These are the Team and Individual scores from MD9. Congratulations to Craigielaw for winning the Team event by 2 points from Gullane. Craigielaw go to the top of the League, with one MD left to go. Congratulations to Evie McCallum who had the best score of 38 points. The best scratch score was by Callum Waugh with 36 points with a gross score of 71. Conditions were very tricky with a strong westerly wind and some showers. The League Table etc will be updated asap. The scoring on Golf Genius has been closed and scores have now been uploaded to the WHS. Any Handicap changes will take place after midnight. Many thanks to the helpers on the day, Mark Lucas, Steve Austin, John Anderson and Gullane Ladies’ Captain Ann Henderson. THE SCRATCH AND HANDICAP ORDERS OF MERIT (OOM) are coming to a conclusion and these standings can be seen on the App under “Member Portal” and you can toggle between the scratch and handicap lists, best viewed in “Landscape” format. In the Scratch OOM, Fergus Brown’s lead of 22 points has been narrowed to just 8 points better than Luke Greig, as Fergus only improved his worst finish of T9 to a T5, whilst Luke Greig discarded his worst finish of T22, improving this with a 4th place. Jack Lucas in 3rd place, is unlikely to be able to catch the 2 leaders now. In the handicap OOM, leader Daryl Yuill, could not improve on his worst placing of T13 so was overtaken by Connor Cook’s T2 placing at Gullane. Connor is now 15 points ahead of Daryl. Connor now has a worst placing of T7 which is difficult to better, but Daryl’s worst placing is still that T13. By my calculations, Daryl can improve his total by as much as 17 points if he were to win at MD10, whilst Connor, can only improve by 11 points. In the final MD, the leading boys will be paired together for a bit of added excitement! ALL PLAYERS – If you can play in the final Match Day 10 at North Berwick, on Sunday the 31st October. please register through Golf Genius. Your Convenor will tell you if you are in their Team or are playing as a reserve.
East Lothian Junior Golf League News

Junior Open Season!
There are hundreds of Junior Opens every summer and if you are having a holiday in the UK, and wish to try some different courses, then check out this website – “Golf Empire.” This link takes you to the page listing JOs in the South East of Scotland which includes 6 of the venues in the ELJGL. These events would love to have your participation. Entering them is easy using the links on the Golf Empire website and entry fees are very affordable. When you are older you will wish you had played these courses – at these prices!

MD4 at Craigielaw – Results
These are the results of MD4 at Craigielaw. After 2 abandoned Match Days, it was great to see 77 Juniors out playing golf in good weather. Thanks are due to Craigielaw for hosting us and being very welcoming to the League! Thanks also to John Murdoch, Chris Barker, Iain Crawford and Scott Lothian for assisting on the day. We will need similar assistance at every MD this year, usually involving local Junior Convenors and other local volunteers.
Well done to both West Links Teams for consistently high scoring at Craigielaw, and to the Juniors with the best scratch and net individual scores. Prizes will be handed to winners at our next event. Individual and Team Scoring can be seen on your Golf Genius App. The League table, which can be viewed on this website, has been updated. Scores have been submitted to WHS.
Please remember to enter our next 3 events at Kilspindie, Winterfield and Haddington, using your Golf Genius App. Our annual League Championships are going to be held at Haddington on Sunday June the 29th. In view of the increased number of Players now registered with the League – now standing at 217, there may be a surplus of Players wishing to play in that event. There may have to be a ballot of Players by handicap indexes, in the various age groups. So please enter this event if you wish to play. Registration on Golf Genius is now OPEN! In the event of excessive numbers of entries, we may look at hosting the U12s Boys, and the Girls Championships, at other MD venues.

ELJGL Girls vs. St Andrews!
On Saturday the 28th March, a Team of 6 Girls ventured to the Jubilee Course at St Andrews for a match vs. the St Andrews University Ladies Golf Team. The University Team were led by their Captain, Kate Thomson, a recent ELJGL Player from Dunbar. The 3 pairings consisted of Anna Zonova and Lydia Pickett vs. Louisa Forman and Palakshi Siingh, Chloe Adams and Phebe Pickett vs Helen Boyd and Abi Mitchell, and Maisie Witt and Louise Martin vs. Clara Goldstein and Meili Fabre-Marques. The St Andrews University raised 8 Players so together with Gareth Jack, former Longniddry Junior Convenor, I played against Kate and Jemima Bullock. The overall result was 2 matches each. After a round played in very windy conditions, with sand from the beach stinging our faces, we adjourned to the One Under Bar in the Rusacks Hotel for soup and sandwiches. We were grateful for the support of several parents, George Adam, Chris Martin, David Witt and most of the Pickett family! We anticipate having a return match in 2027 in East Lothian. Photos attached in order as per the Teams listed above with a stand-in from another Pickett sister for a St Andrews Player who had to leave! Dave Warren, Jt. League Secretary.








