ELLCGA Latest News

Congratulations to Lee-Anne Mullholland the winner of this years Hole and Hole competition. Lee-Anne played and won the final match against Sue Murray. Many thanks to all who took part and well done Lee-Anne!

Scottish Golf have applied a playing conditions calculation (PCC) of 3 shots to yesterday’s scores. When abnormal course or weather conditions cause scores to be unusually high or low on a given day, a “Playing Conditions Calculation” will adjust Score Differentials to better reflect a player’s actual performance.
The score from Longniddry will have a lower differential than you would expect. You can see the details if you log in to your account on the Scottish Golf website.

After the beautiful weather last week,  we were reminded today that Autumn is indeed here. Around 8am this morning it was “lovely weather for ducks” but not so for our early bird golfers. The challenging conditions were summed up when one lady was asked “Did you have a good score? -“Don’t be silly it was chucking it down and blowing a hooley” came the reply. Despite the conditions 69 ladies came out and braved the elements with congratulations going to Isobel Barrie who came first with 34 points narrowly beating Gwen Johnson on count back.

Dirleton Castle were victorious in winning the  Catriona Matthew Trophy this year. Well done to the team – Isobel Barrie, Heather McCutcheon and Kayren MacDonald.
Congratulations to Ann Sewell who had a hole in one on the 16th. Ann is a member of “The Hole in One Club” and will now have an opportunity to qualify for a trip to TPC Sawgrass. Good Luck Ann!
Many thanks to Longniddry Golf Club for hosting today and to all the catering staff who looked after us so well.


1st Silver  –  Isobel Barrie
2nd Silver – Marie Young
3rd Silver – Alison Cockcroft


1st Bronze – Gwen Johnston
2nd Bronze – Dorothy Thomson
3rd Bronze – Elizabeth Eckles


Full results – Autumn Meeting Results


       

The draw for the winter foursomes is now available by using the link below. This link will update automatically when the results are updated. All results still need to be reported via email as the additional functionality of players updating results is unfortunately still a work in progress by Scottish Golf.

DRAW

https://www.scottishgolf.org/matchplay-competition?competitionId=18001

Note: The tournament dates are the first round completion date to the final completed by date. It should display as 2024 but the system is defaulting to 2023 ??

All results or queries should be sent via email only to ellcgacommittee@gmail.com with the full match result. The results will then be entered  and the draw will update automatically.

Happy Golfing!

Fiona Maciver

Gullane Ladies and Musselburgh met today in the final of the Carols’ Trophy at Royal Musselburgh.

Musselburgh Team Margaret Tiffney, Lynn Logan, Ann Rorrison, Jan Laing & Janet Anderson

Gullane Ladies Anne Smith, Anne Blundell, June Elliot, Jane Richardson & Nancy Thorne

Congratulations to  Gullane Ladies who won 3.5 to 1.5 in a very tight match.

The matches were played in dry but windy conditions and Royal Musselburgh was in excellent condition. There were many stories from the day’s games. The highlights being Lynn Logan the Musselburgh Captain coming from dormie three to draw and Anne Blundell also winning after being four down.

Many thanks to the two Carols’ who presented the trophy to the winning captain.

Carole Ross, Carol Macleod & Anne Smith

The winning team with their trophy.

The Autumn meeting is on Monday 18th September at Longniddry Golf Club. Please click on the links below for The Draw, Local Rules and Player Information –

Autumn Meeting draw

LONGNIDDRY GOLF CLUB LOCAL RULES

Autumn Meeting 2023 – Players Information

Many thanks to everyone who took part in this years Summer Hole and Hole. All rounds are now complete and only one match remains to be played. Congratulations and good luck to Lee Anne Mulholland and Sue Murray for battling their way to the final. The final has to be played by Sunday 1st October.

Good Luck to the four pairs of ladies representing ELLCGA in the final of the Commonwealth Spoons Competition at Kings Acre Golf Club on Monday 4th September.
Chandrika Monro & Dorothy Bell-Sneddon
Mary Lou Watkins & Lorna thomson
Rae Muir & Chris McArthur
Louise Buchanan & Leighann Lindsay
The Competition for  The Spoons donated by the Australian Ladies’ Golf Union is played annually in aid of the Scottish International Match Fund.

