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County ChampionshipChampionship 2006 - Sunday April 30th 2006 at Duddingston
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B championship was won by young Cara Easton (Dalmahoy). She beat
Gail MacDonald (Turnhouse) by 5 and 4 in the final. In the semi-finals
Gail beat Gillian Cartter (Broomieknowe) by 4 and 3. Cara beat Rachael
Watton (Mortonhall) by 4 and 3. Pictured right - Gail MacDonald
and Cara Easton.
Championship 2005 - Sunday May 1st at Ratho Park
In the morning semi-finals Claire Hargan finished with birdie at the 18th to win by one hole, after a very tight match against Claire MacDonald. In the other semi-final Jane Turner beat Noreen Fenton by 2/1 by playing steadily and putting very consistently. (Championship match-play results)
Championship 2004 -Sunday May 2nd at Newbattle
B Championship In the B Championship Jill Ireland (Newbattle) beat Pam Townsend (Murrayfield). In a tightly contested match, Jill had never been up. She squared the match at the 17th when Pam lost her second shot. The 18th and 19th holes were halved and Jill then holed a put to win at the 20th. Maureen Gardner and Mary Richardson (both Craigmillar Park) were the beaten semi-finalists
April 30th - County Championship Match-Play - The Semi Finals of the 2004 County Championship will be contested by the first four qualifiers- Karen Marshall, leading qualifier will play Claire Hargan, the defending champion; and Fiona de Vries, last year's beaten finalist will play Kirsten Blackwood, the no 2 qualifier (10 am on Sunday May 2nd). There were a number of very closely contested ties in the Championship and the B Championship first rounds at the Midlothian County Ladies Championship at Newbattle. Karen Marshall, the leading qualifier was taken to the 19th hole, as was the defending Champion, Claire Hargan. In the afternoon Quarter Finals the defending champion Claire Hargan had a good win, and Fiona de Vries, runner up in 2004, having been well up, was brought back to all square and taken to the 17th hole. Two of the Scottish Seniors Team, Pamela Williamson and Noreen Fenton, just failed to win their ties. Pamela lost at the 19th to Karen Marshall, and Noreen at the 17th to Kirsten Blackwood. First Round Results: Karen Marshall beat Rita Dee (19th
hole); Pamela Williamson beat Kate Rorke (2 holes); Jennifer Bryans
beat Jane Flucker (1 hole); Claire Hargan beat Tracy Laughland
(19th hole); Fiona de Vries beat Linda Caine (5/4); Sheila Lyon
beat Jane Turner (1 hole); Noreen Fenton beat Louise Fraser (2/1);
Kirsten Blackwood beat Fiona Hunter (3/2) B Championship First Round Results: Pam Townsend beat
Carol Fulton (1 up); Maureen Knubley w/o Sylvia Ritchie; Maureen
Gardner beat Eileen McLauchlan (6/5); Pat Wood beat June Oliver
(4/2); Gina Thomson beat Margaret McLaren (19th hole); Mary Richardson
beat Carole Mason (3/1); Jill Ireland beat Sheelagh Richardson
(19th hole); Molly Woolgar beat Judy Wilkie (22nd hole). April 29th - The MCLGA Championship Qualifying Competition (36 holes) was played at Newbattle Golf Course. Those tee-ing off first had the worst of the conditions. Luckily the rain eased off and allowed 36 holes to be played. Karen Marshall (Baberton) headed the qualifiers with 150 (76 74) and wins the Robertson Salver. Kirsten Blackwood (Glencorse) was second with 151 (79 72), Fiona de Vries (St Rule) took third place with 152 (76 76), and Claire Hargan (Prestonfield) was fourth on 155 (79 76). The knock-out match play will also be held at Newbattle on Friday April 30th along with the knock-out match play for the B Championship (tee-off times from 9 am and 2 pm ), with the semi-finals and final on Sunday May 2nd (10 am and 3 pm). Championship Qualifying - Scores and Qualifiers B Championship 2004" Qualifying was on one round at the Spring meeting held at Braids No 1 on April 13th 2004) 16 scratch qualifiers from handicap categories 3 & 4 ( 13-20 and 21-28) will play off (scratch match-play) during the County Championship on Friday April 30th and Sunday May 2nd at Newbattle Golf Club. Qualifiers for B Championship. Championship 2003
B Championship
Championship Match Play 2003- first day results Results of Championship Qualifying at Duddingston on April 29th 2003 Draw for 2003 Championship Qualifying at Duddingston Golf Course on April 29th 2003Championship 2002
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Claire Hargan (Mortonhall) (pictured left) won the Midlothian
women’s county golf championship for the fourth time in a row
at Duddingston Golf Club today. Claire, the No 3 seed, had to
go to the 19th before she beat clubmate Belinda Murphy in the
final. Claire birdied the ninth to be out in one-over-par 38 and
three up. Belinda fought back to square the match with a birdie
2 at the short 14th. After three successive halves, Claire had
the chance to win the title at the 18th but she missed a 3ft birdie
putt. At the first extra hole, Claire got home with two cracking
shots into a slight breeze at this par-5, 471yd hole but she did
not have to putt. Belinda was in the rough and eventually conceded
the hole, the match and the title. 
