Winter League - 2011/12

Here are the Winter League Fixtures between now and Xmas - all Sundays - home team first

 

2 Juniors play in each

 

1. 9 October  Gullane v Musselburgh 9.30am
2. 16 October Gullane v Tantallon 9.30am
3. 30 October Glen v Gullane 9.15am
4. 13 November Longniddry v Gullane 10.30am
5. 27 November Gullane v Haddington 9.30am
6. 11 December  Musselburgh v Gullane 10.15am

Could all of the following 

 

Michael, Jamie, Anthony, Graham, Alexander, Scott, Lesley, Lara ,Duncan , Andrew, Olly, Tom , Tom, Cameron , Cameron , Brodie

 

Please

 

1 Confirm whether they would like to play in any of the winter league matches this winter

 

2 Indicate availability for matches 1-6

 

Obviously I need to sort pairing for Sunday soonest

 

Thereafter, once I know availability I'll sort out the pairings in advance

 

Please keep note of fixtures / timings for future ref

 

Iain

 

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Junior Winter League 2010 / 2011

Lesley and Alexander post a good win on Sunday away to The Glen - giving away strokes

Fraser Edgar & Fraser Christie lost to Lesley Atkins & Alex Wilson 2/1

We now sit on top of the League with 5 from 5

Men's team regained top spot in their League with a fine win too



Gary Reid & Jim Jack lost to Scott Walker & Keith Millar 4/3
George Thomson & Colin Pattison beat Fraser Syme & Murray Saunders 3/2
Mike Currie & Chris Timms lost to Ross Thomson & Alan Smith 3/1
Innes Christie & David MacKinnon halved with Mike Corrie & Robert Jack
Barry Ford & Graeme McCann lost to Duncan Low & Laurie Main 4/3

Well done the old geezers !!

Next matches

13th Feb Haddington away 11am
20th Feb Longniddry away 10.30am 

Junior Winter League 2010 / 2011

Lesley & Alexander are turning out on Sunday v The Glen - planning to keep our 100% record going - and looking to support our Men's Team who are also looking to plan to go top of their league by beating the Glen

Congrats to Greg & Michael who won last week 4&3 v Royal Musselburgh on G1 giving away 19 shots !

Junior Winter League 2010 / 2011

We are undefeated so far from limited games played  so must be top of our Junior League !

Here are the remaining fixtures

Gullane v Royal Muss Jan 23
Glen v Gullane Jan 30
Hadd v Gullane Feb 13
Longniddry v Gullane Feb 20 ( clash with Stableford )
Gullane v Longniddry March 6

Pairings will follow

Junior Winter League 2010 / 2011

Leslay Atkins and Oliver Ladbrooke are representing us today at Royal Musselburgh - 12 noon tee off

Junior Winter League 2010 / 2011

Please let me know if you are interested in playing junior Winter League matches this winter - the matches start Sun 10th but this week Dunbar will be unlikely to bring juniors

 

Once I have the schedule and a note of who is interested in playing I will try to schedule out who should play when but happy to have a volunteer or two - parent or junior to run things this year - maybe a job for our new Capt & Vice Capt ?

 

Jeff is considering some of our lower h/c juniors for slots in the mens team. Playing Junior Winter League is a good way to get to know Jeff and the men's team

 

We could do a bounce foursome match behind the Mens match on Sunday - are four of you interested / available to do that ?

 

Iain

 

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Mens Winter League - Gullane gallop away with title as Craigielaw drop

