Midlothian County Ladies Golf Association

MCLGA Centenary Tri Am

2009-07-10T00:05:00.005+01:00

A fantastic day was had by 162 MCLGA members and guests at Duddingston today, continuing our centenary celebrations.

Our Captain and President got the event off to a flying start when they teed off first this morning bright and early, and whizzed round in their buggy, putting their names on all the nearest the hole/ longest drive notices. (Yes it was a Tri Am but they thought they would be different).

Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves for the first 6 holes (1 ball counting) and even the next 6 holes were fun with 2 balls counting. But when we all got to all 3 counting the pressure mounted, especially for my team (sorry ladies!). Some great golf was played, with ‘longest drives’ that seemed unreal and ‘nearest pins’ that I am sure must have been placed there ….and unbelievably, two holes in one by Pat Jackson of Kingsknowe at the 6th and Linda Boyle of Harburn at the 14th. Congratulations ladies.

Fun was the name of the game today and lots of laughter could be heard around the course and in the clubhouse. Thanks to everyone who took part, our guests from East Lothian, Fife and Stirling and Clackmannanshire counties and to everyone who helped with the organisation and helped on the desk, especially Karen Ballantyne, Mairi Pollock and Agnes Leslie. Thanks also to Duddingston Golf Club for all their support in running the event.

The results were as follows:

1st Sandra Cackett, Lynne Cackett & Moira Statham (Broomieknowe) (134)
2nd Pam Williamson, Joan Marshall & Karen Marshall (Baberton) (137)
3rd Linda Allen, Louise MacGregor & Elizabeth Goodwin (Stirling & Clackmannanshire) (138)
4th Sheila McEwan, Dorothy Wilson & Linda Boyle (Harburn) (140)
5th Sheila Keddie, Lyndsey Hunter & Fiona Carlyle (Dalmahoy) (142 bih)

Click here for the sponsored hole prizewinners

Another great Midlothian show.......

2009-07-08T13:40:00.003+01:00

........ this time by the juniors!

The East of Scotland Girls' Golfing Association Summer Meeting and Championship were held this week at Kingsknowe Golf Club and a number of the Midlothian Junior Members took part. The Summer Meeting was won by Kirsty Simpson (Murrayfield) with a fantastic net 67 which was 5 shots below par, 3 under the competition SS and two clear of 2nd place. Heather Tumblety (Duddingston) won the under 18 net prize with a net 72.

Kirsty was joined in the match play stages of the Championship by Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw), Kate McIntosh (still on a high having seen off Wendy Nicholson in the semi-finals of the Broomieknowe Championship and gone on to beat Sandra Hennessy to claim the title) and Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe). Kirsty met the Summer Meeting scratch winner Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus) in the first round and could not quite match the birdies that were being thrown at her. Kate and Gabrielle progressed through to meet each other in the semi-final, Gabrielle having overcome Hannah. That semi-final match went to Kate who found herself dormie 4 up but had to endure a fightback by Gabrielle before finally claiming victory on the 17th hole. The final saw some more great golf as Kate battled against the top qualifier Rachel. Unfortunately it was not to be, and Kate succombed on the 18th green by 2 holes.

Well done girls. It's great to see so many of you playing and playing so well.

Centenary Tri Am Draw

2009-07-05T17:22:00.001+01:00

Click HERE for the updated Centenary Tri Am draw for Thursday 9 July 2009. We hope you have a fabulous day! If any team needs to withdraw, please contact MCLGA Vice Captain, Mary Richardson, by telephone on 07850 858608.

From the Captain's Keyboard....

2009-07-03T19:59:00.010+01:00

Mikhaila finds Mick to share in her celebrations!

What a fabulous week it has been with Midlothian winning the East Division Inter-County Matches in such style in our Centenary year. The team played superbly well in all of their matches and the support they offered to each other was absolutely fantastic. It was great to see and be part of and we could have asked for nothing more from the girls. Their commitment was no less than 110% and they stepped up to the mark when asked. The atmosphere on the course, in the clubhouse and back at the hotel was relaxed, happy and electric.

