KirkwoodGolf: MIDLOTHIAN COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Friday, April 29, 2005

MIDLOTHIAN COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

TOP SEED SALLY KO'D IN QUARTER-FINALS
Sally Watson, the 13-year-old Elie & Earlsferry player who headed the qualifiers, was beaten in the quarter-finals of the match-play stages of the Midlothian women’s county championship at Ratho Park today. Sally’s sister Rebecca lost in the first round in the morning.
Top seed Sally was knocked out by Jane Turner (Mortonhall) by 3 and 1.
Claire Hargan (Mortonhall) is now favourite to complete a hat-trick of Midlothian titles. The No. 2 seed, Claire will play Claire MacDonald (Gullane) in Sunday morning’s first semi-final (9.05am).
The first semi-final will feature Jane Turner (Mortonhall) against Noreen Fenton (Merchants of Edinburgh) at 9am.
The final will tee off at 2pm on Sunday.
Results:
FIRST ROUND
Sally Watson (Elie & Earlsfery) bt Kate Rorke (Kingsknowe) 5 and 4.
Jane Turner (Mortonhall) bt Kirsten Blackwood (Glencorse) 1 hole.
Noreen Fenton (Merchants of Edinburgh) bt Jennifer Bryans (Harburn)3 and 1.
Mandy Easton (Dalmahoy) bt Tracy Laughland (Mortonhall) 1 hole.
Belinday Murphy (Prestonfield) bt Karen Marshall (Baberton) 5 and 4.
Claire MacDonald (Gullane) bt Elizabeth Stewart (Greenburn) 2 and 1.
Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) bt Rebecca Watson (Elie & Earlsferrey) at 19th.
Claire Hargan (Mortonhall) bt Hilary Laughland (Mortonhall) 4 and 2.
QUARTER-FINALS
Turner bt Sally Watson 3 and 1.
Fenton bt Easton 5 and 4.
MacDonald bt Murphy 6 and 4.
Hargan bt Nicholson 2 and 1.
B CHAMPIONSHIP
First round
Maureen McLeod (Merchants of Edinburgh) bt Molly Woolgar (Murrayfield) 5 and 4.
Sarah Devenish (Kingsknowe) w o Catriona Shedden (Murrayfield) scr.
Trish Davis (Dalmahoy) bt Maureen Stewart (Glencorse) 6 and 5
Jeannetta Jarvis (Murrayfield) bt Jenny Taylor (Ratho Park) at 20th
Helen Warnock (Harburn) bt Anthea Mackenzie (Ratho Park) 6 and 4
Elspeth Johnston (Broomieknowe) bt Margaret McLaren (Torphin Hill) 3 and 2
Elspeth Morrison (Musselburgh) w o Gina Thomson (Glencorse) scr.
Sandra Ashurst (Murrayfield) bt Elizabeth Steedman (Ravelston) 2 and 1
Quarter-finals
Devenish bt McLeod 2 and 1
Davis bt Jarvis at 19th
Warnock bt Johnston 6 and 5
Ashurst bt Morrison 5 and 3