Congratulations to Longniddry Golf Club who for the second year running are the winners of the Dewar Trophy.

All games have now been completed in the two sections of the Carols’ competition. Gullane Ladies were the winners in Section 1 and Musselburgh in Section 2. The exciting final will take place at Royal Musselburgh Golf Club on Monday 11th September at 11am.

We have enjoyed a lovely sunny and windy day at Musselburgh Golf Club for the Babe Zaharias Competition today.
132 competitors took part, including 18 ladies who came on a bus from Fife! Everyone enjoyed the course and we would like to thank the club, the catering staff and the greenkeepers for all their help in making the day a great success.
The ladies from Musselburgh Golf Club did a great job organising the raffle and raffle prizes and raising lots of money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Many thanks to Margaret Tiffney, Liz Logan, Seline Stewart and Lesley Wood for all their hard work.
Many thanks to the ELLCGA committee ladies for all their help and especially to Nancy Thorne, our secretary.
The winner of the Babe Zaharias Trophy for the best scratch score is Lesley Gibb (West Lothian). In second place was Margo Gardner (West Lothian) and third was Leanne Wilson (Kelso)

Lesley Gibb West Lothian

The winner of the Ultraplast Trophy for the best handicap score is Dee Williams (Dunbar). In second place was Lynn Logan (Musselburgh) and third was Marie Young ( North Berwick)

Dee Williams Dunbar

Full Results

Babe zaharias – Gross

Babe Zaharias – Net

Four Balls at

Craigielaw – Julie Birdsall

Dunbar – Isla McCrone

Longniddry – Elaine Dick

Muirfield – Caroline Mansley

Royal Musselburgh – Claire Hepburn

The Glen – Diane Watson

The Musselburgh Val Bird

Winterfield – Chandrika Munro

Afternoon Tea for two at the Marine Hotel -Maureen Woodward

Two tickets for the Flat Finale Raceday at Musselburgh Racecourse – Frances Hall

An overnight stay at 22 Chester Street Guest House Edinburgh – Janet Reid

A voucher for a meal at the Fairways Restaurant Winterfield – Jill McNicoll

A voucher for LAL Hairdressing Musselburgh – Fay Ronaldson

A voucher for an overnight stay at the Doghouse in either Edinburgh or Manchester, including Brunch and Dinner for two. Thanks to Brewdog – Elaine Wolstencroft

Bottles of Gin – Sandra Stanton, Nina, Kay Lannin

Bottles of Vodka -Karen Marshall, Kate Grant, Anne Marshall

We are approaching the final stages of the hole and hole. Congratulations to Sue Murray on reaching the final. Sue will play the winner of the match between Lee-Anne Mulholland  and Elinor Blair.

ELLCGA Hole and Hole Draw 2023 (6) 2

The Autumn Meeting including the Catriona Matthew Team Trophy takes place at Longniddry Golf Club on Monday 18th September 2023.

This will open for entries on Monday 21st August at 7.00pm.

You must Top up your SG Account prior to entering the competition.

Entry is £15.00 and the minimum Top Up is £20.00 – you can enter up to 3 x players – so you can top up with £30 or £45 or add to any balance you currently hold if you wish to enter other ladies.

The easiest way to add ladies to the tee time is to add them to your friends on the SG App – instructions can be found on the Scottish Golf Website – https://www.scottishgolf.org/how-to-guides

If you have not topped up your account previously – please try to top up before the entry opens – top up is only available through the Golfer Login on the Scottish Golf Website not the App. If you encounter issues trying to Top Up please contact Scottish Golf on the following email – appsupport@scottishgolf.org – You will find Top Up Instructions  along with instructions on  how to enter a Competition below.

The Babe Zaharias competition will be in progress when the Autumn Meeting opens, therefore emails will not be responded to until Tuesday 22nd August.

How+to+top+up+club+account+on+Scottish+Golf+website

Entry to ELLCGA Competitions VIA SG App

The Babe Zaharias competition will take place on Monday 21st August at Musselburgh Golf Club. Below are links to The Draw, information about prizes, Raffle prizes, Player information and the club house menu which will be available on the day –

Babe Zaharias – Draw

Babe Zaharias poster 2023

Raffle Prizes

BZ – Players Inormation 2023

Babe Zaharius Menu

Congratulations to Evie McCallum on winning the Scottish Girls Amateur 2023 Champion. The Championship consisted of 36 holes stroke play qualifying , with the leading 16  competitors returning the lowest gross scores, progressing to the Championship match play stages where Evie took the title. Well done Evie!

