East of Scotland Championship at Luffness on Sunday 27th Sept

The 2015 East of Scotland Championship hosted by East Lothian was played at Luffness New Golf Club.The competition was well supported by all the Counties involved (Fife, Midlothian, East Lothian and Stirling and Clackmannanshire) with the result that many hopeful competitors were unfortunately balloted out. There were 48 competitors and everyone played in glorious sunshine with no wind, very unusual for a Links Course. 

We now have the East of Scotland champion , Hannah Scott.   She won with an excellent scratch score of 70 - a new Ladies course record at Luffness New, beating the previous record of 75, held by Keren Ward (East Lothian) in the 2013 ELLCGA Spring Meeting. Very well done Hannah. Brilliant golf.

Hannah also helped our Midlothian team to win the County team cup with a score of 219. 

Our team consisted of Hannah Scott, Gabrielle Macdonald, Karen Marshall and Wendy Nicholson. Very well done to you all. 

 A big thank you to the East Lothian for organising this event this year. 

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Scratch

1 Hannah Scott, Broomieknowe (Midlothian)       70

2 Elaine Moffat, St Regulus (Fife)                        72

3 Susan Jackson, Ladybank (Fife)                        73

Handicap

1 Karen Burns, Bathgate (S&C) (6)                      68

2 Karen Ferguson, Liberton (Midlothian) (4)        71

3 Susan Penman (GLGC) (East Lothian)(6)           73 (b.i.h.)

Our Hannah with the EOS Championship Trophy

Our winning team of Hannah Scott, Gabrielle Macdonald, Karen Marshall and Wendy Nicholson with an amazing 219

Final Day at Stranraer

Amazingly although cooler today and overcast we managed to stay dry until around the 12th and then it became a not nice afternoon especially as we lost today by 3.5 to 5.5.

We won 2 out of the three foursomes matches in the morning but the singles though very hard fought were lost 1.5 to 4.

                                 Our foursomes teams. Great two wins out of three.

Great buzz on the final day singles in more seasonal weather than the first two days of beautiful sunshine.

 

 

 

What an exciting afternoon of singles. They were a strong team to beat but the girls certainly gave it there best shot. We lost the first two matches and won the third so only had to win two out of three to regain the trophy.

Wendy was 5 down at the 5th.. 2 lost balls and 3 birdies . But then came the great Wendy fight back to end up one down by the 15th. she was still only one down going down the 16th but great putting by Claire won the match for Angus. So two matches left and we needed them both.

Karen Marshall had a birdie two at the 15th to go 1 up in her match against Jemma Chalmers. Unfortunately a slightly miss aimed drive at the 16th put it back to A/S. An amazing putt by Angus on the 17th sadly put us one down and that was the end of our chances to win. But Karen's magic hands and a fantastic shot out of the bunker onto the green, to be shot of the day,  meant a halved match.

Hannah our backstop again, was 1 down going up the 18th and managed to half the last hole to end up just one down after a very exciting match.

Kate earns the title of 'woman of the match' as she won 5 out of her 6 matches. She is very attached to her new driver. Not surprising as she  was hitting it over 250yds!

So a great final day played in the best of spirits. Thank you team for your wonderful efforts.

Many congratulations to Angus for their win today.

The second day at Stranraer playing against Ayrshire

What another magnificent day with wall to wall sunshine. Better than over there in Heidleberg!!

Our Happy team below did us proud by winning 7.5 to 1.5. Some tense matches but we really have such a tenacious team that even when you think the tables have turned they manage to fight back.

We were out again at 09.30 and although there was a lot of dew on the ground the sun soon dried the course out.

Kate and Wendy led out our foursomes and romped round the course winning hole after hole to finish 6/5

Karen and Hannah followed but never quite got totally in the groove. They were one down going up the 18th which meant  a bit of nail biting but an excellent shot to the green and good put let them half the match .

Gabrielle and Louise were going really well in the first few holes to take them to 4 up by the 5th. They maintained this lead until the 10th when their opponents really started to put on the pressure. Again down to the wire with a win on the 18th.

Pressure on now to see what our singles players could achieve on a glorious afternoon.

