East of Scotland Championship

The East of Scotland Championship 2009 is being hosted by MCLGA and will be held on Sunday 4th October 2009 at Mortonhall Golf Club.

The Championship is an 18-hole stroke play competition and is open to all members of Midlothian, East Lothian, Fife and Stirling and Clackmannanshire Counties.

There is no handicap limit but we are restricted to a field of 42. The entry fee will be £10, entry forms can be obtained from the Secretary and the closing date for entry is 11th September 2009.

Forms advertising this event will be passed to your Club Reps at the Committee Meeting on 25th February and will be posted on your noticeboards after this date.

If you would like to take part, please put the date in your diary and contact the Secretary for an application form.

Cuthbertson Cup and Inter-County Matches

At the East Division Captains' Meeting held on Sunday 8th February 2009 at Kirkcaldy Golf Club, the draws were made for the Cuthbertson Cup and Inter-County Matches. These are as follows:

Cuthbertson Cup:

To be held on Sunday 19th April 2009 at Burntisland Golf Club

Stirling & Clackmannanshire v Midlothian
Fife v East Lothian

The winners from the morning ties will play each other, in singles, in the afternoon, while the losing teams will play foursomes against each other in the afternoon.


Inter-County Matches:

To be held from Monday 29th June - Wednesday 1st July 2009 at Falkirk (Carmuirs) Golf Club

Day 1:
Fife v Stirling & Clackmannanshire
Midlothian v East Lothian

Day 2:
Midlothian v Fife
East Lothian v Stirling & Clackmannanshire

Day 3:
East Lothian v Fife
Midlothian v Stirling & Clackmannanshire

SUBSCRIPTION REMINDER

There are still 60 members who have not, as yet, paid their 2009 subscription.

I have been asked to remind you that, if your subscription has not been paid by the 31st January and you have not intimated your intention to resign, a £5 administrative charge is added and is payable with your subscription. If payment is not received by 15th February 2009, it will be assumed that you do not wish to continue with your membership of MCLGA and, accordingly, your details will be deleted from the membership list.

Please contact the Secretary, asap, if you have not yet paid and wish to remain in membership.

Junior Coaching - February

The next block of Junior Coaching at the Braids Driving Range began on Sunday. 38 girls have already signed up for this and Sunday's session was well supported with 29 of them coming along. The winter bug had put pay to some of the other girls turning out. Our thanks to Ian Young and Paul Malone for their time.

Please note that the 10 am session is now full. However, we do still have spaces available in the 11 am and noon sessions. If you are interested in joining in, please let Kate Rorke know when you return your subscription notices or e-mail the Captain, specifying your preferred time.

The 9 holes at the Princes Course also begins a week on Sunday (15th February, 10.30 am). We currently have a total of 15 girls signed up for this, with 11 of them able to come in February. Again, if you would like to attend, please let Kate know when you return your sbscriptions or contact the Captain. February will see the start of the 9-hole competition which will run until August.

Centenary Tri-Am Competition

There was some confusion at the Centenary Lunch over the date for the Tri-Am competition. It turns out that Ethel had the correct date and the hecklers were wrong!

Please note that the Centenary Tri-Am Competition will be held on THURSDAY 9th JULY 2009 at Duddingston Golf Club. A poster and entry forms will be handed out to the Club Reps at the Committee Meeting on Wednesday 25th February. Entry will be in groups of three, two or individually.

The Centenary Tri-Am Sub-committee are planning a lot of fun prizes and we hope as many of you as possible will be able to play.