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MIDLOTHIAN COUNTY LADIES' GOLF ASSOCIATIONMidlothian County Ladies Golf Association is committed to supporting and developing county golf by providing training for junior girls and ladies – particularly those aspiring to play for the County Team and for National or International Honours. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No more MCLGA news on this site MCLGA Fixtures for 2008 available New Web Site - current a new web site is 'under development' for MCLGA. This can be viewed on www.mclga.com. November 13 - Midlothian held a successful AGM and Prizegiving at Liberton Golf Club - Ellice Cackett and Tracy Laughland continue as Captain and Vice Captain of the Association for 2008. Margaret Rodgers was elected President in succession to Sue Caton, who demitted office after three years. Claire Hargan was congratulated on winning the County Championship for the fith year in succession and the Midlothian County Team were also congratulated on winning the Scottish County Finals for the second time in the last three years. (Details of All Prizewinners). Fixtures for 2008 SLGA Ladies Rankings - Congratulations to Rachae Livingstone (7th); Clarie MacDonald (8th=); Claire Hargan (13th); and Jane Turner (14th) October 21 - SLGA Mixed Foursomes at Deer Park - Fiona Hunter and Dougllgas Hunter won 3rd scratch and 1st handicap. Well done. October 14 - Scottish Champion of Champions - Congratulations to Claire Hargan (Midlothian County Champion)on winning the SLGA Champion of Champions Competition at Western Gailes with a two under par 75. Alison Davidson (Stirling & Clackmannan Champion) was second on 77bih from Jane Turner (East of Scotland Girls Champion) who was third.. SLGA Winter Training Squads 2007-2008. Congratulations to the following Midlothian Players on their selection for SLGA Squads
September 10 - The final of the Silver Hole and Hole will be played bweteen Sue Sutherland (Dalmahoy) and Ellice Cackett (Broomieknowe) The Bronze Finalists are Alison MacDonald (Dalmahoy) and Susan Dalrymple (King's Acre). Well done all four playes and Good Luck.
East of Scotland Championship Sunday October 7th, Glen Golf Club, North Berwick - The closing date for entries has been changed to September 19th, and there are still spaces. Players with handicaps up to about 14 usually get into the competition. You can have a round on the Glen for £10. [Entry forms with the Captain and with club representatives] September 3rd - Thanks go to Deer Park for allowing MCLGA to play their Autumn Meeting there in perfect golfing weather. Midlothian members enjoyed the course, which was in great condition. Jane Turner (Mortonhall) won the Lady Ford Cup with the best Scratch score of 74. Susan Dalrymple (Kings Acre) won the McIntrye Trophy with the best overall net score of 68. (Results)
August 29 Five-Asides Final Results for 2007- Congratulations to Mortonhall on winning Division 1 and Harburn on winning Division 2. The Captain hopes that you all enjoyed your games. She thanks the representatives for arranging the matches and getting the results to her promptly Ladies Home Internationals at Dunbar Golf Club, September 12, 13th, 14th 2007 County Finals at Tulliallan golf Club, Friday August 31st to Sunday September 2nd August 26th - Scottish Womens' Foursomes Championship. Winners were the Mortonhall Team of Claire Hargan and Jane Turner (75, 27) 147. August 26th Vicki Laing - Congratulations to Vicki Laing on her first win on the Futures Tour in the USA (Score (70, 68, 69) 207. Vicki is now 8th in the Futures Order or Merit. Well done. British Ladies' Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Conwy Golf Club - Congratulations to Jane Turnner on her 20th place. This is her best finish in a ladies open competiton. Claire MacDonald and Rachae Livingstone also played and just missed qualifying for the last two rounds. August 21st - County Golf Open Meeting at Haddington - Congratulations to Noreen Fenton in winning the second scratch prize with a score of 72. Louise MacGregor (Stirling and Clackmannan) had the best scratch score of 76. Strathtyrum Trophy - Gilliam Simpson, Shona Simpson, Joan Marshall and Karen Marshall qualified for the matchplay. Karen reached the semi-final. Gillian lost a very close second round match. Draw published forAutumn Meeting at Deer Park Golf Club on Monday September 3rd 2007 -
Draw and Tee-off Times for Matches at Tulliallan Golf Club (it's not far and just off the M9, so do please come along and support your county)
July 17-20 - Congratulations to all the Midlothian Girls who played in the Sottish Girls' Championship at Peterhead this week. Particular congratulations go to Jane Turner who has been selected for the Scottish Girls' Home International Team. Also to Gabrielle MacDonald, who won the Ansley Reid Salver, the consolation event, in the Scottish Girls Championship
July 12 - Jane Turner set a new course record at Mortonhall Golf club with a 66 (7 under par) Well done Jane
July 4 - Draw for MCLGA Summer Meeting at Craigmillar Park on July 10th published
Midlothian Team - County Shield Winners, 2007 The East Division Inter-County Matches were held at Ladybank Golf Club from June 25th to June 28th 2007.
