Monday 14 November 2011

Message from the SLGA

"As we are now extremely short of Rules Officials I am writing to ask if any of
your committee or your members would be interested in taking this exam. We only
require Candidates would then be prepared to go on to officiate at a number of
our Events during the season."
Please let Capt Gillian Oliver know by 30th November if you would like to be considered.

Thursday 3 November 2011

Message from our new captain Gillan Oliver

I’m looking forward to the forthcoming season and the challenge ahead.  We have some brilliant young player with lots of talent and it’s important that we as a county continue to nurture their skills.  I also realise the important contribution all county members give to the association and I’m grateful for everyone’s continued support.  Jenny, Dottie, Ann and Lucile, thank you for all the hard work you did  over the last few years, and a warm welcome to Wilma, Isla, Denise and Ailsa, who are joining the committee.  Hope to see you all in 2012.
Gillian

Tuesday 1 November 2011

Gillian Oliver takes over as County Captain

I'd like to thank the members for their support throughout my captaincy and take this opportunity to wish Gillian a successful and enjoyable captaincy.

Jenny, Past Captain

Thursday 6 October 2011

Lawrie Quaich Sunday 9 October 2011

Due to lack of entries this competition has been cancelled. Apologies to those who had entered.

Wednesday 14 September 2011

Annual General Meeting

The County AGM will be held on Monday 31st October 2011 at Kelso Golf Club at 7.30pm

Your support would be very much appreciated.


Tuesday 6 September 2011

Medal Finals at Crieff 4th September

Congratulations to Leanne Wilson from Kelso on another success, she won the bronze section of the medal finals at Crieff with a 77net.

Wednesday 17 August 2011

Silver Jubilee Quaich Sunday 21 August - Kelso GC

Tara MacTaggart (Minto) won the Silver Jubilee Quaich with 37 points

Leanne Wilson (Kelso) came second with 36 points


Commonwealth Spoons 14 August - Eyemouth GC

Winners of the Commonwealth Spoons with a net 74, Margaret Horwood and Margaret McMurchie (Eyemouth) qualify for the Final at Forres on 22 September. Good Luck ladies!


Thursday 11 August 2011


Leanne Wilson (14) singing in the rain at Duns

FROM THE SLGA WEBSITE
Twenty nine ladies braved an exceptionally wet day at Duns Golf Club today (Sunday 7 August) in the South East Regional Medal Finals.
In the bronze section, 14-year-old Leanne Wilson from Kelso had the lowest score of the day with a nett 74, while past Scottish Girls' Champion, Ailsa Bain won the Silver section with a nett 75 after an impressive inward half of one under par. Leanne and Ailsa will be joined at the Grand Medal Final at Crieff on 4th September by Julie Birdsall (Roxburghe).
Thanks must go to the Duns greenkeepers for ensuring the course remained playable.
Silver Section
1st Ailsa Bain Peebles 78 - 3 = 75 Q
2nd Sheila Halliday Kingsknowe 92 - 14 = 78 (unavailable for finals)
3rd Julie Birdsall Roxburghe 85 - 6 = 79 Q
Bronze Section
1st Leanne Wilson Kelso Ladies 88 - 14 = 74 Q
2nd Liz Angus King James VI 102 - 21 = 81
Well done Ailsa, Julie and Leanne - Good luck in the Grand Medal Final - Jenny

Monday 8 August 2011

Commonwealth Spoons 14 August - Eyemouth GC

DRAW

1:00pm L Campbell, Torwoodlee L Wilson, Kelso
G Black, Torwoodlee W Underhill, Eyemouth
1:10pm M Horwood, Eyemouth D Richards, Torwoodlee
M McMurchie, Eyemouth L White, Torwoodlee

1:20pm L Paterson, Torwoodlee C Fettis, Eyemouth
M Brydon, Torwoodlee M Blackie, Eyemouth

2:00pm P Dunn, Eyemouth L Douglas, Hawick
D Warren, Eyemouth D Elliot, Minto


Commonwealth Spoons Finals will be held at Forres GC on 22 September 2011

Saturday 30 July 2011

Scottish U21's - Cardross

Ailsa Bain climbed the leaderboard with a one over par final round to come 10th at the U21's held in Cardross this week she finished at +9 , Tara Mactaggart finished 29th with +20. 
Scottish international Kelsey Macdonald won the event for the 4th time by 6 strokes finishing on 7 under par.

