SCOTLAND'S GIRLS OF 2006 - A DREAM TEAM, SAYS COACH KARYN DALLAS

Photographer Tom Ward who took the above picture of the victorious Scotland team with the Stroyan Cup at the conclusion of the 2006 Girls' Home Internationals at Portstewart in Northern Ireland sadly died recently.
Kirriemuir Golf Club professional Karyn Dallas, who was coach to the SLGA international teams in those days, is pictured on the left.
She recalls: "It was a dream team and a wonderful week! What lovely memories the picture brings back. Sorry to hear about photographer Tom Ward's death."
Karyn kindly supplied a left to right caption.
She is first left. After that it's:
Back row: Megan Briggs, Krystle Caithness, Michele Thomson, Rachel Livingstone, Jenni Jenkins (captain)

Middle row: Roseanne Niven

Bottom row: Kelsey MacDonald, Carly Booth and Sally Watson

Note about Tom Ward: Tom paid a lot of attention to setting up team pictures like the one above. You can see how he positioned everyone in the picture for a perfectly balanced composition.  


REPORT FROM 2006:

 SCOTLAND WIN GIRLS' HOME INTERNATIONALS

Anything Scotland’s boys can do, our girls can do better! Twenty-four hours after Scotland won the boys’ home internationals title at Lossiemouth for the first time since 1995, Scotland won the girls’ home internationals crown at Portstewart Golf Club in Northern Ireland.
And the Scots’ Under-18 girls did it with a bit more to spare than their male counterparts.
The team captained by Jenny Jenkins followed up wins over Wales and defending champions England by whipping Ireland 9-0.
The last time Scotland won the Stroyan Cup that goes with the title was in 1998 at Mullingar.
Top performers for the Scots were Scottish Under-18 champion Roseanne Niven (Crieff) and 15-year-old Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) with six wins out of six, closely followed by 14-year-old Carly Booth (Comrie) with five wins and a halved match.
Sally Watson (Elie and Earlsferry), only 15, and Scottish Under-21 champion Krystle Caithness (St Regulus) both won five points out of six.
Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon) had a 100 per cent winning record through four ties.
England finished runners-up to Scotland at Portstewart by beating Wales 6-3 in their final match.

Friday’s details:
IRELAND 0, SCOTLAND 9
Ireland names first:
Foursomes: S Meadow and V Bradshaw lost to K Caithness and M Thomson 4 and 3; S Faller and L Toomey lost to C Booth and S Watson 3 and 1; L Mernagh and S Cunningham lost to R Niven and K MacDonald 3 and 2 (0-3).
Singles: Meadow lost to Caithness 3 and 2, L Coffey lost to Niven 3 and 2, Cunningham lost to Watson 5 and 3, N McMahon lost to R Livingstone 6 and 5, Bradshaw lost to MacDonald 3 and 1; Toomey lost to Booth 4 and 3 (0-6).

ENGLAND 6, WALES 3
England names first
Foursomes: J Ewart and F Parker halved with T Davies and K O’Connor; H Barwood and G Hardie bt L J Roberts and A Rees 1 hole; E Givens and R Jennings lost to R H Harries and H Boulden 5 and 4 (1 ½-1 ½).
Singles: Ewart bt Davies 3 and 1, Barwood halved with Harries, Hardie lost to O’Connor 2 and 1, Burke bt Rees 4 and 2, Givens bt N Gobey 2 and 1, R Connor bt Roberts 2 and 1 (4 ½-1 ½).