A Very Happy Christmas from Midlothian

We would like to wish all the members and their families a very Happy Christmas from The Midlothian Committee

and we hope 2015 is a good one for you

2015 Squads for Midlothian

We are very pleased to announce the Midlothian squads for 2015.

Main Squad
Gabrielle Macdonald
Rachael Watton
Wendy Nicholson
Karen Marshall
Kate McIntosh
Emily Dalgetty
Louise Fraser
Alison McBride
Hannah Scott
Kirstin Blackwood
Rachael Livingston
Eilidh Crawford
Fiona De Vries
Karen Ferguson
Linda Caine
Emma Morrison

Junior Squad
Sophie Aitchison
Eilidh Crawford
Emily Dalgetty
Hannah Darling
Katie Darling
Claire Forrester
Carys Irving
Ailsa Lamond
Emma Lammond
Magan Linton
Samantha MacGregor
Lisa MacPherson
Alexandra Massey
Annabel Massey
Lauren Metcalf
Emma Morrison
Lucy Morrison
Emily Rigg
Julia Smith
Robyn Tait
Emily Thain
Jessica Thain
Caitlin Turner
Jessica Walker
Emma Watson


Here's to a happy and successful golf year 

Thanks to Ian and Braids Golf for our Juniors new hats

Some of our Midlothian Juniors sporting their new hats

They are very warm and cosy which was certainly needed at the Braids on Sunday despite the sunshine!

Very many thanks to Ian for organising this for us and for all the work he and his team do for our Juniors.

 On behalf of them all we wish you a very Happy Christmas.

Autumn Meeting 2015 - Change of Date

Please note that the Autumn Meeting 2015 has been relocated from Duddingston to Harburn and is now on Monday 31st August  due winter work commenncing at Duddingston at the beginning of September.

95th AGM of Midlothian Ladies Golf Association

Midlothian AGM and Prize Giving was held on the 12th November at Liberton Golf Club.
There was a great turnout as usual including all the juniors who attended the prizegiving.

Sheila our outgoing Captain ably conducted the meeting and her full report will be published on the website included in the minutes of the meeting. The juniors have grown from strength to strength and there were lots of real achievments by them throughout the season.

She thanked those who had helped her during the year then gave a synopsis of the highlights of her year, Notably amongst these were Hannah Scott winning the Championship for a second year, Alison McBride winning the Champion of Champion, Kate McIntosh gained her first cap for Scotland, Karen Marshall captained the Scottish Team again at the home internationals and  Karen Ballantyne won the East Vets Championship.

A real amazing highlight was for the first time since 1936  a Midlothian County player Gabrielle Macdonald won the Scottish Amateur Championship in its 100th year. She brought along the beautiful and very heavy cup for us all to see. Sheila also recommended that she be given honorary membership of MCLGA. This was hugely supported by all those present.

She also recommended that Janet Wake be given an honorary membership of MCLGA for all the contributions she has made to Scottish golf in her career. This again was very much welcomed.


Two proposals were on the agenda to be discussed.
The first was to consider changing the venue for the Champion of Champions from the Burgess to a club where equality existed. Both Gillian Kirkwood and Louise Fraser spoke very informatively about the history of why it is held each year at the Burgess. It has been held there for the last 40 years and they give us courtesy of the course and  are treated very well by the members.It is a championship course that creates a challenge to players of the top ability.
The proposal was hugely rejected but it was good to have this topic aired at an AGM and the members made aware of the reasons for continuing at the Burgess.

The second proposal was around the selector issue as in 5.9 of the constitution.
It was recommended that the wording  'being a full member' be added after County Champion in this paragraph. This means that should a junior or student member winning the Championship they wouldn't automatically become a selector for the County team.
This proposal won by a small majority.

Sheila passed over the Captain's badge to Zandra Mathieson who is our new Captain for the next two years. Zandra then introduced her Vice Captain Jacky Burnett. Jacky has worked for many years at a the highest levels for hockey in Scotland making her a great asset to Midlothian County .There were no other changes this year in the committee.

Zandra thanked Wendy Nicholson for all the hard work she had done as a selector for the last two years and introduce Ruth Brown as the new selector for this year.


The prize giving followed the meeting with the junior winners followed by the rest. Many congratulations to all the winners this year.

Five-a-side winners 2014: Kingsknowe

Division 2 winners: Mortonhall

Junior prizewinners

Adult Juniors Match at Swanston on Sunday 16th November 2014

What a beautiful November day for our Adult/ Junior match at Swanston and what a great turnout. of 27 couples. Thank you so much to all those taking part. It is just inspiring to see so many juniors playing competitions along with their golfing relatives.  Thanks to Swanston and to all who helped on the day.


