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The ‘world famous’ Girls’ Hot Chocolate Scramble broke all records on Sunday with 23 girls playing a Texas Scramble on the Strathtyrum in dry conditions.

The second Balgove Medal was played on Wednesday on a fairly damp evening and had some repeat winners in the four concurrent competitions that were played.

The first Balgove Medal was played on Wednesday in dry conditions and provided the first qualifiers for the Balgove Finals which are scheduled for Wednesday 10^th July.

The 2013 SALJGA competition season is now well underway with tournaments in the Challenge Tour and Mini-tour contested over the previous two weeks.

Ex SGU Coach Spenecer Henderson brought a team of promising young Turkish golfers to St Andrews last month and they had an enjoyable game against a SALJGA team on the Eden Course.  SALJGA won the match on a very cold day but everyone enjoyed the occasion.

A team made up largely of golfers from the St Andrews University Golf Development Programme played SALJGA on Sunday over the New Course in excellent February weather. The students managed a closely fought victory to win the Dunvegan Cup that SALJGA held after their victory the previous year.

SALJGA member Ewan Scott will be coming home with a gold medal from the Australian Youth Olympic Festival after winning the team gold along with Blairgowrie’s Bradley Neil, England’s Georgina Hall and Chloe Williams from Wales.

SALJGA members Lauren Whyte and Ewan Scott rounded off extremely successful 2012 seasons by both being selected to represent Team GB at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival 2013. This prestigious event starts with an opening ceremony in Sydney tomorrow, January 16th and features 5 days of elite youth sport.