East Lothian Ladies' County Golf Association

East Division Inter County Matches

Now the games are over and before the dust has settled on this year's matches it is time to thank the Captain, Vice Captain, Secretary, Treasurer and last but not least our team for all their hard work and giving up their time to take part in the event. It is a big commitment of time and energy, 6 rounds in three days plus a practice round. Not all the players played all 6 matches but all the the members of the team not playing along with Dawn, Barbara, Gwen and Liz were all out walking round the course. Well done every one.

Thank you also to all those who turned out to support the team and to trolley pull. We look forward to seeing you all again at North Berwick next year and since it is on our home patch we hope that many more of you will turn out to watch good golf and support your team.

Here a few photos of the team, trolley pullers and supporters. Just click on the photo to enlarge.
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The Team

The course from the first tee

East Division Regional Medal Final

The East Division Regional Medal Final was played at Kirkcaldy Golf Club on Thursday 27th June 2013, with 90 ladies competing for the chance to reach the Grand Final at King James VI in September.  Conditions were overcast and damp as the first groups got underway and the scoring was proving difficult but as the weather improved so did the scoring.  The best score of the day came from Vivien Mitchell (Lochend) with a net 66 who qualifies from the bronze division, the best Silver division score came from the Lauren Lee (Musselburgh) with a net 72.

Summer Meeting Results

CSS for the day was 68.

56 ladies participated today in the Summer Meeting at Winterfield in relatively good but breezy conditions. The course was yielding lots of run but not always to the right places for some! With small and fast greens the putting was proving to be tricky. Needless to say there were some good scores returned so the course was kind to some.

Mention must be made of the best nett score of the day, 56, returned by Anne Blundell (Musselburgh). Her super gross score of 75 was very nearly winning the Silver Scratch prize but she was pipped by Sue Penman (Gullane Ladies) with a tidy 74!

We ran a 2's sweep again which proved popular with all and with a rollover pot from the Commonwealth Spoons it was definately worth winning. There were 4 ladies who had a 2, names are listed below. Vouchers for the 2's may not be issued as quickly as normal due to the Treasurer being away with the county team next week.

Congratulations to all prize winners and thank you to the ladies who played and supported the competition.

Results

SILVER SCRATCH

SUE PENMAN  74

SILVER HANDICAP

1              ANNE BLUNDELL (19)                      56

2              CLARE BOWE (15)                             64

3              CORRINE LUCA (18)                         66

BRONZE SCRATCH

FIONA HOPKINSON        87

BRONZE HANDICAP

1              ANNE MCALLISTER (25)                 66

2              JEANETTE BUCHANAN (21)          67 BIH

3              GEORGENE PARSONS (25)            67 BIH

4              SELINE STEWART                              67

 

TWOS SWEEP

ESTHER JARDINE

HAZEL SAUNDERS

ROS THORESEN

YVONNE DAVIDSON

 

ELLCGA - Rules

1. The name of the Club shall be "East Lothian Ladies' County Golf Association".

2. The Annual Subscription shall be at the discretion of the Committee. This becomes due on 1st January and is payable prior to 1st February. A member intending to resign her membership shall give notice to the Hon. Secretary by 30 November, failing which her subscription will be due on 1st January.

3. The Office Bearers of the Club shall consist of: A Captain, Vice-Captain, Hon Secretary, Hon Treasurer, and a Committee of Management. The Captain and the Vice-Captain shall be elected annually. They shall be eligible for re-election for a second year. The Captain shall not be eligible for re-election to the Committee until two years have expired after her date of retirement. The Committee of Management shall consist of the Captain, Vice-Captain and four members (three to form a quorum), the Hon. Secretary, Hon. Treasurer and Junior Secretary, ex officio. At the Annual General Meeting one member shall retire by rotation when her successor shall be appointed. Nominations for the Committee are to be submitted to the Secretary by the Autumn Meeting. Retiring members shall not be re-elected until out of office for one year. Any vacancy in the Committee after the Annual General Meeting shall be filled by the Committee. Committee members shall serve for a period of 3 years. The Hon. Secretary and the Hon. Treasurer and Junior Secretary shall be appointed annually by the Committee.

