annabelle Brown from Northern Counties, they won two and lost one. The third partnership was Claire Robertson from Angus and Lauren Watson from Aberdeenshire who won one and lost two.

Golspie Draw for Friday 7 June 2013

10.30 L Nixon FR / F More G

10.40 S Robertson G / C Bryce RD

10.50 A Jack FR / M Orr G

11.00 J Cameron FR/ A Burnett RD

11.10 L Offin BB / M Seatter RD

11.20 K lawson RD / M Hayden Tain

11.30 S Hooker MO / S Smith RD 

11.40 W Gowan MO / S Rowan INV

12.00 M Rennie RD / D Marshall F

12.10 M James F / J Thornton FR

12.20 J Cooper F / D McBride RD

12.30 VWright F / F MacDonald RD

12.40 L Wheeler F / I Hart FR

12.50 H Ewan G / M Barr Gairloch

1.00 B Grant F / S Duncan RD

1.10 C Boyd F / S Wynn RD

1.20 D McCaig F / C Marshall Nairn / P Davies F

1.40 G Dowling INV / S McVicor Gairloch

1.50 I Wright RD / A Gunn RD

County Team 2013

The players representing the Northern Counties  are as follows:


Alison Bartlett (RDGC)
Hannah McCook (GOS)

Claire Riddell (RDGC)

Claire Ross (Tain)

Ann Ryan (Tain)

Mary Smith (Tain)
Cara Thompson (RDGC)
Sammy Vass (Tain)

We wish the girls lots of luck on 15-17 June at Tain and welcome spectators and volunteer Caddies. If you are interested in Caddying please contact Jacqui or Lynne.



Prize Winners 2013
 Mary Smith, June Nicol, Barbara Grant Sandy McCrae, Cara Thompson, Abbie Cruden and Alison Bartlett



Barabara Grant  (Forres) Handicap Winner & Cara Thompson (RDGC) Scratch Winner

Results of County Champs Nairn Dunbar 2013

SCRATCH Semi final

Cara Thompson bt Mary Smith 19th

Alison Bartlett bt  Anne Ryan 2 and 1

Final Cara bt Alison  2 and 1

HANDICAP Semi and final

Barbara Grant bt Abbie Cruden 2 up

June Nicol bt Hazel Flynn 19th

Final Barbara bt June 2 up

There were five winners of the squares and they each get £10

Susan Mackenzie Elgin
Ellen Garrow Forres
Moira Rennie RDGC
Gillian Cruden NDB
Sally Rowan Inverness

County Champs Sat 11 May 13 Results so far

The css was 77 and par was 75.

County Champs results Day 1 Saturday 11 May 2013

SCRATCH QUALIFERS

Par 75 CSS 77

77 Mary Smith (Tain)

80 Alison Bartlett (RDGC)

80 Claire Riddell (RDGC)

82 Jenny Milne (Elgin)

82 Cara Thompson (RDGC)

85 Anne Ryan (Tain)

87 Dorothy Lloyd (RDGC)

87 Annabelle Brown (Nairn DB)

MATCH PLAY DRAW

M Smith v A Brown, J Milne v C Thompson, C Riddell v A Ryan, D Lloyd v A Bartlett

M Smith bt A Brown 19th, C Thompson bt J Milne 4/3, A Ryan bt C Riddell 3/2 and A Bartlett bt D Lloyd 7/6

HANDICAP QUALIFIERS

72 Abbie Cruden (24)

75 Hazel Flynn (Inverness) (19)

77 Susan Proctor (Forres) (22)

79 Wilma Murray (RDGC) (19)

79 Barbara Grant (Forres) (21)

80 June Nicol (Inverness) (9)

80 Christina Marshall (18)

80 Rebecca Riddell (25)

MATCH PLAY DRAW

A Cruden v R Riddell, B Grant v W Murray, S Proctor v J Nicol, C Marshall v H Flynn

