DAWN BREAKS INTO THE NORTH BERWICK LADIES CHAMPIONS' CIRCLE

  Winners of North Berwick Golf Club's ladies' finals day on Sunday. Left to right; Jenni Ray (Senior champion, holding the Anne Chainey Trophy), Anne McCarthy (Lady captain), Dawn Young (Ladies champion, holding the Lady Betty Weston Salver), Ros Thoresen (Lady vice-captain), Sheila Montgomery (Bronze champion, holding the Donaldson Trophy).

It cannot happen very often that a mother's name appears AFTER her daughter's in a list of club champions - but, take a bow, East Lothian Ladies county captain Dawn Young who, on Sunday, won the North Berwick GC ladies championship for the first time .... following in the footsteps of her talented teenage daughter Clara.

The match-play rounds were played over the week on a superb but tough and tighter West Links than usual, in preparation for the Open champion qualifying coming up soon.
All the ladies who won are first time winners in their categories. Jenni Ray is a very new member to the club and was victorious in her first attempt at the senior ladies title.
Dawn Young had not appeared in the final since 1998 while five months pregnant with her son and with her then three-year-old daughter  Clara spectating from a distance.
Sheila Montgomery, a long time golfer in North Berwick, also had her  title win and all the more impressive by beating opponents many years her junior.

 Results of Finals:


Jenni Ray beat Maggi Buffin 2 and 1.
Dawn Young beat Keren Ward 2 holes.
Shiela Montgomery beat Elaine McInroy 2 and 1.

FOOTNOTE:

Clara Young won the North Berwick ladies' club championship in 2009 at 12 years of age - the youngest ever ladies'champion.

She retained the title in  2010 at 13 years old and then lost to Keren Ward in 2011. She has been unable to play since due to clashes with St Rule Trophy and Scottish schools championships.

Dawn Young's father, won the North Berwick Golf Club men's championship in 1982 and her husband won the Tantallon GC Championship in 1990. Tantallon play over the West Links also.