Eilidh Crawford is East of Scotland Girls' Champion - 2016

Eilidh Crawford, Kingsfield, beat Carys Irvine, Craigielaw, by 2 & 1 in today's final of the East of Scotland Girls' Championship at Prestonfield Golf Club. Congratulations to both Eilidh and Carys on an excellent final played in the best of spirits.

Eilidh Crawford, East of Scotland Girls' Champion 2016

 Championship Prizewinners

L to R: Carys Irvine, Runner-up, Eilidh Crawford, Champion, Emma Morrison, Semi-finalist

(missing from photo, Brogan Clark, semi-finalist)

Eilidh and Carys before the Final

Report of Final:

The first two holes were exchanged with Eilidh winning the 1^st and Carys the 2^nd. Carys had birdies at the 4^th and 6^th to go 2 up. Eilidh won the 7^th with a par so Carys was 1 up. Another birdie at the 8^th and Carys was again 2 up. At the tricky 9^th, Eilidh secured her par 3 to win the hole and then won the 10^th to square the match. Eilidh conceded the 11^th so Carys was 1 up. However Eilidh responded with a birdie at the 12^th to square the match again. The 13^th, 14^th and 15^th were all halved. Eilidh won the 16^th, which was playing long into the wind, with a par 3 and was 1 up. She then won the 17^th to win the match and become East of Scotland Girls’ Champion for 2016.

Congratulations to both girls on their excellent golf and for giving us such an exciting final to watch. Thank you to Lothians’ referee, Sheila Stuart, for refereeing this year's final.

Thank you to Midlothian County, for arranging this year's venue at Prestonfield. Our thanks also go to Sharon Macpherson, Midlothian junior secretary, for her support before and during the two days of the competition.

Thank you to Prestonfield Golf Club for the courtesy of the course for our Summer Meeting and Championship and for giving us a warm welcome in the Clubhouse. Our sincere thanks to Prestonfield Ladies’ Captain and Vice Captain, Freda Burt and Maureen Cranston, for their help and support over the two days. We appreciate your interest in the girls and hope we will soon have some Prestonfield girls playing in our competitions.

Results
Semi - finals
Both semi-finals were close matches which could have gone either way.

Eilidh Crawford (Kingsfield) bt Brogan Clark (Lundin)   1 hole
Carys Irvine (Craigielaw) bt Emma Morrison (Craigmillar Park) at the 20th.

Final
Eilidh Crawford bt Carys Irvine 2 & 1