REBECCA WILSON WINS MUNROSS TROPHY BY SIX STROKES

Some of the prizewinners at the Munross Trophy tournament Left to right: Eilidgh Briggs,Andrea Bowie, scratch winnere Rebecca Wilson, Alan Crow of Montrose Golf Links Ltd, Rachael Walker and Emma Greenlees.  Picture by courtesy of Claire Penman, secretary of Montrose Golf Links and organiser of the competition.. Monifieth's Rebecca Wilson, playing out of the Grange club, recaptured the form that gained her Scotland junior international honours in the past, when she won the Munross Trophy, an SLGA Order of Merit 36-hole event, at Montrose Links today (Sunday). Rebecca won it by the impressive margin of six strokes with rounds of 70 and 73 for a three-under-par total of 143. Kilmacolm teenager Eilidh Briggs, beaten finalist in the recent Scottish women's amateur championship at Machrihanish, and Rachael Walker (Dumfries and County) both totalled 149. Eilidh had rounds of 76 and 73 to Rachael's 75 and 75 and received the second scratch prize by virtue of having the better second round. Rachael Walker, playing off five, won the first handicap prize with a net total of 139, ahead of Ashley Smith (Monifieth) and Emma Greenlees (Dumfries and Galloway), both 145. Ashley had the better net second round. FINAL TOTALS Par 146 (2x73) CSS 74 73 143 Rebecca Wilson (Grange) 70 73. 149 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 76 73, Rachael Walker (Dumfries and Co) 74 75. 151 Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir) 76 75. 152 Sammy Vass (Tain) 77 75. 153 Ashley Smith (Monifieth) 81 73. 154 Andrea Bowie (Monifieth) 80 74, Louise Macgregor (Falkirk) 76 78. 156 Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) 81 75, Claire Hargan (Strathmore) 80 76, Susan Wood (Drumpellier) 75 81. 157 Emma Greenlees (Dumfries and Galloway), Tara McTaggart (Minto) 82 75. 160 Jenny Potter (Cathkin Braes) 78 82. 161 Heather Munro (Monifieth) 81 80, Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 77 84. 163 Rachel Polson (Peterculter) 85 78, Rachel McQueen (Troon Ladies) 82 81, Susan Jackson (Ladybank) 80 83. 164 Claire Penman (Carnoustie Ladies) 83 81, Fiona Gilbert (Carnoustie Ladies) 83 81. 165 Jemma Chalmers (Monifieth) 84 81, Jane Grubb (Montrose Mercantile) 82 83, Laura Walker (Muckhart) 81 84. 168 Emily Aird (Blairgowrie) 85 83, Jackie Brown (Monifieth) 83 85. 170 Lynne Fenton (Carnoustie Ladies) 81 89. 171 Kristine Vannet (Peterculter) 84 87. 174 Gillian Davidson (Saline) 90 84, Ashley Alston (Royal Montrose) 83 91. 189 Sue Dalrymple (Craigielaw) 96 93. PRIZEWINNERS SCRATCH 1 Rebecca Wilson 2 Eilidh Briggs 3 Anne Ramsay 4 Sammy Vass HANDICAP 1 - 139 Rachael Walker (5) 69 70. 2 - 145 Ashley Smith (4) 77 68 (better second round). 3 - 145 Emma Greenlees (6) 76 69 4 - 146 Andrea Bowie (4) 76 70.