4. The Club shall have a President and a Vice-President who shall not be members of the Committee and shall serve for a period of 3 years.

5. The Annual General Meeting shall be held each year in November on an evening arranged by the Committee. Fifteen members, excluding the Committee, shall form a quorum. A Special General Meeting may be convened whenever the Committee of Management consider it necessary to do so, or by a requisition signed by at least 15 members. Fourteen days notice of the day and hour of an Annual or Special General Meeting must be given to every member of the Club. The Committee shall cause a Statement of Accounts of the Club to be submitted at the Annual General Meeting. The ordinary pecuniary concerns and running of the Club shall be in the hands of the Committee of Management. No Rules shall be altered or New Rules made except at an Annual or Special General Meeting. Members shall receive notification of any proposed alteration on the Agenda of such a Meeting.

6. The Annual Competitions of the Club shall be as follows:

Hole and Hole (on handicap), a month to be allowed for each round.

Spring Meeting

County Championship

Commonwealth Spoons

Summer Meeting

Autumn Meeting

Winter Foursomes – a month to be allowed for each round.

The Committee will have the power to arrange for any other Competitions they may deem advisable. The dates of the Inter-County Matches shall be arranged by the Hon. Secretary with the Secretaries of the other Counties in the Division. The Teams for these matches shall be selected by the Captain, the Vice-Captain and one other. They shall also arrange the order in which the Team shall play.

7. The Prizes for Competition shall be decided upon by the Committee of Management.

8. Election to Membership of the Club shall be at the discretion of the Committee.

 

Revised – January 2008 (Addition of Juniors Secretary to Committee, ex officio – approved at AGM Nov 2007)

 

TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT

East Division Inter County Matches 2013 @ Glenbervie - 24, 25 and 26 June

We are delighted to announce that the following members are selected to represent ELLCGA at the above matches.

 

Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies GC)

Jane Herd (Musselburgh GC)

Lesley Nicholson (Haddington GC)

Yasemin Sari (Loretto School GC)

Keren Ward (North Berwick GC)

Hilary Wardell (Longniddry GC)

Mary-Lou Watkins (Gullane Ladies GC)

Clara Young (North Berwick GC)

1st Reserve - Sue Penman (Gullane Ladies GC)

2nd Reserve - Joanne Free (Gullane Ladies GC)

The 9th team member is the support from other County members and this can be of great assistance to the team. We welcome any of our members who can join us to spectate and support. Details of match and tee times plus directions to the club are below.

 

Competition Days

Day 1 (Mon 24) Stirling and Clackmannan v Midlothian, East Lothian v Fife

Day 2 (Tues 25) Stirling and Clackmannan v Fife, East Lothian v Midlothian

Day 3 (Wed 25) East Lothian v Stirling and Clackmannan, Fife v Midlothian

The Tee Times will be the same for each day.

Morning Foursomes

Match 1 - 09.00 - 09.20, Match 2 - 09.30 - 09.50 (10 minute intervals)

Afternoon singles

Match 1 - 13.45 - 14.22, Match 2 - 14.30 - 15.07 ( 7 and 8 minute intervals)

Directions to Glenbervie Golf Club: There is  a new slip road off the M876 which exits very close to Glenbervie.

Coming from  M9 Edinburgh area, stay on M9 past Kincardine Bridge area, KEEP LEFT and take the M876 towards Glasgow, Exit at Junction 2 signposted LARBERT ( also shows signs to the hospital ) at the exit TURN RIGHT on to the A9  towards Stirling and at the first roundabout take 2^nd exit  and you will have reached Glenbervie Golf Club . 

NOTE

- Mobile phones can only be used in locker rooms and the car park, in all other areas of the course and Clubhouse their use is prohibited.

