Lochend Ladies

Competition Notes 2007

Lady Captain's Trophy
The weather was much kinder to us today for this second attempt at playing for the Lady Captain's Trophy. And for the trio of ladies who cut their handicap it was worth the wait.
The original competition was called off after seven holes and it was decided to schedule this extra date to play for the trophy and it could be said justice was done as Jane Maclean, who won the original competiton over seven holes, did it again today with a superb 66. Her determination to get her name on the trophy also gives her a cut in handicap and she will now play-off 33.
Jaci Moriarty prepared for her trip to The Belfry by carding a 68 and a handicap reduction to 16. Eileen Stevenson was the third lady to play under her handicap, taking third place with a 69. Good Shooting girls.

Rebecca Ellis Ford Trophy
The traditional last Tuesday night get-together for this Flag Competition seems to have come around far too quickly once again, marking the end of our summer evenings, where is the time going?.
Violet Paterson's fine efforts enabled her to take the flag a few shots up the 10th (just short of the green) but it was Fiona Findlay who took the flag that bit further, actually reaching the 10th green to win the Rebecca Ellis Ford Trophy and a meal for two.

Summer Foursomes Final
Congratulations to Diane Moncrieff and Sue Sayer who triumphed in the Final today despite the best efforts of Linda Bain and Thelma Dey.
Linda and Thelma had the early initiative and were two-up at one stage but the match was all square by the turn and then the match really swung the way of Diane and Sue who found themselves four up after the 14th. Linda and Thelma then won the 15th and when Diane and Sue had to take a penalty drop at the 16th it looked like the match might be extended further but Diane and Sue who were stroking that hole still managed to clinch the half for a fine 3 & 2 win
Revised draw --------- Previous Winners

Summer Matchplay Final
Having had success as a Greensome pairing at Craigmillar Park and Ratho Park this year, Jaci Moriarty and Coleen Derighetti found themselves playing each other in what turned out to be a closely fought final today.
Coleen got of to a flyer with an early two-hole lead and a couple of holes where she "stole" a half with long putting. Then Jaci began to show the excellent form that has brought her much success this year. Getting the match back to all square then taking a two hole lead by the 12th and by the 15th Jaci went 3-up after a superb tee-shot hit the middle of the green.
Coleen won the 16th, but when her tee-shot at the 17th ended in the greenside bunker and Jaci was just sort of the green the writing was on the wall.
The bunker shot ended up inches from the pin ensuring Jaci had to work for her win. And she duly sunk the putt for a three to half the hole and win the match 2 and 1. Well done pal
Revised draw --------- Previous Winners

14th July

3rd July

Summer Matchplay
The last quarter-final spot was taken by Linda Bain after her fine win over Nicola Moriarty tonight. A close match which went all the way to the 18th hole. Linda will now meet Joan Gray who has won this competition two years in a row.
Revised Draw
Previous Winners

Lady Captains Day
Having decided we were going to make today's competition special again, with extra prizes and buffet/wine it was disappointing the the heaven's opened to practically wash out the competition. However there were those who did shine through for the short time we were out.
It was decided to count the scores only up to the 7th as the last players found the 8th and 9th greens were unplayable. This benefited Jane Maclean who played excellent until the rain came, to win the Overall prize. Pat Meikle won the Silver with Coleen Derighetti r/up, Ruby Curran was first Bronze and Eunice Reid a close r/up. Many thanks to all of you who made the effort to play in what were absolutely horrendous conditions.
On the bright side, the shorter competition did give us longer to enjoy the food, wine and laughs afterwards oh yes we certainly did that to the full didn't we girls?

Last week Sue Sayer played the game of her life to knock Diane Moncrieff out of the Summer Matchplay. This week they were paired together in the Foursomes and were both successful winning their match against Sandra Fairgrieve and Margaret Richards.
Diane and Sue march on into the Semi-finals and will be a formidable team for whoever they play in the semi-final.
Another player who defeated her foursomes partner this week was Pat Meikle. Who duly knocked out Helen Borthwick in the singles following their exit from the foursomes at the hands of Linda Bain and Thelma Day.

Summer Foursomes
The top two from yesterdays Stableford were teamed up against two other May competition winners as Pat Meikle and Fiona Findlay took on Nicola Moriarty and Helen Borthwick.
With all four ladies playing off new handicaps due to recent successes, it was always going to be a tough one to call. However it's Pat and Fiona who secured their place in the next round by way of a 3 & 2 win. They now meet Linda Bain and Thelma Day in the quarter finals.
Revised draw --------- Previous Winners

May Thursday Stableford
Excellent scoring today as Pat Meikle makes it two in a row in the second of our Monthly Stableford competitions. With bad luck having plagued her recent very good performances today's handicap busting 40-points must taste all the sweeter.
Fiona Findlay was runner-up with 38 points, Joan Gray and Eunice Reid, who has been very successful of late winning medals at Musselburgh, both scored 37, Joan taking 3rd place on the best inward half.

