Good luck, Europe

The much anticipated 2014 Ryder Cup gets underway at Gleneagles today and  Midlothian's Junior Development squad member, Kayleigh Singer (Dundas Parks) was privileged to handover the Ryder Cup to Gleneagles. "It was amazing," said Kayleigh.

Good luck Europe!

Notice of Annual General Meeting

The Ninety-Fifth Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Prizes will be held at Liberton Golf Clubhouse on Wednesday, 12^th November 2014 at 7.30 p.m.

Any proposals or amendments should be sent to the Secretary no later than 28 days before the meeting.

Hilary Anderson

Hon. Secretary

2015 Fixtures

Here is a note of some 2015 Fixtures for your diaries:

Event	Location	Date
Junior Spring Meeting	Liberton	Monday, 6th April
Spring Meeting	Broomieknowe	Monday, 13th April
Championship Qualifying	Baberton	Tuesday, 28th April
“           Match Play	Baberton	Friday, 1st and Sunday, 3rd May
Commonwealth Spoon	Liberton	Monday, 11th May
Summer Meeting	Dalmahoy West	Monday, 6th July
Tri-Am	Craigmillar Park	Monday, 10th August
Autumn Meeting	Harburn	Monday, 31st August
Junior Championship	Murrayfield	Sunday, 13th September

First Swanston Junior game of autumn/winter season

It was a beautiful sunny day on Sunday but unfortunately the numbers were a bit disappointing. There were some really good scores though.
It was lovely to see Grace do her first nine holes and a new girl Erica play for the first time.


1st Handicap Samantha McGregor 35 - 14 = 21
2nd Handicap Lucy Morrison  37 - 16 = 21


1st non handicap Georgia Ledingham 37
2nd non handicap Abby Steedman 39


Well done to all who played and hope we will see you all next time

Draw for East of Scotland Championship

League Results

Congratulations to Kingsknowe who are winners of  Division 1 of the 2014 5aside matches, and to runners up, Baberton.

Division 2 was won by Mortonhall with Dalmahoy in 2nd place. Well done to both teams who are promoted to Division 1.
Commisserations to  Swanston New and Murrayfield who are relegated to Division 2.

We are delighted to welcome Carrickvale who will be joining Division 2 for the first time next season.

Junior Girls shine at Kingsfield

The Stephen Gallacher Foundation Finals day was held at Kingsfield on Saturday September 13th.

146 girls and boys competed and Midlothian girls figured prominently amongst the prizewinners of both the stroke and flag competitions.
Congratulations to all the prizewinners.
Stephen Gallacher was there in person on all day and presented the prizes making the day an extra special occasion.

Well done to Megan Linton who won the Under 16 Girls stroke play with a 41. She leads the 2014 Order of Merit for Under 16 girls.

Well done also to Claire Forrester who was first in the Under 16 Stroke play  of the  "Short Course" World Match Play Section and to Abby Steedman who won the Under 10 Girls Flag Event.

Special congratulations to Abby who became the "Short Course" World Match Play Champion of Champions - an honour open to both girls and boys. Abby was undoubtedly spurred on to success by overhearing one of the boys saying to his playing partner, "Come on, we cannot be beaten by a GIRL"
Well done Abby.

Full results and photographs can be found on the SGF website - link on top right of this page.

County Girls Championship at Ravelston Golf Club

 























The 2014 Junior Championship was held at Ravelston Golf Club on Sunday September 14th on an over cast but dry autumnal day. Ravelston was a new venue for our Championship and for most of our girls, a new experience.

The girls enjoyed the course which is not as easy as it may appear on first impressions. It's narrow fairways and tight greens necessitate an accurate game, the clinging rough seriously punishing those who stray from the straight and narrow. Despite this the girls played well and scores were good, bringing the CSS for the day down to 68 (SSS 69)

Katie Darling had an excellent round of  83 and becomes our new Midlothian Junior Champion. Well done to Katie who has had an excellent season and well deserves to be our Champion.

Congratulations also to Ailsa Lamond who won 1st handicap. She showed great tenacity by recovering from a nightmare 1st hole where she hooked her drive into the rough. From thence she managed to hack it out only to be caught by the branch of a tree which landed her under a bush.After an amazing shot from what for anyone else would have been an unplayable lie, she finally walked off  with a 7. Undaunted she recovered to finish with a nett 67. A true Champion in the making!

