Seasons Greetings!

The Captain and committee wish all Midlothian members a very Happy Christmas and great golfing in 2014.

Well done, girls

The Stephen Gallacher Christmas Texas Scramble was held at Hermitage Golf Club on Sunday 1st December.
52 boys and girls competed.
Congratulations to Emily Rigg who was in the winning team and to Samantha MacGregor, Lisa MacPherson and Ellie Ferguson who were joint third.

Squads for 2014

We are pleased to announce the following Midlothian Squads for 2014:

Main Squad:
Kirsten Blackwood (Glencorse)
Eilidh Crawford (Harburn)
Emily Dalgetty (Glencorse)
Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe)
Fiona deVries (St Rule)
Rachael Livingstone (Craigmillar Park)
Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw)
Karen Marshall (Baberton)
Alison McBride (Harburn)
Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe)
Wendy Nicholson(Broomieknowe)
Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe)
+Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) USA based

Junior Squad incl. Development Squad
Sophie Aitchison (Murrayfield)
Kirsty Burgess (Silverknowes)
Eilidh Crawford (Harburn)
Emily Dalgetty (Glencorse)
Katie Darling (Ravelston)
Ailsa Lamond (Boat of Garten))
Megan Linton (Craigmillar Park)
Alex Massey (Elie & Earlsferry)
Anna Massey (Elie &Earlsferry)
Lisa MacPherson (Baberton)
Lauren Metcalfe (Murrayfield)
Emma Morrison (Craigmillar Park)
Carys Irvine (Swanston)
Kayleigh Singer (Dundas Parks)
Julia Smith (Murrayfield)
Emily Thain (Elie &Earlsferry)
Caitlin Turner (Baberton)
Emma Watson (Broomieknowe)

Adult/Junior Competition

Our Adult /Junior Competition was held at Swanston today on a calm and sunny day.
24 couples competed. Some great golf was played and everyone had fun.

Congratulations to the prizewinners who were:

1st Handicap and winner of Hennessy Trophy - Lisa MacPherson & William Lamb
2nd Handicap . Georgia Ledingham & Sarah Ledingham
3rd Handicap    Emma Morrison & Diane Morrison
Lowest Scratch. Emily Tait & Brian Tait
Under 8 winner. Grace Marshall
Nearest the pin at the 4th Emily Tait
Nearest the pin at the 9th William Lamb
 
Thanks to all parents and grandparents for your support.
Also many thanks to Sharon who organised the day with the help of Sarah and to President Tracy who acted as starter and presented the prizes.

Junior/Adult Draw

The draw for the Junior/Adult competition to be held on Sunday 17 November 2013 is below.

AGM - Wednesday, 13th November

Just a reminder that the AGM is on Wednesday, 13th November commencing at 7.30 p.m. at Liberton Golf Club.  Please bring along something for the raffle which is in aid of our Juniors.

Attention all Juniors!

Adult/Girl Competition at Swanston on Sunday 17th November at 10.30am

Our popular Adult/Girl 9 hole Competition is being held at Swanston Templar Course on Sunday 17th November.

The format is a 9 hole foursomes competition and all girls regardless of whether you have a handicap are welcome to enter with an adult whether they be a Mum, Dad, Brother, Granny, Grandpa or friend.
Don't worry if you can't find an adult - we will give you a loan of one for the day.

If you would like to enter, just contact Sheila Stuart by email (sheila.rstuart@tiscali.co.uk) or phone (0131-339-0894) with your name and handicap, if your have one, and the name and handicap of your partner.

The cost is £10 per couple (£6 per adult, £4 per child ) and is payable on the day.

The trophy and prizes will be awarded on the day at the conclusion of the competition.

A Draw will be done on Thursday 14th November and posted on this web site.

