Loretto School Golf Championship - Simmers Cup

William Ladbrooke of Gullane Primary School / Gullane GC won the under 11's on stableford score of 38 beating Conner Wilson of  Yester Primary / Castle Park (36 pnts) and Fraser Smith of George Watsons  (34 pnts)

A great end to the seaon for William !

East Lothian v Loretto Golf Academy

On a sunny, windy night at Whitekirk, East Lothian continued their unbeaten run by narrowly beating Loretto by 4 games to 3. The match consisted of 7 fourball matches with the EL team fielding a number of our younger up and coming stars including Connor Farrell, Aaron Buchanan and William Ladbrooke (the latter 2 being only 10 years of age!) The boys played competitively but with fantastic respect for the game and their opponents and are a credit to their respective clubs and themselves and Ric Foulner passes on his best wishes to you all over the summer months. The only downside was that the last 2 games had to finish early due to a lack of light (some very slow play in one of the earlier matches.) Our thanks go to Iain McLean (Gullane) & Kevin Reid (Loretto) for helping in the organisation of the match, to the parents who helped and to Whitekirk GC for hosting us and making us feel very welcome. We will have at least 2 more matches to play before the end of the season and details will be forwarded nearer to the time.


7 Gullane members playing - Duncan McLean, Graham Swan, William Ladbrooke, Gary Brownlee and Scot Young for EL and John Dunn Butler and Alexander Wilson for Loretto 


For full results see


 http://www.eastlothianjuniorgolf.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=290:el-vs-loretto-2011&catid=33:latest-news&Itemid=4

Gullane Juniors v Loretto

Gullane Juniors took on a Loretto Golf Academy team at Craigielaw today, with both sides missing a few of their lower handicap players due to other golfing commitments. The format was handicap foursomes and Gullane ran out convincing winners 5-1 in the spring sunshine. A great result for Gullane led by the inspirational duo of Duncan McLean and Coll Donaldson who defeated their low handicap opponents. Welcome to new team players Tom & Cameron Middlemass, Richard Yarrow and 10 year old William Ladbrooke !  

1. Duncan McLean & Coll Donaldson bt George Munsey & Tom Scott 2&1

2.   Scott Gillies & Graham Swan bt Tristran Reisch & Niklas Bringsen  1 hole

3.   Tom Middlemass & Ruaridh Donaldson bt Warren Bynoe & Andrew Reid 4&3

4.   Jamie Black & Richard Yarrow bt Giorgio Dieze & John Dunn-Butler 5&3

5.   Oliver Ladbrooke & Finn Donaldson bt Siska Buchhorn & Friederika Bernsau 1 hole

6.   William Ladbrooke & Cameron Middlemass lost to Hannah Sharp & Johan Collin  1 hole

GULLANE WON 5-1  

Gullane v Loretto

Gullane GC vs Loretto School


Gullane No. 1 Sunday 19th September


Excellent conditions and a good friendly match with a mainly young Gullane team recording a good victory against a very cosmopolitan Loretto team. Some new faces in the Gullane team so welcome to them ! Thanks to Team Manager Gordon Swan and his Assistants Martin Black and Ian Ladbrooke. Thanks also to Loretto teacher Kevin Reid for organising his team and to Gullane GC for course time and excellent Fish & Chips !! 


Results 

Tom Simmonds  (5) defeated Matthew Duncan ( 6 ) by 1 hole

Scott Gillies   (8 ) defeated Anna Reiker (11) by 4&3

Ruaridh Donaldson  (10 )  defeatedTshopany Mokotjo (17) by 6&4

Craig Hunter  (7 ) lost to Gonzalo Pan (16) by 6&4

James Fisher  (8 ) defeated Santi Bermudio (8) by 3&2

Graham Swan  (9 )   All Square  with Paleyo Lombardinia (18)

Gary Brownlee  ( 8)  defeated  Simas Krasaitis (15 ) by 6&4

Duncan McLean  (6 ) defeated Finbar Dalton ( 12 ) by 4&3

Oliver Ladbrooke  (12) defeated Henry Anderson (9) by 1 hole

Jamie Black ( 11 ) defeated Siska Buckhorn (19 ) by 4&3

Andew Ni  (15 ) lost to John Dunn- Butler (11) by 2&1

William Ladbrooke  (24)  lost to Noel Anderson (10) by 3&2

Adam Munro  (20) lost to Laura Alexander (11) by 3&2

Jack Dunlop  (22 ) lost to Friedricka Bernsaw (14) by 7&6

Match result Gullane  win   8.5  to  5.5 

Match v Loretto Sun 19th Sept

Here is the team

Alexander Wilson - age 15 h/c 3

Tom Simmonds age 14 h/c 5

Duncan McLean age 14 h/c 6

Craig Hunter age 14 h/c 7

James Fisher age 17 h/c 8

Scott Gillies age 15 h/c 8

Graham Swan age 15 h/c 9

Gary Brownlee age 14 h/c 9

Jamie Black age 16 h/c 11 ( capt )

Ruaridh Donaldson age 16 h/c 10

Oliver Ladbrooke age 14 h/c 12

Andrew Ni age 12 h/c 16

Jack Dunlop age 16 h/c 22 

William Ladbrooke age 10 h/c 24 

Meet 11.30 on range for 12 noon tee off on No 1 

Format tbc on the day 

Will be followed by meal with our visitors of Fish & Chips in the Members Clubhouse. 

