TEE TIMES FOR NORTHERN COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP

VERY STRONG FIELD FOR ROYAL 

DORNOCH ON SATURDAY, MAY 10

By ALISON BARTLETT
Below is the initial draw (there are always changes) of the draw for the qualifying competition of the Northern Counties Championship at Royal Dornoch on Saturday 10th May.  
The draw is available on the Northern Counties website - www.northern-counties.com
In order to complete a qualifying medal and the first round of the matchplay (quarter-finals) in each of the handicap and scratch competitions on Saturday, we have had to restrict the number of players to the top 72 exact handicaps.  
This has meant that the cut off has fallen in the middle of a group of 24 handicappers, which will be disappointing for the 12 ladies who currently fall over the cut-off limit, but they are all on a waiting list and will be contacted in strict handicap order if we have withdrawals between now and the competition.
It is an extremely strong field, with 21 players of handicap 10 and under, and includes several ex-County representative players (Kerri Harper and Meg Sievewright among them) who have not played in recent County Championships.  
One notable absentee is Hannah McCook, who was our County Champion in 2012 but who is unavailable next weekend.  
She is also unfortunately unavailable for the North inter-county jamboree at Pitlochry in June as she has been selected to represent the Great Britain Universities Golf Team to compete at the World University Championships in Crans Montana Switzerland 23-27 June.

TEE TIMES FOR QUALIFYING ROUND
                   
07:00  
Kerri Harper    Inverness    2
Mary Smith    Tain    2
Cara Thompson    Royal Dornoch    2
07:10     
Alison Bartlett    Royal Dornoch    2
Meg Sievewright    Buckpool    3
Anne    Ryan    Tain    3
07:20    
Jenny Milne    Elgin    3
Claire Riddell    Royal Dornoch    4
Gillian Dowling    Inverness    5
07:30      
Marion Howieson    Inverness    7
 Kaylan    Grainger    Strathpeffer    7
 Gillian    Cruden    Nairn Dunbar    8
07:40   
Lynne  Fraser    Fortrose & Rosemarkie    7
 Carinne    Taylor    Nairn    8
 June    Nicol    Inverness    9
07:50
  Annabelle    Brown    Nairn Dunbar    8
  Norma    Fleming    Royal Dornoch    9
  Niketa    Cruickshank    Buckpool    10
08:00  
    Emma Logie    Buckpool    10
    Susan MacVicar    Nairn    10
    Alison Gowie    Inverness    10
08:10   
      Lesley Beaney    Brora    11
      Margot Barr    Nairn    11
      Emma Borthwick    Nairn Dunbar    11
08:20    
    Madison Strachan    Cullen    12
     Susan Mackenzie     Elgin    12
    Denise McBride    Royal Dornoch    13
08:30  
 Pat Morrison    Muir of Ord    14
 Fiona Hampton    Royal Dornoch    15
 Linda Wheeler    Forres    15
08:40      
   Pat    Ashe    Brora    15
   Joan    Cooper    Forres    16
    Jacqui    Coulthard    Grantown on Spey    16
08:50   
   Abbie    Cruden    Nairn Dunbar    16
   Hazel    Flynn    Inverness    17
   Eileen    Macrae    Royal Dornoch    17
09:00    
     Anne  Clarke    Brora    17
     Val Wright    Forres    17
     Wilma Murray    Royal Dornoch    18
09:10 
       Eleaner    Munro    Forres    17
       Chris    Marshall    Torvean    17
      Rebecca    Riddell    Royal Dornoch    18
09:20     Angela     Grant    Brora    18
     Barbara    Grant    Forres    18
      Elaine    Hill    Grantown on Spey    18
09:30       Panja    Bethune    Muir Of Ord    18
    Mairi    Orr    Golspie    19
      Marjorie    Dixon    Brora    19
09:40    49    Doreen    McCaig    Forres    19
    50    Fiona    More    Golspie     19
    51    Maureen    Ritchie    Muir of Ord    19
09:50    52    Mary    Martin    Inverness    20
    53    Julie    Fraser    Muir of Ord    21
    54    Moira    Rennie    Royal Dornoch    20
10:00    55    Dorothy    Marshall    Forres    20
    56    Sally    Rowan    Inverness    20
    57    Eveline    Hutton    Muir of Ord    21
10:10    58    Margaret    Barron    Forres    21
    59    Sheila    Duncan    Royal Dornoch    21
    60    Morag    James    Forres    21
10:20    61    Carol    Macdonald    Grantown on Spey    21
    62    Liz    Colvin    Inverness    21
    63    Carolyn    Boyd    Forres    21
10:30    64    Deirdre    Wlodarczyk    Tain    21
    65    Kate    Lawson    Royal Dornoch    21
    66    Katie    Miller    Forres    22
10:40    67    Bel    Shepherd    Royal Dornoch    22
    68    Ellen    Garrow    Forres    23
    69    Gill     Omand    Inverness    23
10:50    70    Liz    Smith    Nairn Dunbar    24
    71    Irene    Hart    Royal Dornoch    24
    72    Val    McMurdo    Forres    24
                   
WAITING LIST                   
    73    Rosemary    Muschamp    Royal Dornoch    24
    74    Lynda    Wood    Forres    25
    75    Liz    Henderson    Royal Dornoch    26
    76    Lauren    Tepper    Royal Dornoch    26
    77    Sara    Irvine    Royal Dornoch    27
    78    Anne    Macdonald    Tain    27
    79    Morag    Simpson    Nairn Dunbar    28
    80    Rosalind    Miller    Forres    28
    81    Carol    O'Keefe    Forres    28
    82    Anne    Gunn    Royal Dornoch    29
    83    Lynda    Tolson    Grantown on Spey    30
    84    Linda    Offin    Bonar Bridge    31
    85