Well done Hannah!

Sorry for the silence - Web access limited. However worth the wait to report that Hannah Scott got through to the final and beat Heather Munro to win the Clarke Rosebowl at the Scottish in Tain. This is the matchplay championship for the best 16 qualifiers not in the main Championship.

Can we do the double?? Jane Turner has reached tomorrow's final, beating Susan Wood 5 and 4 in the quarter final this morning and Eilidh Watson 7 and 6 in the semi final this morning.  She plays 2nd qualifier Laura Murray starting at 9 am. Good luck Jane!!

And.......

And we won the McNeill Trophy for the best Country team!! Well done Jane, Karen and Claire!!

Well done Jane!!

Quick report on the move..... Jane certainly went for it on the back 9 today, with 4 birdies and 5 pars to be top qualifier at the Scottish! Karen Marshall, Wendy Nicholson, Louise Fraser, Claire Hargan  and Kate McIntosh also qualified and they have all managed to avoid each other in the first round!  Kirsten Blackwood, Linda Bain and Hannah Scott qualified for the Clark Rosebowl. Come on Midlothian ladies!!!

Go Jane go!!

Well done Jane Turner - leader after the first round of the stroke-play qualifying at the 98th Scottish Women's (close) Amateur Championship in Tain today. Jane shot a 2 over par 75 today in wild, cold, wet and windy conditions to be 2 shots clear of Kelsey MacDonald. Louise Fraser also had a fantastic round of 80 to be lying in 6th place, with Claire Hargan, Wendy Nicholson, Karen Marshall and Kate McIntosh just a few shots further back, all above the projected cut off point for match-play qualifying. Come on girls - stick in there!!

Linda does it again!

In the 2010 championship at Prestonfield, Linda Caine (Dunbar) won her first County title at the ripe old age of xx?? Her only one previous appearance in the final had been 19 years previously. Well would you believe it? - not only did the sun shine today but Linda did it again!!

In this morning's semi finals, Jane Turner (Craigielaw) had a great battle with defending champion Karen Marshall (Baberton), Jane eventually winning 1 up.  In the other semi, Linda beat Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) 3 and 2.

The final was a very close affair - Linda had great start, winning the 1^st, 3^rd and 4^th to go 3 up. They both played pretty much par golf but Jane eventually got it back to all square at the 12^th with a birdie.  13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 were halved.  Jane was striking the ball well, but the putter wasn’t quite working for her today, and Linda, despite being 30-40 yards shorter off the tee,  played really steady golf, and chipped and putted well.  At 18,  Jane looked like she was blocked out after she hit her tee shot slightly left, but played a great shot onto the green.  Linda missed the green with her second shot  leaving herself a testing chip and two putted for a 5. It looked liked the title was going to be Jane’s but she three putted and off they headed for extra holes

The 19^th was halved in 4.  On the 20^th Linda hit her drive up the middle and Jane’s ball landed at the root of a tree.  She played a miraculous left handed shot just short of the green, chipped on and then sank a long putt to match Linda’s regulation par. At the 21^st hole both were on the green in regulation but once again, Jane’s putter let her down and Linda recorded yet another regulation par to claim the title.  Well done Linda - a well deserved win.

In the 'B' Championship final Pam Stevenson (Glencorse) had a very close match with last years runner up Carole Mason (Dalmahoy), with Pam eventually winning on the first extra hole.
 

MCLGA Championship - Day 1

What a day!! Last night we didn't think we would be playing any golf today after the constant rain of yesterday, but all credit to the greens staff at Broomieknowe who got the course playable for us this morning.  It was cold and wet all day and hot baths are on the agenda all round tonight.  But there was also some great golf on display.

Results

Championship round 1

Jane Turner (Craigielaw) beat Caroline Steedman (Murrayfield) 5&4

Claire Hargan (Cardross) beat Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) 3&1

Kate Mcintosh (Broomieknowe) beat Linda Bain (Lochend) 2 up

Karen Marshall (Baberton) beat Karen Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park) 3&2

Linda Caine (Dunbar) beat Jessica Dalgetty (Glencorse) 4&3

Emily Dalgetty (Glencorse) beat Kirsten Blackwood (Glencorse) 7&6

Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) beat Rachael Livingstone (Craigmillar Park) 5&4

Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) beat Sarah Stichbury (Merchants) 2&1

