Away fixture at Haddington 11am
Team is our Cpt & Vice Cpt Peter Legget and Greg Houlston
Last week no show from the Home Nations Team Champions from Craigielaw and no communication either - poor show
Iain
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Saturday, 23 January 2010
Winter League v Craigielaw 24 Jan
Team this week is Graham Swan and Jamie Black
11am at Craigielaw
Lets hope we can keep up the good work !
11am at Craigielaw
Lets hope we can keep up the good work !
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Winter league v Kilspindie 17 Jan
Greg and Jamie won two and one and the mens team won too,4-1. The Juniors sit on top of the league.
Here are the remaining fixtures ( maybe one or two others to be re-organised )
24 Jan Craigielaw v Gullane 11.00am !!
7 Feb Royal Mus v Gullane 12noon
14 Feb Gullane v Longniddry 9.30am
28 Feb Dunbar v Gullane 10.15am
7 Mar Gullane v Hadd 9.30am
Iain
Here are the remaining fixtures ( maybe one or two others to be re-organised )
24 Jan Craigielaw v Gullane 11.00am !!
7 Feb Royal Mus v Gullane 12noon
14 Feb Gullane v Longniddry 9.30am
28 Feb Dunbar v Gullane 10.15am
7 Mar Gullane v Hadd 9.30am
Iain
Saturday, 16 January 2010
Winter league v Kilspindie _ 17 Jan
Greg and Jamie are playing tomorrow - the course should be open !! 9.30am on No 1
Keep up the good work !
Iain
Keep up the good work !
Iain
Friday, 8 January 2010
Thursday, 7 January 2010
CRAIGIELAW WIN IN SPAIN !!
Dear all, may I first wish you all a Happy New Year!
I have some good news for you, despite all our courses being closed! Subject to confirmation, I have had a text from Gordon Smith that the Craigielaw Team have today finally succeeded in winning the Junior Home Nations Team Championship in Spain. More details will soon be available through our website to juniorteamgolf.org Well done to Craigielaw!
I have sent £150 subscription letters to Secretaries of the 11 participating League Clubs for 2010. Roll on the new season! If any of you have fixtures arranged, let me know dates and times and I will place them on the website.
Dave Warren.
League Secretary
Scottish Junior Golf News - Craigielaw Golf Club young golfers crowned British Champions in Murcia
Monday, 11 January 2010
Pictured - Craigielaw's victorious junior team at Polaris La Torre Resort - Euan Mackay, Gabrielle Macdonald, Jack Dow, Euan Donaldson, Greg Smail (captain), Douglas Maxwell, Grant Forrest.
For the third time in four years, Craigielaw's Junior Golf Team represented Scotland in the annual Home Nations Championship which took place from 6-8 January near Murcia in Spain.
After falling agonisingly short in the 2007 and 2008 finals, the team was crowned British Champions with impressive wins over Maylands (England) and defending champions Rosslare (Ireland). Despite narrowly losing their final match to Welsh side Morriston, the Craigielaw Team was crowned champions by virtue of having won 11 ties to Morriston's 7.
This year's winning team comprised Greg Smail, Grant Forrest, Euan Donaldson, Gabrielle Macdonald, Douglas Maxwell, Jack Dow, Euan Mackay and traveling reserve Ewan Donaldson. Every member of the team contributed at least one victory with Forrest and Donaldson winning all three of their matches.
In presenting the team trophy to junior captain Greg Smail, golf commentator Alec Hay praised the high standard of play and impeccable behaviour of the Craigielaw Team. He also presented individual awards to Grant Forrest (best scratch) and Douglas Maxwell (best handicap).
Forrest and Smail have played in each of Craigielaw's three appearances in the grand final and Forrest has the remarkable record of having won all nine of the ties he has played in these finals. Of the winning team only Douglas Maxwell leaves the junior ranks this year. Forrest has another two years as a junior and will undoubtedly be looking to add other titles to his growing national reputation.
The Craigielaw team qualified for the Scottish final by coming second in the East Lothian Golf League which earned them a place in the Scottish final at Westerwood. Their third victory in the Scottish final secured a place in the Home Nations Final held at the Polaris La Torre Resort near Murcia.
"This is fantastic for the club. It was thoroughly deserved and is another reward for the encouragement given to juniors at Craigielaw." said Gordon Smith, the club's junior team manager. "The high level of competition in the East Lothian League certainly helps us to be competitive when it comes to national events. In addition, the support of the club and parents has a lot to do with
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Courses closed the length and breadth of Scotland
Golf clubs and pros count the cost of our Siberian-type winter weather
These are hard times not only for club golfers but for the club professionals and golf clubs alike with little or no income as the Siberian-type weather closes courses the length and breadth of the country and members/potential visitors stay at home instead of possibly spending money in in a club's pro shop or clubhouse.
Staff writer Martin Dempster highlights the state of affairs in East Lothian and Edinburgh with the following article in today's "Edinburgh Evening News."
Golf clubs in East Lothian, normally a place where people can be guaranteed a game at any time of the year, are losing valuable income due to the current cold snap.
The Glen in North Berwick, which has built up its winter membership in recent years, has seen play possible on only two days since December 18, while it's been a similar story at the town's famous West Links.It has been closed since December 22, with a heavy snow storm dashing hopes of the course opening again last Saturday.
A few miles along the coast at Gullane, two of the courses there were playable the same day but have now closed again with the prospects of a return to normality in the near future appearing to be slim as forecasters predict the cold spell will continue.
In addition to lost income from green fees, clubs are also being hit in the clubhouses with bar and catering facilities not being used nearly as much as they normally are over the holiday period.
