Robert Duff Mixed Open Greensomes

We held our annual open mixed greensomes on Sunday 5th July and the course was in great condition to welcome our visitors.

Some very keen scoring was on show despite the sometimes challenging conditions as we were treated to a few stiff summer showers.

Many thanks to the Green staff in their preparation of the course, to the guys in the pro shop for steeering everyone through registration, and to the Bar and catering teams for seeing all our players fed and watered before and after their games.

The Winners of our handicap trophy were an Aunt and Nephew combination who happen to be the daughter and grandson of one of Newbattle’s longest serving members – David Ramage. We asked David to join for a photo alongside winners Jean Short (Liberton) and Craig Ramage (West Linton).

And for our scratch trophy on the day, we had a Newbattle member, Fraser Jervis alongside his partner Rebecca Gregson from Cathcart Castle.

All our prize-winners will receive vouchers sent to their home clubs over the next few days – these are

Handicap Prizes

1. Jean Short (Liberton) & Craig Ramage (West Linton) – Nett 61
2. Gillian Black (Newbattle) & John Laing (Gullane) – Nett 63
3. Leslie Hunter & John Hunter (Both Dunbar) – Nett 65

Scratch Prize

1. Rebecca Grigson (Cathcart Castle) and Fraser Jervis (Newbattle) – Scratch 72

Twos

1. Gill Black and John Laing
2. Graham Flight and Anita Flight (Both Craigmillar)

To claim your prize for your 2, please contact the professional shop. on 0131 660 1631, where Callam or Lee will be happy to help you.

Ladies Open Greensomes 2026

Finals Day – 2026

Finals day had, thankfully, beautiful weather for golf. While some of the qualifying matches has been played in frankly horrendous conditions, we were delighted to see that the sun shone for Finals day.

We had 8 championships altogether – and it’s a big day to organise. We cannot do it without the help and support of a number of people. On the day we would like to than all our volunteer referees, and our match starter. Thanks too to all the bar staff, and catering staff who were all were on hand to keep the players fed and watered and look after all the supporters who came down to watch and enjoy the finals day atmosphere.

The course was in great nick too, and our thanks go to the greens team, and our volunteers here who prepared the course so well.

Some of our winners are pictured here, although unfortunately our Junior champion, and our B and C class champions were unavailable for the picture.

The Results

Junior Final – Innes Reid beat, his brother, Gregor Reid
Ladies Final – Mo Cunningham picked up her 23rd Ladies title winning against Lorna Lettice
Ladies Bronze Final – Mary Cowan prevailed against Ann Cockburn
Seniors Final – Dean Brock in his 3rd final in a row, picked up his 2nd Seniors title beating Malcolm Thomson on the 19th hole
C Class Final  – Bob Martin beat Allan Young
B Class Final – Archie Wylie beat James Birkmyre
A Class Final – Mike O’Rourke beat Davy Linn

And in the Men’s 36-hole Championship Final John Nisbet beat Ally Dougall in an excellent contest between 2 players, each in their first final appearance but no doubt with more to come.

So, another year’s champions have been crowned, and we would once again like to thank everyone who contributed to the day’s success, whether as a player, a supporter, a  referee, a starter, a volunteer or a member of one of the key teams who always support Newbattle; whether that be Greens, Bar, Catering or Professional shop.

If it wasn’t you in a final this year – there’s always next year!!

Whitburgh Cup 2026

It was a tricky day for golf at Newbattle today for our annual scratch open, the Whitburgh Cup. There was a strong and gusty wind that, coupled with some tricky pin positions, made it tough to go really low and that was reflected in some of the scoring.

2 very steady rounds of 70 were enough to seal victory for Jamie McIntosh from Broomiknowe in these challenging conditions. Congratulations to Jamie.

