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30th October
Richard Budge wins the Persevere
Richard Budge won his first ever Lochend trophy today. His fine score of 61 won the Persevere Trophy by one stroke from David Bennet. John Williamson took 3rd place on the better inward half from Ricky Richardson with 65. Best scratch score of the day was 69 from Duncan Ireland.
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22nd October
Robert Binnie and Bren Ford take the Maclean Cup honours
Unfortunately the rescheduled Maclean Cup had to be shortened to 9 holes due to the waterlogged course however it didn't prevent some excellent scoring as Robert Binnie went round in 31 to win the scratch competition and the trophy by 5 strokes from Duncan Ireland's 36 with Paul Young third with 38.
Bren Ford also staked an early place in next year's all winners competition by winning the handicap competition today with 30.5 one stroke ahead of runner-up Alex Macintyre.
Bren Ford won the Handicap Prize
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16th October
John Young just keeps on winning
Yes, following on from his Christie Miller and Summer Foursome wins with Martin Kyles, John Young had another string to his bow by topping the all-winners Champion Of Champions competition today. Robert Kay was a very close runner-up.
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9th October
Ricky Richardson and David Cunningham win the Lochend Invitation
Yet another win for a Richardson brother today. This time Ricky partnered by David Cunningham took the Lochend Invitation with 43 points on the best ball Stableford format.
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1st October
Robert Sutherland wins October Medal
Robert Sutherland won the Medal today and secured the final place in next week's all-winners "Champion Of Champions" event.
Paul's winning score of 60
gave him a 1-stroke win from Runner-Up (on the bih) Billy Richardson who carded a 61 for the second week running to cut his handicap again. Andrew McArthur and Billy Paxton also carded 61's to win the C Section and B Section respectively.
CSS for today was 65
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30th September
Billy Richardson wins the Senior Open
Billy Richardson got his hands on a second trophy in as many weeks by winning the Lochend Seniors Open today. His round of 61 won Billy his first Senior's success and I'm sure it won't be his last. It ended up being a good day overall for Lochenders as Runner-up Tam Kirk won the C Section with his 62 and Willie Russell took the B Section with 63. Ian Stavert from Duddingston carded the best scratch score of the day (69)
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1st October
Martin Kyles and John Young win the Summer Foursomes Matchplay final
The final of the men's pairs was played on sat the 1st oct. A hard fought match between John Selcraig & Paul Mackay v`s Martin Kyles & John Young, with never more than 1 hole between them the whole match and some brilliant shots played by both teams to half or win holes. At 1 up Martin had a 4 footer on 17th to win match but missed the putt,after John & Paul won the 18th it was back up the 1st,then the 2nd and the 3rd,when finally on the fourth (22nd hole) Paul had a 5 footer to half the hole and didn't make it giving the title to Martin & John making it their 2nd pairs success this year having won the Christie Miller Trophy in August.
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25th September
Richardson team win the Alex Urquhart
The Alex Urquhart Texas Scramble was won by the Richardson's Team (AKA R.S.Holes).
The team
Billy Richardson, Ricky Richardson, Colin Davidson and Derek Ramsay came in top with a fine 53.3 (including a 3 at the 10th).
Runner-up team with 55.5 were Kenny Saunders, Terry Paul, Robert Sutherland and David Menzies. Third place went to Phil DeMarco Snr, Phil Demarco Jnr, Rab Kay and David Haining
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Well done to Lochend Gents who won back the SnuffMull trophy from Edinburgh Thistle after losing the previous two years in this annual competition.
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17th September
Eric Cowan wins the Open
Eric Cowan lead the way with a 60 to give him a three stroke win in the re-arranged Lochend Open today. With over 200 in the field and some nice weather it was always going to be a low scoring event and it didn't disappoint. It was good to see Lochenders still managed to fair well with the top 4 places in the handicapped competition going the way of home players. Paul Young (2nd) Billy Paxton (3rd) and Kenny Saunders (4th) all carded 63.
