Lochend Ladies
Competition Notes 2008
Mandy's debut win and Sue takes the Bronze in the December Medal
Mandy McBain finishes the year by winning her first Lochend Competition. A 73 won her the Silver medal, one stroke ahead of Diane Moncrieff, here's to the first of many.
Sue Sayer bounced back from losing the matchplay pairs final (on the 20th hole) by winning the Bronze Medal today with a fine 71 with Eunice Reid runner up with a 75
CSS today was non qualifying due to the length of course being reduced.
20 holes needed to decide the Summer Foursomes Final
Pat Meikle and Eileen Stevenson clinched a very tough Summer Foursomes Final.
It may be the Summer Foursomes but it was cold and frosty and all credit to the finalists.
Sue Sayer and Linda Bain took Pat and Eileen all the way and then some as two extra holes were needed to finally produce the winners. Well done.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
Well done Jaci Moriarty on a successful defence of her Summer Matchplay Trophy.
Jaci and fellow finalist Joan Gray have been dominant in this competition, being the only winners of the trophy for the last six years.
The lead changed hands more than a few times today during the outward half then Jaci was two up after 15 then Joan won the 16th to be one behind. However Jaci then took the match at the 17th for a fourth matchplay in 6 years.
PREVOUS WINNERS
It proved a happy return for Coleen today after winning in Turkey, she was delighted to celebrate her birthday by winning the Silver Medal today. A 71 just pipped Jaci Moriarty who's 72 was one more than 3rd place Diane Moncrieff.
Sandra Craig took the Bronze Medal with a 75 two shots better than runner up Fiona Findlay.
Today's Competition was Non-Qualifying for handicaps.
Helen Borthwick wins Winter Trophy
While some of us where sunning ourselves in Turkey there was still a trophy to play for back at Craigentinny and it was Helen Borthwick who carded a 73 to win the Winter Trophy.
And would you believe the weather was actually very nice.
Joan Gray weathered the wild, wet and widy conditions today to win the Centenary competition with a very creditable 71.
Eileen Gillespie was best Silver with a 72, with Myra Law runner-up with 76.
Linda Hutchinson won the Bronze with a 72 with Sheila Munro's 74 giving her the runner-up spot. This set's up the summer matchplay final nicely with Joan Gray and Jaci Moriarty having now both just won a trophy.
CSS for today was 70
Previous Winners
Grace Robinson win for Jaci Moriarty but boy was it close
Jaci Moriarty won a very closely fought Grace Robinson competition today when no less than four players finished with the best score of 73.
Despite the high scores there was some great golf out there. Lina Hutchinson pitched from almost 100-yards at the 3rd, Fiona Findlay did the same from just off the 7th green, Helen Borthwick pitched in for a two at the 17th and, no sooner had Jessie Graham n/r'd, she then proceeded to nail two pitches from off the green, and those were just the shots I witnessed.
Jaci's return to winning ways came courtesy of a better inward half, Helen Borthwick's better inward half gave her the runner-up spot from Eileen Gillespie who's b.i.h. gave her third place from Coleen Derighetti whos inward half was definitely not better.
CSS
today was 73 (ro)
Well done Diane Moncrieff and Ian Houston who came out tops in a closely fought Ladies Invitation American Greensomes Competition in which only three shots seperated the top six couples.
Diane and Ian's 63 was the winning score with Jaci Moriarty/Duncan Ireland runners-up with 63.6 and Coleen Derighetti/Bren Ford taking 3rd place with 64.8
The Day in Pictures
Well done to Diane Moncrieff and Suzanne Ireland who won the Commonwealth Spoons Foursomes today over Torwoodlee. This is a national competition run by the SLGA for which Diane and Suzanne qualified from the Midlothian section to pit their skills against the area winners from all over Scotland and they came up trumps with a 74 and a better inward half over two other couples thanks to a fine back nine of 41. And it didn't end there, the dynamic duo also found success in the prestigious Gibson Cup by winning the second string matchplay competition the following week.