Good luck and good luck to all the girls playing in the the East Lothian Girls Autumn Meeting at Whitekirk !! 

Success with Loretto for Lesley !

Loretto win National Foursomes Championships Grand Final

Loretto School, Musselburgh have been crowned HMC National Foursomes Champions for 2010.

Over 90 independent schools from around the UK took part in the competition during the year, playing in six regional groups. The winners of those groups and last year's national winner, Millfield and runner up, Epsom, made up the eight teams competing in the Grand Final at Craigielaw at the weekend.

In the final, the teams, each comprising six players, were split into two groups playing in a round-robin format with the winners of the groups playing for the title. Loretto overcame Epsom 2-1 and RGS Guildford 3-0 on the first day and Truro 2-1 on the second day, before beating Millfield 2-1 in a very tense final, with two matches decided at the 18th. Each of the Loretto pairings recorded three wins out of their four matches.

The Loretto team members, with their handicaps in brackets, were:

Lewis Gregory (1), Maximilian Waltz (+2), Marvin Aurnhammer ( +1),  Julie Yang (+5), Peter Templeton (4) and Lesley Atkins (3)

Simmers Cup @ Haddington - Thursday

7 young Gullanites were playing at Haddington today in the annual age group event hosted  by Loretto. Gullane Primary School was represented by the youngest ever holder of both the Babe Zaharias and Honor Bright Trophies, William Ladbrooke ( P5 ) , rising girl star and Scottish Junior Tour player and US Kids entrant Charlotte Munro ( P6 ) , clubgolfers Matthew Brady and Gregor Griffiths ( P6 ) and Gullane GC Junior member Calum Black (P7) backed up by Gullane PS graduate Duncan McLean. Pro-son and fantasy golfer Brodie Good was also displaying his inherited talents coming top in his age group  for the Nippers.

Pictures and results will follow

Matthew, Gregor, Calum, Charlotte and William

There is vast enthusiam for golf at Gullane Primary School with record numbers signing up for clubgolf coaching with the army of volunteers and large entries expected for this year's "Babe" & Honor Bright Trophies - the future is very bright !! 

East Lothian v Loretto Golf Academy

A very enjoyable and competitive  match was played at Dunbar on Tuesday evening between a select team from East Lothian and the high profile Loretto Golf Academy. The course was in good condition despite the obvious effects of the recent storms and some good golf was on display at the different age groups.  Both sides were missing a few of their top players ( eg Julie Yang warming up for the Ladies European Tour German Open and Grant Forrest studying for exams ) but both proved their strength in depth with Loretto's international squad coming out on top, albeit only on the last green of the last match. 


Anthony Blaney put in a solid performance alongside debutant Peter Legget and had earlier sneaked a win for East Lothian in the top match with a sterling 25 foot putt on the testing final hole, with the Gullane pairing having been behind all the way. Sami Bouzabia  & Alexander Wilson were also pleased to take the scalp of Scottish Academy players Callum Hill and Euan Bowden. 


Under 18
Anthony Blaney (Gullane ) & Peter Legget (Gullane) 1up v's George Munsey & Timon Sitte

Ewen Donaldson (Craigielaw ) & Blair Shearer (Dunbar ) v's Peter Templeton & James Sharp 2/1


Under 16

Calum Hill (Tantallon ) & Euan Bowden (Tantallon ) v's Sami Bouzabia & Alexander Wilson 2up

Calum Satterley (Longniddry ) & Oli Duffy (Craigielaw) v's Ian Mcdowall & Tim Huebner 1up


Under 14 

Neil Bowden (Glen) & Chris Algeo (Longniddry) 6/5  v's John Dunn Butler & George Sutherland

Finn Donaldson (NB) & Gary Brownlee (Tantallon ) A/S v's Laura Alexander & Migle Rusteikaite 

Result  East Lothian 2 1/2  Loretto 3 1/2 


From a Gullane perspective it was great to have 6 members spread between the two sides. Peter Legget got his first taste of representative action playing his part in the top game. Alexander Wilson  makes his debut for Lothian Boys on Sunday versus Perth & Kinross  


Thanks to Dunbar for the use of their fine course - the venue of next year's Scottish Boys where Craigielaw player Grant Forrest will be looking to defend his crown. 

Welsh Ladies Open Strokeplay Victory for Julie Yang

Sunday 02 May 2010 

14-year-old Korean Julie Yang of Loretto School won the GUW Open Strokeplay at Southerndown with a 6-under-par total of 216.

It took a sudden-death playoff to settle the title after Nikki Foster of Pleasington had fought her way into contention with a superb 5-under-par round of 69.  But on the first extra hole Nikki saw her second shot land on the bank just short of the green and roll down the slope away from the hole.  Julie responded with a confident iron to the heart of the green and had no difficulty in securing her par and a memorable victory.

