LOCKHART v LAING REMATCH IN QUARTER-FINALS
SCOTTISH WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Title-holder Fiona Lockhart (St Regulus) and Anne Laing (Vale of Leven), whom she beat by 3 and 2 in last year's final at Cruden Bay, will cross match-play swords for the first time since then in Friday morning's quarter-finals of the Scottish women's amateur championship.
On a day, when a strong south-westerly freshened to gale proportions, every player in the field - winners and losers - struggled to control their shots in a mainly cross-wind.
Anne Laing and Louise Kenney, both through to the last eight, thought the wind was the toughest they had ever played in.
Anne Laing beat Cara Gruber (Royal Dornoch) by 2 and 1 in the second round while Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) came from behind to beat Kerri Harper (Inverness) 3 and 1.
Top seed Heather MacRae (Dunblane New) continued her impressive form and looks a worthy favourite for the title. She plays 20-year-old repeating Ayrshire county champion Lesley Hendry in the first of the quarter-finals at 8.30am.
That tie is followed by Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) versus Martine Pow (Selkirk).
After that comes the "big one" - Anne Laing v Fiona Lockhart - followed by Louise Kenney against Hilary Laughland (Mortonhall).
Title-holder Fiona Lockhart (St Regulus) and Anne Laing (Vale of Leven), whom she beat by 3 and 2 in last year's final at Cruden Bay, will cross match-play swords for the first time since then in Friday morning's quarter-finals of the Scottish women's amateur championship.
On a day, when a strong south-westerly freshened to gale proportions, every player in the field - winners and losers - struggled to control their shots in a mainly cross-wind.
Anne Laing and Louise Kenney, both through to the last eight, thought the wind was the toughest they had ever played in.
Anne Laing beat Cara Gruber (Royal Dornoch) by 2 and 1 in the second round while Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) came from behind to beat Kerri Harper (Inverness) 3 and 1.
Top seed Heather MacRae (Dunblane New) continued her impressive form and looks a worthy favourite for the title. She plays 20-year-old repeating Ayrshire county champion Lesley Hendry in the first of the quarter-finals at 8.30am.
That tie is followed by Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) versus Martine Pow (Selkirk).
After that comes the "big one" - Anne Laing v Fiona Lockhart - followed by Louise Kenney against Hilary Laughland (Mortonhall).
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