5 aside results

Congratulations to Broomieknowe who have won Division 1 of the 5 aside matches and to Swanston New for winning Division 2.
Broomieknowe beat last year's winners, Glencorse, into second place by the narrowest of margins.
As a result of their success in Division 2, Swanston New will be promoted to Division 1 along with Murrayfield who came second.
Commiserations to Mortonhall who are relegated to Division 2. As a result of Lothianburn withdrawing from the league only one team will be relegated this year resulting in 8 teams competing in Division 2 next year.

Junior 9 hole Competition

11 girls played in the 9 hole competition at Swanston's Templar Course this morning in warm sunshine albeit a bit wet underfoot.

4 new girls were welcomed one of whom nearly had a hole in one! Well done Emily.

Good golf was played by all and 3 scored birdies.
Results were as follows:

1st handicap Samantha MacGregor    39 (18) 21
2nd handicap Emma Watson              35 (10) 25
3rd handicap  Megan Linton              45 (14) 31

Non handicap
1st. Emily Rigg          33
2nd. Lucy Morrison  42
3rd Rebecca Highley 56

Our next Competiton is the Adult /Girl Competition which will be held at Swanston on Sunday 17th November at 10.30am.
All girls are welcome.  No problem if you don't have an adult to play with. We will provide you with a partner for the day.

Winter Foursomes

Please note that the recorder for the Winter Foursomes is now Carol Brown.  Please email your results to Carol

Notice of Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday 13 November at Liberton Golf Club at 7.30 p.m

Notice is below:


 

Junior 9 hole competition

Just a reminder that the next Junior 9 hole competition will be held at Swanston Templar Course on Sunday 20th September commencing at 10.30am.
All girls are welcome whether or not you have a handicap.
Look forward to seeing you there.

Finals Day at Kingsfield

97 boys and girls participated in the Stephen Gallacher Foundation Finals Day at Kingsfield on Sunday.
Midlothian Junior Girls figured prominantly in both the 9 hole Stroke and Flag competitions.

 Samantha MacGregor came 2nd and Megan Linton 3rd in the Under 14 Stroke play.

Carys Irvine came 2nd and Lisa MacPherson, 3rd in the Under 14 Flag event

The leaderboard of the Under 10 Girls Flag Competition was dominated by Midlothian : Annabel Thain came 1st with Abby Steedman and Lucy Morrison in 2nd and 3rd places.

All prizewinners have been given free membership of Kingsfield Gold Club and were in receipt of a 500 digiballs card.

Well done, Girls
We are very proud of you.

See more on the link to the SGF website

East of Scotland Championship

                
The East of Scotland Championship was played today at Duddingston Golf Club on a showery but mild Autumn day. The stunning course in great condition was remarked upon by many players and some great golf was in evidence.  42 golfers competed and prizes were keenly contested.

Fiona Hastie from St. Regulas won the scatch prize with an excellent gross 72 and rock steady Lorna McKinlay was second, two behind the leader.

Our Midlothian girls, fresh from their success at the County Finals in Stirling, were in great form and it was good to see Rachael Livingstone return to close to her previous form, winning the Handicap prize with a nett 71.

Our starlet, Emily Dalgetty just gets better and better and won 3rd Scratch with a gross 74 .

Congratulations to Fife who won the County Trophy by 1 stroke from Midlothian with a gross aggregate of 223 .

Full results:
1st scratch  Fiona Hastie (St Regulus)                    72
2nd scratch  Lorna McKinlay (Dunnikier Park)      74 bih
3rd scratch Emily Dalgetty (Glencorse)                  74

1st handicap Rachael Livingstone (Craigmillar Park)   75 (4) 71
2nd handicap Kate McIntosh  (Broomieknowe)         75 (1) 74 bih

Course Par 72, SSS 72, CSS 74

Grateful thanks to Duddingston for hosting the event, to Hilary for her impeccable organisation and to President Janet for acting as starter and presenting the prizes.

