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.

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

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

Lawrie Quaich Sunday 9 October 2011

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

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.

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.

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!

Leanne Wilson (14) singing in the rain at Duns

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

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

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.

Committee Meeting

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Team Tournament Draw - 5th June at Hawick

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

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

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

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
Time	Seed		Quarter Finals	Semi Finals	Final	Winner
9.00	1	Judith Anderson 6&4	Judith Anderson	9.30am	2.00pm	Ailsa Bain 7&6
	16	Anne Dods	Danielle Ker 1up	Danielle Ker	Leanne Wilson 3&2
9.08	9	Grace Black		Leanne Wilson
	8	Danielle Ker 8&7	Denise Richards
9.10	5	Denise Richards 5&4			Ailsa Bain 4&3
	12	Ailsa Mitchell	Leanne Wilson 7&6
9.24	13	Leanne Wilson 20th hole		9.38am
	4	Venetia Scott	Liz Campbell
9.32	3	Liz Campbell 8&7		Tara McTaggart
	14	Elspeth Bell	Tara McTaggart 20th hole
9.40	11	Tara MacTaggart 3&2		Ailsa Bain
	6	Fiona Ker	Laura Neish
9.48	7	Laura Neish 3&2
	10	Lorraine White	Ailsa Bain 4&3
9.56	15	Carol Purves
	2	Ailsa Bain 7&6

Bronze Division 

		Semi-Finals	Final	Winner
Seed			2.30pm
1	BYE	Kath Fletcher	Kath Fletcher	Wendy Underhill 3&2
8		Lucille Paterson
5	Lucille Paterson		Wendy Underhill
4	Jenny Pearson W/D	Wendy Underhill
3	Wendy Underhill
6	Dianne Keddie	Margaret Fleming
7
2	BYE

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.

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)

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

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.

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

Match vs Midlothian

Rescheduled for Saturday 2 April at Cardrona

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

Committee Meeting

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

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

Welcome

Welcome to the new Border Ladies County Golf Association website