Congratulations from all in the County to Alyssa Balding and Neil Henderson on their wedding. Alyssa is one of our squad players and Neil is County member, Linda Henderson’s son. The bride looked lovely. Good wishes for a long and happy marriage.
Congratulations to all the winners so far. Hopefully this update will help players arrange matches, we know how much golf is being played during May and June. Round 2 to be completed by the 27th of May. Round 3 is to be completed by the 24th June. Summer Hole & Hole 2019 Kay Lannin
The early starters at Gifford this morning had to put on just about all the clothing they were carrying in their golf bags, the old adage “ne’er cast a clout till May is out” was certainly true today. The stiff “breeze” made conditions difficult and although the sun eventually came through the wind didn’t relent. […]
69 junior golfers played in the East Lothian Junior League at Gifford. The winning Team were the East Lothian Girls with a best 4 total of 160, beating Glen by 2 points and West Links by 5. A great result, well done girls. Further information can be found at this link: http://eastlothianjuniorgolf.org.uk/md4-at-gifford-draw/
At the age of 12 Grace has become our youngest champion taking over the mantle from Clara Young. Apologies for the previous post that said Jane Connachan had been the youngest winner before Grace in fact Clara became the youngest ever East Lothian champion when she beat Mary Lou Renton (Gifford), the county captain, by […]
What a final!! The battle of the generations was won by 12 year old Grace Crawford by 1 hole, although Lesley Johnston really made her fight for it. At one stage Lesley was 4 down but used all her experience to come back to 1 down with a great 3 from the sand at 13. […]
At 9am this morning it was raining and the temperature was three degrees, luckily things did improve. This afternoon’s Championship Final is between Grace Crawford and Lesley Johnston. Grace won her match against Dianne Brown by 3 and 2. Lesley won her match against Mary Lou Watkins by 3 and 1. The Handicap Quaich final […]
Blue skies and sunshine this afternoon, a pleasant change. Results from this afternoon are: Championship Match Play Quarter Finals Grace Crawford won 6 and 5 v Kay Lannin Dianne Brown won 20th hole v Barbara Biggart Ann Sewell lost 5 and 3 v Mary Lou Watkins Dulcie Barnes lost 3 and 2 v Lesley Johnston […]
The County Championship match play rounds are to be played at Longniddry on Sunday 5th and Monday 6th May. The draws can be found at the following links: Championship 2019 Championship Draw Longniddry Handicap Quaich 2019 Handicap Quaich Draw Longniddry
At the start of the day Jenni and Mary Lou were helping to fly the flag for ELLCGA at Longniddry A perfect golfing day with hardly any wind and a very pleasant temperature saw Grace Crawford produce a fantastic scratch score of 74. Grace’s score included 3 birdies and 11 pars, two of the birdies […]
Congratulations to Mary Lou Watkins who had a hole in on the 6th hole at Longniddry. Mary Lou is pictured with GM Bob Gunning who is presenting her with a commemorative flag and a bottle of NB gin.
The start sheet for the Spring Meeting can be found by following this link: Spring Meeting Start Sheet An information sheet re the competition and facilities at Longniddry can be found here: Longniddry info sheet for Spring Meeting The terms and conditions of the Spring Meeting and Championship can be found at this link: 2019 […]
We are delighted to announce that Rathbones, one of the UK’s leading providers of investment management services, is to sponsor the 2019 Babe Zaharias Competition. The Babe Zaharias Open Ladies stroke play competition is to be held this year at The Musselburgh Golf Course on August the 19th. Entry forms will be available on the […]
It was lovely to see the sunshine and lots of happy golfers at Longniddry yesterday. Although the wind got up in the afternoon, it was a great day for some good golf. We had 9 girls competing for the Spring Meeting and they were all representing either East Lothian or their own club. There was […]
Booking is open for the Commonwealth Spoons Foursomes, at Gifford GC on Thursday 23 May. Booking should be made via BRS on the ELLCGA website. The tee intervals are 15 minutes. This is because Gifford is a nine hole course. Please be aware that starters after about 1030 will be alternating with groups coming through […]
The first ELJGL Match Day was held at Gullane on 17th March. It was a very windy day but the girls enjoyed playing together. Four scores out of 6 count for the overall team score and we finished 6th out of 12 teams. Lucy Thomas had the best girl’s score with 41 points which was […]
There are still tee times available for the Spring Meeting at Longniddry, closing date for entries is the 23rd of April. This is the qualifying competition for the Championship and the Handicap Quaich match play rounds. From those available, the 16 competitors returning the lowest scratch scores qualify for the match play to compete for […]
Many thanks to Paul Wardell and Euan Bowden who enthusiastically helped Ladies of ELLCGA with various golf skills at the Loretto Golf Academy on the 26th March. Drills for chipping, pitching, bunker and putting were set out and all the ladies came away with a lot to work on for their personal performance. Paul and […]
A great day at Minto Golf Club today where ELLCGA beat The Borders 3 1/2 – 1/2. Thanks to Kay, Dulcie, Gail, Dianne, Sue, Karen, Ann, Alyssa,, Sharon and Mhairi. The course had beautiful views, lots of grass and made it a challenge for all the team. Thank you to the Borders for hosting. Jenni […]
National Club Golfer Top 100 Tour events are running throughout England and Scotland in 2019, these are open to both male and female golfers. The organiser is planning to offer the events, usually £60, at £40 per person to ELLCGA members if booked over the phone and using the code “Scotland”. There are 12 qualifying […]
Ladies the draw for the Hole & Hole 2019 has been made. Can you all please keep to the dates and send your results as soon as possible to kathleeen.lannin@icloud.com so that the sheet can be updated. First round to be played by April 29th. Good luck to all taking part and enjoy the golf. […]
The final of the winter foursomes took place yesterday morning at Gullane number 1. In very windy conditions Liz Millar and Louise Casey won by 4 & 2 on the 16th hole playing against Jan Laing and Wendy Thummamond. Congratulations to Liz and Louise and commiserations to Jan and Wendy. Full results can be found […]
What a delightful way to spend Saturday afternoon. Good food and great company at Haddington golf course. We also had great table decorations and a quiz which involved identifying holes from our East Lothian golf courses, courtesy of our chief organiser Gail McKill. Thanks to all involved in the organisation of today and to the […]
The final of the Winter Foursomes will be between Wendy Thummanond and Jan Laing and Liz Miller and Louise Casey. Well done ladies let’s hope that the conditions remain as favourable in March as they have been in February. The final is to be played by the 31st of March. Updated draw sheet can be […]
We are looking forward to seeing everyone at Haddington on Saturday 2nd March at 12.30. Lunch will be seated at 1pm.