East Lothian Ladies' County Golf Association

THANK YOU

I would just like to give a big thank you to all my team at Scotscraig. Elaine Dick(Vice captain),Liz McLelland(Hon Secretary),Gwen Stewart(Treasurer),Carol McLeod(President), Lesley Atkins, Liz Dunn Butler, Joanne Free, Jane Herd, Lesley Johnston, Lauren Lee, Susan Penman and Clara Young all contributed to making the jamboree an enjoyable event for everyone. The team played well and their demeanour on and off the course was exemplary. Everyone was enthusiastic and encouraging and all the matches were played in good sport in spirit. I would also like to thank the members of ELLCGA who gave up their time to act as caddies at the Jamboree. The players really appreciate their help and encouragement. Sadly we did not emulate last year's achievement but being runners up was very satisfying and the team worked hard for that result. I look forward to next year's jamboree at Mortonhall Golf Club being as enjoyable.

Thank you all again

Barbara Biggart

ELLCGA CAPTAIN 

Day 3 at Scotscraig Golf Club

Day 3 at the East Division Jamboree

                            

East Lothian v Fife

After the disappointment of yesterday the team came out this morning determined to get some points on the board.

Joanne Free and Susan Penman put a great fight against Elaine Moffat and Lyn Newton before succumbing 2&1.

However Lesley Johnston and Lesley Atkins combined well to gain the first point with a 3&1 win over Dorothy Ford and Karin Sharp which included a great chip in from Lesley Johnson at the 4th for a birdie.

Last match out was Jane Herd and Lauren Lee against Lorna McKinlay and Linda Dyball. The East Lothian pair were never ahead until the 15th. Having nudged ahead however they held their nerve for a 1up win and a 2nd point on the board. The team went in to lunch 2-1 up and a lot happier than the previous day

The afternoon matches began with Clara Young securing a 2 up win over Elaine Moffat after an exciting finish.

Lauren Lee birdied the 17th to force the match up the 18th and a resulting 2 up on Hannah Robb.

Joanne Free after a hesitant first half had got into her stride by the turn and went on to secure a third point from the singles matches with a 4&3 win over Lyn Newton.

Disappointingly the rain had come on by that point and the last three matches came to an early end with Lesley Atkins losing 4&3 to Lynda Dyball who missed few putts.

Next out Liz Dunn Butler lost to Karin Sharp 4&3.

Last out Lesley Johnston lost to Lorna McKinaly 4&3 despite an attempt at a fight back with an excellent birdie 2 at the 13th.

The afternoon matches resulted in a 3all draw and an overall result of 5-4 which was good enough to secure 2nd place. Congratulations and thanks to all the team for their contribution to the competition on and off the course and to all the trolley pullers for their valuable assistance in supporting the team as they navigated their way around the course. 

FINAL DAY DETAILS AT SCOTSCRAIG

STIRLING & CLACKMANNAN 2, MIDLOTHIAN 7

Foursomes 1-2
Louise Macgregor and Linda Allan lost to Kate McIntosh and Wendy Nicholson 2 holes.
Laura Bissett and Margo Gardner lost to Karen Marshall and Karen Ferguson 4 and 3
Claire Capocci and Elaine Allison beat Hannah Scott and Alison McBride 2 holes.
Singles 1-5
Louise Macgregor lost to Kate McIntosh 7 and 6.
Margo Gardner lost to Louise Fraser 4 and 3.
Claire Capocci lost to Karen Marshall 4 and 2
Linda Allan lost to Karen Ferguson 2 and 1.
Elaine Allison lost to Hannah Scott 3 and 2
Mhairi Hall beat Wendy Nicholson  4 and 3.

EAST LOTHIAN 5, FIFE 4
Foursomes 2-1
Joanne Free and Susan Penman lost to Elaine Moffat and Lyn Newton 2 and 1.
Lesley Johnston and Lesley Atkins beat Dorothy Ford and Karin Sharp 3 and 1.
Jane Herd and Lauren Lee bet Lorna McKinlay and Linda Dyball 1 hole
Singles 3-3
Clara Young beat Elaine Moffat 2 holes
Lauren Lee beat Hannah Robb 2 holes
Joanne Free beat Lyn Newton 4 and 3.
Lesley Atkins lost to Linda Dyball 4 and 3.
Liz Dunn Butler lost to Karin Sharp 4 and 3.
Lesley Johnston lost to Lorna McKinlay 4 and 3.

HOW THEY FINISHED
6pt Midlothian (3 wins)
4pt East Lothian (2 wins)
2pt Fife (1 win)
0pt Stirling and Clackmannan (0 wins) 

Midlothian will represent East Division at the County Finals in September. 

DAY 2 AT SCOTSCRAIG GOLF CLUB

Day 2 v Midlothian

 

Apologies for delay in report as wifi failure at our accommodation .Team photos will be posted later

Day 2 started bright and sunny but the sun did not shine on us and like the sunshine our hopes of wins came and went.

