KATHLEEN SUTHERLAND WINS VETS'
TITLE AT INCHMARLO

Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) beat Ann Smart (Banchory) by 6 and 4 in the final of the Northern Division championship of the Scottish Veteran Ladies Golf Association in very wet conditions at Inchmarlo Golf Centre today.
Kathleen, the current holder of the Scottish senior women's stroke-play championship, was the 2006 Northern Division vets' champion. The winner receives the Lady McInnes Shaw Trophy.
Ann had beaten the defending champion, Heather Anderson (Downfield) by one hole after producing a string of birdies to cancel out an outward half deficit.
In the other semi-final Kathleen was a 7 and 6 winner over Ann Bowman (McDonald Ellon), one of Muriel Thomson's triplet sisters.
Sandra Russell (Banchory) won the Bronze championship for the MacDonald Trophy by beating Valerie Kelly (Deeside) 4 and 3 in the final.
Results:
SCRATCH - Semi-finals
Ann Smart (Banchory) bt Heather Anderson (Downfield) 1 hole.
Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) bt Ann Bowman (McDonald Ellon) 7 and 6.
Final
Sutherland bt Smart 6 and 4.
BRONZE - Semi-finals
Valerie Kelly (Deeside) bt Fiona Brynes (Banchory) 2 and 1.
Sandra Russell (Banchory) bt Wendy Davidson (Deeside) 2 and 1.
Final
Russell bt Kelly 4 and 3.