SAMMY VASS                                     HANNAH McCOOK

IT’S ANGUS v NORTHERN COUNTIES IN SEMI-FINALS

OF NORTH OF SCOTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP

Northern Counties teenagers Hannah McCook (Abernethy), who is 16, and 18-year-old Sammy Vass (Tain) stand between the two remaining Angus players and a North of Scotland women’s golf championship triumph at Forfar Golf Club to add to the county’s recent capture of the North Division team championship,
It was a day of shock results, starting with the early exit of top seed, Andrea Bowie, at the hands of Monifieth team-mate, Jemma Chalmers, last of the 16 qualifiers, and continuing with first-round defeats for mother Mary and daughter Ailsa Summers, the Angus champion and No 3 seed, and also past Scotland cap Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder).

In this morning’s (Wed) semi-finals, it will be Hannah McCook, the ninth qualifier, against the No 4 seed, Jackie Brown (Monifieth), and Sammy Vass, the 14th qualifier against No 7 seed Heather Anderson (Alyth), winner of the Scottish senior stroke-play championship at Fortrose and Rosemarkie last week.

Vass, home from the University of Central Florida for the summer holidays, played very well to KO Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) by 2 and 1 and followed that up with a 21st hole victory over Rebecca Wilson (Grange), conqueror of Emily Ogilvy by 4 and 3 in the morning.
Vass ended her marathon match against Wilson with a birdie 3 at the third extra hole.
She now plays Heather Anderson, pictured right, who beat the No 2 seed Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir) by 3 and 2 in the quarter-finals.
McCook, recent runner-up in the Paul Lawrie Scottish schoolgirls championship, but the giant-killing Jemma Chalmers down to size with a two-hole victory. She now plays Jackie Brown who chipped in for a birdie 3 at the 17th to win by 2 and 1 in the quarter-finals against Ann Chree (Ladies Panmure Monifieth).
MATCH-PLAY RESULTS
SCRATCH – First round
J Chalmers (Monifieth) bt A Bowie (Monifieth) 2 and 1.
H McCook (Abernethy) bt M Clyne (Deeside) 1 hole.
A Chree (Ladies Panmure Monifieth) bt Mary Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 1 hole.
J Brown (Monifieth) bt C Penman (Carnoustie Ladies) 1 hole.
Sammy Vass (Tain) bt A Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 2 and 1.
R Wilson (Grange) bt E Ogilvy (Auchterarder) 4 and 3.
H Anderson (Alyth) bt S Arbuckle (Panmure Barry) 2 and 1.
A Ramsay (Kirriemuir) bt R Polson (Peterculter) 7 and 5.
Quarter-finals
McCook bt Chalmers 2 holes.
Brown bt Chree 2 and 1.
Vass bt Wilson at 21st.
Anderson bt Ramsay 3 and 2.

HANDICAP – First round
L Kelly (Newmachar) (15) bt I Chapman (Forfar) (11) 2 and 1.
K Beveridge (Aboyne) (5) bt H Thomson (Newmachar) (12) 3 and 2.
G Wilson (Grange) (11) bt L Kyle (Milnathort) (14) 2 and 1.]
J Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) (5) bt S Bradley (Kirriemuir) (16) 2 and 1.
S Bushby (Blairgowrie) (8) bt K MacCallum (Newburgh) (10) 1 hole.
A Hay (Edzell) (5) bt E Whyte (Aberdeen Ladies) (8) 2 holes.
J Grubb (Montrose Mercantile) (7) bt M Moody (Murcar Links) (19) 5 and 4.
K Reid (Monifieth) (6) bt A Hope (Newmachar) (12) 6 and 5.
Quarter-finals
Beveridge bt Kelly at 19th.
Meek bt Wilson 2 and 1.
Hay bt Bushby 3 and 2.
Reid bt Grubb 2 and 1.

CONSOLATION TUESDAY ROUND
Scratch winner: Heather Munro (Monifieth) 79.
Handicap winner: Frances Martin (Kirriemuir) (18) 72.
Handicap runner-up: Ashley Alston (Royal Montrose) (10) 73 (better inward half).