SHONAGH RAITT IS TOP ANGUS QUALIFIER
 Forfar's
Shonagh Raitt, pictured right, the title-winner in 1997, was the leading
qualifier by a four-stroke margin when the Angus women's county golf championship
began at Royal Montrose last Friday.
Shonagh, who lost in the finals of 1989, 1991 and 1996, had a score of
74, four shots ahead of the No 2 seed, defending champion Dawn Dewar from
Monifieth.
The only other player among the 16 qualifiers for the match-play stages
to break 80 in adverse weather conditions was Lynne Fenton (Abertay),
champion in 1998 and 1999 and beaten by Miss Dewar in last year's final.
Shonagh Raitt made the longish trip down to Troon to play in the Helen
Holm Scottish women's open amateur stroke-play championship the following
day and also on Sunday. But Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir), Angus champion in
2000 and beaten in the 2001 final, another competitor in the "Helen Holm,"
did not figure among the 16 qualifiers at Royal Montrose on the Friday.
Presumably she did not enter her county championship this year.
The championship continues at the same venue on Sunday, May 4 when the
first and second rounds of the match-play will be played in both the scratch
and handicap sections. The tournament will conclude on Sunday, May 11.
QUALIFIERS
74 S Raitt (Forfar).
78 D Dewar (Monifieth).
79 L Fenton(Abertay).
80 S McGregor (Edzell), A Hay (Letham Grange).
81 E Easton (Brechin).
83 L Fotheringham (Monifieth), J Walker (Montrose Mercantile), J Tough
(Brechin).
84 S Murray (Brechin), D Carcary (Montrose Mercantile), A Cree (Ladies
Panmure Monifieth).
86 W Miller (Arbroath).
88 J Ganson (Arbroath), I Chapman (Forfar, J Henderson (Montrose Mercantile).
HANDICAP QUALIFIERS
73 A Hutchison (Ladies Panmure Barry) (18).
76 A Fearn (Brechin) (24), M Duthie (Ladies Panmure Barry) (15).
79 A Rennie (Abertay) (16), N Turner (Abertay) (19), P Nicoll (Royal Montrose)
(17).
80 C Brown (Edzell) (11).
81 J Thomson (Royal Montrose) (21), D Rawnsley (Letham Grange) (8).
82 M Boyd (Royal Montrose) (12).
83 P Sutherland (Royal Montrose) (17).
84 S Arbuckle (Ladies Panmure Barry) (5), I Doig (Monifieth) (16), P Douglas
(Monifieth) (18), M Faulkner (Royal Montrose) (14), A McGregor (Ladies
Panmure Monifieth) (22).
REVISED match-play draws for Sunday at Royal Montrose are:
SCRATCH
8.59 S Raitt ( Forfar) v J Henderson (Montrose Mercantile),.
9.06 J Tough (Brechin) v J Walker (Montrose Mercantile).
9.13 A Hay (Letham Grange) v S McGregor (Edzell).
9.27 L Fenton (Abertay) v J Ganson (Arbroath).
9.34 D Carcary (Montrose Mercantile) v E Easton (Brechin).
9.41 L Fotheringham (Monifieth) v S Murray (Brechin).
9.48 I. Chapman (Forfar) v D Dewar (Monifieth).
HANDICAP
9.55 A Hutchison (Ladies Panmure Barry) (18) v A McGregor (Ladies Panmure
Monifeith) (22).
10.02 D Rawnsley (Letham Grange) (8) v J Thomson (Royal Montrose) (21).
10.09 N Turner (Abertay) (19) v S Arbuckle (Ladies Panmure Barry) (5).
10.16 I Doig (Monifieth) (16) v A Rennie (Abertay) (16).
10.23 M Duthie (Ladies Panmure Barry) (15) v P Douglas (Monifieth) (18).
(gap in tee times)
11.26 P Sutherland (Royal Montrose) (17) v P Nicoll (Royal Montrose) (17).
11.33 C Brown (Edzell) (11) v M Boyd (Royal Montrose) (12).
11.40 M Faulkner (Royal Montrose) (14) v A Fearn (Brechin) (24).
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