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Venue Announced for 2008 Scottish Schools Golf Championships

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The 2008 Scottish Schoolboys and Schoolgirls’ Golf Championship shall be hosted by Inchmarlo Golf Centre, Banchory near Aberdeen.

The championship shall be played around the Laird’s Golf Course.

Martinsville win Indiana Girl High School States Golf Finals

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Martinsville won the 2007 Indiana Girl High School States Golf Finals by a comfortable margin of 19 shots at the 5697 yard par 72 Legends of Indiana Golf Course.

Scoreboard as follows.

Hannah Barwood leads English Girls to victory in schools’ golf international

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Gloucestershire’s Hannah Barwood (pictured above) captained the English schools girls’ team  to a fine 5½-½ win in the annual international against Wales at Gay Hill, Worcestershire.

Warwickshire’s Elizabeth Mallett wins English Schools Under-16 Title

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Warwickshire’s Elizabeth Mallett became a national titleholder at the age of 12 when she won the English Schools U16 championship at Thetford, Norfolk.

Elizabeth Mallett, Winner English Schools U16 Championship 2007

St Columb’s College Win Ulster Schools Junior Golf Championship at Malone Golf Club

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The winner of the Schools Junior Golf Championship held at Malone Golf Club (pictured below) on Monday 25 June was St Columb’s College and the Runner-up was Sullivan Upper.

Leading Scores as follows  (Scoring by Stableford Gross Points)

Hannah Barwood retains English Schools championship

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Gloucestershire’s Hannah Barwood (pictured below) has won the English Schools girls’ championship for the third time in four years.

Scottish Schools Golf Championship at Gullane Golf Club

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Neil Henderson of West Lothian shot a fantastic round of seven under par 61 to win the Scottish schoolboys’ golf championship at Gullane.(pictured below)

Pamela Pretswell of South Lanarkshire won the schoolgirls’ title by seven strokes form the favourite, Kelsey MacDonald (Highland) with scores of 68 and 70 over the Gullane No 2 and No 3 courses for a fine total of 138. Kelsey scored 74 and 71 for 145 for second place in a field of 40 girls.

Neil Henderson, a member at the Glen club, North Berwick, had a 66 over the No 2 course and his total of 127 also put him seven shots clear of runners-up Tom Hayes of East Lothian(68-66) and Alan Murdoch of Dumfries & Galloway) (71-63).

East Lothian (399) ran away with the boys’ team title, thanks to the efforts of Neil Henderson, Tom Hayes and Shaun Gordon by 22 shots from Perth & Kinross; and Highland won the girls team event.
Scores as follows.

BOYS
127 N Henderson (East Lothan) 66 61.
134 T Hayes (East Lothian) 68 66, A Murdoch (Dumfries & Galloway) 71 63.
137 D Law (Aberdeen City) 72 65, F McKenna (East Dunbartonshire) 69 68.
138 S Gordon (East Lothian) 73 65, G Wright (Falkirk) 72 66, D Young (Perth & Kinross) 70 68.
140 L Reid (Highland) 70 70, F Moore (Falkirk) 73 67, S McLaren (Perth & Kinross) 74 66.
141 B Sloan (South Lanarkshire) 74 67, J Binning (Renfrewshire) 74 67, M Pennycott (North Ayrshire) 74 67.
142 J Bradley (Renfrewshire) 74 68, K McClung (Dumfries & Galloway) 74 68, A.Wright (South Ayrshire) 70 72