Claire
Hargan (Mortonhall) completed a hat trick and won the Midlothian
Championship at Ratho Park Golf Course for the third year in succession
when she beat clubmiate Jane Turner by 5/4 in the Final.
Both made unforced errors during the final. Jane fluffed her chip
at the first and allowed Claire to win with a par 4, Claire birdied
the second to go 2 up but was brought back to one at the next,
a short par 4, where Jane chipped and putted for a birdie. Jane
had a chance to go square at the 4th but missed a 6ft putt for
a birdie. She missed another short putt at the next to lose the
hole. They halved the 6th in par 4s and Jane three-putted the
seventh after the green had to be cleared of casual water to lose
another and go three down. They halved the short 8th in regulation
3s and both bogeyed the 9th. Claire reached the turn in one over
par 37 and was 3 up. They halved the 10th in par 4s, Jane made
a bit of a mess of the par 5 11th after being close in two mighty
blows, and allowed Claire to win it, and then three putted the
short 12th to go 5 down. A half in 3s at the short par 3 13th,
and then another half at the 14th gave Claire the Championship.
In
the B Championship Sarah Devenish (Kingsknowe) beat Helen Warnock
(Harburn) by 4/3. Sarah started with a birdie at the first,
and was one up at the turn. She closed out the match at the 15th
hole with an excellent up and down from the bunker to the right
of the green. Trish Davis (Dalmahoy) and Sandra Ashurst (Murrayfield)
were the losing semi-finalists from the morning ties 
Claire
Hargan (Prestonfield), won the Midlothian County Championship
for the second time when she beat Kirsten Blackwood (Glencorse)
by 3&2 in the Final. Claire won the first with a par 4, but
then lost her tee-shot at the second, where Kirsten had a 3
and squared the match.. Kirsten won the third with a 3 to go
one up. Claire then won the 5th with a 4 to square the match
and went one up at the 8th with a birdie 2, The 9th was halved
in 4, then Claire went ahead at the 10th with a 4 to Kirsten's
5. The 11th and 12th holes were halved with birdie and par 3s.
Claire was bunkered after her pitch at the 13th and Kirsten
won hole with a birdie 4 to bring the deficit back to one hole.
At the 14th Claire had a birdie 3 to win the hole and go back
to 2 up. She won the 15th with a par 4 and the match finished
at the 16th as the hole was halved in 5 and Claire won by 3/2.
There were 9 birdies between the two players and the best ball
was six under fours.
In
the morning semi-finals Claire Hargan finished with birdies
at the 13th and 14th to beat Karen Marshall (Baberton) by 5/4.
Fiona de Vries (St Rule) had been out in 4 under par to be 5
up, but Kirsten Blackwood held on and gradually reduced the
deficit and squared the match at the 16th with a birdie 3. The
17th and 18th holes were halved, with Kirsten winning through
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