East of Scotland Girls’ Order of Merit 2024 - Joint Winners are Lara Douglas and Louise Martin

Congratulations to Lara Douglas and Louise Martin who are this year’s joint winners in our Order of Merit. Both girls gained 50 points.Lara was runner up in our Championship, won the S&C junior championship and also gained points in the Spring, Summer and Autumn Meetings. Louise had the lowest scratch score in the Spring Meeting, joint leading scratch in Summer Meeting and also gained points in the Autumn Meeting, Championship and East Lothian Junior Championship.

Erin Huskie was in 3rd place with 40 points. Erin is this year’s East of Scotland Girls’ Champion and also gained points in the Summer and Autumn Meetings.

Ellie Bent was in fourth place with 39 points, Ellie had great scratch scores in the Spring and Summer Meetings and was runner up in the East Lothian Junior Championship.

Congratulations to all the the prize winners and well done to all the girls who played in our events and gained points.

We were pleased to be able to present the Trophy and prizes to the winners at the Cuthbertson Cup at Glenbervie. Many thanks to Linda Robertson, President of SCCLGA, for presenting the prizes to Lara, Louise and Ellie. Erin Huskie was unable to be at Glenbervie.

Prizewinners

Joint 1st  Lara Douglas, Glenbervie, 50 points

Joint 1st Louise Martin, Gullane, 50 points

Third     Erin Huskie, Stirling, 40 points

Fourth   Ellie Bent, Gullane, 39 points

Louise and Lara with Linda Robertson,
President SCCLGA 

Louise and Lara
Order of Merit 2024
Joint Winners

Well done, Louise!

Well done, Lara!

Fourth place 
Ellie Bent with Linda Robertson
Well done, Ellie!

East of Scotland Girls’ Order of Merit 2024

	Spring	Summer	Autumn	Championship	County Champ	TOTAL
Louise Martin	15	14	11	5	5	50
Lara Douglas	5	7	13	15	10	50
Erin Huskie		11	9	20		40
Ellie Bent	13	14		5	7	39
Anna Zonova		9	3	5	10	27
Katie Mackenzie	11		5		10	26
Summer Xie		5	7	5		17
Abigail May			15		10	15
Reene Carroll		3		10		13
Erin MacAlpine		1		10		11
Rita Murphy	9					9
Maisie Witt	7					7
Megan Fallon					7	7
Carly Macdonald					7	7
Katie Jarvie					5	5
Maisie Band	3					3
Marina Rate					3	3
Jessica Wood					2	2
Annie Pennycook					2	2
Olivia Thompson	1					1
Ava Paterson			1			1
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Midlothian Girls win Cuthbertson Cup

Congratulations to the Midlothian Girls’ Team who won the Cuthbertson Cup at Glenbervie on Sunday. In the morning matches Midlothian played East Lothian and Fife played Stirling and Clackmannan. 

Morning results

East Lothian 1.5 Midlothian 2.5

Ellie Bent lost to Megan Fallon 2dn

Louise Martin lost to Katie Mackenzie 2dn

Anna Zonova v Summer Xie halved match

Kate Thomson beat Rita Murphy  4 & 3

Stirling & Clackmannan 3 Fife 1

Lara Douglas lost to Abigail May 4 & 3

Ava Paterson beat Eilidh Kilpatrick 5 & 3

Erin MacAlpine beat Katie Jarvie 1 hole

Georgia Foster beat Maisie Band I hole

Afternoon results 

Midlothian v Stirling & Clackmannan 

Megan Fallon lost to Lara Douglas 5 & 4

Katie Mackenzie halved with Ava Paterson 

Summer Xie beat Erin MacAlpine 2 &1

Rita Murphy beat Georgia Foster 7 & 6

East Lothian v Fife (Foursomes)

Ellie Bent & Louise Martin halved with Abigail May &  Eilidh Kilpatrick

Anna Zonova & Kate Thomson beat  Katie Jarvie & Maisie Band 4 & 3

Midlothian Team with S&C President, Linda Robertson
Megan, Summer, Linda, Katie & Rita

Stirling & Clackmannan 

East Lothian 

Fife

East Division County Junior Champions 2024

Congratulations to the East Division County Junior Champions . Well played everyone.