Steedmans win SLGA Adult & Junior Foursomes

Congratulations to Caroline and Rachael Steedman (Murrayfield) who won the SLGA Adult and Junior Foursomes at Baberton Golf Club last weekend at Baberton.  And to Heather and Jim Laing (Glencorse) who won 1st Prize in category one.  It was an excellent day for our Midlothian juniors with Ella and Karen Marshall winning category 4, which is for juniors who do not yet have a handicap and Catlin and Colin Turner second in category 3.  Well done everybody.

Midlothian Girls in the News!!

When the team were away winning the County Finals the juniors were very busy. Anna Massey a member of the Midlothian junior squad, part of the Midlothian Development Center coaching programme and a member at Elie, was at Gleneagles yesterday in the Captains’ Challenge, one of the events to mark a ‘Year to Go’ to the Ryder Cup. Anna had an amazing day.

Click HERE for a link to the Evening News article.

And Megan Linton (Craigmillar Park) got herself in the Evening News as well by winning the handicap prize at the Stephen Gallacher Foundation “Race to Dunbar” final.

Congtaulations to Megan who has had a fantasctic year and her new handicap is already tumbling down!

Click HERE for a link to the Evening News article.

Paul Lawrie Scottish Ladies Open Tour

Calling all Midlothian single figure handicappers!

Why don't you test your skills against the best lady pros in Scotland? Amateur entrants must have a single-figure handicap. If no amateur figures in the official prize list, roughly top 12, depending on the size of the field, there will be consolation prizes of several dozen golf balls for 1-2-3 leading amateurs.

The Paul Lawrie Scottish Ladies Open Tour's inaugural season ends with the following events:

Wednesday 8 October: Craigielaw (18 holes).
Thursday-Friday, 9-10 October -  Paul Lawrie Tour Championship (36 holes over 2 days at Marriott Dalmahoy East and West courses).

Prize fund estimated £5,000. Entry fee for lady pros, £100; for female amateurs, £50.

Any queries? Phone Nicola at 07816 353434 You can enter online at www.scottishladiestour.co.uk

Scottish County Champions 2013!

Congratulations to Captain Sheila and the Midlothian team! Winners of the Scottish County Finals by the smallest of margins.

The story of Day 3
We started the day knowing that we needed an 8-1 win, at least, over Borders to put  us back in the frame. Then all we could do was hope for a 5-4 victory by Renfrewshire over Aberdeenshire.

Mid morning, things weren't looking good, as although Wendy and Rachael were on fire in their match, we were down in our other 2  matches. Gabrielle and Louise managed to dig deep and secure a win but, the thus far unbeaten duo of Emily and Kate struggled with their form and enabled Borders to deservedly win the 3rd match. By lunchtime we were 2-1 up but needed to win all 6 singles ties in the afternoon to be in with a chance.

Gabrielle took an early lead over Tara before Tara found her form to bring the match back to all square.
The 2nd match out between Rachael and Dani was a closely contested affair. Meanwhile Emily and Kate, reinvigorated after the morning and knowing what they had to do, just got better and better and secured clear early wins. No-one doubted that an on form Wendy would play her part which she did with a convincing 6 and 4 win. So we took an early 3-0 lead.

Gabrielle then pushed ahead and being up going down the last secured a clear win by holing a massive put on the 18th. Meanwhile Rachael suddenly seemed to be inspired and show us the golf that we knew she was capable of, to secure a 2 and 1 win over Danni Ker. So now it was 5-0.

Who better to rely on to perform when the pressure is on but Karen! One up going down the 18th and a stunning pitch from the right rough to the green and we knew it was in the bag!

An 8-1 win.

We had done all we could and now we could only sit back and wait for the Renfrewshire v Aberdeenshire matches to be completed.  Renfrewshire beat Aberdeenshire by 5 matches to 4  which meant that 3 Counties were level on match points.

The waiting until the count back was completed seemed endless. Then to add to our discomfort the organisers waited until all their carefully prepared speeches and thank yous were over before announcing the result!

