MIKE MACDONALD WINS NORTH ALLIANCE
OVER HOME COURSE AT FORTROSE

The weather was the principal winner in the North Scottish Golfers' Alliance fixture at Fortrose & Rosemarkie.
Early heavy precipitation gave way to a strong crosswind which dried the course and especially the greens, making low scoring difficult.
Scratch honours went to local club secretary Mike Macdonald who shot a 77. Allan Cameron (Inverness), one of the joint runners-up with Gordon Hay (Grantown), came home in best of the day 36 (one over).
There were 36 no returns from a field of 86.

LEADING SCRATCH
77 M Macdonald (Fortrose & Rosemarkie).
79 A Cameron (Inverness), G Hay (Grantown).
82 B Main (Fortrose & Rosemarkie).
83 K Stables (Elgin) p, S Johnston (Elgin).
84 D Hexley (Inverness).
85 G Short (Fortrose & Rosemarkie), I Findlay(Grantown).
86 L Patience (Fortrose & Rosemarkie), W Donnelly (Forres).
87 R Stewart (Grantown), J B Thomson (Moray), L Reid (Fortrose & Rosemarkie).
89 M G Hamilton (Boat of Garten), L Macbean (Boat of Garten), P Taylor (Fortrose & Rosemarkie), A Cowie (Moray).
HANDICAP
Class 1 (8 and under).
77 S Johnston (Elgin) (6), B Main (Fortrose & Rosemarkie) (5).
78 L Patience (Fortrose & Rosemarkie) (8).
79 J B Thomson (Moray) (8), G Short (Fortrose & Rosemarkie) (6).
Class 2 (9 to 14).
79 H Davies (Nairn Dunbar) (12).
80 P Taylor (Fortrose & Rosemarkie) (9), J Stephen (Nairn Dunbar) (12).
81 G Knapp (Muir of Ord) (13), C Cumming (Fortrose & Rosemarkie) (11).