Fourteen-year-old Lesley Atkins scored two fine wins to reach the quarter-finals of the Scottish Women’s Amateur Championship at Southerness. The Borders County Champion beat Susan Wood (Drumpellier) 2 and 1 in the first round and followed up with a final green triumph over Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie).

Lesley, who also plays table tennis at international level, will now meet the 1998 Champion Elaine Moffat (St Regulus) for a place in the semi-finals.

Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle), the top qualifier, was suffering from a sore shoulder and slipped to a 3 and 2 defeat in the second round against Carol Wilson (Murcar).

Carol will now face Jane Turner (Craigielaw) in the quarters, while the other two matches are Laura Murray (Alford) versus Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) and Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) against Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle).  

First round: Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) bt Diane MacDonald (Dumfries & County) 5 and 4; Carol Wilson (Murcar) bt Samantha Leslie (Westhill) 3 and 2; Sara Bishop (Windyhill) bt Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie) 5 and 4; Jane Turner (Craigielaw) bt Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) 3 and 2; Laura Murray (Alford) bt Susan Jackson (Ladybank) 4 and 3; Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) bt Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) 2 and 1; Gillian Montieth (Portpatrick Dunskey) bt Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) 2 and 1; Megan Briggs (Kilmalcolm) bt Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) 8 and 7; Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie) bt Fiona De Vries (Baberton) 5 and 4; Lesley Atkins (Minto) bt Susan Wood (Drumpellier) 2 and 1; Elaine Moffatt (St Regulus) bt Elaine Cuthill (Lanark) 2 and1; Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) bt Karen Marshall (Baberton) 4 and 2; Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir) bt Sheila Cuthbertson (Peebles) 6 and 4; Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) bt Rachael McQueen (Troon) 5 and 3; Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) bt Claire MacDonald (Gullane) 3 and 2; Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) 3 and 2
Second round: Wilson bt Pretswell 3 and 2; Turner bt Bishop 2 and 1; Murray bt Ogilvy 5 and 4; Briggs bt Montieth one hole; Atkins bt McNicoll two holes; Moffat bt 
MacDonald 4 and 3; Kenney bt Ramsay 2 and 1; Walker bt Carlton one hole