First match, first win in Edinburgh GolfSixes League!

What a fantastic day.

First of our GolfSixes matches today at Swanston with Swanston, Baberton, Ratho Park, Melville, Prestonfield. Not only was it a fun day but Craigmillar Park managed to come out on top!  Top of the league – what a start!

Well done Kate and Katie, Hector and Craig, and Alex and Luke!

Our player of the day was Kate who also won a nearest the pin prize

Thanks to all the parents for your support

The GolfSixes league is a fun new event for younger, pre handicap golfers and is supported by Scottish Golf and the Golf Foundation.

Juniors Retain Winter League Trophy

Huge congratulations to our juniors who retained the Winter League Trophy today at Duddingston, winning 2.5-0.5!

In the top game Captain Danny Hendry and Cameron Ledingham had a tough match, but having been 2 down with 2 to play, dug deep and won 17 and 18 to half the match. Lucy Morrison and Lucy Hall won 9&7 and Alessio Margiotta and Callum Murison 5&3. Fantastic performance.

Also nice to have the support of our Captain and two past captains.

Club Prize Night 2018

Junior Champion :  Danny Hendry
David Young Trophy (Singles Knockout): Cameron Ledingham
Junior Summer Foursomes : Danny Hendry & Cameron Ledingham
Junior Strokeplay Trophy 36 Hole scratch:  Danny Hendry
Junior most improved player Trophy: Harry Garden
Junior Order of Merit Trophy: Kirsten Murison

Other 2018 achievements

• Junior Open Tauranga Trophy (Scratch) Danny Hendry
• Junior Open Kilgour Trophy(Handicap – age 15 and unde) Ellie Ferguson
• Daniel Hogg who won the under 10 boys Flag at the Stephen Gallacher Foundation Finals Katie MacKenzie was 3rd in the under 10 girls. 
• Lucy Hall won the Stephen Gallacher under 15, 54 Hole Handicap Championship at Kingsknowe
• Kirsten Murison won the overall prize (1st handicap) at the East of Scotland Girls Summer Meeting today at Royal Musselburgh 
• Conor O’Toole won the Boys Scottish Schools Championship at Murrayshall after a four-hole play-off!
• Lucy Morrison 1st equal Handicap in the girls Scottish Schools Championship
• Conor and Lucy represented Scottish Schools in match v England (Conor captaining the boys side)
• Conor O’Toole made the top 64 cut (out of 264) in the Scottish Men’s Amateur Championship to qualify for the match play stages. 
• We had 9 of our juniors playing in the Scottish Boys and Scottish Girls Amateur Championships at Moray in July!

Edinburgh Junior Leauge Champions 2018!

Round up ...

Our juniors have been playing in lots of Open events with great success.

Lucy Hall won the girls trophy at the Longniddry GC Junior Open today with a nett 71, the lowest score from girl (nett 64) at Kilspindie and then best girl scratch score for at North Berwick taking a total of 1.9 off her Handicap.

Cameron Ledingham won best scratch at Kilspindie and at Mortonhall,  Mark Brooks won best scratch and Danny Hendry 2nd Handicap. In round 2 of the Junior Tour event at Kings Acre, Lucy Morrison shot a nett 65 and reducing her handicap by 1.4!

Lucy Hall at Longniddry

Junior coaching has been taking place at the Braids Golf Centre with Paul Malone and everyone has been working hard and having lots of fun.

Regular Monday evening roll-ups are on going together with Thursday stablefords and roll ups.  We also held a 10 hole scramble last Sunday

Our new PGA Professional Alan Wright joins us next week.  He came up especially to meet our juniors a couple of weeks ago and met some of us at the Scottish Open. We look forward to welcoming you to Craigmillar Park Alan.

Well done Ellie!

Congratulations to Ellie Ferguson on winning the Craigmillar Park Jack Memorial Mixed Foursomes yesterday with partner Iain McNaught

Craigmillar Park Juniors at the Scottish Boys and Girls Amateur Championship

Good luck to all 9 of our juniors playing in the Scottish Boys and Scottish Girls Amateur Championships at Moray starting today:

• Alessio Margiotta 
• Conor O'Toole 
• Cameron Ledingham 
• Danny Hendry 
• Georgia Ledingham 
• Lucy Hall 
• Lucy Morrsion 
• Mark Brooks 
• Sam Hall 

Play well everyone! You can follow their progress at https://www.scottishgolf.org/championships/#/competition/1313000/leaderboard

Post holiday update

Its been a while since we updated the blog - been away on holiday and lots been happening since I got back, so here we go!

Team Matches
We have played 5 of our six Edinburgh league matches with four wins and 1 narrow defeat away to Murrayfield:

Kingsknowe (home) 6-0 win
West Linton (away) 4-2 win
Murrayfield (away) 2.5- 3.5 loss
Duddingston (home) 6-0 win
Dalmahoy (home) 4.5-1.5 win

Our last match is away to Prestonfield on 28 July and a good result should see us through to the semi-final knockout stages as runner up in our group to Murrayfield who have won all their matches.  Well done team!

Junior Championship
Congratulations on everyone who qualified for the junior championship and especially to our champion and new Junior Vice Captain Danny Hendry.  A great final between Danny and Alessio Margiotta played in fantastic sunshine and great spirit.

Monday evening roll-ups
Great to see so many turning up on Monday evenings. If you haven't been then get yourself to the club for about 6.20 on Monday evenings for some fun golf.

Hole in One alert!
Congratulations to new member Alex Nevard who had a hole in one at the 7th!

Well done Conor! 
Conor O’Toole won the Boys Scottish Schools Championship at Murrayshall after a four hole play-off!

Well done Lucy Morrison who finished 6th scratch and 1st equal Handicap (losing out on 2nd round countback) in the girls Scottish Schools Championship. And -.8 off her handicap.

Lothian Boys Championship

Good luck to Mark Brooks, Sam Hall, Danny Hendry and Cameron Leadingham playing in the Lothians Boys Championship at the Braids tomorrow.

Scottish Golf video

See the video of our open day and star roles by some of our juniors!