Paul Young was also 2nd on the Scratch competition with a 68, losing out to Myles Cunningham (Longniddry) who carded the best scratch score of the day (65).
Results
1st Eric Cowan (Lochend) 60
2nd Billy Paxton (Lochend) 63 (bih)
3rd Kenny Saunders (Lochend) 63(bih)
4th Ross Cartwright (Duddingston) 63 (bih)
5th Russell De Smet (Duddingston) 63
6th A. Khan (Portobello) 65
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28th August
John Young and Martin Kyles win the Christiemiller
John Young and Martin Kyles won the Christiemiller Trophy (one of our oldest trophies, est. 1908). Their winning score was 62⅓ (and they will be going for a double win in a few weeks time as their team defends the Alex Urquhart trophy. Colin Farwell and Paul Mackay's 64 gave them the runner-up spot on the better inward half from Terry Paul and Gary Strachan.
4th=E. Cowan and Terry Paul (67⅔), 5th=Alex Ferguson and Ross Edwards (68 bih), 6th=Gary Ferguson and S. Gilroy.
Robert Binnie and Duncan Ireland won the Scratch competition as they had done last year with 65, three stokes
better than runners-up Billy and Ricky Richardson.
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Lochend Seniors cap a successful summer for Lochend members on the road....
Congratulations to Lochend Seniors section on retaining the ‘Edinburgh Senior Citizens Summer League Trophy’. Behind to Ravelston before the final game, Lochend won with a resounding 5-0 victory to secure the Trophy for the second year in a row.
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The last month or so has also brought a number of successes for Lochend members on their travels.
Duncan Ireland and Jaci Moriarty continued their success around the Mixed Opens with prizes at Kingsknowe, Broomieknowe and a successful defence of the Liberton Mixed Open and the subsequent Matchplay Competition. Duncan also won the Matchplay at Musselburgh Old Course and was a runner up in the Scratch Competition at Liberton with a 72.
The Dunfermline (Pitfirrane) Invitation Greensomes was won by Lochend's Colin Marshall, playing with member Jake Dempster. carding the winning score of 65 to take the £50 voucher and £20 sweep.
Bren Ford took the the famous Musselburgh Old Course links in his stride to win the open with a fine 67.
The ladies also got in on the act with, Pat Meikle and Eunice Reid runners-up at Longniddry in their seniors Open Greensomes, Mandy McBain and Diane Moncrieff also enjoyed Greensomes success at Niddrie Castle when they won the 1st handicap prize (2nd overall).
Congratulations and best of luck to Linda Bain who will make her debut for Midlothian County Team in no less than the Scottish County Finals which are being held at Dumfries and County from 16-18 September. Midlothian will play Ayrshire on the Friday, Perth & Kinross on the Saturday and Dumfriesshire on the Sunday, talk about being thrown in at the deep end.
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| 3rd September |
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Medal win for Charlie Vesco
Charlie Vesco won today's medal and the B Section with a fine 61 by one stroke from Alan Miller who took the runner-up spot (and the C Section) on the better-inward half from Paul Edwards who took the A Section with his 62. Michael Ross and took 4th place with 63 on the b.i.h. from David Haining and Colin Golder. |
| 6th August |
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James Clark wins August Medal with a fabulous 57
The summer of sub-sixty rounds continued today as James Clark carded the best yet with a 57 to win the August Medal (by a 5-stroke margin) and the C Section, The first time this year a C Section player has won the competition.
There were three players who came in with 62, S Courtney officially took the runner-up spot on the better-inward-half from A. Macintyre who also won the B Section and 4th placed Duncan Ireland who also won the A Section.
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| 28th July |
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More 59's as Colin Farwell and Duncan Ireland both top the Findlay Cup
Colin Farwell proved he is in fine form for his upcoming bid to defend the club championship by carding a remarkable 59 tonight to win the latest Thursday Medal but, would you believe it was only on the better-inward-half from Duncan Ireland who amazingly carded a 59 too.