Midlothian 4 match points - Aberdeenshire 4 match points - Renfrewshire 4 match points
Midlothian 17 game points - Aberdeenshire 17 game points (Renfrewshire 16 game points)
Game points excluding halved matches 16-16!
Holes played in winning matches -Midlothian 252 Aberdeenshire 253!!

What a great advertisement for County golf!

Well done girls - you thoroughly deserved it in the end for the way you stuck in there and fought to the bitter end. But commiserations to Aberdeenshire - you really deserve a share of the trophy.

Thanks to Stirling golf club for their hospitality and thanks to Dawn and Toni and all their helpers and referrees for an excellently organised event, and to all the County Players not only for their wonderful golf but for the impressive spirit in which the golf was played. 

Young Guns keep Midlothian hopes alive

Fantastic performances by the whole team, and Emily Dalgetty and Kate McIntosh in particular (they have both won 4 matches out of 4), resulted in a 5-4 victory over Renfrewshire today.  In true Midlothian style the girls put in a massive effort to keep us in with a fighting chance, depending on the Aberdeenshire - Renfrewshire result tomorrow. Also bringing up the rear in the singles this afternoon, the experienced and unflappable Wendy Nicholson and Karen Marshall secured the victory.

Morning foursomes
Gabrielle Macdonald and Louise Fraser lost to Alyson McKeckin and Katrina Milne 2 and 1
Emily Dalgetty and Kate McIntosh beat Megan Briggs and Carol Whyte 1 up
Wendy Nicholson and Rachael Livingstone halved with Donna Jackson and Liz Stewart

Singles
Gabrielle lost to Megan Briggs 2 down
Emily beat Katrina Milne 3 and 1
Kate beat Alyson McKechin 2 and 1
Louise lost to Gillian Kyle 5 and 4
Wendy beat Carol Whyte 4 and 3
Karen Marshall halved with Donna Jackson

Scottish County Finals Day 1

Well it wasn't quite the start we had hoped for today. We won the foursomes 2-1 against Aberdeenshire this morning, and needing three singles victories this afternoon, unfortunately we only managed two. But right to the end it could have gone either way and the girls as usual gave their all against very tough opposition. But as we know from previous experiences, anything can happen and there is still all to play for.  A win against Renfrewshire ( who beat Borders 7-2 today) is what's required to get us back in with a chance.

 Morning foursomes:
Gabrielle Macdonald and Louise Fraser bt Sammy Leslie and Shannon McWilliam 3 and 2
Emily Dalgetty and Kate McIntosh bt Donna Pocock and Kimberly Beveridge 3 and 2
Wendy Nicholson and Karen Marshall lost to Carol Wilson and Sara Mathieson 3 and 2

Afternoon Singles:
Gabrielle Macdonald lost to Sammy Leslie 2 and 1
Louise Fraser lost to Kimberly Beveridge 5 and 4
Emily Dalgetty bt Claire Prouse 5 and 3
Hannah Scott lost to Sara Mathieson 3 and 2
Rachael Livingstone lost to Shannon McWilliam 2 and 1
Kate McIntosh bt Carol Wilson 3 and 2

Updated East of Scotland Championship Draw

County Finals - this weekend

Just a reminder that our team are participating in the County Finals at Stirling Golf Club this weekend.
Our girls would really appreciate your support so why not take a trip to Stirling on  Friday, Saturday or Sunday.

Our girls tee off from 9.30 in the mornings and 1.30 in the afternoons on all 3 days. On Friday we are up against Aberdeenshire, on Saturday they play Renfrewshire and on Sunday, Borders.

We wish them the best of luck and look forward to seeing you there.

Support Jane Turner!

As most of you know our Jane turned professional in July of this year and is heading off to the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School  in December.  She has organised a Texas Scramble event at Craigielaw Golf Club on Friday 18th October, shotgun start at 13:00. The competition is for teams of 4 with an entry fee of £200 which includes dinner after golf.


