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Monday, November 29, 2010

STIRLING GIRL STUDENTS BOUND
FOR FLORIDA TOUR IN JANUARY


By COLIN FARQUHARSON women’s golf squad, headed by Scottish champion Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), to cross over to Florida in January to take part in three events on the women's amateur Orange Blossom Tour.
For the sixth or seventh year in a row - maybe more - University of Stirling's sports performance manager Raleigh Gowie is organising the
The students who will be making the trip alongwith Kelsey are: Rebecca Wilson, Jordana Graham, Eilidh Mackay, Harriet Beasley, Flore Lafaille
Two guest golfers will be part of the Stirling squad - Scottish junior international Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), who intends to apply for a September 2011 entry place at Stirling, and English Curtis Cup player Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa).
The squad will compete in the following events: the Harder Hall Invitational, Sebring; the South Atlantic Championship, Ormond Beach; and the Doherty Championship match-play event at Fort Lauderdale.
The Stirling women's squad will be accompanied by head coach, Stirling graduate and former British amateur internationalist, Lesley Mackay, pictured when she won the PGA Assistant of the Year trophy. 
Raleigh Gowrie said: "Our men's squad will participate in nine days of winter training in Cairo in late January, under the watchful eyes of new head coach and former European Tour winner, Dean Robertson."





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