Matchplay Round-up
In the Summer Matchplay Nicola Moriarty held on to win her first round match despite a valiant come-back from Patsy Miller. Having saw a five-up lead slip away Nicola did eventually take the tie at the 18th hole and now meets Linda Bain in the 2nd round.
Helen Borthwick continued her good run of form with a 3&2 win over Thelma Day and will be a couple of strokes lighter when she takes on Pat Meikle in the second round and Fiona Findlay won her tie with Jessie graham and meets Jaci Moriarty in the 2nd round.
Revised Draw
Previous Winners

May Medal
Nicola Moriarty scored a five stroke win today, taking her second bronze medal in a row and has now cut her handicap to 31, Linda Hutchinson was runner-up with 72 by the better inward half from Sue Sayer.
Diane Moncrieff returned to winning ways after a lean period, carding a 71 (despite an 8 at the 7th). Diane won it on the better inward half from Jaci Moriarty.
Helen Borthwick, looked good to blow the field away with an amazing score until a couple of horrendous holes scuppered her round. If I tell you her stableford adjustment was 12 strokes, you'll get the idea. Well done though, Helen has still slashed her handicap.

Friendly match V Swanston
A friendly draw against the Ladies from Swaston was a fitting result tonight.
With Coleen Derighetti, Nicola Moriarty and Patsy Miller losing their matches, it was left to Jaci Moriarty, Diane Moncrieff and Eileen Borhwick to level up the match with fine wins, well done !

Tuesday Girl Trophy
Well done to Helen Borthwick who won the Tuesday Girls Par Competition tonight, beating the course 4-up which is one of the best ever wins in this competition in which we all play matchplay against the course.
Coleen was runner-up with a 3-up win and Jaci Moriarty finished in third place with an all square result. Jaci's round included an eventful 5th hole where she holed a fabulous second shot from over 100 yards. After the celebrations had subsided we then realised that our Jac had actually played the wrong ball and therefore lost the hole. To her credit it didn't get her down in fact it inspired her to play even better for the rest of the round and card a decent score.
Helen and Coleen both cut handicaps a result of tonight's efforts. Previous Winners

Summer Foursomes
First match in the Summer Foursomes and it turned out to be a very close run thing in the end.
Patsy Miller and Jane Maclean made good use of their handicaps and played very well to find themselves 4-up after 13 holes and looking to be cruising to a win over Jaci and Coleen.
However a late flourish from Jaci and Coleen in which they won the 14th, 15th, 17th and 18th extended the match up the first again. But Patsy and Jane still had one more good hole left and eventually won the match at the first extra hole to progress into the next round.
Another glorious failure for yours truly
Revised draw --------- Previous Winners

Coronation Foursomes
The Stableford scores may not have been great today but there was a hint of drama as Linda Bain and Eileen Gillespie regained the Coronation Foursomes Trophy they last won in 2005.
Having got off to a great start, Linda and Eileen began by playing the golf that has saw them share the the last 5 Ladies Championships and at one stage today were 5 points clear of their playing partners, last years Coronation Fours Winners Coleen and Jaci who were not having the best day (to say the least).
However over the last seven holes Coleen and Jaci started to score a few points coinciding with Linda and Eileen getting less of the breaks and their putts suddenly not dropping, to get to within a putt to equal Linda and Eileen's 31 points total. That putt lipped out, and Coleen/Jaci were left with 30 points and would rue those drives that sprayed into the rough or shots that stayed in the bunkers.
Linda and Eileen had to wait (and wait!) to find out if they had carded an unlikely winning total. Diane Moncrieff and Nicola Moriarty came in with 28 points. Then, at long last, the posse of six at the end came in. Only Pat Meikle and Eunice Reid's score of 28 came anywhere close so Linda and Eileen were at last confirmed as winners and will represent Lochend in the Coronation Foursomes Area Final in June. Best of luck to you girls.
Coronation Foursomes Previous Winners

The first Thursday Morning Stableford was won by Pat Meikle with a creditable 32 points. A fitting reward for Pat who suggested and organised this new event. She even organised some glorious weather.

April Stableford
Fiona Findlay secured her first Lochend Competition win today taking the Stableford with a fine 40 points. Eunice Reid took the runner-up spot with 38 points and Jaci Moriarty was 3rd with 37 points. All three have cut their handicap as a result of their efforts today Fiona, cutting her handicap by 2, now plays of 34.