West Girls retain the Mhairi McKay Trophy

East & West Girls ready to do battle ! East girls in the blue

Thank you to Maggie for the photos.

The East Girls

The annual match between the East and West Girls was played today in brilliant sunshine at Pollok Golf Club, Glasgow.
The matches were contested in excellent spirit, with great golf being played in spite of very hot conditions. Several matches were very close, with three going to the last hole, but in the end the West Girls were successful and retained the Mhairi McKay Trophy.

West Girls 5½ East Girls 2½

Results (West names first)
Jill Meldrum beat Gabrielle Macdonald 3/2
Alyson McKechin beat Rachel Hanlon 5/4
Linzi Allan beat Nicky Taylor 1 hole
Natasha Qayum beat Lauren Whyte 1 hole
Lindsey Stevenson halved with Samantha Munro
Mhairi McKay beat Helen Goodwin 4/2
Emma Caddow lost to Alison Goodwin 4/2
Rachel Irvine lost to Shannen McGuire 3/2

Thank you to the West for organising the match and to Pollok Golf Club for their very kind hospitality.

East v West Match

The following girls have been selected to represent the East Girls in the match against the West Girls on Sunday 31st May at Pollok Golf Club, Glasgow. The girls will compete to bring back the Mhairi McKay Trophy which was won by the West last year at Murrayfield. Format is singles matchplay played off scratch.

Helen Goodwin

Alison Goodwin

Rachel Hanlon

Gabrielle Macdonald

Shannen McGuire

Samantha Munro

Nicola Taylor

Lauren Whyte

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Just a reminder to the girls - that strict dress rules apply at Pollok Golf Club - NO shorts are allowed in the clubhouse and shorts that are worn on the golf course must be tailored so can we ask that you all arrive nice and smart with navy or black trousers on. Thankyou.

Good luck girls !

Congratulations to East Girls at the SLGA Under 16 Open Championship

Whilst England swept the board by taking the top individual, team and handicap prizes at the SLGA Under 16 Open Championship at Craigielaw we would like to congratulate East Girl, Alison Goodwin ( Glenbervie ) who won 2nd handicap prize with a net total of 139 after having the better second round from another East Girl Nicole Underhill ( Falkirk Tryst ) who also had a net aggregate total of 139. Very well done to both girls.

We would also like to congratulate Gabrielle Macdonald ( Craigielaw ) on her excellent first round gross score of 79 and finally finishing high up on the leaderboard.

Well done to all the girls who competed.

For more information please visit http://www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk/

Alison Goodwin from Glenbervie wins the Spring Meeting

The East Girls at Grangemouth today !

( Thanks to Elizabeth Goodwin S&C for the photos)

( Click on the photos to enlarge )

18 East of Scotland Girls competed in the Spring Meeting today at Grangemouth Golf Club. Although the day was dry it was still very cold.


Typically for early in the season the scores were mixed.

Alison Goodwin from Glenbervie won the overall Handicap prize with a fabulous net score of 65. 81 less a handicap of 16
Kate McIntosh of Broomieknowe won the Scratch prize with an excellent gross score of 79.


The above picture to the right is of all the Prizewinners:-
Left to right :- Kate McIntosh, Rosie Everett, Alison Goodwin, Shannen McGuire & Rachael Watton


Other Prizewinners were :-

Under 18 Net Prize - Rachael Watton ( Mortonhall ) Net 78

Under 16 Net Prize - Shannen McGuire ( Canmore ) Net 73

Under 14 Net Prize - Rosie Everett ( Kilspindie ) Net 73

Net Scores :-

65 Alison Goodwin ( Glenbervie ) 81 (16) 65

70 Kate McIntosh ( Broomieknowe ) 79 (9) 70

73 Shannen McGuire ( Canmore ) 87 ( 14) 73

73 Rosie Everett ( Kilspindie ) 95 (18) 73

75 Gabrielle Macdonald ( Craigielaw ) 82 (7) 75

76 Sam Munro ( Aberdour ) 86 ( 10) 76

76 Nicole Underhill ( Falkirk Tryst ) 98 (22) 76

78 Rachael Watton ( Mortonhall ) 81 (3) 78

79 Rachel Hanlon ( St Regulus ) 85 (6) 79

79 Nicola Taylor ( Dunnikier Park ) 89 (10) 79

79 Hannah Scott ( Broomieknowe ) 91 ( 12) 79

80 Gillian Simpson ( Murrayfield ) 85 (5) 80

80 Alexis Hutton ( Falkirk Tryst ) 95 (15) 80

80 Kirsty Simpson ( Murrayfield ) 99 (18) 80

83 Helen Goodwin ( Glenbervie ) 95 (12) 83

83 Jordynn Laird ( Glenbervie ) 99 ( 16) 83

84 Jenny Sewell ( Castle Park ) 100 ( 16 ) 84

86 Heather Tumblety ( Duddingston ) 106 ( 20 ) 86

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Our thanks go to Grangemouth Golf Club for allowing us courtesy of the course as well as their very kind hospitality in the clubhouse. Our thanks also go to Elizabeth Goodwin, Junior Secretary of Stirling and Clackmannen for all her help in the running and organisation of the day and to Joan Simpson who very kindly assisted Elizabeth and finally a big thank you to our Chairman, Maggie for overseeing the prizegiving and presenting the prizes.

