[2] She reached the quarter-finals of the 1946 Womens Amateur Championship at Hunstanton, losing 5&4 to the eventual winner, Jean Hetherington.

[4] Later in June she was part of the winning British team for the Vagliano Trophy in Paris.

[5] In 1948 she reached the quarter-finals of the English Women's Amateur Championship, beating defending champion, Mollie Wallis, and Curtis Cup player, Jacqueline Gordon, before losing to Zara Bolton.

[10] In late 1951 Cairns was chosen to be the captain of the British team for the 1952 Curtis Cup at Muirfield.

[13] The singles match were tied 3–3, to give Britain their first Curtis Cup win.