Thank you also to David Patrick for coming to work with the development girls and to watch them play.


Some excellent scores were returned as you can see by the following winners:


Scratch with  card play off
Emily Rigg and Julie Rigg  30


1st Handicap and Trophy  Abby and Caroline Steedman  CPO 33-12- 21
2nd Handicap Grace and Stephen Marshall  35-14-21
3rd Handicap Caitlin and Colin Turner 30-8.5 - 21.5


Nearest the pin for Juniors on 4th Emily Rigg
Nearest the pin on 9th for Adults  Julie Rigg
No wonder they had such a good score . Very well played.


Best score for under 9 age group( excluding those in prize list)  Phoebe Massey


Lets hope we get such lovely weather for the next Junior game at Swanston on the 18th January. Please do come along and play in these games.

Draw for Junior/Adult Competition on 16th November

Here is the draw for the Competition on Sunday, 16th November.  Please make sure you arrive at least 10 minutes before your tee-off time.  In the event of any call-offs, please contact Sharon on:  07743 035822.

10.30    Rachael Skillen              Norman Skillen
             Jessica Walker               Vivien Walker

10.36    Georgia Ledingham       Sarah Ledingham

             Ellie Ferguson               Susan Cowie

10.42    Louisa Forman                Liz Henderson
             Phoebe Massey              John Henderson

10.48    Emily Walker                  Andrew Walker
             Ella Marshall                   Karen Marshall

10.54    Grace Marshall               Stephen Marshall
             Erica McIntosh               David Oswald

11.00    Samantha McGregor      Gary McGregor
             Devon Boyle                   Chris Boyle

11.06    Erin Johnston                 Jonathan Johnston
             Larissa Hogg                  Colin Hogg

11.12    Victoria Weir                   Andrew Weir

             Louise Smith                  Gill Smith

11.18    Lisa Macpherson            William Lamb
             Megan Linton                 Angus Linton

11.24    Carys Irvine                    Mandy Irvine
             Emily Rigg                      Julie Rigg

11.30    Emma Watson               Sandy Watson
             Claire Forrester             Colin Forrester

11.36    Lucy Morrison                Ricky Morrison
             Hannah Darling             David Darling

11.42    Caitlin Turner                 Adrienne Turner
             Katie Darling                  Fiona Darling

 

Junior/Adult competition at Swanston on 16th November

This competition is open to all our junior girls with or without handicaps. Its your chance to play with your Mum, Dad, sisters /brothers/ Grans or Grandads or any other adult friend or relative you can find to play with you. If you can't find anyone please let us know as we will then provide you with a partner.


This is a foursomes format over 9 holes starting at 10.30.


Diane will be sending all juniors an attachment with the application form to be returned or e mailed to Sharon Macpherson our junior secretary who will do the draw on 13th November.
sharonmac67@sky.com
The cost is £10.00 per couple or £5.00 if Swanston members


We look forward to a great entry for this popular competition

Juniors 9 hole competition at Swanston

Very well done to the girls who played at Swanston on a very windy and showery day. Excellent results despite the weather.


A warm welcome to Devon Boyle who played in her first competition.


1st Handicap  Lisa Macpherson 44 - 18 = 26
2nd Handicap Lucy Morrison 44 - 16 =28


Non handicap
1st Devon Boyle 53
2nd Rachel Skillen 58

Race to Dunbar

The very best of luck to all our girls taking part in the race to Dunbar tomorrow.

East of Scotland Championship results

The East of Scotland Championship was held at Falkirk Tryst yesterday and it was a good day for Midlothian.

Congratulations to Kate McIntosh(Broomieknowe) who won 2nd Scratch with a 71 (bih), one stroke behind the winner, Susan Jackson(Ladybank) who scored 70.

Midlothian won all the handicap prizes as follows:

1st Megan Linton (Craigmillar Park)   85(19)66
2nd Emma Morrison (Craigmillar Park) 75(8)67
3rd Wendy Nicholson(Broomieknowe) 73(4)69

The CSS was 71 (SSS 71)

The team trophy (best 3 gross scores) resulted in a tie between Fife, Midlothian and Stirling &Clackmannanshire all having 217 points. The best 4th score was the decider with Fife winning the trophy.

Well done everyone and thanks to Stirling and Clackmannanshire for hosting the competition.

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/