Gullane Juniors and Loretto Golf Academy's

thrilling 5-5 tie at breezy Gullane

By Iain McLean
Loretto Golf Academy brought a strong international team, with players from Scotland, Spain, Italy, Germany, England and South Korea, to a breezy Gullane No 1 to play against Gullane Juniors last Sunday.
It was an early experience of Scottish links golf, with testing winds and thick rough, for many of the new arrivals at Loretto led by German internationalist Max Waltz and + 2.8 handicap 14 year old Julie Yang from South Korea.
With a combination of internationalists and talented and fast improving young players on both sides, the match consisted of a mixture of handicap four-balls and foursomes. It was "nip and tuck" all the way coming down to the very last shot:

Michael Williams & Jamie Black bt Max Link & Sami Bouzabia 4 and 3.
Tom Grey & Graham Swan bt Victor Wall-Gremstrup & Giorgio Diezi 3 and 1.
Rachel Watton & Lara Frostwick lost to Lesley Atkins & Laura Alexander 1 hole
Jonny Lauder & Craig Spinks lost to Elena Krause & Hannah Schwabe 6 and 5.
Oliver Ladbrooke & Gregor Wood halved with Pablo Ruiz de Velasco & Finbar Dalton.
Scott Gillies & Gary Brownlie lost to Tim Seifert & Timon Sitte 5 and 3.
Ally Simpson & Greg Houlston halved with Julie Yang & Max Waltz
Peter Legget & Callum Stephen halved with Tom Scott & Andrew Minto
Rory Grey & James Fisher bt Navjosh Dhallu & Nicholas Bringsken 3 and 1.
Alexander Wilson & Duncan McLean halved with Ian McDowall & Tim Huebner.

Tim Huebner chipped in from off the green for a birdie 3 on the 18th to win the hole and salvage a half against Alexander & Duncan to make the final score Gullane 5, Loretto 5.
An excellent result followed by soup, bacon rolls and cake in the Clubhouse.
The Gullane team is looking forward to the return at Craigielaw on 1st November.

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For more info re Gullane Juniors please see our new blog http://www.gullanejuniorgolf.blogspot.com/.

For more info re Loretto please see http://www.lorettoschool.co.uk/extra_curricular/golf_academy/ or contact Kevin Reid

Gullane are top of the East Lothian Junior Golf League just now having completed their 10 matches - we nervously await the outcome of Musselburgh Old's two final matches ( at home to Dunbar and away to Royal Musselburgh this weekend coming ) to determine the final outcome of the league - please see http://www.eastlothianjuniorgolf.org.uk/