David Hird (Murcar Links) with the North-east District seniors' championship trophy

DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR DAVID HIRD IN
NE DISTRICT SENIORS CHAMPIONSHIP

Murcar Links’ David Hird was not sure which gave him the most pleasure at Inverurie Golf Club today – beating his age by one with a scratch round of 71 or winning the North-east District seniors’ championship for the first time by three strokes.
“I thought I might have blown it by taking two shots to get out of a greenside bunker at the last and running up a double bogey 6,” said a delighted David whose son Keith was a Scotland amateur international and leading North-east player in the 1980s-90s.
“There are some very good senior players in the North-east, not least former Walker Cup player Sandy Pirie so it has made my day to beat Sandy and the rest by a few shots.”
David deviated from par at only three holes in his halves of 35 and 36. He had a bogey at the first, a birdie 3 at the ninth and that double bogey 6 at the last.
Runners-up on 74 were Alistair Eddie (Deeside) and Ally Fiddes (Murcar Links).

The last Murcar Links player to win the North-east District seniors' championship was Bob Nicol in 2000 and before that Eddie Prise in 1995.

LEADING TOTALS (CSS 71)
Scratch

71 D Hird (Murcar Links).

74 A J Eddie (Deeside), A Fiddes (Murcar Links).

75 G Paterson (Northern), M Jenkins (Duff House Royal), A K Pirie (Hazlehead).

76 C Alexander (Murcar Links), G Beagrie (Kintore).

77 J Nicol (Duff House Royal), J Mills (Portlethen, J Harrison (Newmachar), A Laird (Deeside), D Wilson (Duff House Royal), R C Donald (Oldmeldrum).
Handicap

Class 1 – J Nicol (Duff House Royal) (10), J Mills (Poirtlethen) (10) 67; J Harrison (Newmachar) (9) 68.

Class 2 – R Allison (Deeside) (14) 69; K Bennions (Longside) (18) 72; V Allen (Inverurie) (20) 74.