Ellie Bent was one of 16 competitors who progressed to the net match play stages and won the net match play final. Congratulations and well done Ellie!

A great achievement by both girls.

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Many thanks to Gullane GC for allowing giving us courtesy of the course for the East Division County Championship. Gullane Number 2 was in immaculate condition for the event and all teams involved commented on this. The catering was much appreciated by everyone, thanks to the staff involved in keeping us all fed. Thanks to all of you who volunteered to caddy again much appreciated by all players.

On Wednesday Midlothian completed a hat trick of victories against East Lothian to win the overall Championship.  Stirling pipped Fife into second place in a very close match on Wednesday winning 5 games to 4. We were unsure whether the appearance of the Red Arrows flying along the Forth were for King Charles or for the victorious Midlothian team.Thank you to Sarah McCall, Gullane Ladies Captain, for presenting the trophy to Midlothian Captain Isla McCrone.

Congratulations to Midlothian the 2023 East of Scotland Inter County Champions. Well deserved unbeaten winners of the three day competition held over Gullane number 2.

Report to follow

East Division Inter- County Matches

Played at Gullane Golf Club on Wednesday 5th July

Singles

(       Fife                                )    v            (    Stirling & Clack  )                                          

  points points
Match 1Eilidh Henderson 3 & 1Jennie Allan 
Match 2Hannah Braidwood Laura Bisset 3 & 2
Match 3Evanna Hynd 2 upLinda Allan 
Match 4Lucy Renton Erin Huskie  2 & 1
Match 5Katie Malcolm  Margo Gardner 3 & 2
Match 6Brogan Clark  2 & 1Alison Jones 
Result   3  3

 Match result Stirling and Clackmannan won 5 points to 4

(      Midlothian             )          v             (   East Lothian    )                                               

  points points
Match1Kate McIntosh 5 &4Ellie Bent 
Match 2Karen Marshall  6 & 5Louise Martin  
Match 3Rachael Livingston  4 & 3Annie Laird  
Match 4Molly Nicholson  Jill McNicoll 1 up
Match 5Megan Fallon 4 & 2 Kirsten Ireland  
Match 6Freya Constable  6 & 5Ann Sewell  
Result  

 

 5  1

 Match result Midlothian won by 8 points to 1

East Lothian v Midlothian

The line up for the afternoon singles is as follows.

Ellie Bent v Kate McIntosh

Louise Martin v Karen Marshall

Anne Laird v Rachel Livingstone

Jill McNicoll v Molly Nicholson

Kirsten Ireland v Megan Fallon

Ann Sewell v Freya Constable

East Division Inter- County Matches

 

Played at Gullane Golf Club on Wednesday 5th  July

Foursomes

(           Fife                                         )           v           (      Stirling & Clack   )                                             

 Team ScoreTeam Score
Match 1Ellidh Henderson

Hannah Braidwood

 4 & 2Lara Douglas

Erin Huskie

 
Match 2Evanna Hynd

Brogan Clark

 Jennie Allan

Linda Allan

 2 & 1
Match 3Karin Sharp

Katie Malcolm

 Alison Jones

Laura Bisset

 5 & 4
Results  

 

 1  2

 

(           Midlothian                              )      v            (    East Lothian )                                                                                           

 Team ScoreTeam Score
Match 1Karen Marshall

Karen Ferguson -Sneddon

 4 & 3Ellie Bent

Kirsten Ireland

 
Match 2Freya Constable

Molly Constable

 3 & 2Jill McNicoll

Louise Martin

 
Match 3Rachael Livingston

Megan Fallon

 4 & 2Anne Laird

Mary Lou Watkins

 
Results  

 

 3  0

 

Todays match East Lothian v  Midlothian

FOURSOMES (East Lothian names first)