Spring meeting - Results

Girls

I hope you all enjoyed your golf at Grangemouth today.

A full report with all the results shall be posted as soon as possible, so, watch this space !!

In the meantime we would like to wish all the East of Scotland Girls who are competing in the SLGA Under 16 Open competition at Craigielaw all the very best of luck. Enjoy and play well .

Maggie & Mandy

Spring Meeting - Draw

Grangemouth Golf Club

Monday 6th April

10.00am

Rachael Watton ( Mortonhall )

Rachel Hanlon ( St Regulus )

Nicola Taylor ( Dunnikier Park )

10.10am

Gillian Simpson ( Murrayfirld )

Judy Shields ( Dunblane New )

Sam Munro ( Aberdour )

10.20am

Gabrielle Macdonald ( Prestonfield )

Helen Goodwin ( Glenbervie )

Shannen McGuire ( Canmore )

10.30am

Kate McIntosh ( Broomieknowe )

Alison Goodwin ( Glenbervie )

Jenny Sewell ( Castle Park )

10.40am

Hannah Scott ( Broomieknowe )

Jordynn Laird ( Glenbervie )

Alexis Hutton ( Falkirk Tryst )

10.50am

Kirsty Simpson ( Murrayfield )

Rosie Everett ( Kilspindie )

11.00am

Heather Tumblety ( Duddingston )

Nicole Underhill ( Falkirk Tryst )

Fixtures Confirmed !

Hi Girls

Thank you to all of you who have aready sent in your fees for the year. Your fixture cards shall be sent out shortly . To those of you who have not got your fees in the post yet, may I remind you that you can download a form from this site - so no excuses !!

All the dates for our fixtures have now been confirmed. They can be viewed by clicking on Fixtures on the left of this page.

We have aready got a good number of entries for our Spring Meeting so if you are keen to play please enter online .

Many thanks

2009 Golfing Season

Just a reminder to say that the annual subsription is now due. The fee for 2009 remains at £6. A form can be downloaded from this site, please click on Membership Form on the left of this page.

We are always delighted to welcome new members . Membership is open to any junior girl who is a member of one of the four county associations that make up the East Division of Scotland. You must hold a current Congu handicap of 35 or less and be under 18 on the 1st Jan of this year.

The Fixture List for the East Girls shall be published shortly, however, I can confirm that the Spring Meeting is to be held at Grangemouth Golf Club on Monday the 6th April and the Autumn meeting will be at Craigielaw on Sunday 30th Aug .

As the end of the season approaches....

As the end of the season approaches I personally would like to firstly thank all the girls for supporting the ESGGA by playing in the competitions and for representing the East Girls in the matches against the West and the South Girls. It has been a great year and both Maggie and I look forward to seeing you all next year.

Secondly , a big thank you to all the parents for supporting the girls .

Here's just a wee story to emphasise what parents have to do , or go through to allow the girls to play the game of golf !!!

An ESGGA Mum who probably would like to remain unnamed took her children who are all golfers to their prizegiving. On their way home the family took a short cut across the golf course , in the dark . The Mum unfortunately found a bunker to fall into. The family had a chuckle to themselves and upon reaching home asked the question
' Mum , did you remember to rake the bunker ?'

So to all the Mums & Dads who make lots of scarifices for their children - A Very Big Thankyou !

Girls - Keep up the practice in the winter.

See you next year.

Mandy

Gabrielle Macdonald tops the Order of Merit Table

Congratulations to Gabrielle Macdonald from Craigielaw who won the ESGGA Girls' Order of Merit with a total of 52.5 points. Gabrielle had a very good season , reached the final of our Championship and played consistent golf in all our three meetings. At the Cuthbertson Cup yesterday Gabrielle was presented with a new plaque which has been very kindly donated by our Chairman, Margaret McPherson .
Thank you Maggie !
Well done also to Gillian Simpson who was a close runner up with 51 points.

Nicola Taylor from Thornton was also presented yesterday with a voucher for having the best aggregate two nett scores from the ESGGA Spring, Summer and Autumn Meetings. Well done Nicky.

Girls County Championship winners

Congratulations to Gillian Simpson of Murrayfield on winning the title of Midlothian Girls' Champion on Sunday at Ratho Park Golf Club and also to Shannen McGuire from Canmore who won the Fife Girls' Championship on the Strathtyrum Course, St Andrews also on Sunday the 14th .

We look forward to hearing of the other winners from the East and Stirling & Clackmannan.

Order Of Merit

Girls

Please visit the Order of Merit Table . It has been updated and shows that Gabrielle Macdonald heads the table with Rachael Watton a close second. The only results we are waiting for are the scores from each County Girls Championship.

Watch closely for the final result.

Sally Naysmith of Dalmahoy wins Autumn Meeting

Congratulations to Sally Naysmith who won the Autumn meeting today at Balbirnie Park Golf Club with a score of 103 less her handicap of 32 for a net 71. Gillian Simpson of Murrayfield took the scratch prize with a 79. The playing conditions were not the easiest. The girls were lucky to escape any rainfall however the ground was very wet and the rough was very tough.