All the money raised from the event will go towards funding Jane's entry, accommodation and flights for Q school. Jane says "This trip is going to be the most important in my golfing career so far and your support will make this happen! Check out the poster and entry form below for more details and use the contact number on there or drop me an email through the ‘contact me’ page on my website" www.janeturnergolf.com

It would be great to see lots of  MCLGA members playing!

Eilidh wins Junior Championship

After much too-ing and fro-ing as heavy showers came and went , it was decided to proceed with the 2013 Junior Championship at Newbattle this afternoon but over 9 holes.
7 girls braved the gale force winds but thankfully the rain stayed off until all the girls had completed the shortened course.
Some amazingly good golf was in evidence - only going to show that our girls can cope with anything!
Eilidh Crawford (Harburn) became the new Junior Midlothian Champion with a gross 40 over 9 holes and Rachel Steedman won the handicap trophy with a nett 32.5 closely followed by Megan Linton with a nett 33.
Congratulations to all our girls who have had an excellent season many significantly reducing their handicaps.

Thanks to Newbattle for hosting the competition and to all helpers and parents for their support.

Full results over 9 holes were a follows:

Scratch winner              Eilidh Crawford (Harburn)               40
Scratch runner up          Emma Watson (Broomieknowe)      45

Handicap winner            Rachel Steedman (Murrayfield) 47 (14.5) 32.5
Handicap runner up        Megan Linton (Craigmillar Park) 48 (15)  33

Emma Watson(Broomieknowe)        45 (10) 35
Eilidh Crawford (Harburn)                40 (3)   37
Anna Massey (Elie & Earlsferry)       47 (9)   38
Heather Laing (Glencorse)                 48 (7)  41
Alex Massey (Elie &Earlsferry)          55 (9.5) 45.5

Champ!

Glad we are not out there!

What hole was that?

East of Scotland Championship

Updated draw below

Winter Foursomes Draw

The draw for the Winter Foursomes is now available under DRAWS

Well done Megan!

Congratulations to Megan Linton (Craigmillar Park)who was the overall winner with a net 65 in the East of Scotland Girls Autumn Meeting at Craigmillar Park on Saturday. Lauren Lee (Musselburgh) was best scratch with a gross 80.

Junior Championship Draw

The Draw for the Junior Championship which is being held at Newbattle Golf Club on Sunday 15th September is as follows:

1.40pm Eilidh Crawford (Harburn) 6
             Heather Laing   (Glencorse) 14

1.47pm Emma Watson  (Broomieknowe) 20
             Alex. Massey  (Elie & Earlsferry) 18

1.55pm Anna Massey (Elie & Earlsferry) 18
             Megan Linton (Craigmillar Park) 34
 
2.02pm Caitlin Turner (Baberton) 35
             Rachel Steedman (Murrayfield) 29

Please sign in and be ready to play at least 10 minutes before your tee time. Please also note that there is a strict dress code prohibiting jeans and trainers in the clubhouse and if shorts are worn (if it's warm enough!)
they must be tailored. Let's hope the sun shines!

Midlothian Autumn Meeting at Baberton

CSS 69

It was a chilly start to the day at Baberton followed by sun in the afternoon which was only threatened by some very black clouds coming over. Amazingly for us the rain dropped heavily, apparently, only 50 yds away. How lucky were we.
There were some good scores recorded on the new course which certainly challenged the entrants.
Thanks to Baberton for their help with the event.

1st Scratch  Kate McKintosh, Broomieknowe       68
2nd Scratch Susan Rennie, Turnhouse                   77

Overall best net, Marge Gammie, Baberton   81 - 14 = 67
2nd Best net, Lynda Tulloch, Dalmahoy    85 - 17 = 68

1st handicap silver  Gillian Pritchard, Ravelston   82 - 13 = 69
2nd handicap silver Kate Brown , Baberton 87 - 17 = 70

Bronze 1st handicap Margaret MacConnachie, Swanston 100 - 27 =73
Bronze best scratch , Fiona Neave, Baberton     95

Home Internationals

Good luck to Gabrielle Macdonald playing in her first Home Internationals this week at Scotscraig. And to Captain Karen Marshall and the rest of the team. Come on Scotland!

