East of Scotland Girls Golfing Association

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Please note that the Annual Subscription for 2010 is £8 a slight increase on 2009

News Updates for 2010

2010-01-04T14:02:00.005Z

There has been a slight increase in the ESGGA annual subscription. The fee for 2010 shall be £8 which is now due. Forms shall be sent out shortly, however you may also download one from this site by clicking on Membership Form on the left of this page.
We are delighted to announce that, as from 2010 a new category of membership shall be introduced. Age group 18 -21. Any girl who has been previously a member of the East Girls and now fits into this age group shall be invited to rejoin. They may get involved in the East Girls by playing and supporting the Spring, Summer and Autumn Meetings but unfortunately will not be eligible to play in the East Girls Championship.
Fixture dates have mostly been confirmed . These can be seen by clicking on fixtures on the left of this page.

Happy New Year to all

2010-01-04T12:12:00.010Z

Girls

We hope you have had a great Christmas and New Year and are now looking forward to the golfing season of 2010 ! In fact some of you who were lucky to be selected for SLGA Winter Training will have already started your preperations for the season. Hopefully the cold snap will end soon and all of you can get out to practice !

Looking back , 2009 was certainly a great year for all members of the East Girls. It was fantastic to hear about all your achievements throughout the year and both Maggie and I would like to wish each and every one of you an especially great year of golf in 2010.

Maggie & Mandy

What a year 2009 was !

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Scotland Girls Home International Team 2009 with the Ladies British Open Champion Catriona Matthew from North Berwick Scotland.

Bottom Row , Middle - East Girl, Rachael.

2009 was not only a great year for all members of the East Girls but a great year for Scottish Ladies Golf at Professional Level. Catriona Matthew of Scotland won the Ladies British Open !

Pictured above with Catriona at Royal Lytham is the Scottish Home International Team who were honoured to meet her after her win. East Girl , Rachael Watton was a member of this team who finished runners-up behind England. We would like to take this chance to congratulate Rachael on her fantastic year. Not only was Racheal a member of the Girls Home International Team she also represented Scotland in the Girls European Team Championships and in the Belgium Girls Open Event. We would like to wish her all the best for her last year in girls golf in 2010.

Congratulations also to East Girl , Rachel Hanlon who was selected as reserve for the Girls Home International Team 2009 . Good luck also to her for her last year too in girls golf !

Champion of Champions Abandoned !

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Due to horrendous weather conditions the Scottish Junior Champion of Champions was abandoned today at St Andrews but is due to be rearranged for early Spring of next year.

Scottish Junior Champion of Champions

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Good luck to East Girls' 2009 Champion, Rachel Hanlon who will be competing tomorrow at the Dukes Course , St Andrews for the title of Scottish Junior Champion of Champions. As the field comprises of this years Junior Champions at National , District and County level Rachel will be joined by the following East Girls. Alexis Hutton ( S&C Junior Matchplay Champion ) , Alison Goodwin ( S&C Junior Strokeplay Champion ) , Kate McIntosh ( Midlothian Junior Champion ), Lauren Whyte ( Fife Junior Champion ) and Clara Young ( East Lothian Junior Champion ).
Rachel Watton, as a member of this year's Scottish Girls' Home International team will also be playing by special invitation.

We would like to wish all girls the very best of luck, play well and enjoy !

Maggie & Mandy

Congratulations to Alison .....

2009-10-08T18:07:00.002+01:00

Congratulations to Alison Goodwin ( Glenbervie ) who has won the East Girls prize for the best two nett scores from the three meetings. Alison had an excellent nett 65 in the Spring meeting which was then followed with another excellent nett 69 in the Summer Meeting which gave her an aggregate total score of 134. Great golf !

Order of Merit Winners are announced at the East of Scotland Ladies Championship.

2009-10-05T09:01:00.014+01:00

Order of Merit Winners 2009

From the left Rachel Hanlon, Kate McIntosh & Alison Goodwin. Missing from the picture is Gabrielle Macdonald.

The leading Order of Merit winners received their prizes yesterday at the East of Scotland Ladies Championship which was held at Mortonhall Golf Club, Edinburgh.