143 M Bookless (South Lanarkshire) 74 69, C Robb (South Aberdeenshire) 76 67, P Shields (South Lanarkshire) 73 70, S Boyle (West Lothian) 75 68, P McPhee (Perth & Kinross) 73 70.
144 N MacAndrew (Aberdeen City) 73 71, D Dolan (West Lothian) 77 67, J Rhind (West Lothian) 75 69.
145 A Abercrombie (North Ayrshire) 73 72.
146 A Lauder (Renfrewshire) 79 67, J Hendry (Glasgow City) 77 69.
147 C Stewart (Highland) 76 71, R Forgie (Clackmannan) 72 75.
148 R Elder (Highland) 77 71, C Trahan (South Aberdeenshire) 78 70, G Dowie (Clackmannan) 74 74.
149 M Fraser (Argyll & Bute) 72 77, I Finlay (Fife) 81 68.
150 I McNab (Argyll & Bute) 80 70.
151 F Lawrie (North Ayrshire) 76 75.
152 D MacAndrew (Aberdeen City) 78 74, E McLaren (Dumfries & Galloway) 82 70, J Dimmock (Falkirk) 77 75.
153 A Tester (Clackmannan) 82 71.
155 R Docherty (East Dunbartonshire) 80 75.
159 C Bremner (South Aberdeenshire) 81 78.
161 C MacKenzie (Argyll & Bute) 84 77.
BOYS TEAM
399 East Lothian.
421 Perth & Kinross.
425 Glasgow City (better second round total), Edinburgh.
427 South Lanarkshire.
428 Dumfries & Galloway.
429 Renfrewshire.
430 Falkirk.
431 West Lothian, North Aberdeenshire.
433 Aberdeen City.
435 Highland, East Dunbartonshire.
437 North Ayrshire, West Dunbartonshire.
440 Fife.
448 Clackmannan.
450 South Aberdeenshire, Borders.
451 Dundee City.
453 Angus.
456 North Lanarkshire.
460 Argyll & Bute.
461 South Ayrshire.
GIRLS
138 P Pretswell (South Lanarkshire) 68 70.
145 K MacDonald (Highland) 74 71.
146 J Meldrum (East Dunbartonshire) 71 75, J Turner (Edinburgh) 72 74.
147 R Wilson (Angus) 73 74.
150 S Vass (Highland) 78 72.
151 R Watson (Edinburgh) 78 73, R Watton (Edinburgh) 78 73.
154 A Smith (Dundee City) 81 73.
155 E Briggs (Renfrewshire) 75 80, I Craigie (Borders) 76 79.
156 E Muirhead (Perth & Kinross) 77 79.
157 C Easton (Edinburgh) 80 77, L Atkins (Borders) 76 81, S Jackson (Fife) 78 79, Z Differ (North Lanarkshire) 76 81.
159 M Johnstone (Aberdeen City) 81 78, A Bowie (Angus) 78 81, L McGregor (Fort Valley) 77 82.
161 L Allan (North Ayrshire) 78 83, H Gaunt (South Ayrshire) 79 82.
163 H Peebles (Dundee City) 84 79, A Niven (Perth & Kinross) 81 82, L McNulty (Argyll & Bute) 80 83.
165 J Graham (Dumfries & Galloway) 78 87.
167 G Simpson (Edinburgh) 81 86.
168 R McQueen (South Ayrshire) 87 81
169 S Leslie (South Aberdeenshire) 78 91, J Vass (Highland) 75 94.
171 L Meldrum (East Dunbartonshire) 81 90.
172 J Shields (Perth & Kinross) 84 88.
174 K Moss (Angus) 89 85, G MacDonald (Edinburgh) 84 90, A Mitchell (Borders) 82 92.
177 L Duncan (South Aberdeenshire) 82 95.
179 K Ward (East Lothian) 87 92.
181 G Arnott (North Ayrshire) 89 92.
182 L Smith (Dundee City) 87 95.
Best net total: R Watton (Edinburgh) (8) 135.
GIRLS TEAM
295 Highland.
299 South Lanarkshire.
306 Angus.
308 Edinburgh.
317 East Dunbartonshire, Dundee City.
319 Perth & Kinross.
329 South Ayrshire, Fife.
330 Aberdeen City, Forth Valley.
331 Renfreshire.
335 Borders.
342 North Ayrshire.
346 South Aberdeenshire.
355 Midlothian.
362 East Lothian.
NRs Glasgow City, North Lanarkshire.