Please see the attached results from Sunday’s Match Day 6 at Gifford. Many thanks to Gifford for hosting this MD, with special thanks to Shona Paton and Steve Austin for managing the event. With 141 points, there was a narrow victory of a single point for Craigielaw over West Links and Gullane. West Links had the best 5th score to gain 2nd place on count-back. The Glen were in 4th place and East Lothian Girls and Longniddry tied for 5th place, and gained equal points as they only had 4 Players each. Kiron Gribble, representing Dunbar, with a chip-in eagle at the 18th hole, to add to other 4 other back 9 birdies, scored a gross 68 for 40 points. Connor Cook representing Gifford, scored 40 points to win the first net prize. All scores have been posted to the WHS system, and any handicap changes have taken place. Prizes as per the attached list can be collected at future match Days. The Orders of Merit have been updated later and can be seen elsewhere on this website. Dave Warren. 07595 301425

MD4 at Haddington has been completed and all Players’ scores have been uploaded into the World Handicap System, so all 55 Players’ handicaps were updated at midnight on Sunday. Haddington utilised their home advantage to amass 171 points with Team newcomer Frankie Moore scoring an amazing 54 Stableford points! The newly merged Gullane Team showed they will be a force for the rest of the season by finishing in second spot with 158 points. Fergus Brown, playing for Gullane, had an excellent gross 68, thee under par, for 39 points. The updated League Table can be seen on this website. East Lothian Girls moved back to the top the League, just ahead of West Links and Craigielaw. East Lothian Ladies ran their girls’ Spring Meeting in conjunction with this Match Day, and Evie McCallum was top scorer gross with an 82. Louise Martin won the net prize with a 71, one stroke ahead of Lucy Thomas. All players can see the full Leaderboards for both Scratch and Handicap competitions on the Golf Genius App – go to ELJGL MD4 at Haddington and click on “Leaderboard.” The Orders of Merit have been recalculated with MD4 scores, and these will be on display at the next MD. Hayden Fowler is leading both Scratch and Handicap at the moment! Sorry Hayden, you can only win one OOM, and the Scratch OOM takes primacy.

Our thanks are due to Haddington GC for hosting the Match Day, and special thanks go to Haddington Convenor Steve Austin, Shona Paton and Sue Warren for managing registration and scoring, and to John Anderson our Starter. Jack Rogan, the new Convenor at Longniddry, several other Convenors, and ELLCGA Officials were also present. 

Please remember to enter our next competitions – MD5 at Longniddry on Thursday the 5th August and our Annual Championships, being held at Royal Musselburgh this year, on Friday the 6th August. You can enter any of our upcoming competitions through your Golf Genius App.

Thanks are due to Dunbar Golf Club for hosting our MD3 on their excellent course and to the Management and Staff for hosting our 59 competitors. Special thanks go to those who helped on the day – Shona Paton, Ric Foulner, Dave Northcott and our Starter, Dunbar member Joe Gillan. The Home Team won the Team event with their 4 counting scores averaging over 40 points each! With 161 points they were 9 points ahead of joint runners-up – The Glen and Craigielaw, but The Glen had a better 5th score so picked up 2nd place. Pride of place in the individual scores went to Callum Kenneally playing for Dunbar who scored 39 points with a gross score of 68 round the par 71 course. The best net points total was 43 scored by Andrew Milne of The Glen. All scores have been posted to WHS. Team Scores are below. Individual scores can be seen on the Leaderboards on the App. The West Links Team take over the lead in the League Table, with East Lothian Girls and Craigielaw close behind. MD4 is at Haddington on Sunday the 25th July. Players can enter online through Golf Genius. PACE OF PLAY – Congratulations to all the Competitors – I could see that there were often 3 matches on the 18th hole at the same time, one on the tee, one on the fairway, and one on the green, so most groups were – KEEPING UP WITH THE MATCH IN FRONT! Well done! The last match got round in around 3.5 hours which is a good sign for the future. Keep it up! Don’t let gaps in front of your game developers, and if they do – speed up! Prizes will be issued at the next MD which the players attend. The Orders of Merit will soon be compiled – its the best 5 out of 10 scores, so keep entering the MDs to give yourself a chance!

There were 67 Players players at MD 2 at Kilspindie on Sunday on a day of excellent scoring weather despite the proximity of thunder late in the day. The total of 152 Stableford points by a strong West Links Team was impressive as their best 4 scorers from 6 Players averaged 38 points! Only one point behind were East Lothian Girls, despite only having 4 Players. Rebecca Wilson broke 100 for the first time ever to score 51 points for EL Girls. Joe MacPherson of Kilspindie came second with 41 points, and Harry Dunkinson was third with 39 points on a count back. Aidan Lawson representing West Links, scored a 68 gross, for 37 points in the scratch section, narrowly beating both Byron Archibald and Fergus Brown by 1 point. The League Table has been updated, and can be seen on this site. East Lothian Girls and West Links Juniors have made an early break from the “pack.” Our thanks are due to Kilspindie Golf Club for hosting the League and we were ably assisted by Kilspindie’s new Junior Convenor Alan Russell, and the Honorary Starter, John Anderson. Kilspindie’s Captain Chris Stirling assisted Shona Paton, Ric Foulner and myself with the scoring. All scores have been posted to WHS so any handicap changes took place overnight. Players can register through the Golf Genius App for the next 2 Match Days at Dunbar and Haddington. Team and Individual Scores, with League points allocated appear below. The individual Orders of Merit will appear on the website soon. Players best 5 out of 10 scores count for that. The more you play – the more chance you have of winning some great prizes.

