The Pride of Skelmorlie Golf Club. Back row: Janet Harkness and Alex Sargent. Front row: Gillian Pollock, Kath Mackellar, Aileen Donaldson and Jenny McGee.

Skelmorlie, the other Scottish

ladies' team in last eight

E-MAIL FROM JENNY McGEE, SKELMORLIE GOLF CLUB

Hello, Colin.
Saw the article you posted from Murrayfield Golf Club about their success in
the Mail on Sunday Golf Classic. We thought you might put in a small piece about ourselves as we are equally ecstatic at reaching Round 9.
We are also "on top of the world" after winning a most thrilling match against
Deer Park ladies on Saturday. This is our first time in the Mail on Sunday
National Golf Classic competition and to reach the quarter final stage is quite
amazing!
Our match against Deer Park turned out to be yet another nail-biter.
With the first four games tied at 2-2 it was once again down to our captain Kath Mackellar to keep her cool at dormy two down. This she did in fine style, sinking two crucial long putts to force play on to the 19th hole.
This was the third such scenario she had been involved in, having been in a similar situation against Dumbarton in Round 3 and Bearsden in Round 5. Once more she played the 1st hole in textbook fashion and having reached the green in two she putted out to seal yet another victory and send us on our way to Manchester next month.
We (Skelmorlie) are only a small club, which many folk (even in our own county of Ayrshire) have never heard of, but in recent years we have gained many more lower handicap ladies and therefore felt we were capable of entering a good team. We are a mix of youth and experience, our youngest player being 21 year-old Alex Sargent, who has been playing since a junior of 11 and now plays off 12.
The rest of our team of six consists of two PE teachers (one retired and one head of department in a local high school), a retired meteorologist, a retired geography teacher and a young mum of two boys(both promising golfers) who is an office manager.
We would like to congratulate Murrayfield ladies on their successful run and
look forward to meeting them in Manchester.