Gullane Golf Club
Gullane Ladies News - May 2018
Unsurprisingly, the weather has taken its toll on the start of our golf season. The main February Stableford, the Match against Edinburgh University and the Tri-Am were all cancelled.
That said much golf has been played and our competition winners were:
February Alternative Stableford - Played on No.2 CSS 73
Silver-Winner - Fiona MacIver – 31 points
Bronze- Winner - Helen Main - 36 points
March Medal - Played on No. 1 CSS 77: Alt CSS 78
Scratch - Line Mortensen - 79
Silver Winner - Gail McKill – (10) 73
Scratch - Elizabeth McGregor – 101
Bronze Winner - Elizabeth McGregor – (25) 76
April Medal
Silver played on No.1 CSS 77: Alt CSS 77
Scratch – Karen Marshall – 73
Winner – Karen Marshall (0) – 73
Bronze played on No. 3 CSS 69: Alt CSS 69
Scratch – Hebe Jeffrey – 87
Winner – Lucy O’Riordan – (34) 65
Coronation Foursomes
Winners - Marie Vandepeear and Louise Casey - 37 points (bih)
Runners Up - Liz Millar and Fiona Jones
Medal Foursomes
1st Shirley Blair and Mairi Pollock 96 -19.5= 76.5 (bih)
2nd Irene Stewart and Kelly Foley 97 - 20.5 = 76.5
3rd Jane Campbell and Susan Corrrie 98 - 19.5 = 78.5
May began with our dinner and prize giving. We enjoyed an entertaining evening with good food, good wine and good company followed by an interesting talk from our guest speaker Ailsa Fortune. The prize winners were:
Festive Frenzy
Winners – Sara Chalmers and Sharon Douglas
Mann Trophy – presented for the best nett score in the March Medal.
Winner – Gail McKill nett 73
Winter Foursomes Knockout
Winners -Lindsey Garden and Kelly Foley, for the second year running
Runners up – Gill Ellis Pow and Lorna White
Bi-Annual Foursomes - Watson Salvers
Winners – Elaine Dick and Gilly Corstorphine – 34pts
Runners up – Hazel Saunders and Caitriona Smith - 33 pts
Spring Meeting
Silver Scratch – Winner – Lindsey Garden gross 78
Silver Handicap – Winner – Wendy Thummanond nett 72
Bronze Scratch – Winner - Sue Dunlop gross 92
Bronze Handicap – Winner – Ann Pyrkosz –nett 72
Many congratulations to all the winners.
The re-arrangement of this year’s fixture list, due to the Scottish Opens, allowed us to have great fun by combining Captain’s Day and the Captain v Secretary Match. We were delighted to welcome three of our new members who joined us for this event. After last year’s defeat by the Secretary’s team, the Captain’s team took their revenge!
ELLCGA - Spring Meeting played on Gullane No.1
Silver Scratch and winner of the Connie Lugton Prize – Lindsey Garden – 81
Congratulations to Jill McNicoll who won the ELLCGA championship to retain the title.
Well done too to Lorna Thomson, runner up in the Handicap Quaich.
Sue Penman and Lesley Johnston came 2nd in the Senior Ladies International Foursomes Championship at the Royal Golf Club de Belgique. Barbara Biggart and her partner were fifth.
The Scottish Golf AGM saw the appointment of June McEwan as Scottish Golf’s new President, the first female to hold the role following amalgamation in 2015. This is a fitting reward for her work as a volunteer across various levels of the game. We would all like to congratulate June on her appointment and wish her well.
Ladies Open Greensomes – 7 August (Supporting Maggie’s and the Gullane Day Centre). Entries will now go on the reserve list.
Ladies tuition sessions run by Ailsa and Katy have started and will cover every aspect of the game.
There are still spaces in Block 1 as follows:
Mondays: 14 May (11am) Long Game (needs more people otherwise may have to cancel)
Thursdays: 10 May (4.45pm & 5.45pm) Chipping
17 May (4.45pm & 5.45pm) Long Game
Block 2
28 May – 25 June
31 May – 28 June
Please ring or go into the Professional Shop to book.
There has been a great uptake for volunteering for the Scottish Open and the Scottish Ladies Open, a big thank you to all who have applied. We are looking forward to seeing some of the best golfers in the world and it will be particularly interesting to see how the cream of the ladies tackle our course!
Barbara Gibb
Captain, Gullane Ladies
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