June 17 - Congratulations to Fiona de Vries on finishing 6th in the European Senior Amateur Championships recently held at Vilamoura, Portugal. June 12-17 - British Ladies Amateur Championaship at Alwoodley Golf Club, Leeds June 5 - Many congratulations to Rachael Livingstone on her selection for the Scottish Team for the European Ladies' Team Championship to be played at Castelconturbia Golf Club, Italy, 10 - 14 July 2007 June 5 - Midlothian and Broomieknowe member, Patricia Capaldi, won the Bronze Division Silver Medal at the LGU Medal Grand Final at Crieff on June 3 with a score of 92 (20) 72 net. June 4 - The MCLGA Squad versus SUGS at Gullane on June 1st, played on a lovely, calm summy evening, resulted in a win for SUGS by 3.5 matches to 1.5 (Detailed results). Thank you to SUGS for organising the match. May 25 - A squad practice match was played against Duddingston Golf Club on a dry, cold evening. The result was a win for Midlothian by 2.5 to 1.5. Fiona de Vries birdied the last hole to win the match for her partnership. (Detailed results). MCLGA summer foursomes Scottish Ladies (Close) Amateur Championship at Kilmarnock Barassie Golf Club, May 15-19 2007 - 13 members of MCLGA supported and enjoyed playing in the 'Scottish'. Rachael Livingstone was the 4th best qualifier. Clarie Hargan, Claire MacDonald and Jane Turner also qualified in the top 32 for the match-play stages of the Championship. Claire Hargan reached the quarter finals. Detailed results are available on the SLGA web site. May 14 - Draw for Commonwealth Spoons at Ravelston on May 21st
May 6th - Congratulations to Claire Hargan (Mortonhall) on winning the Midlothian County Championship for the fifth year in a row. Claire beat Tracy Laughland (Mortonhall) by 7 & 6 in the final. Claire started with a par four and followed this with a birdie at the second and pars at the third and fourth. Tracy won the fifth but Claire won the honour back immediately with a birdie at the sixth, and pars at the next three saw the reigning champion out in one-under 35 and six up. Tracy won the tenth after a rare putting lapse from Claire, but a par 3 at the eleventh and a bogey 5 at twelve were sufficient to give Claire the title once again. In the morning semifinals, Tracy beat the top qualifier, Belinda Murphy (also Mortonhall) by 3&2 and Claire beat Claire Macdonald (Gullane Ladies) by 2&1.
May 4th - Some excellent golf was played in the first two rounds of the Midlothian Championship and B Championship match play at Newbattle Golf Course today. In the morning a very closely fought tie by two of the Ladies Senior Internationalists resulted in a win for Noreen Fenton over Fiona de Vries with the last putt on the 18th green. In the afternoon matches Belinda Murphy, Tracy Laughland, Claire Hargan and Claire MacDonald all won through to the semi-finals. (Championship results) May 2nd - Draw for Championship Match Play and Draw for B Championship Match Play May 1st - The Miidlothian Championship Qualifying Competition was played over two rounds at Newbattle Golf Club today on a gloriously sunny day (SSS 72, CSS 71 and 72). The leading qualifier was Belinda Murphy (Mortonhall) 141 (70, 71) with Claire MacDonald (Gullane) second on 142 (71, 71). Claire Hargan was third on 145 (74, 71) (Qualifiers for Match Play on Friday May 4th)
April 25 - Draw for Championship Qualifying at Newbattle on May 1st April 22 - Lanarkshire Ladies hosted a keenly contested annual practice match against Midlothian County Ladies' Squad at Lanarkshire Golf Club. The result was a win for Midlothian by 3 games to 1. The Junior Girls also won both their games. (Results) Thanks go to Lanarkshire Ladies for hosting the match and to Lanark Golf Club for courtesy of the course. April 16- MCLGA Spring Meeting at Prestonfield - SSS=72. CSS=75 - Congratulations to Rachael Livingstone who won the Cormack Salver for the best Scratch score at the Spring Meeting at Prestonfield with a scratch 73 (bih). The best net overall score came from Susan Dalrymple (King's Acre). (Results) Winter Foursomes 2006-2007- Congratulations to Anthea Mackenzie and Muriel Ritchie, who won the Winter Foursomes. Good consistent golf girls. April 9 - Midlothian Championship at Newbattle Golf Club