 

- Dress Code - Glenbervie Golf Club has a strict dress code particularly in the lounge and the dining room. Smart Casual golf attire including tailored shorts are acceptable but jeans, track or leisure suits,  trainers, hats are not permitted. On the course, currently acceptable golf attire and golf shoes are required to be worn. Not permitted are track or leisure suits, football shirts, denim jeans, cargo pants or combat style trousers .

 

 

 

 

Commonwealth Spoons - Results from The Glen 30 May 2013

90 ladies took part in the Commonwealth Spoons at the Glen today in relatively fair conditions. the results are as folows:-

1          P MCPHERSON AND G BLAIR (GLEN)                                                    70.5

2         G WHITTAKER AND K PROBIN (GLEN)                                                   71.5

3         M CURRIE AND J SMITH (GLEN AND GULLANE LADIES)                   74.5

4         I ELGSAAS AND G PARSONS (GIFFORD)                                                75.5 BIH

5        M STEWART AND L LOWRIE (GIFFORD)                                                 75.5

 

The following couples will go forward to represent ELLCGA at the finals on 4 September at Fortrose and Rosemarkie. 

1         P MCPHERSON AND G BLAIR

2         G WHITTAKER AND K PROBIN

3         M CURRIE AND J SMITH

4         I ELGSAAS AND G PARSONS

5         V CUPPLES AND K MCKENZIE (DUNBAR)                                                78 BIH

There were no twos today so the sweep will run over to the Summer Meeting at Winterfield.

Congratulations to the winners and qualifiers.

 

 

4th Place Finishes for Lesley and Clara

Congratulations to Lesley Atkins on a fine performance in the Irish Ladies Strokeplay 54 hole event at the Castle Course last weekend. Lesley scored 74 and 77 in the 2 rounds on Saturday going through well up the field as one of the 40 qualifiers to the Sunday. She had another good 3rd round of 77 to finish in joint 4th place.

Meanwhile on the same weekend, in sunny Montrose, the 36 hole event Munross Trophy took place. Competitors from ELLCGA were Joanne Free, Charlotte Munro, Clara Young and Dawn Young. Although weather conditions were most enjoyable the links lived up to its tough reputation and took its toll on some of us. Clara faired best with a quality morning round of 75 followed by a 79 finishing joint 4th place. Joanne had 86 and 88 while Charlotte scored 81 and 96. Unfortunately your Captain brought up the rear of the East Lothian players with 96 and 85. Suffice to say that all but Clara suffered from some big numbers in one of the rounds!

Irish Ladies' Open Amateur Strokeplay Championship

Good luck to Lelsey Atkins who will be competing in the above competition at the Castle course on 25 and 26 May. Scores can be followed on the link below.

http://www.ilgu.ie/news_detail.asp?id=2873&area=1

Competitors will play 36 holes on the Saturday with the top 40 qualifying for a further 18 holes on the Sunday.

Scottish Ladies (close) Amateur Championship

The 99th Scottish Ladies' (close) Amateur Championship finished in miserable wet weather but it was all smiles in the Clubhouse when Alyson McKechin was presented with the Champions Trophy, Clara Young the Beddows Trophy and Kimberly Beveridge The Clark Rosebowl.

Congratulations to Clara Young on winning in her Quarter Final Match 3 & 2 against Eilidh Briggs and Semi Final Match against Rachel Polson 4 & 3 to become the youngest competitor at 16 to reach the final of the Scottish Ladies' (close) Amateur Championship in its 99^th year.

In contrast to the sunshine on Friday the Final was played in miserable conditions. Undeterred by the conditions a crowd of over a hundred turned out to watch. Among the onlookers was Catriona Matthew a three time winner of the title.  

Nineteen year old Alyson McKechin, from Elderslie had reached the final after a 2 & 1 win over Megan Briggs who had already beaten Lesley Atkins and Hilary Wardell.

Alyson started strongly with biries at 2 of the first 3 holes reaching the turn in two under par and a 5 hole lead. As the weather deteriorated Clara started her fight back and Alyson’s game lost its edge. Clara clawed back 3 holes to be 2 down with 3 to play. A par at the short 16 however sealed a 3 & 2 win for Alyson.