A large number of East Girls played at Mortonhall which was one round strokeplay.

Congratulations must go to the girls who took four of the five top prizes.

Rachael Watton (Mortonhall ) and Gabrielle Macdonald ( Craigielaw ) took 2nd and third scratch.

Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus ) won the 1st Handicap prize with Hannah Scott (Broomieknow) taking second.

Well done girls !

Above photo is of Kate , the Order of Merit Winner , 2009

Kate takes top position on the Order of Merit Table

2009-10-03T10:28:00.006+01:00

Congratulations to Kate McIntosh from Broomieknowe, Midlothian for winning the ESGGA Order of Merit with a total of 65 points. Kate gained points from winning the Scratch Prize in the East Girls' Spring and Autumn Meetings , from reaching the Final of the East Girls' Championship and taking the title of Midlothian County Junior Champion. Well Done Kate !

Congratulations also to Rachel Hanlon from St Regulus , Fife for taking the second spot with 48 points. Rachel also has had a very good year, winning the East Girls' Championship , the scratch prize in the Summer Meeting and coming runner-up in the Fife Junior Girls' Championship.

Gabrielle Macdonald from Craigielaw finished in 3rd spot with 43 points and Alison Goodwin from Glenbervie took fourth spot with 36.

Well done to all the girls who played in East Girls events this year and gained some points. Both Maggie and I were delighted to see so many of you playing and enjoying your golf.

The full table can be viewed by clicking on ' Order of Merit ' at the left of this page.

East Girls have a good win at Dalmahoy

2009-09-07T20:59:00.010+01:00

East Girls with their opponents the South Girls !

The East girls sucessfully took on the South Girls in a friendly match at Dalmahoy on Sunday 6th September winning by 3 1/2 games to 1/2. Well done girls. However the winning was only a small part of it as all the girls enjoyed their games which were all played in great spirit.

We would like to thank the South girls for travelling up to support this annual match. Some of the girls had a round trip of around 8 hours ! Our thanks also go to Dalmahoy for allowing us courtesy of the course and for their kind hospitality in the Clubhouse.

Results -

Format - Greensomes

East Girls names first

Clara Young & Hannah Scott halved with Ailsa Bain & Tara Mactaggart

Alexis Hutton & Jenny Sewell bt Katie McCracken & Rachel Walker by 2&1

Catherine Small bt Emma Greenlees & Vicki Wright by 3 & 2

Heather Tumblety & Katherine Fisher bt Katie Wright & Daniel Ker by 6 & 5

East Girls v South Girls

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Good luck to the following girls who have been selected to play in the match on

Sunday 6th Sept, at Marriott Dalmahoy , West Course.

Katherine Fisher ( Baberton )

Alexis Hutton (Falkirk Tryst )

Hannah Scott ( Broomieknowe )

Jenny Sewell ( Castle Park )

Kirsty Simpson ( Murrayfield )

Catherine Small ( Craigielaw )

Heather Tumblety ( Duddingston )

Clara Young ( North Berwick )

The format is singles matchplay played off handicap.

Enjoy and play well !

Hannah Scott wins at Craigielaw

2009-08-30T21:22:00.008+01:00

Pictured above are some of the prize winners at Craigielaw.

From the left :- Kate McIntosh , Rosie Everett and Hannah Scott.

Hannah Scott from Broomieknowe conquered Craigielaw Golf Course today with a great score of 77 less a handicap of 11 for a net 66 to win the East Girls' Autumn Meeting. Fellow Midlothian County junior player Kate McIntosh also from Broomieknowe won the leading scratch prize also with a gross 77.

On a dry, calm day most girls enjoyed playing Craigielaw however some found the deep bunkers very challenging and the greens quite tricky.

Our thanks go to Craigielaw Golf Club for allowing courtesy of the course and for their very kind hospitality in the clubhouse.