Sensational Sue Sayer score an incredible 58 in the September Medal. Needless to say Sue won the Bronze by a mile and will no doubt have a brand new lower handicap as a result, great round Sue well done. Eunice Reid was Bronze Runner-Up with 75.
Linda Bain wins the Silver with a 75 from Joan Gray runner-up with a 75
CSS today was 73 (ro)
September
The hits just keep on coming for Jaci Moriarty in what is turning out to be an exceptional season.
This weekend Jaci played in the final of the 32club championship over Whitekirk.
Giving 12 strokes to her opponent meant her expectations weren't high but never the less she plugged away in a roller-coaster of a match to win at the last hole and become the first female winner of the trophy, well done.
And there was more success the next day as Jaci and Duncan Ireland made a valiant defence of the Craigmillar Park Mixed Open. They may have come up just short of the main prize this time but 81 was good enough to take the second Scratch prize.
Jane Maclean bounced back from her Matchplay semi-final loss to Jaci Moriarty earlier in the week to win a closely contested Betty Noble competition today. Carding a par 70 revenge was sweet as Jane came in one stroke ahead of runner-up Jaci moriarty (71). Helen Borthwick was third with a 72
CSS was 70
For the sixth year in a row the Summer Matchplay will be won by with Jaci Moriarty or Joan Gray. Jaci convincingly won her semi with Jane Maclean and Joan booked her place in the final with a win over Violet Paterson.
Previous Winners
With the course getting back to something resembling a golf course (rather than a swamp) scores are beginning to improve. Eunice Reid played a very steady round of 73 to secure a 6-stroke win in the Bronze Medal with Sandra Craig taking the runner-up spot.
The Silver medal was a tighter affair as Jaci Moriarty swapped places with Thursday's winner Pat Meikle to win this time. Jaci and Pat both scored 72 and Jaci took the medal on the BIH.
CSS was 70 so its a 0.1 increase for everyone except Jaci, Eunice and Pat.
Pat Meikle win a closely fought Thursday Stableford today. it was always going to be tough as the course was still suffering from the recent bad weather. However Pat's creditable 33 points was enough to win by one point from Jaci Moriarty. Joan Gray was third with 26 points.
CSS was 73 and the good news it was reduction only so no amendments to handicaps.
It may have been a great weekend for Team GB Olympians, but Jaci Moriarty had a Super Saturday and Sunday of her own.
Firstly, on Saturday, Jaci and Duncan Ireland took the top prize at Broomieknowe's Mixed Open with a 66, having rode their luck in the outward 9 with some excellent saving putts they posted the score which kept them top of the leaderboard for the whole day.
Then Super Sunday, Jaci, a last minute entry for Kingsknowe Ladies Open played an excellent round of 69 which won the Silver Handicap prize and just lost out for the top prize on the better inward half. Jaci also was three under the CSS of 72 and so gains another handicap cut.
Well done also to Pat Meikle and Sandra Craig who walked of with a couple of nearest the line prizes.
Jaci Moriarty and Joan Gray have won the last five Summer Matchplays between them and they are still on course for another final. However their semi-finals will be tough matches.
Jaci continues her defence of the trophy against Jane Maclean who had a fine win over Sue Sayer in the previous round.
And Joan, who saw of Eileen Gillespie with a 2 at the 17th on Tuesday meets Violet Paterson who has been playing well since cutting her handicap while winning the June Medal. Previous Winners
There were three excellent performances away from Craigentinny in the space of a week.
First up, new member, Mandy McBain won the Swanston Ladies Championship, beating Muriel Gilligan 3 & 2 in the final.
Diane Moncrieff faired well at the Broomkieknowe Ladies Open, her 71 was only one behind the eventual winner, but good enough to take third place.
And finally Eileen Stevenson shot a wonderful 55 during the Melville Golf Club medal and with a CSS of 62 Eileen will no doubt cut a bit more off her handicap.
Well done to you all.
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The July Stableford was won today by Eunice Reid with an excellent 39 points, giving her another handicap cup, edging ever closer to the Silver Section.
