Winning Inverness Golf Club team group image from Thurso (left to right): Andrew Kenyon, Jamie Treasurer, Craig Black and Scott Murray (image courtesy of Robin Wilson).

Treasurer wins North District

boys' championship by five

By ROBIN WILSON
Inverness's Jamie Treasurer progressed from being the leading Under-16 years scorer in the 2007 North of Scotland boys' championship to becoming the North District boys' champion at sunny and hot Thurso Golf Club on Sunday.
It was the first time the championship had been staged played so far North and thankfully it attracted an entry of 40+forty. Thurso's parkland course is the most northerly golf course on the Scottish mainland and overlooks the Pentland Firth that seperates the mainland from the Orkney Isles.
It was redesigned to 18 holes several years ago with a par of 69 for its 5,853yd track.
Three handicapper Jamie Treasurer (Inverness) was one of two players to break par in the first round with a 68 that matched the first round CSS. The other was North youth champion Lyle McAlpine (Invergordon).
Chopping three stokes from his first-round card, Treasurer returned a 65 for 138, which gave him a three-stroke victory over Jeff Wright (Forres) who moved ahead of Lyle McAlpine (Invergordon) into second place after a better second round 66 to McAlpine's 71 left them in a tie on 138.
The leading Under-16 scorer was Jordan Shaw who travelled farthest north on the A9 from Kingussie to score 142 (72 + 70).
Treasurer teamed up with Inverness clubmates Andrew Kenyon, Craig Black and Scott Murray to win the Emslie Shield team prize with a total of 449.
LEADING TOTALS
Par 138 (2x69)
133 Jamie Treasurer (Inverness) 68 65.
138 Jeff Wright (Forres) 72 66, Lyle McAlpine (Invergordon) 67 71.
142 Ali Begg (Muir of Ord) 75 67, Jordan Shaw (Kingussie) 72 70.
143 Sean Burgess (Nairn) 71 72.
144 Danny Edwards (Elgin) 74 70.
145 Freddie Brown (Nairn Dunbar) 75 70.
146 Lewis Reid (Fortrose & Rosemarkie) 71 75.
147 Philip Green (Forres) 73 74.
148 James Fraser (Fortrose & Rosemarkie) 75 73.
150 Dale Wright (Alness) 78 72.
151 Peter Sangster (Thurso) 78 73, Craig Oram (Nairn Dunbar) 77 74, Rodger Clarke (Moray) 75 76.
153 Craig Black (Inverness) 81 72.
154 Andrew Burgess (Nairn) 76 78.
156 Craig McLean (Invergordon) 81 75.
158 Kieran MacKay (Inverness) 79 79, David Rumbles (Nairn Dunbar) 78 80.
163 Alistair Ross (Fort William) 83 78.
163 Craig Brown (Fort William) 87 76, Greg McEwan (Thurso) 84 79, Andrew Kenyon (Inverness) 83 80, Calum Graham (Nairn) 83 80.
164 Scott Murray (Inverness) 83 81, James Asher (Nairn) 83 81, Andrew Young (Garmouth & Kingston) 80 84.
165 Luke Manson (Strathpeffer Spa) 88 77.
169 Alleyn Sutherland (Thurso) 88 81, Rory Asher (Nairn) 87 82, Ian Stewart (Brora) 86 83.
170 David Wickenden (Nairn) 82 88.
173 Philip Schnier-Macrae (Fortrose & Rosemarkie) 83 809.
178 Corey McAlpine (Invergordon) 94 84.
182 Ross Munro (Reay) 95 87.
185 Jordan Youngson (Thurso) 98 87.
190 Jake MacPherson (Kingussie) 97 93, Michael Devine (Nairn) 96 94.
202 Samuel Parkinson (Stromness) 105 97.
208 Shaun Innes (Nairn Dunbar) 107 101.