This was the final round in the Findlay Cup (the best three from 4 round total) and it was still Colin and Duncan who topped the table with the same 3-round score of 189. I believe although it's not been confirmed that Colin takes the Cup on the countback. |
| 11th July |
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Spence Bowl win for Robert Kay
Yet more handicap-breaking rounds today as Robert Kay won the Spence Bowl with an excellent 60. It was only a one-stroke winning margin as Brian Ross carded 61 for the runner-up place and Paul Edwards was the best of the 62's taking the third prize on the better-inward 6 holes from Duncan Ireland. All three prizewinners scored their excellent rounds without a 2 on their cards. Six players shared the two sweep and received £10 each (Robert Binnie, Duncan Ireland, Bren Ford, Ross Edwards Mick Devine and Ricky Richardson)
CSS for today was 65
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| 2nd July |
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Phil Demarco wins low scoring July Medal
Well there was not one but two 59's scored today and no less than 37 players coming in under par.
Philip Demarco, the current Senior Champion and John Williamson last year's Championship runner-up both ensured their place in this years Championships with their 59's. Phil edged the medal on the last 6 holes (and also wins the B Section). John takes the A Section. Four players came in with 60, Martin Wright taking third place on the better inward half and Kevin Mackie taking 4th (and the C Section).
All eyes were on the scratch scores as this was the last chance to win a place in this year's Club Championships. As it Stands Neil Donaldson's two 68's keeps him top of the qualifiers, Robert Binnie's 69 today moves him up into 2nd place (137) and Alan Thompson is 3rd (138) Full details of the Championship draw will be published as soon as they are confirmed.
CSS for today was 65
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| 23rd June |
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Thursday Stableford win for Michael Devine
Michael Devine carded a 62 today to take the latest Thursday Stableford By 2 strokes from John Williamson and David Haining (John runner-up on the better inward half).
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| 19th June |
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Colin Farwell, Chris Houston Terry Coyle and Gordon Sutherland win the Captains Day Texas Scramble
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| 9th June |
Gary Strachan secured his first Lochend win tonight by taking the Thursday Medal with a fine 62. Alan Millar and Colin Farwell scored the next best score (64) Alan taking the runner-up spot on the better-inwards-half.
CSS for today was 67
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| 4th June |
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Fabulous 59 for Jim Valentine to win the June Medal
Well its not only the ladies carding great scores at the moment. Jim Valentine tops the lot with a superb 59 today to win a very low scoring June medal (and the B Section). His 15 handicap will no doubt tumble. Tam Reid came in second with 60 (winning the C Section), Iain Dey was third with 61 and Paul Young was 4th with 63 (to win the A Section).
This was the second championship qualifier and already there are good scratch scores posted with 5-times winner Neil Donaldson currently top having carded a second 68 (136) Alan Thompson currently in second with a combined 138 and Steven Harper one stroke back but it could all change with another good score in the July Medal. CSS for today was 66 |
| 22nd May |
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Margaret Richards and Ricky Richardson win the Mixed Foursomes
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| 14th May |
Lochend 1-2-3 in the Quaich
Kevin Mackie led a Lochend trio of success today with his 60 giving him a 4-stroke win in the handicap competition from Paul Hunter with Graeme Cook's 65 giving him 3rd place.
The scratch competition was once again dominated by Duddingston members. Keith Miller, who narrowly missed out on the prizes in the Mackie Cup, took the top spot today with a fine 67 one shot ahead of club mate David Miller with Gary Thomson making up the third spot with 69.
CSS for today was 67
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7th
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Steven Harper Wins May Medal
Steven Harper followed his brother's fine Salvesen Shield with a winning round of his own today to take a closely contested May Medal with a 62 (on the better inward Half). His scratch score of 67 was equal with Alan Thompson in being the best of the day.
Two other players carded 62, Runner-up (and B Section winner) Harry Bell and John Selcraig.