FROM THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS WEBSITE

By MARTIN DEMPSTER

Gullane turned out for their final match in the East Lothian Winter League knowing anything but a 5-0 home defeat would be enough to secure the title.
That thought may have given some hope to opponents Haddington, themselves in need of a couple of league points to make sure of avoiding relegation.However, the match was more of a victory march for Jeff Aitken's side, with the hosts quickly taking control of all but the top tie, and in the end, there was some doubt as to which pairing secured the vital first point that won the title for Gullane.
Whether that claim fell to Fraser Syme and Murray Saunders on the 15th green in match 2, to Rob Jack and Mike Corrie on the 14th in match 3, or to Stuart Menzies and George Paterson on the 13th in match 5, nobody is quite sure.
What is certain is that Gullane secured their first Winter League title for 29 years, and Duncan Low and Scott Walker completed the day's work with a victory on the last green over Keith Nicholson and David Warner in the top tie.
Last year's Division 2 champions, Longniddry, completed their campaign with a win on the road at Kilspindie, and in so doing claimed runners-up spot.
However, there were more twists and turns in the race to avoid relegation and Dunbar completed their struggle for survival with a solid win away to Craigielaw. That was enough to preserve their top-flight credentials for another season and, at the same time, send the defending champions down.
Royal Musselburgh, the champions 11 times, suffered defeats at Haddington on Saturday and at Tantallon on Sunday and that leaves them vulnerable to the drop.
Tantallon's emphatic home win went some way to restoring confidence in a side that has been inconsistent this term, though they travel to Haddington next Saturday in the knowledge that they still need a draw to avoid the third automatic relegation spot.
And, should they win that match, they will move up to third place and send Royal Musselburgh into the play-off. Haddington will take heart from the 5-0 thrashing they handed out when they travelled to the coast in October, and have their sights set on a home win that will earn them the right to contest Sunday's play-off at Tantallon's expense.
Kilspindie return to Division 2 and will be joined in the drop by last year's champions, Craigielaw.
Glen have been on top of the Division 2 table all season, and duly finished off the job with a 4-1 win on the road against Musselburgh Old.
With just one defeat all season, Innes Christie's side can now look forward to competing in an elite six-team Division 1 next year.
Whitekirk have kept up the pressure all the way, and started the day just a point in arrears. Their match at Gifford was postponed due to snow and, with the title decided, that fixture cannot now have any bearing on the final placings.
As Division 2 runners up, Andy Ovens' men will have a second shot at promotion in the play-off match at Gullane next Sunday.

Winter League v Haddington

Pairing for this crunch game is Lesley Atkins and our Junior Champion in 2009,  Alexander Wilson. Both are fantastic low handicap players and only 14 yo - ones to watch in the future.

9.30am on No 1

Best of luck - see previous post for details of current standings

Iain

Winter League Update

Men

Most of you ,if not all, will know that Longniddry beat Craigielaw today   3 1/2 to 1 1/2. My calculations of the up to date league positions are as noted below. 

                            Played   Won  Drawn  Lost   For  Against Points

1) Gullane               13      10       1          2     41.5  23.5      21

2) Longniddry          13       8       3          2       37    28        19

What a fantastic result today, well done to everyone, it made the car journey back to Gullane very enjoyable. So a win, a draw or a 4-1 defeat if Longniddry win 5 - 0 next weekend  away at Kilspindie would make GGC champions, the first time since 1980-81. I don`t want to count my chickens before they hatch but I know what result I am hoping for.

Cheers

Jeff

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Juniors 

Good win on Sat for Greg and Michael v Tantallon  3 and 1 with  Olly and James Fox also having a run out in a bounce match. We also had a w/o vs Dunbar on Sunday .We sit at the top of the league

                             Pd     Won    Drawn  Lost  For Agnst  Pts

Gullane                 13       10        0          3      10    3        20

Hadd                     11       10        0          1      10    1        20 

We have one more fixture at home on Sunday 9.30am v Hadd @ home - be nice to win and see if both teams can finish off top of respective tables. 

Pairing for Sun tbc shortly 

Iain 

Winter League v Tantallon Sat 27th 9.30am

Team is Greg and Michael Williams - keep up the good work

Oliver Ladbrooke and James Fox are also oplaying a bounce game v Tantallon - 9.44am on No 3 - good luck

Iain

Gullane take pole position - Old Guys Doing V Well !

Evening News 

 24 February 2010

By MARTIN DEMPSTER

GULLANE stamped their authority on proceedings as
league leaders Longniddry came to visit in the latest
round of matches in golf's East Lothian Winter League.

Longniddry, last year's Division 2 champions, had topped
the table since mid-November, but Jeff Aitken's men
took full advantage over their home course and handed
out a whitewash that meant they now move ahead
on hole difference, and with a game in hand.

There was a close tussle at the top of the order, but
the experienced Scott Walker and Duncan Low
prevailed on the home green. With everything going the
home team's way elsewhere on the course, that win
was enough to ensure the hosts took all they could.

At the other end of the table, Craigielaw completed a
successful raid on lowly Kilspindie, making relegation
now a certainty for the hosts, and at the same time
 preserving their own Division 1 survival hopes.

Dunbar's impressive recent progress was halted by a
resurgent Royal Musselburgh side, themselves spurred
into action by the threat of relegation.

Indeed, whilst Longniddry and Gullane slug it out for the
title over the league's closing weeks, the more enthralling
tussle will surely be the one for survival.

The impending league restructure means three teams
will be relegated this term, with a fourth going into a
relegation play-off with the Division 2 runners-up.

With Kilspindie already relegated, Royal Musselburgh,
Dunbar, Tantallon, Craigielaw and Haddington find
themselves battling it out for just two guaranteed survival
places and all eight teams are in action on Sunday.

