East Girls v West Girls

The following girls have been selected to play in the match against the West Girls on Sunday 25th May at Murrayfield Golf Club, Edinburgh at 1.00pm. The girls will be playing for the Mhairi MacKay Trophy which was won by the East Girls at Cathkin Braes last year.
Format is singles matchplay played off scratch.

Supporters would be very welcome.

Stacy Cameron

Cara Easton

Helen Goodwin

Rachael Hanlon

Gabrielle Macdonald

Gillian Simpson

Camilla Tait

Rachael Watton

Good Luck Girls !

2008 is going to be an exciting year for ladies and girls golf in Scotland.

The Curtis Cup comes to the Old Course, St Andrews from the 30th May to the 1stJune

This will be the first time that the women amateurs of GB & I and the USA will contest the Curtis Cup at the Home of Golf. With four young Scottish players in the GB&I team, two of whom are past members of the East Girls' it will be an exciting event to go along to support. This is an all ticket event . To purchase tickets go to the LGU website

In July ( 8-12) Scotland shall be hosting the European Girls' Team Championship at Murcar Links. This will be another fantastic opportunity to support the Scottish players and watch some very good golf played from the best girl golfers in Europe.

In August (5-7) the Girls Home International matches will be played at Panmure Barry where the Scottish team shall be looking for a third victory in a row.

The following week, from the 11th to the 15th the Girls' British Open Amateur Championship will be held at Monifeith

Girls, if you can manage to go along to any of those events with family or friends, the Scottish players would love your support.

If you would like any more info on the above please do get in touch with either Maggie or myself.

Happy golfing for now

Mandy

Prize Winners at the Spring Meeting, Gullane

Left to Right - Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe), Isabel Hinds (Liberton),Nicky Taylor(Thornton),

Helen Goodwin (Glenbervie), Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw)

Nicky Taylor wins Spring Meeting

Congratulations to all the girls who played some excellent golf in the Spring Meeting at Gullane.

The Overall Best Net Prize was won by 13 year old Nicky Taylor from Thornton Golf Club, Fife with a gross 77 less 14 of a handicap for a net 63.

The Scratch Prize was won by Gabrielle Macdonald , Craigielaw with a gross 78.

Other Prizes :-

Under 18 Best Net - Helen Goodwin (Glenbervie) 82 less 13 Net 69

Under 16 Best Net - Isabel Hinds (Liberton) 86 less 20 Net 66

Under 14 Best Net - Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) 88 less 21 Net 67

Scores:-

SSS 69 CSS 68

77 Nicky Taylor (Thornton)

78 Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw)

81 Gillian Simpson (Murrayfield)

82 Stacey Cameron (Gullane),Cara Easton(Dalmahoy),Helen Goodwin(Glenbervie),Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe)

83 Rachael Watton (Mortonhall)

86 Isabel Hinds (Liberton)

88 Alison Goodwin(Glenbervie), Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe)

92 Kirsty Simpson (Murrayfield)

95 Alexis Hutton ( Falkirk Tryst)

97 Shannen McGuire (Canmore)

101 Catriona Williams (Gullane), Nicole Underhill (Falkirk Tryst)

Our thanks go to Gullane Golf Club for allowing us to host the competition and for their kind hospitality in the clubhouse.

UNDER-16'S

Congratulations to Shannen Maguire (Canmore) and Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) who were prizewinners at the Under 16’s at Craigielaw

LEADING NET TOTAL AT CRAIGIELAW
136 Shannen Maguire (Canmore) (24) 70 66.

Under-16s.
First round net: Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 65.

Under-14s.
Second round net: Shannen Maguire (Canmore) 66.

Spring Meeting

Hi girls

I hope you are looking forward to the new golf season. If you have not yet joined the East of Scotland Girls, please send in your application form to our secretary, Mandy Easton.

Our first competition is the Spring Meeting on Sunday 13th April over Gullane 3. Tee times are from 11.004am. You can enter online or by email to Mandy. We look forward to seeing you there.

Best wishes for a happy and successful season in 2008.

Maggie

Welcome to www.eastgirls.org

Welcome to the new look East of Scotland Girls Golfing Association website!

www.eastgirls.org

Margaret McPherson, Past Captain of Midlothian County, is the new Chairman and Mandy Easton, a former County Junior Secretary is the new Secretary / Treasurer of the Association.
The committee comprises the four county junior secretaries of the four counties in the East of Scotland.