Kate seems to have a tiger in her tank this week. She played briliantly to win 5/3.
Karen Marshall found her form again in the afternoon and was soon 4 up. Pressure from her opponent meant she ended up going up the 18th to win us another point.
Alison had a shaky start playing with water in the first few holes . She was 4 down coming down the 14th and won the next four holes to half the match. Brilliant come back.
Karen Ferguson was up for most of her round only having a hiccough towards the last few holes and ending up halving the match on the 18th.
Wendy was on great form this afternoon against a formidable opponent going three up at the 15th then winning the 16th . Winning the match 4 and 2.
Hannah was our backstop this afternoon and coped really well with that pressure. She was up from hole one and completed a great match on the 16th to win 3 and 2.

Overall another great day with lots of smiles on faces. A huge thank you to all our caddies who are doing a great job looking after the players.

Kate's shot of the day today was unfortunately her provisional when she hit it close to the pin with her drive on the 5th!

Another shot was a carefully thrown banana skin which may take some time to come down from where it is hanging in the trees!

Hope the forecast is wrong tomorrow but know our team will fight every inch of the way to bring home the trophy.

The first day of the finals at Stranraer

So far so good with the weather. Not quite as warm as yesterday but certainly warm enough for most to end up in shirt sleeves again.

A Hug to see them on their way

There was some really great golf played today by both teams resulting in some pretty tense matches but our brilliant team won out against Dumfriesshire winning 7 matches to 2.

Gabrielle Macdonald and Louise Fraser led our team out in the foursomes winning 1 up. Followed by Karen Marshall and Alison McBride who although having some great holes lost on the 17th. Kate McIntosh and Wendy Nicholson ended the foursomes with a fantastic win of 6/5.

Gabrielle led us out in the afternoon after an incredibly quick turnaround. She was playing Diane Macdonald who was really on amazing form. She had 2 birdies and an eagle in the first 3 holes.Gabrielle managed to fight back but lost eventually on the 16th.

Our Kate followed and she was on fire. Her new driver was working wonderfully to bring her to an incredible win on the 12th.

Hannah also played a great match and she shared the shot of the day. She won 4&3

Karen Ferguson settled down after a bit of a shaky start and really came too when she struck the pin on the short par 3 at the 6th. That was just the boost she needed to set her on her way to victory. It wasn't the best finish as her opponent sent two balls into the wilderness on the 17th and not finding them conceded the match as Karen was 2 up at this point and on the fairway.
  
Alison was hitting the ball beutifully this afternoon but so was her opponent until Alison went up at the 11th Then 2 up then 1 up and then an amazing up and down on the 15th par 3 to stay 1 up. A win at the next and a birdie to win the match on the 17th.

Louise was a real anchorman today and had us biting our nails around the 14th and 15th when she went from 3 up to 1 up. But Louise never gives up and sank a great putt on the 17th to win.

Shots of the day go to Hannah who eagled the par4 fourth hole. Just one bounce on the green and in it went.
Karen Marshall hit the most incredible shot out from in the trees in really thick rough to land right in the middle of the fairway. Most I feel would have definately declared it unplayable!
Then Karen Ferguson with her shot into the shot 6th to nearly get her first hole in one.

Here's to another day of the same tomorrow.

Here we are in Stranraer on our practice round.

This is the amazing 5th Hole  

 

 

 

Lets hope the beautiful weather continues tomorrow. Good luck to our girls tomorrow

Winter Foursomes

The draw for the Winter Foursomes can now be found under Draws.

Junior Championship

We are so glad that the weather yesterday is not like today as apart from a heavy shower the weather was perfect for golf at Murrayfield. The course looked in great condition for the competition and thanks to the club for the use of their course..

We had a great lineup of players with one or two missing due to other commitments.

Some good scores returned and the new Champion is Megan Linton with a gross 82 with the best last 6 holes.

Our President handing the Trophy to our new Junior Champion Megan Linton

The best net was won by Hannah Darling with a net 70 ie 82 - 12 =70

Tracy and best net scoring Hannah Darling

Well done and thanks so much to all those who took part. Some huge potential for our future Midlothian squads.

All the juniors who took part in the Championship at Murrayfield 2015

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