Thanks to all at Craigielaw for hosting our event on Sunday the 23rd April, and to our helpers Steve Austin, Ric Foulner, Stuart Findlay and Colin Leishman. The standard of play was excellent. The Team scores can be seen on the attached table. There was a great battle for 1st place between 5 Teams who were separated by only 3 points! West Links Fidra pipped Longniddry on 150 points with the better 5th score of 31 points to 30 points. Craigielaw edged West Links Bass for 3rd place with their better 5th score after they had both tied on 148 points, and Dunbar were very close behind on 147 points. The League table has been updated. Craigielaw and West Links Fidra have closed in on the leaders, West Links Bass. The best individual net scores were impressive, with 3 Players on 41 net points, and after the back 9 count-back, the winner was Rory Papakyriakou, with Maisie Witt and Rory McArdle in 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Michael Coulter, Fraser Walters and Harris Munro all scored 35 scratch points, with rounds of 72, and filled the top 3 scratch positions in that order, after count-back. Prizes can be collected at the next MD. The prize list can be seen at the dropdown on the home page of this website. The Orders of Merit have been updated and Fraser Walters now has an 8 point lead in the scratch OOM with Rory McArdle leading the net OOM by 14 points. These OOMs positions can be seen on the Golf Genius App by accessing “Member Portal” and “Season Points.” Entries are still being accepted until Monday 24th April at 6 pm for MD4 at Longniddry on Sunday the 30th April. Late entries will be accepted if there are spaces. The next MD after that is at Haddington on the 28th May and is also now open for entries through the Golf Genius App. Dave Warren and Jack Rogan.

The Team results for MD2 at North Berwick West Links can be seen below. Thanks to the staff at North Berwick Club for hosting a great day yesterday for our Junior League visit to the beautiful West Links! And thanks to helpers and parents who assisted. Congratulations to Ben Churn who had an Ace at the 4th hole with a 9 iron! I have given Ben a nice prize for his feat! Photo below. Prizes for Players at Match Days can be seen at this link.

In the Team event, the two West Links Junior Teams, Bass and Fidra, topped the Team scores with 141 and 140 points respectively (Best 4 out of 6 Stableford Points total.) Musselburgh Toun also scored 140 points, but lost out on 2nd place on count-back. The West Links Bass Team have now won both Match Days to date and now lead the League Table with the West Links Fidra Team now in 3rd place, just behind Craigielaw. The League Table can be seen on the right hand side of this website.

Two West Links Players had the best gross points totals – Jack Collingswood with a 68 (39 points)  and Sean Gallacher with 71 (36 points), and the conditions were not easy! Both Players are now playing off +1. The best net points totals were recorded by Kole Henderson of Craigielaw with 44 points, followed by James Hamilton of Gifford with 40 points, and Cameron Brown with 39 points.  Ben Churn was playing as a reserve and had a hole-in-one at the 4th. The League have given him a voucher as a prize.

The prizes for the top 4 scores in both Scratch and Handicap categories at each Match Day can be seen on this website under the drop down at “MD Results/Prizes 2023.

We had only 63 Players at MD2 as some of our Players were competing in the Junior Tour Scotland event at Golspie and Royal Dornoch, where the leading scores can be seen here. Congratulations to Aidan Lawson of West Links who finished tied 2nd in the 54 hole event.

Please enter our next 2 events at Craigielaw and Longniddry by using the Golf Genius App to do so.

Dave Warren.

These are the results of Match Day (MD) 1 at Gullane No. 3 on Sunday the 26th March. Many thanks to Gullane Golf Club for accommodating our Players and Volunteers. Congratulations to the West Links Bass Team for their win with Craigielaw and Kilspindie close behind them. There was a record turnout of 74 Players but the weather was not helpful to good scoring, so 42 points was the highest net points tally recorded, by Seb Harvey of West Links Bass who had a gross 66. Seb also had the best gross total of 37 points, followed by Harris Munro and Charlie Cuthbert, tied on 36 points. The prizes for both gross and net are the same but the gross scores take primacy over net scores for prizes. So Katie Mackenzie of Gullane, with a gross 73 scored 41 points and pipped Ellie Bent and Harvey Blair for the best net prizes on count back. Prizes will be awarded at the following Match Day. All scores have been submitted to WHS for handicap. And “Season Points” for the Orders of Merit have been awarded. The best 6 placings out of 10 MDs over the season will count for some great prizes. Entries for MD2 at North Berwick are still being taken, so please enter through the Golf Genius App if you can play. 

On the 19th March 2023, the Dunbar Team of Kiron Gribble, Kai Laing, Corran Fraser, and Rory Allan combined well to pip the Haddington Team at the 20th hole in the 2022 Junior County Cup, held at Longniddry GC. The Haddington Team comprised Adam Nichol, Murray Bowsher, Adam MacDonald and Ben Austin. Both games were played in the alternate shot Foursomes format, off handicap, with the winners decided by the aggregate score over 2 games. In the first game, Kiron and Kai managed to win the last 2 holes for Dunbar to finish 4 up against Adam Nichol and Murray. In the second game, Adam MacDonald and Ben for Haddington finished 4 up against Corran and Rory. So with the aggregate score then being all square, both games proceeded to play extra holes until either Team emerged as aggregate winners. At the first extra hole Haddington went ahead in the first game with a par 4  but in the following game Rory holed a good putt for a par 4 to level the score again. In fading light, both games proceeded down the 2nd extra hole where both Dunbar pairs made excellent winning par 4s. This was a great Match played in fine spirit and  a great example of Team play. The Joint League Secretary Dave Warren was on hand to watch the Match, after which he presented the trophy and prizes to the winning Dunbar Team, and consolation prizes to the Haddington Team. Haddington fielded the same 4 Players in each round, whilst Dunbar fielded Elliot Brunton and Murray Welsh in earlier rounds. They also both received a prize for their contribution. Dave Warren thanked Joint League Secretary Jack Rogan for organising the tournament,  and Steve Austin of Haddington for starting the Match. The League would like to thank Longniddry Golf Club for hosting the final. Photos below:-

The Dunbar Team L-R – Kiron Gribble, Kai Laing, Corran Fraser, Rory Allan.

The Haddington Team:- L-R – Adam Nichol, Adam MacDonald, Murray Bowsher, Ben Austin.

Rory holing a crucial putt on the 19th hole to keep the game alive.