Leading the Foursomes  Jane Herd and Clara Young struggled to find form and went down 5&4 to Kate McIntosh and Wendy Nicholson.

Next out Liz Dunn Butler & Lesley Johnston lost to Hannah Scott and Alison McBride 4&3. 

Finally in in the morning foursomes Joanne Free and Susan Penman battled hard before going down 3&2 to Louise Fraser and Gabreille MacDonald.

Disappointed but undaunted the team set off again for the afternoon singles.

Clara Young started out slowly before before fighting back but sadly went down 3&1 to an in form Gabrielle MacDonald. 

Lesley Atkins struggled with her driving before going down 7&6 to an on form Hannah Scott.

 

Joanne Free was our ray of sunshine and her steady game won through winning 1up against Kaye McIntosh

 

Lauren Lee our rookie played steady golf but was beaten in the 4&2 by Karen Ferguson

 

Lesley Johnston after a poor start was 7 down after 7 rallied before losing the match to Karen Marshall 4&3

 

Liz Dunn Butler our backstop sadly also lost to Louise Fraser 3&2

Full results

EAST LOTHIAN 1, MIDLOTHIAN 8
Foursomes 0-3
J Herd and C Young lost to K McIntosh and W Nicholson.
L Dunn Butler and L Johnston lost to H Scott and A McBride 4 and 3.
J Free and S Penman lost to L Fraser and G MacDonald 3 and 2. 
Singles 1-5
Young lost to MacDonald 3 and 1
L Atkins lost to Scott 7 and 6
Free bt McIntosh 1 hole.
 L Lee lost to K Ferguson 4 and 2.
Johnson lost to K Marshall 4 and 3.
Dunn Butler lost to Fraser 3 and 2.

FIFE 5.5, STIRLING and CLACKMANNAN 3.5
Foursomes 1.5-1.5
E Moffat and L Newton halved with L Macgregor and L Allan.
K Sharp and D Ford lost to L Bissett and M Gardner 3 and 2. 
L McKinlay and L Dyball bt C Capocci and M Hall 3 and 2.
Singles 4-2 
Moffat halved with Macgregor
H Robb bt Bissett 6 and 4.
Newton lost to L Allan 5 and 4. 
Dyball halved with E Allison
Ford  bt J Allan 7 and 6.
McKinlay bt Hall 6 and 5. 

 

We have all to play for tomorrow against Fife who beat Stirling and Clackmannan 5!/2-31?2.

Day 1 at Scotscraig Golf Club County Jamboree

Day 1 at the East Division Jamboree at Scotscraig

Day 1 matches were Fife v Midlothian and Stirling & Clackmannan v East Lothian.

The morning matches saw Clara Young and Liz Dunn Butler beat Louise McGregor & Elaine Allison 7 &5 which included an eagle at the 11th. Joanne Free and new comer Lauren Lee lost to Laura Bisset & Margo Gardener 4&3, and Jane Herd & Sue Penman lost 3&2 to Claire Capocci and Mhairi Hall. We went in to lunch 1-2 down with every thing to play for in the afternoon.

Lesley Atkins led the afternoon singles and despite going 3 down after three holes battled on to go down eventually 3&2 to Laura Bisset.

Joanne Free won the first two whole before being pulled back at the turn to one down but turned things in East Lothian's favour by birdieing the 17th and parring the 18th to win a valuable point with a 2 up win over Louise Macgregor.

Clara Young had a resounding win 7&5 over Jennifer Allan.

Lauren Lee battled hard before going down 3&2.

Lesley Johnston had had a good win 4&2 win over Claire Capocci

Back marker Liz Dunn Butler secured a 3&2 win over Margo Gardener to win the 4th match needed to secure 4-2 win in the afternoon and an overall 5-4 win over Stirling & Clackmannan.

In the other set of matches. Midlothian beat Fife 2-1 in the foursomes and 4-2 in the singles for an overall 6-3 win. Tomorrow East Lothian meet Midlothian - everything to play for! 

Today's Results

FIFE 3, MIDLOTHIAN 6
Foursomes 1-2
E Moffat and L Newton lost to G MacDonald and K Marshall 1 hole.
D Ford and K Sharp bt L Fraser and A McBride 4 and 3.
L McKinlay and L Dyball lost to K McIntosh and W Nicholson 4 and 3.
Singles  2-4
Moffat bt MacDonald 4 and 3.
H Robb lost to McIntosh 4 and 2.
Sharp lost to H Scott 6 and 5.
S Munro lost to Nicholson 3 and 2.
Newton bt K Ferguson 2 holes
McKinley lost to Marshall 2 and 1. 