Photo:- on the left is Sally from Dalmahoy with Gillian Simpson,Murrayfield on the right. Gillian - have you lost your shoes ??
( Apologies for not having been able to put the group photo of prizewinners up - my camera has decided its had enough !! )

Other prize-winners

Under 14 Overall Net - Hannah Scott - 87 - 13 Net 74
Under 16 Overall Net - Gabrielle Macdonald - 83 - 7 Net 76
Under 18 Overall Net - Stacy Cameron - 83 - 9 Net 74

Results Par 71 SSS 72 CSS 72

79 Gillian Simpson
81 Rachael Watton
83 Stacy Cameron, Gabrielle Macdonald
87 Hannah Scott
88 Samantha Munro
90 Nicky Taylor
92 Helen Goodwin
96 Shannen McGuire
99 Kirsty Simpson
103 Sally Naysmith
105 Alison Goodwin
108 Catriona Williams

We would like to thank Balbirnie Park for allowing us the courtesy of the course and for their kind hospitality in the clubhouse

Rachael the new East of Scotland Girls' Champion

Please scroll down for full Championship report and photos of the day !

Maggie presenting the Championship Cup to Rachael.

Championship Photos - Please click on them to enlarge !

Rachael with caddie and beaten semi-finalist, Nicky Taylor

Runner-up Gabrielle ( in the middle ) with caddie & beaten semi-finalist Gillian on the left and Cara on the right who was beaten by Gillian in the first round.









Could that be an oudoor swimming pool, small lake ? or perhaps its just a bunker !!

Final , all over on the 15th

Swinging in the rain !

The East have a new Champion after the final finished on the 15th. From the left,Gabrielle Macdonald,runner up with caddie Gilian Simpson, Nicky Taylor,caddie of Racheal Watton the new Champion who stands alongside Maggie, East Girls' Chairman.
Please click on the picture to enlarge it!

Rachael is the new East Girls Champion .

Rachael Watton of Mortonhall, won the East Girls' Championship today beating Gabrielle Macdonald of Craigielaw in the Final by 4&3. To reach the final Rachael beat Nicola Taylor of Thornton by 2 holes and Gabrielle beat Gillian Simpson of Murrayfield on the 19th hole. The conditions the girls had to play in all day could not have been any worse. It never stopped raining all day.

With thanks to Maggie here is a match report of the final.

' The standard of golf was excellent throughout the final in spite of heavy rain and very wet conditions underfoot.
Gabrielle won the first but Rachael got back on level terms with a birdie at the 2nd. Rachael edged ahead by winning holes 4&5 but Gabrielle had a birdie at the 8th to reduce the deficit to one. Rachael was 1 up at the turn.
Rachael won the 10th with a birdie 3 and then went 3 up at the short 11th . The next two holes were halved. Gabrielle lost the 14th after trouble off the tee which meant a penalty shot and she eventually conceded the hole for Rachael to go 4 up.
At the par 3 15th both girls had excellent tee shots over the burn to the green. Rachael secured her par however Gabrielle just missed a birdie 2 for the match to continue.
Well done to both girls for playing such good golf. Rachael is a worthy champion.

We would like to thank Craigmillar Park Golf Club for the courtesy of the course for our Championship this year. We are grateful for all the help we received in rearranging the matches which had to be postponed earlier in the month.

Well done to all the girls who played in this year's championship and thanks to all the parents and supporters who watched today in such unpleasant conditions.

Championship

Hi Girls

Just a reminder that the Semi-Finals and Final of the Championship will be played on Sunday 31st August at Craigmillar Park GC.

Please do come along to give the girls some support.

Semi-finals tee off at 9.00am and the Final shall tee off at approx 2.30pm.

East Girls beat the South of Scotland Girls

The above photos are of all the games that went to the 18th green. Please click on the photos to enlarge them. From the top - Helen Goodwin winning the last hole to halve her match against Jordana Graham , Hannah Scott and Tara McTaggart after their close game, Alexis Hutton after halving her match with Rachel Walker and Sally Naysmith with her opponent Rachel Lorimer.


The East Girls beat the South Girls today at Minto by 5 games to 3 in an exciting match where four games went to the 18th green and finished all square.

Well done to all the East Girls and thank you to the South Girls for being great hosts and for organising a nice warm dry sunny day !!

SOUTH GIRLS 3, EAST GIRLS 5 South names first, handicaps in brackets

Lesley Atkins (3) bt Samantha Munro (10) 6 and 5.
Jordana Graham (5) halved with Helen Goodwin (12).
Tara McTaggart (12) halved with Hannah Scott (12).
Katie McCracken (11) lost to Alison Goodwin (16) 6 and 5.
Rachel Walker (14) halved with Alexis Hutton (17).
Amy Little (22) lost to Shannen McGuire (17) 3 and 2.
Emma Greenlees (26) lost to Kirsty Simpson (18) 4 and 3.
Rachel Lorimer (34) halved with Sally Naysmith (32)