Aberdeenshire Ladies County Golf Association

2009 Prizewinners

Back row: Lynne Terry, Mary Miller, Mandy Roger, Irene Strachan, Maureen Wilson, Georgette Hollingsworth, Mhairi Johnstone, Olivia Borwick, Laura McLardy

Front row: Ellie Whyte, Joan Rennie, Fiona Hay, Ros Dunsmuir, Sara Mathieson (nee Thomson), Sophie Alexander, Carol Wilson, Susan Murray and Rachel Polson

Honorary Memberships
Aberdeenshire County were delighted to award honorary membership to Mrs Joan Rennie and Mrs Ethel Farquharson (pictured below). Joan is a former Scottish Champion, Curtis Cup player, Scottish Internationalist, County Champion, County team player, County Captain and was County President for the past two years. Ethel has been Junior Secretary for the past 20 years and the County are indebted to her for all her hard work with the County Girls. (Pictures by kind permission of Cal Carson Golf Agency)

Congratulations to Ros Dunsmuir (Cruden Bay) and Laura McLardy (Murcar Links) who were runners up in the Commonwealth Spoons final at Longniddry.
Anne Ryan and Mary Smith (Northern Counties) won the competition by one stroke.

Congratulations to Murcar Links on winning this year's Scratch League competition. Pictured below with the trophy are Pat Wilson, Carol Wilson, Donna Pocock and Laura McLardy. Susan Murray, Kathleen Thomson and Shona Anderson also played in earlier rounds of the competition.

Commonwealth Spoons at Alford - Results

leading qualifiers Susan Tait and Lynn Joss with Fiona

Murcar Links victors over Cruden Bay in the Lyon Foursomes

pictured above with Fiona and Joan
Susan Murray, Laura McLardy, Donna Pocock and Mhairi Johnstone

Cruden Bay team Karen Stalker, Christine Middleton, Ros Dunsmuir, Gill Murray

Mhairi is presented with her Lyons Brooch

Lyon Foursomes Results in full

North of Scotland Championship
Results: Scratch Handicap Consolation

Jamboree Results from Dornoch

Quiz
Many thanks to everyone who participated in the Aberdeenshire quiz recently. Over £450 was raised for our centenary funds. Congratulations to the winner, Helen Forbes from Aboyne, whose correct entry was drawn from the hat. Click here for the answers.

Northern Division Inter County Team Championship

The team and reserves selected to represent Aberdeenshire at Dornoch Golf Club on 27^th-29^th June 2009 is listed in alphabetical order:

Mhairi Johnstone Northern

Sammy Leslie Westhill

Laura McLardy Murcar Links

Gill Murray Cruden Bay

Laura Murray Alford

Donna Pocock Murcar Links

Carol Wilson Murcar Links

Sheena Wood Aberdeen Ladies (Team Captain)

Reserves

Linda Urquhart Banchory

Lauren Duncan Aboyne

The draw for the matches is as follows:

Saturday 27th – Perth & Kinross v Northern Counties

Angus v Aberdeenshire

Sunday 28th - Perth & Kinross v Aberdeenshire

Angus v Northern Counties

Monday 29th - Angus v Perth & Kinross

Northern Counties v Aberdeenshire

Tee times each day are –

Foursomes – 9.00am to 9.40am; Singles – 2.00pm to 3.28pm.

For up to date information on the matches log on to Gillian Kirkwood Golf.

Congratulations to Sammy
Congratulations to Sammy Leslie on being selected for the European Girls team competition, which is being held in Finland 7^th – 11^th July. Margaret McNaughton is captaining the team – good luck to you all.

Team: Lesley Atkins (Minto), Sammy Leslie (Westhill), Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies), Rachael Watton (Mortonhall)
Reserves: 1 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm), 2 Jill Meldrum (Dullatur)
Captain: Margaret MacNaughtan (Aberdeen Ladies)

Well done Laura Murray
Laura Murray was part of the Scotland team that won the international team event at the Irish women's open amateur stroke-play championship at Douglas Golf Club, Cork.
Jane Turner (Craigielaw), Carly Booth (Comrie) and Laura Murray (Alford) scored a come-from-behind victory over the final round. Well done to you all.

Final scores were;

436 SCOTLAND Carly Booth [81] 71 73, Laura Murray 74 [76] 78, Jane Turner 70 73 75

Aberdeen Ladies 1 win the Watt Duffus Trophy and Aboyne 1 the Handicap Trophy
For full results click here

The winning Aberdeen Ladies team
Ellie Whyte, Fiona Seedhouse, Sheena Wood, Carol Whicher with Joan Rennie and Fiona Hay

The winning Aboyne team
Judy Slater, Maureen Wilson, Elaine Watson, Maryla Sime with Joan Rennie and Fiona Hay

Sheena Wood with the Kennaway Cup and Maureen Wilson with the Individual Handicap Trophy

Sara Thomson is the new County Champion full results here

Vice Captain Ellie Whyte, semi finalist Ros Dunsmuir, runner up Sammy Leslie,
Champion Sara Thomson, semi finalist Carol Wilson, leading qualifier Lynne Terry,
Captain Fiona Hay and President Joan Rennie

The finalists on the 1st tee

The 4 semi finalists

ALCGA Centenary
Aberdeenshire Ladies County Golf Association will be celebrating our centenary in 2011.

A committee has now been set up to organise events to mark this occasion. If anyone has any suggestions/fund raising ideas etc, please feel free to contact any committee member.

Centenary Committee
Fiona Hay, Ellie Whyte, Karen Stalker, Morag Clapperton, Laura McLardy, Donna Pocock, Sheena Wood.

Proposed events

1	Centenary Lunch
2	Golf EventSpecial
3	Centenary AGM

Fund Raising
To successfully carry out the above events it is vital that we raise some funds.

1	Centenary Sweep - held at Lyons, Watt Duffus and Commonwealth Spoons. Lucky number wins half the takings, other half goes to Centenary fund. £2 entry
2	Quizzes - on sale from March from County Reps or Centenary Committee members.
3	Watch out for other events

Wanted

Photographs/Memorabilia.
If anyone has any team photographs or other memorabilia, especially from prior to 1990, please contact Karen Stalker or any of the Centenary Committee.

All help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you