FORTROSE & ROSEMARKIE MISS OUT ON THIS
YEAR'S NORTHERN COUNTIES SENIOR CUP
By ROBIN WILSON
Fortrose & Rosemarkie Golf Club, winners of the Northern Counties Cup at Royal Aberdeen last September, are a surprise omission from the draw for the senior version of the three-day competition, getting underway at Nairn Dunbar on Wednesday of next week.
The host club provide two of the 24 teams competing and they will be aiming to deny Brora a third win of the B D Fraser Cup. As holders, the Brora first team have received a bye into the second round.
Brora's first-choice four have remained the same for the past four years - Jim Miller, Ronnie Sim, Robin Wilson and Ian Hamilton - but it is only this week that Hamilton declared himself fit to play at Dunbar, following a long lay-off with a shoulder injury from a fall on the Royal Dornoch course last November.
With home advantage Nairn Dunbar should be favourites with their first-team line-up of the current North District senior champion Hugh Clunas, John Ellon, David Bunker and Douglas Brodie, to repeat their win at Elgin in 2005.
Inverness were fortunate in receiving a bye into round two but then could have the daunting task of meeting the home club in their first game if Nairn Dunbar gets past Murcar Links in their opener. The Inverness first team are the familiar names of Jocky Thomson, Fraser Urquhart, Gordon Fraser and Jim Elliot. Elliot for Bob McAdam is the only change from when the other three won at Cruden Bay in 2004.
The Nairn second team and Torvean get the first round underway on Wednesday morning and the full draw is:
First Round (Wednesday, 8am) - Nairn 2 v Torvean, Nairn 1 v Forres, Brora 2 v Cruden Bay 1, Elgin 1 v Turriff, Deeside v Tain, Elgin 2 v Royal Dornoch, Nairn Dunbar 1 v Murcar Links, Peterhead v Nairn Dunbar 2.
Round 2 – Brora 1 v Nairn 1 or Torvean, Duff House Royal 1 v Nairn 1 or Forres, Inverness 2 v Brora 2 or Cruden Bay 1, Strathpeffer v Elgin 1 or Turriff, Moray v Deeside or Tain, Cruden Bay 2 v Elgin 2 or Royal Dornoch, Inverness 1 v Nairn Dunbar 1 or Murcar Links, Duff House Royal 2 v Peterhead or Nairn Dunbar 2.
MORAY AND NAIRN LEAGUE
The Moray and Nairn Golf League matches for the G R Thomson Trophy get underway on Thursday over the Nairn golf course where the host club have home advantage in defending the G R Thomson Shield, beginning with a match against neighbouring Nairn Dunbar.
The league matches continue until Sunday in the following order of play:
Friday: 5pm Elgin v Moray.
Saturday: 10.0am Forres v Nairn Dunbar. 10.50 Elgin v Nairn. 2pm Moray v Forres. 2.50 Nairn Dunbar v Elgin.
Sunday 10.00am Nairn v Forres. 10.50am Nairn Dunbar v Moray. 2.00pm Forres v Elgin. 2.50pm Moray v Nairn.
The Dornoch Firth Golf League club matchs have for a second year been hit with a withdrawal and the hosts, Invergordon will only be joined by Brora, Tain and Royal Dornoch this weekend. Golspie withdrew from the league last year and Alness were invited to join but they also are unable to raise a scratch team.
Royal Dornoch the holders for the past two years have posted a team of seven minus their leading two players, Jimmy Gunn and Kevin Matheson, as this week they are in South Korea representing their club in the World Club Team Championships being played over the Nine Bridges Resort Golf Club. This event is by invitation only to clubs within the World's Top 100 rated courses. It is Matheson's second visit to Nine Bridges, in 2002 he acompanied club mate Chris Mailley to the event.
The order of play at Invergordon beginning on Saturday afternoon is; Invergordon v Royal Dornoch. Tain v Brora. Sunday morning, Invergordon v Tain and Brora v Royal Dornoch. Sunday afternoon, Invergordon v Brora and Tain v Royal Dornoch.
