The Edinburgh Academical Golf Club

Founded 20^th December 1900.
Exclusive to former pupils of The Edinburgh Academy, Scotland.

Results

2009 club championship

A Brian Allison v Iain Lamond
	Lamond v Zuill
B Andrew Simpson v Douglas Zuill		Zuill
			Zuill (2&1)
C Alistair McGlynn v James Bryce		Marshall (w.o.)
	Marshall v McGlynn
D Colin McClung v Dave Marshall

2009 EAGC hole 'n' hole handicap knockout competition





Alistair McGlynn (5)
Campbell McAulay (18)
	Campbell McAulay (18)
Iain Lamond (8)	Iain Lamond (8)
Martin Sinclair (20)		Iain Lamond (8)
		David Marshall (9)
David Marshall (9)
Charles Passmore (9)	David Marshall (9)
	Henry Fairweather (9)
			Iain Lamond (8)
			Struan Douglas (18)
	John Crawford (7)
	Tim Straton (24)
		John Crawford (7)
		Struan Douglas (18)
	Struan Douglas (17)
	Iain Watt (11)
				Iain Lamond (8)
					Iain Lamond (8)
				Alasdair Loudon (15)
	Hugh Lees (13)
	Bob Snodgrass (12)
		Hugh Lees (13)
		John Lang (5)
	Robin Mathieson (18)
	John Lang (5)

Andrew Simpson (8)			Hugh Lees (13)
Alasdair Loudon (15)			Alasdair Loudon (15)
	Alasdair Loudon (15)
Michael Baxendine (18)	Michael Baxendine (18)
Alan Whyte (10)
		Alasdair Loudon (15)
Gordon Wallace (18)		Ronnie Sinclair (13)
Ronnie Sinclair (13)	Ronnie Sinclair (13)
	Andrew Gray (11)
Andrew Gray (11)
Ross Barber (10)

Halford Hewitt 2009

Having got to the third round in 2008 hopes were high for the Halford Hewitt. The team comprising Michael Gray, Saeed Hashmi, Iain Smith, David Simson, Iain Macdonald, Steve Malcolm, Colin McClung, Chris Duncan, Ken Hannah and Douglas Zuill contained some new “caps” in the shape of Duncan, Hashmi and Zuill with Duncan having only left the school the previous Summer. The Accies got off to a reasonable start against Rugby in the opening round but there was a reversal around the turn at Royal St Georges from which we never recovered ultimately losing 41/2 to a ½. Rugby were definitely the stronger side but the matches were closer than indicated by the final result. Rugby in turn were beaten in the following round by Merchant Taylors who ultimately lost to Tonbridge in the final.

Versus the school 24/09

Accies won 3-0, results as follows -

D Simson & R Summers bt R Orr & M Nimbley - 5 & 4

J Crawford & I MacDonald bt N Keyden & C Allan - 4 & 3

N Armstrong & I Hendry bt M Zegleman & J Peoples - 6 & 5

Queen Elizabeth Coronation Schools Trophy 2009

After reaching the final of the competition in each of the last two years the target for this year was to go one better. Sadly this was not achieved but as in recent years there was once again plenty of drama for both players and spectators alike. The team of Iain MacDonald (Captain), Alistair Carnie, Joe Lockie, Bertie Allison, Douglas Zuill and Colin McClung came from well behind in all three matches in the first round against Old Uppinghamians to secure a 2-1 victory with the first couple of Lockie and Allison going to the 19^th and the third couple of Zuill and McClung coming back from 4 down to win on the 18^th. Once again the Accies had done their Harry Houdini act. Against Hutchesons’ Grammar School in the second round the situation again looked bleak with only the third couple (Zuill and McClung) ahead going into the back nine. They swiftly polished off their opponents and it came down to the second couple (MacDonald and Carnie) to continue the Houdini act. Having been three down well into the second nine they reduced the deficit to one with four to play. The Accie pair hung in well especially with an up and down for a half in four at the 17^th. Sadly there was to be no glory at the 18^th. Harry Houdini was lost in the trees!

Overall, it was very creditable performance and encouraging that we had another recent school leaver in the side who performed well in what is a tough competitive environment.

Thanks are due to all the players and to Iain Smith for arranging the team.

Andrew Gray

AUTUMN MEETING 2009

BRUNTSFIELD LINKS G.S 01/09/2009

On a sometimes wet & sometimes very wet & windy Tuesday afternoon a good turnout saw the Autumn Meeting unfold as below. An enjoyable meal was had afterwards at Bruntsfield.

	GROSS	NET
DOUGLAS ZUILL	78	73	Winner of Gold Medal best scratch score
DAVE MARSHALL	79	70	Winner of best net score
DAVID SIMSON	79	74
ALAN WHYTE	80	71
BERTIE ALLISON	82	77
HUGH LEES	84	71	Winner of Tony Munro over 55`s
JOHN LANG	86	81
IAIN LAMOND	86	78
ANDREW SIMPSON	87	80
PAUL LAIDLAW	89	81
LOGAN BROWN	91	74	Winner of Tony Munro over 65`s
JASON PARROTT	92	79
HENRY FAIRWEATHER	93	82
JOHN YOUNG	94	90
MICHAEL BAXENDINE	96	78
STUART ALLISON	97	86
STRUAN DOUGLAS	101	83
NR. COLIN MCARTHUR , RONNIE SINCLAIR, PETER NUSSEY, GORDON WALLACE, ALASDAIR LOUDON

v Watsonians

Our annual match against Watsonians took place at Luffness on Sunday 6th September, with both teams of 6 enjoying lunch & golf thereafter. Watsonians were worthy winners 2 v 1, but hopefully next year we will be able to call upon more Luffness members to play to keep the costs down, & increase the number of matches.