Rachael Watton was 22nd 

Julie has played against Gullane twice with Houlston / Simpson having been proud to come away with a half in September whilst  the Houlston / Wilson combo lost in March to Yang / Munsey

Courtesy of Kirkwood Golf 

So Who is Julie Yang ? 

So who is Julie Yang? If she remains in this country, the 14 going on 15 year old may be about to make quite an impact on open tournaments.

Of South Korean extraction, Julie was based at Phoenix when she became the youngest ever winner of an American Junior Golf Association tournament in August 2007 - when she was only 12 years, 1 month and 8 days old!

In fact, in 2004, her CV credits her with winning the World Junior Masters in 2004. That would make her only eight years of age, so it must have been a Wee Wonders type of event.

If, like me, you might ask: "Why didn't Julie play in the Scottish Under-16 girls' open championship in early April because she enrolled at Loretto last September?" The answer to that one, very kindly supplied to me by Lesley Atkins' mother, is that Julie was in Thailand at that time.

The next question is: "Why didn't Miss Yang play in the Helen Holm Scottish women's open amateur championship at Troon last weekend?"

Again, Mrs Atkins provides me with the answer: " Julie couldn't play at Troon because she was down at Oulton Hall, near Leeds helping Loretto finished second to Millfield in the Grand Finals of the Independent Schools Golf Assocation champion on April 25 and 26."

So, now you know more than most people about Julie Yang the 14-year-old who is the new Welsh women's open amateur stroke-play champion. If she doesn't go home - wherever home is - for the summer months, Julie could make quite an impact on the European women's amateur golf scene. She is among the entries for next month's British women's open amateur championship at Ganton Golf Club, Yorkshire.

Could Julie play for Scotland during her time at Loretto? Short answer: No. She would have to live in the country for 10 years to qualify on residential grounds.

Match v Loretto - Sun 21 March

Our first match of the season takes place next Sunday at Craigielaw with the first tee off at 11.30am.

There are a number of  players unavailable due to other golf, rugby, fives and family commitments so it is great to still be able to get a strong squad and out early in the season. Rachael, Lesley, Clara and Fraser are all at the Scottish Champions of Champions.

Anthony Blaney 3  

Ally Simpson 4  

Greg Houlston 5 ( Captain ) 

Alexander Wilson 5 

Michael Williams 9 

Jamie Black 11  

Graham Swan 12 

Finn Donaldson 12 

Gary Brownlee 13 

Cameron Good 15

Oliver Ladbrooke 16 

Lara Frostwick 18  

Reserve : Brodie Good 21 

It will be foursomes or fourball - tbc 

Please turn up early and use the range - Alasdair Good will hopefully be there to give you a few tips. There will be refreshments afterwards in the Clubhouse. 


Pleae wear Gullane team kit - shirt , jersey and waterproof if you have it 

This is a good warm up for our early league matches which will start in April 

Sun 18th April  v North Berwick ( away ) 

Sun 25th April  v Tantallon ( away )  

Congrats to to Anthony who has been selected for the Scottish u16 squad to play in a Quadrangular Match in Holland in April following a successful SGU Winter Series 

Loretto Match

Conditions got the better of everyone - diving rain and wind are not the most fun golfing conditions. Shot of the day was Graham's drive at the first which went 250 yards ( ball 175 yds plus club 75 yds = 250 yds ! ) . Loretto had their noses in front on most matches but we'll claim a draw !

Thanks to everyone for turning up.

Iain

Loretto Match - Craigielaw 1 November

Here is our squad

They will match our numbers and have tee times so everyone should get a game - watch this space - although two will have to play winter league at Haddington 

1 Fraser Thain 2

2 Anthony Blaney 3

3 Peter Legget 4
4 Ally Simpson 4

5 Greg Houlston 5

6 Alex Wilson 5

7 David Crummey 7

8 Duncan McLean 8

9 James Fisher 8

10 Michael Williams  9

11 Jamie Black 11

12 Ruaridh Donaldson 11

13 Graham Swan 12

14 Finn Donaldson 12
15 Scott Gillies 13

16 Oliver Ladbrooke 15
17 Cameron Good 15
18 Lara Frostwick   18
19 Brodie Good  21 

20 Craig Spinks 22

21 Sarah Dunlop 28 
22 Lauren Bryce  31 


Parents welcome to come along and watch and use the Clubhouse at Craigielaw 

Loretto Golf Scholarships

Golf Scholarship assessments take place on 7th and 8th October at Craigielaw Golf Club and Loretto.

The Golf Academy offers a number of golf scholarships each year to boys and girls from the age of 12. Scholarships are available to outstanding golfers or good golfers who show exceptional potential.

Candidates will need to have an established handicap and a report will be required from an external coach or professional. They will also be assessed on both their existing and potential golf attainment levels and their academic aptitude.
For details please contact:
Mr Rick Valentine, Director of Golf tel: +44 (0) 131 653 4511 or rvalentine@loretto.com


Please see East Lothian Courier today and or visit the Loretto website http://www.lorettoschool.co.uk/extra_curricular/golf_academy/