Scottish Girls Entries!

Just to remind you girls that the closing dates for the Scottish Girls Championship and the Scottish Ladies’ Junior Open Stroke Play Championship are on Monday 13 June and Monday 20 June respectively. Entries must be received by 12 noon on the appropriate date.

Entry forms for each of these events as well as further details of the events can be the SLGA website or by clicking on GIRLS & UNDER 21’s

East of Scotland Girls

Girls - don't forget to enter the East of Scotland Girls Golfing Association Summer Meeting/ Championship to be held at Kirkcaldy Golf Club 4/5 July. Entries close on 26 June! You can enter ONLINE

East Girls Win Inter-Divisional Matches

Congratulations to the East of Scotland Girls team who won the inter-divisional matches at Balumbie Castle this weekend. Unfortunately there were no Midlothian girls playing this year - next year! Well done Maggie, Mandy and the girls!

Junior Newsletter

A new Junior Newsletter is now available, keeping you up to date with what's happening with Junior Girls in Midlothian. Click on Newsletters on the left hand side of this page

MCLGA v SUGS

The Borders game was postponed due to snow, the Duddingston game was cancelled due to high winds and falling trees .... what would happen this time? Would the Midlothian team manage to play a friendly match? We need not have worried. The sun shone, the shorts were out and it was 25 degrees! Best night of the year so far (and maybe of the summer) for our annual match against SUGs. We had a fantastic night with lots of great golf and lots of laughs. After dinner the SUGs Captain told us that "this match has been on the go for a very long time." We thought he maybe meant last night's match, as we were stuck behind various overseas visitors and dogs! But he really meant that the SUGs v MCLGA game goes back as far as 1930. No one owned up to having played in the first match.

Due to good negotiation on strokes, the Midlothian team were winners on the night 3.3 to 0.5:

Gabrielle Macdonald & Kate McIntosh halved with Don Reekie & Stephen Govenlock
Karen Marshall & Linda Bain beat Andrew Thompson & Kenny McKay 5&4
Gillian Simpson & Arlene McGarty beat Iain Crawford & Richard Inglis
Hannah Scott & Sal Shepherd beat Richard Muckart & Douglas May 6&5

Thanks to SUGs Captain Richard Muckart and secretary Andrew Thomson for organising a very enjoyable evening.

SLGA East Medal Finals

Congratulations to Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) and Barbara Hamilton (Newbattle) who finished 1st and 2nd respectively in the Silver section of the East Division Regional Medal Finals at Pitreavie Golf Club yesterday. Kate won on the better inward half and she also had a hole in one on the way, holing an 8 iron at the 130 yard third hole.

Inter-County Matches 2011

The Selection Committee is pleased to announce that the team to represent Midlothian in the forthcoming East Division Inter-County matches at Dunfermline (Pitfirrane) Golf Club, 20-22 June 2011 is:

Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe)
Claire Hargan (Strathmore)
Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw)
Karen Marshall (Baberton)
Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe)
Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe)
Jane Turner (Craigielaw)
Rachael Watton (Mortonhall)

Travelling reserve: Kirsten Blackwood (Glencorse)
2nd reserve: Linda Caine (Dunbar)

We play Stirling and Clackmannan on day 1, East Lothian on day 2 and Fife on day 3. Tee times in the morning are from 9.30am (9am Wednesday) when they play foursomes and the singles matches start from 2.30pm (2pm Wednesday). Support would be very welcome