SUMMER MEETING 2009

Results XL

WAYFARERS OVER 50'S AT MUIRFIELD

The team needed to have a high HCEG content in order to keep the costs down and consisted of:- Bruce Graham Iain Macdonald Andrew Gray John Lang John Crawford Stuart Allison We qualified in top spot for the knock-out phase on the Sunday, but were pipped at the post with Loretto beating us in the Final when our number one couple of Iain and Andrew took the match to the 20th hole.

CYRIL GRAY AT WORPLESDON

Eheu! It has to be reported that a strong team on paper had a bad golf-day on the Thursday and contrived to get knocked out of the main competition by Stowe and out of the plate competition by Berkhamsted. This was mitigated partially by four of the team having an excellent day on Friday playing at New Zealand and Swinley Forest. The team was: - Bruce Graham Iain Macdonald Ken Hannah John Lang John Crawford Morton Dewar

SENIORS v WAYFARERS OVER 50'S AT PRESTWICK

We were represented in this annual match by John Pauling and Keith Sinclair, who have represented EAGC in this "friendly" match for some years under the overall guidance of Morton Dewar who makes sure they have the date in their diaries! I understand that the Seniors were victorious this year.

New recruits needed!

There appears to be a dearth of Over 50's golfers coming through the system and the current CG team average nearer 60 than 50! All Over 50 competitions are great fun and played in a proper spirit so it would be great to see some fresh, talented faces in the side. Anyone interested should notify David Marshall in the first instance.

The Wayfarers match will be at Prestwick next year, but date not yet known probably in April. The Cyril Gray will be at Worplesdon on 23-26 June 2010.

Andrew Gray is kindly going to take over the organisation of the Over 50's for 2010.

SPRING MEETING 2009 GULLANE TWO 26TH APRIL

The Results were as follows:

	Gross	Net Score
Brian Allison	77	70 Winner of Gold Medal on better last 3
Alistair McGlynn	77	70 Winner of Silver Medal
Douglas Zuill	79	74
Dave Marshall	83	74
Iain Lamond	87	79
Jason Parrott	87	74
John Young	87	83
Logan Brown	94	76
Bill Uttley	NR	NR

Thanks to all those who played, especially to Logan for making the long journey north. Also special mention to John Young who managed a very creditable score despite having to relearn to play much of his golf left handed due to a back injury.

EAGC Stenhouse Quaich Results - 2009

Sat		Merchiston	Loretto	Strathallan	Glenalmond	Fettes
1	Macdonald and Lang	+1	-1	-2
2	Carnie and Bryce	-7	-5	-4
3	McClung and Douglas Zuill	Level	Level	+2
4	Fairweather and Jack and (pm Gray)	-?	-?	+1
Sun am
1	David Simson and Douglas Zuill				+3
2	David Simson and Douglas Zuill				-2
3	Gray and Bertie Allison				-2
4	Stuart and Brian Allison				+1
Sun pm
1	David Simson and Zuill					+1
2	Bertie Allison and Lang					-2
3	Stuart and Brian Allison					-1
4	McClung and Andrew Simpson					-8

Final Team Table Points / Points Difference
1 Merchiston 4 +18
2 Fettes 4 +11
3 Loretto 3
4 Glenalmond 2½
5 Strathallan 1
6 Edinburgh Accies ½

Winter Foursomes

First round	Second round	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final

To be played by 9 November	To be played by 14 December	To be played by 18 January	To be played by 22 February	To be played by 22 March



Alistair Hepburn & David Marshall
	Alistair Hepburn & David Marshall
Colin McClung & Charlie Maran
		Iain Lamond & Andrew Simpson
Iain Lamond & Andrew Simpson
	Iain Lamond & Andrew Simpson
Robert Blair & Brian Allison

Douglas Zuille & Campbell McAulay
	Hugh Lees & Keith Wilkinson
Hugh Lees & Keith Wilkinson
		Adam Gordon & John Gordon
Adam Gordon & John Gordon
	Adam Gordon & John Gordon
John Crawford & John Lang

	John McLaren & Walker Forsyth
		Peter Nussey & Michael Baxendine
	Peter Nussey & Michael Baxendine

	Brian Hay-Smith & Johnny McGlynn

	Gavin Morton & James Bryce

	Iain Watt & John Paterson
		Iain Watt & John Paterson
	Martin Sinclair & Ronnie Sinclair
			Iain Watt & John Paterson
	Robin Mathieson & Inglis McAulay
		Mike Harrington & John Fulton
	Mike Harrington & John Fulton

Gordon Wallace & Angus Tod
	Gordon Wallace & Angus Tod
Struan Douglas & David Simson

Stuart McGlynn & James McGlynn
	Stuart McGlynn & James McGlynn
Paul Laidlaw & Tim Straton

Alistair McGlynn & Alan Whyte

Hugo Craig & David Jarvie

Bill Uttley & John Young
	Bill Uttley & John Young
Andrew Gray & Iain MacDonald