AILSA SUMMERS, CHASING FOUR IN A ROW, IS THROUGH TO ANGUS SEMI-FINALS

     Ailsa Summers, winner of Angus county championship for past three years.

             Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies), seeking to win the Angus women's county championship for a fourth year in a row, is through to the semi-finals of this year's event at Montrose Links.
But her mother Mary, six times champion between 1985 and 2005, lost in the first round to Susan Arbuckle (Panmure Barry).
On a day when the weather varied from sunshine to hailstones, Ailsa beat Shonagh Raitt (Forfar) 4 and 3 followed by a 7 and 6 win over Louise Smith (Monifieth).
In the semi-finals on Sunday, May 13, Ailsa will play Ashley Alston (Royal Montrose), conqueror of leading qualifier Jackie Brown (Monifieth) by 2 and 1 in the quarter-finals.
The other semi-final will feature Katie Reid (Monfieith) against Scotland senior international Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) who won the Angus county title in 1990 and 1995.

RESULTS

SCRATCH CHAMPIONSHIP
FIRST ROUND

Jackie Brown (Monifieth) bt Chris Healey (Carnoustie Caledonian) 8 and 7

Ashley Alston (Royal Montrose) bt Claire Penman (Carnoustie Caledonian) 2 and 1
Louise Smith (Monifieth) bt Fran Millar (Carnoustie Caledonian) 3 and 2
Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) bt Shonagh Raitt (Forfar) 4 and 3
Katie Reid (Monifieth bt Agnes Freeman (Panmure Barry) 4 and 3
Susan Arbuckle (Panmure Barry) bt Mary Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 3 and 2
Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) bt Jemma Chalmers (Monifieth) at 21st
Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) bt Fiona Blair (Carnoustie Ladies) 5 and 4

QUARTER-FINALS
Alston bt Brown 2 and 1
A Summers bt Smith 7 and 6
Reid bt Arbuckle 6 and 5
Sutherland bt Sneddon 3 and 1

HANDICAP CHAMPIONSHIP
QUARTER-FINALS
R Adamson (Panmure Barry) bt Wendy Smith (Monifieth) 5 and 3
Susan Sneddon (Forfar) bt Marion Duthie (Panmure Barry) 6 and 4.
Angela Campbell (Panmure Barry) bt Sheila Brunton Carnoustie Ladies 1 hole.
Alice Leiper (Carnoustie Ladies) bt Pam Nicoll (Royal Montrose) 1 hole.
SEMI-FINALS
Adamson bt Sneddon 3 and 2
Leiper bt Campbell at 19th.