Thursday 21 July 2011

Committee Meeting

The next BLCGA committee meeting is being held in the committee room at the BGH on Monday 25th July at 7pm

Sunday 10 July 2011

Charity Texas Scramble results - Monksford 10th July

1st   Fiona Ker & Co  (57.3)
2nd  Anne Dods & Co (58.9)

 Lorraine White & Co  had the least putts (25 bih)

The proceeds from the day are being split between the Special Care Baby Unit at the BGH and the Border Ladies
Many thanks to organisers, all teams taking part and to Monksford Golf Course for allowing this event to take place on their brilliant course.

Sunday 3 July 2011

Charity Texas Scramble Draw - Monksford 10th July

0900 hours                           Fiona Ker and co
0915 hours                           Jill Wolfenden and co
0930 hours                          
0945 hours                           Jenny Pearson and co
1000 hours                           Patsy Laing and co
1015 hours                           Wilma Craigie and co
1030 hours                           Mary Lillico and co
1045 hours                           Lorraine White and co
1100 hours                           Denise Richards and co

1300 hours                           Sharon Lees and co
1315 hours                           Anne Paterson and co
1330 hours                           Anne Dods and co
1345 hours                           Gillian Oliver and co
Directions:
From Edinburgh follow A68 south (heading for Newtown St Boswells), at the Ravenswood Roundabout take the first exit staying on A68, you will see the golf course on your left hand side, the entrance is NOT the gated one but on the left 200 yards further on, follow the road round to the Greenkeepers sheds - I will put something at the junction as it is not very big or signposted.
Check out Monksford House on Google Maps satellite view to see lay-out of course. (post code is TD6 0RU)
Access to course which is on the east side of the A68, is via stables entrance (not main entrance) directly off A68 just North of Newtown St Boswells

Monday 27 June 2011

Dumfriesshire win South Jamboree

Dumfriesshire Team pictured at Duns GC


Congratulations to Dumfriesshire on winning the South Division Jamboree. Borders halved with Dumfriesshire on the first day and put up a great fight on the last day defeating Galloway 6 -3 to equal Dumfriesshire's 10 1/2 points

It was a win for Sheila and her team on a countback. Good luck at the County Finals. Jenny

South Jamboree 25/27th June



Weekend Results
Saturday  Borders 4 1/2   Dumfries 4 1/2
Sunday    Dumfries 6      Galloway 3
Monday   Borders   6      Galloway 3

Dumfries beat the Borders team (right) narrowly on countback

Monday 13 June 2011

County Team for Jamboree 25-27 June at Duns GC

Judith Anderson
Ailsa Bain
Liz Campbell
Isla Craigie
Anne Dods
Danielle Ker
Tara MacTaggart
Wendy Wells

Order of Play:
Saturday 25th -Borders vs Dumfriesshire
Sunday 26th - Dumfriesshire vs Galloway
Monday 27th - Borders vs Galloway

Foursomes - 9:30am Singles - 1:30pm

Wednesday 8 June 2011

CHARITY 18 HOLE GOLF TOURNAMENT

Monksford Sunday 10th July 2011

Texas Scramble (4 person team) £40 per team

Proceeds to be split equally between BLCGA & Charity chosen by Winning Team

Entries to: Gillian Oliver, 73 Victoria Street, Galashiels TD1 1HH

Telephone: 01896 664740

Email: gillianboswells@tiscali.co.uk

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES 26th June 2011

Open to non members of BLCGA


Sunday 5 June 2011

Team Tournament 5 June 2011 CSS 70


Results


Scratch Trophy winners - Peebles (228)
Team: Ailsa Bain, Wendy Wells & Sheila Cuthbertson

Handicap Trophy winners - Torwoodlee (212)
Team: Isla Craigie, Anne Dods, Denise Richards & Venetia Scott

Individual prize winners
Scratch - Ailsa Bain, Peebles 73
Handicap - Fay Robson, Hawick 69 (BIH)

Thanks to all who supported the Team Tournament (13 teams) and a special thank you to Anne Dods for her hard work leading up to the event and on the day.

The raffle was generously supported raising £77

Hawick Golf Course was in excellent condition today and grateful thanks are conveyed to their Committee for granting us courtesy of the course.

