Tuesday, October 06, 2009


....................................JAMES WHITE .......................................................SUSAN JACKSON

JAMES WHITE AND SUSAN JACKSON TOP OF THE CLASS AT
LADYBANK STUDENTS' ORDER OF MERIT COMPETITION

James White, Andrew Wallace and Bobby Rushford provided a Stirling University 1-2-3 finish to the men's section while Susan Jackson (Edinburgh University) prevented another Stirling success in the women's category of the Scottish Universities Golf Order of Merit stroke-play event at Ladybank.
Former Scottish boys champion White, a member of Lundin Golf Club, Fife, had two classy rounds of 68 and 66 for an eight-under-par total of 134.
He won by five shots from Andrew Wallace (69-70) with Bobby Rushford (72-69) third on 141.
Susan Jackson, playing over her home Ladybank course, spreadeagled the women's field with a brilliant opening round of two-under-par 69. She cooled off a little with a second-round 77 for 146 but still won by six shots from Stirling University's Irish international player Rachel Cassidy (80-72) with Gemma Bradbury (St Andrews University), who helped Wales retain the women's home internationals title at Irvine last month, in third place with scores of 74 and 81 for 155.
Stirling A won the men's team title by 24 strokes. They were represented by James White, Andrew Wallace, Bobby Rushford and Colin Thomson.
Edinburgh won the women's title title by 10 shots. They were represented by Susan Jackson, Emma Fairnie and Isla Craigie.

LEADING MEN'S SCORES
Par 142 (2x71)
134 James White (Stirling) 68 66.
139 Andrew Wallace (Stirling) 69 70.
141 Bobby Rushford (Stirling) 72 69.
144 Ryan Campbell (Elmwood) 74 70, Alex Main (Edinburgh) 73 71.
146 Alex Culverwell (Stirling) 75 71, Colin Baird (Stirling) 74 71, Steven Scott (Abertay) 73 73, Graeme Robertson (Stirling) 73 73, Mik de Picciotto (St Andrews) 72 74, Patrick Spraggs (Stirling) 72 74.
147 Marc Smith (Elmwood) 76 71, Colin Thomson (Strling) 72 75.
148 Malcolm Pennycott (Heriot Watt) 79 69, Duncan Melville (St Andrews) 73 75, Michael Main (Dundee) 73 75.
149 Ryan Penny (UHI) 75 74, Ben Sloan (Heriot Watt) 74 75.
150 Steven Smith (Heriot Watt) 78 72, Gary Page (Elmwood) 77 73.
151 Fraser Moore (Edinburgh) 80 72, Mike Hunt (UHI) 79 73, Will Wrisdale (St Andrews) 78 74.
Women's scores:
Par 142 (2x71)
146 Susan Jackson (Edinburgh) 69 77.
152 Rachel Cassidy (Stirling) 80 72.
155 Gemma Bradbury (St Andrews) 74 81.
156 Emma Fairnie (Edinburgh) 78 78.
160 Rebecca Wilson (Stirling) 76 84.
163 Megan Jones (St Andrews) 85 78.
164 Ashley Smith (St Andrews) 83 81.
165 Jordana Graham (Stirling) 85 80.
167 Alisa Theunis (St Andrews) 83 84.
168 Eilidh Mackay (Stirling) 84 84.
172 Jennifer Linklater (St Andrews) 88 84.
177 Isla Craigie (Edinburgh) 92 85.
185 Nadia Green (St Andrews) 94 91.

LEADING TEAMS
Men
414 Stirling A: J White, A Wallace, B Rushford, C Thomson.
438 Stirling B: F Moore, G Robertson, C Baird, P Spraggs.
447 Heriot Watt: B Sloan, S Smith, M Pennycott, A Foley.
Other totals:
449 Elmwood.
455 Stirling C.
456 UHI.
457 St Andrews A.
460 St Andrews B.
462 Edinburgh.
467 Dundee.
472 Aberdeen
480 Glasgow Caledonian.
482 Abertay.
Women
302 Edinburgh: S Jackson, E Fairnie, I Craigie.
312 Stirling: R Wilson, R Cassidy, E Mackay.
316 St Andrews A: G Bradbury, M Jones, A Theunis.

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