Having returned from Falkirk ecstatic but exhausted, I have now regained a little bit of energy and have started turning my thoughts towards the County Finals in September. But before I get on to them, I would like to say a few thank yous.

First of all to the Ladies' Golf Shop for the T-shirts you very kindly sponsored. The girls were all delighted to have some "new kit" and looked fabulous. They looked smart and ready to take on whatever was going to be thrown at them - how could they fail? Secondly, to all of the members who made the trip over to Falkirk to support the girls and/or offer their caddying services and to all those who weren't able to be there but kept in touch through text messages. Your continued commitment to the County team is very much appreciated by all concerned. Thirdly to all the back room team - even spotty Linda who was unable to travel over due to an outbreak of chicken pox on the Thursday night. It is great to have such spirit behind the scenes and Linda on the other end of text messages! Your help and calming abilities were fantastic. The number of times I turned to do something to find that one of you had just beaten me to it was unbelievable. Finally, to the actual Team, what can I say? You all played your hearts out from beginning to end. There was absolutely no let up and you battled away to come up with the goods. Let's do it again in September!!!

Now to the County Finals! As you may be aware they are being held at Baberton Golf Club from Friday 18th - Sunday 20th September. Midlothian is joined by Galloway from the south, Renfrewshire from the west and Northern Counties from, believe it or not, the north. Why not put the dates in your diaries now and come along to support your team? It is absolutely wonderful golf to watch and a great atmosphere to get caught up in. It would be great to see you and I know the team would really appreciate the support. The draw for the finals is:

Day 1: Galloway v Midlothian; Renfrewshire v Northern Counties
Day 2: Midlothian v Renfrewshire; Galloway v Northern Counties
Day 3: Renfrewshire v Galloway; Northern Counties v Midlothian

Scottish Senior Ladies' (Close) Amateur Championships

2009-07-03T19:29:00.003+01:00

Congratulations to Fiona Hunter (Baberton) who kept up Midlothian's winning streak this week by becoming the Scottish Senior Ladies' Stroke Play Champion for 2009. Held over the Montgomery Course at Kinross, Fiona scored 153 over the two rounds winning by 1 shot from fellow Midlothian member, Noreen Fenton (Dunbar), Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) and Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie). Noreen was pushed into 3rd place on the better second round score. In the nett aggregate section, Rita Dee (Kingsknowe) was placed 2nd with a nett score of 151.

Fiona and Noreen were joined by fellow County members Fiona de Vries (St Rule) and Pamela Williamson (Baberton) in the match play stages where Noreen progressed to the semi-finals, losing to Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies) by 3&2. The first round losers in the match play stages played in a second flight and, in this, Fiona de Vries lost a very close final to Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) on the 19th hole.

Wee Wonders Championships

2009-07-02T17:46:00.003+01:00

The Regional Finals of the Wee Wonders Championships were held on Tuesday on the Craigend Course at the Ladies' Golf Club in Troon. I would like to thank Junior Member Julia Smith's father, Iain, for the following report:

"The 3 Midlothian Juniors who had qualified in different area events played valiantly on a tight Craigend Course (the Ladies' Golf Course) at Troon on Tuesday. It was a very hot day with some fantastic golf being played. Lisa Macpherson came in a brilliant second in her age category (5-8 year olds). In the 9-10 year old age category, Julia Smith popped her flag, after her allotted 36 shots, into the cup on the 8th hole to tie for 3rd place but fell back to 4th place on the better inward half countback. The third junior star, Emma Morrison, kept it going and popped her flag down onto the 7th green."

Well done to all of you - a fantastic effort which shows that Midlothian golf has some very promising up and coming juniors who are already making their names known. I hope you all enjoyed your experience and look forward to hearing all about it next time we meet.

