The East of Scotland Championship 2009 is being hosted by MCLGA and will be held on Sunday 4th October 2009 at Mortonhall Golf Club.
The Championship is an 18-hole stroke play competition and is open to all members of Midlothian, East Lothian, Fife and Stirling and Clackmannanshire Counties.
There is no handicap limit but we are restricted to a field of 42. The entry fee will be £10, entry forms can be obtained from the Secretary and the closing date for entry is 11th September 2009.
Forms advertising this event will be passed to your Club Reps at the Committee Meeting on 25th February and will be posted on your noticeboards after this date.
If you would like to take part, please put the date in your diary and contact the Secretary for an application form.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Cuthbertson Cup and Inter-County Matches
At the East Division Captains' Meeting held on Sunday 8th February 2009 at Kirkcaldy Golf Club, the draws were made for the Cuthbertson Cup and Inter-County Matches. These are as follows:
Cuthbertson Cup:
To be held on Sunday 19th April 2009 at Burntisland Golf Club
Stirling & Clackmannanshire v Midlothian
Fife v East Lothian
The winners from the morning ties will play each other, in singles, in the afternoon, while the losing teams will play foursomes against each other in the afternoon.
Inter-County Matches:
To be held from Monday 29th June - Wednesday 1st July 2009 at Falkirk (Carmuirs) Golf Club
Day 1:
Fife v Stirling & Clackmannanshire
Midlothian v East Lothian
Day 2:
Midlothian v Fife
East Lothian v Stirling & Clackmannanshire
Day 3:
East Lothian v Fife
Midlothian v Stirling & Clackmannanshire
Cuthbertson Cup:
To be held on Sunday 19th April 2009 at Burntisland Golf Club
Stirling & Clackmannanshire v Midlothian
Fife v East Lothian
The winners from the morning ties will play each other, in singles, in the afternoon, while the losing teams will play foursomes against each other in the afternoon.
Inter-County Matches:
To be held from Monday 29th June - Wednesday 1st July 2009 at Falkirk (Carmuirs) Golf Club
Day 1:
Fife v Stirling & Clackmannanshire
Midlothian v East Lothian
Day 2:
Midlothian v Fife
East Lothian v Stirling & Clackmannanshire
Day 3:
East Lothian v Fife
Midlothian v Stirling & Clackmannanshire
SUBSCRIPTION REMINDER
There are still 60 members who have not, as yet, paid their 2009 subscription.
I have been asked to remind you that, if your subscription has not been paid by the 31st January and you have not intimated your intention to resign, a £5 administrative charge is added and is payable with your subscription. If payment is not received by 15th February 2009, it will be assumed that you do not wish to continue with your membership of MCLGA and, accordingly, your details will be deleted from the membership list.
Please contact the Secretary, asap, if you have not yet paid and wish to remain in membership.
I have been asked to remind you that, if your subscription has not been paid by the 31st January and you have not intimated your intention to resign, a £5 administrative charge is added and is payable with your subscription. If payment is not received by 15th February 2009, it will be assumed that you do not wish to continue with your membership of MCLGA and, accordingly, your details will be deleted from the membership list.
Please contact the Secretary, asap, if you have not yet paid and wish to remain in membership.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Junior Coaching - February
The next block of Junior Coaching at the Braids Driving Range began on Sunday. 38 girls have already signed up for this and Sunday's session was well supported with 29 of them coming along. The winter bug had put pay to some of the other girls turning out. Our thanks to Ian Young and Paul Malone for their time.
Please note that the 10 am session is now full. However, we do still have spaces available in the 11 am and noon sessions. If you are interested in joining in, please let Kate Rorke know when you return your subscription notices or e-mail the Captain, specifying your preferred time.
The 9 holes at the Princes Course also begins a week on Sunday (15th February, 10.30 am). We currently have a total of 15 girls signed up for this, with 11 of them able to come in February. Again, if you would like to attend, please let Kate know when you return your sbscriptions or contact the Captain. February will see the start of the 9-hole competition which will run until August.
Please note that the 10 am session is now full. However, we do still have spaces available in the 11 am and noon sessions. If you are interested in joining in, please let Kate Rorke know when you return your subscription notices or e-mail the Captain, specifying your preferred time.
The 9 holes at the Princes Course also begins a week on Sunday (15th February, 10.30 am). We currently have a total of 15 girls signed up for this, with 11 of them able to come in February. Again, if you would like to attend, please let Kate know when you return your sbscriptions or contact the Captain. February will see the start of the 9-hole competition which will run until August.
