Thursday, December 17, 2015

New Secretary

You may be aware that Hilary has now completed her term of office as Secretary and I have taken over the role.  If you need to get in touch with me, my details can be found in the contacts section on the left hand page of the website. 

Wishing you all a merry christmas and happy new year!

Lisa Kilpatrick

Friday, December 11, 2015

Wishing all our members a very Happy Christmas and may 2016 be a Happy Healthy and Successful one

Midlothian Squad for 2016

We are pleased to announce the Midlothian squad for 2016

Kirsten Blackwood (Glencorse)
Linda Caine (Dunbar)
Eilidh Crawford (Kingsfield)
Emily Dalgetty (Glencorse)
Fiona De Vries ( St Rule)
Karen Ferguson (Liberton)
Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe)
Hilary Laughland (Mortonhall)
Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw)
Karen Marshall (Baberton)
Alison McBride (Harburn)
Kate McIntosh ( Broomieknowe)
Emma Morrison (CraigmillarPark)
Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe)
Susan Rennie (Turnhouse)
Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe)

WE wish them lots of success in 2016





Monday, November 23, 2015

Scottish Women in Sport Champion 2015

                                Congratulations 


Well done Liz Taylor, Prestonfield Golf Club, on being announced as the Scottish Women in Sport People's Champion for 2015.  Liz has done a fantastic job as the Club Golf representative at Prestonfield Golf Club to get children and women into golf.  A great achievement - Well done.



Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Monday, November 16, 2015

Adult/Junior Competition

It was a wet, misty Sunday but with typical Scottish optimism there were many remarks of 'at least its not windy!' from the adults.  The Juniors just gone on with it and attacked the course with gusto.
Karen Marshall in disguise

Many thanks to Yvonne Wilson who donated the prizes.

1st Handicap       Devon & Chris Boyle    36 - 14.5 = 21.5
Chris & Devon Boyle with Georgia & Sarah Leadingham

2nd Handicap       Anya & Stuart Ramsay    40 - 18 = 22
3rd Handicap       Abby & Caroline Steedman   32 -10 = 22

1st Scratch Emma Morrison & Scott Macpherson    31 (last 5 holes) 
Emma Morrison & Scott Macpherson with Angus & Megan Linton  
Under 8s  Isla McLeish -5 years old    22.5     Adult   Alasdair McLeish

Nearest the pin at the 4th  Grace Marshall




Nearest the pin at the 9th  Caroline Steedman

Well done to everyone who participated and a big thank you to Sharon Macpherson for all her hard work and organisation.

Friday, November 13, 2015

REVISED DRAW FOR ADULT JUNIOR COMPETITION




Draw for Adult/Junior Competition Sunday 15 November – Swanston Templar course

10.30         Megan and Angus Linton               Emma Morrison and Scott 
                                                                           Macpherson
10.37         Caitlin and Colin Turner                   Lucy and Ricky Morrison
10.45         Emma and Sandy Watson              Emily Rigg and Ian McDonald
10.52         Samantha and Gary MacGregor     Lauren and Gary Reid
10.59         Abby and Caroline Steedman        Georgia and Sarah Ledingham
11.06         Lisa Macpherson and William Lamb       Jessica and Andrew 
                                                                                     Walker
11.13         Julia and Iain Smith                        Carys and Mandy Irvine
11.20         Emma and Iain Lamond                 Ellie Ferguson and Sue Cowie
11.27         Emily and Brian Tait                         Emily Walker and Ken Cole
11.35         Erica McIntosh and David Oswald        Emily and Moira Simpson
11.42         Grace and Mr Marshall                  Honor and Andrew Simpson
11.50         Ella and Karen Marshall                Elena and Stuart Fairbairn
11.58         Nena and Stuart Ramsay              Holly and Iain McLeish
12.05         Isla and Alasdair McLeish            Isla and Craig Scott
12.12         David and Grace Simson             Derek and Martha Johnston      
                   Norman and Rachel Skillen

Please report in at 1st tee 10 minutes before your tee time.
Development centre girls please follow instructions issued by David.
Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday.

