CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING

The championship qualifying was held at Newbattle Golf Club today with 22 players competing on a rather dull and cold day. At least everone stayed dry, although a player who shall remain nameless decided to throw herself down the steps at the 17th with her trolley on top!

Rachael Watton led the first round scores with an excellent 71 with Lousie Fraser then posting a superb 70 in the second round. The CSS for both rounds was 71.

The 16 qualifyers are: Louise Fraser (147), Rachael Watton (147), Fiona De Vries (149), Claire MacDonald (150), Kirsten Blackwood (152), Claire Hargan (154), Stephanie Crolla (155), Gabrielle MacDonald (156), Noreen Fenton (157), Kate McIntosh (159), Wendy Nicholson (160), Susan Rennie (164), Karen Marshall (165), Linda Caine (166), Gillian Simpson (167) and Diane Moncrieff (172).

The draw for the match play stages on Friday 1 May and Sunday 3 May is now available on the website by clicking on the "C'ship M-Play" heading on the left hand side of the page.

Jane Turner - What a Year!

Many congratulations to Jane Turner (Craigielaw) who has had a fabulous first year of golf at Robert Gordon University. She won the Scottish Universities Order of Merit title last week having had 2 first place, a third place and a fourth place finish over the season and then headed down to Notts Golf Club this week to compete in the British Universities Stroke-Play Championship. She pulled the field apart with a first round, record equalling, 6 under par (which included 3 bogeys!) and followed that up with 2 more rounds of 2 under par, to win by 5 shots.

Many congratulations from everyone in the County, Jane.

Jane is joined this weekend by Rachael Livingstone (Musselburgh), Claire MacDonald (Gullane Ladies) and Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) in the SLGA season opening event, the Helen Holm, being held at Troon Portland and Old Courses. Good luck to all the girls.

B-section Championship 2009

The draw for the 2009 "B"-section Championship match-play stages has now been published on the website and can be viewed by clicking on the "B C'ship M-play" link on the left hand side of the page. The first round takes place on Friday 1st May.

Good luck to all those who are involved. I hope your golf is good and you enjoy playing at Newbattle Golf Course.

MCLGA County Championship

The 2009 County Championship is being held at Newbattle Golf Club next week with the "A"-section qualifier being held on Tuesday 27th April and the matchplay stages for both the "A"- and "B"-sections being held on Friday 1st and Sunday 3rd May.

The draw for the qualifying competition is now available on the website by clicking on the "C'ship Q'ing Draw" heading on the left handside of the page. The top 16 scores from this will qualify for the matchplay stages. Please remember to bring your handicap certificate with you on Tuesday.

Good luck to all of those who are playing. Let's hope the good weather continues for another week!

Entry Forms

Forms are now available to download from the website. Just click on the left hand side underneath FIXTURE LIST.

Forms for Junior competitions are available in the JUNIOR GIRLS section.

MCLGA Spring Meeting

100 Ladies turned out yesterday to enjoy the wonderful weather at Dalmahoy Golf and Country Club and to partake in the County Spring Meeting. Our thanks go to Dalmahoy for the use of their course, to the professionals for all their runnning around and handling of the twos sweep and to the bar staff for looking after our needs. Thank you also to Sylvia MacLean and Davina Rocco who helped on the check-in desk in the morning and to Marjory Watson who was around for most of the day. A big thank you also, to all of the ladies who brought along raffle prizes and to those of you who bought a raffle ticket. We managed to raise £85, which will go to the County Juniors.

The results are as follows and congratulations to Gill Whittaker (Merchants) on her terrific score of net 62.

Spring Meeting - Dalmahoy West Course

CSS 70 (counting competition)

Bronze division:

1st handicap: Linda Carter (Torphin Hill): 91 less 22, net 69 (on the better inward half)

1st scratch and CM Park Rosebowl: Mary Davidson (Kingsknowe): 91 (on the better inward half)

Silver division:

1st handicap: Gillian Whittaker (Merchants): 76 less 14, net 62

2nd handicap: Gilly Glen (Craigmillar Park): 80 less 12, net 68 (on the better inward half)

1st scratch and Cormack Slaver: Louise Fraser: 72

2nd scratch: Karen Marshall: 73

Overall:

Best overall net: Gillian Whittaker: 76 less 14, net 62

2nd overall net: Gilly Glen: 80 less 12, net 68 (on the better inward half)

There were 14 twos overall:

Christine Clarke (at the 3rd), Louise Fraser (at the 3rd, 16th and 17th), Ann Hanna (at the 3rd), Barbara Halliday (at the 16th), Jeannetta Jarvis (at the 3rd), Eileen McLauchlan (at the 9th), Lynda Taylor (at the 16th), Helen Warnock (at the 17th), Rachael Watton (at the 3rd), Gill Whittaker (at the 6th and 16th) and Sandra Wilkes (at the 10th).

Thank you to everyone who helped out and supported the Spring Meeting. We hope you enjoyed your day and the course.

The Cuthbertson Cup Team do it again!

Congratulations to the Cuthbertson Cup Team who were triumphant for the 4th successive year in winning the Inter-Counties' Trophy. The team of Gabrielle Macdonald, Kate McIntosh, Gillian Simpson and Rachael Watton (captain), together with reserve Hannah Scott is picture above.

On the most glorious day of 2009, the girls got off to a flying start beating Stirling and Clackmannanshire 4-0 in the morning. The golf was something special and all played superbly well. Birdies were flying about all over the place as the pin was being attacked from each and every angle. It was a real treat to watch some wonderful golf.

The morning results were as follows:

Rachael Watton beat Helen Goodwin 7/5

Gillian Simpson beat Alsion Goodwin 2/1

Gabrielle Macdonald beat Alexis Hutton 5/4

Kate McIntosh beat Jordynn Laird 8/6

In the other match, Fife beat East Lothian by 2.5-1.5 to set up a final between Midlothian and Fife. The afternoon saw the shorts come out and more of the same from the morning. The number of spectators grew and all enjoyed the excitement that the girls gave to us. The match ended in a win for Midlothian by 3 games to 1.

The afternoon results were as follows:

Rachael beat Rachael Hanlon 6/5

Gillian beat Sam Munro 4/3

Gabrielle beat Nicola Taylor 6/4

Kate lost to Lauren Whyte 3/2

The jubilation by the team on the way back to the clubhouse was wonderful. It was great to see not only the support they offered to each other, but the camaraderie that was present between all of the players.

Well done to all of the girls. They produced a great spectacle that was immensely enjoyed by all who were present and a great result!

Congratulations to you all!