Dr. Sheila E. Hartley

Sheila Hartley, Secretary of the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association, said, "We are delighted that so many of our junior golfers will be able to attend the Curtis Cup.

Sheila Hartley, Secretary of the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association, said: "We are delighted that so many of our junior golfers will be able to attend the Curtis Cup.

Dr Sheila Hartley (Braehead), secretary of the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association, qualified in 10th position with an 82, the same score as defending champion Linda Allan (Falkirk Tryst)
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82 Evelyn Sneddon (Tillicoultry), Dr Sheila Hartley (Braehead), Linda Allan (Falkirk Tryst), Stella Mitchell (Dunbracken), Shona McLean (Falkirk Tryst), Sylvia Copland (Falkirk Tryust).

Sheila Hartley, Secretary of the SLGA, said: "The support we receive from sportscotland is most welcome as it allows us to enhance our training programme with a warm weather camp in Spain.

Sheila Hartley, the secretary of the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association, said the appointment would open the management doors to more women in golf.

Sheila Hartley: The Den, 2 Dundee Road, Perth, PH2 7DW, SCOTLANDtel: 01738 442357 fax: 01738 442380 email:secretary@slga.co.uk

Dr Sheila E Hartley (Secretary)

Sheila Hartley has been appointed secretary of the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association.She will take up her duties at the SLGA headquarters at Drumoig during April.

Dr Hartley has been company secretary/general manager at Glenbervie Golf Club Limited since 1998 and brings to the top SLGA administration post a wealth of experience in women's club and county golf as well as financial, management and communication skills.

Golf has become Sheila's second career after 20 years as a research scientist.She was a B.Sc (Hons.) graduate of the University of St Andrews in 1973 and gained a Ph.D there in 1977. "Following university, I spent almost 20 years as a research scientist, first at the Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh and then, for 14 years, as a research fellow in the Department of Biological and Molecular Sciences at the University of Stirling," said Dr Hartley."I was responsible for obtaining and managing funding for the projects I was involved in. At the end of my contract in 1996, I decided it was time for a change of direction and spent time honing my financial, management and communication skills by participating in programmes at Stowe College, Glasgow and Stirling University."Sheila gained a diploma in small business financial management at Stowe College.An eight-handicap golfer these days, Sheila played for the St Andrews University women's team in the early 1970s. "I have played golf for over 30 years and since moving to Stirlingshire in 1982, have taken a keen interest in the administration of the game at club and county level," said Sheila who is a member of the Association of Golf Club Secretaries and attended its training course.

Dr Hartley was Braehead Golf Club's ladies' honorary secretary from 1983-86, ladies' captain in 1987 and ladies' match and handicap secretary since 1990.She has been the handicap adviser for East Lothian and Midlothian counties since 1999.Sheila is also a member of Dunblane New Golf Club.As captain of Stirling and Clackmannan Ladies' Golf Association from 1996 to 1998, Dr Hartley was a member of the SLGA standing committee for county golf. In 1999, Sheila was a member of the Braehead GC team which won the Scottish Region of the R&A Rules of Golf Quiz.

Mrs Ethel Farquharson, the SLGA chairman, said: "Sheila Hartley headed a list of 50 applicants for the post.
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With her qualifications inside and outside of women's club and county golf, Sheila is just the kind of efficient, self-motivating and progressive person the SLGA, founded in 1904, needs to take it forward into the next 100 years."

ENDS PRESS RELEASEInformation guidance note: Dr Hartley succeeds Peter Smith who resigned last month after 12 months in the post.
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Dr Hartley was brought up in Lancashire and went to Nelson Grammar School, Nelson from 1962 to 1969.

'We are delighted these ladies have agreed to bring to the Association such a vast wealth of knowledge and talent and we wish them well in their roles ahead,' said SLGA secretary Dr Sheila Hartley.