KENNEY SHOWS HER CLASS TO WIN EAST OF SCOTLAND TITLE

THE WINNING FIFE TEAM. Left to right: Susan Jackson, Louise Kenney, Elaine Moffat and Lauren Whyte.

LOUISE'S WIND-TAMING PAR
ROUND OF 73 AT GULLANE 2

Scottish and Fife county champion Louise Kenney added another trophy to her haul of silverware for the season when she won the East of Scotland women's championship over a very blustery Gullane No 2 links today.

Louise, who has also made her debut for Great Britain and Ireland in the Vagliano Trophy match this season, carved out a par-matching round of 73 in tough conditions with birdies at two par-5 holes, the sixth and 12th, cancelled outcby bogeys at two short holes, the fifth and 11th.

She was out in 37 and home in 36 for a round that was one under the CSS of 74.

Last year's champion Alison Davidson (Stirling), a former British and Scottish champion and Curtis Cup player, was runner-up with a 75, one ahead of third-placed youngster Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies), last year's Scottish girls champion.

Alison had more birdies than Louise - at the 12th, 16th and 18th, but she also had more bogeys, five to be precise, at the first, second, third, seventh and 14th in halves of 41 and 34.
Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) won the top handicap award but only by virtue of a better inward half than Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie). They both had net 71s, Hannah off four and Alison off five. Lesley Gibb (West Lothian) was third with a net 74 off five.
Fife won the team championship - three scores from four to count - with an aggregate of 227, five ahead of Midlothian (232) with Stirling and Clackmannanshire (233) third) and East Lothian (239) fourth.
DETAILS

FIFE - 227
Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) (73)
Susan Jackson (Ladybank) (83)
Elaine Moffat (St Regulus) (76)
Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) (78)

MIDLOTHIAN - 232
Jane Turner (Craigielaw) (78)
Linda Caine (Dunbar) (81)
Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) (78)
Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) (76)

STIRLING and CLACKMANNANSHIRE - 233
Alison Davidson (Stirling) (75)
Louise McGregor (Falkirk Tryst) (83)
Jennifer Bryans (Bathgate) (80)
Laura Bisset (Braehead) (78)

EAST LOTHIAN - 239
Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies) (76)
Ann Sewell (Castle Park) (90)
Clara Young (North Berwick) (77)
Dawn Young (North Berwick) (86)

LEADING SCRATCH
CSS 74 (+1)
73 Louise Kenney (Pitreavie).
75 Alison Davidson (Stirling).

76 Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies).

LEADING HANDICAP

72 Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) (4) (bih), Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) (5).

74 Lesley Gibb (West Lothian) (5).

There were 3 2s:  Anne Marshall (Dunbar), Pam Hall (Royal Musselburgh), Lesley Gibb (West Lothian)

+Kirkwoodgolf.co.uk is indebted to Mary Renton for the information from which the above report was compiled and a big thanks also for supplying the two pictures.