Happy Christmas

The Captain and committee wish all Midlothian members a very happy Christmas and  warm and sunny golfing in 2013.

2013 Subscriptions

Ladies, look out for subscription letters and entry forms arriving by e-mail this year! You should get them in the first week of January. Please let Hilary know if you don't receive yours.

Distance Measuring Devices

At the recent SLGA board meeting, it has been agreed that, as from 1st January 2013, distance measuring devices (DMDs) will be permitted in all SLGA run competitions.

Adult/Girl Competition

The Adult/Girl competition was held on Sunday 18th November on a sunny but very cold day. 22 girls accompanied by Dads, Mums, Grandpas, Grandmas or helpers took part. Lots of good golf was played and all those taking part had lots of fun.

Congratulations to the prize winners who were:
1st handicap and winner of Hennessy Trophy - Emily Rigg and Ian McDonald
2nd Handicap Poppy Smith and Martin Prout
3rd Handicap Jessica and Andrew Walker
Lowest Scratch Katie and Robert Darling
Under 8 winner Lucy Keir
Nearest the pin at 4th Katie Darling
Nearest the pin at 9th Martin Hopley

Some photos of the day

Adult Junior Draw

The draw for the Adult/ Junior 9 hole competition at Swantson on Sunday is below.   You can download or read it by clicking below. If you cannot download email Mary for a copy. Call offs to Sheila 0131 339 0894/ 07792 820739

93rd AGM and Prizegiving

The Midlothian AGM and prizegiving took place on Wednesday night.  The AGM opened with a tribute to the late Ethel Jack by President Janet Wake.  Outgoing Captain Mary Richardson said how much she had enjoyed the last two years and thanked the members who had given her the opportunity to be Captain of such a fantastic County. She gave an overview of another very successful year for Midlothian County and thanked everyone who had supported her over the past two years.

Sheila Stuart (Turnhouse) was elected Captain and Wendy Ross (Glencorse) Vice Captain.

Winners of East Division Inter County Trophy 2012

Junior Prize Winners

Success for Glencorse teams and individuals.  Winners of Division 1 5-a-sides and Greensomes

County Champion Linda Caine gives her speech

Helpers

Past Captain and Captain look puzzled!

Fixtures 2013

The 2013 fixtures are now available.  Click on FIXTURE LIST under INFORMATION on the left hand side of this page

AGM

Don't forget the AGM and prize giving is next week - Wednesday 7 November at Liberton Golf Club, starting at 7.30 pm. Look forward to seeing you all there. Please be aware of Liberton's dress code - no jeans or trainers.

Adult/Junior 9 hole competition

Don't forget to enter our adult/ junior competition which takes place at Swanston on Sunday 18 November. Entries close 4 November. Girls don't need to have a handicap! If you don't have a partner but would like to play, let us know.

Stephen Gallacher Foundaton Flag event at Swanston

This month our 9 hole competition was held in conjunction with a Stephen Gallacher Foundation Flag event at Swanston. It was a lovely sunny day for all the boys and girls and with over 50 taking part, it was a fantastic day. Many thanks to all at Swanston Golf Club, especially Bobby Rushford who was a tremendous help in the lead up to the event and the event itself. The course was in great condition considering the weather in the past week and all the boys and girls enjoyed the course and played to a very high standard.

Well done to Midlothian girls Emma Watson, Samantha MacGregor and Lucy Morrison who were well placed in their respective categories. The winners on the day were as follows:

Under 14 Girls 
1. Emma Watson 
2. Gabriella Donald
3. Samantha MacGregor 
Under 12 Boys 
1. Conor Wilson
2. Jack Gallacher
3. Cameron Spencer, Calum Murray, Murray Stanton
Under 10 Girls 
1. Hannah McGlynn
2. Katie Liddle
3. Lucy Morrison 
Under 10 Boys 
1. Lewis Irvine
Tied 2. Josh Hunt and Cameron Adam

Well done to all the participants on the day, the standard of golf was excellent with over 14 boys and girls completing the course in 36 shots or better, fantastic.

www.sgfoundation.co.uk

AGM Agenda

Below is the amended AGM Agenda with two additional proposals regarding the wording of our constitution

Well done Hannah!

Congratulations to Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) who finished runner up in the Scottish Junior Champion of Champions' tournament over The Duke's Course, St Andrews on Saturday. Hannah finished only one shot behind winner Clara Young (North Berwick) and four ahead of her nearest rival Lauren Whyte (St Regulus). Hannah shot an excellent two under par 69 (3 under the CSS), in a round which contained 3 birdies.

