Babe Zaharias 2019

The Babe Zaharias Tournament will be held at The Musselburgh GC this year on Monday 19th August. The proceeds of the day will once again go to Macmillan Cancer Support.

Presentation of Cheque to Macmillan Cancer Support

, ,

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 and Irene Gray for all their help in raising this fantastic sum.

Thank you to Rathbone Investment for their much appreciated sponsorship of this event.

Remember The Babe Zaharias is being held at Muirfield this year.

Babe Zaharias 2019 Results

, ,

The Babe Zaharias Tournament was held at The Musselburgh Golf Club today, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. The competition took place in somewhat mixed weather conditions, ranging from torrential downpours with high winds to dry with a light breeze.

Captain Jenni Ray was hard at work early on, cleaning the huge Babe Zaharias Trophy with a toothbrush!

The winner of the scratch prize and The Babe Zaharias Trophy was Rachel Livingstone from Baberton. Last year’s winner Leanne Wilson was runner up.The winner of  the handicap prize and The Ultraplast Trophy was Helen Warnock from Harburn. Many congratulations to both of you.

The CSS was 75

Prizewinners

Scratch

1st Rachel Livingstone (Baberton) 73

2nd Leanne Wilson (Kelso) 78

3rd Dulcie Barnes (Gullane) 80

Handicap

1st Helen Warnock (Harburn) 71 BIH

2nd Lynn Logan (Dunbar)

3rd Gill Fisher (Pumpherston) BIH

Link to the full results including 2’s.

Gross results

Nett results

2’s

Thank you to Diane Fraser, Jan Laing Margaret Tiffney, Linda Smith and Irene Gray for all their help in the organisation of this event.

Thank you to Rathbone Investment for their much appreciated sponsorship.

Thank you to all who donated prizes for the raffle.

Raffle prizewinners were as follows:

Four Ball at Gullane No 2 Rachel Livingstone

Four Ball at Royal Musselburgh Wendy Thummanond

Four Ball at North Berwick Evelyn Hamilton

Four Ball at Musselburgh Links (9 Hole) Jean McNeill

Four Ball at Kilspindie Isobel Nisbet

Golf Lesson from Musselburgh Pro (N Huguet) Kay Lannin

Early Bird Dinner for Two with Wine at the Open Arms Dirleton Jackie Trangmar

Two Course Dinner for Two at Carberry Tower Eleanor Fyfe

£20 Voucher for the Ravelston House Maureen Swinton

12 Free 500ml Cartons of Ice Cream or Sorbet from S Luca (One per Month for 12 Months from August 2019) Caroline Kinnaird

Tour and Tasting for Two at Glenkinchie Distillery Jean Bauman

Bottle of Piper Heidsieck Champagne Joyce Michie

The Society’s Champagne Diane Fraser (apologies as this was wrongly shown as being won by Marion Campbell)

Leather Handbag Lesley Johnston