Pat Meikle followed up Saturday's Medal win with 36 Stableford Points today to take the runner-up spot followed by Saturday's other winner Sandra Fairgrieve who scored 32 points.
In a low scoring Medal Sandra Fairgrieve showed her recent Stableford win was no fluke as she won the Bronze medal with an excellent 67. With a cut in handicap Sandra is definitely on the up, winning the Bronze on the b.i.h. from Fiona Findlay who is clearly recoving well from the broken ankle. The Silver Medal was also a very closely run thing and it was Pat Meikle who came out top with a 68 on the b.i.h. from Eileen Gillespie both Pat and Eileen shaved a piece off their handicaps but more importantly they also improved their Championship positions in the final line-up. Pat moved into third place and Eileen swapped places with Linda Bain to move into the top qualifying postion. The CSS for today was 69.
Final Championship positions.
Jaci Moriarty and Duncan Ireland won the big prize at Glencorse Mixed Open today. They proved just as capable at the Greensome format as they have been in the foursomes this year.
A 61.2 was their winning score and would you believe the scratch prize was won by Duncan's wife Suzanne playing with Robert Binnie, also shooting a 69. Their nearest the pin and a share of the two sweeps (there were only three) meant they went away with a bit more of the cash on the day.
Margaret Richards won her second trophy in a matter of days. Following her Captains Trophy win on Saturday her score of 72 tonight won her the Fay Allanach trophy. Incredibly Margaret started with a 10 but played a great 17 holes to win on the better inward half from Coleen Derighetti with Joan Gray coming third with a 74. Could it be three in a row on Saturday?
CSS was 70
The Captains Trophy was won today by Margaret Richards with an excellent 40 point's. Margaret's first win of the year ensures her handicap moves in the right direction.
A new lower handicap proved no problem for Violet Paterson as she was runner-up with 38 points and will gain another handicap adjustment. Sandra Craig was third with 36 points.
Well done to Jaci Moriarty and Duncan Ireland who won the best scratch prize at Newbattle Mixed Open today.
Duncan's wife Suzanne, playing with Lochend's Gavin Clarke lead the scratch score for most of the day with 82 until Duncan and Jaci playing in the final pairing came in with the 81, wonder if Mr Ireland got any supper that night.
June Medal wins for Violet and Sue
Violet Paterson who recently won a 22-hole epic in the Summer Matchplay over Diane Moncrieff, took the Silver Medal today with a handicap cutting 68 and a four stoke win from Pat Meikle. Pat took the runner-up place on the inward half over a whole stack of players who came in with 72.
Sue Sayer wins the Bronze with 70 and Jane Maclean was runner-up with 73.
Today's medal was the first step on the way to Championship Qualifying and with the recent new additions to the Silver Section its going to be competitive just to get in. Championship Qualification
Great to see Sandra Fairgrieve in the winners enclosure today. Any thoughts of the health problems that have restricted her golf were forgotten as Sandra bounced back by winning the June Thursday Stableford with 32 points. Eunice Reid and Jessie Grahame both scored 30, Eunice taking the runner-up spot on the better inward half.
Well done to Pat Meikle who faired well in the Musselburgh "B" championship. Pat played well throughout the handicapped competition but unfortunately lost out in the final to Irene Gray.
Our Champion Linda Bain is warming up nicely for the defence of her title with a fine run of form which continued at Ladybank today as she won their Ladies Open.
Linda's competition winning score of 68 was even more impressive when you find out the CSS came out at 75. What a year its turning out for Linda. so far she has bagged the Coronation Foursomes and Leven Greensomes with Eileen Gillespie, the Turnhouse Championship and now the Ladybank Open taking her to her lowest ever handicap (8) well done Champ!
The Ladies played for a new trophy tonight and it's well done to Pat Hill who is the inaugural winner of the Joyce Anderson Trophy.
Pat's 69 was a handicap cutting score, Coleen Derighetti was runner-up with a 70 and Violet Paterson took third place with a 71.
Unbelievably the top three all carded a nine at some point, with Violet's slip-up happening at the 18th hole. I wonder what Joyce would have made of that.