County Champs Draw Saturday 11 May 2013

0730 Cara Thompson, Mary Smith, Anne Ryan
0738 Alison Barlett, Claire Riddell, Jenny Milne
0746 Gillian Dowling, Gillian Cruden, Shona Leese
0754 Dorothy Lloyd, June Nicol, Suan MacVicar
0802 Louise Marshall, Margot Barr, Fiona Bell
0810 Alison Gowie, Annabelle Brown, Norma Scrimgeour
0818 Liz Coghill, Emma Borthwick, Susan Mackenzie
0826 Denise Mcbride, Catherine Bryce, Carinne Taylor
0834 Sheila MacDonnell, Ella Simpson, Pat Morrison
0842 Pat Ashe, Sandra Hooker, Val Wright
0850 Linda Wheeler, Joan Cooper, Fiona Hampton
0858 Iris Wilson, Dorothy Marshall, Anne Clarke
0922 Christine Marshall, Joanne Stirrat, Jenny Thornton
0930 Alex Fraser, Fiona MacDonald, Moira Rennie
0938 Hazel Flynn, Jacqui Coulthard, Wilma Murray
0946 Evelyn Hutton, Doreen McCaig, Barbara Grant
0954 Mary Hayden, Sally Rowan, Fiona M Grant
1002 Kate Lawson, Susan Proctor, Pat Davis
1010 Liz Smith, Jo Powell, Irene Hart
1018 Abbie Cruden, Pauline Cronin, Val McMurdo
1026 Sandy Morgan, Rebecca Riddell, Alison Burnett
1034 Bel Shepherd, Elna Lawrie, Carol O'keefe
1042 Ellen Garrow, Jean Cameron, Jeanetter Cowie
1050 Isabella Wright, Emma Booker-Milburn
1058 Mora Douglas, Rosalind Miller

COUNTY CHAMPS ENTRY FORM

Hello all, hard to think about golf when it is snowing outside my window.  Anyway this post is just to let you know that you can download an entry form for the County Champs at Nairn Dunbar from their website. Our Website is due for a makeover within the next two weeks.  Please do not download the forms which are currently on there. All entry forms are to be sent to Nairn Dunbar Golf Club.

Kelsey MacDonald's trip to the states.

KELSEY MacDonald marked her final few months as an amateur by winning a prestigious event in Florida to add to her collection of Scottish junior and senior successes.

Part of the Stirling University women’s golf team that has been taking in events on the Orange Blossom Winter Tour over the past three weeks, the 22-year-old took the Jones Doherty Matchplay Championship, which took place at the Coral Ridge Country Club.

MacDonald, who has plans now to turn professional, was looking to make up for the disappointment she suffered at the same event in 2009 having lost in the final.

After leading the qualifiers into the matchplay element with the best score of 69, MacDonald — the number one seed — finished up by defeating 13-year-old Mika Liu, from Beverly Hills, California, who was the number three seed, 3 and 2 in the final.

The final was played in constant rain, a condition not unusual for the Nairn golfer, although the slow pace appeared not to her liking in the early stages.

MacDonald, in her final year as a student at Stirling University, was two down after five holes and still two behind following seven, before eventually getting herself into this contest.

A winning birdie on the eighth hole was the start of a turnaround that saw her begin the inward half at all square.

Another birdie won the 10th hole and two follow up par figures put the Nairn Dunbar member three ahead as Liu struggled to curtail her opponents momentum.

MacDonald lost the 14th hole to a bogey figure, but quickly stormed back with birdie at the next hole to go three up once more.

Liu simply had no answer and with holes running out she conceded at the 16th hole after MacDonald managed to produce a par three that was enough to clinch the prize.

"Having come so close before, it’s just brilliant to make amends," said MacDonald. "To be number one seed and to win like that is pretty awesome."

MacDonald’s victory at this event certainly augurs well for her future.

The only other Scot to have won the Jones Doherty Challenge Cup was Catriona Lambert in 1992. Now Catriona Matthew, she went onto become Scotland’s most successful professional on the women’s European Tour — a target MacDonald will now aim to follow.

Distance Measuring Devices

The SLGA have announced that DMD's will be allowed in any of their competitions.
Happy New Year to you all.

Trophy presentation

Pam Gordon presenting Carinne Taylor with the McDermott trohpy for being the first Junior at Grantown on Spey

Results for Grantown on Spey 7 Oct 2012

What a great day we had, the weather was just about perfect for the time of year - shame the golf wasn't but hey you win some you lose some - I am just talking about me by the way.  We had a good turn out for the McDemott Cup (Juniors) with 5 girls taking part. Carinne Taylor(12) Elgin, who was on 16 at the champs, won the scratch trophy with a gross 88 followed by Emma Booker-Milburn (34) Nairn, with a net 78 for the handicap Trophy. Most improved Junior went to Abbie Cruden from Nairn Dunbar who started the season on 54 and came down to 27.

The prizes were are as follows:

CSS Score: 74
Course Par : 72

1st Scratch Lynne Fraser (6) - Fortrose & Rosemarkie 77
2nd Sctacth Mary Smith (2) - Tain 80
1st Silver Trish Weekes (18) RDGC net 73
2nd Silver Fiona Williams (14) Inverness net 74
3rd Silver Claire Dingwall (13) MOO net 75
4th Silver Iris Wilson (15) Forres - net 75

1st Bronze Cath Allan (27) GOS net 72
2nd Bronze Emma Booker-Milburn (J) (34) Nairn net 78

The results will be published on howdidido once the Secretary from GOS returns from his holiday around the 22 Oct.

