Abby Nisbet has been selected as 1st reserve for the Scottish Women’s Team for Europeans and they’ve asked her to go to the training camp and competition this weekend. It’s an opportunity that can’t be missed. However we have Jenny Sewell as an excellent replacement for her.
Jenny Sewell
Longniddry GC has been my home club for the past 8 years. I’ve been playing golf since I was 7 and come from a very keen golfing family! This will be my 3rd jamboree and I’m really looking forward to it 😁. Away from the course I am a Disney fan, crazy cat lady (to Milly) & recently joined the new electric car club 🚗! Can’t wait for another great week of golf, fun and new memories with the team! 🏌️♀️
The team had a practice session at Tulliallan today, they received a lot of good advice from coach Jane Connachan. Here’s hoping for a good result against Midlothian tomorrow.
Hi, I’m Jill. Golf has always been a massive part of my life, and I’m proud to have represented the ELLCGA Team 9 times, alongside winning 4 County Championships and 6 Gullane Ladies’ Championship titles. Off the course, my time is dedicated to my rewarding career as a Primary Teacher, running, walking, travelling and attending professional sporting events.
The Inter-county championship is one of the highlights of my golfing calendar and I’m looking forward to competing again this year, at Tulliallan.
Clara Young
Clara plays out of The North Berwick Golf Club and is an Honorary Member of ELLCGA.
She is a former ELLCGA county champion (2011 & 2013), Scottish Women’s Amateur Champion (2015), St Rule Trophy Champion (2017) and Scottish/GB&I Internationalist.
Clara played professionally on the LET and LET Access Tour but has since regained her amateur status.
She now works as an accountant and is studying towards her Chartered Accountancy qualification.
Kirsten Ireland
My home club is Dunbar, it’s my 6th Jamboree for East Lothian. I work for the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service. Biggest golf achievement was winning East Lothian County Championship. My favourite show is Love Island and favourite music artist is Taylor Swift.
Joanne Free
Home club – Renaissance
Jamborees played – 5
• 2014 at North Berwick and at the County Finals at Hilton Park • 2015 at Scotscraig • 2016 at Mortonhall • 2018 at Dunbar • 2025 at Bruntsfield
Competitions won – Scottish girls Amateur 2023
SGF vase in 2024
Career – played for East Lothian in 2022 and represented Scotland in Home Internationals and European’s in 2024 and played college golf at Campbell University in North Carolina.
Evie McCallum
Home club – renaissance Jamborees played – 1 Competitions won – Scottish girls Amateur 2023 SGF vase in 2024 Career – played for East Lothian in 2022 and represented Scotland in Home Internationals and European’s in 2024 and now playing college golf at Campbell University in North Carolina.
Louise Martin
I have recently completed my final year in s6 North Berwick High and I am excited to begin the next chapter of my academic and golfing journey. My goal is to pursue college golf in the United States, where I can continue to develop both as a student and as a competitive golfer.
I am the winner of the SGF Monmouthshire Masters in Wales, which I gained a lot of experience from.
I have also represented East Lothian in two Jamborees, gaining experience in team competition and working well as a team also.
At club level, I am a two-time Club Champion at North Berwick West Links, and also Girls Captain and champion at Gullane Golf Club.
Abby Nisbet
Aged 23
Home Club Gullane
Played county jamboree at Balbirnie and Bruntsfield
Reached the semifinals at the Scottish Women’s Amateur this year.
Anna Zonova
I’m Anna Zonova and I am 17 years old. My home club is Royal Musselburgh. For the first time I played Jamboree in 2025. I have played golf for 10 years, and have been a member of the Ukranian National team and I am now an ambassador for Junior Tour. Last year I had a good round of 4 under par in Fraserburgh Golf Club which landed me third in a Junior Tour competition. I have also came first in Junior Tour held in Murcar Golf Club. In previous years I have won Mhairi Mckay Trophy, The Morrison Quaich and The Jean Dryden Trophy in my county. Last year I was also one of the 10 girls who qualified for Madrid Junior Tour trip, and came 1st in handicap and 2nd Scratch. In the future I’m hoping to continue playing golf, lower my handicap and study in university!
https://www.ellgolf.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/9TH-714x536-1.png536714Lesley Woodhttps://www.ellgolf.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/logo3.pngLesley Wood2026-06-17 19:48:152026-06-18 18:32:11Meet The Squad
From Left to Right Jo Free, Carys Irvine, Kirsten Ireland, Jenny Sewell, Jill McNicoll (cpt) Abby Nisbet, Jade Potter
First of all, I would like to say it was a real privilege to be involved with this team. They were fantastic and went from strength to strength as the tournament progressed. Their support for each other was evident at all times and their sportsmanship on course was exemplary.