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YEAR'S NORTHERN COUNTIES SENIOR CUP
By ROBIN WILSON
Fortrose & Rosemarkie Golf Club, winners of the Northern Counties Cup at Royal Aberdeen last September, are a surprise omission from the draw for the senior version of the three-day competition, getting underway at Nairn Dunbar on Wednesday of next week.
The host club provide two of the 24 teams competing and they will be aiming to deny Brora a third win of the B D Fraser Cup. As holders, the Brora first team have received a bye into the second round.
Brora's first-choice four have remained the same for the past four years - Jim Miller, Ronnie Sim, Robin Wilson and Ian Hamilton - but it is only this week that Hamilton declared himself fit to play at Dunbar, following a long lay-off with a shoulder injury from a fall on the Royal Dornoch course last November.
With home advantage Nairn Dunbar should be favourites with their first-team line-up of the current North District senior champion Hugh Clunas, John Ellon, David Bunker and Douglas Brodie, to repeat their win at Elgin in 2005.
Inverness were fortunate in receiving a bye into round two but then could have the daunting task of meeting the home club in their first game if Nairn Dunbar gets past Murcar Links in their opener. The Inverness first team are the familiar names of Jocky Thomson, Fraser Urquhart, Gordon Fraser and Jim Elliot. Elliot for Bob McAdam is the only change from when the other three won at Cruden Bay in 2004.
The Nairn second team and Torvean get the first round underway on Wednesday morning and the full draw is:
First Round (Wednesday, 8am) - Nairn 2 v Torvean, Nairn 1 v Forres, Brora 2 v Cruden Bay 1, Elgin 1 v Turriff, Deeside v Tain, Elgin 2 v Royal Dornoch, Nairn Dunbar 1 v Murcar Links, Peterhead v Nairn Dunbar 2.
Round 2 – Brora 1 v Nairn 1 or Torvean, Duff House Royal 1 v Nairn 1 or Forres, Inverness 2 v Brora 2 or Cruden Bay 1, Strathpeffer v Elgin 1 or Turriff, Moray v Deeside or Tain, Cruden Bay 2 v Elgin 2 or Royal Dornoch, Inverness 1 v Nairn Dunbar 1 or Murcar Links, Duff House Royal 2 v Peterhead or Nairn Dunbar 2.
MORAY AND NAIRN LEAGUE
The Moray and Nairn Golf League matches for the G R Thomson Trophy get underway on Thursday over the Nairn golf course where the host club have home advantage in defending the G R Thomson Shield, beginning with a match against neighbouring Nairn Dunbar.
The league matches continue until Sunday in the following order of play:
Friday: 5pm Elgin v Moray.
Saturday: 10.0am Forres v Nairn Dunbar. 10.50 Elgin v Nairn. 2pm Moray v Forres. 2.50 Nairn Dunbar v Elgin.
Sunday 10.00am Nairn v Forres. 10.50am Nairn Dunbar v Moray. 2.00pm Forres v Elgin. 2.50pm Moray v Nairn.
The Dornoch Firth Golf League club matchs have for a second year been hit with a withdrawal and the hosts, Invergordon will only be joined by Brora, Tain and Royal Dornoch this weekend. Golspie withdrew from the league last year and Alness were invited to join but they also are unable to raise a scratch team.
Royal Dornoch the holders for the past two years have posted a team of seven minus their leading two players, Jimmy Gunn and Kevin Matheson, as this week they are in South Korea representing their club in the World Club Team Championships being played over the Nine Bridges Resort Golf Club. This event is by invitation only to clubs within the World's Top 100 rated courses. It is Matheson's second visit to Nine Bridges, in 2002 he acompanied club mate Chris Mailley to the event.
The order of play at Invergordon beginning on Saturday afternoon is; Invergordon v Royal Dornoch. Tain v Brora. Sunday morning, Invergordon v Tain and Brora v Royal Dornoch. Sunday afternoon, Invergordon v Brora and Tain v Royal Dornoch.
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