Centenary Tri-Am Competition
There was some confusion at the Centenary Lunch over the date for the Tri-Am competition. It turns out that Ethel had the correct date and the hecklers were wrong!
Please note that the Centenary Tri-Am Competition will be held on THURSDAY 9th JULY 2009 at Duddingston Golf Club. A poster and entry forms will be handed out to the Club Reps at the Committee Meeting on Wednesday 25th February. Entry will be in groups of three, two or individually.
The Centenary Tri-Am Sub-committee are planning a lot of fun prizes and we hope as many of you as possible will be able to play.
Please note that the Centenary Tri-Am Competition will be held on THURSDAY 9th JULY 2009 at Duddingston Golf Club. A poster and entry forms will be handed out to the Club Reps at the Committee Meeting on Wednesday 25th February. Entry will be in groups of three, two or individually.
The Centenary Tri-Am Sub-committee are planning a lot of fun prizes and we hope as many of you as possible will be able to play.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Midlothian Centenary starts with a bang!
NEW! Images from Tiger Lilys on Karen Ballantyne's Picasa site NEW!
If anyone else has pictures they would like to share, please let Gill know
If anyone else has pictures they would like to share, please let Gill know
Midlothian County Past ChampionsBack row L to R: Marion Quigley, Ethel Jack, Joan Marshall,
Fiona Verth, Elaine Bruce, Sheila Little and Fiona deVries
Front Row L to R: Claire Hargan, Belinda Murphy,
Claire Provan, Karen Marshall amd Fiona Hunter
Mary Norval and Margaret Allen, who were both at the lunch, managed to escape the photograph!
Double click on the image to see a larger version in its own window.
Edinburgh didn't know what hit it yesterday, when 177 Midlothian members and guests descended on the Roxburghe Hotel for a luncheon to celebrate the centenary of the County Association.
Many people got there early so as not to miss any of the fun, and they were not disappointed. County Captain Tracy Laughland welcomed guests from the neighbouring counties, East Lothian, Fife and Stirling and Clackmannan, as well as MCLGA sponsors, Jill Dumayne from The Ladies Golf Centre and Ian Young from the Braid Hills Driving Range. The guest list also included representatives of the Scottish Universities Golfing Society, against whom Midlothian have played in an annual match since 1930.
Before lunch Centenary Chairman, Gillian Kirkwood, set the scene with a description of the start of the Midlothian County club, Past President, Sue Caton said Grace and the assembled company tucked in to a delicious meal.
During the meal a prize draw for a round with friends at Archerfield, donated by Ian Young, was won by Past Captain, Elizabeth Rose, who had journeyed from her home near Aboyne to be present.
The speeches after lunch were not short of sensational.
The toast to the Game of Golf was given by Helen Faulds, a Past Captain and Past President of Dunbartonshire and Argyll County LGA. Her humourous and witty speech was interupted by a fire alarm, which only added to the occasion as doors to George Street were opened and 177 lightly dressed people trooped out onto the street on a bitterly cold Edinburgh afternoon. Spirits were high and everyone remained cheerful... it gave some another chance to have a chin-wag with long-lost friends. After about 15 minutes the all-clear was given and the company resumed their seats... Helen carried on as if nothing had happened and, at its conclusion, her scintillating speech received a standing ovation.
Janet Wake, Executive Director of the SLGA, and a past Captain of Midlothian, had a hard act to follow. Her well thought out reply, with her theme of Burns at its centre, was appreciated by the audience.
Nigel Watt, Past Captain of the Scottish Univerities Golfing Society toasted the Midlothian County Ladies Golf Association, and regaled the company with some of the history of the annual fixture between MCLGA and SUGS, in particlar mentioning some of the personalities who played and some of the funny stories from the match that he remembered.
Margaret Rodgers, President of MCLGA, replied and also added some of her own reminiscences to the occasion. Camaraderie and friendship were the themes that ran through all the speeches, and the audience certainly appreciated the efforts of all the speakers.
Who would be more appropriate to have the last word than Ethel Jack, current President of the SLGA, and a Past Champion, Captain and President of Midlothian? True to form, and in her own inimitable way, Ethel gave a Vote of Thanks that was truly memorable. The County Secretary, Agnes Leslie and Past Captain, Margaret McPherson, were particularly mentioned as instrumental to the success of the event.
The event eventually finished at the Roxburghe at 4:30 pm.
