Author name: mocgc

On Saturday 4th July we hosted the 25th Musselburgh Challenge, an invitational team event played with hickory clubs. Teams from Muirfield, The R&A, Bruntsfield Links, Musselburgh GC, Kilspindie, Port Seton, The Thorntree GC, Dunbar, British Golf Collectors, Leith Links and two teams from MOCGC, arrived on a windy day to compete. The first match saw one of our pairings play with a pair from the current holders The Thorntree. At the halfway stage one of our pairings Euan Glen and Kevin Wyllie led the way with an impressive 36 for 9 holes, with The Thorntree holding second spot. Our last pairing of Kieran Blyth and Alan Tweedie playing the absolute match of the day. At this point The Thorntree pairs had accumulated a total of 77 and were leading the pack. However our pair returned another 36 to win the trophy for the first time in 20 years by a margin of 5 shots. Our team shown above with the trophy.

The runners up receiving their medals

On Sunday 28th June the Club hosted our Club Championship. Our new Club Champion is Matthew Craigie, the “B” Champion is Ross Larner, The “C” Champion is Eddie Whoriskey and the Senior Champion is Alan Tweedie.

The picture shows from the left Ross, Matthew our Captain Gordon Henderson, Eddie and Alan.

The first competition of the season that members invite a guest from another club is our Invitational Silloth. For those that do not know the calculation of the handicap for the better ball pairs competition, is somewhat complicated. With a magnificent turnout of 44 members and 44 guests, made for a great days competition. The day was kindly sponsored by Matthew Craigie and he is seen presenting the trophy to the winning pair, Kevin Cunningham and his partner. Kevin is a new member this year, and gave a nice speech. Second was James Surgeon by a few decimal places, and he had to wait until the last few tee times came in as Kevin was second last out. Another new member Steven Wilson and his partner had the lowest scratch score. Not only was it a crowded course but also a crowded bar / lounge after as we entertained our guests.

One of the first major competitions of the season is the Captain’s Cup. Gordon Henderson our new Captain is seem presenting Liam Smith, who had a net 62.

In our last post from our presentation night it was missing one important person, who could not make the night. Our Club Champion David Service was unable to attend. So we managed to catch him this Sunday to make the above presentation which includes our traditional hallmarked silver medal. The reason we caught him was he was winning something else, as he was in the final of our Winter Singles against Liam Higgins. Once again he was a winner

Our annual Presentation Night, when the major winners of the last season are celebrated took place on Saturday 14^th March, just along the road from the Clubhouse, at the Masonic Hall. The night included a magnificent buffet and live music, to dance the night away. We are very fortunate that the majority of our competition sponsors are members of the Club.
Therefore as tradition a number of them presented some of our major trophies. A few to mention are our Senior and B Section winners Alan Tweedie and Terry Gillan, presented by Eddie Whoriskey. Then Eddie presented the C Section trophy to Billy Finnigan, a bittersweet moment for Eddie as he was the defeated finalist.

Sunday 1st March saw the Club holding the Annual Hickory Championship played over 9 holes with hickory clubs. Ross Noon is seen being presented with the trophy by our new Captain Gordon Henderson. It was a tight competition as Ross posted a 36 the same as Alan Tweedie, but Ross was the victor on countback. Great shooting by both and well done to all those that took part.

Dates for the diary.

The Club AGM will take place in the Club lounge on 20th February at 7pm. Members are reminded that to be able to attend and vote, you must have paid your subscriptions.

The 2025/26 Presentation Night will be held at the Masonic Halls on Saturday 14th March.

Newsletter 11, the winter 2025 is now available