Just to let you know that we are thinking of our members and trying to make some plans. Thanks to Gail McKill for organising a “Zoom” meeting for us, an interesting experience for all. One of our committee members did have to leave the meeting briefly, to get her wine delivery but otherwise it went […]
In the light of the updated Coronavirus recommendations we have had to make the following decisions. The Spring Meeting at Luffness is cancelled/postponed, we have been advised by Luffness that all competitions have been cancelled. The Summer Hole & Hole competition is cancelled. The Club Captain’s meeting has been postponed. All Junior League events in […]
In accordance with the government recommendations re Coronavirus the Summer Hole & Hole Competition has been cancelled.
The situation regarding Coronavirus is becoming more complicated every day. We are concerned about the welfare of our members and would ask that if you have any symptoms such as a high temperature or a have developed a cough please do not play Summer Hole & Hole ties. More information will follow re our other […]
A beautiful day for golf so no complaints from anyone. Mary Lou Watkins and Gail McKill played par golf beating Jenni Ray and Jane McMinn at the 15th. It sounds like good golf was played in the Spring sunshine ☀️ Congratulations to Gail and Mary Lou. Kay Lannin
Squad short game session this evening with Katy Mcnicoll at the Loretto Golf Academy. -What a fantastic facility, many thanks for allowing us to use it. Hopefully this will stand us in good stead for Sunday’s match against Gullane Golf Club. Jill McNicoll
The final is between Vice Captain Gail McKill & Mary Lou Watkins against Captain Jenni Ray & Jane McMinn. Wishing both teams good luck and well done in getting through to the final. Draw sheet can be found here : Winter-Foursomes 2019 -2021 Regards Kay Lannin
Summer may seem a long way off however entries for our summer singles competition are now being taken. Can you please send your entry to kathleeen.lannin@icloud.com I will reply to each email received. The closing date for entries is Sunday the 1st of March the draw will be published shortly after this date. Kay Lannin
Congratulations to all in getting your matches played so promptly. We are now at the semi finals, good luck to all and fingers crossed you get good weather for your ties. Semi finals to be played by the 25th of February. Kay Lannin Results can be found by following this link: Winter-Foursomes 2019 -2021a
A very enjoyable and skillful morning at the East Lothian Indoor Bowls arena. Many thanks to the kind volunteers who made this possible. More photos can be found by following this link: https://www.ellgolf.co.uk/county-events/social-events/bowling-photos/ Jenni Ray
Ladies, Now that we have packed away our Christmas Decorations, we can relax and start planning our 2020! There is no better way to begin the Golf Season than with the Pre-Season Lunch. This year, in keeping with our decision to keep moving round different clubs, we are heading to Glen Golf Club, where I […]
Round 2 ties have all been completed here is the draw for the quarter finals. Winter-Foursomes 2019 -2020 Quarter finals to be played by the 26th of January, fingers crossed for fair weather. Kay Lannin
Macmillan Cancer Support representative Michelle Campbell received a cheque for £4400 raised at this year’s Babe Zaharias Competition. Presenting the cheque was Elaine Dick accompanied by Jenni Ray and Gail McKill. The competition this year was held at The Musselburgh GC and thanks must go to their members Diane Fraser, Jan Laing, Margaret Tiffany Linda Smith […]
The first round has now been completed despite torrential rain, it sounds like there have been some great tight matches and sadly a couple of walkovers due to illness. Here is the draw for the next round of the winter foursomes: Winter-Foursomes 2019 -2020 Kay Lannin
Many congratulations to our honorary member Catriona Matthew who has been chosen to captain the European Solheim Cup team for the second time. Catriona will be captain again at Inverness Golf Club in Toledo, Ohio, in 2021. Catriona was part of the first European team to win on US soil at Colorado Golf Club in […]
Sunday 12 January, 10am to midday: bowling at Meadowmill for all ELLCGA members (more details to follow). Saturday 29 February: Pre-Season Lunch at The Glen GC. Monday 20 April: Spring Meeting and Championship Qualifier at Luffness New GC (booking opens on 23 March). Sunday/Monday 3/4 May: Championship and Quaich Knock-out Rounds at Luffness New. Thursday […]
The main Prize Giving followed the AGM County Champion this year is Grace Crawford who beat Lesley Johnson in the final at Longniddry. Grace receiving her trophy from Vice President Carole Ross. Jing Yun Little won the Handicap Quaich beating Lesley Wood in the final. Congratulations to all of the players who took part in […]
Frances Hall, Junior Secretary, reported that there were sixteen juniors this year an increase over last year. For the first time, we had entered an ELLCGA team in the East Lothian Junior Golf League and the team performed really well in this competition. The girls’ handicaps have all been reduced this season and they have […]
In her captain’s report Jenni Ray welcomed everyone to the meeting at North Berwick Golf Club and was pleased to announce that Catriona Matthew had agreed that a trophy could be presented in her name. “The Catriona Matthew Team Trophy” will be played for by club teams in the Autumn Meeting. One of the highlights […]
ELLCGA are delighted to announce a new team competition that will be played for at the Autumn Meeting each year. Honorary member of ELLCGA Catriona Matthew has worked with us in creating the competition in recognition of her captaincy of the successful European Solheim Cup at Gleneagles this year. ‘The Catriona Matthew Team Trophy” will […]
ELLCGA Junior Girls were invited by Scottish Golf and Kingsbarns Golf Links to participate in the Kingsbarns Girls Classic on Saturday 2nd November. This exciting event is now in its second year and is a legacy of Kingsbarns hosting the Women’s British Open in 2017. Scottish Golf’s aim is to give developing young female golfers […]
Congratulations to all the girls and Ladies who played in the annual match against Lanarkshire today at North Berwick West Links. The conditions were truly testing, with wind and rain. The match ended with a 2 all draw. Photographed are the Junior pairings of Annie Wilson, Molly Paton of ELLCGA and Jodie Graham and Kitty […]
The ELLCGA AGM and Prizegiving will be held at North Berwick Golf Club at 7.15pm for 7.30pm on Thursday 7 November. Tea/coffee/wine/juice will be available beforehand. We will also have a stock of the new gilets available for sale, at a price of £50. Please find enclosed the agenda, minutes from last year, proposed amendments […]
I saw this video and thought that it would be good to share the exploits of our champion at The Machrie on the Isle of Islay. It was the venue for a spectacular end of season tournament for golfers from the Barrie Douglas Foundation, Paul Lawrie Foundation and Stephen Gallacher Foundation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L5AQ6Ou2Ek
The East Lothian Junior Golf Championships 2019 was played for at The Glen Golf Club on Tuesday 15th October. There were 58 Competitors including 11 girls. The highest number of Girls since the event started in 1998. The East Lothian Girls who were able to play in the Championship were Grace Crawford, Lucy Thomas, Ala […]
