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BAKING TROPHY FOR STRANRAER GIRL

KATHLEEN Eaglesham has just won a prestigious baking trophy and she is just 12.

Stranraer Academy pupil Kathleen, is following in the footsteps of her granny Mrs May McCulloch and her mum Hazel who are previous winners.

Last year she was just pipped at the post, as baking runner-up in the homecraft section at Stranraer Show.

Kathleen, who wants to become a Home Economics teacher, began her interest in baking by watching her mother. But her career really took off when her aunt Aileen McCulloch bought her a child's recipe book for her birthday two years ago.

"I bake almost every weekend", Kathleen told the Free Press after her win.

To collect enough points to win the trophy, Kathleen's efforts won her 12 firsts, five seconds and two thirds.

To prepare, she began the weekend before the show, although the night before she was busy getting her plain baking just right.