East Lothian Ladies' County Golf Association

Scottish Girls under 18 Championship

I would like to wish good luck from all our lady members to two of our junior members who are taking part in the inaugural under 18 stroke play at Strathmore Golf Club from 6th-8th April. There is strong competition from Europe but I am sure Joanne Free and Lauren Lee will do our County proud. Good luck Girls!

CUTHBERTSON CUP AT CRAIGIELAW SUNDAY 17th APRIL

The Junior Team event against Midlothian, Fife and Stirling & Clackmannan takes place this year at Craigielaw Golf Club on Sunday 17th April 2015.

East Lothian will be hosting this event and if anyone has the time to come and watch we are sure you will be rewarded by some exciting golf. The first tee off time is 9.30am and the afternoon matches start at 2.30pm.

The team is Lauren Lee (Captain), Annabel Hosie, Sophie Bain and Catherine Milne.Reserve Grace Crawford

 

 

 

ELLCGA v Borders 2016

ELLCGA MATCH V BORDERS AT NORTH BERWICK GOLF CLUB SUNDAY 20^th MARCH

Today ELLCGA Squad played their annual friendly match against the Borders County Team at North Berwick Golf Club. The weather was amazing with a slightly cool wind but blue sky and sunshine. The Borders had only managed a team of 8 this year and as the handicaps were slightly different we decided to play a greensome on handicap.

All four matches had great fun and the Border Ladies loved playing on the North Berwick Links in such good weather and beautiful views. We had lovely soup, sandwiches and wraps afterwards in the clubhouse. Our grateful thanks to North Berwick Golf Club Council for giving us courtesy of the course which was in great condition for the start of the season. We were also very well looked after by the catering staff and the soup was delicious.

The results were as follows:-

Lauren Lee(6) and Stacey Cameron(5) beat Gillian Lithgow(15) and Alison Smith(11) 6 and 5

Liz Dunn Butler(4) and Kay Lannin(5) beat Fiona Ker(7) and Lorraine White(13) 6and 4

Susan Penman(6) and Lesley Johnston(6) beat Karen McKinlay(26) and Rachael Wigmore(30) 6 and 5

Barbara Biggart(7) and Hazel Saunders(7) beat Julie Birdsall(4) and Leanne Wilson(5) 3 and 2

5 A-side draw and match dates

All the dates and times for this years matches have been agreed.

Click on the link to see the full details.

Download DRAW & DATES 2016

Change to Junior Fixture Card

Please note:-

The first tee off time for the Spring Meeting at Kilspindie Golf Club on Sunday 24th April 2016 - is now 12noon  

 

PRE-SEASON LUNCH AT GULLANE GOLF CLUB ON SATURDAY 5th MARCH

The 2016 pre-season lunch was held at Gullane Golf Club on Saturday 5th March and was a lovely start to the season. 78 members attended the lunch including many new members and by the noise at the tables everyone enjoyed getting together before the season started. The event started with a glass of prosecco and a chance for everyone to see the newly furbished Gullane Golf Club and everyone admired the new decor and feeling of space in the upstairs area. The members were welcomed by the Captain Barbara Biggart who also mentioned ELLCGA guests Janice MacLeod, Captain of Whtekirk, Beryl Morris former chair of the East Lothian McMillan Committee and Nicky Black, Captain of Gullane Ladies Golf Club.Janette Buchananan our President gave the Grace and we all enjoyed a lovely lunch.