Philip Beveridge took the C Section with 63.
CSS for today was 66
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| 23rd April |
Duddingston Sweep the Board at the Mackie Cup
Ian Stavert lead a very strong contingent from Duddingston with our neighbours from up the road taking no less than the top 9 places in the Scratch Competition. Ian took the Mackie Cup with a 66, the best scratch score by 3 from club-mates Gary Thomson and Ray Ramsay.
Just behind the Duddingston crewe Alan Young came in best of the home players with a 72.
Lochend faired better in the Handicap competition with Brian Ross finishing runner-up by one stroke to Silverknowes player S. Forrest who carded a 62 to take the The J B Muir Trophy. John McDonald (Ravelston) was 3rd with 63. Lochenders Paul Edwards (64), Brian Werhun (64) and Alan Young (65) were 4th 5th and 7th respectively.
CSS for today was 66
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17th
April |
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The Winning Team collect the Rab Binnie Trophy
Details and pictures from the day |
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10th
April |
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Tremendous personal best from David Harper to win the March Medal
For the second time this weekend a Lochend
competition produced an amazingly low scoring round.
David Harper played one of those rounds that most of us only dream about to
card his best ever scratch score of 66 to win him the Salvesen Shield (a trophy
which has been played for since 1902) with a Net 58 three years after being
runner-up to brother Steven in that very competition.
On any other day the score of 62 would have been a winning score but for Mick
Devine and Andrew Hutchison their excellent scores were 2nd and 3rd place
respectively.
CSS for today was 65
Previous Winners |
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3rd
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Hackenbushes are Winter
League Winners again
Duncan Ireland and his happy Hackenbushes team
celebrate in their own inimitable style after retaining the Winter league trophy
with a fine 7-up win over Jaci Moriarty's Half
Breeds.
to retain the trophy they won last year.
Previous Winners
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2nd
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Michael
Macfarlane wins the April Medal
Michael Macfarlane carded a fine 63 to win the April Medal by a three shot
margin (and also wins the B section). Dean Robertson was runner-up with 63 to
take the A Section, John Selcraig followed last
month's win with a third placed 67 and 4th placed Freddie White won the C
Section with 68.
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27th
March |
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The Richardson boys done good
Well done to Billy and Ricky Richardson who won the Alex Gair
Pairs with a fine 59 on the better-ball format.
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5th
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John
Selcraig wins very close March Medal
At last a break in the weather allowed some competitive golf today as John Selcraig took advantage to win the March Medal by the
very slenderest of margins from Steven Harper. Having both carded 63 it was
only the 18th hole that won the Medal (and A Section) for John.
Third placed Terry Paul took the C Section with 64 and Martin Kyles 67 was best of the C Section.
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Neil Fenwick on the road to the Euro Tour.
I'm sure all the Lochend members wish young Neil
Fenwick the very best as he embarks on the long road to the European Tour.
Having completed his PGA training under Jacky Montgomery at Dunbar and
secured a substantial three year sponsorship deal from an Edinburgh based eCommerce company Neil now enters the EPD tour (one of
the third-tier circuits in Europe) beginning shortly in Morocco. His best win
to-date on the Tartan Tour was last years Young
Pros' event at Shotts, shooting a course record 63
in the opening round to eventually win by 5. Here's hoping for more of the
same on tour. Yes Neil has come a long way since 2004 when he became the
youngest ever Lochend Club Champion at the age of
16.
Follow Neil's progress on http://www.neil-fenwick.com
also see Scotsman
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A look back at Gordon Sutherland's Matchplay win
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1st
January |
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New
Year's Day wins for Coleen and Ricky
It was a happy New Year for Ricky Richardson and Coleen Derighetti who braved
the crisp winter weather to win the New Years Day
Competitions.
Ricky put the New Year Revelries behind him to win the J. B. Roche trophy and
Coleen's 71 gave her a 7 stroke win to take the Ladies New year trophy. |
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