ROSS MACKAY WINS FIRST NORTH SCOTTISH
ALLIANCE OF SEASON AT LOCH NESS

Despite a double bogey at the penultimate hole, an inward three under par 31 resulted in a 67 and gave Ross Mackay from Inverness GC a three-stroke victory in the opening North Scottish Golfers' Alliance fixture at Loch Ness.

LEADING SCRATCH
67 R J Mackay (Inverness),
70 J S D Campbell (Grantown on Spey), N D Hampton (Loch Ness).
72 D Stewart (Grantown on Spey) p.
73 M Macdonald (Fortrose & Rosemarkie).
74 G Hay (Grantown on Spey).
75 J R Souter (Moray), G Morrison (Fortrose & Rosemarkie) p, S McCallum (Loch Ness)
76 D Bryden (Loch Ness)
77 B A Watson, M McDonald (Grantown on Spey).
78 M Douglas (Inverness) p, D Joel (Loch Ness).
79 R Douglas (Inverness) p.
80 J R Ingram (Boat of Garten), A Cowie (M), R Stewart (Grantown on Spey).
81 D F Sharp (Boat of Garten), R Nixon (Boat of Garten).
82 I Hamilton (Elgin).

LEADING HANDICAP
Section One (8 and under)
70 J R Souter (M)(5);
72 D Bryden (LN)(4), A Cowie (M)(8), M McDonald (G)(5);

Section Two (9 - 14)
66 S McCallum (Loch N)(9);
71 A Thom (Grantown on Spey)(14);
72 D Spence (Loch Ness)(13), G Knapp (Muir of Ord)(13).