Championship Qualifying, Monday April 28th

Championship qualifying took place today at Mortonhall Golf Club .
The day was chilly and misty, but calm, and the course was playing long. However some good scores were returned.
Kate McIntosh continued in her excellent form of the weekend at the Helen Holm to finish with an aggregate 147, seven strokes ahead of her fellow Broomieknowe teammate and last year's Champion, Hannah Scott who returned a respectable 154.
Kate wins the Robertson Salver for the best scratch score.

Qualifiers for the match play stages on Friday and Sunday are as follows:

147 Kate McIntosh(Broomieknowe) 72 75 
154 Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) 75 79
157 Karen Ferguson (Liberton) 78 79
160 Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) 81 79
161 Emily Dalgetty (Glencorse) 83 78
162 Kirsten Blackwood (Glencorse) 80 82
163 Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) 80 83
163 Linda Bain (Lochend) 80 83
164 Karen Marshall (Baberton) 75 89
166 Rachael Livingstone (Craigmillar Park) 83 83
170 Karina Matson (Carrickvale) 85 85
171 Sal Shepherd (Craigmillar Park) 81 90
174 Jennifer Bryans (Harburn) 87 87
178 Eileen Gillespie ( Lochend ) 91 87
178 Caroline Steedman (Murrayfield) 86 92
180 Morag Wardrop (Turnhouse) 91 89

SSS 73
CSS Round 1  73
        Round 2  75

The matchplay stages will take place on Friday 2nd May and Sunday 4th May commencing each day at 9am

The  Draw is available under DRAWS

'B' Championship Draw

The draw for the 'B' Championship is now available under Draws

Juniors at Swanston

Our monthly Junior 9 hole competition was held on Sunday at the Templar course at Swanston.
12 girls competed on a pleasant though somewhat windy day.

Scores were as follows:
1st handicap    Claire Forrester            35 -17.5 nett 17.5
2nd handicap   Lisa MacPherson         39 -18 nett 21
3rd handicap   Megan Linton               38-13  nett 25
                       Samantha MacGregor  41 -16 nett 25

Non-handicap
1st   Lucy Morrison   35
2nd  Abby Steedman 43
3rd  Jessica Walker    47

Well done to all the girls but especially to non-handicaper, Lucy, who equalled the best scratch score of the day.
Grateful thanks to Sharon for organising the day.

Edinburgh Junior Golf Festival

The Edinburgh Junior Golf Festival is being held at Swanston on Sunday 27th April from 12 - 6pm.
There is something for everyone so we are encouraging all juniors to come along and join in the fun.

There will be Skills Challenges on the practice area for everyone which will be supervised by Professionals and some of our Main Squad. Doesn't matter if you haven't played golf before so bring along your little brothers and sisters.

A Stephen Gallacher 9 hole competition will be held on the Templar Course for those with and without a handicap which can be entered through the Stephen Gallacher web site (link on left) as usual.

There will also be an 18 hole Junior Open on the Swanston New golf course and we would encourage all our juniors with a handicap to enter.
More information and entry forms are available through the Edinburgh Junior golf facebook link on the left of this web site. You do not have to be on facebook to access this.

All we need now is a sunny day!
Look forward to seeing you there.

Championship Qualifying Draw

The draw for the Championship Qualifying competition at Mortonhall on Monday, 28th April is now available under DRAWS on the left hand side of this page.

Junior Outing to North Berwick

Our annual outing to the Children's course at North Berwick was held today. The weather was mild and calm with no rain, and 9 girls participated in the competition. It was especially pleasing to see our older girls helping the younger ones, keeping them moving and ensuring their etiquette was up to scratch. Lots of fun was had by all and it was a testing challenge of the short game for our more experienced players.
Afterwards the girls enjoyed a buffet lunch in the North Berwick clubhouse and thanks to the club for their hospitality.
Thanks to Sharon MacPherson for all her help and to parents and grandparents for supporting the event.

The winners of the competition were:

Handicap
1st Claire Forrester
2nd Megan Linton

Non- handicap
1st Lucy Morrison
2nd Ella Marshall

Aged 8 and under
1st Erin Johnston
2nd Grace Marshall

2's
Ella Marshall

Spring Meeting 14th April 2014

The Spring meeting was held at Craigmillar Park on a warm and sunny Spring-like day.
Despite the excellent weather, players struggled to score on the lightning fast greens. Despite this, some excellent scores were returned and it was especially gratifying to see Our Development Squad junior Caitlin Turner, amongst the prizewinners with a net 67. 
Well done Caitlin!

The CSS for the day was 73 (SSS 70)

Results were as follows:

1st Scratch (Cormack Salver) - Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) 75
2nd Scratch - Karen Ferguson (Liberton)  77

Best Overall Net  -Diana Neave (Mortonhall) 90 -23 = 67 (bih)
2nd Best Overall Net  - Caitlin Turner (Baberton) 102 - 35 = 67

1st Silver Handicap - Olivia Fulton (Craigmillar Park)  82 - 10 = 72
2nd Silver Handicap - Colleen Derighetti (Lochend) 90 -17 = 73

Bronze Scratch - (Park Rosebowl) Rachel Steedman (Murrayfield) 97
1st Bronze Handicap - Jane Browitt (Glencorse) 100 - 27 = 75

Grateful thanks to Craigmillar Park for allowing us the use of their course which was in excellent condition.
Thanks also to all Craigmillar Park members and staff for their help, to Hilary for her impeccable organisation and to Zandra for her help on the day.