After lunch Elaine Dick, Vice Captain gave us a potted history about Babe Zaharias, a very talented athlete and golfer from America. She was the first American winner of the British Ladies amateur championship held at Gullane in 1947. She started her athletics career playing basketball and her team reached the National Finals 3 years in a row with Babe awarded the stop amateur award of All american Player. She then developed her athletics and won 2 golds and a silver medal in the broad jump, javelin and high jump respectively. She then was introduced to golf and loved it. At that time her drives were 240-260 yards which is amazing when you think of the equipment then. She had problems with her amateur status so played many exhibition matches including trick shots with Gene Sarazen and Tommy Armour. In 1938 she married George Zaharias and with his encouragement gained back her amateur status. She came over to Gullane in 1947 after successful events in America and beat local member and Scottish Champion Jean Donald in the semi final of the British at Gullane. She then turned Professional and continued to win tournaments but sadly lost her fight with cancer age 45 years. Her husband donated money to Gullane golf Club for a junior prize to be played for by members of Gullane Primary School. In 1963 Torphin Golf Club asked her husband to donate a trophy in her memory and George donated the wonderful Babe Zaharias Trophy seen today at the lunch. This was the last trophy she won before her death. The trophy and the Ultraplast Trophy for handicap has been played for ever since and many big names have won this including Belle Robertson, Margaret Pickard (nee Nichol), Jean Bald and Jessie Valentine. The trophy moved around and then was played at Whitekirk in many different forms. Janice MacLeod approached Nicky Black to see if Gullane would take over the trophy. Gullane agreed to host the competition for 2 years and Nicky approached ELLCGA to see if we would facilitate the competition. ELLCGA committee agreed to facilitate the competition with it rotating round East Lothian Golf Clubs and the other lady captains agreed . It will revert back to a stroke play with scratch and handicap prizes. After this overview Janice MacLeod handed the trophies to Nicky Black for the tournament this year to be played on 22nd August 2016.

After this the draw for the raffle and the draw for the 100 club took place and the winners are below.

100 club winners

1st Liz McLelland 

2nd Gail McKill

3rd Jane Herd and Linda Henderson

Raffle Winners

Round of golf for 4 at Dunbar Liz McLelland

Spa Voucher for Archerfield £90 Carol McLeod

Blue Sky Pilates voucher Janice McLeod

Lesson Alistair Good Liz Dunn Butler

Lesson Martyn Huish Jean McNeil

Barbara McIntosh kindly gave a vote of thanks on behalf of the members to Gullane Golf Club and to the ELLCGA committee. I personally would like to say thank you to Gullane Golf Club and to Steven Marshall and his team for working so hard to make ELLCGA members so welcome . I would like to thank Elaine for her organisation and her speech about Babe Zaharias and to Linda Henderson and Janet Fairweather for selling tickets for the raffle so successfully. It really was a very happy day.

Below are pictures of the event

Thank you to all our lady members for supporting the event.

 

Barbara Biggart 
Captain ELLCGA

Pre Season Lunch 2016

The Annual Pre -Season Lunch was held very successfully on the 5th March 2016 at Gullane GC and a report and photos will be posted shortly.

The lunch saw the formal re-launch of the Babe Zaharias Competition as a stroke play competition With The Babe Zaharias Trophy for the best Scratch score and Ultraplast Trophy for the best handicap. Further details of the competition are now available on the website.

 

Babe Zaharias Competition 2016

EAST LOTHIAN LADIES’ COUNTY GOLF ASSOCIATION in conjunction with GULLANE LADIES’ GOLF CLUB

invite entries for

THE BABE ZAHARIAS TROPHY

(single round of stroke play with scratch and handicap prizes)

22 AUGUST 2016

GULLANE NO 1

Entry £20 (cheques payable to ELLCGA)

Liz McLelland Elmsford, Main Street, Gullane, EH31 2DR

Email – [email protected]       Phone - 01620843131

This tournament is held to perpetuate the memory of Babe Zaharias who was an exceptional US athlete and golfer, winning the British Ladies’ Amateur title at Gullane in 1947.  She then turned professional and went on to win every major title before she died of cancer in 1956 aged just 45 years.

Her husband, George, donated a solid silver bowl inscribed “Serbin Open – Miami 1955” to be competed for by "Lady Golfers in Scotland”.  Torphin Hill GC hosted this prestigious championship for many years until Whitekirk took up the mantle, raising many thousands of pounds for Macmillan Cancer Support.

This is a new era for the rose bowl with East Lothian Ladies’ County Golf Association taking guardianship of the trophy and Gullane Ladies’ GC kindly offering to host the event for the next two years – 2017 marking the 70^th anniversary of Babe winning the British Ladies at Gullane Golf Club.

Proceeds will be donated to Macmillan Cancer Support.

PRIZES

Babe Zaharias Trophy      Ultraplast Trophy

1^st Scratch £100               1^st Handicap £75

2^nd Scratch £75                 2^nd Handicap £50

3^rd Scratch £50                 3^rd Handicap £25

Download Poster and entry form

Download Babe Zaharias competition rules