Prizewinners :-

Overall Net - Hannah Scott ( Broomieknowe ) 77 (11) 66
Leading Scratch - Kate McIntosh ( Broomieknowe ) 77

Under18 Net Prize - Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw ) 79 (4) 75
Under16 Net Prizes - Nicole Underhill (Falkirk Tryst ) 88 (14 ) 71
Catherine Small (Craigielaw ) 90 (14) 76
Under14 Net Prize - Rosie Everett (Kilspindie) 93 (17 ) 76

Full Results ;-
SSS 72 CSS 72

Hannah Scott ( Broomieknowe ) 77 (11) 66
Kate McIntosh ( Broomieknowe ) 77 (7 ) 70
Nicole Underhill ( Falkirk Tryst ) 88 (17 ) 71
Gabrielle Macdonald ( Craigielaw ) 79 (4 ) 75
Catherine Small ( Craigielaw ) 90 (14) 76
Rosie Everett ( Kilspindie ) 93 (17) 76
Shannen McGuire ( Canmore ) 86 (9) 77
Tiffany Wood (Glenbervie ) 90 (13 ) 77
Jenny Sewell ( Castle Pk ) 92 (13 ) 79
Alexis Hutton ( Falkirk Tryst ) 91 (10 ) 81
Catherine Goodwin (Glenbervie) 112 (30) 82
Clara Young (North Berwick ) 95 (8) 87
Jordyn Laird ( Glenbervie ) 103 (15 ) 88
Katherine Fisher (Baberton ) 124 (27 ) 97
Beth Donoghue (Brucefields ) 127 (23 ) 104
Alison Goodwin N/R

Order of Merit

2009-08-26T14:21:00.003+01:00

Girls

The Order of Merit Table has been updated . Rachel Hanlon and Kate McIntosh are tied at the top with 41 points each. You still will be able to gain points from the Autumn Meeting this Sunday and points from your own County Junior Championship.

To view table - click on the tab at the left of this page.

Autumn Meeting - Draw

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Autumn Meeting - Craigielaw Golf Club, Aberlady- 30th August

1.00pm

Gabrielle Macdonald

Alison Goodwin

1.08pm

Clara Young

Kate McIntosh

1.16pm

Alexis Hutton

Nikky Taylor

Hannah Scott

1.24pm

Judy Shields

Helen Goodwin

Jenny Sewell

1.32pm

Shannen McGuire

Tiffany Wood

Catherine Small

1.40pm

Jordyn Laird

Rosie Everett

Nicole Underhill

1.48pm

Beth Donoghue

Katherine Fisher

Catherine Goodwin

Please could all girls be ready on the 1st Tee 10 minutes before their Tee off time.

Usual dress rules apply.

The prize giving will be held in the clubhouse shortly after end of play.

Any call offs please call Maggie on 441 2918 or Mandy on 441 7111

This will be the East Girls Daily Telegraph Abu Dhabi Junior Golf Championship qualifier.The best gross score shall go forward for a place in the final.

For more details please visit www.telegraph.co.uk/abudhabijuniorgolf

Rachael Watton is top qualifier in the Scottish Girls at Lanark

2009-07-15T11:22:00.009+01:00

Congratulations to Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) on achieving the top qualifying spot for the matchplay stages of the Girls' Scottish Under 18 event at Lanark Golf Club with an aggregate gross total of 153

Well done also to the following East Girls who secured places to compete for the title of Scottish Girls' Champion 2009. Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus), Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie), Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw) and Gillian Simpson (Murrayfield)

We would like to wish all the girls lots of luck in their matches.

Sam Munro (Aberdour), Shannen McGuire (Canmore),Clara Young (North Berwick), Alexis Hutton (Falkirk Tryst) and Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) qualified to play in the Ansley Reid Salver event, second flight of matchplay and we would like to wish them, also, all the very best of luck .

Play well and enjoy.
Maggie and Mandy

Results of all the matches and live scoring can be seen on the SLGA Website http://www.slga.co.uk/

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Rachel Hanlon East Girls' Champion 2009

Championship Final - Match Report

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With our thanks to Maggie here is a detailed report of this years exciting Final :-

Rachel won the 1st but Kate levelled at the 2nd. Kate then went one ahead at the fourth. Rachel won the 6th but Kate again went one ahead at the 7th with a birdie 3. At the eighth Rachel’s drive found the trees but she managed to save par and win the hole when Kate bogeyed. The match was all-square at the turn.