CSS was 70 and there was a fair bit of stable ford adjustment work for our handicap secretary.
Fully story and pictures
Congratulations to Linda Bain who won the Turnhouse Ladies Championship.
Linda lived up to her top qualifying spot winning 2 & 1 in the final and is now the current Turnhouse and Lochend Ladies Champion.
So with her place in next year's Champion of Champions already secured Linda may have to ponder which club to represent if she retains her Lochend title later in the year.
Jamie Crisp and Diane Moncrieff carded a 71 at Murrayfield Mixed Open in a round dogged by constant rain. Their efforts were rewarded as their score bagged them the 5th handicap spot.
Also well done to Robert Binnie and Suzanne Ireland who took the 3rd Scratch prize with an excellent 78.
Prestonfield is normally a happy hunting ground for Lochenders and today was no exception as Sandra Craig, Jaci Moriarty and Helen Borthwick(not pictured) all went home with main prizes.
Sandra was the 2nd Bronze Scratch with 97, Jaci showed her new handicap is proving to be no problem by winning the 2nd Silver Handicap with a 73 and Helen was 4th Bronze with 75 well done girls.
Joan Gray took top spot in the Stableford today. 35 points the winning score with Pat Meikle runner up with 34 points (still hanging onto that handicap). Violet Paterson was 3rd with 31 points.
The May medal might have proved wild and windy and the rough may have got the better of most of us but for Jane Maclean and Jaci Moriarty it was a handicap-cutting performance.
Jane won the Bronze with a 71 and when you consider her card included a 10 you realize how well she played. Helen Borthwick was runner-up with a 72 and also cuts her handicap.
Jaci takes the Silver with a 70 and gains a new handicap of 14 which, as with Jane, is her lowest ever. It may have been a game of two halfs for Linda Bain but she still managed the runner-up spot in the Silver with a 73. The CSS of 73 will tell you how difficult it was today.
Diane Moncrieff and Suzanne Ireland scored the best scratch prize in the Midlothian Ladies Mid-Summer Foursomes over Liberton Golf Course today.
A 78 was an excellent score, apparently Diane sunk putts for fun, capping a fine weekend for Suzanne who won at Royal Musselburgh two days ago. Diane and Suzanne now qualify for the final over Torwoodlee later in the year, well done.
Leven result caps an eventful weekend for Eileen and Linda.
Following their recent Coronation Foursomes win, Eileen Gillespie and Linda Bain (Our Dynamic Duo) bagged another prize today at Leven Open Greensomes. They shot an excellent 67 (including a couple of two's) which was good enough to take the runner-up spot.
This follows a week at the Scottish Amatuer Championships (played at Lossiemouth) in which Eileen did very well to qualify for the second string Clark Rosebowl Matchplay despite a bit of a head-scratch at the 18th when the rules officials were called in to decide on where Eileen should drop her ball. To qualify for the matchplay stages is no mean feat when you consider the caliber of competition includes scratch and plus handicap players from all over the country well done.
Jaci's dream team are third at Royal Musselburgh, but its bad news for Fiona
Jaci Moriarty was invited back to Royal Musselburgh's Invitation Scramble to defend the trophy with her "Dream Team" which included the two professionals. This time they managed to win third place. However it was former Lochend member Suzanne Ireland's team which bagged the winning prize.
And spare a thought for Fiona Findlay who took a tumble off one of the tees and has unfortunately broken her ankle, we all wish her a speedy recovery.
Taking on the course (and the blessed rough) in the Tuesday Girls Par Competition Coleen Derighetti managed to beat the course 1-up, Fiona Findlay was runner-up with and all-square result and Joan Gray was 3rd with a 1-down score. So with only two people who didn't lose to the course its clear Craigentinny is no push-over.
Well no wins for over a year then two come along in quick succession maybe there is something in the fact that I'm no longer Captain after all.
Alan Thompson and Jessie Grahame win the Club Mixed
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Eileen Gillespie and Linda Bain certainly enjoy the Coronation Foursomes competition.
They secured their third Corry Fours win today with an excellent 38 points and will represent Lochend in the area final later in the year.
