CLARA YOUNG HAS HOLE IN ONE AT BROOMIEKNOWE

EAST LOTHIAN GIRLS WIN 

CUTHBERTSON CUP

On Saturday, in very windy, cool conditions with the occasional shower, East Lothian County Ladies Golf Association girls won the Cuthbertson Cup for the 11th time since the tournament began in 1957. The Cuthbertson Cup in contested annually between East Lothian. Midlothian, Fife and Stirling and Clackmannanshire girls. 

 Over the years, statistics show Midlothian with 20 wins, Fife with 18 wins, East Lothian with 11 wins and Stirling & Clackmannanshire with 9 wins. The 2014 tournament was hosted by Midlothian and played at Broomieknowe Golf Club.

Congratulations to the East Lothian team of the team of Clara Young (North Berwick), Charlotte Munro (Gullane Ladies), Joanne Free (Gullane Ladies) and Lauren Lee (Muselburgh).

Results:

Stirling and Clackmannanshire 4, Fife 0

Jennifer Allan bt Brogan Clark 7 & 5

Andrea Walker bt Abbey Wallace 4 & 2

Catherine Goodwin bt Jenna Downie 4 & 2

Beth Donoghue bt Evanna Hynd 1up

East Lothian 4 Midlothian 0

Clara Young bt Emily Dalgetty- 1up

Charlotte Munro bt Emma Morrison 4 & 3

Joanne Free bt Kirsty Burgess 4 & 3

Lauren Lee bt Julia Smith 3 & 2

Final: East Lothian 4 Stirling and Clackmannanshire 0

Clara Young Jennifer bt Allan 6 & 4

Charlotte Munro bt Andrea Walker 3 & 2

Joanne Free bt Catherine Goodwin 2 & 1

Lauren Lee bt Beth Donoghue 2 & 1

The foursomes 3^rd/4^th play off between Midlothian and Fife for 3rd and 4th place was won by Midlothian winning both the afternoon foursome matches.

All matches throughout the day were played in great spirit and despite the weather and judging by the noise around the dinner table all girls who participated had an enjoyable day regardless of their individual results.

Midlothian Captain, Sheila Stuart, presented the cup to our girls as well as a sleeve of balls for Clara for her ace. Clara replied with thanks on behalf of the team as this was her last year as a Junior member

REPORT FROM DAWN YOUNG

 In very windy, cool conditions with the occasional shower, East Lothian won the Cuthbertson Cup for the 11th time since the girls' tournament began in 1957.

                                                                                              

Over the years statistics show Midlothian with 20 wins, Fife with 18 wins, East Lothian with 11 wins and Stirling and Clackmannanshire with 9 wins. East Lothian won the cup 4 years in a row from 1990 to 1993 and not again until 2011 and 2012. Last year we were beaten in the final by Midlothian stopping us from winning 3 years on the trot. This year we returned with another strong team with good experience and a determination to win.

The 2014 tournament was hosted by Midlothian and played at Broomieknowe Golf Club.

Pictured below, before the tournament started, in handicap order, the team was Clara Young (NBGC), Charlotte Munro (Gullane Ladies), Joanne Free (Gullane Ladies) and Lauren Lee (Muselburgh).

The morning matches were Stirling and Clackmannanshire v's Fife and East Lothian v's Midlothian with the pairings and results shown below-

STIRLING and CLACKMANNAN 4, FIFE 0

Jennifer Allan bt Brogan Clark - 7 and 5

Andrea Walker bt Abbey Wallace - 4 and 2

Catherine Goodwin bt Jenna Downie - 4 and 2

Beth Donoghue bt Evanna Hynd - 1 hole

EAST LOTHIAN 4, MIDLOTHIAN 0

Clara Young bt Emily Dalgetty - 1 hole

Charlotte Munro bt Emma Morrison - 4 and 3

Joanne Free and Kirsty Burgess - 4 and 3

Lauren Lee and Julia Smith - 3 and  2

The East Lothian girls did not lose a single match and defeated Midlothian 4 - 0 in the morning matches to sail through to the finals in the afternoon to meet Stirling and Clackmannanshire who also had a clean sweep in the morning matches against Fife.

Afternoon finals pairings and results were

EAST LOTHIAN 4, STIRLING and CLACKMANNAN 0

Clara Young bt Jennifer Allan 6 and 4.

Charlotte Munro bt Andrea Walker - 3 and 2

Joanne Free bt Catherine Goodwin  2 and  1

Lauren Lee bt Beth Donoghue- 2 and1

After the first 2 matches were won and the third match was lying 2 up with 2 to go we knew we had clinched the cup, the icing on the cake was that the last two matches resulted in wins making it a 4 - 0 result in our favour maintaining the unbeaten record of the morning.

Mention must also be made of Clara's hole in one! A 7 iron at the 151yd 11th hole in the afternoon round.

The foursomes play off between Midlothian and Fife for 3rd and 4th place was won by Midlothian winning both the afternoon foursome matches.

All matches throughout the day were played in great spirit and despite the weather and judging by the noise around the dinner table all girls who participated had an enjoyable day regardless of their individual results.

Midlothian Captain, Sheila Stuart, presented the cup to our girls as well as a sleeve of balls for Clara for her ace. Clara replied with thanks on behalf of the team as this was her last year as a Junior member.

It was a great day for the County and a memorable last Cuthbertson for myself and Mary Lou as officials as we both stand down from office later this year. Thank you to the team for making us all so very proud.

Thanks go to county officials Carole Macleod (President), Janette Buchanan (Vice President), Barbara Biggart (Vice Captain), Liz McLelland (Secretary) for attending during the day to support the girls and also our thanks to team player relatives Valerie Young, John and Diane Free, Stuart and Julie Munro and David Lee for supporting the team throughout the day and keeping us informed of match status.