NEW POWFOOT MEMBER MASTERS GULLANE 1 AT FIRST ATTEMPT

              Gemma Batty with the Mackie Bowl. Picture by Gillian Kirkwood

LANCASHIRE'S GEMMA BATTY WINS

MACKIE BOWL BY SIX STROKES

Lancashire lass Gemma Batty, a scratch golfer at Fairhaven Golf Club and now also Powfoot Golf Club, is the surprise winner of the Mackie Bowl SLGA 36-hole Order of Merit tournament over the Gullane No 1 course today.

Gemma, who is 20, moved to Powfoot on the Solway Firth about three weeks ago. Since then she has lost to Rachel Walker in high quality Dumfries-shire county final.

Now she has won the Mackie Bowl with rounds of 72 and 73 for an aggregate of three-under-par 145 which gave her a six-stroke winning margin over Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies), the former Scottish U18 girls match-play champion.

Lesley had scores of 73 and 78.

Third was Clara Young (North Berwick) with152 (78-74).
Gemma's family have been going to North Berwick on holiday for years  and she knows the courses in the area well, but, prior to today, had only played Gullane No 2 and No 3,  not No 1, which makes her victory all the more praiseworthy.

The CSS for the day was 75 and 76.

LEADING PRIZEWINNERS
Par 148 (2x74) SS  75 CSS 75 76

145 Gemma Batty (Powfoot) 72,73

151 Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies) 73 78

152 Clara Young (North Berwick) 78 74

153 Rachel Polson (Peterculter) 75 78 (better last round)

Other Prizes 

Best scratch first round - Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) 74

Second - Samantha Taylor (Tynemouth) 76 bih

Best scratch second round - Katie Reid ( Monifieth) 76

Second - Susan Jackson (Ladybank) 77

Best handicap aggregate  - Stacey Cameron (Gullane Ladies) 152

Second -  Jillian Farrell (Cardross) 153 (bih - last round)

    Gemma Batty receives the Mackie Bowl from Susan Penman, the Gullane Ladies captain.

OTHER SCRATCH TOTALS

153 Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) 74 79

155 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 76 79

156 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 78 78

158 Katie Reid (Monifieth) 82 76, Susan Jackson (Ladybank) 81 77, Samantha Taylor (Tynemouth) 76 82.

159 Alison McBride (Harburn) 80 79

162 Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) 82 80, Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) 80 82, Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 77 85

163 Jillian Farrell (Cardross) 82 81, Nicola Robertson (Stirling) 80 83

164 Louise MacGregor (Glenbervie) 81 83, Keren Ward (North Berwick) 79 85

165 Joanne Free (North Berwick) 85 80

167 Jennifer Allan (Glenbervie) 83 84, Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) 83 84

168 Kirsten Brown (Strathaven) 90 78, Lauren Watson (Deeside) 85 83, Susan McGrenaghan (Mount Ellen) 81 87

169 Catherine Small (North Berwick)    85 84, Emily Aird (Blairgowrie) 84 85

170 Stacey Cameron (Gullane Ladies) 82 88

173 Margo Gardner (Linlithgow) 88 85

174 Claire Robertson (Carnoustie Ladies) 89 85, Leanne Wilson (Kelso) 84 90

178 Ruth Rankin (Lanark) 89 89

179 Dawn Young (North Berwicki) 92 87

185 Amelia Taylor (St Anne's Old Links) 96 89

Withdrew: Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 82 wd.

Left to rigtht: Samantha Taylor, Hannah Scott, Gemma Batty and Lesley Atkins