The AGM was very well attended this year, 2 items that were discussed were changes to the format of the County Champs and the use of distance measuring devices.

It was unanimously agreed that the Champs be shortened to two days and that we could use DMD's in our competitions, although we were made aware that DMD's are not permitted in SLGA area finals and competitions.

Grantown Draw Sunday 7 October 2012 Amendment

GRANTOWN ON SPEY  – Northern Counties’ Ladies’ Golf Association – County Open Sunday 7 October 2012 Amendment.

Competitors will leave the tee in two’s at 7 minute intervals and are from the host club unless stated.

Abbreviations: BR, Brora, C, Carrbridge, E, Elgin; F, Forres; FA, Fort Augustus, FR, Fortrose & Rosemarkie,  G, Gairloch; GOL, Golspie, ,I, Inverness; MO, Muir of Ord;  N, Nairn; RD, Royal Dornoch;  T, Tain

1000- S Vickerman, F Williams (I), A Oakes, J Cameron (FR), C Allan, P Davis (F), J Cooper (F), E Hill,

1030 –C Dingwall (MO), D McCaig (F), W Spencer (MO), Carol Macdonald (C), M McLachlan, I Wright (RD),

1100 –H Stuart (MO), S Duncan (RD), P Morrison (MO) E Coghill (RD)

A Clarke (BR), M Bagott (RD), P Ash (BR), F More (GOL)

1130 – D McBride (RD), C Boyd (F), V Wright (F), K Lawson (RD), B Grant (F), F MacDonald (RD),  M Rennie (RD), D Marshall (F)

1207 – W Murray (RD), S Macvicar (G), M Smith (T), Isobel McIntosh (I), A Ryan (T), M Barr (G)

1230 – I Wilson (F), J Buist (F), M Hayden (T), Trish Weekes (RD), S Rowan (I), J Coulthard, M Blair (RD), M Mackay (FA), M Douglas (RD), C Mathieson

1300 – C Marshall (N), C Selwyn (FA), C Riddell (RD), R Miller (F), C Boa (RD), E Booker-Milburn (RD), R Riddell (RD), K Miller (F), C Taylor (E),  L Fraser (FR),

TARBAT RESULTS

Well done to all the ladies that took part in the NC competition at Tarbat today. Despite strong winds and showers 39 competitors completed the course in a Stableford format which proved more successful than continuing with the planned Stroke Play.

Morag Cairney and her able local team provided a great service both on and off the course.  There were many complementary comments about the course with a large percentage of the competitors playing the course for the first time.

Nobody was expecting high scores due to the challenging conditions, the tail end of an American storm but Morag Cairney (17) Tarbat and Margot Barr (10) Gairloch managed an excellent 28 pts each.  On  count back Morag won with a better inward half.  This also secured first Vet for Margot who was presented with the Vets Trophy.

1st Morag Cairney (Tarbat) 28pts

2nd Margot Barr  (Gairloch) 28pts

3rd Jean Cameron (Fortrose & Rosemarkie) 27 pts

4th Sally Rowan (Inverness) 26pts

5th Angela Mackay (Tarbat) 26pts

6th Dorothy Marshall (Forres) 25pts

The sweeps were won by Angela Mackay, Patsy Mackay and Margaret Bagott who all received £10 each.

Referee selected for Ricoh Women's British Open

Eliz Munro from Moray Golf Club has been selected to referee at the Ricoh Women's British Open at Royal Liverpool - Hoylake 13-16 September.  This is a fantastic opportunity for Eliz and also nice to have one of  'our own' officiating in such a prestigious competition.  Congratulations Eliz.

Tarbat Draw Friday 14 September

0940 – F MacDonald (RD), A Clarke (BR), J Bannerman (T), J Thornton (FR), E Coghill (RD), P Ashe (BR), M Orr (RD), P Moscatti (RD), S Ramsay (I)

1010 – C Ross (T), M Gordon, C Morrison (N). I McIntosh (I), D Lloyd (RD), L Beaney (BR), S Rowan (I), J Locket (BR), Y Gunn (N)

1230 – M Blair (RD), J Cameron (FR), C Wood (RD), S McVicar (G), C Marshall (I), D Marshall (F), M Barr (G),  M Mathieson (BB), V Wright (F)

1300 – J Hunter (BB), M Douglas (RD), M James (F), J Steggles (BB) P Davis (F), V McMurdo (F), D Mathieson (RD), F Grant (F), I Wright (RD)

1330 – J Elliot (BB), B Shephard (RD) P Webster (T) P MacKay (RD), A Mackay, I Blease (GOS), J Cooper (F), M Joyce, A Burnett (RD), M Cairney, M Bagott (RD), J Coulthard (GOS), A Rae (GOS)