Diane Moncrieff and Carole Owens carded a fine 37 points to take a very close second place and Jaci Moriarty and Coleen Derighetti were third with a 35.
Previous Winners
Jaci and Duncan quick off the Mark at Musselburgh
Jaci Moriarty and Duncan Ireland got their Mixed Opend season off to a flyer as they shot a superb 68.5 to give them the runner-up sport at Musselburgh's Mixed Open.
Jaci also flew the flag for Lochend by qualifying for the Midlothian championships, played over Murrayfield, where she won her first match but lost out in the afternoon to eventual finalist Denise Turnbull.
Following her Summer Matchplay win over Fiona Findlay earlier in the week. Diane Moncreiff scored a fine 67 today giving her the April Silver Medal and who'd bet against her handicap being her lowest ever this year. Diane incredibly started with a three off the tee which makes her score even more impressive. Linda Bain came in second with a 72.
Fiona Findlay bounced back after the matchplay defeat to win the Bronze with a 71. She also had a penalty to deal with as she played off the wrong tee (never mind Fiona we've all done it). Jessie Graham was Bronze runner-up with a 79.
Three-club win for Coleen
A surprizing win for Coleen Derighetti in the 3-club competition is her first Lochend win for over a year. The nine-hole competition was won with a par 35. Diane Moncrieff took runner-up spot with a 38.5 and Pat Meikle was third with 39.
So maybe the winning drought is over. A narrow win in the Summer Matchplay over Thelma Dey followed by a first round win in the Midlothian Matchplay it's been a good week.
Should we read anything into the fact that my first win in over a year co-incides with the end of my Captain's duties,,, mmm I wonder.
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Eunice Reid makes it two out of two at Musselburgh as a 75 is good enough to win the Bronze Medal. It could well have been a Lochend double as her buddy Pat Meikle very narrowly missed out on the Silver medal due to a lapse of concentration on the final two holes.
We'll be running out of Eunice photo's at this rate.
Stableford win for Helen, but only just.
Well done Helen Borthwick who won the April Stableford with 35 points.
Helen won on the BIH from Pat Meikle with Coleen Derighetti taking 3rd place with 32 on the BIH from Jaci Moriarty, Sue Sayer and Fiona Findlay in what turned out to be a very closely run competition.
Well done to Jane Maclean who, along with Royal Musselburgh's Frances Jeffrey took the runners-up prize at Whitekirk's Open Greensomes. They were unlucky not to win the competition, eventually just losing out on the count back
Once again weather conditions put paid to any low scoring as strong winds blew most of us away.
However Lorna Mackay dealt with the conditions best to win the Bronze with a 72 and a 6-stroke win from runner-up Sue Sayer.
And it's two Medal wins in a row for Eileen Gillespie who took the Silver Medal with a 73 from Jaci Moriarty, runner-up with a 75.
The good news is no-one is in their buffer zone so no 0.1 increase.
Eunice in the winning team at Musselburgh
Well done to Eunice Reid who played her part in the winning Triam team over Musselburgh along with Ruth Caroll and Elspeth Morrison.
Having cut her handicap at the annual review Eunice is showing there's more to come and secures the first entry in our Lochenders Away Section, the first of many we hope.
Winter weather takes it toll on the February Medal
Pretty tough conditions today by all accounts.
Eileen Gillespie and Diane Moncrieff both carded 72 which turned out to be exceptional in the circumstances, Eileen taking the Silver Medal on the better inward half.
However the conditions took it's toll on the rest of the field as scores were extremely high (one of the highest scoring competitions for some time).
It was Thelma Dey who weathered the storm to take the Bronze on the better inward half from Nicola Moriarty.
I don't know, your Captain takes a wee holiday for a few days and scores go to pot. Captain's postcard
Well done Pat Meikle, firstly for braving the weather and a wee hangover to get up early on a pretty damp New Years Day. and secondly for scoring an excellent 72 to beat Jaci Moriarty on the inward half to win the New Year's day competition.
Pat's definitely off and running in 2008