Midlothian AGM held at Liberton on the 11th November

We had our AGM and annual prizegiving at Liberton Golf Club . Many thanks to Liberton for their help on the evening and their generousity in letting us use their facilities.

We remembered fondly past members who had passed away in the previous 12 months.

Lorna Fitzsimmons from Mortonhall
Jesse Swan from Liberton
Patricia Stuart from Ravelston
Esme Starkings from Broomieknowe
and Judy Buchan who sadly pssed away only the day before after a long and terrible illness from Ratho.

The reports followed highlights of the year which had been a good one for all categories. The team being runners up in the Scottish , members representing Scotland in the Home and Senior Internationals, A Junior representing Scotland in the Scottish Schoolgirls and seeing the juniors successes in so many competitions.

It was asked under AOB that members let their representatives know if they would like to change the order of the AGM for the following year in order to have the junior prize giving earlier and maybe start at 7. This would mean the increasing number of younger members not being too late in bed on a school night. If anyone wishes to make any suggestions about this please either let Zandra know or one of your reps as this will be discussed at the next committee meeting.

Under AOB a show of hands was taken about the calendar of events for next year. It was agreed that we would format this so that members could print it off from their own computers.

Our Junior Champion Megan Linton on L and Runner up Samantha McGregor

Some of our brilliant juniors with their prizes


Thursday, November 12, 2015

Adult/Junior Competition


Draw for Adult/Junior Competition Sunday 15 November – Swanston Templar course



10.30         Megan and Angus Linton                        Emma Morrison and Scott Macpherson

10.37         Caitlin and Colin Turner                           Lucy and Ricky Morrison

10.45         Emma and Sandy Watson                      Emily Rigg and Ian McDonald

10.52         Samantha and Gary MacGregor            Lauren and Gary Reid

10.59         Abby and Caroline Steedman                Georgia and Sarah Ledingham

11.06         Lisa Macpherson and William Lamb     Jessica and Andrew Walker

11.13         Julia and Iain Smith                                  Carys and Mandy Irvine

11.20         Emma and Iain Lamond                          Ellie Ferguson and Sue Cowie

11.27         Emily and Brian Tait                                 Emily Walker and Ken Cole

11.35         Erica McIntosh and David Oswald         Emily and Moira Simpson

11.42         Grace and Mr Marshall                            Honor and Andrew Simpson

11.50         Ella and Karen Marshall                          Jessica and Robert Forman

11.58         Nena and Stuart Ramsay                        Holly and Iain McLeish

12.05         Isla and Alasdair McLeish                       Isla and Craig Scott

12.12         Louisa and Katie Forman                       Derek and Martha Johnston



Please report in at 1st tee 10 minutes before your tee time.

Development centre girls please following instructions issued by David.


Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday.

Thursday, November 5, 2015

AGM and Prizegiving

Just a reminder that the AGM and Prizegiving will take place on Wednesday, 11th November at Liberton Golf Club commencing with the AGM at 7.30 p.m, and prizegiving around 8.30 p.m.  The  Agend is not a long one this year so it is hoped that all prizewinners, Juniors and Adults, will come along.

There will be the normal raffle in aid of the Juniors so please remember to bring something along.

Monday, November 2, 2015

Adult/Girls Competition

The Adult/Junior Competition for the Hennesay Gold Cup will take place on Sunday 15 November starting at 10.30 at Swanston Golf Club, entry fee is £10 per couple.  Can you please sent me an e mail to enter and the draw will be put on the website on the Thursday prior to the competition.

For those girls attending the Development Centre coaching with David this competition will be taken as your lesson for the day.

Please e mail me with names, clubs, and  handicaps (if any).

Please send to sharonmac67@sky.com

I look forward to seeing as many as possible on 15 November.

Any questions please get in touch.

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Thank you Caddies

Caddies were invited to Broomieknowe today to join Midlothian team players and officials in a fun game.



The weather was kind to us and the course was looking glorious in its autumn colours.

  Thank you to Broomieknowe for granting us coutesy of the course







 There were 5 teams of 3 competing in a TexMex Scramble that proved to be very competitive with only 4 strokes dividing the first and last places. 