Wednesday 1 June 2011

Friday 20 May 2011

Ailsa Bain - Clark Rosebowl

Current Border champion, Ailsa Bain from Peebles beat Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus) by 1 hole in the final to win the Clark Rosebowl (2nd flight) at the Scottish Ladies Amateur Championship today.  Well done Ailsa

Monday 9 May 2011

AILSA BAIN, PEEBLES, COUNTY CHAMPION 2011

Congratulations to Ailsa on winning the County Championship and also to Wendy on winning the Bronze division. Very well played Leanne on reaching the final - having gone from Bronze division champion in 2010 to runner up in the Silver division this year is a great achievement. Well done also to Kath Fletcher, runner up in the Bronze division.

My thanks to Gillian and all who helped out at the weekend in my absence, I was disappointed not to be at the Roxburghe to see some of the golf on display from the players in both divisions but especially our younger players Ailsa, Leanne, Danielle and Tara.

Jenny

Sunday 8 May 2011

Championship Finals day 2011

In the first semi final of the day Leanne Wilson (Kelso) beat Danielle Ker (Roxburghe), she sunk a putt from off the green on the 16th to seal the match 3 & 2.  Ailsa Bain (Peebles) won her semi final against Tara Mactaggart (Minto) on the 15th.

Leanne Wilson, only 14 years old who has a handicap of 16, was last year's bronze division champion. She had played really steady golf over the two days and did extremely well to get to the final but found it difficult against the more experienced 19 year old Ailsa, a previous Scottish U18 champion, who won easily 7 & 5

Wendy Underhill (Hawick) beat Kath Fletcher (Hirsel) on the 16th in the bronze final.
Prizewinners (L to R)
Danielle Ker, Tara Mactaggart, Leanne Wilson, Ailsa Bain, Wendy Underhill, Kath Fletcher

More pictures of the day will follow

Saturday 7 May 2011

Semi finalists for 2011 BLCGA Championship (Silver Division)

Danielle Ker (Roxburghe) & Leanne Wilson (Kelso)

Ailsa Bain (Peebles) & Tara McTaggart (Minto)

2011 Championships

BLCGA Championship 2011  7th/8th May
Silver Division
TimeSeedQuarter FinalsSemi FinalsFinalWinner
9.001Judith Anderson 6&4
Judith Anderson
9.30am2.00pm























Ailsa Bain
7&6
16Anne Dods
Danielle Ker 1up
Danielle Ker


Leanne Wilson
3&2
9.089Grace Black







Leanne Wilson
8Danielle Ker 8&7


Denise Richards
9.105Denise Richards 5&4





























Ailsa Bain
4&3
12Ailsa Mitchell

Leanne Wilson
7&6
9.2413Leanne Wilson
20th hole
9.38am
4Venetia Scott

Liz Campbell
9.323Liz Campbell
8&7



Tara McTaggart
14Elspeth Bell
Tara McTaggart
20th hole
9.4011Tara MacTaggart 3&2





Ailsa Bain
6Fiona Ker

Laura Neish
9.487Laura Neish
3&2
10Lorraine White
Ailsa Bain 4&3
9.5615Carol Purves
2Ailsa Bain
7&6


Bronze Division 
Semi-Finals       FinalWinner
Seed      2.30pm
1 BYEKath FletcherKath Fletcher

Wendy Underhill
3&2
8
Lucille Paterson
5Lucille Paterson


Wendy Underhill
4Jenny Pearson W/D
Wendy Underhill
3Wendy Underhill
6Dianne KeddieMargaret Fleming
7
2BYE

Sunday 24 April 2011

Championship Qualifying Round - Torwoodlee CSS 71

Congratulations to the prizewinners at Torwoodlee today and to those who qualified for the County Championships which will be held at The Roxburghe on the weekend of 7 & 8 May.

Thank you to all who donated a prize for the raffle which raised £47.50

Good Luck at The Roxburghe

Jenny




Spring Competition - Torwoodlee 24th April

Results
Silver Scratch
Winner - Judith Anderson  75 BIH
Second - Martine Pow 75
Handicap
Winner - Leanne Wilson (19) 69         
Second - Iris French (20) 70

Bronze Scratch
Winner - Kath Fletcher 93
Second - Margaret Fleming 95
Handicap
Winner - Wendy Underhill (21) 75
Second - Sheila Horsburgh (22) 79

Grateful thanks to competition organiser Anne Dods and Torwoodlee Golf Club which was in great condition so early in the season.

