BALLUMBIE CASTLE TOURNAMENT

 

NORTH TAKE GIRLS’ DIVISIONAL

TITLE FROM EAST 2-1 IN FINAL

 

North beat title-holders East 2-1 in the final of the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association’s girls’ inter-division tournament on a gloriously sunny day Ballumbie Castle, near Dundee.

Annabel Niven (Crieff) and Eilidh Mackay (Nairn Dunbar) gave North a good start in the all-foursomes match by beating Rachael Archibald (Merchants of Edinburgh) and Cara Easton (Dalmahoy) 5 and 4.

Then Lauren MacCallum (McDonald Ellon) and Sammy Vass (Tain) clinched the title for North by beating the all-Baberton pairing of Rachael Watton and Gillian Simpson 3 and 2.

East won the third and last foursome with Arlene McGarty (Bathgate) and Hannah Dalrymople (Glenbervie) beating Kirsty Moss (Monifieth) and Ashley Smith (Kirriemuir) by 2 and 1.

South and West were joint third as they drew the play-off for the third and fourth places 1 ½ pt each.

These year’s tournament was restricted to girls with handicaps of eight and higher to give them a taste of representative golf.

 

SLGA GIRLS’ INTER-DIVISION TOURNAMENT

Ballumbie Castle Golf Club.

Semi-finals

North 3, South 0 (E Mackay & A Niven bt I Craigie & A Mitchell 4 and 3; S Vass & L MacCallum bt A McDonald & R Harvey 7 and 6; K Moss & A Smith bt A Ford & A Bain 6 and 4).

East 3, West 0 (R Archibald & C Easton bt K Differ & J Meldrum 4 and 2; R Watton & G Simpson bt V Smith & E Briggs 2 and 1; A McGarty & H Dalrymple bt A Lewis & L Meldrum 1 hole).

Final

North 2, East 1 (Niven & Mackay bt Archibald & Easton 5 and 4; MacCallum & Vass bt Simpson & Watton 3 and 2; Moss & A Smith lost to McGarty & Dalrymple 2 and 1).

Third & Fourth place play-off

South 1 ½, West 1 ½ (McDonald & Harvey halved with L Meldrum & V Smith; Craigie & Mitchell lost to Lewis & Differ 2 and 1; Ford & Bain bt J Meldrum & Briggs 2 and 1.