Congratulations to the winning trio.


Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Annual General Meeting - 11th November 2015

Please note that the Annual General Meeting is of course Wednesday, 11th November 2015 and not Wednesday 13th (which is the 2016 date).  Apologies.

Monday, October 12, 2015

Gabrielle - Champion of Champions Winner


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'St Andrews student Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) scored one of her biggest successes since she won the Scottish women's amateur championship two years ago when she was crowed the SLGA's Champion of Champion 2015 at Glasgow Gailes Golf Club today (Sunday).
Gabrielle headed a field of 21 - more than double the size of last year's field - by two strokes with a round of 71 which matched the women's par and was six shots below the CSS of 77.' (courtesy of Kirkwood Golf)
Midlothian were well represented having four other members playing
Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) 77
Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 82
Fiona DeVries (St Rule) 83
Emma Morrison (Craigmillar Park) 91

I am sure you would like to join me in offering Gabrielle our congatulations.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Gibson Cup

The Gibson Cup took place over the Braids last weekend in glorious sunshine . Quite a change from last year when we couldn't even see the 1st tee never mind the green.

Some of our Midlothian ladies did exceptionally well in the comp with Sue Cowie and Pam Townsend taking the Trophy beating Anne Brownie and Mary Stark at the 17th.

Pam Townsend and Sue Cowie with the Trophy that was first presented in 2006   


It was Anne Brownie's last time of organising the event on behalf of Edinburgh Leisure . I am sure there are many Midlothian players in this event who would like to join me in thanking her for all the hard work that makes this competition such a great event.

Sal Shepherd is going to be taking over from Anne. We wish her good times in the future with the running of the competition.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

East of Scotland Championship at Luffness on Sunday 27th Sept

The 2015 East of Scotland Championship hosted by East Lothian was played at Luffness New Golf Club.The competition was well supported by all the Counties involved (Fife, Midlothian, East Lothian and Stirling and Clackmannanshire) with the result that many hopeful competitors were unfortunately balloted out. There were 48 competitors and everyone played in glorious sunshine with no wind, very unusual for a Links Course. 

We now have the East of Scotland champion , Hannah Scott.   She won with an excellent scratch score of 70 - a new Ladies course record at Luffness New, beating the previous record of 75, held by Keren Ward (East Lothian) in the 2013 ELLCGA Spring Meeting. Very well done Hannah. Brilliant golf.

Hannah also helped our Midlothian team to win the County team cup with a score of 219. 

Our team consisted of Hannah Scott, Gabrielle Macdonald, Karen Marshall and Wendy Nicholson. Very well done to you all. 

 A big thank you to the East Lothian for organising this event this year. 

Results: CSS 73
Scratch
1 Hannah Scott, Broomieknowe (Midlothian)       70
2 Elaine Moffat, St Regulus (Fife)                        72
3 Susan Jackson, Ladybank (Fife)                        73

Handicap
1 Karen Burns, Bathgate (S&C) (6)                      68
2 Karen Ferguson, Liberton (Midlothian) (4)        71
3 Susan Penman (GLGC) (East Lothian)(6)           73 (b.i.h.)



Our Hannah with the EOS Championship Trophy
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Our winning team of Hannah Scott, Gabrielle Macdonald, Karen Marshall and Wendy Nicholson with an amazing 219



Sunday, September 20, 2015

Final Day at Stranraer

Amazingly although cooler today and overcast we managed to stay dry until around the 12th and then it became a not nice afternoon especially as we lost today by 3.5 to 5.5.

We won 2 out of the three foursomes matches in the morning but the singles though very hard fought were lost 1.5 to 4.







                                 Our foursomes teams. Great two wins out of three.

Great buzz on the final day singles in more seasonal weather than the first two days of beautiful sunshine.   

What an exciting afternoon of singles. They were a strong team to beat but the girls certainly gave it there best shot. We lost the first two matches and won the third so only had to win two out of three to regain the trophy.

Wendy was 5 down at the 5th.. 2 lost balls and 3 birdies . But then came the great Wendy fight back to end up one down by the 15th. she was still only one down going down the 16th but great putting by Claire won the match for Angus. So two matches left and we needed them both.

