Northern Counties women's championship

Vass sisters Sammy (16), Julie (14)
first and fourth qualifiers at Brora

Sixteen-year-old Tain player Sammy Vass headed the 16 qualifiers for the match-play stages of the Northern Counties women's championship with a very good score of 73 at Brora Golf Club today.
Sammy highlighted her card with an eagle 2 at the 12th hole.
Pam Mackay (Royal Dornoch) earned the No 2 seed rating with a 74.
Sammy's 14-year-old sister Julie was fourth qualifier on 80, winning a card countback against the two other players who returned that score, her aunt Mary Smith (Tain) and defending champion Jenny Milne (Elgin).
Sammy Vass's mother Magi, like sister Mary a former Northern Counties champion, qualified in 12th spot and will play Mary Smith in the first round of the match-play on Sunday.
QUALIFIERS
73 Sammy Vass (Tain) 38-35.
74 Pam Mackay (Royal Dornoch) 38-36.
75 Cara Gruber (Royal Dornoch) 37-38.
80 Julie Vass (Tain) 42-38, Mary Smith (Tain) 42-38, Jenny Milne 41-39.
83 Eileen Manson (Thurso) 44-39.
84 Hannah McCook (Abernethy) 42-42, Deirdre MacAngus (Wick) 42-42.
85 Eilidh Mackay (Nairn Dunbar) 48-37.
86 Magi Vass (Tain) 43-43, Susan MacVicar (Gairloch) 44-42, Anne Ryan (Tain) 40-46.
87 Pat Ashe (Brora) 42-45.
89 Dorothy Hulme (Fortrose & Rosemarkie) 47-42.
NON-QUALIFIERS
89 Fiona Bell (Inverness).
90 Marion Mackay (Wick), Denise McBride (Royal Dornoch).
91 Margot Barr (Gairloch), Helen Stuart (Muir of Ord), Susan Mackenzie (Elgin), Anna Macdonald (Tarbat).
92 Mair Orr (Tain), Donna Mackinnon (Durness).
93 Lesley Beaney (Brora), Ann Robertson (Brora).
94 Sheila MacDonell (Inverness), Keri McGann (Grantown on Spey).
95 Angela MacBeath (Brora), Barina Little (Brora), Dorothy Marshall (Forres).
97 Pat Morrison (Muir of Ord).
98 Karen Mackay (Fortrose & Rosemarkie), Gillian Dowling (Invrness).
99 Elaine Gruber (Stgrathpeffer Spa).
100 Sheila Lorimer (Brora).
101 Debra MacKay (Grantown On Spey).
103 Sally Rowan (Inverness).
104 Jean Russell (Tain).
105 Julie Fraser (Muir of Ord), Angela Grant (Brora).
107 Irene Hart (Royal Dornoch).
108 Maggie Holmes (Royal Dornoch).
109 Ann Armstrong (Strathpeffer).
110 Sheila Duncan (Royal Dorncoh), Harriet Cumming (Fortrose & Rosemarkie).
117 Sylvia McDonald (Royal Dornoch).
NRs Margaret Baggott (Royal Dornoch), Margaret Shanks (Brora), Marie Blair.

MATCH-PLAY DRAWS
MARY BENTON CUP (scratch)
First round
9am S Vass (1) v Dorothy Hume (16).
9.08 D MacAngus (9) v H McCook (8).
9.16 M Smith (5) v M Vass (12).
9.24 S MacVicar (13) v J Vass (4).
9.23 C Gruber (3) v A Ryan (14).
9.40 E Coghill (11) v J Milne (6).
9.48 E Manson (7) v E MackKay (10).
9.50 P Ashe (15) v P Mackay (2).
Quarter-finals
2pm, 2.08, 2.16, 2.24.
MONDAY
Semi-finals
9am & 9.10
Final
2pm
CHETHAM TROPHY (handicap)
Quarter-finals
1pm B Little (1) v S MacDonell (8).
1.08 K Mackay (5) v D McBride (4).
1.16 A MacDonald (3) v F Bell (6).
1.24 S Mackenzie (7) v A MacBeath (2).
MONDAY
Semi-finals
9.20am & 9.30
Final
1.40pm