April 15 - Many congratulations to Midlothian's Junior Girls team of Jane Turner, Cara Easton, Gillian Simpson and Rachael Watton who retained the East Division Junior Inter-county Trophy (The Cuthbertson Cup) at Glenbervie Golf Club today.They played some excellent golf to retain the cup. In the morning they beat Stirling and Clackmannan. It was a very close match. Rachael made a remarkable come-back to get the half match we needed. In the afternoon we beat Fife. Again, all the matches were keenly contested. The girls supported each other all day. Jane was an excellent Captain. She won both her matches and was then off to support the others. Thanks to SCCGA for organising the event and to Glenbervie Golf Club for hosting the matches. Thanks also to all the parents and supporters. (detailed results) April 7 - Cuthbertson Cup. The Cuthbertson Cup [The East Division Girls Inter-County Matches] will be held at Glenbervie Golf Club (near Larbert) on Sunday April 15th. The Midlothian Team is Cara Easton, Gillian Simpson, Jane Turner and Rachael Watton. Teams will tee off at 09:30 and 14:15. Midlothian are the holders of the Cuthbertson Cup and we do hope that you will be able to come along and give the team your support. April 6 - Draw for Spring Meeting at Prestonfield on April 16 March 25 - The first squad practice match of the season between Borders and Midlothian was played at Minto Golf Club on a lovely sunny day and the matches were keenly contested. The Junior Girls also played a match. Results. March 16 - Congratulations to Cara Easton for being selected for Scotland Team 2 and to Gillian Simpson for being selected 1st Reserve for the the SLGA Under 16 Championship at Craigielaw on April 5-6. Team 1, Eilidh Briggs, (Kilmacolm), Jordana Graham (Southerness), Sammy Vass (Tain). Team 2, Cara Easton (Dalmahoy), Jill Meldrum (Dullatur), Annabel Niven (Crieff). Reserves 1. Gillian Simpson (Murrayfield), 2. Samanthan Leslie (Westhill). MCLGA Winter Foursomes 2006-2007 - Congratulations to Anthea MacKenzie and Muriel Ritchie and to Jill Lothian and Rona Hunter, who have reached the final of the MCLGA Winter Foursomes. Have a good match ladies.
Social Evening on Thursday 1st March (7p.m. for 7.30p.m.) - at Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club, Dalmahoy Suite. Well Connected Golf Members may now bring a guest for £7.00. ( replies to Agnes Leslie, please)
East Division Junior Inter-County Match for the Cuthbertson Cup at Glenbervie Golf Club Sunday 15th April 2007 East Division Inter-County Matches 2007
Social Evening on Thursday 1st March (7p.m. for 7.30p.m.) At Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club, Dalmahoy Suite. Cost £7 - January 2007 - A Happy New Year to all MCLGA Members and great golfing in 2007.. Now is the time to pay your subscription and read our 2007 Newsletter, which has been sent out to all members. Read also the Junior Newsletter. December 18 - Winter Foursomes. Rona Hunter and Jill lothian won their foursomes at Liberton with a hole in 1 at the 17th. December 12 October 28 - A Midlothian Junior Team and guests enjoyed a friendly but very competitive greensomes match against a team of County Squad members and their guests on Sunday at Broomieknowe Golf Course. Well done to the Juniors on winning by 3 games to 2. Thank you to Ellice, Midlothian's new Captain for organising the match and to Broomieknowe for being given courtesy of the course.
October 24 - Midlothian held its AGM at Liberton Golf Club. Retiring Captain, Maggie McPherson, was thanked for her enthusiasm and contributions to the work of the County and presented with her past captain's badge. Ellice Cackett was elected Captain and Tracy Laughland Vice Captain. The other Office Bearers continue in post. After the AGM the President, Sue Caton, presented the prizes to the winning Ladies and Girls.Claire Hargan, County Champion gave a vote of thanks in 'rhyme' to Captain Maggie and to President, Sue Caton. Archive 2006 Email Ellice Cackett, Captain of the Association Email Tracy Laughland, Vice-Captain of the Association Email Agnes Leslie, Secretary of the Association Email Secretary/Association Email Maureen McLeod, Treasurer of the Association Email Mandy Easton, Junior Secretary
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October 7 - East of Scotland Championship at the Glen Golf Course North Berwick - 
Team Prize
September 9 - The Midlothian Champion of Champions Final was played at the Royal Burgess Golf Course. Jennifer Bryans (Harburn) beat Karen Marshall (Baberton). Jennifer holed a long putt on the 17th green to win by 2 and 1. Karen just failed to hole a putt to take the match down the 18th hole. Photographed left, Karen Marshall, Runner Up and Jennifer Bryans with the Antonio Vase, the Champion of Champioins Trophy 
July 10 - Midlothian Summer Meeting at Craigmillar Park - LGU SS .., CSS 73 - Best Scratch and Winner of Corstorphine Salver: Karen Marshall (Baberton) 73; Winner of the Dumayne Bowl Amanda Edwards (Liberton) 75 (5) 70 bih, who had a hole in one at the 15th (her first - well done Amanda) (Amanda is pictured on the right. (
MCLGA Social Evening at Dalmahoy on 1st March More than 100 members enjoyed the evening with the speakers from Well Connected Golf. Scott Dixon and Eileen Auld gave us lots of ideas to work on. These included a quick warm-up routine, how to calm down and how to energise ourselves. Thank you for your support. 