Many thanks to Craigielaw for hosting our first Match Day in nearly 2 years! The course was in great condition and the hospitality was excellent. Many thanks are due to the various helpers throughout a long day, in particular to Gordon Smith, Shona Paton and Ric Foulner. Club Captain Evelyn Raistrick was present for most of the day and gave her support. The World Handicap System has been updated with your scores.

The results of the competition on Golf Genius are here! The net scores can be seen first and then the scratch scores below those. The positions of Players will be used in our Orders of Merit, which is based on Players’ best 5 scores out of 10. Prizes for the leading scorers both net and scratch will be given at the following Match Day when they next compete. We had 65 Players competing involving 13 Teams instead of the usual 12. Musselburgh assembled a Team of 4 which enabled them to compete as a Team for first time in recent years. Team honours went to the East Lothian Girls Team who amassed 148 points in the best 4 from 6 scores format. Hayden Fowler of Longniddry scored an excellent 42 points with a gross round of 77 in tough and windy conditions. Molly Chapman was second on 39 points. All scores have been posted to WHS. All the scores can be seen on the Golf Genius App now by accessing the Member Portal then “Results.” In the meantime, MD2 at Kilspindie on the 4th July, and MDs 3 and 4 at Dunbar and Haddington are open for registration now, so please register if you can play. Go to the Golf Genius App and enter yourselves for these events. Your Convenor will make the Team selection when the list closes.

Congratulations to both Jack McDonald of Haddington GC and to Sam Hall of The Glen GC who tied for the prestigious Lothians Junior Champion of Champions, with scores of 70, over Uphall G.C. They could not be separated on count-back, so they share the trophy. Link to scores is here. The photo of the winners is below. Well done Boys! Report here.

CSS was 35 points. Players’ home Clubs have been notified. Our thanks go to the staff at Haddington for hosting MD8. In particular to Dave Parker, Veronica Nicholson and our Starter, David Drew. Craigielaw were in danger of losing to The Glen until their last Player, Ryan Yuill, came in with an excellent 37 points. Gullane U14s, in second place in the League, also won by virtue of a walkover against Kilspindie, and Musselburgh had a walkover against Dunbar. Longniddry beat Gullane U18s and Haddington beat West Links. Craigielaw have a much superior goal difference (68 points) so should seal the League title at MD9 at The Glen on Sunday the 10th September. The Team results and leading Individual scores are here. (Click on link.) All individual scores are here, Gross and Net. A list of Prizewinners at all Match Days is here. Collect from Dave Warren. Some matches were very slow, and players will have to address their pre-shot routines, keep up with the Match in front, and use their common sense with regards to (see link) our “Ready Golf” advice which applies at ALL our events. Scores and updates will appear here soon. In the Scratch OOM, Lewis Hannah has drawn level with James Morgan, but in order to win the OOM, James has to score 4 points more than Lewis at MD9, provided Lewis scores 28 or more. Lewis Irvine has an 8 point lead over Fergus Brown in the Handicap OOM but if Lewis does not improve his total by scoring 37 or more, Fergus can overtake him with a 40 point total at MD9. OOM updates are here Scratch and Handicap.

CSSs – Boys 35 points, Girls 38 points. Remember that the Boy’s scores were inflated by a Competition Handicap Allowance of 3 Strokes, so for handicap purposes, their points totals in the Competition will be reduced. The Team results and leading Individual scores are here. (Click on link.) All individual scores are here, Gross and Net. A list of Prizewinners at all Match Days is here. Collect from Dave Warren. A big thanks to Musselburgh G.C. for hosting us, especially to David Noon, Ric Foulner, Mark Yule, Irene Gray, and the Clubhouse staff. Craigielaw march on towards the title by beating West Links convincingly. The Teams in joint 2nd place, Longniddry and Gullane U14s, played each other, and this came down to the last player on the course! Scott McEwan-Ness of Gullane U14s scored a great 41 points in his first ever Match Day to win the day for Gullane. Musselburgh beat The Glen by only 2 points! Full results, League Table, OOMs are now in place on this website. Lewis Irvine looks uncatchable in the Handicap OOM but James Morgan could be caught by several Players in the Scratch OOM. Next Match Sunday 6th August at Haddington on Sunday 6th August starting at 1330 till 1550.