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One of the major trophies within the Club is the Secretaries Cup and on 1th September Kevin Wyllie seen here with the Club Captain , who was a previous Secretary, won from Clifford Livingstone on count back..

Sunday 25th August 2024 was our club Charity Day and our nominated charity this year was Changes, a Musselburgh based mental health support charity. For the last few years we have chosen a local based group to support. The members once again turned out in force not only to play in the competition but also by donating raffle prizes. The winner of the competition was Ali Scoots, seen here with our Club Captain and Jill Jeans from the charity. Ali won the handicap prize with Justin Maver taking the Scratch prize. But Jill and the charity were the big winners as the club raised over £2,000, once again a small club with a big heart.

The invitational Texas Scramble was played on Saturday 17th August. Teams had to have at least two guests so lots of visitors to the club. The winners were a team lead by club member Ian Boggie seen receiving the trophy from our vice captain Gordon Henderson

Sunday 11th August was finals day in our Club Championship after two rounds of qualifying the previous two Sundays. With midweek quarter finals and Saturday semi finals, the stage was set for all 4 finals to take place. A great line up and even the weather was perfect for playing golf.

Our Club Champion for the 2024 season is David Service who defeated Callum Livingstone in a 36 hole contest. It was the first time for both of them to be in the final, so a new name on our finals board in the clubhouse. Here you can see David with the trophy being congratulated by Callum.

The B section Championship was contested by Stevie Peters and Mark MacWhinnie again over 36 holes of matchplay. Stevie was the winner and defended the title he won last year. From the picture above it is easy to tell how happy he was to be holding the Trophy again.

The Senior title went to Alan Tweedie who played Terry Gillan. This was played over18 holes. Here you can see Alan, our Club Secretary, with the trophy being congratulated by Terry, our Club Treasurer.

The last of our finals was the C Section played over 18 holes by Wilbur McKenzie and Graham Malcolm. Here you can see the winner Graham with the shield shaking hands with Wilbur.

A special thanks for all the hard work needed to make this day possible and such a success. All the participants, qualifiers, Committee members, starters, referees, caddies, bar staff and kitchen staff. Plus all those that turned out to watch and support our members in all the finals, not just on Sunday but through the week. In the tradition of our club the winners all then had to sing a song, and some of our members could not resist joining in.

Sunday saw the last day Jan was behind the bar and she is seen here receiving our farewell gifts and wishes. We all look forward to welcoming her back to have a drink from the other side of the bar. All the best Jan.

In the 1st Round Qualifier for the Club Championship John McFeely had a hole in one at the Sea Hole (14th). Well done chef.

As our course has a very proud tradition of The Open (6 time venue) and the Claret Jug (Musselburgh, Prestwick and St Andrews paid for it), an annual competition on the Sunday of the Open takes place. In fact two competitions, one for the Claret Jug but also one as a pro am with a Professional player playing on the Sunday. The combined scores of the member plus a drawn Open player to win the trophy.

The Claret Jug was won by Jackie Brown with a net score of 62, seen being presented by the Captain Billy Alexander. The Pro Am was won by Clifford Livingstone with a net 66 but he drew the lowest score of the day at The Open a 65 by the eventual winner Schauffele.

The latest edition of the MOCGC newsletter is attached

Saturday 6th July 2024 saw our club host the Musselburgh Challenge. A hickory competition held over 9 holes with invited teams from some of our neighbours but also from some of The Open host clubs. This year saw 12 teams including the R&A Golf Club of St Andrews and Prestwick who together with our course were the 3 original venues of the Open. Other clubs that were based at the course Bruntsfield Links and Royal Musselburgh also took part. After a very competitive competition the winners were a team from the Thorntree GC as seen above with the trophy. The Thorntree are a club within the Royal Musselburgh GC. The victory was by one shot from the runners up a team from Leith Rules as seen below.

Our former captain Steven Hill with our Chairman Brian Weddell playing with a pair from Prestwick

Mark MacWhinnie and Liam Smith with two guests from the British Golf Collectors Society

Our Club Champion Ross Noon and Dave Blackshaw playing with a pair from Bruntsfield Links Golf Society

Kieran Blyth with Matty Craigie playing with guests from Kilspindie

The day was finished off with a lunch served in our clubhouse