Blairgowrie 2018

Elaine Moffat and Jennifer Bryans

The SVLGA Championship was held at Blaigowrie on Sunday 23rd and Monday 24th September over the Landsdown Course .

In the Quarter Finals East Vets Champion Jennifer Bryans defeated Sally Downs (Galloway) 7&6. Jennifer had an eagle two at the 10th hole holing her 2nd shot with a 5 wood.
In the Semi Finals Jennifer defeated Carol Purves (Borders) 4&3
In the Final Jennifer was defeated by Elaine Moffat (Midland) 6&5.
Congratulations to Elaine in her first year as a Vet. Commiserations to  Jennifer. You did brilliant and all East Vets are very proud of you.







Twelve East Vets played in the Patrick Rosebowl on Monday 24th September, over the Rosemount Course, East Vets did very well.

 2nd  Handicap : Denise Mitchell
 4th   Handicap : Caroline Kinnaird
 5th   Handicap :  Karen Ballantyne

 In the 65-69 age group
Scratch : Karen Ballantyne
1st  Handicap : Caroline Kinnaird
2nd Handicap : Karen Ballantyne

In the over 70's
2nd Handicap : Denise Mitchell

East Vets also won the Lyon Trophy for the Division with 3 best net scores in the Rosebowl.
(Denise Mitchell, Caroline Kinnaird and Karen Ballantyne). This was last won by East Division in 2008.

For full Prize List CLICK HERE  

For all Results CLICK HERE

Main Prize Winners

Karen Ballantyne Caroline Kinnaird Denise Mitchell

Enjoying a meal before the AGM

The weather on Sunday and Monday was very good but unfortunately on Tuesday it was very windy and wet. There were no East Vets winners in the Beddows Quaichs Greensomes.
 For results of the Beddows Quaich Greensomes Prize Winners CLICK HERE
For full results CLICK HERE

Womens Senior Amateur Championship at Crail Golf Club

The Womens Senior Amateur Championship was held at Crail Golf Club on 18th to 20th September. The competition was decided over two rounds as the second round on Wednesday was cancelled due to the stormy weather.
East Vets champion Jennifer Bryans came a very credible 34th and 2nd placed Scott against a very strong field. Well Done Jennifer.
To view all scores CLICK HERE

Jennifer is playing in the SVLGA Championships at Blairgowrie. The quarter finals are on Sunday 23rd September. The Semi Finals and Finals are on Monday the 24th. We wish Jennifer Good Luck.

Good luck also to all the East Vets playing at Blairgowrie on Monday in the Patrick Rosebowl and on Tuesday in the Beddows Quaich.

Death of two East Vets

Sadly two of our members have passed away.

Joan Marshall passed away on Friday 14th September. Joan was a member of Baberton Golf Club and a past Captain and President of Midlothian County. Her funeral is on Saturday 22nd September at 11am at Mortonhall.

Isobel Hastings passed away on Saturday 15th September. Isobel was a member of Murrayfield Golf Club and a great supporter of East Vets. Two years ago she donated a Trophy for the over 75's. She will be fondly remembered each year when this Trophy is presented at our prize giving.
There will be a private cremation on Monday, 24th September with a service of Thanksgiving to follow at 2.30pm  in Greenbank Parish Church, Edinburgh. The family have asked if attending to wear bright colours.

Ruth Brown wins the Ramsden Cup

The final of the Ramsden Cup was played at Liberton Golf Course on Saturday 15th September beteen Ruth Brown and Mairi Pollock.
 It was a very close match and as they both play of the same handicap no shots were given.
Ruth was delighted to win 2 and 1. Congratulations to Ruth and commiserations to Mairi.

Results for East Vets v Borders Vets Greensomes at Glencorse GC on 11th September

Glencorse GC extended a very warm welcome to both teams on arrival, serving up hot drinks and bacon rolls getting everyone off to a good start for the annual greensomes match.

The sun shone throughout the day albeit a wee bit blustery at times. We were treated to the sounds of a pipe band from the nearby barracks.

All matches were played in the best of spirit and the day was finished off with a delicious meal served up by excellent catering staff where nothing was a problem.

Many thanks to Chris and her team from the Borders for a great friendly atmosphere where new and old friends all enjoyed the challenge match and celebration meal afterwards.

The Results:  East Vets beat Borders Vets  4/2

C Kinnaird & M Richardson lost to F Melrose & J Cambridge   2/1
V Hallam & E Todd beat A Smith & E Bell                                    6/4
J McMinn & J Browitt beat S James & V McKean                       5/4
J Baird & Z Mathieson lost to S McCarthy & L Flannigan          5/4
C Mason & A Rorrison beat H Todd & F Kerr                              3/2
J Wake & M Mackay beat J Pouter & D Tomlinson                     3/2

Team photographs
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ohDYaED4Qv6iY2mR8

Autumn Meeting Scores Processing Glitch

Apologies to all the ladies who found their handicap was affected by the glitch in the closing of the competition.The Meeting scores were undone and rerun taking out the N/Rs which went through for those ladies who had in fact withdrawn.
Golf Box (CDH) have now removed the scores from their database and any ladies who were affected will be fixed once their club handicappers recalculate their handicaps again.

Jenni Ray and Jane McMinn win the Friendship Foursomes

The final of the Friendship Foursomes was played at North Berwick Golf Club. Jenni Ray & Jane McMinn were the winners v Viv Mitchell & Pat Meikle.The match was very close and won on the 18th hole. Congratulations to Jenni and Jane.

Autumn Meeting at Liberton

The Autumn Meeting was held on Monday 3rd September at Liberton Golf Club.
35 ladies braved the wet weather. Despite the wet conditions the course held up well and was in lovely conditions. Many thanks to Liberton Golf Club. There were some good scores with Caroline Steedman posting a scratch 72 -5 net 67. A great score Caroline ,well done
Apologies for the lateness of the results being posted. There was a glitch in the software causing the wrong CSS to be calculated. The competition had to be undone and rerun.
The CSS was 68 Par 69
The results are as follows :-

  Silver Handicap
1. Caroline Steedman 72-5 net 67
2. Frances McFadzean 81-11 net 70 BIH
3. Ray Lynch 80-10 net 70 BIH
4. Janette Laing 83-13 net 70 BIH

Bronze Handicap
1. Elaine Somers 95-26 net 69
2. Jane Browitt 93-22 net 71

Scratch
 Anne Hanson 77

There were four two's
Caroline Steedman x 2
Morag Wardrop x1
Anne Hanson x 1

To View full results sheet  CLICK HERE.

If anyone finds they have a problem with their handicap due to this glitch please get in touch with Caroline or Dulcie