TITLE-HOLDER HANNAH SCOTT THROUGH TO LAST 4 AT MORTONHALL

MIDLOTHIAN TOP SEED KATE IS

BEATEN BY FORMER CHAMPION

REPORT BY SHEILA STUART

Midlothian county captain

Midlothian championship match-play stages got underway today at Mortonhall on a chilly but calm day in near perfect conditions. 

In the opening ties, leading qualifier Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe)  played level par to close out her tie against Morag Wardrop (Turnhouse) at the 14th. 

Defending champion and No. 2 seed Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) had to work hard to finally win against Caroline Steedman (Murrayfield) on the 18th by a two-hole margin.

The upset of the morning was produced by Craigmillar Park's Sal Shepherd who played great golf to beat Emily Dalgetty (Glencorse) on the18th. Sal's tenacious form continued in the afternoon when her tie against Wendy Nicholson went to the wire, Shepherd winning on the 18th. 

Former champion Karen Marshall (Baberton), pictured above, who was taken to the 19th in the morning by Linda Bain (Lochend), proved too steady in the quarter-finals for young Kate McIntosh, especially around the greens, and closed her match on the 16th with a birdie 2.

So the semi-finals will pit Marshall against Shepherd and Scott against Kirsten Blackwood (Glencorse), pictured left

The last-named had two big-margin wins to reach the last four.

 

RESULTS

First round 

Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) bt Morag Wardrop (Turnhouse) 5 and 4

Karen Marshall (Baberton) bt Linda Bain (Lochend) at 19^th

Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) bt Jennifer Bryans (Harburn) 3 and 1

Sal Shepherd (Craigmillar Park ) bt Emily Dalgetty (Glencorse) 1 hole.

Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) bt Caroline Steedman (Murrayfield) 2 holes

Rachael Livingstone (Craigmillar Park) bt Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) 2 and 1

Karen Ferguson (Liberton) bt Eileen Gillespie (Lochend) 3 and 2

Kirsten Blackwood (Glencorse) bt Karina Matson (Carrickvale) 6 and 5.
 Quarter finals

Marshall bt McIntosh 3 and 1

Shepherd bt Nicholson 1 hole

Scott bt Livingstone 1 hole

Blackwood bt Ferguson 8 and 7

B Championship 

Quarter finals

Linda Boyle (Harburn) bt Sue Caton (Kingsknowe) 4 and 3

Gail Joughin (Merchants) bt Phyl Early (Glencorse) 5 and 4

Marion Glauch (Mortonhall) bt Jaci Moriarty (Lochend) 2 and 1

Carole Mason (Dalmahoy) bt Coleen Derighetti (Lochend) 6 and 4

Semi finals

Boyle bt Joughin 2 and 1

Glauch bt Mason at 20th