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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

WEST LADIES JAMBOUREE - Ayrshire avoid wooden spoon

Ayrshire recorded a victory over Lanarkshire in their final match in the 2009 West Ladies Jambouree at Strathaven on Wednesday, to avoid the wooden spoon, as Renfrewshire recorded their third win from three to go forward to the national finals.

Report from the http://www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk/ website :-

Renfrewshire beat Dunbartonshire & Argyll 6 1/2-2 1/2 in the decisive match between the two teams with 100 per cent records going into the final day of the West Division women's inter-county team golf championship at Strathaven Golf Club today.

That meant Renfrewshire topped the table for the second year in a row and will go to Baberton Golf Club, Edinburgh in September as West's representatives in the four-cornered contest for the Scottish women's county championship.

Ayrshire beat Lanarkshire 5-4 in the battle between the teams who had lost both their first two matches.Renfrewshire had the player of the tournament in Scottish champion Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) winner of all six foursomes and singles ties she played.

In the final set of singles, Megan beat former Curtis Cup player and past champion Anne Laing (Vale of Leven) by 2 and 1. It was Anne's first singles defeat of the tournament.

Renfrewshire had the strength in depth their rivals lacked. Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) was close behind Megan Briggs in the points table, earning 5 1/2 out of a possible six.Jill Meldrum (Dullatur) top scored for runners-up Dunbartonshire with 4 1/2pt, whilst Audrey Thompsom shone for Ayrshire with 4 1/2 pts also.

Final placings - 1 Renfrewshire 6pt, 2 Dunbartonshire & Argyll 4pt, 3 Ayrshire 2pt, 4 Lanarkshire 0pts.
The 2009 Ayrshire team is pictured below

Back Row (l-r) - Lesley Hendry (Routenburn), Liz Keohone (Loudoun), Audrey Thompson (Loudoun), Jenny Linklater (Largs), Captain Nora McCrossin
Front Row (l-r) - Catherine Malcolm (Prestwick St Nicholas), Rachael McQueen (The Ladies Golf Club, Troon), Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie), Lesley Williamson (Kilmarnock Barassie)

Wednesday match details:

DUMBARTONSHIRE & ARGYLL 2 1/2, RENFREWSHIRE 6 1/2

Foursomes (1-2)
Anne Laing & Jill Meldrum lost to Eilidh Briggs & Megan Briggs
Nichola Ferguson & Lorraine Campbell bt Donna Jackson & Liz Stewart 3 and 1
Suzanne Cadden & Laura McGeachy lost to Clare-Marie Carlton & Gillian Kyle 3 and 2

Singles (1.5 - 4.5)
Laing lost to Megan Brggs 2 and 1
Ferguson lost to Carlton 6 and 4
Meldrum halved with Eilidh Briggs
Cadden lost to Jackson 6 and 5
McGeachy lost to Kyle 3 and 2
Helen Faulds bt Carol Whyte 2 and 1

LANARKSHIRE 4, AYRSHIRE 5

Foursomes (2-1)
Fiona Norris & Susan Wood bt Lesley Hendry & Rachael McQueen
May Hughes & Lesley Lloyd bt Jenny Linklater & Alex Glennie) 2 and 1
Elaine Cuthill & Joanna Scott lost to Audrey Thompson & Liz Keohone 3 and 2

Singles (2-4)
Norris bt Hendry 2 and 1
Wood beat Catherine Malcolm 2 and 1
Cuthill lost to Thompson 1 hole
Joanna Scott lost to Rachael McQueen 1 hole
Ruth Rankin lost to Linklater 4 and 3
Angela Devine lost to Lesley Williamson 1 hole

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