Champion of Champions

Midlothian Team newcomer, Alison McBride from Harburn becomes the 2014 Champion of Champions.

The Champion of Champions final between Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) and Alison McBride (Harburn) was played today at Royal Burgess Golfing Society on a warm and sunny afternoon.

Both players started steadily and halved the first 5 holes although Alison missed a couple of makeable putts.
On the 6th hole Alison holed a monster putt which put her one ahead and gave her the confidence she needed.
On the 7th Kate drove into the trees on the left having to just knock it back on to the fairway and despite playing a superb 3rd to the green found herself  2 down after 7. Alison parred the short 8th to Kate's bogey and by the turn, Alison was 3 up.

Kate rallied on the next few holes winning the 10th with a par and halving the 11th. Despite losing the 12th she won the 13th and halved the 14th.

On the 15th, despite driving into the trees Alison played perhaps the shot of the match by pitching her 3rd almost stone dead to win the hole and go dormy 3 up. Kate won the 16th but Alison held her nerve and closed out on the 17th for a 3 and 1 win.

Excellent golf was played by both players but on the day, Alison's longer hitting and accuracy around the greens enabled her to become the well deserved 2014 Champion of Champions.

The game was played in excellent spirits and both girls were well supported by their caddies and an impressive turn out of supporters from both Broomieknowe and Harburn.

Many thanks to Anne Brownie who refereed the final and to Royal Burgess for hosting the event.

Winter Fours Competition

Just a reminder that the  closing date for entries for the Winter Fours Competition is this Friday, 6th September.  There is still time to get your enry in to Hilary if you have not done so.  E-mail entries will be accepted.

2014 Junior Championship

The 2014 Midlothian Junior Championship is being held at Ravelston Golf Club on Sunday September 14th from 2pm. The format is 18 holes of stroke play.
All girls with a handicap are encouraged to enter and an entry form will be emailed to all girls.
Please return this to Sharon Macpherson at sharonmac67@sky.com or 3 Bellfield Avenue, East Calder, EH53 0QY  by 9th September.

The East of Scotland Autumn meeting is being held at Stirling Golf Club this Sunday (31st August)
Good luck to our 9 Midlothian girls who are competing.

Autumn Meeting - Kingsknowe

The draw for the Autumn Meeting can now be found under "Draws"

East of Scotland Championship

The East of Scotland Championship is being held at Falkirk Tryst Golf Club on Sunday, 7 October 2014. This competition is open to all members of Counties in the East of Scotland (including Midlothian).  An entry form can be found under "Forms" on the left hand side of the page.

Today at Swanston

A record 22 couples braved the windy conditions today at Swanston to compete in the popular Adult/Girl Competition.Thankfully it remained dry and not particularly cold.
Despite the challenging conditions some excellent golf was played and everyone had fun.
We also ran our annual putting competition which had to be cancelled in April because of the weather.

Results were as follows:

Ist Scratch  Louisa & Robert Forman  36

1st handicap Grace & Stephen Marshall       37 - 14 =  23
2nd handicap Victoria & David Cameron      39 - 14 = 25
3rd handicap Rachel & Norman Skillen        38 - 12.5 = 25.5

Ist non-handicap putting (6 holes) and winner of trophy  Georgia Ledingham   13 putts
Ist handicap putting                                                        Emma Morrison        12 putts

Thanks to all Mums, Dads and Grandpas for supporting our competition and to all our helpers.
We will hold another similar competition in November and our usual 9 hole competition for the girls on
Sunday September 21st.

Photos from today will follow.

Adult/Girl Competition Draw

The Draw for the Adult/Girl Competition on Sunday at the 9 hole Templar Course at Swanston is as follows.

Please note that we will also be running a putting competition for the juniors. Please could those in the first half of the Draw arrive 10 minutes before their tee time.These girls will putt after their 9 holes. Please could those in the second half ie after 11.07 please arrive 40minutes before their tee time in order to putt before their 9 holes.

10.30 Sarah & Georgia Ledingham
          Emily Walker & Ken Cole
10.37 Jessica & Andrew Walker
          Ellie Ferguson & Sue Cowie
10.45 Rachel & Norman Skillen
          Hannah & Douglas Keir
10.52 Lucy & Julie Keir
          Ella & Karen Marshall
11.00 Grace & Stephen Marshall
          Louisa & Robert Forman               

Putting first  - please arrive 40 minutes before tee time
11.07 Jessica Griffith & David Christie
          Anya & Mike Ramsay
11.15 Nena & Stuart Ramsay
          Abby & Caroline Steedman
11.22 Carys & Mandy Irvine
          Megan & Angus Linton
11.30 Samantha & Gary Macgregor
          Emma & Diane Morrison
11.37 Lucy & Ricky Morrison
          Victoria & David Cameron

The format for the day will be 2 ball foursomes with adults driving on the odd hole ie from the 1st. The day is about having fun and the putting competition is voluntary
Please bring the payment for the competition on the day - preferably in exact money please- £10 (£6 +£4) per couple for non- members of Swanston and £5 (£3 + £2) for members.
We will be running a short prizegiving within the clubhouse area after the competition where you will be able to purchase drinks and snacks.
It can be windy and chilly at Swanston so please bring warm and waterproof clothes with you. Let's hope the sun shines.
Any questions or problems - please contact Sheila Stuart. at sheila.rstuart@tiscali.co.uk or 07792820739
         

Adult/Girl Competition- Sunday 17th August

We are running our popular Adult/Girl competition at Swanston Templar Course on Sunday 17th August from 10.30am.

All junior girls are welcome to participate. You don't need a handicap and we especially welcome our newer members. The format will be a foursome of 2 adults and 2 girls. If you can't persuade your Mum, Dad, brothers, sisters, Granny or Grandpa to play with you we can provide you with an adult partner.

Prizes will be available for both handicap and non- handicap catagories but the day is strictly about having fun and enjoying your golf.

We also hope to run a putting competition as we were unable to run our usual putting competition alongside our Spring meeting at Liberton because of the weather. There is a Trophy for the winner.

The cost, payable on the day, will be £10 per couple or £5 for Swanston members.

Diane will be emailing entry forms to all junior members or simply send an email to sheila.rstuart@tiscali.co.uk if you would like to take part.

The Draw will be done on Thursday 14th August and posted on this web site.

Autumn Meeting - Kingsknowe

Entries for the Autumn Meeting close on Friday, 15th August.  Please get you entry in to Hilary before then.

Return of Trophies

It is that time of year again when trophies have to be returned in order to get them engraved for the AGM.  You can either give them to your Rep who will be able to pass them on at the August Cttee Meeting, or, if you are playing in the Autumn Meeting, you  can hand them in then.  Please contact Hilary direct if neither of these suggestions are possible.  In any event, they must be with Hilary by Friday, 12th September.