Results of open at Ullapool

Thank you Ladies for making the effort to come to Ullapool. We were rewarded by some great weather and shown some excellant golf from the local ladies. Honours went to;

1st Scratch June Nicol (Inverness) (10) gross 76 (lowest recorded at Ullapool)
2nd Scratch Alison Bartlett (RDGC)(4)gross 81
1st Silver Fiona Hossack (Ullapool) 87 (20) 67
2nd Silver Angela Ford (Ullapool) 82 (13) 69
3rd Silver Doreen McCaig (Forres) 91 (20) 71
4th Silver Eliz Coghill (RDGC) 81 (10) 71
1st Bronze Irene Macdonald (Ullapool) 89 (21) 68
2nd Bronze Cath Macpherson (Ullapool) 94 (24) 70
3rd Bronze Margaret Seater (RDGC) 101 (31) 70
4th Bronze Carol Macdonald (Carrbridge) 93 (22) 71

Many thanks to Fiona, Irene and Cath for helping out on the day and making us all feel so welcome.

Draw for Ullapool Saturday 4 August 2012

ULLAPOOL– Northern Counties’ Ladies’ Golf Association County Open on Saturday 4 August 2012

COMPETITORS leave the tee in three’s at ten minute intervals and are from the host club unless stated.

Abbreviations: BB, Bonar Bridge; C, Carbridge; E, Elgin; F, Forres; FA Fort Augustus; FR, Fortrose & Rosemarkie, G, Gairloch; GOS, Grantown-on-Spey; I, Inverness; MO, Muir of Ord; N, Nairn; RD, Royal Dornoch.

0930 – A Ford, V Wright (F), 0940 - J Cooper (F), I Blease (GOS), C Boyde (F), F Grant (F), P Davis (F), C Macdonald (C), A Rae (GOS), P Cronin (F), I Macdonald, M Dick (GOS), D McCaig (F), W Spencer (MO), S Hooker (MO), S Macdonnel (I), V McMurdo (F),

1030 – J Nicol (I), D Marshall (F), A Rose (MO), J Coulthard (GOS), F Williams (I), J Hunter (BB), E Simpson (E), M Matheson (BB), E Lawrie, J Cowie (E), J Powell (G) J Steggles (BB)

1300 – L Coghill (RD), S McVicar G), 1310 – F Hossack , M Bagott (RD), S Duncan (RD), K Lawson (RD), F Allen (N), P Mcleod , J Hire (N), M Douglas (RD), S Smith (RD), C Marshall (N), W Murray (D), D McBride (RD), M Barr (G), M Clemow (FA), A Bartlett (RD),

1400 – L Fraser (FR), M Rennie (RD), F Macdonald (RD), M Maclennon, D Matheson (RD) T Weeks (RD), I Wright (RD), E Richards, M Blair (RD), L Dickinson (RD), C Macpherson, A Burnett (RD).

Garmouth & Kingston Foursome Results

A strange thing happened today at G & K, the sun shone! With some warm weather and a slight breeze we headed off around the course, many of us not having played the course before. The greens were lightening fast - apparently the same speed as Lytham and the first cut was 'club hugging'. There were some great scores, notably from the locals and some terrible ones from the visitors, I am allowed to say terrible, as my partner and I had the worst. We came bottom with a net 93. A total of 27 pairs entered. The results were:
Scratch Gillian Dowling & Alison Gowie (10) 87 1st Handicap Margaret Gauldie & Ellen Spence (21) net 70 2nd Handicap Christine Marshall & Mary Clemow (17) net 72 3rd Handicap Liz Ballentine & Maureen Walker (18) net 74 4th Handicap Gillian Cruden & Rosalind Miller (36) net 78 5th Handicap Abbie Cruden & Katie Miller (30) net 78 6th Handicap Cath Allen & Amelia Oakes (29) net 78.5

Draw for Garmouth & Kingston 20 Jul 2012

10.00 S Leese/J strachan & N Burtwell/F Allan 10.10 N Scrimgeour/S MacDonell & G Cruden/R Miller 10.20 A Cruden/K Miller & J Nicol/F Williams 10.30 L Ballantine/M Walker & P Davis/J Cooper 10.40 M Gauldie/E Spence & V Wright/V McMurdo 10.50 E Simpson/M Grant & S Vickerman/M Allan 11.00 C Dingwall/W Spencer & I Wilson/D McCaig 11.10 N Scott/L Rae & D Marshall/M James 11.20 L Fraser/C Taylor & C Allan/A Oakes 11.30 11.40 E Hill/C MacDonald & F MacDonald/P Clark 11.50 J Coulthard/& I Blease & M Barr/S MacVicar 12.00 S Hooker/M Ritchie & C Marshall/M Clemow