EXCLUSIVE: SIR IS AXED OVER GIRL,17 A TEACHER at a top private school has been accused of kissing and touching a 17-year-old girl pupil in a midnight romp on a beach. Michael Casey, 44, could now be prosecuted for committing a sexual act while in a position of trust. Casey was a teacher at posh George Watson's College in Edinburgh when he allegedly met the senior pupil at a secluded beauty spot. The...
Here’s a bit of news I came across this week that seems to represent a growing shift in the world of private golf and country clubs: The Detroit Athletic Club and Forest Lake Country Club have entered a merger agreement which would combine the downtown amenities of the Detroit Athletic Club and golf amenities of Forest Lake north of the city in Bloomfield HIlls. Private clubs all over, not just...
Good luck to Claire Hargan (Mortonhall) and Claire MacDonald (Gullane Ladies') who play in the SLGA Champion of Champions competiton at Glasgow Gailes Golf Club. The girls qualified through winning the MCLGA County Championship and the East of Scotland Championship respectively and will take part in the one round stroke play competiton on Sunday, the final SLGA event of 2009.
GULLANE have been crowned as the East Lothian Junior League champions after pipping Musselburgh Old for top spot in the tightest finish to the event for many years.
Ladies Club Golf News around the West of Scotland (Free subscription) | 21/09/2009
Scotland team for senior women's home internationals Scotland team for next week's Senior Women's Home Internationals at Newport Golf Club, Wales(September 29 to October 1): Captain - Pamela Williamson Manager - Janet Wake Heather Anderson (Alyth) Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) Fiona de Vries (St Rule) Noreen Fenton (Dunbar) Fiona Hunter (Baberton) Mary Smith (Tain) Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies) Reserves...
Scottish Veteran Ladies' Golf Association (West... (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009
Scotland finished sixth in the European senior women's amateur team championship at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club, south of Dublin in Co Wicklow on Friday 4th September: They lost 4-1 to France in the play-off for fifth place having beaten Ireland the day before by 3 - 2 Thursday Results: SCOTLAND 3, IRELAND 2 Foursome (1-0) Heather Anderson (Alyth) & Fiona Hunter (Baberton) bt Valerie Hassett &...
THE new Edinburgh & East of Scotland Alliance season tees off at Lothianburn this month, and a strong local challenge is expected in the Scottish Championship at Gullane i
Scottish Veteran Ladies' Golf Association (West... (Free subscription) | 02/09/2009
Scotland lost 3 1/2-1 1/2 to England on a day when top seeds and hosts Ireland surprisingly went down by a similar scoreline to Germany, the last of the eight qualifiers for the top flight of the European senior women's amateur team golf championship at Dun Laoghaire. In the semi-finals it will be England v Germany and Spain and France v Italy. Italy, the No 7 qualifiers, beat Sweden, the defending...
Scottish Veteran Ladies' Golf Association (West... (Free subscription) | 01/09/2009
On another day of wind and rain, Scotland improved from 423 to 416 in their stroke-play qualifying rounds and made it through with ease to the championship flight match-play stages of the European senior women's amateur team golf championship at Dun Laoghaire, Ireland. The Scots, for whom Alyth's Heather Anderson went from a non-counting score on Monday to a team-best 79, qualified as No 5 in the eight-team...
With Jon's mum visiting for the weekend it was time for more Adventures in East Lothian. We didn't want to sit for an hour on the bus to Gullane, North Berwick Highland Games were on so the place would be...