Quarter-finals

Turner beat Hargan 5&4

Marshall beat McIntosh at 19^th

Caine beat E Dalgetty 4&2

Nicholson beat Scott 3&1

Semi-finals (Saturday)

09.00 Turner v Marshall

09.07  Caine v Nicholson

‘B’ Championship Round 1

Julie Baird (Glencorse) beat Phyl Early (Glencorse) 6&5

Pam Stephenson (Glencorse) beat Lynda Taylor (Dalmahoy) 3&2

Denise Turnbull (Kingsknowe) beat Sue Cowie (Comiston Ladies ) W/O

Carole Mason (Dalmahoy) beat Sandra Craig (Prestonfield) 6&4

Semi-finals

Stephenson beat Baird 2&1

Mason beat Turnbull 4&3

Final (Saturday) 

09.15  Stephenson v Mason

Championship Qualifying

Championship Qualifying took place over 2 rounds at Broomieknowe Golf Club today.  Jane Turner (Craigielaw) was leading qualifier with 146 (73 73) and wins the Robertson Salver for the best scratch score. CSS 73 for both rounds. The 16 qualifiers for the match play stages on Friday and Saturday are:

146 Jane Turner (Craigielaw) 73 73
147 Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) 74 73
148 Kirsten Blackwood (Glencorse) 72 76
154 Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 76 78
154 Karen Marshall (Baberton) 75 79
155 Linda Caine (Dunbar) 79 76
159 Rachael Livingstone (Craigmillar Park) 81 78
161 Claire Hargan (Cardross) 84 77
161 Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) 84 77
161 Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) 80 81
162 Jessica Dalgetty (Glencorse) 81 81
163 Karen Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park) 84 79
168 Linda Bain (Lochend) 85 83
169 Emily Dalgetty (Glencorse) 83 86
170 Sarah Stichbury (Merchants) 83 87
171 Caroline Steedman (Murrayfield) 87 84

 The first rounds of the Championship and 'B' Championship take place on Friday 11 May starting at 9.00 am with the next rounds starting at 13.30. The semi-finals and finals are on Saturday 12 May starting at 9 am and 1.30 pm at Broomieknowe. Draws are available on the left hand side of this page.

Midsummer Foursomes

87 couples took part in the Midsummer Foursomes at Liberton Golf Club today. Why is it called the Midsummer Foursomes when it is held in Spring?  The Captain is not sure, but this year we held it in winter!  it was a pretty cold day, but I guess we were lucky in that it only rained near the end. But everyone seemed to have an enjoyable day. The results were:

Scratch - Ruth Brown (Lothianburn) & Anne Brownie (Gullane)
1st Handicap - Janet Collin & Jill McLean (Liberton)
2nd Handicap - Jean Ingles (Murrayfield) & Iris O'Neill (Ratho Park)
3rd Handicap - Evelyn Hogg & Susan Walker (Liberton)


There were 11 twos and balls will be distributed via the reps.


We raised £218 in the raffle for junior golf  - thanks everyone!

Many thanks to Hilary, Sheila and Janet for all their hard work and to Anne Hume from Liberton Golf Club.  Thanks to Liberton for hosting the event.

Craigmillar Park win Inter-club

Congratulations to the Craigmillar Park Ladies team of Karen Ballantyne, Marion Quigley, Sal Shepherd and Frances McFadzean who won the Edinburgh Inter-Club at Ratho Park yesterday. They beat Liberton in the first round, Dalmahoy in the 2nd and Broomieknowe in the semi-final, to reach the final against Glencorse who had beaten holders Kingsknowe in the other semi. It was a hard fought final played in great spirit. In the first match Karen Ballantyne and Marion Quigley needed all their experience to keep Kirsten Blackwood and youngster Emily Dalgetty in check, leaving Sal Shepherd and Frances mcFadzean to battle it out with sister Jessica Dalgetty and Caroline (Mum) Kinnaird behind. The match went to the 18th with Sal, who had been hiting the greens all day, playing another well struck iron into the heart of the green to seal the title for Craigmillar Park.

Midsummer Foursomes Draw

The draw for the Midsummer Foursomes is now available under DRAWS.

There will be a raffle in aid of the juniors and raffle prizes would be appreciated.

Championship Qualifying Draw

The draw for the Championship Qualifying on Tuesday 8 May is now available under DRAWS on the left hand side of this page.