09.28

Ellie Bent &  Kirsten Ireland    v  Karen Marshall & Karen Ferguson- Sneddon

09.36

Jill McNicoll & Louise Martin  v Freya Constable & Molly Nicholson

09.44

Annie Laird & Mary Lou Watkins    v Rachael Livingstone & Megan Fallon

SINGLES ( East Lothian names first)

To be announced

There was constant checking of all the weather apps today in the hope of finding a more promising forecast , unfortunately however,  it did remain a bit bleak on the links. Dull skies and rain showers remained through out the day but thankfully the wind was a lot calmer than yesterday. East Lothian were playing Fife today. Everyone played well in the morning foursomes matches with some great team play and ball striking but lady luck was not on our side,  delivering  unfortunate bounces whilst perhaps being a little kinder to the competition. Fife won all three matches. After a quick lunch it was back on with the rain gear and not to be put off by the rain or the morning’s disappointing result the girls set off from the clubhouse . A few brief words of encouragement from Frances and the girls teed off again in fighting spirit. It was time to win back some points and they did just that winning four points over two. The weather forecast looks to be a lot kinder for tomorrow showing blue skies and sunshine and everyone is looking forward to the final day competition.

Midlothian played Stirling & Clackmannanshire today and combining both the morning and afternoon matches won 7 points to 2.


   
   
 

East Division Inter- County Matches

 

Played at Gullane Golf Club on Tuesday 4th  July

 

Singles

(       Fife                                  )    v            (    East Lothian )                                         

 

  points points
Match1Eilidh Henderson HalfEllie BentHalf 
Match 2Evanna Hynd  Carys Irvine 5&4
Match 3Lucy Renton Mary Lou Watkins 5&4
Match 4Lorraine Morrow Jill McNicoll 4&3
Match 5Katie Malcolm  HalfKirsten Ireland  Half
Match 6Brogan Clark  6 & 5Ann Sewell  
Result   4           

Match Result Fife won by  5 points to 4

 

Singles

(      Midlothian             )          v             (   Stirling & Clack   )                                              

 

  points points
Match1Kate McIntosh 3 & 2Jennie Allan 
Match 2Karen Marshall 4 & 3Erin Huskie  
Match 3Megan Fallon 4 & 2Claire Capocci  
Match 4Freya Constable   1 UpLaura Bisset 
Match 5Hilary Laughland  HalfLinda Allan Half
Match 6Karen Ferguson-Sneddon Margo Gardner  1 up
Result   4.5  1.5

Match Result

Midlothian won by 7 points to 2

East Division Inter- County Matches

 

Played at Gullane Golf Club                     on Tuesday 4th July

Foursomes

(           Fife                                         )           v           (      East Lothian )                                             

 Team pointsTeam points
Match 1Eilidh Henderson Hannah Braidwood    5&4

 

Kirsten Ireland

Carys Irvine

 
Match 2Evanna Hynd

Brogan Clark

 6&5Anne Laird

Ann Sewell

 
Match 3Karin Sharp

Katie Malcolm

 2&1Jill McNicoll

Mary Lou Watkins

 
Results  

 

 3  0

Foursomes

 

(           Midlothian                              )      v            (    Stirling & Clack)                                                                                           

 Team pointsTeam points
Match 1Karen Marshall

Hilary Laughland

 6&5Laura Bisset

Alison Jones

 
Match 2Freya Constable

Molly Nicholson

 1upErin Huskie

Lara Douglas

 
Match 3Kate McIntosh

Rachael Livingstone

 HalfLinda Allan

Jennie Allan

 

 Half
Results  

 

 2.5 0.5 

 

Todays match East Lothian v Fife

FOURSOMES (East Lothian names first)

9.04  Kirsten Ireland & Carys Irvine         v    Eilidh Henderson & Hannah Braidwood

9.12   Ann Sewell and Annie Laird             v     Evanna Hynd & Brogan Clark

9.20  Jill McNicoll & Mary Lou Watkins  v      Karin Sharp & Katie Nicol

SINGLES (East Lothian names first)