East Division Inter County Matches Day 3

2009-07-01T23:22:00.004+01:00

Euphoria reigned for Midlothian on day 3 at Falkirk. Having been brought back down to earth on Tuesday night the team arrived at Carmuirs Golf Club ready and willing to give their all in their final match. Their opponents, Stirling & Clackmannan, had let it be known that they were out to get us and to spoil our intended celebrations. What they hadn't realised was that Midlothian was not letting the situtation get ahead of them and were taking things one step at a time. And so, with each member of the team having been told to bring home a point from their own game and not to worry about anyone else or leave the "point-getting" to anyone else, they took to the course.

Leading the way, yet again, were Jane Turner and Rachael Watton, followed by Karen Marshall and Louise Fraser and, bringing up the rear, Kirsten Blackwood and Claire MacDonald. Having given the supporters' and officials' nerves a rest on Tuesday, they very kindly decided, in the muggy heat of the morning, to bring the worry lines back to the fore before winning at the 17th, 18th and 18th holes respectively.

Thankful of our 3-0 lunchtime lead, the order for the afternoon play was set and, once again, the players were told not to rely on any of their fellow team members to bring in the points. Whether they were, by this time, fed up with the first tee motivational chat or whether it just takes a while to sink in we are not sure, but for once in the week they listened and took off all guns blazing. A great afternoon was had by all on the navy side as scores resounded around the course of Midlothian being 2 up after 7, 4 up after 11, Murray having won in 3 straight sets, dormie 3 up etc etc. Jane brought home the first of the 2 points we needed, closely followed by Claire Hargan and then the rest followed with Wendy getting a half (because her opponent inconsiderately holed her third shot to the par 5 18th), and Karen, Rachael (who in her first Inter-County matches recorded an amazing 6 out of 6 points over the 3 days) and Claire MacD all winning. Victory cheers were heard all around and, thanks to Margaret Rodgers, the celebrations began!

The final day results were:

Morning Foursomes:

Jane Turner & Rachael Watton beat Vicki Stevenson & Lesley Gibb 2&1

Karen Marshall & Louise Fraser beat Louise MacGregor & Elaine Allison 2 up

Kirsten Blackwood & Claire MacDonald beat Linda Allan & Jill Harrison 2 up

Afternoon Singles:

Jane Turner beat Elaine Allison 3&2

Claire Hargan beat Louise MacGregor 2&1

Wendy Nicholson halved with Vicki Stevenson

Karen Marshall beat Claire Capocci 3&2

Rachael Watton beat Mhairi Hall 3&2

Claire MacDonald beat Linda Allan 1 up

Final Standings:

1st Midlothian

2nd Fife

3rd East Lothian

4th Stirling and Clackmannan

Remember to put the 18th-20th September in your diaries and keep it free so that you too can come to support the Midlothian girls as they aim to wind up the officials in the County Finals at Baberton! They are joined in this by Renfrewshire and Galloway and Northern Counties.

East Division Inter County Matches Day 2

2009-06-30T20:09:00.007+01:00

Day two is generally movement day and what a move Midlothian made! On the first tee bright and early stood Jane Turner and Rachael Watton, leading the team into battle against defending East Division and Scottish Champions, Fife. The girls led by example winning by a great 5&4 margin. Next up Karen Marshall and Louise Fraser joined their team mates with a 2&1 victory. Finally in a hard fought battle, Claire Hargan and Wendy Nicholson succombed by 2&1. However a joyful team found themselves 2 - 1 up at lunchtime and after throwing down a sandwich, their attention turned to the afternoon singles as Michaela (below) waited patiently for the action to begin.

The weather and the golf got hotter and hotter as the afternoon went on. Jane lost to level the scores at 2 all, but not for long. Rachael recorded a great victory to put the team ahead just before Louise Fraser lost a gallant fight on the 18th. But before long Midlothian flags were flying as news resounded around the course of a victory by Claire MacDonald, followed swiftly by Claire H. Riding on a cloud up the 18th, Kirsten brought home another half point and another day's celebrations began.

We would like to add that the team have now been brought back down to earth as preparations for tomorrow's vital match against Stirling and Clackmannan begin.

