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TOP SEEDS CRUISE INTO NORTH OF

SCOTLAND SEMI-FINALS

Top seeds Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) and Carnoustie Ladies' Ailsa Summers cruised into the semi-finals of the North of Scotland women's amateur championship for the Gifford Trophy with two comfortable wins today.
Leading qualifier Sneddon, who played on the US college circuit during her student days in America,  took only 2hr 10min to beat Lynne Tough (Newmachar) 7 and 6 in the opening tie of the 
match-play stages.
Then the Alyth player knocked out the Angus county champion Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir) with a 5 and 4 victory.
No 2 seed Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) beat two US college students during the day, first Hannah Robb (Scotscraig) 6 and 5 and then Katie Reid (Monifieth) 5 and 3.
Reid had beaten the 2001 and 20012 champion, Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies), by 2 and 1 in the first round.

Title-holder Claire Prouse (Hazlehead) was beaten 4 and 3 in the quarter-finals by Aboyne teenager Kimberley Beveridge who meets Sneddon with a place in the final at stake.
Beveridge reached the final of the Aberdeenshire women's county championship a few weeks ago.
St Andrews University student Summers, winner of the St Rule Trophy last year at St Andrews, will play Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) in the other.
semi-final.
Eilidh won the North of Scotland girls championship at Deeside last summer. 
The tournament enjoyed a sunny day in contrast to some other Angus golf courses which were closed due to flooding.

RESULTS
SCRATCH
First round
Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) bt Lynne Tough (Newmachar) 7 and 6
Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir) bt Rachel Polson (Peterculter) 5 and 4
Claire Prouse (Hazlehead) bt Lauren Watson (Deeside) 2 and 1.
Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) bt Jackie Brown (Kirriemuir) 4 and 3.
Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) bt Jen Saxton (Kinross) 5 and 4.
Claire Robertson (Carnoustie Ladies) bt Nicola Robertson (Stirling) 5 and 3
Katie Reid (Monifieth) bt Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) 2 and 1
Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) bt Hannah Robb (Scotscraig)  6 and 5


QUARTER-FINALS
Sneddon bt Ramsay 5 and 4.
Beveridge bt Prouse 4 and 3.
Watson bt Robertson 3 and 2.
Summers bt Reid 5 and 3.

SEMI-FINALS
8.50am Jacqueline Sneddon v Kimberley Beveridge
9.00am Eilidh Watson v Ailsa Summers

HANDICAP 
First round
Caroline Denning (Newmachar) bt Mary Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 1 hole
Joan Cooper (Forres) bt Sheila Bradley (Kirriemuir) at 19th
Fiona Hay (Deeside) bt Valerie Purdie (Dunblane) 2 and 1
Lynne Doverty (Newmachar) bt Lesley Watson (Deeside) 1 hole
Agnes Freeman (Ladies Panmure Barry) bt Kirsty Brodie (Strathmore) 2 and 1
Claire Curnin (Royal Montrose) bt Hayley Thompson (Newmachar) 4 and 3
Jemma Chalmers (Monifieth) bt Susan Murray (Murcar Links) 3 and 1.
Molly Stewart (Murcar Links) bt Mary Horn 
(Newmachar) 4 and 3

Quarter-finals

Denning (21)  bt Cooper (Forres) (16) 5 and 4

Hay (6) bt Doverty (30) 4 and 3
Curnin (20) bt Freeman (12) 3 and 1.

Chalmers (4) bt Stewart (5) at  20th

Semi-finals

9.10 Caroline Denning (21) v Fiona Hay  (6)

9.20 Claire Curnin (20) v Jemma Chalmers (4)

 Consolation Round Results
CSS 75
1st scratch
Isla Moncrieff (Pitlochry) 85
1st Handicap
Kathy McKay (Muthil) 96 (23) 73
2nd Handicap
Dorothy Marshall (Forres) 92 (19) 73