Carmen Griffiths defends Shire women's county 

title at Murcar Links from May 3 to 5

Teenager Carmen Griffiths (Aboyne), pictured below, will be defending the Aberdeenshire women's county golf championship at Murcar Links from May 3 to 5.

She won the title at Banchory 12 months ago.

Michelle Finnie (Aberdeen Ladies) will be defending the handicap championship.

There will be 16 qualifiers who progress to the scratch match-play and eight qualifiers for the handicap match-play. 

The first round of the scratch and handicap match-play will be held on Saturday, May 4, starting at 9.30am.

The scratch quarter-finals and handicap semi-finals will take place on the same day at 14.30pm.

The scratch semi-finals and handicap final will start at 9.30am on Sunday, May 5 with the scratch final scheduled to start at 14.30 on the same day. 

Late entries will be accepted by Karen Stalker on 07979 688030

The draw for the qualifying round is:
Abbreviations – A Aboyne; AL Aberdeen Ladies; Af Alford; B Banchory; CB Cruden Bay; D Deeside; DHR Duff House Royal; E Edzell; H Hazlehead; Hu Huntly; K Kemnay; McD McDonald Ellon; MH Meldrum House; ML Murcar Links; W Westhill

14.00 K Stalker (CB), S Wood (AL).
14.10 S May (CB), L Mutch (MH)  
14.20 E Whyte (AL), C Wilson (ML)  
14.30 J Harrison (CB), L Whyte (AL)  
14.40 K Beveridge (A), G Mackenzie (B)  
14.50 L Anderson (DHR), D Pocock (ML)  
15.00 M Finnie (AL), L Terry (CB)  
15.10 M Adam (H), F Campbell (McD)  
15.20 N Dervish-Uman (K), A Taylor (K)  
15.30    
15.40 S Leslie (ML), H Bycroft (Af)  
15.50 S Collinson (W), V Neish (ML)  
16.00 L Buckley (Hu), J Lees (W)  
16.10    
16.20    
16.30 C Macdonald (AL), L Watson (D)  
16.40 K Emeleus (H), R Fowlie (E)  
16.50 E Gissing (ML), R Mathieson (H)  
17.00 F Pennie (K), C Griffiths (A)