Morning Foursomes:

Jane Turner & Rachael Watton beat Louise Kenney & Linda Dyball 5&4

Karen Marshall & Louise Fraser beat Susan Jackson & Karin Sharp 2&1

Claire Hargan & Wendy Nicholson lost to Fiona Hastie & Elaine Moffat 2&1

Afternoon Singles:

Jane Turner lost to Louise Kenney 6&4

Rachael Watton beat Fiona Hastie 2&1

Louise Fraser lost to Susan Jackson 1 down

Kirsten Blackwood halved with Lorna Fury

Claire Hargan beat Karin Sharp 3&1

Claire MacDonald beat Elaine Moffat 3&2

East Division Inter County Matches

2009-06-29T20:23:00.006+01:00

The Midlothian team made a great start to the Inter County matches on a lovely warm day at Falkirk (Carmuirs) today. The team beat East Lothian by 7 points to 2. Having been 2.5-0.5 up at lunch time they thought it would be rather funny to make the officials and supporters sweat with a slow start. After 5 holes two of the team were all square with the rest all struggling somewhat. No amount of threats from the Captain seemed to ease the situation. Luckily by the back nine they seemd to see the error of their ways and realised they were there to win - and guess what? ........... much to everyone's relief they turned it around. Phew! We are all exhasted but happy bunnies. Looking forward to playing Fife tomorrow (7-2 winners over Stirling & Clackmannan today).

FOURSOMES

J Turner & R Watton beat L Nicholson & E Fairnie 5&3

K Marshall & W Nicholson halved with L Mortenson & F Prior

C Hargan & C Macdonald beat ML Renton & R Carroll 4&2

SINGLES

J Turner beat L Mortenson 4&3

C Hargan lost to L Nicholson 1 down

K Blackwood beat E Fairnie 1 up

L Fraser beat F Prior 3&1

R Watton beat R Carroll 3&2

C MacDonald halved with L Grieve

Scottish Senior Ladies' (Close) Amateur Championship

2009-06-25T13:01:00.003+01:00

Next week, while the County Team and Officials will be at Falkirk (Carmuirs) Golf Club playing in the Inter-County Matches - just in case you haven't realised that yet, get bored sometime between Monday and Wednesday, wonder what you could do or where you could go for a day out and suddenly fancy offering some support to your County Team! - the Scottish Senior Ladies' (Close) Amateur Championships are being held on the Montgomery Course at Kinross Golf Club. MCLGA has 9 members taking part in the field of 60 and wish all of you a good week and lots of success.

Centenary Tri Am Draw

2009-06-23T10:16:00.008+01:00

Click HERE for the Centenary Tri Am draw. The event, which is part of our centenary celebrations, is being held at Duddingston Golf Club on Thursday 9 July 2009. There are generous team vouchers to be won as well as sponsored prizes at every hole! We hope you have a fabulous day!

If any team needs to withdraw, please contact MCLGA Vice Captain, Mary Richardson, by telephone on 07850 858608.

Junior Open Golf Competitions

2009-06-22T11:43:00.003+01:00

Did you know, the Janice Moodie Trophy is being held on Friday 3rd July 2009 at Windyhill Golf Club, Glasgow and is open to all girls, under the age of 21, with a CONGU handicap. Prizes are awarded in age categories, with the age categories being 10-14, 15-17 and 18-21. Entries close on Thursday 25th June and entry forms can be found at http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/2009/JaniceMoodieEntryform1.doc.

Also, the Tom Lehman Golf Tournaments for junior golfers both with and without CONGU handicaps are being held at the beginning of August in Troon. The Junior Golf Pre-handicap Open is being held at Fullarton Golf Club on Monday 3rd August and the Junior Handicap open for the Tom Lehman Trophies is being held on Tuesday 4th August at Lochgreen, Darley and Fullarton Golf Courses. Entries for these close on Monday 20th July and can be found at https://www.secure-server-hosting.com/secutran/secureforms/sh205973/junior-prehandicap.htm (pre-handicap tournament) and https://www.secure-server-hosting.com/secutran/secureforms/sh205973/junior-tomlehman.htm (handicap tournament).

