Northern Golf Club boys who won the Stirton Trophy team award. Image by courtesy of Derek Johnstone.

Caley's Matthew Beattie wins

Hands Across the Sea boys'

championship with a 66

DEREK JOHNSTONE REPORTS
Matthew Beattie is the new Hands Across the Sea champion. The 17 year old Caledonian member shot a two under par 66, at the Kings Links on Sunday, to win by two strokes from the Northern’s Cameron Johnstone.
Five-handicapper, Matthew had four birdies - at the sixth, seventh, ninth and 17th. But on the debit side dropped shots at the first and 15th.
Cameron, like Matthew was two under at the turn, but was unable to keep the momentum going and back-to-back bogies at ten and eleven meant he had to be satisfied with the runners-up slot. In third place on 70 were Banchory’s William McPherson and Jack Presley.
The Northern enhanced their already impressive collection of Links Championship trophies when they won both the Stirton and Crombie team trophies.
+Picture of Matthew Beattie above with the trophy by courtesy of Derek Johnstone.

LEADING SCORES
CSS 67
66 M Beattie (Caledonian).
68 C Johnstone (Northern).70 W McPherson (Banchory), J Presley (Banchory).
73 B McPherson (Northern), D Irvine (Newmachar), P Stewart (Northern).
74 L Cheyne (Newmachar), S Bonnar (Nigg Bay)75 G Joss (Royal Aberdeen).

PRIZE WINNERS
18 HOLE COMPETITION
SCRATCH
1st M Beattie (Caledonian) 66.2nd W McPherson (Banchory) 70 bih.3rd J Presley (Banchory) 70.
HANDICAP
(scr-14)
1st C Johnstone (10) (Northern) 58.2nd P Stewart (12) (Northern) 62.3rd L Cheyne (10)(Newmachar) 64 bih.
(15-28)
1st C Murphy (21) (Northern) 58.2nd D Baxter (12) (Caledonian) 59.3rd M Rimmer (10) (Caledonian) 61.
STIRTON TROPHY
214 Northern (C Johnstone 68, B McPherson 73, P Stewart 73, S Stewart 81)

SIX-HOLE COMPETITION
SCRATCH
1st Gr Morrison (Northern) 50.2nd C Somers (Bon Accord) 53.3rd C Moore (Royal Aberdeen) 59.
HANDICAP
1st R Gray (Caledonian) 36 bih.2nd T Flaherty (Banchory) 36.3rd J Seedhouse (Royal Aberdeen) 39 bih.
CROMBIE TROPHY
175 Northern (Gr Morrison 50, Gl Morrison 62, A Stewart 63, C Angelo 71)
180 Caledonian (R Gray 54, L Carnegie 60, C Johnston