ELLCGA narrowly lost to a very experienced Midlothian team 3.5 to 5.5 on the first match day in warm but fairly windy conditions. Some of our players had only played Bruntsfield once, on the practice day, despite this four of the games went to the 18th hole. It only needed a couple of putts to go in to get a different result.
The second match day was against Fife, very similar conditions to the day before with a little less wind. The match was won by ELLCGA by 5.5 to 3.5, our strong foursomes combinations giving us a 2 point lead at lunchtime. Again four of the games went to the 18th hole, the standard of golf was incredible.
Very different conditions on the 1st of July, it had rained overnight and when everyone else in Britain seemed to be worried about heatstroke we had a bitingly cold easterly wind. To add to that the pin positions had been changed, the team said it was like playing a different course. However they took on this challenge in amazing style, winning 7.5 to 1.5 against Stirling and Clackmannanshire.
There were so many highlights during the competition and I don’t really want to single anyone out as this was a team effort but I must mention a few. Jill and Abby were unbeaten in all their matches. Jade’s drive which ended up near the green of the first hole (352yards) was a talking point among all the golfers who saw it. Kirsten’s long putt on the 18th on match day 2, to clinch the match. Carys taking her caddy, Jenni Ray to the 18thnearly every match. Jenny’s putting on the last day’s singles was phenomenal. Jo who stepped in at the last moment played some fabulous iron shots. The most heartwarming story was Anna’s friends from Musselburgh Grammar School who took three buses from Musselburgh to support her. When anyone who asked about the girls (and there were many who did) they were really touched by it.
I would like to thank the team captain Jill for her support, team selection was incredibly hard when we had so many players playing well, her advice was invaluable.
The caddies really put in a shift, it’s over 5 miles walking around Bruntsfield and a number of them were doing two rounds a day. Thanks to Sue Penman, Annie Laird, Ann Sewell, Elaine Dick, Jenni Ray, Gail McKill, Una Cooper, Shona Paton, Rosy Jones Tetiana Luchenko the team couldn’t have done it without you. I am sure they will tell you about what a great experience this was and encourage you to come along next year.
Finally I would like to thank Corrine for all her support in the run up to and during the tournament. She very patiently drove me round the course every day and was a great help when there were unexpected events e.g. trollies breaking down mid round.
Just a reminder that full results of each day’s play are available at the following link:
Jamboree Update
Home, Jamboree, Latest News & Info, UncategorizedAbby Nisbet has been selected as 1st reserve for the Scottish Women’s Team for Europeans and they’ve asked her to go to the training camp and competition this weekend. It’s an opportunity that can’t be missed. However we have Jenny Sewell as an excellent replacement for her.
Longniddry GC has been my home club for the past 8 years. I’ve been playing golf since I was 7 and come from a very keen golfing family! This will be my 3rd jamboree and I’m really looking forward to it 😁.
Away from the course I am a Disney fan, crazy cat lady (to Milly) & recently joined the new electric car club 🚗!
Can’t wait for another great week of golf, fun and new memories with the team! 🏌️♀️
The team had a practice session at Tulliallan today, they received a lot of good advice from coach Jane Connachan. Here’s hoping for a good result against Midlothian tomorrow.
Meet The Squad
Home, Jamboree, Latest News & InfoHi, I’m Jill. Golf has always been a massive part of my life, and I’m proud to have represented the ELLCGA Team 9 times, alongside winning 4 County Championships and 6 Gullane Ladies’ Championship titles. Off the course, my time is dedicated to my rewarding career as a Primary Teacher, running, walking, travelling and attending professional sporting events.
The Inter-county championship is one of the highlights of my golfing calendar and I’m looking forward to competing again this year, at Tulliallan.
Clara Young
Clara plays out of The North Berwick Golf Club and is an Honorary Member of ELLCGA.
She is a former ELLCGA county champion (2011 & 2013), Scottish Women’s Amateur Champion (2015), St Rule Trophy Champion (2017) and Scottish/GB&I Internationalist.
Clara played professionally on the LET and LET Access Tour but has since regained her amateur status.
She now works as an accountant and is studying towards her Chartered Accountancy qualification.
Kirsten Ireland
My home club is Dunbar, it’s my 6th Jamboree for East Lothian. I work for the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service. Biggest golf achievement was winning East Lothian County Championship. My favourite show is Love Island and favourite music artist is Taylor Swift.
Joanne Free
Home club – Renaissance
Jamborees played – 5
• 2014 at North Berwick and at the County Finals at Hilton Park
• 2015 at Scotscraig
• 2016 at Mortonhall
• 2018 at Dunbar
• 2025 at Bruntsfield
Competitions won – Scottish girls Amateur 2023
SGF vase in 2024
Career – played for East Lothian in 2022 and represented Scotland in Home Internationals and European’s in 2024 and played college golf at Campbell University in North Carolina.