Karen Marshall had a birdie two at the 15th to go 1 up in her match against Jemma Chalmers. Unfortunately a slightly miss aimed drive at the 16th put it back to A/S. An amazing putt by Angus on the 17th sadly put us one down and that was the end of our chances to win. But Karen's magic hands and a fantastic shot out of the bunker onto the green, to be shot of the day,  meant a halved match.

Hannah our backstop again, was 1 down going up the 18th and managed to half the last hole to end up just one down after a very exciting match.

Kate earns the title of 'woman of the match' as she won 5 out of her 6 matches. She is very attached to her new driver. Not surprising as she  was hitting it over 250yds!

So a great final day played in the best of spirits. Thank you team for your wonderful efforts.

Many congratulations to Angus for their win today.

Saturday, September 19, 2015

The second day at Stranraer playing against Ayrshire

What another magnificent day with wall to wall sunshine. Better than over there in Heidleberg!!

Our Happy team below did us proud by winning 7.5 to 1.5. Some tense matches but we really have such a tenacious team that even when you think the tables have turned they manage to fight back.





We were out again at 09.30 and although there was a lot of dew on the ground the sun soon dried the course out.

Kate and Wendy led out our foursomes and romped round the course winning hole after hole to finish 6/5

Karen and Hannah followed but never quite got totally in the groove. They were one down going up the 18th which meant  a bit of nail biting but an excellent shot to the green and good put let them half the match .

Gabrielle and Louise were going really well in the first few holes to take them to 4 up by the 5th. They maintained this lead until the 10th when their opponents really started to put on the pressure. Again down to the wire with a win on the 18th.

Pressure on now to see what our singles players could achieve on a glorious afternoon.

Kate seems to have a tiger in her tank this week. She played briliantly to win 5/3.
Karen Marshall found her form again in the afternoon and was soon 4 up. Pressure from her opponent meant she ended up going up the 18th to win us another point.
Alison had a shaky start playing with water in the first few holes . She was 4 down coming down the 14th and won the next four holes to half the match. Brilliant come back.
Karen Ferguson was up for most of her round only having a hiccough towards the last few holes and ending up halving the match on the 18th.
Wendy was on great form this afternoon against a formidable opponent going three up at the 15th then winning the 16th . Winning the match 4 and 2.
Hannah was our backstop this afternoon and coped really well with that pressure. She was up from hole one and completed a great match on the 16th to win 3 and 2.

Overall another great day with lots of smiles on faces. A huge thank you to all our caddies who are doing a great job looking after the players.

Kate's shot of the day today was unfortunately her provisional when she hit it close to the pin with her drive on the 5th!

Another shot was a carefully thrown banana skin which may take some time to come down from where it is hanging in the trees!

Hope the forecast is wrong tomorrow but know our team will fight every inch of the way to bring home the trophy.



Friday, September 18, 2015

The first day of the finals at Stranraer

So far so good with the weather. Not quite as warm as yesterday but certainly warm enough for most to end up in shirt sleeves again.
A Hug to see them on their way





There was some really great golf played today by both teams resulting in some pretty tense matches but our brilliant team won out against Dumfriesshire winning 7 matches to 2.

Gabrielle Macdonald and Louise Fraser led our team out in the foursomes winning 1 up. Followed by Karen Marshall and Alison McBride who although having some great holes lost on the 17th. Kate McIntosh and Wendy Nicholson ended the foursomes with a fantastic win of 6/5.

Gabrielle led us out in the afternoon after an incredibly quick turnaround. She was playing Diane Macdonald who was really on amazing form. She had 2 birdies and an eagle in the first 3 holes.Gabrielle managed to fight back but lost eventually on the 16th.

Our Kate followed and she was on fire. Her new driver was working wonderfully to bring her to an incredible win on the 12th.

Hannah also played a great match and she shared the shot of the day. She won 4&3

Karen Ferguson settled down after a bit of a shaky start and really came too when she struck the pin on the short par 3 at the 6th. That was just the boost she needed to set her on her way to victory. It wasn't the best finish as her opponent sent two balls into the wilderness on the 17th and not finding them conceded the match as Karen was 2 up at this point and on the fairway.
  