14.00. Ellie Bent                   V           Eilidh Henderson

14.08. Carys Irvine               V          Evanna Hynd

14.16.   Mary Lou Watkins   V           Lucy Renton

14.24.   Jill McNicoll               V          Lorraine Morrow

14.32.    Kirsten Ireland           V          Katie Malcolm

14.40.    Ann Sewell                   V          Brogan Clark

Day one and it was tough blustery conditions on the course. We are in July but those wooly hats were needed.   Fortunately the rain stayed away and the blue skys complimented the fantastic views from Gullane Hill. Today East Lothian took on Stirling & Clackmannanshire.
In the morning Foursomes Carys Irvine and Kirsten Ireland,  not to be put off  by the difficult conditions, quickly settled into their match to win 4 & 2.  Anne Laird and Mary Lou Watkins didn’t get off to the best start and at one point found themselves 5 down in their match. However they did have an incredible fight back and brought the game back to one down after the fifteenth and by the end of seventeen were all square. Stirling & Clackmannanshire secured the win on eighteen with a twenty foot putt for birdie. So close! Jill McNicoll and Ellie Bent also took their match all the way to the eighteenth but it was Stirling & Clackmannanshire who secured the win 2 up. Midlothian won all of their three matches against Fife.
Fife and Midlothian were the first to tee off in the afternoon singles matches. Midlothian winning 4 matches and Fife 2.
Conditions were tough again and the play slow throughout the afternoon.  Mary Lou won her match but it was Stirling & Clackmannanshire who had the overall win ( 5: 1) after some great golf and competition from East Lothian.

       

 

not forgetting our hardworking committee!

Hang on what’s Nancy up to? Isn’t that ……..?

Fife v Midlothian 

Match1

Eilidh Henderson

3&2

Kate McIntosh

Match 2

Evanna Hynd

2up

Rachael Livingstone

Match 3

Brogan Clark

Freya Constable

2&1

Match 4

Lorraine Morrow

Megan Fallon

6&5

Match 5

Hannah Braidwood

Hilary Laughland

5&3

Match 6

Lucy Renton

Karen Marshall

2&1

Result

2
4

Midlothian won the match 7 to 2

East Lothian v Stirling and Clackmannan 

Match1

Kirsten Ireland

Jennie Allan

2&1

Match 2

Carys Irvine

Alison Jones

3&1

Match 3

Louise Martin

Erin Huskie

7&6

Match 4

Ann Sewell

Lara Douglas

2&1

Match 5

Mary Lou Watkins

1up

Margo Gardner

Match 6

Jill McNicoll

Laura Bisset

4&3

Result

1

5

Stirling and Clackmannan won the match 7 to 2

Afternoon Players and Tee Times.

East Lothian v Stirling & Clackmannanshire

14.48 Kirsten Ireland v Jennie Allan

14.56 Carys Irvine  v Alison Jones

15.04 Louise Martin v Erin Huskie

15.12Ann Sewell v Lara Douglas

15.20 Mary Lou Watkins v Margo Gardner

15.28 Jill McNicoll v Laura Bisset

East Division Inter- County Matches

 

Played at Gullane Golf Club                     on Monday 3rd July

Foursomes

(           Fife                                         )           v           (      Midlothian )                                             

 Team pointsTeam points
Match 1Evanna Hynd

Hannah Braidwood 

Kate McIntosh

Rachael Livingstone

7 & 5
Match 2Eilidh Henderson

Lucy Renton

 Freya Constable

Molly Nicholson

 5&4
Match 3Karin Sharp

Katie Malcolm

 Karen Ferguson-Sneddon

Hilary Laughland

 1up
Results  

 

  3

 

Captains  Susie Robertson                                 Isla McCrone                                  

 

 

 

East Division Inter- County Matches

 

Played at Gullane Golf Club                     on Monday 3rd July

 

Foursomes

 

(           East Lothian                            )      v            (    Stirling & Clack)                                                                                           

 Team pointsTeam points
Match 1Anne Laird

Mary Lou Watkins

 Laura Bisset

Alison Jones

 1up
Match 2Carys Irvine

Kirsten Ireland

 4&2Linda Allan

Lara Douglas

 
Match 3Ellie Bent

Jill McNicoll

 Jennie Allan

Erin Huskie

 2up
Results  

 

 1  2

 

Captains Frances Hall                                           Laura Bisset

 

Fairly blustery conditions on Gullane 2 today. Good luck to our team tomorrow v Stirling and Clackmannan. Spectators welcome, first tee time is 09.28.

Lesley Wood  Vice Captain ELLCGA