At the eleventh Rachel won with a birdie 2 to go one up. She remained so until the 14th when she went another one ahead however Kate immediately fought back by winning the 15th. The 16th and 17th were halved.

With Rachel one up, Kate’s drive found the trees and she had a difficult approach shot which nearly reached the green. However with Rachel close in two, Kate eventually conceded the hole and Rachel won the match by 2 holes.

Congratulations to both girls on an exciting, final which was a pleasure to watch
Maggie

Pictured above is Runner -Up Kate with Rachel the New Champion.

Rachel Hanlon survives a closely contested final to become the new East Girls' Champion

2009-07-07T21:20:00.006+01:00

Rachel Hanlon ( St Regulus ) took the title of the East of Scotland Girls' Champion today at Kingsknowe Golf Club, Edinburgh after beating Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) in a very close final. On a day that once again was threatened with heavy rain and thunder storms the girls produced some excellent golf.

The first of the morning semi - final matches saw Rachel sink a good number of birdie putts to beat Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) by 6/4. Kate in the other semi-final match was up against Gabrielle Macdonald(Craigielaw) who has been in very good form recently. Kate found herself 4 up with 4 holes to play , however Gabrielle had a good fight back winning the 15th and 16th however could not keep that up and Kate took the match on the 17th.

A full match report of the final, with photos, will follow shortly.

In the meantime our sincere thanks must go to Kingsknowe Golf Club for their very kind hospitality and allowing us courtesy of the course to play both the Summer Meeting and Championship. Thanks also must go to the Kingsknowe Lady members who volunteered their help and to Liz Jones whose help for most of the day was greatly appreciated.

Championship gets off to a good start !

2009-07-06T21:12:00.007+01:00

The first round of the Championship got underway after the completition of the Summer Meeting. The top eight scratch scores, available to play, went forward to compete in the first round matches in the afternoon. Thunder storms threatened but luckily everyone got finished without getting wet or being called off the course due to thunder & lightning.

Kirsty Simpson who took the Overall Net Prize in the Summer Meeting qualified in eight place and faced Rachel Hanlon top qualifier and winner of the Summer Meeting Scratch Prize. Kirsty who had her big sister Gillian on the bag put up a great fight, played some fantastic golf but unfortunately Rachel managed to find birdies when Kirsty was having some good pars . Rachel will now go forward looking to take the East Girls Championship Title for the first time.
Second qualifier, Gabrielle Macdonald played steady golf to beat Hannah Scott by 5&4, Kate McIntosh played equally well to beat Nikki Taylor by 3&2 and Alison Goodwin who was 4 up at one point in her match against Sam Munro managed a win on the 18th hole to go into the semi finals which tee off tomorrow morning from 9.30am.

Semi -finals :- Tuesday 7th July from 9.30am

Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus ) v Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie)

Kate McIntosh ( Broomiknowe ) v Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw )

The final will tee off at approx 2.00pm - 2.30pm

Spectators and supporters will be very welcome.

Kirsty Simpson of Murrayfield wins the Summer Meeting

2009-07-06T20:22:00.010+01:00

Kirsty Simpson (Murrayfield ) won the Summer Meeting today at Kingsknowe Golf Club, Edinburgh with a fabulous net 67. Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus) took the scratch prize with a 3 over par 75. The scores overall were good on a day with no wind but which was dampened by the threat of thunder storms.

Prizewinners :-

Par 72 SS 71 CSS 70

Overall Net Prize :- Kirsty Simpson ( Murrayfield ) 84 (17) Net 67
Scratch Prize :- Rachel Hanlon ( St Regulus ) 75
Under 18 Net Prize :- Heather Tumblety (Duddingston) 92 (20) Net 72
Under 16 Net Prize :- Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie ) 81 (12) 69
Under 14 Net Prize :- Catherine Goodwin ( Glenbervie ) 115 (35) 80