Well done Rachael

Congratulations to Rachel Watton on winning the individual title at the Sun Belt Conference Womens Championship and helping her Denver University team clinch the team title.  She has also been named Sun Belt Conference freshman of the year

'B' Championship Qualifiers

The qualifiers for the 'B' Championship matchplay are as follows:

1. Julie Baird (Glencorse)
2. Carole Mason (Dalmahoy)
3. Sue Cowie (Comiston Ladies)
4. Linda Taylor (Dalmahoy)
5. Pam Stevenson (Glencorse)
6. Denise Turnbull (Kingsknowe)
7. Sandra Craig (Prestonfield)
8. Phil Early (Glencorse)

Please see draw on left hand side of this page

Spring Meeting

The Spring Meeting got underway a bit later than planned yesterday afterva delay for frost! (Is it not Spring?). However, it stayed dry if not a bit chilly, especially later on in the day. Most found the course quite challenging and there were a few tales of woe to tell. The results were as follows: CSS 71

1st Scratch (Cormack Salver) - Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) 77
2nd Scratch - Linda Bain (Lochend) 80
1st Bronze scratch (CM Park Rosebowl) - Sandra Craig (Prestonfield) 90
Best Overall nett - Linda Taylor (Dalmahoy) 87 (18) 69
2nd Overall nett - Carole Mason (Dalmahoy) 87 (16) 71 bih
1st Silver handicap - Julie Baird (Glencorse) 85 (14) 71 bih
2nd Silver handicap - Mandy McBain (Turnhouse) 83 (12) 71 bih
1st Bronze handicap - Anne Beedie (Glencorse) 97 (21) 76 bih

Thank you to Glencorse Golf Club for hosting this event and for getting the course playable in the morning

Cuthbertson Cup

Congratulations to our junior team on reaching the Cuthbertson Cup final today. The girls played some great golf and fought really hard right to the end. But they were up against a really strong East Lothian side who deserved to retain the Cuthbertson Cup today.

In the morning we played Stirling and Clackmannshire. Hannah Scott led from the front with a 7&5 win over Catherine Goodwin. The rest of the team were struggling a little, but a gritty comeback from Jessica Dalgetty secured a second point. Kirsty Burgess and Emily Dalgetty fought hard to reach the 17th and 16th respectively to build on Hannah's impressive win, thus ensuring a clear points victory.

The final was always going to be a big challenge. Hannah played extremely well to take Lesley Atkins to the 17th, but Lesley was playing some superb golf. Emily had a real ding dong battle with Clara Young, loosing eventually on the 17th. Jessica and Kirsty both showed some real fighting spirit but again East Lothian were just too strong.

The games were played in fantastic spirit and the girls all gained valuable experience. We will be back to fight hard again next year - older and wiser!

Thanks to everyone who supported the team

Well done girls!

Good performance by Midlothian girls Emily Dalgetty and Kirsty Burgess at the Scottish under 16s this week. Well done Kirsty on reducing her handicap to 12. Looking forward to Cuthbertson Cup.

Good luck!

Good luck to:

• Emily Dalgetty (Glencorse) and Kirsty Burgess (Silverknowes) who are playing in the Scottish under 16s at Strathmore, starting tomorrow. And to Rachael Livingstone, Scotland Team Manager
  

• Karen Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park) who is playing in the Scottish Vets Team in the annual match against an Irish Senior Select team for the Mary McKenna Perpetual Trophy this weekend.
  
• The MCLGA Junior team in their quest to wrestle back the Cuthbertson Cup from East Lothian this weekend at Whitekirk Golf Club.
  

North Berwick Outing

After the weather of yesterday, Captain spent last night making contingency plans for today's junior outing to North Berwick. But amazingly there was no rain in sight and 13 girls enjoyed a fun filled day of golf and some good chat and food in the clubhouse afterwards.

Thanks to Hannah, VC Sheila and the assortment of Mums, Dads, Grans and Grandpa's for all their help and support.
The winners of the competition were:

Handicap:
1st Julia Smith
2nd Emma Watson
Non-handicap:
1st Robyn Tait
2nd Emily Tait
Best under 9:
Lucy Morrison

Junior Spring Meeting

The Junior Spring meeting held at Liberton Golf Club today. Thirteen girls took part in the handicap competition, and six in the 8 hole, non-handicap competition which was followed by a 9 hole putting competition. Thankfully the weather was not as bad as originally forecast as the President started the girls off on the first tee. Some great golf was played and some new names are on our trophies.