Grateful thanks to Ravelston Golf Club for allowing us the courtesy of the course and for their warm reception and hospitality - their legendary cakes are as delicious as ever.

Full results:

1st scratch and Champion   Katie Darling 83
2nd scratch                         Megan Linton 87

1st Handicap                     Ailsa Lamond   93 - 26 = 67
2nd Handicap                    Caitlin Turner   98 - 29 = 69

CSS for day 68

Well done girls and thanks to all for competing.Thanks also to Sharon, Zandra, Tracy and Hilary and to all those who helped on the day.

Final of Stephen Gallagher competitions

The very best of luck to our Midlothian girls in this event tomorrow.


Enjoy and play well

Draw for the Midlothian Girls Championship at Ravelston Sun 14th Sept 2014

2.00        Katie Darling

               Anna Massey

 

2.07       Alex Massey

              Megan Linton

 

2.15      Carys Irvine

             Emma Watson

             Ailsa Lamond

 

2.22     Emily Rigg

            Caitlin Turner

            Lucy Morrison

 

Please report to the reception desk 10 minutes prior to your tee times.

 

Thanks

Jane's Texas Scramble Fundraising Event

Why don't as any many Midlothian members as possible get some teams together to support our own Jane Turner as she works hard to earn her LET card for next year!

Her Texas Scramble fundraiser event is being held on Friday 17th October at Craigielaw Golf Club.The entry fee is £160 for a team of four and this includes a two course meal after your round. There will be prizes for the teams finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd, individual prizes on each hole and there will also be a raffle. All funds raised from this event will go towards Jane's expenses for the Ladies European Tour Q-School in November.

She is also hoping to have a silent auction for which the money will be donated to Epilepsy Scotland, a charity that JT is proud to represent!

For information on how to enter a team please visit Jane's website
http://www.janeturnergolf.com/2014/08/26/date-for-your-diaries/

St Andrews Invitational

Congratulations to Midlothian Junior Development Squad member, Katie Darling (Ravelston) who won the handicap division of the St Andrews Invitational Competition at the weekend after an amazing first round score of  70 -15 = 55.

The competition was held over 2 rounds, the first over the Strathtyrum course on the Saturday and the second over the Eden Course.

Katie won with a nett 134  (55,79)

Very well done.

Autumn Meeting at Kingsknowe

What a beautiful warm day for our Autumn meeting. Kingsknowe was in excellent condition.


We were made to feel very welcome and a very grateful thanks to all those who helped on the day.


Winners are


Best overall net and McIntyre Trophy goes to one of our junior stars
Carys Irvine with a gross 85 -22 =63 ( Swanston )


2nd best net overall
Susan Gardiner gross 87 - 21 =66  (Ravelston)


1st scratch Jennifer Bryans  74 (BIH) (Harburn)
2nd Scratch Louise Fraser   74 (Kingsknowe)


Silver Division
1st Handicap  Gail Joughin  83-16 = 67 (Merchants)
2nd Handicap  Pamela Woods 81 - 12 = 69 (Dalmahoy)


Bronze Division
Bronze scratch  Jane Browitt  93 (Glencorse)
1st handicap  Janice Duguid 94 - 23 = 71 (Ravelston)


Well played . Some really fgood scores today


CSS 71

Scottish Caps

Congratulations to Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw) and Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) who have been selected to represent Scotland at the Ladies Home Internationals which are being held at Aberdovay Golf Club, Wales from 17 -19 September.
The team will be captained by our own Karen Marshall(Baberton)

Congratulations also to Fiona deVries(St Rule) who has been selected for the Senior Home Internationals to be held at Huddersfield Golf Club from 30 September - 2 October.

Well done and good luck

Junior News

Congratulations to Carys Irvine (Swanston New) who won the under 14 handicap and Emma Morrison (Craigmillar Park) who won the Under 16 category at the East of |Scotland Girls Autumn Meeting at Stirling Golf Club on Sunday.
Congratulations are also due to Carys  who has become the Girls Under 18 handicap champion in the Stephen Gallacher Foundation's Order of Merit.

An impressive 12 Midlothian Gilrls competed in the SGF competitions this season and the Final Leaderboard of the Girls Order of Merit included 6 Midlothian girls in the first 7 places.

The top 10 players have qualified for the "Race to Dunbar which is to be held on Sunday 19th October.

Well done girls and good luck at Dunbar.