Midlothian County Spring Meeting

There was a good turnout of East Vets at the Midlothian County Spring Meeting at Turnhouse on Thursday 21st April - thirty ladies, more than a third of the field. This competition doubles up as the qualifying round for the County B Championship which takes place at Kingsknowe Golf Club on the 30th April and 1st May.

Although it was a lovely spring day, a bit misty early on with a heavy dew to drag the balls to an untimely halt, the late players were at a disadvantage also in that a slight breeze had arisen and the temperature dropped. However for hardy golfers - a pretty good golfing day. The course itself looked beautiful and was in great condition for the time of year. The greens however had suffered a little winter damage and were not at all easy to putt on - possibly one of the reasons why the scoring was on the whole, rather disappointing.

The handicap prize was won by Margaret Clark of Merchants of Edinburgh with a nett 68 but second handicap was won by Margaret Thompson of Turnhouse with a great 69. The scratch prize and the Cormack Salver was won by Noreen Fenton of Dunbar/Swanston New with a gross 77. The CSS was 73

Leading Vet scores
Division One
69 Margaret Thompson (Turnhouse) 82 - 13 - 69
71 Morag Wardrop (Turnhouse) 80 - 9 - 71
73 Noreen Fenton (Dunbar/Swanston New) 77 - 4 - 73
73 Isobel Halliday (Merchants) 87 - 14 - 73
76 Libby Campbell (Baberton) 90 - 14 - 76
76 Sandra Ashurst (Murrayfield) 89 - 13 - 76
76 Kate Johnston (Baberton) 88 - 12 - 76
77 Sydena Cullen (Turnhouse) 89 - 12 - 77
78 Rita Dee (Kingsknowe) 88 - 10 - 78
78 Pam Townsend (Murrayfield) 89 - 11 - 78
79 Caroline Kinnaird (Glencorse)89 - 10 - 79
79 Anne Brownie (Comiston) 86 - 7 - 79
80 Barbara Halliday (Murrayfield)92 - 12 - 80
81 Denise Mitchell (Murrayfield) 94 - 13 - 81
82 Katy Gillies (Melville) 98 - 16 - 82

Bronze Division
74 Margaret Dalrymple (Baberton) 98 - 24 - 74
76 Ann Hanna (Murrayfield) 97 - 21 - 76
81 Vivien Mitchell (Prestonfield) 102 - 21 - 81
81 Maureen Stewart (Glencorse) 103 - 22 - 81

Draw for Midlothian County 'B' Championship

Margaret Thompson v Carole Mason
Lesley Campbell v Janet Collin
Isobel Halliday v Isobel Blyth
Sandra Ashurst v Elaine Lumsden

This is a great vets challenge. Good luck to all!