Thanks to President Janet, VC Sheila, Liz Taylor and Sharon MacPherson for all their help today and to Liberton Golf Club for once again hosting this event.

Results: (CSS 67)
1st scratch: Emily Dalgetty (Glencorse ) 78
2nd scratch: Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) 79
1st handicap: Heather Laing (Glencorse) 84 (16) 68 bih
2nd handicap: Julia Smith (Murrayfield) 93 (25) 68
1st non-handicap: Emily Rigg 52
2nd non-handicap: Lisa MacPherson 62

1st putting: Lucy Morrison
2nd putting: Molly Scott

Apologies to all as the captain had one of her senior moments and did not take any pictures of the prizewinners! Girls - in future shout at me that you need your photos taken!! Anyway below are some pictures of earlier in the day!

CURTIS CUP AWARENESS DAY

MCLGA is holding a Curtis Cup Awareness Day alongside the Spring Meeting at Glencorse GC on Monday 16th April. Whether or not you’re thinking of going up to Nairn for one or more days between 8-10 June to support the GB&I Team, do drop by our Curtis Cup table before or after your round. Check out the informative DVD and find out more on this year’s match versus the USA team.

Provided by Anne Brownie, MCLGA Curtis Cup Ambassador
Contact : golfanneatic@gmail.com

Midlothian girls on top at Falkirk Tryst

Congratulations to Emma Morrison (Craigmillar Park) and Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) who won the handicap and scratch prizes respectively at the East of Scotland Spring Meeting at Falkirk Tryst today.

Emma shot a nett 63 - 81 (18) 63 and Hannah a gross 71.
Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) won the best under 21 nett prize 75 (2) 73 (bih)

Draw for Junior Spring Meeting

The draw for Junior Spring Meeting at Liberton Golf Club on Monday 9 April is as follows:

10.00
Hannah Scott & Emily Dalgetty

10.07
Jessica Dalgetty & Kirsty Burgess

10.14
Heather Laing & Eilidh Crawford

10.21
Katherine Fisher & Julia Smith

10.28
Emma Morrison & Sophie Aitchison

10.35
Caitlin Turner & Emma Watson

10.42
Emily Thain & Lisa MacPherson

Non-Handicap 8 holes
10.49
Katie Robinson & Molly Scott

10.56
Lucy Morrison, Georgia Ledingham, Emily Rigg

Team for Cuthbertson Cup 2012

The team for the Cuthbertson Cup on Sunday 15 April at Whitekirk Golf Club is as follows:

Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe)
Emily Dalgetty (Glencorse)
Jessica Dalgetty (Glencorse)
Kirsty Burgess (Silverknowes)

Reserve: Heather Laing (Glencorse)

This is the juinor inter-county competition which is played on one day. In the morning singles Midlothian will play Stirling & Clackmannanshire and East Lothian play Fife. The winners will play each other in the afternoon, again in singles ties, and the others playing foursomes to determine 3rd and 4th place. The morning matches start at 9.30 am and the afternoon matches at 2.30 pm. Support for the girls would be greatly appreciated - its not too far - a nice wee trip along the coast to North Berwick!

Spring Meeting at Glencorse

The draw for the Spring Meeting at Glencorse on Monday 16 April is now available. Click under DRAWS on the left hand side of this page.

As usual there will be a raffle on the day to support our junior programme and raffle prizes would be appreciated.

MCLGA Facebook Page

Remember we now have a MCLGA Facebook page. To keep up to date with County news, click on the logo on the left hand side of the page or follow the link below and 'like' the page

MCLGA Facebook Page

Midlothian v Lanarkshire

Another lovely day today for our annual match against Lanarkshire Ladies. The match was played at Baberton over a slightly altered course due to the imminent building of a new clubhouse. Some great golf was on display and the match was a very friendly half (2-2). The juniors won both their matches - well done girls, and had the added excitement of meeting Curtis Cup player Pamela Pretswell. Congratulations to Kate McIntosh who had a hole in one at the 17th!