We hope you like the new website... dedicated especially for you....the star golfers of the future. You will be able to enter East Girls events on-line, and see draws and results of all the East of Scotland Girls competitions.

Let me know if anything doesn't work!

Best wishes and good golfing in 2008!
Gillian Kirkwood

Membership Form

East of Scotland Girls' Golfing Association

Membership Form

Please print out this form, or download this Word File,
fill it in and send it with your subscription of £6 to

Secretary/Treasurer: Mrs Mandy Easton
Barnshot, 11 Woodhall Rd, Edinburgh
Midlothian, EH13 0DQ
Tel: 0131 441 7111
Email: amandajeaston@aol.com

NB. To be a member of the East
of Scotland Girls' Golfing Association, you need to be -

- under 18 on 1st Jan 2008,
- a junior member of one of the four county associations in the East of
Scotland,
- and hold a CONGU handicap of 35 or less

Name .......................................................

CONGU Handicap .........................

Address..................................................................................................

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PostCode.................................

Tel No ....................................................

Date of Birth .............................................

Home Club ..............................................

Name of Home Club Junior Secretary/convenor ...................................................

County Association.....................................................................................

Email Address ...........................................

Golfing Ambitions for the coming year ..........................................................................

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Longer Term Golfing Ambitions .....................................................................

............................................................................................................

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I enclose my Subscription of Five Pounds (£6) for
Membership of the East of Scotland Girls' Golfing Association.
(Cheque preferred)

Signed ..............................................

Order of Merit

We will award four prizes for Order of Merit winners.

• For each County junior championship: 10,7,5,3 points will be awarded to the Champion, Runner-Up, 3rd. and 4th places respectively.
• For each East of Scotland GGA meeting: 15,13,11,9,7,5,3,1 points will be awarded for the best 8 scratch scores.
• For the East of Scotland Girls' Championship: 20,15,10,10,5,5,5,5 points will be awarded to the champion, runner-up, semi-finalists and quarter-finalists respectively.

Enter as many competitions as you can; they all count for the Order of Merit.

Fixtures

Constitution and Rules

Constitution
Purpose
1. To promote girls' golf in the East of Scotland
2. To hold three meetings a year, in the Spring, Summer and Autumn
3. To organise a Match Play Championship
4. To select Representative teams for matches

Rules
1. Membership is open to junior girl members of the four County Associations in the East Division of Scotland who hold a CONGU handicap of 35 or less, and are under 18 years old on 1st January of the current year.
2. The Committee consists of the four County junior secretaries plus a Chairman, Secretary /Treasurer and Child Protection Officer.
3. The Committee is accountable to the East Division of Scottish County Golf.
4. The Financial Year ends on 31st October.
5. The Secretary/Treasurer will produce a report on Membership and Activities by 1st October and a financial report by 31st December of the current year.

Information/Guidelines
Please send all entry forms and correspondence to the Secretary,
Mrs Mandy Easton
Barnshot, 11 Woodhall Rd, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH13 0DQ
Tel: 0131 441 7111
Email: amandajeaston@aol.com

Competitions
As well as there being scratch and handicap prizes at each of the three East of Scotland GGA competitions, the aggregate of the best two nett scores from the three meetings wins the Gifford Trophy.
In addition there is an Order of Merit

* The Summer Meeting is the Daily Telegraph Qualifier.
* Teams for the Inter-district matches will be announced at the Cuthbertson Cup.
* Please enter competitions promptly using the web entry form if possible.
* You will be notified of your starting time, by email or post, at least four days before the event.
* If you are unable to play in a competition you have entered, please let Mrs Easton know as soon as possible.
* The results from all East of Scotland GGA competitions will be forwarded to the SLGA office.

Reminders
* Keep your home club handicap secretary advised of scores from all competitions.
* Keep your county junior secretary advised of your change of handicap at all times.
* Always bring your CONGU handicap certificate to all competitions.

Officials

The committee consists of Chairman, Secretary/Treasurer and the four Junior County Secretaries.

Chairman: Mrs Margaret MacPherson,
50 Torphin Road, Edinburgh, EH13 0PF
Tel 0131 441 2918
Email: margaret@mmcpherson.demon.co.uk

Secretary/Treasurer: Mrs Mandy Easton
Barnshot, 11 Woodhall Rd, Edinburgh EH13 0DQ
Tel: 0131 441 7111
Email: amandajeaston@aol.com

Please send all entry forms and correspondence to Mrs Easton.