Clara wins the Beddows Trophy as runner up and having had a good week at Longniddry hopes to go one better at Prestwick next year.

Clara would like to thank everyone who turned out to support her over the last week and especially everyone who braved the weather to watch the final.

 

Scottish Ladies (close) Amateur Championship

Today saw the first two rounds of the knock out stages of the Championship with four of our members taking part. After the wind of the last few days the players enjoyed rather more benign conditions.

First out was Catherine Small who lost out in a closely fought battle to Hannah Scott going down 3 & 2 in the First Round.

Clara Young had a convincing win 7 & 6 win over Jenny Potter in the first round  and a comfortable 4 & 3 win over Fiona Liddell in the second round. Clara is the only one of the top four seeds to remain in the championship after the the first two rounds. Clara, fresh from her success in the Championship at Luffness, had to juggle sitting Highers on Tuesday and Wednesday this week before playing in the qualifying rounds.  Although the margin of the win in the afternoon was less Clara was in fine form being 1 under par for the 14 holes.

Lesley Atkins lost out narrowly 2 & 1 to Megan Briggs after a tough game in the first round.

Last out of the East Lothian representatives was Hilary Wardell playing on her home course. Hilary won the title in 1995 under her maiden name Monaghan. Hilary started well with a 4 & 3 win over Nichola Ferguson before going down 4 & 3 to Megan Briggs who had already knocked out Lesley Atkins.

Why not go along and see some fine golf?  Clara tees off at 8.40 against Eilidh Briggs.

 FRIDAY MORNING QUARTER-FINALS
8.30 Macgregor v Polson.
8.40 Eilidh Briggs v Young
8.50 Fraser v Megan Briggs
9.00 McKechin v McCook

AFTERNOON SEMI-FINALS
1.30 Macgregor or Polson v Eilidh Briggs or Young.
1.50 Fraser or Megan Briggs v McKechin or McCook.

FULL RESULTS

FIRST ROUND RESULTS
J Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) bt C Hargan (St Regulus) 5 and 4.
L Macgregor (Falkirk) bt J Graham (Southerness) 5 and 4.
H Scott (Broomieknowe) bt C Small (Gullane Ladies) 3 and 2.
R Polson (Peterculter) bt E Moffat (St Regulus) 1 hole.
E Briggs (Kilmacolm) bt L Bain (Lochend)  7 and 5.
T MacTaggart (Minto) bt N Robertson (Dunblane New) 2 and 1.     
F Liddell (Schloss Vornholz, Germany) bt T Seivwright (Deeside) at 19th.
C Young (North Berwick) bt J Potter (Cathkin Braes) 7 and 6.
J Turner (Craigielaw) bt K McGarva (Troon Ladies) 6 and 5.  
L Fraser (Kingsknowe) bt E Allison (Stirling) 3 and 2.
M Briggs (Kilmacolm) bt L Atkins (Gullane Ladies) 2 and 1. 
H Wardell (Longniddry) bt N Ferguson (Milngavie) 4 and 3.
A McKechin (Elderslie) bt R Livingstone (Craigmillar Park) at 19th.
Susan Wood (Drumpellier) bt Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe)  4 and 2.
H McCook (Grantown on Spey) bt C Wilson (Murcar Links) 3 and 1. 
K Reid (Monifieth) bt R Walker (Dumfries and Co) 4 and 2. 

  

SECOND ROUND RESULTS
Louise Macgregor bt Jess Meek at 19th.
Rachel Polson bt Hannah Scott 3 and 1.
Eilidh  Briggs bt Tara MacTaggart 1 hole.
Clara Young bt Fiona Liddell 4 and 3.
Louise Fraser bt Jane Turner 2 and 1.
Megan Briggs bt Hilary Wardell 4 and 3. 
Alyson McKechin bt Susan Wood 5 and 4.
Hannah McCook bt Katie Reid 4 and 3.