Winter Stableford & Winter League - Sun 21 February 2010

The third & final winter stableford was played on Sun 21st in excellent conditions on No 1.

Boys results

* = handicap reduction - well done !


CSS Score : 71
Course Par : 71



Gary Brownlee       38   13    AWAY
Peter Legget             37   4 *
Graham Swan          37   13 *  12.2
Alasdair Simpson     36   4     AWAY
Jamie Black             33   11   10.7
Michael Williams      32   10   10.0
Oliver Ladbrooke     29  16   15.8
Scott Young             36  26    25.6  No Signature
Adam Munro           14   24   24.4  No Signature
Craig Spinks            13   22   22.1  No Card
Gregor Wood            9   21   21.2  No Signature

6 girls also played inc 10 yo Charlotte Munro in her first medal !

Clara Young

Anna Fox

Lauren Bryce

Lara Frostwick

Charlotte Munro

Sarah Dunlop

Girls results to follow when received from GLGC as will results of overall winter stableford series

Winter League

The mens' team beat top of the table rivals Longniddry 5-0 and Lesley Atkins and Duncan McLean also played well to win the junior match  5 and 3.

Next match is at home to Tantallon on Sat 27th @ 9.30 am - team will be Michael Williams and Greg Houlston

Well done all ( apart from the few comments above ! ). Great to have 19 playing in February.

Iain

Winter League v Royal Musselburgh 6th Feb

Team for junior winter league on Sun 12 noon away at Royal Musselburgh is Lesley Atkins and our Junior Champion from last year Alexander Wilson - both in photo below

Lets see if we can give our Old Guys the encouragement they need to stay at the top of their league - last week we lost to Haddington

Iain

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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 !

Winter League - 10th Jan

Guess what ... its off !

Winter League v Tantallon - Sun 3rd Jan 2010

Cancelled - next match 10th Jan 

Winter League v Tantallon - Sun 3rd January 2010

Our first home fixture of 2010  v Tantallon takes place on Sunday @ 9.30am on Gullane No 1 - obviously subject to pitch inspection !

Our pairing is Peter Legget (Capt) and Greg Houlston (Vice-Capt)

Hot lunch will follow !

Watch this space for news of any cancellation

We are currently top of the league with only one loss so hopefully we can see off Tantallon again and do the double following Rachael & Lesley's great win earlier in December. The mens team are also doing well in their league.

Picture Courtesy of Hugh Dodd  "In the lee of Gullane Hill a foursome seek shelter from the driving wind and rain. North Berwick Law rises beyond through the shrouded mists as the golfers await the storm to pass."

Winter League v Craigielaw / Tantallon etc

The team this week v Craigielaw - 9.30 am Sun 29th Nov on Gullane No 1 is Greg Houlston and Alexander Wilson 

On Sun 13th it will be Rachael Watton and Lesley Atkins  away at Tantallon - 10.15am

In each case there may be an opportunity for an additional pairing to play an informal match - watch this space

The Haddington game  is to be rearranged - confirmation awaited.

Here are details of fixtures after Christmas

3 Jan     Gullane v Tantallon     9.30am
17 Jan   Gullane v Kilspindie    9.30am
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

We've also challenged the Men's Winter league team to a match and will hopefully find a date in Jan or Feb !  


Let's  keep up the good work

Iain

Winter League v Haddington Sun 22nd Nov

HADDINGTON CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER -  TO BE REARRANGED

Remaining matches pre Christmas are Craigielaw on 29th Nov and Tantallon (away ) on 13th December

We are top of the league just now

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Our pairing this week is James Fisher and Olly Ladbrooke - 11am at Haddington - I'll check in advance whether  the weather is causing any difficulties

Greg Houlston and David Crummey had a good win last week at Kilspindie. We've done well overall so far, only losing once ( Longniddry ) , one match conceded ( Dunbar )  and two wins ( Royal Muss and Kilspindie )  with the Haddington game abandoned and being replayed on Sunday ( hopefully ).

Good to have young Crummey playing again after a summer of piping !

Remaining pre Christmas games after Haddington are Craigielaw and Tantallon !

Thanks to those who have turned out so far - Jamie, Michael, Graham, Olly, Greg , David , Calum - its really good to keep playing over the winter and to meet the men's winter league team. Jeff Aitken who manages the men's team has been very pleased to have the juniors along and I think has been suitably impressed so far !

Greg has also turned out for the men's team

Winter League v Kilspindie - Sun 10am

Pairing is Greg Houlston and David Crummey - meet at Kilspindie @ 10am

Its 10am not 11am as previously advised

Good luck !