STIRLING and CLACKMANNAN 4, EAST LOTHIAN 5
Foursomes 2-1
L Macgregor and E Allison lost to L Dunn Butler and C Young 7 and 6
L Bissett and M Gardner bt J Free and L Lee 4 and 3.
C Capocci and M Hall bt J Herd and S Penman 3 and 2.  
Singles 2-4
Bissett bt L Atkins 3 and 2.
Macgregor lost to Free 2 holes
J Allan lost to Young 7 and 6
L Allan bt Lee 3 and 2.
Capocci lost to L Johnston 4 and 2.
Gardner lost to Dunn Butler 3 and 2.

Results of ELLCGA Summer Meeting Craigielaw Golf Club 18th June 2015

ELLCGA SUMMER MEETING AT CRAIGIELAW GC

51 members played
SSS 72
CSS 75 reduction only

Silver Scratch
Liz Dunn Butler - 83

Silver Handicap
1     Janice Reid (12) 75
2     Janet Fairweather (10) 76 bih
3     Elaine Wolstencroft (13) 76

Bronze Scratch
Jeanie Cole - 97

Bronze Handicap
1     Seline Stewart (21) 77
2     Ann Pyrkosz (28) 78
3     Isabel Smith (28) 79

There were two 2s - both at the 6th hole
Janet Fairweather and Geraldine MacFlynn (sweep money will be mailed out to you)

(More) Congratulations to Clara

Congratulations go to Clara Young on being selected for the Scottish Ladies Team to go to the European Team Championship in Denmark. Good Luck.

CLARA TRIUMPHS AT MONIFIETH

What a fantastic achievement for Clara on her return from one year in the States to win the Scottish Ladies Amateur Championship at Monifieth. She played superb golf as can be seen by her statistics during the match play rounds.

Thursday
Round 1 v's Jennifer Saxton - Clara was -1 for 13 holes played and won 6&5
(Extremely Windy)
Round 2 v's Louise MacGregor - Clara was -4 for 13 holes played and won 7&5
(Even windier!)
Friday
1/4 Final v's Jacqueline Sneddon - Clara was +1 for 15 holes played and won
4&3 (Really Windy Again!)
Semi Final v's Kimberley Beveridge - Clara was -2 for 17 holes played and
won 2&1 (Breezy)
Saturday
Final v's Rachel Walker - Clara was -2 for 18 holes played and won 1 Up
(Gorgeous Day)

 There was also no caddy continuity. She had 5 different caddies - Dawn Darling, Heather Munro, her mother Dawn, Alan Cameron and her father Alan on the last day. As Dawn said " It was all down to Clara's superb ball striking and accuracy and those of us who were lucky enough to be on the bag or spectate during the match play rounds in particular were treated to some great golf."

ELLCGA are extremely proud of Clara's achievement and delighted she is one of our team members who will be playing at Scotscraig. We hope this season goes from strength to strength for Clara!

 

 

 

 

CLARA YOUNG IN FINAL OF SCOTTISH LADIES

Well done to Clara today winning through to the final tomorrow. Clara beat the number 2 seed Jacqueline Sneddon in the morning and went on to beat Kimberley Beveridge by 2 and 1 in the semi final. Tomorrow she plays Rachel Walker another United States College student. We will all be rooting for Clara tomorrow.

In the Clark Rosebowl another ELLCGA member made the final. Lesley Atkins beat Kirsty Brodie in the morning and had a ding dong match against Carol Wilson finally losing at the 18th hole. Well played Lesley!

RESULTS FROM LADIES SCOTTISH AMATEUR AT MONIFIETH 21/5/15

Well done to Clara Young for getting through both her rounds today especially in the afternoon against Louise Macgregor winning 7 and 5 and being 4 under par and reaching the quarterfinals. Lesley Atkins also won through 2 rounds of the Clark Rosebowl and had a big win in the afternoon. Commiserations to Dawn Sarah and Stacey but great you all qualified. We wish Clara and Lesley good luck in their matches tomorrow.

ELLCGA TEAM FOR JAMBOREE AT SCOTSCRAIG JUNE 22nd-24th 2015

ELLCGA selection committee met on 13th May and agreed on selection of the team to represent ELLCGA at the County Jamboree. 

The team is as follows:-

Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies)

Liz Dunn Butler (Gullane Ladies)

Joanne Free (Gullane Ladies)

Lesley Johnstone (Gullane Ladies)

Jane Herd (Musselburgh)

Susan Penman (Gullane Ladies)

Sarah Stichbury (Gullane Ladies)

Clara Young (North Berwick)

Reserves -  Stacey Cameron (Gullane Ladies) and Lauren Lee (Musselburgh)

The players really appreciate the lady members who come to trolley pull during the 3 days of competition. If you would like to volunteer for a day or just a round please contact Elaine Dick at [email protected]. It is a great opportunity to watch some competitive ladies golf and feel part of the County team.Your support is really appreciated.