Many thanks to all the staff and volunteers at Newbattle today for helping the day run smoothly. The starters who saw the players out, the bar and catering staff, and to the guys in the Pro shop that sorted out the registration of all our players today. Special mention to our assistant pro – Lee who stayed on late to help record all the second round scores after an error in the competition software. We couldn’t run our opens without this continued support from everyone involved.

A special mention also to Gary Mellon for recording a hole in one at the 8th today – Gary used to play at Newbattle but is now at Haddington. Thanks for the dram Gary – very welcome after 36 holes in that wind!

Prizes are awarded for the top 5 scratch totals, and the best 2 handicap scores. Vouchers for the winners will be sent to your home clubs where you will be able to collect them.

As ever, if you qualify for both a scratch and a handicap prize, you will receive only the higher valued prize and the next eligible player will pick up the other voucher.

Scratch Prize Winners

1. Jamie McIntosh- Broomieknowe
2. Stuart Thurlow – Murrayfield
3. Ross Colquhoun – Kingfield
4. Sean Marc – Broomieknowe
5. Stuart Thorburn – Newbattle

Handicap Prize Winners

1. Joe Malone – Dundas Parks
2. Daniel Hall – Newbattle

We hope all the players enjoyed their day. We look forward to welcoming many of you back next year.

Congratulations to all the winners today.  Full results are available below.

Whitburgh – Gross Scores

Whitburgh – Nett Scores

Gents 2 Man Texas Scramble

Our thanks go out to all our staff and volunteers who made the day a success, from the green staff who prepared the course to an excellent standard, to the guys in the pro shop for setting us all away, to our volunteer starters, and of course to our catering team and bar staff who kept us fed and watered throughout the day.

We hope that everyone enjoyed their day, and hope to welcome you all back next year.

Congratulations go to our winners who were

2 Man Texas Scramble winners

A full breakdown of Nett and Scratch scores here

2 Man Texas Scramble_Handicap

2 Man Texas Scramble_Scratch

NB: Only one prize per team is awarded. If one team qualifies for both a handicap and a scratch prize, they receive only the one of higher value. The other prize will be awarded to the next placed team in the relevant category

SGU vouchers will be sent to your home clubs 

Raymond Smart Trophy – 2026

We hope that everyone who played in our Handicap Open today – the Raymond Smart trophy enjoyed their day.

Here’s one man who certainly did – Gareth Risk, from Falkirk Tryst, who had a hole-in-one at the 8th today – Well played Gareth – and thanks for the dram!!

Many thanks to all the staff and volunteers at Newbattle today for helping the day run smoothly. The starters who saw the players out, the bar staff, and kitchen staff, and to the guys in the Pro shop that sorted out the registration of all out players today. Its a long day and we really appreciate all the efforts of everyone who contribute to make the day a success.

The course was in great condition once again.  We got a lot of compliments on the day about the preparation of the course, and that is very gratifying for us to hear. Our thanks go to our greens staff who had prepared the course to such a great standard.

Prizes are awarded for the top 9 handicap totals, and the best 3 scratch scores. Vouchers for the winners will be sent to your home clubs where you will be able to collect them.

As ever, if you qualify for both a handicap and a scratch prize, you will receive only the higher valued prize and the next eligible player will pick up the other voucher.

Handicap Prize Winners

Scratch Prize Winners

If you had a 2 and you entered the 2 sweep – please contact the professional shop on 0131 660 1631 for details of how to redeem your prize. Callam or Lee will be happy to help you.

We hope all the players enjoyed their day. We look forward to welcoming many of you back next year. If you’d like to revisit sooner – why not enter one of our other opens this year

Open Competitions – Newbattle Golf Club Newbattle Golf Club

Congratulations to all the winners today.  Full results are available below.

Raymond Smart – Nett Scores

Raymond Smart – Gross Scores

Championship draws 2026

Finals Day

Our Finals day is now complete. Good luck to all those you have made it to the final.