East Lothian County Junior Champion 
2024

Anna Zonova

Fife County Junior Champion 
2024

Abigail May

Midlothian County Junior Champion 
2024

Katie Mackenzie 
( Katie left with MCLGA Junior Secretary)

Stirling & Clackmannan County Junior Champion 
2024

Lara Douglas 

Photos from Longniddry Competitions

We had an enjoyable day at Longniddry for our Autumn Meeting and 9 hole Competition. Thank you to Longniddry G C for courtesy of the course and for a warm welcome in the Clubhouse. Thank you to Shona Paton, East Lothian Junior Secretary for arranging for us to play at Longniddry and for starting the girls at the first tee.

Well done to all the girls who played today. Everyone completed their round and there were some excellent scores in spite of the challenging conditions. Lovely to see you all still smiling at the end of your round 😊.

A huge thank you to all the parents who bring the girls to the competitions and encourage their golf. Thank to all the girls who have played in our events this year. Your support is much appreciated. Thank you everyone - your golf has been impressive and a joy to watch ! ⛳️🏌️‍♀️👏🏻👏🏻

Autumn Meeting 

Erin & Abigail 

Louise, Ava and Lara

Katie, Summer and Anna

Olivia & Maisie 

Jessica Wood, Jessica Parsler & Alannah Nicol 

9 Hole Competition 

Sophie & Lucy

Ava, Beth and Niamh 

East of Scotland Girls Autumn Meeting at Longniddry

East Girls’ Autumn Meeting

Congratulations to Jessica Parsler (Braehead) who won the Overall Prize in the East of Scotland Girls Autumn Meeting with a score of 94 less 21 nett 73. Jessica won on the Better Inward Half from Summer Xie and Lara Douglas who also had nett 73s.

Congratulations also to Abigail May (St Regulus) who won the Scratch Prize with a gross 70. Very well done, Abigail, on having such an excellent score in challenging golfing conditions.

Many thanks to Shona Paton and Sharon MacPherson for their help and support on the day and for entering the scores after the competitions.

Prize winners

Overall Prize: Jessica Parsler (Braehead) 96  - 27 = 73 BIH

Scratch Prize: Abigail May (St Regulus) 70

Under 18: Ava Paterson 89 - 6 = 83

Under 16: Lara Douglas (Glenbervie)  78 - 5 = 73

Under 14: Summer Xie (Swanston) 84 - 11 = 73

Full results

Abigail May 70 + 2 = 72

Jessica Parsler 94 - 21 = 73

Summer Xie 84 - 11 - 73

Lara Douglas 78 - 5 = 73

Alannah Nicol  94 - 19 = 75

Louise Martin 81 - 4 = 77

Katie Mackenzie 86 - 9 = 77

Olivia Thompson 93 - 14 = 79

Anna Zonova 88 - 8 = 80

Ava Paterson  89 - 6 = 83

Erin Huskie 83 - 0 = 83

Maisie Band 101 - 14 = 87

Jessica Wood 107 - 16 = 91

9 Hole Competition 

We also ran a separate 9 hole competition for girls who recently attained a handicap or were just about to obtain a handicap. Thank you to the five girls who played. We hope you will progress to playing 18 holes over the coming months. We hope to welcome you as new members of the East of Scotland Girls next year.

Results 

Handicap Competition

Niamh Mathieson   61 - 15 = 46

Beth Clarkson  61 - 15 = 46

Ava Mathieson  63 - 14 = 49

Non Handicap  - Gross Scores 

Lucy Gilchrist 64

Sophie Hall 67

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East of Scotland Girls Autumn Meeting - Draw

 Longniddry Golf Club

Sunday 25th August 2024

East of Scotland Girls 

Autumn Meeting 

14.28

Abigail May

Erin Huskie 

Ellie Bent

14.36

Lara Douglas

Louise Martin

Ava Paterson

14.44

Katie Mackenzie 

Anna Zonova

Yinyao Summer Xie

14.52

 Olivia Thompson

Maisie Band 

15.00

Jessica Wood

Alannah Nichol 

Jessica Parsler

East of Scotland Girls

 9 hole Competition

15.08

Sophie Hall

Lucy Gilchrist

15.16

Ava Mathieson 

Beth Clarkson

Niamh Mathieson 

15.24

Please check-in at the desk in the Clubhouse.