Well done Hannah!

Winter Foursomes Round 1

The date by which the first round of the winter foursomes has to be played has been extended by a week to 11th November.

Adult Junior Competition

The annual Adult/Junior 9 hole competition will be held on Sunday 18 November starting at 10.30 am. Download an entry form below:

AGM

The 93rd MCLGA AGM will be held on Wednesday 7 November at Liberton Golf Club, starting at 7.30 pm.  This will be followed by the annual prize giving.  It would be nice to see you there.  Agenda and last year's minutes below.



If you are able to come along, it would be great if you could bring something for the raffle, which is in aid of the Juniors.

Midlothian triumph at East of Scotland Championship!

Congratulations to Jane Turner (Craigielaw) who won the East of Scotland women's championship on Sunday at Kirkcaldy GC. She shot a two-under-par 70, six under the CSS. A great climax to a great year Jane - well done! Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) was runner up with a 72 which meant that the Midlothian team of Jane, Kate, Wendy Nicholson and Karen Marshall won the team event. Well done everyone - great end to the season and another great year for Midlothian County!

Winter Foursomes Draw

Yes its that time of year again!  The Winter Foursomes draw is now available on the left hand side of this page.  You will receive a letter from Hilary shortly.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Mary Stewart and Claire Cunningham (Deer Park), who finished 4th handicap
in the Commonwealth Spoon Finals at Powfoot on 13th September.

County Finals

Congratulations to the Midlothian team on another great year, reaching the County Finals once again, and finishing as very credible runners up.  The team played some fantastic golf over the three days and put up a gutsy defence of our title.  But it didn't quite work out on the last day and we were beaten by a young, enthusiastic Angus team who played some amazing golf to be Sottish County Champions after a 104 year wait!  .

We have a fantastic team and girls, we are all proud of you . You have established yourselves as "the team to beat" and although we didn't quite get there this year - we will be back!

A huge thank you to VC Sheila and Secretary Hilary for all their hard work and support at Montrose and to our fantastic bunch of caddies and supporters - the best in the country!

The story in pictures .....

Silver Hole & Hole

Congratulations to Liz Moody (Prestonfield) who won the silver division hole & hole competition, beating Louise Campbell (Murrayfield) in the final.

5 a sides Division 2

Congratulations to this years Division 2 champions Lothianburn who will be promoted to division 1 alongside runners up Harburn.

Midlothian are runners- up

Well it wasn't to be today. After halving the foursomess in the morning in the deciding match against Angus, things did not go our way in the afternoon singles. We were beaten by a fantastic young Angus team who played the most amazing golf this afternoon and thoroughly deserved their win, the first in 104 years! But our team were fantastic and gave their all. We were runners up in 2009 and 2010, winners in 2011 and runners up again in 2012 - quite an achievement. Congratulations to Angus and well done Midlothian on another great performance.

County Finals day 2 - still on track

A gutsy performance, in true Midlothian style today, has set up a final day decider with Angus.  We got off to a solid start this morning with Jane Turner and Hannah Scott wining their foursomes against Donna Jackson and Liz Stewart 4&3 and Claire Hargan and Gabrielle Macdonald beating Alyson McKechin and Gillian Kyle 2&1. Karen Marshall and Wendy Nicholson eventually succumed to the strong pairing of Megan Briggs and Linsey Stevenson 3&2.

A very quick afternoon turnaround, with players and caddies quickly downing soup and sandwiches in 10 mintes flat (due to the mens medal that had been in front!!) and off we went for a very cold and somewhat tense afternoon. Jane Turner, out first, was in a birdie blitz mood, beating Alyson McKechin 4&3. Kate McIntosh had a really tough draw coming up against an in-form Megan Briggs (loosing 6&5) and the others seemed very much in control early on.

But as the wind got up and the temperature chilled, Renfrewshire fought back.  However when things get tough, so do Midlothian, and great performances for halves by Louise Fraser and Claire Hargan with Linsey Stevenson and Carol Whyte, a fantastic comeback by Hannah Scott winning 17&18 to win her game with Donna Jackson and a brilliant anchor role by in-form Gabrielle Macdonald, winning 3&2, brought us home as 6-3 winners. Good luck tomorrow girls - we can do it!