10am and 2pm – Gents Championship final (36 holes) – John Nisbet v Alasdair Dougall
11:45 – Juniors Championship   – Gregor Reid v Innes Reid
12:00 – Ladies Championship    – Mo Cunningham v Lorna Lettice
12:15 – Ladies Bronze Championship  – Mary Cowan v Ann Cockburn
12:30 – Seniors Championship – Malcolm Thomson v Dean Brock
12:45 – C Class Championship – Allan Young v Bob Martin
13:00 – B Class Championship – Archie Wylie v James Birkmyre
13:15 – A Class Championship – Mike O’Rourke v David Linn

Gents

Gents Championship, Seniors, A, B and C  Class finalists have been decided

Gents Championship Final 2026

Senior Championship – Draw and results

C Class Championship – Draw and results

B Class Championship – Draw and results

A Class Champ Draw 2026_Final

Ladies

The ladies qualifying round took place on Saturday 23rd May. The main championship and bronze championship draws are below. The match-play games take place in week commencing 15th June 2026

Ladies Championship 2026

Ladies Bronze Championship 2026

Juniors

The draw for the junior championship final is below.

Final Junior Champ_2026

Hole n Hole draws 2026

The draws for the Hole & Hole competitions have been made and can be accessed using the links below.

The draws will be posted onto the notice-board in the Gents locker area in the coming days. Please add your phone numbers to these sheets on the notice-board when you can. 

The following are the dates by which ties must be played

• Round 3 – 21/06/26
• Round 4 – 19/07/26
• QF – 16/08/26
• SF – 06/09/26
• Final – 20/09/26

Please make contact with your opponents as early as possible to arrange a suitable date. Time is tight as there are 7 rounds to get through so make contact early. If you are not able to contact your opponent – please let one of the competition committee know as early as you can. That is Andy Pratt or John Lynch.

The rules for the competition are posted on the notice-board beside the draws.

Thanks
Competition Committee.

HnH 4somes draw

HnH Singless Draw

Gents senior 2-man Texas scramble

Well it was blowing a hooley today, but we had a nearly full card for our final open of the season at Newbattle.

It was a busy day at the club, and the competition committee and the rest of the council at Newbattle would like to thank all our staff and volunteers who have helped stage our opens this year.

The kitchen and bar did great trade and we thank our bar staff and our caterers for keeping the golfers fed and watered throughout the day – great job!

Many thanks also to the greens staff, and volunteers, who prepared the course to an excellent standard once again. We received many plaudits about the quality of the course.

Last but not least, a big thank-you to the guys in the shop and the volunteer starters who got us all registered and set us all away today,

We hope you all enjoyed your golf, and food/drinks to follow, and we look forward to welcoming you back some time in the future. We are just finalising our dates for next year, so keep an eye out on BRS, or Golf Empire for next year’s fixtures.

Prizes are awarded for the top 6 handicap scores today, and the best scratch, and Scottish Golf vouchers will be sent to your home clubs if you were lucky enough to win today. As ever if you qualify for a scratch and a handicap prize, you get awarded the one of the higher value, while the next best placed team will receive the other prize.

Full results are here –

Senior 2-man open Texas scramble 2025 – Scores

Senior Mixed Open Greensomes 2025

It was a challenging day with the weather today. Persistent rain made conditions tricky.

Nevertheless we had some very good scores coming in. Congratulations to all todays winners.

We have to thank allthe staff and volunteers at Newbattle today who made the day a success. The Greenkeeping staff who presented the course in excellent condition, the bar staff and catering team who kept the players fed and watered, the boys in the pro-shop who dealt with registration, and our volunteer starters who set you on your way.

Jim Stuart and Jean Robertson won the best Nett while Kenneth and Phanomporn Walker picked up the scratch prize.

All the winners and all the scores for the day are in the attachments below  so you can see how you fared.

Senior Mixed Open Greensomes 2025 – Winners

Senior Mixed Open Greensomes – Scores

We hope everyone enjoyed their day (despite the weather!) and we look forward to welcoming many of you back again next year