Rebecca Wilson has been selected for the girls home internationals team and will represent Scotland at Barry from 5-7 August.  Full team is:

L Atkins (Minto), C Booth (Comrie), E Briggs (Kilmacolm), K MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), R McQueen (Troon Ladies), A Niven (Crieff), S Vass (Tain), R Wilson (Monifieth).

Reserves: 1 G Scanlan (Hamilton), 2 J Meldrum (Dullatur), 3 H McCook (Abernethy).

Rebecca will also captain the girls team at the British Girls Championships at Monifieth from August 11-15.  her score,  along with those of Carly Booth and Kelsey MacDonald will count for the international  team stroke-play event which is staged in conjunction with the qualifying rounds. The reserves are Lesley Atkins (Minto) and Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey).

Well done Rebecca - we wish you all the best!

With both of these competitons being local,  I'm sure both the Scottish teams would value any support we can muster from Angus.  Since our colours match the SLGA official colours,  County jumpers would create an impressive lilac army!

On a breezy and difficult day, nine of our juniors qualified for the 1st and 2nd flight matchplay stages of the Scottish Gilrs Championships at Alyth today.

Rebecca Wilson,  Ailsa Summers and Ashley Smith made it through to the championship draw,  whilst Jessica Meek,  Heather Munro, Katie Reid, Ashley Alston, Louise Smith and Jemma Chalmers all compete in the Ainsley Reid Salver.

For the draws and todays results, click here

Best of luck to all tomorrow!!!

Katy McNicoll lost 2&1 to local player Alex Bushby in the North of Scotland Championshp final today and a hard fought contest with a better ball score of 7 under par. Great game to watch - much credit goes to both players.

15 year old Jemma Chalmers had a fantastic win in the handicap matchplay with an emphatic 6&5 win in the final,  having previously knocked out Gail Wilson by 4&2 in the semi.

All in all a great week for Angus and Monifieth Todays results below.

Championship - Semi-finals
Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie Ladies) bt Susan Arbuckle (Panmure Barry) 3 and 2.
Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore) bt Aileen Hunter (Monifieth) 5 and 4.
Final - Bushby bt McNicoll 2 and 1.

Handicap - Semi-finals
J Chalmers (Monifieth) (13) bt G Wilson (Monifieth) (14) 4 and 2.
D MacKinnon (McDonald Ellon) (11) bt J Sneddon (Alyth) (17) 2 holes.
Final - Chalmers bt MacKinnon 6 and 5.

Katy McNicoll,  Susan Arbuckle and little old me are all through to the semi finals of the North of Scotland Championships at Strathmore. The other semi finalist is Alex Bushby from P&K.

In the Handicap matchplay,  2 of our juniors, Gail Wilson and Jemma Chalmers will meet each other in the semi tomorrow morning.

This means that Angus will be represented in both finals.

Bushby bt Walker 3 and 2.
Semi-finals at 8.52 and 9am.
HANDICAP – First round -
J Chalmers (Monifieth) (13) bt S Leighton (Alyth) (5) 5 and 4.
J Griffiths (Strathmore) ( bt N Morrison (Dunblane) (10) 2 and 1.

Some great Angus performances in the NOS at Strathmore today.  Katy McNicoll was leading qualifier with a one under par 71.  Jane Grubb also fared well with 72.  In total there were 7 Angus players in the top 16 scratch qualifiers.

In the handicap qualifying,  3 of our juniors will compete - Jemma Chalmers, Ashley Alston anhd Gail Wilson.

Alternating seven and eight-minute intervals
9.0 McNicoll v Lambie, Anderson v Ingram, Arbuckle v Ramsay, Smith v Brown.
9.30 Grubb v Dowling, Hunter v Ogilvy, Walker v Ryan, Vass v Bushby.
Handicap match-play draw:
10.0 J Chalmers v S Leighton, J Griffiths v N Morrison, L Kelly v A Alston, S Irvine v G Wilson.
10.30 S MacKinnon v M Horn, E Anderson v H Gibson, M Aird v S Beltonk, S Bradley v Jennifer Sneddon.
OTHER SCORES:
78 Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth).
79 S Leighton (Alyth), E Muirhead (Pitlochry).
80 J Yellowlees (Murrayshall).
81 A Summers (Panmure Barry), J Griffiths (Strathmore).
82 J Chalmers (Monifieth), H Gibson (Alyth), A Niven (Crieff), G Murray (Cruden Bay), L McGillivary (Banchory), N Morrison (Dunblane), S MacKinnon (McDonald Ellon).
83 M Aird (Strathmore), L Hardie (Aberdeen Ladies), F Millar (Carnoustie Ladies), M Summers (Panmure Barry).
84 S Sneddon (Carnoustie Caledonian), N Fleming (Alyth), F Blair (Carnosutie Ladies).
85 E Fertacz, L McGraw (Auchterarder), A Alston (Royal Montrose), G Wilson (Monifieth).

Here's the draw for the qualifying round of the North of Scotland Championship at Strathmore on Monday 7th July.

