Report from Adult and Girl Competition at Swanston, on 19/11/2017

23 girls came with their Adults to play in our competition yesterday, in sunny but cold conditions. This was a great turnout. We were lucky enough to have our President Norma Richmond on hand to act as starter and to present the prizes, and Captain Jacky Burnett on the check in desk. Thank you ladies!

Results were as follows:

Scratch prize Brian Marshall and Ella Marshall 32

1st handicap, and winners of the Hennesey Gold Cup, Alasdair McLeish and Holly McLeish, (net) 20
2nd handicap, Louise Massey and Phoebe Massey, (net) 21
3rd handicap, David Simson and Natasha Simson, (net 22).

Winner of the under 8 prize was Ruby Keys.

Nearest the pin at the 4th (girls) Georgia Ledingham
Nearest the pin at the 9th (adults) Alasdair McLeish.

Thanks go to Swanston New Golf Club for allowing us to host the event on the Templar course and to the Stephen Gallacher Foundation for letting us use their "cabin" for checking in.

A HUGE thank you is also due to Yvonne Wilson who very kindly provided the main prizes and the goody bags for all the girls. Thanks also to Louise Fraser who provided cereal bars for the girls.

Don't forget girls, there is a 9 hole competition at Swanston on the 3rd Sunday of every month (apart from the school holidays). Watch this website for details.

Alasdair McLeish and Holly McLeish

Brian Marshall and Ella Marshall

Louise Massey and Phoebe Massey

David Simson and Natasha Simson

Draw for Adult and Girl Competition at Swanston on Sunday 19th November

09.00  Carolyn Hannay and Georgia Ledingham
David Simpson and Grace Simpson
09.06  Craig Taylor and Erica McIntosh
Sue Cowie and Ellie Ferguson
09.12 Brian Marshall and Ella Marshall
Stuart Ramsay and Anya Ramsay
09.18 Karen Marshall and Grace Marshall
Vivien Walker and Emily Walker
09.24 Robert Forman and Jessica Forman
Andy Ness and Daisy Ness
09.30  Louise Fraser and Logan Storie
John Henderson and Louisa Forman
Teeny weeny break  😎
09.40 Ed Massey and Phoebe Massey
Bill Lamb and Lisa MacPherson
09.46 Anne Robertson and Martha Johnston
Peter Keys and Ruby Keys
09.52 Barri Millar and Abbi Millar
Mark Fallon and Megan Fallon
09.58 Gavin MacLean and Holly MacLean
Marcus Collings and Lara Collings
10.04 Matt Reed and Holly Reed
Alasdair McLeish and Holly McLeish
10.10 David Simson and Natasha Simson
Yvonne Wilson and Nicola Lamb

Please all come along 15 minutes before you are due to tee off so that you have time to check in and pay, and warm up. Check in will be at the Cabin beside the first tee of the Templar 9 hole course. The forecast is good, but COLD!! ⛄⛄⛄ 

If there are any call offs on the morning please phone 07979 963245.

Afterwards please head to the Golfer's Bar for coffee, bacon rolls if you have ordered them (there's still time...) and the Prizegiving.

UPDATE on Adult and Girl competition

Entries are now closed, but we will operate a waiting list, in case there are any cancellations. If you would like to enter please email Sue Cowie and I will put your name on the waiting list.

Upcoming Adult and Girl Foursomes competition at Swanston Templar course, 19th November 2017, at 9am

We are running this popular event on Sunday 19th November, at 9.00am. There is still time to enter, but spaces are filling up quickly, and we may be oversubscribed (in which case it will have to be first come, first served). If you wish to enter and have not done so already please email Sue Cowie by Wednesday 15th November, with names and handicaps (if you have one).

The cost is £10 per couple, payable on the day, and there will be a prize giving after the event in the downstairs (Golfers) bar in the Swanston Clubhouse.

The draw will be posted on this website after Wednesday.

MCLGA Squad 2018

The Midlothian squad for 2018 will be

2017 Team at Scottish County Finals
K Marshall, L Fraser, J Burnett (Capt.),  R Livingstone, G MacDonald

A McBride, J Bryans, K Ferguson-Snedden, H Darling.

Jennifer Bryans          Harburn

Hannah Darling          Broomieknowe
Karen Ferguson-Snedden  Duddingston
Louise Fraser              Kingsknowe
Carys Irvine                Baberton
Rachael Livingstone   Kingsknowe
Alison McBride          Harburn
Kate McIntosh            Broomieknowe
Karen Marshall           Baberton
Wendy Nicholson       Baberton
HannaScott                 Broomieknowe
Kate Rorke                  Kingsknowe
Caroline Steedman      Murrayfield

Looking forward to an even more successful year in 2018.

I would like to extend thanks and appreciation to Gabrielle MacDonald and Kirsten Blackwood, who are unable to accept an invitation to join the squad for the coming season.  Gabrielle is joining 'Q' school in a bid to turn professional and Kirsten has personal commitments that prevent her making the commitment required by the County squad at the moment.  They wish us all the best for the coming season as we do them.


Match Players for 2018

In a change from previous years, Club Representatives were invited to invite players with a handicap between 5.0 and 6.5 who would be willing to join our representative teams in their 2018 preparation programme.  We have a busy schedule and players are sometimes unavailable due to work and other golf commitments so we struggle to get a full team at times. 
Many thanks to the following who have accepted the invitation

Julie Douglas                   Merchants GC
Debbie Hay-Smith           Murrayfield GC
Caroline Johnstone          Murrayfield GC
Hilary Laughland               Mortonhall GC
Susan Rennie                      Turnhouse GC
Sal Shepherd                       Craigmillar Park GC
Catherine Stewart             Mortonhall GC 

                          

Hole and Hole winners 2017

Congratulations to Pat Walkingshaw of Murrayfield and Claire Cunningham of Deer Park who won the silver and bronze summer hole and hole competitions for the 2017 season. 

Pat beat Isla McCrone of Turnhouse in the final of the silver division and Claire beat Sally Cownie of Merchants in the Bronze final.

Thank you to all who participated in the competition this year and look forward to entries for the 2018 season.

Scottish Golf East Division Ladies Championship 2017 at The Royal Burgess Golfing Society

Champion - Rachael Livingstone

Scratch

1^st           Rachael Livingstone       Midlothian         74 (bih)

2^nd          Lorna McKinley                 Fife                        74

3^rd           Kate McIntosh                   Midlothian         75

Team Prize

R Livingstone, L Fraser, K Marshall, G MacDonald (missing)

Midlothian

1^st           Midlothian                                         232

2^nd          Fife                                                       239

3^rd          Stirling  & Clackmannanshire           247

4^th          East Lothian                                        258

Handicap

1^st           Lynn Cackett                      Midlothian         74

2^nd          Alison McBride                 Midlothian         76 (bl6)

3^rd           Brogan Clark                      Fife                        76

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