Reports of an invasion of middle-aged women to Tiger Lilys with Baberton and Kingsknowe competing to see who would be the last to leave in the small hours, have not been exaggerated. [I've been asked to point out that not every-one was middle-aged.... there were some younger members there!]
Many people got there early so as not to miss any of the fun, and they were not disappointed. County Captain Tracy Laughland welcomed guests from the neighbouring counties, East Lothian, Fife and Stirling and Clackmannan, as well as MCLGA sponsors, Jill Dumayne from The Ladies Golf Centre and Ian Young from the Braid Hills Driving Range. The guest list also included representatives of the Scottish Universities Golfing Society, against whom Midlothian have played in an annual match since 1930.
Before lunch Centenary Chairman, Gillian Kirkwood, set the scene with a description of the start of the Midlothian County club, Past President, Sue Caton said Grace and the assembled company tucked in to a delicious meal.
During the meal a prize draw for a round with friends at Archerfield, donated by Ian Young, was won by Past Captain, Elizabeth Rose, who had journeyed from her home near Aboyne to be present.
The speeches after lunch were not short of sensational.
The toast to the Game of Golf was given by Helen Faulds, a Past Captain and Past President of Dunbartonshire and Argyll County LGA. Her humourous and witty speech was interupted by a fire alarm, which only added to the occasion as doors to George Street were opened and 177 lightly dressed people trooped out onto the street on a bitterly cold Edinburgh afternoon. Spirits were high and everyone remained cheerful... it gave some another chance to have a chin-wag with long-lost friends. After about 15 minutes the all-clear was given and the company resumed their seats... Helen carried on as if nothing had happened and, at its conclusion, her scintillating speech received a standing ovation.
Janet Wake, Executive Director of the SLGA, and a past Captain of Midlothian, had a hard act to follow. Her well thought out reply, with her theme of Burns at its centre, was appreciated by the audience.
Nigel Watt, Past Captain of the Scottish Univerities Golfing Society toasted the Midlothian County Ladies Golf Association, and regaled the company with some of the history of the annual fixture between MCLGA and SUGS, in particlar mentioning some of the personalities who played and some of the funny stories from the match that he remembered.
Margaret Rodgers, President of MCLGA, replied and also added some of her own reminiscences to the occasion. Camaraderie and friendship were the themes that ran through all the speeches, and the audience certainly appreciated the efforts of all the speakers.
Who would be more appropriate to have the last word than Ethel Jack, current President of the SLGA, and a Past Champion, Captain and President of Midlothian? True to form, and in her own inimitable way, Ethel gave a Vote of Thanks that was truly memorable. The County Secretary, Agnes Leslie and Past Captain, Margaret McPherson, were particularly mentioned as instrumental to the success of the event.
The event eventually finished at the Roxburghe at 4:30 pm.
Reports of an invasion of middle-aged women to Tiger Lilys with Baberton and Kingsknowe competing to see who would be the last to leave in the small hours, have not been exaggerated. [I've been asked to point out that not every-one was middle-aged.... there were some younger members there!]
Midlothian Past PresidentsL to R: Ethel Jack, Sue Caton, Margaret Rodgers (current President), Sheena Crearie, Joan Marshall
Midlothian Past CaptainsBack Row L to R: Helen Shah, Barbara Cooper, Ethel Jack, Sue Caton, Margaret Rodgers,
Anne Brownie, Joan Marshall, Fiona Verth, and Elizabeth Rose.
Front Row L to R: Ellice Cackett, Gillian Kirkwood, Karen Ballantyne,
Tracy Laughland (current Captain), Margaret McPherson and Janet Wake.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Well Connected Golf Day at The Marriott Dalmahoy
These Professional Golf Association Accredited Sessions give the golfer sustainability, increased flexibility and more enjoyment on the course.
Saturday 28th February 2009. Full Well Connected Golf Day for Beginners. Arrival 9am for coffee/tea, Cost £125.00 per person, light lunch included, close 4/4.30pm
Sunday 1st March 2009. Full Well Connected Golf Day for experienced golfers. Arrival 9am for coffee/tea, Cost £125.00 per person, light lunch included, close 4/4.30pm
For more information please click HERE
Saturday 28th February 2009. Full Well Connected Golf Day for Beginners. Arrival 9am for coffee/tea, Cost £125.00 per person, light lunch included, close 4/4.30pm
Sunday 1st March 2009. Full Well Connected Golf Day for experienced golfers. Arrival 9am for coffee/tea, Cost £125.00 per person, light lunch included, close 4/4.30pm
For more information please click HERE
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