Alison was hitting the ball beutifully this afternoon but so was her opponent until Alison went up at the 11th Then 2 up then 1 up and then an amazing up and down on the 15th par 3 to stay 1 up. A win at the next and a birdie to win the match on the 17th.

Louise was a real anchorman today and had us biting our nails around the 14th and 15th when she went from 3 up to 1 up. But Louise never gives up and sank a great putt on the 17th to win.

Shots of the day go to Hannah who eagled the par4 fourth hole. Just one bounce on the green and in it went.
Karen Marshall hit the most incredible shot out from in the trees in really thick rough to land right in the middle of the fairway. Most I feel would have definately declared it unplayable!
Then Karen Ferguson with her shot into the shot 6th to nearly get her first hole in one.

Here's to another day of the same tomorrow.



Thursday, September 17, 2015

Here we are in Stranraer on our practice round.

This is the amazing 5th Hole     


Lets hope the beautiful weather continues tomorrow. Good luck to our girls tomorrow

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Winter Foursomes

The draw for the Winter Foursomes can now be found under Draws.

Monday, September 14, 2015

Junior Championship

We are so glad that the weather yesterday is not like today as apart from a heavy shower the weather was perfect for golf at Murrayfield. The course looked in great condition for the competition and thanks to the club for the use of their course..

We had a great lineup of players with one or two missing due to other commitments.

Some good scores returned and the new Champion is Megan Linton with a gross 82 with the best last 6 holes.

Our President handing the Trophy to our new Junior Champion Megan Linton

The best net was won by Hannah Darling with a net 70 ie 82 - 12 =70

Tracy and best net scoring Hannah Darling


Well done and thanks so much to all those who took part. Some huge potential for our future Midlothian squads.

All the juniors who took part in the Championship at Murrayfield 2015

CSS 71

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Ladies Home Internationals


Scotland put in a fantastic performance in the Home Internationals at Royal Wimbledon GC this week.  They started slowly with a loss to Ireland 2.5 - 6.5 on the first day. Then on day two, having lost the foursomes 1-2 against England a truly inspired performance saw them take 5 of the 6 singles games to record an historic victory over the title holders.  This included wins for both Gabrielle Macdonald and Kate McIntosh in true Midlothian County style!

With Ireland having drawn with Wales the competition was wide open.  If we could beat Wales, and depending on the Ireland v England result, the title could go to Scotland.  Were we dreaming?  Well out ahead England came back fighting and defeated Ireland.  Just like county days we were totting up the count-back points! A win would secure us the title. But despite a fantastic effort by Kate in particular, who turned her game around to win on the 18th and a sterling effort by Gabrielle, we came up just short, loosing to Wales 4-5. So we went from the possibility of winning the championship to being fourth in the space of the last few holes - just one game (a couple of putts!) short.  What a cruel but wonderful and exciting game golf is! 

All the team performed really well and the team spirit was excellent. It was the best performance by a Scotland team for many years.  And as my time as SLGA Performance Director comes to an end and we move forward in to a new era in Scottish Golf, it was particularly pleasing to have two Midlothian County players in the Scotland team doing their county and their country proud. Hopefully they will take that form and experience forward to the Country Finals in Stranraer where I will be performing my last SLGA duties and will of course be totally neutral!! 

Mary Richardson


Thursday, September 10, 2015

The Final of the Scottish County Matches at Stranraer 18th to 20th Sept

Stranraer here we come and raring to go.

We have the winning team from Scotscraig Jamboree representing out County at this final in Stranraer.



Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw)
Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe)
Karen Marshall (Baberton)
Louise Fraser Kingsknowe)
Alison McBride Harburn)
Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe)
Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe)
Karen Ferguson (Liberton)

And reserve Kirsten Blackwood (Glencorse)

Please do come and join us and cheer the team on. If you can't make it and want to follow the scores you can use this link to keep a track of the scores


I am sure you will join with me in wishing them every success next week