East Vets v West Vets

2009-06-22T11:28:00.002+01:00

Congratulations to the East Vets who held off the West Vets last week to retain the Elise Duncan Trophy. Playing over Gullane No. 1 in slightly breezy conditions to say the least, the East won by 7-2. Included in the East Team, from MCLGA, were Ruth Brown, Anne Brownie, Noreen Fenton, Fiona Hunter, Gillian Kirkwood and Pamela Williamson.

Jane finishes third

2009-06-22T10:47:00.002+01:00

Jane Turner returns from a fantastic weekend at Douglas Golf Club in Cork where she was called up to play for the Scotland Team in the Irish Women's Open Amateur Strokeplay Championship. With the 2 best scores from the 3 team members counting in each of the 3 rounds, Jane contributed in all three rounds with scores of 70, 73 and 75 against a par of 73 and helped Scotland to win the Team Trophy. Lying in second place after the 1st and 2nd rounds, Jane finished 3rd, 4 shots behind the joint winners. Congratulations Jane, a great result.

Juniors at the Princes Course

2009-06-21T18:02:00.003+01:00

Another great turn out by the juniors for their monthly 9 hole competition at the Princes Course. Today 14 girls took part and all played extremely well with several personal best scores. It is great to see the advances the girls are all making and the improvements in their swings and course management. All of the girls appeared to enjoy themselves and our thanks go, as ever, to all of the mums and dads who came out to help and walk round with the girls and to Claire Hargan who kindly gave up her morning to help out.

It was great news to hear that Emma Morrison has gained her first ever handicap of 42 at Craigmillar Park and joining the handicap ranks for the first time certainly gave her a huge boost today. She had a tremendous score of 42 (net 21) to a par of 31 which included a birdie at the tricky 2nd hole. Her score could have been much better had she not ended with a triple bogey. Congratulations Emma and good luck to you, Julia Smith and Lisa Macpherson when you play in the regional finals of the Wee Wonders Tournament at Troon on the 30th June.

The results were as follows:

1st Handicap: Emma Morrison (42-21) net 21
2nd Handicap: Carla Maran (54-18) net 36

1st Non-handicap: Julia Smith 52
2nd Non-handicap: Sophie Aitchison 53
3rd Non-handicap: Erin Hardy 58

Points after month 4 of the running competition:

Handicap:
Heather Laing 7 points
Carla Maran 6 points
Emma Morrison 3 points

Non-handicap:
Julia Smith 13 points
Sophie Aitchison 9 points
Kirsten McCorquodale 7 points
Emma Morrison 7 points

A reminder that there will be no junior coaching at the Braids Driving Range in July and August but this will start up again on 6th September. The 9 holes at the Princes course will continue throughout the summer, the next date being 19th July.

European Team Championships

2009-06-16T16:29:00.003+01:00

Congratulations to Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) who has been chosen as one of the four members of the team to represent Scotland in the Girls' European Team Championships to be held at Kokkola Golf Club in Finland from 7-11 July. Also to Jane Turner (Craigielaw) who has been picked as 3rd reserve for the team to play in the European Ladies' Team Championships being held at Bled Golf Club in Slovenia at the same time. The latter team will be Captained by Fiona de Vries (St Rule) and Managed by Janet Wake (Merchants).

Having scored level par, followed by 5 under par in her two Championship qualifying rounds at West Linton Golf Club, Jane has had to pull out of the match play stages as she has been called up to represent Scotland in the Irish Ladies' Open Championship being held at Douglas Golf Club in Cork from the 20th-21st June.

SLGA Girls' Inter-Divisional Trophy

2009-06-15T16:45:00.003+01:00

Congratulations to Maggie MacPherson and the East of Scotland Girls' Team who successfully defended the SLGA Girls' Inter-Divisional Trophy at Ballumbie Castle this weekend, beating teams from the West (2-1), North (3-0) and South (2-1). The East Team included MCLGA junior member Gabrielle Macdonald who contributed 3 out of 3 points to the victorious side - well done Gabrielle.

