Alexander Neilson wins North seniors title over

his home course at Newtonmore

Newtonmore's Alexander Neilson is the new North District senior men's champion. The one-handicapper won the Macallan Trophy and the silver medal with a scratch round of 70 - which matched the CSS - over his home course.
In a tight finish Neilson won by one stroke from David Bunker (Nairn Dunbar) with Norman McWilliam (Kingussie) being the second local in the top three with a 73 to take third place.
Other leading scratch scores were:
74 Glen Ferrier (Newtonmore).
75 Ronnie Spence (Newtonmore).
76 Douglas Johnson (Newtonmore), James Ingram (Boat of Garten).
77 David Sharp (Boat of Garten).
78 Patrick Tomisson (Nairn), Alexander Findlay (Torvean), Denis Albutt (Royal Dornoch), James Taylor (Alness).
Leading prizewinners (CSS 70)
Scratch
Alexander Neilson (Newtonmore) 70; David Bunker (Nairn Dunbar) 71; Norman McWilliam (73).
Category A (55 to 59)
Scratch - Rennie Spence (Newtonmore) 75. Handicap - Douglas Johnson (Newtonmore) (4) 72; James MacDuff (Newtonmore) (10) 77; Albert Duffus (Fortrose) (9) 82.
Category B (60 to 64)
Scratch - Glen Ferrier (Newtonmore) 74. Handicap - John Whyte (Newtonmore) (15) 70; James Ingram (Boat of Garten) (5), Fenton Ogley (Invergordon) (16) 71.
Category C (65 to 69)
Scratch - James Taylor (Alness) 78. Handicap - Denis Albutt (Royal Dornoch) (8) 70; Roy Alexander (Newtonmore) (15) 71; Ian Milliken (Invergordon) (15) 72.
Category D (70+)
Scratch - Roly Black (Royal Dornoch) 80. Handicap - Ally Innes (Kingussie) (16) 70; Robin Cattanach (Newtonmore ) (12) 72; Colin Munro (Newtonmore (11) 73.