CHRIS BEATS GOLFING PAL TOM

IN FINAL OF NORTH-EAST

DISTRICT BOYS’ MATCH-PLAY

Chris Robb, pictured right, rallied from two down after 11 holes to beat his Inchmarlo clubmate Tom Spencer 3 and 1 to win the North-east District boys’ match-play title for the Bill Brown Trophy at Murcar Links Golf Club today.
On Thursday, Spencer won the district’s Under-18 boys’ stroke-play championship with Robb runner-up and winner of the Under-16s’ trophy.
The match was all square at the turn with both players out in level par 36.
Spencer went two up, winning the 10th and 11th with par figures before Robb found his touch again to win the 12th, 13th and 14th with a birdie-par-birdie run.
Spencer three-putted for a fourth time to go two down at the 16th and then lost ball off the tee at the next to lose a match which played at an admirable speed – 2hr 50min – and on a busy course at that.

Results
Semi-finals – C Robb (Inchmarlo) bt S Griffiths (Cullen) 3 and 2, T Spencer (Inchmarlo) bt R Bain (Strathlene) 1 hole.

Final – Robb bt Spencer 3 and 1.