Championship Draw for Murrayfield - Tuesday 26th April

The draw for the championship is now posted on the left hand side under Draws.  Any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Lisa

Juniors Spring Meeting, Liberton Golf Club - Monday 4th April

The weather returned to the normal rain for our Junior Spring Meeting on 4th April.  The girls all done well to play in the conditions and thanks to Liberton Golf Club for courtesy of the course and parents and grandparents for making sure the girls got there. 

Fraser Trophy Scratch

1st Emma Morrison     Craigmillar Park    76

2nd Eilidh Crawford     Kingsfield              81

Macpherson Trophy Handicap

1st  Amy Foster          Dalmahoy             84-14 70 BIH

2nd Lucy Morrison     Craigmillar Park   94-24 70

8 Hole competition for non handicaps

Victoria Cameron

Putting Competition

Devon Boyle

Photos to follow

Sharon

Spring Meeting Draw 2016 - Newbattle Golf Club

Ladies, the draw for the Spring Meeting at Newbattle is now posted on the left hand side.  Any problems please do not hesitate to contact me.  There are still a few spaces available for any last minute entries. 

Keeping my fingers crossed for good weather for us all on Monday 18th April. 

2016 Jamboree Caddies

This year's Inter County matches, otherwise known as the Jamboree, are being held at Mortonhall Golf Club in Edinburgh on Sunday 26th, Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th June.

Would you like to support the team by caddying?   I like Midlothian members supporting our team in this way as it is an ideal opportunity to be part of a very competitive event and to see great golf at close range.  You don't need to be an excellent golfer although knowledge of the game and an enthusiastic, supportive approach are welcome.  All previous volunteers have thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

Please contact me

Jacky Burnett.

Jackyburnett13@gmail.com

0131 663 9997/ 07979963245

Midlothian Girls in Scottish Girls at Strathmore

The very best of luck to Emma Morrison, Hannah Darling and Carys Irvine who are all taking part in the Scottish Girls this next week.

Practice Match against Lanarkshire at Mortonhall on 3rd April

The day started looking pretty dismal but luck was on our side and it cleared away and was lovely sunshine for a while.

There were some very close matches that went to the 18th but in the end we won 4 matches to 1.

Our Juniors went out first with a surrogate junior on our side of Catherine Stewart. Thank you Catherine for doing this. I am sure Georgia learned a lot from you about the course and well done for winning. They played a foursomes format off handicap as it was a pretty long course for them .

The others  played off scratch and four ball better ball format.

The results were

Catherine Stewart and Georgia Ledingham bt Erin Johnstone and Megan Docherty 2/1

Hannah Scott and Kate McIntosh bt Janice Paterson and May Hughes 1 up

Alison McBride and Wendy Nicholson bt Lesley Lloyd and Katie Scott 2/1

Karen Ferguson-Sneddon and Anne Brownie bt Pat Hutton and Eva O'Conner 3/1

Linda Caine and Fiona de Vries lost to Fiona Norris and Susan Woodhouse 1 down

Thank you to you all for playing and a special thanks to Georgia, Catherine and Anne for helping us out.

Response to questions about the future of County matches and Counties

Please feel free to let me know what you feel about this. We will endeavour to keep you up to date with any future updates we receive.

It is great that there is lots of discussion happening and questions being raised and I would encourage you to keep doing this over the coming months. I fully understand the points that you have raised and the importance of these to the County Associations, however for most of them I am unable to provide you with a definitive answer at this time, however have provided an update where I can as follows:

1.       Appreciate the value of these matches and the Divisional events are obviously out with the remit of SGL and therefore their continuance or otherwise is not for us to decide. In terms of the County Finals, these along with Area Team Championships (for both men & boys) will be considered as part of a wider review of the competition calendar by a working group, alongside the Championship Team and Committee. At this stage I can’t say whether the events will continue in the same format or whether something else would be proposed, the purpose of the review is to ensure that the SGL calendar is a fit for purpose, modern schedule which works to compliment the strategy and direction of the organisation. I can’t say what outcomes there might be, however everyone does recognise the history and tradition and
all discussions will aim to honour those but perhaps modernise eg the finals might be Men, Women, Boys, Girls all over same weekend at a venue with 2 nearby courses or something where we can celebrate all aspects of Scottish Golf by bringing them together to play their respective finals at the same time (I would stress this is an example only and not something that has been decided).  Regardless of what is considered there will be full communication and plenty of notice provided to all parties concerned if any changes are being considered for 2017 and beyond. I know that doesn’t answer the question for you at this time, however your comments will be fed into that group for information and consideration as part of their deliberations.

3.       Future funding for Counties & Areas will be dependent on the Regional Structure Working Group that are currently meeting on a regular basis following the Forum at Gleneagles in late January and using the mandate given to given to them from that gathering. As I understand it, the group are working up 3 proposals which will be communicated and consulted upon once they are complete. In the interim period with each County and Area being an autonomous body, it is entirely up to each to decide how much discussion or collaboration they wish to have with other bodies within their boundary pending the output from the working group being published and available for comment upon.

I hope the above information provides you with an update on current position and we will continue to communicate with you as and when we have progress to advise upon. In the meantime if you have any further queries then please do not hesitate to contact me.