Club Champions 2024
Club Championship week 2024 was a fantastic six days of golf, culminating in a superb finals day on Saturday 15th June on which our matchplay champions were crowned.
For a full breakdown of the week's matches, click here.
The Strokeplay Championships followed in August, on a wet and wild Sunday! Owen Brady and Karen Marshall made it a matchplay and strokeplay championship double!
| Competition | Champion | Runner Up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Champion - Matchplay | Owen Brady | Dougie Waugh |
| Women's Champion - Matchplay | Karen Marshall | Nicky Graham |
| Senior Champion - Matchplay | Alan Wren | Alan Docherty |
| Junior Champion - Matchplay | Callum Dall | Nairn Riddell |
| Men's B Champion - Matchplay | Scott Girvan | Jim Gladstone |
| Women's B Champion - Matchplay | Caitlin Turner | Laura Reekie |
| Women's Bronze Champion - Matchplay | Sandra Gibb | Hilda Hudson |
| Brown Trophy - Gents Strokeplay | Owen Brady | Stevie McKintosh |
| Past Captain's Trophy - Senior Strokeplay | Stephen Marshall | David Beveridge |
| Grant Trophy - Youth Strokeplay | Daniel Priest | Nairn Riddell |
| Joan Marshall Trophy - Ladies Strokeplay | Karen Marshall | Rachael Livingstone |
East of Scotland Championship
Huge congratulations to Rachael Livingstone who won the East of Scotland Championship at Craigielaw on 13th October.
Super playing once again, Rachael!
Read more at the following link:
https://mclga.com/east-of-scotland-championship-winner-rachael-livingstone/
Club Mixed 4s
Well done to Kate and Jim Brown who won the Club Mixed 4s event on 18th August, with a score of 38
points, beating Sandra and David Gibb and Laura and Bruce Reekie by 1 point.
Men's Edinburgh Golf League 2024
Baberton's Men's team have been playing some outstanding golf this season, winning 9 out of 10 league matches (and drawing the other) to top their group in the Edinburgh Golf League.
They now enter the knockout stages of the Cup and play Mortonhall for a place in the semi finals. Good luck gents!
For all results, fixtures and knockout draws, please visit the EGL website: https://www.edinburghgolfleague.com/
Inter County Jamboree 2024
Congratulations to Rachael Livingstone and Wendy Nicholson who played their part (as player and official) in the recent Midlothian win over East Lothian. The team now goes on to compete in the Scottish Inter-County Finals trophy at Eyemouth 29th August to 1st September.
Read more all about the win here:
https://mclga.com/inter-county-jamboree-2024-final-day-midlothian-retain-the-trophy/
Scottish Squads 23/24
Huge congratulations to Luca Smith who has been selected for the Boys' Performance Squad for 23/24.
Luca has worked extremely hard on his game over the last few years and this is well deserved.
To read more about the squad, please see below:
https://www.scottishgolf.org/news-detail?newsarticleid=1900&fbclid=IwAR1GpYvAfi8yueKAFi43PsYFfPBgKiN1x5NpElXOVHgkFzxsjFCrBR32us8
Scottish Women's Amateur Championship 2023
Huge congratulations to Rachael Livingstone who reached the final of the Scottish Women's Amateur Championship which took place at Ladybank Golf Club in he last weekend of May. Unfortunately, Rachael lost in the final but played some fabulous golf throughout both the qualifying rounds and the matchplay stages against some tough competition. The magnitude of this achievement cannot be underestimated and Baberton are immensely proud of Rachael’s performance.
Men's Inter Club 2023
Huge congratulations to our Men's Interclub team who won this year's event. Owen Brady, Jake Edgcombe, Dougie Waugh and Mark Riddell overcame Swanston 2-1 in the final. Well done guys!
Midlothian 5 A-Side Winners 2023
Congratulations to our the nine ladies who made up the Baberton Ladies Team who lifted the Midlothian Ladies 5 A-Side title this year!
Adrienne Turner, Catherine Wilkie, Ella Marshall, Jackie Bracewell, Karen Marshall, Laura Reekie, Nicky Graham, Rachael Livingstone and Wendy Nicholson.