Club pros are being hit in the pocket, too, with lessons being cancelled and traffic in shops described as "non-existent."
"The weather has never been a problem like this in the 16 years I have worked here," said Rita Wilson, the office manager at The Glen.
"We've only been open for two days since December 18, albeit on temporary greens throughout the course, and I can't see us being open this week again as the ice just isn't getting a chance to defrost.
"It is unheard of in North Berwick and winter is normally a good time for us due to the fact a number of the courses in the Central Belt are often closed at this time of the year."
She added: "We have a winter membership and the take up on that has been very good but, unfortunately, people haven't been able to utilise that since before Christmas. At this time of the year we also get a lot of groups coming here for a game, so it is having a knock-on effect in the bar and the catering.
"We just have to grin and bear it, though, as there is nothing we can do about it."
Along at the other end of the town, a group of 24 golfers were among those booked in for a game on the West Links on Sunday, only for another band of snow to sweep across the country on Saturday.
North Berwick Golf Club managing secretary Chris Spencer said: "We were close to opening on Saturday but were hit by a heavy snow storm around 11am. Although the course is flat, it is sheet ice in parts and I'd say you could just about forget about golf being played here again before Friday.
"It is going to be three or four weeks, I suppose, since a lot of people will have had a game so there's certainly going to be a few rusty swings around."
On the loss of income, Spencer added: "We had a group of 24 due on Sunday and there's no doubt that visitors help with income. It wreaks havoc with catering in particular."
Though Gullane members at least had a chance to play in their first competition of 2010, the three courses there are now closed as well.
"We were shut for six days before Christmas and three days straight after it," said club secretary Stephen Anthony. "We managed to have our New Year competition on Saturday, when 50 couples went out on No 1 and the ladies played on No 2 – but all the courses are shut again now.
"We had a lot of visitors booked in between Christmas and New Year but that didn't happen, resulting in the use of the visitors' clubhouse being hit badly."
In Edinburgh, most courses have been closed for almost three weeks and the drop in traffic is hitting club pros.
"This is the last thing we need," said Craigmillar Park's Scott Gourlay. "I've got plenty of sledgers up here but, sadly, no golfers. The weather had an impact on pre-Christmas sales and now we've also lost the holiday period as well. I've been able to do a little bit of club-fitting in our indoor area but traffic in the shop has been non-existent."
These are hard times not only for club golfers but for the club professionals and golf clubs alike with little or no income as the Siberian-type weather closes courses the length and breadth of the country and members/potential visitors stay at home instead of possibly spending money in in a club's pro shop or clubhouse.
Staff writer Martin Dempster highlights the state of affairs in East Lothian and Edinburgh with the following article in today's "Edinburgh Evening News."
Golf clubs in East Lothian, normally a place where people can be guaranteed a game at any time of the year, are losing valuable income due to the current cold snap.
The Glen in North Berwick, which has built up its winter membership in recent years, has seen play possible on only two days since December 18, while it's been a similar story at the town's famous West Links.It has been closed since December 22, with a heavy snow storm dashing hopes of the course opening again last Saturday.
A few miles along the coast at Gullane, two of the courses there were playable the same day but have now closed again with the prospects of a return to normality in the near future appearing to be slim as forecasters predict the cold spell will continue.
In addition to lost income from green fees, clubs are also being hit in the clubhouses with bar and catering facilities not being used nearly as much as they normally are over the holiday period.
Club pros are being hit in the pocket, too, with lessons being cancelled and traffic in shops described as "non-existent."
"The weather has never been a problem like this in the 16 years I have worked here," said Rita Wilson, the office manager at The Glen.
"We've only been open for two days since December 18, albeit on temporary greens throughout the course, and I can't see us being open this week again as the ice just isn't getting a chance to defrost.
"It is unheard of in North Berwick and winter is normally a good time for us due to the fact a number of the courses in the Central Belt are often closed at this time of the year."
She added: "We have a winter membership and the take up on that has been very good but, unfortunately, people haven't been able to utilise that since before Christmas. At this time of the year we also get a lot of groups coming here for a game, so it is having a knock-on effect in the bar and the catering.
"We just have to grin and bear it, though, as there is nothing we can do about it."
Along at the other end of the town, a group of 24 golfers were among those booked in for a game on the West Links on Sunday, only for another band of snow to sweep across the country on Saturday.
North Berwick Golf Club managing secretary Chris Spencer said: "We were close to opening on Saturday but were hit by a heavy snow storm around 11am. Although the course is flat, it is sheet ice in parts and I'd say you could just about forget about golf being played here again before Friday.
"It is going to be three or four weeks, I suppose, since a lot of people will have had a game so there's certainly going to be a few rusty swings around."
On the loss of income, Spencer added: "We had a group of 24 due on Sunday and there's no doubt that visitors help with income. It wreaks havoc with catering in particular."
Though Gullane members at least had a chance to play in their first competition of 2010, the three courses there are now closed as well.
"We were shut for six days before Christmas and three days straight after it," said club secretary Stephen Anthony. "We managed to have our New Year competition on Saturday, when 50 couples went out on No 1 and the ladies played on No 2 – but all the courses are shut again now.
"We had a lot of visitors booked in between Christmas and New Year but that didn't happen, resulting in the use of the visitors' clubhouse being hit badly."
In Edinburgh, most courses have been closed for almost three weeks and the drop in traffic is hitting club pros.
"This is the last thing we need," said Craigmillar Park's Scott Gourlay. "I've got plenty of sledgers up here but, sadly, no golfers. The weather had an impact on pre-Christmas sales and now we've also lost the holiday period as well. I've been able to do a little bit of club-fitting in our indoor area but traffic in the shop has been non-existent."
Saturday, 2 January 2010
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