For call-offs please phone Maggie on 07841 646 472

For call-offs on the day of the competition, please phone Longniddry  Pro Shop Telephone: 01875 852 141 Option 2

Reminder - East of Scotland Girls Autumn Meeting

It is great to see so many East Girls doing so well in so many different competitions. Well done everyone!!

Just to remind you that the East of Scotland Girls Autumn Meeting is on Sunday 25th August at Longniddry Golf Club. To enter the Autumn Meeting, if you have not already done so, please Click here

Hope to see you there ⛳️🏌️‍♀️.

East of Scotland Girls’ Autumn Meeting

 The East of Scotland Girls’ Autumn Meeting will be held on Sunday 25th August at Longniddry Golf Club, East Lothian.

To enter the Autumn Meeting, please Click here

We hope to see everyone there. 🏌️‍♀️⛳️

Scottish Match Play Championships

 Scottish Girls’ Matchplay Championship

Well done to Abigail May who progressed to the Semi final of the Scottish Girls Amateur at Forfar

Semi Finals - results 

Arianna Virik beat Rosie Maguire 

Abigail May lost to Freya Russell 4&3

Final 

Arianna Virik beat Freya Russell at 20th

Scottish Girls’ Net Matchplay Championship

Congratulations to Reene Carroll who reached the final of the Girls’ Net Match Play Championship.

Semi Final- result

Carla Burns beat Ellie McManus 3&2

Amelia Cochran lost to Reene Carroll 2&1

Final 

Carla Burns beat Reene Carroll 4&3

Scottish Girls’ Amateur Championship

Congratulations to Carly McDonald, Ellie Bent, Abigail May and Evie McCallum who have all qualified for the Match Play stages of the Scottish Girls’ Amateur Championship. 

Congratulations also to Katie Mackenzie, Reene Carroll, Louise Martin and Megan Fallon who have qualified for the Net Match Play Championship.

We hope you all play well and enjoy your games 🏌️‍♀️⛳️🍀

In the first qualifying round, Carly McDonald had a gross 66 which was a Course record. 👏🏻👏🏻

R&A Junior Open

In the R&A Junior Open, held at Kilmarnock (Barassie), competitors from all over the world represented their country. Scotland were represented by Aidan Lawson, Bruntsfield, and Erin Huskie, Stirling. 

In the Boys Open, Aidan finished T2. In the Girls’ Open, Erin finished T14. Well done to both 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏🏻👏🏻

Order of Merit - 2024

After the Summer Meeting and Championship, it is close at the top of the Order of Merit. Louise Martin is still in the lead with 34 points. Close behind are Ellie Bent 32 points, Erin Huskie 31 points and Lara Douglas 27 points. All to play for in the Autumn Meeting. Points will also be added for the Junior County Championship at the end of the season.

	Spring	Summer	Autumn	Championship	County Champ	TOTAL
Louise Martin	15	14		5		34
Ellie Bent	13	14		5		32
Erin Huskie		11		20		31
Lara Douglas	5	7		15		27
Anna Zonova		9		5		14
Reene Carroll		3		10		13
Katie Mackenzie	11					11
Erin MacAlpine		1		10		11
Summer Xie		5		5		10
Rita Murphy	9					9
Maisie Witt	7					7
Maisie Band	3					3
Olivia Thompson	1					1
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Erin Huskie is East of Scotland Girls’ Champion

Erin Huskie 
East of Scotland Girls’ Champion 
2024

Lara Douglas, Runner up and Erin Huskie, Champion 

Erin and Lara
On the tee before the final

Erin Huskie beat Lara Douglas in the final of the East of Scotland Girls’ Championship at Aberdour. Congratulations to Erin on becoming East Girls’ Champion for the first time. Well done to both girls on the excellent standard of golf played in the final.

Result

Lara lost to Erin 4&3

Thank you to Aberdour for courtesy of the course for our Summer Meeting and Championship. Many thanks to Susan Jackson, Junior Secretary of Fife County, for arranging the venue for this year’s competition.

Thank you to Sam Burton for refereeing the final between Lara and Erin and for her complimentary words about the girls’ golf.

Many thanks also to Susie Robertson, Captain of Fife County Ladies and Fife Committee member, Joan Peden, who came to watch the final. We appreciate your interest and support.

It was a most enjoyable time at Aberdour, we appreciate the warm welcome and help from the Club Manager, Professional and Bar Staff. Many thanks to all.