Wee Wonders Championships

2009-06-11T16:27:00.003+01:00

Several of the Midlothian Juniors have been taking part in the Wee Wonders Championships and have been playing all over the Edinburgh area in the qualifying events. Many congratulations to Emma Morrison and Julia Smith who qualified in the 9-10 year old age category at the Hermitage Golf Club and Port Royal Golf Range respectively and to Lisa Macpherson who qualified in the 5-8 year old category at the Melville Golf Centre. Commiserations to Joanna Lamb who came second behind Lisa at the Melville Golf Centre. The girls now go forward to play in the Regional Finals which are being held at The Ladies' Golf Club, Troon on Tuesday 30th June. Good luck to all of you. We hope you enjoy your day and your golf.

Gabrielle second and Rachael third!

2009-06-09T11:18:00.003+01:00

Many congratulations to Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw) who finished second and Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) who was tied third in the Paul Lawrie Scottish Schools Championship held over the Buddon and Burnside Courses at Carnoustie yesterday. Rachael was the tied leader with eventual winner Aisla Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) after the morning round on the Buddon Course with a score of 71 (CSS 68), while Gabrielle lay 7 shots behind. I'm not sure what Gabrielle had for lunch but that lead was soon whittled down in the afternoon on the Burnside Course as she shot a 3 under CSS, 68 to jump up to second place and finish one shot behind Aisla. Rachael had a second round 77 which left her, tied, in third place. Great golf and great scoring - well done girls!

Golf, golf and more golf!

2009-06-06T11:14:00.003+01:00

Next week appears to be very busy in the golfing callendar and MCLGA would like to wish all the best to Noreen Fenton (Dunbar), Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) and Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) in the Munross Trophy being held tomorrow, Sunday, at Montrose Golf Club, all of the Juniors taking part in the Paul Lawrie Scottish Schools Championship at the Carnoustie Burnside and Buddon courses on Monday 8th June (sorry, I've been unable to find an entry list for this competition to tell who all is playing), Jane Tuner (Craigielaw) in the Ladies' British Amateur Championship at Royal St Davids in Wales from the 9th-13th June and Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw) who has been chosen to play in the East of Scotland girls team to play in the Girls' Inter-Divisional Matches at Ballumbie Castle on the 13th and 14th June. Good luck to all of you.

I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate the team who played against the SUGS last night. Thanks to all our stand-ins and sorry I was unable to be there to join in your celebrations - my bed had far more appeal, sadly!

MCLGA v SUGS

2009-06-05T22:24:00.011+01:00

Nine golfers and your Vice Captain (our esteemed Captain being poorly) ventured down to Gullane on a lovely evening to play our annual match against SUGS. Following on from our experiences at Duddingston, good negotiations took place, with the men playing off the white tees, which I must admit were on occasions about 2 miles behind the reds. Buy hey - all's fair in golf and war and we managed to win 4 -1 and win the SUGS Centenery Trophy for the first time since it's presentation in 2007. Thanks to the MCLGA team of Jane Turner, Rachel Watton, Noreen Fenton, Linda Caine, Gillian Simpson, Gabrielle Macdonald, Karen Marshall and Claire Hargan, and super-subs Sal Shepherd and yours truly the Vice Captain for a great win. I am sure there will be a bit of re-negotiation on tees from SUGS next year!

After the match we were presented with a beautiful crystal decanter for our centenary. It has been suggested that the Captain fills it up for us when she is feeling better! A big thank you to SUGS Captain, Richard Inglis for presenting us with this lovely gift and to Andrew Thomson (and Tracy) for organising the match.

