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!

British Amateur

Congratulations to Jane Turner and Gabrielle Macdonald who finished 8th and 20th respectively at The British Open Strokeplay Championship in Belfast last week.  Great performance girls.  Jane was the top placed Scott.

Autumn Meeting Draw

The draw for the Autumn Meeting at Murrayfield on Monday 10 September is now available.  Click under DRAWS on the left hand side of this page.

Call offs to Hilary Anderson until Thursday 30th then to Mary Richardson

There will be the usual raffle in aid of our junior golf programme and any prizes would be appreciated.

Good luck!

Good luck to Jane Turner and Gabrielle Macdonald playing in the British Open in Belfast this week . Play well girls in the Captains home town!

Scotland Selection

Congratulations to Jane Turner (Craigielaw) and Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) who have both been selected to play for Scotland in the Home Internationals in Cork, 4-6 September.

Hat Trick of wins for Karen

Congratulations to Karen Marshall (Baberton), who won the Strathtyrum Trophy at St Andrews for a remarkable 3^rd year in a row and 6th time in total. Karen beat Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir) in the final. 

Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) and Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) also qualified for the match play stages, Louise reaching the quarter finals and Wendy the semi finals.  

Strathtyrum Tournament

Well done Karen Marshall (Baberton), Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) and Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) on qualifying in 2nd, 3rd and 20th places respectively at the Strathtyrum Tournament at St Andrews this week. All three won their first round match play ties today. Good luck ladies!

Summer Meeting

The re-arranged Summer Meeting took place at Prestonfield today, albeit with a reduced field.  It is great to see that after a very difficult time the course is now recovering and the greens were in great shape.  Many thanks to Prestonfield for allowing us to re-schedule this competition and to the Prestonfield Ladies for all their help today.

Results (CSS 73)

1st Scratch (Corstorphine Salver): Emily Dalgetty (Glencorse) 76
2nd Scratch: Linda Bain (Lochend) 79
Best overall nett (Dumayne Bowl): Liz Taylor (Prestonfield) 80 (11) 69
2nd best overall nett: Anne Beedie (Glencorse) 93 (21) 72
Silver Division 1st handicap: Katy Gilles (Melville) 93 (20) 73 bih
Silver Division 2nd handicap: Caroline Steedman (Murrayfield) 82 (9) 73
Bronze Division Scratch (Murphy Trophy): Eileen Thomson (Turnhouse) 93 bih
Bronze Division 1st handicap: Helen Martin (Kingsknowe) 93 (21) 72

Many thanks to our Secretary Hilary for all the extra work involved in re-arranging this competition.

Summer Meeting Draw

The draw for the re-arranged Summer Meeting at Prestonfield on Monday 13 August is now available.  Click under DRAWS on the left hand side of this page.

If anyone not in the draw wishes to play, please contact Hilary Anderson ASAP.