The League’s Match Day 8 was held at Longniddry on Sunday their 5th July. Despite the weather, our Players enjoyed the day and some good scoring was evident. The course was in good condition, with challenging rough! The attendance was down compared with other MDs, mostly due to the School Summer holidays. A strong Gullane emerged on top in the Team event. by a single point from West Links Fidra. The Glen were 2 points further back. The League Table, which can be seen on the right hand column of this website, is now looking very competitive as the top 4 Teams are in with a real chance of winning, if they perform well at our last 2 Match Days at Gifford and The Glen. We are hoping for a large number of entries to give all the leading Teams a chance. At MD8 Craig Mackenzie had an excellent 43 points to lead the net scores, whilst Seb Harvey had a gross 69 to amass 35 points to lead the scratch scores. The Teams and Individual leaders scoresheet is inserted below. In our ELJGL Masters 54 hole event, Caleb Pickett, after adding his score at Longniddry to 2 earlier rounds at Haddington, will be awarded his first ever WAGR points! Well done Caleb! See the separate post reporting on that event. The season long prize list is attached below. If the entry is marked in green highlight or text, then these prizes can be collected at Registration at our last 2 events. 

Here are the results for the ELJGL Championships held yesterday at Haddington. The Prize list also appears below. Prizes and vouchers not presented on the day will be presented at upcoming Match Days.

Press Release – 25/1/26. On Saturday the 24th January, the next group of 10 East Lothian Juniors going to Pinehurst and their Parents, met the Group Leaders for lunch at the Glen Golf Club. The meal was excellent, and was followed by a presentation about the trip by the League’s Joint Secretary, Dave Warren. Dave welcomed everyone and, assisted by the other Leaders, Chris Barker, Jim Wilkinson, and Sue Warren, Dave explained all the facets of the trip involving flights, baggage, ground transport, accommodation, finance, meals, equipment etc. Dave then covered the golfing aspects of the visit to the USA’s “Home of Golf” where, between Feb 14 and Feb 20th the 10 Boys will play 7 rounds of golf on top class golf courses. There will be 2 days of open competition with Juniors from all over North Carolina in the “Winternationals,” over the course at Longleaf, which is the HQ of US Kids Golf. Then there will be three days of golf over 3 courses, Mid Pines, Pine Needles, and Southern Pines. These are all famous courses, designed by Scots legend Donald Ross. Pine Needles is the only course to have hosted 4 US Womens’ Opens, all won by very famous golfers, and most recently by Minjee Lee. There will be a match versus the local High School over Pinehurst No. 4, a recent venue of the US Mens’ Amateur Championship. The Teams will play for the Duncan McLean Quaich, in memory of a former Gullane and League Junior who tragically died in his early twenties. Duncan had once visited Pinehurst to compete in the US Kids World Championships. And lastly, we will all be hosted at Forest Creek a very exclusive Club, on their fine North Course. This will be followed by a closing dinner for our group, courtesy of all the friends of the League in Pinehurst, four of whom are Members of either North Berwick or Tantallon Golf Clubs. Invitations to Juniors are issued based on age, participation in League events, and on ability, as these courses are tough! The 10 Boys invited on this trip, with the Clubs they play for in the East Lothian League, are Ben Harley, Seb Harvey, and Oscar Wilkinson, all North Berwick West Links Juniors, Finlay Perry and Cameron Brown, both Kilspindie, Jamie Sievwright and Daniel Hogg, both Gullane, Max Elgin of Musselburgh, and Shane Hay of Dunbar. Usually there are 4 Girls invited on each trip, but sadly, there are not many Girls currently old enough to go on this trip, but there will be opportunities for them on future trips. Dave and Sue issued Team Golf Bags, Team Kit, after which some photos were taken. Sadly, Shane Hay was on holiday and is not in the attached photo. The 9 Players, L-R back row, are:- Jamie Sievwright, Max Elgin, Ben Harley, Daniel Hogg, Oscar Wilkinson, Cameron Brown, and Finlay Perry. Front row L-R, Ewan Stone and Seb Harvey.  Another golfing “trip of a lifetime” awaits the current group. This takes the total number of Boys and Girls whom the League has taken to Pinehurst since 2018, to 106. Thanks are due to our many generous sponsors for funding the League, from which funds the League provides substantial subsidies for the Juniors going on these trips. Dave Warren.

Many thanks to Winterfield GC for hosting this event at a Club which formerly had a Junior Team in our League. Hopes are high that they may return to the League soon, as they were able to nominate a Team of 4 for this event. Thanks to all the Winterfield Club Management, Greens Staff, Professionals, and Catering Staff for making us welcome. The weather was a bit unkind, but the good scoring was evidence that the course was in good condition. Thanks as usual to Chris Barker who braved the cold to be our Starter. The scoring and leaderboards can be see on the Golf Genius App using this code – PCYBGQ. The trophy is shared for 6 months each between the Teams with the best 3 out of 4 Scratch scores, and the best 3 out of 4 Net Scores. West Links Juniors romped home in the scratch event with a total of 14 over par, with scratch scores of 69, 70, 70 and 70! (Par was 65) Jack Rutherford scored the 69, so Jack also won the best individual scratch score prize. In the Net section, Gullane Juniors won with a total of 3 under par with net scores of 62, 64, 66 and a non counting 68. Rory McCrossan scored the 62 so Rory won the the prize for the best net score. Other prizes went to other Players and can be seen below this photograph. Any vouchers which were not issued to winners etc on the day, will be delivered to the Pro Shops of the Players’ Home Clubs. That concludes the 2025 season, other than the County Cup event which will continue to be played over the winter. 

Dave presented the trophy jointly to (L) Jack Rutherford of West Links, and to Freddie Bradley of Gullane (R) whose Teams will share the trophy for 6 months.  Well done to everyone! 

All the trophies from the 2025 Championships, the Orders of Merit, and the League Trophy have been engraved and have been delivered to the homes of the Players concerned, or to the Pro Shops at their Clubs.  Well done again if you were a winner this year! I have polished them up for you, and would like them returned next year in similar condition.

Cheers, Dave Warren. 16/9/25

Congratulations to the West Links Juniors Convenors Ric Foulner and Nikki Collingswood, and all of the WL Fidra squad for securing the title for the 2nd consecutive year! The League Table can be seen elsewhere on this website.

The scratch and net Orders of Merit were decided at MD10 and they can be seen under “Season Points” on the Golf Genius app. Attached is a screenshot of all the prizewinners.  The OOM tables for each of the scratch and net prizes were based on Players’ best 6 placings out of 10. One Player won a scratch prize from only 3 attendances!  Congratulations to Kyle Crawford for his victory in the net OOM by only 1 point ahead of Adam Mungall, in the tightest finish ever, as only 14 points separated the top 7 competitors. Jamie Sievwright had a narrow win by 4 points in the scratch OOM over Cameron Brown. The prize vouchers are being issued to the top 6 in each overall category and also to Girls and Boys U14s and U12s, unless they already gained a voucher in the overall listing. In that case, the voucher was awarded to the next eligible Player. The Trophies are ready to be sent to the engravers, and along with the vouchers will be distributed soon. 

The Team Strokeplay will be rearranged for a date in the school holidays in October.  Dave Warren. 07595 301425.