Evie McCallum
Home club – renaissance
Jamborees played – 1
Competitions won – Scottish girls Amateur 2023
SGF vase in 2024
Career – played for East Lothian in 2022 and represented Scotland in Home Internationals and European’s in 2024 and now playing college golf at Campbell University in North Carolina.
Louise Martin
I have recently completed my final year in s6 North Berwick High and I am excited to begin the next chapter of my academic and golfing journey. My goal is to pursue college golf in the United States, where I can continue to develop both as a student and as a competitive golfer.
I am the winner of the SGF Monmouthshire Masters in Wales, which I gained a lot of experience from.
I have also represented East Lothian in two Jamborees, gaining experience in team competition and working well as a team also.
At club level, I am a two-time Club Champion at North Berwick West Links, and also Girls Captain and champion at Gullane Golf Club.
Abby Nisbet
Aged 23
Home Club Gullane
Played county jamboree at Balbirnie and Bruntsfield
Reached the semifinals at the Scottish Women’s Amateur this year.
Anna Zonova
I’m Anna Zonova and I am 17 years old. My home club is Royal Musselburgh. For the first time I played Jamboree in 2025. I have played golf for 10 years, and have been a member of the Ukranian National team and I am now an ambassador for Junior Tour. Last year I had a good round of 4 under par in Fraserburgh Golf Club which landed me third in a Junior Tour competition. I have also came first in Junior Tour held in Murcar Golf Club. In previous years I have won Mhairi Mckay Trophy, The Morrison Quaich and The Jean Dryden Trophy in my county. Last year I was also one of the 10 girls who qualified for Madrid Junior Tour trip, and came 1st in handicap and 2nd Scratch. In the future I’m hoping to continue playing golf, lower my handicap and study in university!
Jamboree Report
Home, Jamboree, Latest News & Info, UncategorizedFrom Left to Right
Jo Free, Carys Irvine, Kirsten Ireland, Jenny Sewell, Jill McNicoll (cpt) Abby Nisbet, Jade Potter
First of all, I would like to say it was a real privilege to be involved with this team. They were fantastic and went from strength to strength as the tournament progressed. Their support for each other was evident at all times and their sportsmanship on course was exemplary.
ELLCGA narrowly lost to a very experienced Midlothian team 3.5 to 5.5 on the first match day in warm but fairly windy conditions. Some of our players had only played Bruntsfield once, on the practice day, despite this four of the games went to the 18th hole. It only needed a couple of putts to go in to get a different result.
The second match day was against Fife, very similar conditions to the day before with a little less wind. The match was won by ELLCGA by 5.5 to 3.5, our strong foursomes combinations giving us a 2 point lead at lunchtime. Again four of the games went to the 18th hole, the standard of golf was incredible.
Very different conditions on the 1st of July, it had rained overnight and when everyone else in Britain seemed to be worried about heatstroke we had a bitingly cold easterly wind. To add to that the pin positions had been changed, the team said it was like playing a different course. However they took on this challenge in amazing style, winning 7.5 to 1.5 against Stirling and Clackmannanshire.
There were so many highlights during the competition and I don’t really want to single anyone out as this was a team effort but I must mention a few. Jill and Abby were unbeaten in all their matches. Jade’s drive which ended up near the green of the first hole (352yards) was a talking point among all the golfers who saw it. Kirsten’s long putt on the 18th on match day 2, to clinch the match. Carys taking her caddy, Jenni Ray to the 18thnearly every match. Jenny’s putting on the last day’s singles was phenomenal. Jo who stepped in at the last moment played some fabulous iron shots. The most heartwarming story was Anna’s friends from Musselburgh Grammar School who took three buses from Musselburgh to support her. When anyone who asked about the girls (and there were many who did) they were really touched by it.
I would like to thank the team captain Jill for her support, team selection was incredibly hard when we had so many players playing well, her advice was invaluable.
The caddies really put in a shift, it’s over 5 miles walking around Bruntsfield and a number of them were doing two rounds a day. Thanks to Sue Penman, Annie Laird, Ann Sewell, Elaine Dick, Jenni Ray, Gail McKill, Una Cooper, Shona Paton, Rosy Jones Tetiana Luchenko the team couldn’t have done it without you. I am sure they will tell you about what a great experience this was and encourage you to come along next year.
Finally I would like to thank Corrine for all her support in the run up to and during the tournament. She very patiently drove me round the course every day and was a great help when there were unexpected events e.g. trollies breaking down mid round.
Just a reminder that full results of each day’s play are available at the following link:
https://www.mclga.com/jamboree-2025?ComeFromCat=1565
Lesley Wood