Midlothian start well

Midlothian got off to a good start in defence of our Scottish County title in Montrose today.  We beat Dumfriesshire 7.5-1.5, winning the morning foursomes 3-0 and the singles 4.5 - 1.5.  Michaela (above) was ready for anything - sunshine and rain - and we got both! 

 Great start in the foursomes this morning winning all three matches.

Claire Hargan & Gabrielle Macdonald beat Diane McDonald & Lindsey Kirkwood 5 & 3







Karen Marshall & Wendy Nicholson beat Jordana Graham & Emma Greenlees 3 & 2







Jane Turner & Hannah Scott beat Rachel Walker & Katie McCracken 6 & 5






The girls kept the momentum going in the afternoon winning 4.5 points out of the possible 6.

Jane Turner beat Diane McDonald 5 & 3
Gabrielle Macdonald beat Katie Mccracken 6 & 5
Kate McIntosh beat Lindsey Kirkwood 3 & 2
Louise Fraser beat Emma Greenlees 3 & 2
Wendy Nicholson lost to Jordana Graham 2 & 1
Karen Marshall halved with Rachel Walker

Fantastic start girls.  In the other match, Angus beat Renfrewshire 5-4.

Well done Ruth

Congratulations to Ruth Brown (Lothianburn) on reaching the final of the Scottish Veteran Championship at Blairgowrie at the weekend.  She was narrowly beaten by May Hughes (Lanark) in the final. Great performance Ruth!

Hannah Retains Junior Championship Trophy

What a lovely day we had at Newbattle golf Club today.  After a couple of heavy showers the sun shone on our 2012 Junior Championship.  Some great golf as well, with Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) shooting a level par 72 to retain her title, closely followed by Emily Dalgetty (Glencorse) with a 74.   The handicap trophy was won by Emma Watson (Broomieknowe) with a nett 70, and runner up Emma Morrison (Craigmillar Park) with a nett 71 (bih).

Well done to all the girls who took part and to the parents and others who came to support.  And to Newbattle Golf Club for courtesy of the course and making us feel so welcome.

And thanks Captain's helper Lucy Morrison who put all the results in the computer - Lucy, you have yourself a job!  Future handicap secretary in the making!!

Results: (Par 72, SS 71, CSS 70)

Hannah Scott 72 (3) 69

Emma Watson 102 (32) 70

Emma Morrison (86 (15) 71

Emily Dalgetty 74 (3) 71

Heather Laing 87 (14) 73

Kirsty Burgess 84 (10) 74

Jessica Dalgetty 84 (8) 76

Anna Massey 101 (23) 80

Sophie Aitchison 99 (19) 80

Rachael Steedman 117 (32) 85

Bronze Hole & Hole

Congratulations to Jacky Burnett (Broomieknowe) on winning this years hole & hole competition, beating Margaret Dalrymple (Baberton) in the final.

County Finals

Have you organised your trip to Montrose next weekend for County Finals? We would love your support!

Well done Ruth!

Congratulations to Ruth Brown (Lothianburn) on winning the East Vets Championship. Ruth will represent East Vets in the Scroggie Championship Cup at Blairgowrie this weekend.

East of Scotland Championship 2012

The draw for the East of Scotland Championship on Sunday 7 October at Kirkcaldy Golf Club can be downloaded below.

Midlothian 5 a side leagues

Congratulations to Glencorse on winning the Division 1 title for the first time. Runners up were Mortonhall.

Junior Hole & Hole

Congratulations to Heather Laing (Glencorse) on winning this year's junior hole & hole competition, beating Sophie Aitchison (Murrayfield) at the 19th in the final. Thanks to Joan Simpson for organising the competition.

Draw for Junior Championship

The draw for the Junior Championship on Sunday 16 September at Newbattle is as follows:

1.42pm Hannah Scott
             Emily Dalgetty
1.52pm Jessica Dalgetty
             Kirsty Burgess
2.02pm Emma Morrison
             Heather Laing
2.12pm Sophie Aitchison
             Anna Massey
2.22pm Alexandra Massey
             Emma Watson
             Rachael Steedman

Autumn Meeting

The Autumn meeting took place at Murrayfield Golf Club yesterday.  It was a bit of a mixed day with the remains of summer weather in the morning and heavy rain in the afternoon.  There were many tales of woe and most found it tough going which was reflected in the scores.  Then Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) came along, and playing in the worst conditions later on in the day, she shot 72, 9 shots better than her nearest rival.  Well played Louise - keep that form up for County Finals! The best nett score, other than Louise, was Fiona Ford (Murrayfield) with an excellent nett 70.