The results were:

Neil Steven & Jonathan Dargie beat Rachael Watton and Jane Turner 5&3

Andrew Thomson & Kenny McKay lost to Noreen Fenton and Linda Caine by 1 hole

Richard Inglis and John Wood lost to Gillian Simpson and Gabrielle Macdonald 4&3

Tim Edward and Douglas May lost to Mary Richardson & Sal Shepherd 3&2

Jim Barnet and Sandy Kirkwood lost to Karen Marshall and Claire Hargan by 1 hole

Only one week left to enter!

2009-06-05T12:22:00.004+01:00

Don't forget to put your entry in for the Centenary Tri Am - the closing date is 14 June 2009. The event, which is part of our centenary celebrations, is being held at Duddingston Golf Club on Thursday 9 July 2009. There are generous team vouchers to be won as well as sponsored prizes at every hole! Click HERE to download an entry form.

County Team for Inter-County Matches

2009-06-01T23:26:00.003+01:00

This year the Inter-County matches are being held at Falkirk (Carmuirs) Golf Club from Monday 29th June until Wednesday 1st July and the Selection Committee are delighted to announce the team to take part as:

Kirsten Blackwood (Craigmillar Park)
Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe)
Claire Hargan (Mortonhall)
Claire MacDonald (Gullane Ladies)
Karen Marshall (Baberton)
Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe)
Jane Turner (Craigielaw)
Rachael Watton (Mortonhall)

Reserves:
Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw)
Gillian Simpson (Murrayfield)

Please come along to support your team. All of the squad have been playing well all season and it promises to be a great Inter-County Championship. As ever, 3 foursomes matches will be played in the morning with the tee times starting at 9 am and 6 singles will take place in the afternoon, the tee times being 1.30 pm for the first match and 2.15 pm for the second. The order of play will be as follows:

Monday 29th June:
Fife v Stirling and Clackmannan; Midlothian v East Lothian

Tuesday 30th June:
Midlothian v Fife; East Lothian v Stirling and Clackmannan

Wednesday 1st July:
East Lothian v Fife; Midlothian v Stirling and Clackmannan

MCLGA v Duddingston men

2009-05-30T08:21:00.003+01:00

Your Captain, having been talked into the most ridiculous conditions, but in all credit to her, having successfully negotiated an extra shot, would like to thank the MCLGA team of Kirsten Blackwood, Stephanie Crolla, Fiona de Vries, Noreen Fenton, Louise Fraser, Gabrielle Macdonald, Wendy Nicholson, Karen Marshall, Gillian Simpson and Rachael Watton for the great fight they put up against the Duddingston men. Unaware that the men had prearranged to have the white tees moved as far forward as possible and the yellow tees as far back as possible so that there was, at most, a foot difference between the two, it was agreed that the girls would play from the yellows and the men from the whites, with the girls being given 3 shots. Because Duddingston had then introduced a professional into their team, who had just returned from a good run in the recent Tartan Tour Northern Open, the final couple were generously allowed to claim 4 shots. Never fear, note has been take of this for next year and the same thing will not happen again. They have had their chance!

The girls played fantastic golf and the challenge was on for Stuart Turner and Alistair Thomson to out drive Rachael Watton on at least one hole! A very tight contest led to a level match at the end of the night A big thank you to Duddingston Captain, Gordon Paterson and acting Secretary Gavin Clark for organising the match and for a great meal afterwards.

The results were:

Gavin Clark & Robert Binnie halved with Karen Marshall & Louise Fraser
Stuart Turner & Alistair Thomson beat Wendy Nicholson & Rachael Watton by 1 hole
Colin McNeil & Ian Stavert halved with Fiona de Vries & Gabrielle Macdonald
Mark Blore & Dave MacKinnon lost to Noreen Fenton & Kirsten Blackwood
Gordon Paterson & Ally MacKenzie halved with Gillian Simpson & Stephanie Crolla

St Rule Trophy

2009-05-29T08:47:00.003+01:00

The St Rule Trophy tees off tomorrow with the 1st round being held over the New Course at St Andrews and two rounds on Sunday over the Old Course. Good luck to Claire Hargan (Mortonhall), Claire MacDonald (Gullane Ladies) and Jane Turner (Craigielaw) who are competing.