Midlothian take team championship at Luffness New

 Midlothian's team trophy winning line-up: left to right: Hannah Scott, Gabrielle MacDonald, Karen Marshall, Wendy Nicholson. Picture by Gillian Kirkwood.

Great Scott! Hannah wins East title with course-record 70

Hannah Scott
East of Scotland Champion

Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe ) (pictured right) won the East of Scotland championship at Luffness New Golf Club, Aberlady today with a round of 70, an astonishing five strokes inside the previous women's course record.
She won by two strokes from past Scottish champion Elaine Moffat

(St Regulus).
Susan Jackson (Ladybank) was third with a 73. 
The SSS and CSS were both 73.
Hannah also figured in the Midlothian side who won the team trophy with a total of 219. The other team members were Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw), Karen Marshall (Baberton) and Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe). 
Fife were team runners up, four strokes behind Midlothian

Handicap prizewinners:

1 Karen Burns (Bathgate) (6) 68

2 Karen Ferguson (Liberton) (4) 71

3 Sue Penman (Gullane Ladies) (6) 73 [best inward half from six players with net 73] 

+Scroll down to the end of the following article to view all the scratch scores

EAST OF SCOTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP

REPORT BY BARBARA BIGGART

East Lothian county captain

The 2015 East of Scotland Championship hosted by East Lothian was played at Luffness New Golf Club. The competition was well supported by all the Counties involved (Fife, Midlothian, East Lothian and Stirling and Clackmannanshire) with the result that many hopeful competitors were unfortunately balloted out. There were 48 competitors and everyone played in glorious sunshine with no wind, very unusual for a Links Course. The course was in splendid condition and ELLCGA are very grateful to Luffness New for hosting this tournament.

Congratulations to Hannah Scott in becoming the new East of Scotland champion with an excellent scratch score of 70 - a new Ladies course record at Luffness New, beating the previous record of 75, held by Keren Ward (East Lothian) in the 2013 ELLCGA Spring Meeting. Hannah helped the Midlothian team to win the County team cup with a score of 219.

Well done to everyone who took part and a big thank you to Liz McLelland, Elaine Dick and Gwen Stewart of East Lothian for all their hard work in organizing the event, and today on the desk, and a special thank you to our President Carole Macleod for acting as starter and presenting the prizes. ELLCGA would also like to offer a grateful thanks to the catering staff at Luffness New for their delicious afternoon teas which were enjoyed by many of the competitors .

Results: CSS 73

Scratch 

1 Hannah Scott, Broomieknowe (Midlothian)       70

2 Elaine Moffat, St Regulus (Fife)                               72 

3 Susan Jackson, Ladybank (Fife)                               73

Handicap

1 Karen Burns, Bathgate (S&C) (6)                            68

2 Karen Ferguson, Liberton (Midlothian) (4)        71 

3 Susan Penman (GLGC) (East Lothian)(6)            73 (b.i.h.)

TEAM RESULTS 

Midlothian                               219

Fife                                          223

Stirling and Clackmannan       242

East Lothian                             248

There were 12 twos:

East Lothian - Gilly Corstorphine, Anne Marshall, Alice Archibold, Kay Lannin, Sue Penman, Barbara Biggart, Joanne Free

Fife - Susan Jackson, Megan Brown

Midlothian- Hannah Scott, Gabrielle MacDonald

Stirling and Clackmannan - Karen Burns

SCRATCH SCOREBOARD
Par 70 CSS 73

Hannah Scott  70

Elaine Moffat 72

S M Jackson 73

Karen Burns 74

Gabrielle MacDonald 74

Karen Ferguson 75

Karen Marshall 75

Louise Macgregor  78

Megan Brown 78

Margaret Tough 78

Mrs Susan Penman 79

Anne Hanson  79

Margo Gardner 79

Ms Andrea Walker 79

Mrs Kay Lannin 79

Miss Mary Lou Watkins 80

Mrs Mhairi Tufail 81

Miss Sarah Stichbury 81

Mrs Hazel Saunders 81

Ms Dorothy Ford  82

Miss Lauren Lee 83

Mrs Dulcie Barnes 83

Mrs Elinor Blair  84

Dr Barbara Biggart  84

Claire Capocci  85

Wendy Nicholson 85

Ms Lindsey Sabin 86

Anne Brownie  86

Ms Gail McKill 87

Miss Stacey Cameron 87

Lynn Cackett 87

Megan Linton 87

Mrs Alice Archbold  87

Mrs Dianne Brown 88

Miss Catherine S H Milne  89

Sarah Walker 89

Mhairi Hall 89

Mrs Gillian Corstorphine  90

Janette Murdie  90

Emma Wilson  90

Mrs Anne Marshall 90