Freya looking to finish on a high

Freya Russell (Royal Troon) will compete in her final Junior event in Scotland tomorrow when she tees it up at Forfar golf club tomorrow in the Scottish Girls Amateur Championship.

Starting tomorrow there are 36 holes of stroke play and the top 16 will go forward to compete in the match play on Thursday with the final being played on Friday.

Freya, who turned 18 earlier this year, will also be competing at the British Girls' Amateur Championship next month before heading to continue her studies at Florida State University.

Good luck Freya.

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Good luck

A few of our younger members are in action this week at various events

Freya Russell is representing Scotland in the ladies European Team Championships in Spain

Sandi Rogerson (Barassie) and Jennifer Doyle (Turnberry) are playing in the Scottish girls under 16 open championship at Muckhart Golf Club.

Good luck to all

Kilmacolm Results

Eighty three ladies enjoyed a beautiful day at Kilmacolm yesterday for our summer outing. On a previous visit to the same venue the course had to be closed due to flooding!!

As always, results are available on HowDidIDo but here are the main winners -

Best Scratch Alex Glennie (Barassie) 76

Divison One

1st Janet Harkness (Skelmorlie) 92 - 20 = 72 bih

2nd Sheila Adams (Loudoun) 88 - 16 = 72

Division Two

1st Elizabeth Mcconnell (Rowallan Castle) 97 - 31 = 66

2nd Julie Mackie (Troon Ladies) 90 - 22 = 68

Well done all

Commiserations and congratulations to Freya

Unfortunately Freya Russell (Royal Troon) wasn't able to progress to the match play stages after the stroke play qualifying for this years British Amateur Championship at Portmarnock golf club. She finished outside of the top 64 qualifiers with rounds of 83 and 90.

However, based on some great results Freya has been selected to represent the Scottish Ladies senior team at the European ladies team championship which is being held at Real Sociedad Hipica Espanola Club de Campro, Spain from 9 - 13 July.

Congratulations Freya and good luck!

 

Ladies amateur championship

Good luck to Freya Russell (Royal Troon) who is playing in the ladies amateur championship this week at Portmarnock golf club

Skelmorlie Results

The weather was kind to us for our Skelmorlie visit on Monday with 54 ladies taking part in the June Quaich.

The Skelmorlie girls certainly took advantage of the conditions and the local knowledge with some excellent scoring

1st Scratch Gillian Pollock (Skelmorlie) 75

Division One

1st Handicap Janet Harkness (Skelmorlie) 89 - 19 = 70bih

2nd Handicap Alyson Hutton (Skelmorllie) 88 - 18 = 70

Division Two

1st Handicap Irene Papworth (Skelmorlie) 87 - 21 = 66

2nd Handicap Jan Barr (Rowallan Castle) 124 - 49 = 75

All scores available on HowdidIdo

Qualifiers for McCall Salver to follow

Kennedy Salver

Ayrshire team that took part in the Kennedy Salver at Cochrane Castle on Monday 

Unfortunately it wasn't to be a win for our girls but they had some great results on the day and they all enjoyed taking part. As with the senior matches the winners came down to Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire with Renfrewshire coming out on top.

All of the players that took part on the day -