Full Scores
Kirsty Simpson (84 (17) 67
Alison Goodwin 81 (12) 69
Rachel Hanlon 75 (5) 70, Sam Munro 79 (9) 70
Kate McIntosh 78 (7) 71
Gabrielle Macdonald 77 ( 5 ) 72, Nicola Taylor 82 (10) 72, Alexis Hutton 85 (13) 72, Heather Tumblety 92 (20) 72
Hannah Scott 84 (11) 73
Nicole Underhill 92 (17) 75
Helen Goodwin 90 (12) 78
Shannen McGuire 91(12) 79
Catherine Goodwin 115(35)80
Katherine Fisher 116(35) 81
Gillian Simpson 89 (6) 83

Championship Qualifiers

Rachel Hanlon 72
Gabrielle Macdonald 77
Kate McIntosh 78
Sam Munro 79
Alison Goodwin 81
Nicola Taylor 82
Hannah Scott 84
Kirsty Simpson 84

Summer Meeting Draw

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Kingsknowe Golf Club, Edinburgh. Monday 6th July

9.30am

Gabrielle Macdonald

Rachel Hanlon

Judy Shields

9.38am

Gillian Simpson

Nicola Taylor

Helen Goodwin

9.46am

Kate McIntosh

Sam Munro

Alison Goodwin

9.54am

Hannah Scott

Alexis Hutton

Shannen McGuire

10.02am

Jordyn Laird

Kirsty Simpson

Nicole Underhill

10.12am

Heather Tumblety

Catherine Goodwin

Katherine Fisher

Would all girls please be at the first tee , ready to play, 10mins before your tee time.

Normal dress rules apply

Summer Meeting & Championship

2009-06-24T20:52:00.004+01:00

Just a reminder to say that the closing date for the Summer Meeting and Championship to be held at Kingsknowe Golf Club, Edinburgh is this Sunday 28th June. The Summer Meeting will be played on Monday the 6th June and the top eight scratch scores wanting to compete in the championship will go forward to play in the matchplay stages on the Monday afternoon with the semi-finals and the final being played on Tuesday the 7th July.

Girls may play in the Summer Meeting if they wish without wanting to compete in the Championship.
You may enter online by clicking on fixtures on left of this page or by emailing myself on
amandajeaston@aol.com

2009-06-14T21:36:00.003+01:00

The Winning East Team at Ballumbie

From Left to Right

Gabrielle Macdonald, Nicky Taylor, Keren Ward, Judy Shields,Camilla Tait, Rachel Hanlon.

Please click to enlarge !

Full Results from Ballumbie

2009-06-14T21:14:00.008+01:00

The East District played some great golf throughout the weekend to bring home the SLGA Girls' Inter Divisional Trophy. The team got off to a great start by beating the West by 3 games to 0 on Saturday morning which was then followed by a 2 & 1 win over the North in the afternoon.
To secure the title they beat the South by 2 games to 1 on Sunday morning. Congratulations to all the team and to Maggie and Liz Jones who managed and supported the girls throughout the competition.

Full Results:-

EAST 3 WEST 0
Rachel Hanlon & Camilla Tait beat Natasha Qayum & Lesley Cosh 2/1
Judy Shields & Keren Ward beat Mhairi McKay & Kirsten Scott 4/3
Gabrielle Macdonald & Nicola Taylor beat Claire Mullholland & Katie McGarva 4/3

NORTH 1 EAST 2
Hannah McCook & Louise McGillvray beat Rachel Hanlon & Camilla Tait 1 Up
Katie Reid & Emily Aird lost to Judy Shields & Keren Ward 1 Up
Jemma Chalmers & Megan Aird lost to Gabrielle Macdonald & Nicola Taylor 6/4

EAST 2 SOUTH 1
Rachel Hanlon & Camilla Tait lost to Ailsa Bain & Tara MacTaggart 2/1
Judy Sheilds & Keren Ward beat Katie McCrachan & Rachel Walker 4/3
Gabrielle Macdonald & Nicola Taylor beat Amy Little & Amy Stevenson 6/5

FINAL RESULTS:-

East 7 points
South 5 points
North 4 points
South 2 points

East District retain the SLGA Girls' Inter Division Trophy

2009-06-14T19:12:00.004+01:00

Delighted to announce that the East District have retained the Scottish Girls' Inter-Divisional Trophy.
A full report with match results shall follow shortly.
Well done to all the team. A great result!