Top scorer Moira misses East Lothian

championship match-play next week

Gullane's Moira Thomson had the best scratch score of 75 in today's (Thu) qualifying round for the East Lothian women's county golf championship over the Gullane No 2 course.
Unfortunately, due to work commitments, she cannot play in the match-play stages of the competition on Monday and Tuesday next week.
Mary Lou Renton (Gifford) and Edinburgh University student Emma Fairnie (Dunbar) came next in the scores with 77 apiece. They are seeded to meet each other in the final with, after a card countback, Mary Lou gaining the No 1 seed honour.
The 16 qualifiers included a mother and daughter, Dawn and Clara Young, both North Berwick members. Clara is rated one of the most promising junior talents in the area. Her handicap has come down from 30 to 12 over the past two years. Today she had an 82, one better than mum!
Ruth Carroll (Musselburgh Old), the defending champion, is the 13th qualifier with an 87.
QUALIFIERS
Par 73. CSS 73
77 Mary Lou Renton (Gifford), Emma Fairnie (Dunbar).
79 Jayne Smith (Gullane), Line Mortensen (Gullane).
82 Clara Young (North Berwick), Jill Rankin (North Berwick).
83 Alice Archbold (Longniddry), Dawn Young (North Berwick).
84 Eleanor Black (Dunbar).
85 Jane Herd (Musselburgh.
86 Linda Grieve (Musselburgh), Patricia Savin (North Berwick).
87 Ruth Carroll (Musselburgh Old), Marie Vandepeear (Dunbar), Viv Cupples (Dunbar).
88 Barbara Biggart (North Berwick).
MATCH-PLAY DRAW
Renton v Biggart
Black v D Young
C Young v Savin
Carroll v Mortensen
Smith v Vandepeear
Grieve v Rankin
Archbold v Herd
Cupples v Fairnie.
Handicap Quaich qualifiers:
71 Corrine Luca (Longniddry) (25). Ann McIntosh (Gullane) (22).
72 Pat Lockie (North Berwick) (22).
73 Beryl Morris (Dunbar) (24).
74 Irene Gray (Musselburgh) (21, Pat Cusden (Dunbar) (22).
75 Jackie Squires (Gullane) (25).
77 Sheila King (Gullane) (19).
MATCH-PLAY DRAW
Luca v King
Gray v Morris
Lockie v Cusden
Squires v McIntosh.