Ayrshire Girls’ Centenary Trophy

Emma Wins Ayrshire Girls’ Centenary Trophy

 Emma Hale with the Ayrshire Girls' Centenary Trophy

Emma Hale (Bentinck Ladies) is the first winner of the Centenary Trophy which was presented by North and South Ayrshire Councils to Ayrshire Ladies County Golf Association to commemorate 100 years of the Association.

We are delighted that the local authorities recognised the importance of the younger members of the County when they presented the trophy specifically for junior competition.

This inaugural event was played over the Kintyre Course at Turnberry, a venue which we were privileged to be invited to and which the girls enjoyed enormously. 15 girls with Congu handicaps played a Stableford competition while 20 pre-handicap girls played the delightful 9 hole Arran Course. Results are as follows:-

Girls with CONGU handicaps

Silver

1st Emma Hale (Bentinck Ladies) 36 points
2nd Katie McGarva (Troon Ladies) 34 points
3rd Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) 29 points (bih)
4th Connie Jaffrey (West Kilbride) 29 points

Bronze

1st Alexandra Brown (Turnberry) 34 points (better last 3 holes)
2nd Sophie Love (Skelmorlie) 34 points (better last 6 holes)
3rd Gillian Love (Skelmorlie) 34 points
4th Lindsay Montgomery (West Kilbride) 31 points

Nearest the Pin at the 2nd: Emily McGarva (Troon Ladies)
Putting: Connie Jaffrey
Longest Drive: Connie Jaffrey

Pre-handicap Girls

Pre-handicaps 9-11 year olds

1st Olivia Hill (Bentinck Ladies) 52
2nd Harley Murray (Bentinck Ladies) 54
3rd Lindsay Scott (Bentinck Ladies) 58
4th Yvonne Anderson (Maybole) 61
Putting: Lauren White (Loudoun)
Target chipping: Lindsay Scott

Pre-handicaps 12-13 year olds

1st Emma Paterson (Loudoun) 48
2nd Jemma Wylie (Barassie) 50
3rd Rachel Evans (Kilbirnie) 51
4th Megan McCaig (Barassie) 53
Putting: Marian Boyd (Brunston Castle)
Target: Emma Paterson

[Thanks to June Kerr, Ayrshire Junior Girls convenor, for the report and photographs]