Results (CSS 74)
1st scratch: Lady Ford Cup - Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) 72
2nd scratch:  Karen Marshall (Baberton) 81(bih)

1st overall nett: Fiona Ford (Murrayfield) 82 (12) 70
2nd overall nett: Katy Gilles (Melville) 91 (20) 71

1st bronze scratch: Janice Duguid (Ravelston) 105 (bih)
1st bronze handicap: Marion Glauch (Mortonhall) 105 (25) 80 (bih)

1st silver handicap: Norma Richmond (Murrayfield) 81 (9) 72
2nd silver handicap: Janet Graham (Harburn) 90 (17) 73 (bih)

There was only one "two" by Ann Beedie (Glencorse) - and the money was rolled over from the summer meeting!! Well done Ann - cheque is in the post!!

Thank you to Murrayfield Golf Club for hosting this event and to Janet and Sheila for all their hard work.

County Finals Countdown ....

Not long to go to the Scottish County Finals which are being held at Montrose Golf Links from 21-23 September.

Midlothian will play Dumfriesshire on day 1, Renfrewshire on day 2 and Angus on day 3.Morning foursomes start at 9.30 and afternoon singles at 13.30 each day

Support would be very welcome!

Spaces left for this year's Gibson Cup

From Anne Brownie ......

If you are looking for a tournament to round off this year’s golf season and don’t already have golf scheduled in your diary for the weekend of 6th and 7th October, then why not find yourself a partner and play in the Gibson Cup? Played over the Braids as a ladies foursomes event, the entry fee of £26 per pair covers an initial medal round with morning tee off times on Saturday 6th October plus further golf on the Sunday. Whether you play in the matchplay knockout or in the Consolation Stableford (both still foursomes format) on Sunday 7th depends on your net score from the Saturday!

Information on the format can be found on the entry form which you can obtain from Anne Brownie (apbrownie@blueyonder.co.uk ) via email – or phone or text her mobile (07762 087558) if interested in playing. (NB There is a handicap limit of 30 for the Gibson Cup.)

Entries are due to close on 12th September but if you contact Anne soon, you should still be able to reserve a place in the draw.

Good luck Scotland!

Good luck to Jane Turner and Rachael Watton who are representing Scotland in the Home Internationals in Cork this week.

Photo courtesy of Colin Farquharson

Champion of Champions

The Champion of Champions final took place at Royal Burgess today, with Karen Marshall (Baberton) beating Kim Horne (Dalmahoy) 4&3.  It was a very close affair early on.  The course was quite wet in places and playing very long.  Kim played some good steady golf and went ahead early on, but Karen made some great recoveries to stay in the match. In the end Karen's length and her ability to get up and down from difficult lies and thick rough saw her fight back and move ahead, and once she had the lead she made sure she didn't let Kim back in.

The sun shone and the match was played in a very friendly fashion, with good support from both clubs. Many thanks to Anne Brownie for refereeing the final - they kept her quite busy today, and to Royal Burgess for once again hosting this event.

Congratulations also to the beaten semi-finalists Ruth Brown (Lothianburn) and Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe).

Trophies

Don't forget to return your trophies to Hilary or Mary - soon!!

East of Scotland Championship closing date

Just a reminder that the 2012 East of Scotland Championship will be held at Kirkcaldy Golf Club on Sunday 7 October. Closing date is 2 September! This competition is open to all County members in the East Division.  Information and entry form below.

Silver Knock Out

Congratulations to Louise Campbell (Murrayfield) and Liz Moody (Prestonfield) on reaching the silver knockout final. Thanks to everyone for getting all you matches played on time this year despite the weather.

Champion of Champions Final

The final of the Champion of Champions is being played at Royal Burgess Golf Club on Sunday 2 September with the tee off at 12 o’clock and sees Kim Horne from Dalmahoy take on Karen Marshall from Baberton. Spectators are welcome.

County Finals 2012

The Team for the Scottish County Finals which are being held at Montrose Golf Course from 21-23 September is.

Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe)

Claire Hargan (Cardross)

Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw)

Karen Marshall (Baberton)

Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe)

Wendy Nicholson   (Broomieknowe)

Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe)

Jane Turner (Craigielaw)

Travelling reserve: Kirsten Blackwood (Glencorse)

2^nd reserve: Sal Shepherd (Craigmillar Park)

Midlothian will play Dumfriesshire on day 1, Renfrewshire on day 2 and Angus on day 3

Support would be very welcome!