The results were:
Claire Hargan & Wendy Nicholson beat Pamela Pretswell & May Hughes 4&3
Karen Marshall & Hannah Scott lost to Susan Wood & Angela Devine 4&3
Karen Ballantyne & Linda Bain lost to Lesley Lloyd & Fiona Scott 3&2
Kate McIntosh & Louise Fraser beat Ruth Rankin & Jenny Potter 3&1

Juniors
Eilidh Crawford & Katherine Fisher beat Ellie Bryce & Alsion Reid 3&2
Julia Smith & Sophie Aitchison beat Healther Neilson & Katie Scott 4&3

March at Swanston - Junior 9 holes

The captain apologies for forgetting to publish these results! The results of our March competition were as follows:

Handicap
1st Emma Morrison 35 (9) 26
2nd Lisa MacPherson 49 (21) 28
3rd Caitlin Turner 46 (18) 28

Non handicap
1st Emily Rigg 36 (better last 6)
2nd Emma Watson 36
3rs Ailsa Lamond 39

Winter Foursomes Winners

Congratulations Ray Lynch and Lynn Wilson (Murrayfield) who beat Jane Neville (Murrayfield) and Amanda Liddell (Ratho Park) in the final of the winter foursomes

MCLGA v Borders Ladies

Our annual match against Borders Ladies took place on Sunday 11th at Craigmillar Park Golf Club. Great to get the season underway with a win 4.5 to 0.5!

Some great golf was played in slightly cold and windy conditions, albeit a big improvement on last year's snowy conditions.

Results:

Rachael Livingstone & Louise Fraser beat Judith Anderson & Tara McTaggart 6&5
Gabrielle Macdonald & Claire Hargan beat Liz Campbell & Isla Craigie 5&3
Karen Marshall & Linda Bain halved with Denise Richards & Danni Ker
Sal Shepherd & Gillian Simpson beat Lynn Douglas & Fiona Ker 3&2

Kirsty Simpson & Kirsty Burgess beat Amy Martin & Lianne Wilson 2&1

Summer Knock-out Draws

The draws for the silver and bronze knock-out competitions are now available. Click under DRAWS on the left hand side of this page. Letters will be sent out to you soon.

MCLGA County Championship

Do you have a handicap of 12 or under?

Have you entered the Midlothian Championship?

You don't have to be a team member or Club champion to enter! It's open to all category 1 & 2 handicaps. Qualifying consists of 2 rounds at Broomieknowe Golf Club on Tuesday 8 May. Send your entry to Hilary now! Click HERE to download an entry form.

Curtis Cup

CURTIS CUP MATCH – WILL YOU BE SUPPORTING GB&I?

MCLGA’S CURTIS CUP AMBASSADOR IS ANNE BROWNIE – IF YOU ARE THINKING OF GOING UP TO NAIRN, WANT TO KNOW OF OTHERS WHO ARE OR WOULD LIKE OTHER INFO ON THE MATCH PLEASE CONTACT ANNE ON HER DEDICATED CURTIS CUP EMAIL: golfanneatic@googlemail.com

GO GB&I GO, GO, GO!

Junior Spring Meeting Entry

The MCLGA Junior Spring Meeting will be held on Monday 9th April 2012 at Liberton Golf Club starting at 10am. Girls with CONGU handicaps of 36 or less will play 18 holes and girls without handicaps will play 8 holes followed by a putting competition.

Entries for this competition close on 26th March 2012. Click HERE to download an entry form.

Champion of Champions 2012

The draw for the 2012 Champion of Champions competition is now available. Click under DRAWS on the left hand side of this page.

February at Swanston with the Juniors

10 girls took part in our monthly competition on Swanston's Templar course last Sunday. It was pretty cold and a variety of cold weather gear was on show, including some very cool hats! The course was in its 6 hole layout, with temporary greens, but each hole is a bit longer than the 9 hole layout. So although this won't count towards our annual 9 hole order of merit, the results for this competition were:

Handicap
1st Lisa MacPherson 22
2nd Emma Morrison 23

Non -handicap
1st Emily Rigg 27
2nd Lucy Morrison 35
3rd Emma Lamond 42

Well done to everyone who braved the elements!

Scottish Vets Team

Congratulations to Karen Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park) who has been selected for the Scottish Vets team to play in the annual match against an Irish Senior Select for the Mary McKenna Perpetual Trophy. The match will take place at the Hilton Templepatrick Golf Club in Northern Ireland on 14 and 15 April 2012.