Gibson Cup

A great weekend, in testing windy conditions, was had at the Braid Hills Golf Course with the annual hosting of the Gibson Cup. I cannot take away from Anne Brownie's report which can be read at http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/ but many congratulations to Wendy Nicholson and Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) who led the qualifiers on Saturday with a net 71.5 (0.5 under par), to Norma Richmond and Ray Lynch (Murrayfield) who won the second flight of the matchplay stage, to Louise Wells and Vivien Mitchell (Prestonfield) who won the Consolation Stableford Trophy with a bettter inward half from Dee Williams and Margaret Anderson (Craigmillar Park) and Ellice and Sandra Cackett (Broomieknowe), and especially to Karina Matson and Gillian Lithgow (Lothianburn) who are the 2009 winners of the 102 year old Gibson Cup.

SLGA Adult/Girls Foursomes

Congratulations to Margaret Alexander (Baberton) and her partner Jillian Farrell from Cardross who won their category in yesterday's SLGA Adult/Girls Foursomes which was being played at Arbroath. The pair won the 21-36 handicap category by 1 stableford point. Broomieknowe mother and daughter pair, Alison and Hannah Scott were second in the 13-20 handicap category.

Commonwealth Spoons

Congratulations to Carol Fulton and Frances Sorlie who finished a creditable third equal in the SLGA Commonwealth Spoons Final which was being played today, in windy conditions, at Longniddry Golf Club. Unfortunately the pair lost out to one of the couples tied with them on a last 9 hole countback and then to the other couple on the last 6 holes, which pushed them down to 5th place.

I hope that everyone who qualified for the final enjoyed their game. Rumour has it that the greens were like grease lightning!

East of Scotland Championship

The East of Scotland Championship is being held at Mortonhall Golf Club on Sunday 4th October with tee times between 9.30 am and noon. We have had a superb entry and the draw has now been made. Times can be seen by clicking on the link given at the bottom of this article.

Please remember to bring proof or your handicap with you and please be at the first tee 10 minutes before your specified tee time.

For any enquiries between now and the 4th October, please contact Agnes Leslie either by e-mail (click here) or by telephone on 0131 445 2411. If you need to contact us on the day, please phone either Tracy Laughland on 07714 980524 or Mortonhall Golf Club on 0131 477 6902.

Good luck to you all. I hope you play well, enjoy the course and the sun shines!

Link to tee-times: 2009EOSdraw.doc

MCLGA Silver Summer Knockout 2009

Congratulations to Dee Williams (Craigmillar Park) for winning this year's Silver Summer Knockout competition and to the runner up Sandra Cackett (Broomieknowe). The other semi-finalists were Carole Mason (Dalmahoy) and Katharine Logan (Baberton).

It sounds like you all had some great matches this year. Thanks to everyone who took part and for playing all your matches on time!

Senior Women's Home Internationals

The Scotland team for the Senior Women's Home Internationals has been announced. The team, Captained by Pamela Williamson (Baberton) and managed by Janet Wake (Merchants), sees Fiona de Vries (St Rule), Noreen Fenton (Dunbar) and Fiona Hunter (Baberton) amongst its players. The round robin competition will be held at Newport Golf Club in Wales from September 29th - October 1st. On day 1 Scotland will take on Ireland, on day 2 England and on day 3, host nation, Wales. Three foursomes matches are played each morning, with 5 singles matches taking place each afternoon.

Good luck to all those involved from the players to the officials.

This week's competitions

Having recovered (ever so slightly!) from this weekend's huge disappointment, it is time to turn our attention back to the golfing calendar. This week sees not only the final of the Commonwealth Spoons but also the annual Gibson Challenge Cup.

The Commonwealth Spoons Final, which was won last year by Suzanne Ireland (Prestonfield)and Diane Moncreiff (Lochend), takes place on Thursday at Longniddry Golf Club. Good luck to all who have qualified and are playing. The times for the Midlothian players are:

10.00 Val Hallam & Phyl Early
10.06 Carol Fulton & Frances Sorlie
10.12 Kate Johnston & Ann Barr
10.18 Moira Wilson & Rita Veitch
10.24 Moira Kinnear & Davida Simpson
10.30 Maggie McPherson & Anne Patrick
10.36 Madge Hutchison & Alaco Cowan

The 2009 Gibson Challenge Cup kicks off with the medal foursomes round on Saturday. It is again being held at the Braids Golf Course with, this year, seeing an entry of 52 pairs Best of luck to all those who are taking part in this event.