9.0 E Ogilvy (Auchterarder) and partner; K McNicoll (Carnoustie Ladies), L Walker (Muckhart); A Ramsay (Kirriemuir), A Bushby (Strathmore); H Anderson (Downfield), A Ryan (Tain), J Brown (Monifieth).
9.30 M Smith (Tain), A Hunter (Monifieth), J Sneddon (Alyth); M Summers (Panmure Barry), C Penman (Carnoustie Ladies), F Hay (Deeside); F Miller (Carnoustie Ladies), A Niven (Crieff), A Ingram (Fort William).
10.0 F Blair (Carnoustie Ladies), E Muirhead (Pitlochry), J Yellowlees (Murrayshall); G Lambie (Dunkeld), S Arbuckle (Panmuire Barry), G Dowling (Inverness); M Hope (Blairgowrie), S Bushby (Strathmore), A Gowrie (Inverness).
10.30 N Fleming (Alyth), J Griffiths (Strathmore), J Clark (Panmure Barry); A Summers (Panmure Barry), F Sinclair (Carnoustie Caledonia), J Petrie (Panmure Barry); L Hardie (Aberdeenshire), J Henderson (Royal Motnrose), M Aird (Strathmore).
11.0 S Sneddon (Carnoustie Caledonia), C Whicher (Aberdeen Ladies), N Morrison (Dunblane), S Mackinnon (McDonald Ellon), J Lang (Alyth), L McGillivray (Banchory); I McGraw (Auchterarder), G Pennycook (Alyth), A Freeman (Panmure Barry).
11.30 S Tait (Newmachar), P Drysdale (Alyth), M Duthie (Panmure Barry); H Kelly (Panmure Barry), F Johnston (Alyth), M Faulkner (Royal Montrose); S Belton (Kirriemuir), K MacCallum (McDonald Ellon), A Hope (Newmachar).
12.0 C Turner (Alyth), A Alston (Royal Montrose), G Wilson (Monifieth); G Murray (Cruden Bay), J Taylor (Strathmore), H Gibson (Alyth); K Esslemont (Cruden Bay), C Bryce (Ballater), S Cummins (Royal Montrose); J Kennedy (Blairgowrie), A Grewar (Strathmore), I Joss (Newmachar).
12.30 C Choudhary (Callander), F Gibson (Ballater), J Chalmers (Monifieth); R McLean (Cruden Bay), C Lambie (Dunkeld), S MacDonell (Inverness); C Robertson (Dunkeld), EThomson (Aberdeen Ladies), L Kelly (Newmachar).
1.0 J Sneddon (Alyth), F Watterson (Newburgh; S Bradley (Kirriemuir), E Barrack (Aberdeen Ladies), M Robertson (Strathmore); B Lyburn (Blairgowrie),E Herries (Banchory), D Massie (Newmachar); E Aird (Strathmore), S Adamson (Banchory), F Martin (Kirriemuir).
1.30 S Fenner (Strathmore), E Anderson (Deeside), C Peebles (Alyth); L McWilliam (Banchory), R McGeoghegan (Strathmore), D Wallace (Blairgowrie).
1.52 C McNab (Strathmore), M Walker (Aboyne), N Rice-Melville (Downfield).
2.0 J Groom (Strathmore), J Pritchard (Newmachar), S Irvine (Blairgowrie).

The County players won a warm up match 3-1 against the men at Edzell last night.  This sets us up nicely for the North jambouree which is being held at Downfield on Sat 28-Mon 30 June - i.e. this coming weekend.

If you have time to come along and support we'd be thrilled to see you - wear lilac if you can!!

Angela Dutch (Downfield and Jane Tough (Edzell) were runners up in the bronze and silver sections respectively at the LGU Madals Scottish Grand Finals at Crieff on sunday.

Click here for the full results from the SLGA website.

Another Downfield member, Anne Scott, won the Ritchie Rosebowl at Camperdown on Sunday.

The North team played some excellent golf at Ballumbie over the weekend in the inter-county matches.  Played in a two-ball format, round robin,  they drew with the East and West and lost narrowly to South.  The East went on to win the event.

Team from left to right Rachel Polson Aberdeenshire, Ailie Burnett P&K, Ashley Smith Angus, Sammy Vass & Hannah McCook North and Ailsa Summers Angus.

Team member Katy McNicoll,  and one of our junior members Jessica Meek won the trophies at the Carnoustie Links Championships on Friday.  Katy won the scratch,  and Jessica the handicap.  Well done girls!

Kathleen Sutherland won the vets championship in the rain at Inchmarlo today,  beating Ann Smart from Banchory in the final by 6 and 4. 

In the morning, Ann had beaten Heather Anderson by 1 hole,  and Kathleen won by 7 & 6 against Ann Bowman from McDonald Ellon.

Well done  to Kathleen who previously won the title in 2006!

Sandra Russell from banchory won the bronze championship.

Draw for the Munross Trophy is as follows. Played in 3s at 8 minute intervals.

9.08 and 1.38 - K McCallum (McD), A Alston (RML); J Linklater (L), F Sinclair (CC); J Grubb (MML), F Blair (CL), A Niven (C); S Leslie (ML), R Rankin (Lan), D Dewar (M).

9.32 and 2.02 - J Meldrum (Dul), J Sizemoir (WR), J Brown (M): J Wycherley (Monk), A Hunter (M), J Jenkins (Ral); J Sneddon (Al), A Wilson (Lb), M MacPherson (TL); N Fenton (MoE), E Briggs (Kil), A Bushby (S).

10.04 and 2.35: L Hendry (R), S Vass (T), S Jackson (Lb); E Fairnie (Dun), R Niven (C), C M Carlton (F); J Carthew (Lb), R RTamsay (K), C MacDonald (GL); K McNicoll (CL), M Briggs (Kil), C Hargan (Mort).

10.36 and 3.06: L Kenney (P), M Mangone (WCC), L Murray (A); P Pretswell (BC), K Walker (Buch), M Thomson (McD).

Click here for Friday's County meeting draw.

The county team for the North Jamboree 28-30 June is as follows:

Katy McNicoll Carnoustie Ladies

Mary Summers Panmure Barry

Shonagh Raitt Forfar

Rebecca Wilson Monifieth

Jackie Brown Monifieth

Aileen Hunter Monifieth

Ann Ramsay Kirriemuir

Heather Anderson Downfield

Reserves Fran Millar Carnoustie Ladies & Dawn Dewar Monifieth

Go Angus!!!