Wednesday 20 April 2011

Spring Competition 24th April - Torwoodlee Golf Club

Draw for Championship qualifier on April 24th at Torwoodlee
(still times available contact Anne Dods - annedods@hotmail.com)

9.45ISLA CRAIGIE (T/L)JEAN BEATTIE (SEL) 
9.55JAN DUNBAR (T/L)CAROL PURVES (SEL) 
10.05ANNE DODS (T/L)AILSA MITCHELL (HAW)DIANE CASSIDY (SEL)
10.15LYNN DOUGLAS (HAW)ALISON RUTHERFORD (SEL)LAURA NEISH (HAW)
10.25DENISE RICHARDS (T/L)MARGARET FLEMING (PEE)SHEILA HORSBURGH (PEE)
10.35IRIS FRENCH (PEE)DIANNE KEDDIE (PEE)LORRAINE WHITE (T/L)
10.45LIZ CAMPBELL (T/L)MYRA JOHNSTON (MIN)GRACE BLACK (T/L)
10.55   
11.05   
13.45WENDY WELLS (PEE)JUDITH ANDERSON (HAW)FRANCES FALCONER (MEL)
13.55FIONA KER (KEL)VENETIA SCOTT (T/L)JANET BROWN (MEL)
14.05LUCILLE PATERSON (T/L)WENDY UNDERHILL (HAW)JENNY PEARSON (MIN)
14.15HELEN CUTHBERTSON (T/L)JUNE ALLAN (HIR)KATH FLETCHER (HIR)
14.25ELSPETH BELL (HIR)DANIELLE KER (KEL)CLAIRE HOWDEN (T/L)
14.35JUNE CRAIG (SEL)LEANNE WILSON (KEL)PAM CESSFORD (HIR)
14.45   
14.55   

Monday 11 April 2011

Jenny Cleghorn Sunday 10th April at St Boswells

Results
Silver Division Anne Dods and Marvyn Brydon, Torwoodlee, won the Trophy with a net 67 and
2nd prize went to Judith Anderson and Wendy Underhill, Hawick with a 71.2

The Bronze Trophy was won by Marion Blades and Moira Boocock, Peebles with a 65.8 and
2nd prize went to Linda Geatons and Jenny Pearson, Minto, with a 71.6

28 ladies took part in the first competition which was played in glorious sunshine on a course in excellent condition - let's hope that was the first of many more sunny days ahead !

Grateful thanks to Linda Ovens and all at St Boswells for their help and support and a special thank you to all the ladies who supported the Jenny Cleghorn Memorial Competition and for your generous donations which raised £56 for the Borders Cancer Unit at Borders General Hospital.

Wednesday 23 March 2011

Borders v Midlothian - Cardrona GC - Saturday 2nd April - 11.32am

Match Result Midlothian 2 Borders 1

Team

Anne Dods
Liz Campbell
Laura Neish
Denise Richards
Venetia Scott
Wendy Wells

Borders v Eastlothian - Hirsel GC - Sunday 27th March - 9:45am

Match Result
Eastlothian Ladies 2.5 Border Ladies 1.5 Border Girls won their match


Team

Judith Anderson
Lynn Douglas
Danielle Ker
Tara MacTaggart
Ailsa Mitchell
Laura Neish
Gillian Oliver
Denise Richards
Girls Team
Leanne Wilson
Amy Martin

Friday 18 March 2011

Match vs Midlothian

Rescheduled for Saturday 2 April at Cardrona

Friday 11 March 2011

Match vs Midlothian 13th March

Unfortunately the match vs Midlothian on Sunday 13th March at Cardrona has had to be cancelled.
The team for the match vs East Lothian at The Hirsel on 27th March will be on the website soon

Monday 28 February 2011

Committee Meeting

Next Committee meeting at BGH Committee Room on Monday 14th March 7.15pm

Tuesday 22 February 2011

Midlothian Match

Friendly vs Midlothian at Cardrona Sunday 13th March - first tee 10.20am
Team as follows

Isla Craigie, Torwoodlee
Anne Dods, Torwoodlee
Danielle Ker, Kelso
Fiona Ker, Kelso
Ailsa Mitchell, Hawick
Laura Neish, Hawick
Denise Richards, Torwoodlee
Wendy Wells, Peebles

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