DURNESS ALLIANCE
FIXTURE LOST
BECAUSE OF BAD
WEATHER

By ROBIN WILSON
(pictured playing the testing short
18th at Durness - and hitting
the green!)
Unpleasant weather over Durness last weekend caused a second cancellation of the North Golf Alliance fixture at this North-west Sutherland venue. This fixture is now lost as the final Alliance meeting of the season takes place at Tain this weekend followed by the presentation of trophies.
While Tain’s lefty, Munro Ferries, was quite pleased with the first Durness cancellation, the second cancellation meant he lost his last chance to improve on his North venue scores and it leaves the way open for Wick’s Ronnie Taylor to play at Tain on Sunday and make a successful defence of the scratch trophy.
LOCAL PAIR IN THE HUNT

In the hunt for the Handicap Salver are local pair Mike Keay and Steve Holmes. They will be hoping Reay’s Richard MacDonald has an off day when he plays Tain on Sunday for the Caithness player needs only to better net 75 at Tain to win unless the two locals improve greatly on net 71’s they scored at a previous Tain fixture.
Keay and MacDonald share the lead with four-score counts of 276, Holmes is on 281. A danger to all three could yet be Helmsdale’s Graham Grant (278) who is left with a last chance to better a Brora net score of 76 included in his aggregate.
Up for grabs also on Sunday is the Team Trophy with Thurso the holders.

TAIN SIX-CLUB COMPETITION
Tain Golf Club’s official start to the season is scheduled for the weekend of March 31-April 1 but as a preview to the season and an end to winter fixtures they are staging a member’s six club competition on Saturday.
On the same day Golspie Golf Club were due to begin their open fixtures but due to inclement weather being forecast, they have cancelled their first open walk-on competition. No new date has been set.