Well Done Viv!

Congratulations to Vivien Mitchell (Lochend) who won the Bronze Divison SLGA Grand Medal Finals today at King James VI in Perth. And to Morag Wardrop (Turnhouse) who was second in the silver division.

East of Scotland Championship

Have you entered for the East of Scotland Championship which is being held at Duddingston on Sunday 6th October?
Late entries can be accepted until Sunday 8th September but not thereafter - the draw will be done on 9th and any unused times released back to the Club.

This competition is open to all members of counties in the East of Scotland (Including Midlothian).

Download more information and an entry form below.

Scottish Foursomes 2013

The Scottish Match Play Foursomes and the Scottish ladies' Stroke Play Foursomes were held today at Kirriemuir.
Congratulations to the Turnhouse team of Morag Wardrop, Mandy McBain and Diane Moncrieff who were runners up  in the Match Play Foursomes narrowly losing  2 &1 in the final to the team from Kilmarnock Barassie.
Congratulations also to Sal Shepherd and Rachael Livingstone from Craigmillar park who won 3rd Scatch in the Stroke Play Foursomes with an 81 only two strokes behind the winners.
Well done, Girls.

Champion of Champions

The Champion of Champions' Final between Louise Fraser, Champion of Comiston ladies and Karen Marshall, Champion of Baberton was held today at the Royal Burgess Golfing Society.
The day was cold and very blustery which proved a challenge to both players.

Both players started steadily with pars at the first two holes. Karen birdied the 3rd to go 1 up and Louise birdied  the fourth to square the match.
Thereafter Louise's ability to keep her drives straight and on the fairway and accuracy to the greens enabled her to go 3 up at the turn.Karen rallied in the second half getting herself out of trouble on occasions but then  losing the opportunity on the green. Louise's game remained solid to enable her to close out the match on the 17th green, winning 2&1. Well done, Louise.

The game was played in great spirit between 2 great Midlothian players who contribute a huge amount to our County.

Many thanks to Anne Brownie who referreed the Final, to Royal Burgess for hosting the evnt and to all those who came to support our Champions.

Return of trophies

Please make sure all trophies are returned to Hilary by 10th September.

Winter Foursomes

The closing date for the Winter Foursomes is this Friday, 6th September and if you wish to enter please email Hilary. The draw will be done very shortly after that date.

Brownie bake-off for Breakthrough Breast Cancer

Knowing how competitive we golfers are, Anne Brownie ( a volunteer representative for Breakthrough Breast Cancer in Scotland) is incentivising Midlothian Clubs to join in the Great Pink Bake-Off this October. Some individual MCLGA members may already intend participating but if Clubs would like more information from Anne on how her Brownie bake-off incentives would work then please email her at apbrownie@blueyonder.co.uk

The Brownie bake-off would cover any form of baking get- together in October in a Midlothian Club or involving MCLGA members . The competitive element would be to hold an event where either the best baking (as judged at the event) or the person raising the most money for Breakthrough would win the incentive. All proceeds raised at incentivised bake offs would go to Breakthrough Breast Cancer. (NB the baking does not need to be “brownies” so look out your fav recipes!!)

Alternatively, find out more about or sign up for the Great Pink Bake-Off on Breakthrough’s website : http://www.breakthrough.org.uk/news/all-news/raise-some-dough-first-great-pink-bake

Although the featured date for bake-offs is 18th October, anyone wanting to raise some dough to help the fight against breast cancer can arrange their fundraising bake-off anytime in October. Happy baking, and don’t hesitate to contact Anne for more details on the golfers competitive version of bake-offs!