Hugh Hunter's Clackmannan County News
Clackmannan senior boys' championship. Front row (left to right) Sam Kinnaird (Clackmannan County Golf Union), John Salmond (1st Scratch and Senior Boys Champion), Martin Hall (1st Handicap). Other prizewinners in back row.SMALL FIELD IN COUNTY BOYS' GOLF
The early wet conditions slowly gave way to much drier weather in the late morning for the 24 competitors—a much smaller entry than usual - for the Clackamman boys' championship.
In the senior boys' division (15-17yrs) lowest handicap John Salmond (Alloa) led the way with a one over par 69 to take the 2010 title.
Home player Scott Baird was four shots behind in the runner up spot. Top handicap prize went to Alva player Martin Hall with a four under par net 64.
In the 14 and under section, it was Braehead all the way in the scratch prizes, taking all three. The 2010 junior champion, Rikky Alexander (Braehead), had a comfortable six-shot win over Scott Beattie with Grant Murray in third place. There was some comfort for the home players with Calum Reid scoring a net 60 to take the first handicap prize ahead of Brian McAdam (Alloa), Jordan Struthers(Braehead) and Angus Boyd (Alloa).
LEADING RESULTS
SENIOR BOYS
69 John Salmond (Alloa)
72 Scott Baird (Tillicoultry)
74 Gary Chalmers (Dollar)
76 Grant Carmichael (Tillicoultry)
77 Ryan Millar (Alloa), Lawrence Allan (Alva). Martin Hall (Alva).
MATCH-PLAY DRAW
Miller v Chalmers, Allan v Hall, Carmichael v Ross, Salmond v Baird.
JUNIOR BOYS
82 Rikky Alexander (Braehead)
88 Scott Beattie (Braehead), Calum Reid (Tillicoultry)
89 Grant Murray (Braehead).
MATCH-PLAY DRAW
Boyd (bye), Murray v McAdam, Alexander v Reid, Beattie v Struthers.
BOYS' ORDER OF MERIT
Clackmannan Junior Convenor Sam Kinnaird was very pleased to accept a new trophy for the County Boys--- the Grant Dowie Memorial Quaich presented by his father. Said Sam: “This is a magnificent trophy which will be a fitting memorial to Grant. Points will be awarded for Clackmannan county boys' events and also the boys' open competitions held at the six clubs in the county. We are obviously very grateful to Kenny for a very kind and thoughtful gesture”
CLACKMANNAN GOLF SPRING MEETINGS
In good weather conditions, the county meetings attracted an entry of around 200 competitors in the first big event of the Clackmannan county golf calendar. The A Division was contested over the Tulliallan Golf course, and there cas some controversy and some disappointment at the cored and sanded greens which caused some difficulty with short putts.
Sensibly, the Clackmannan County Golf Union declared the event to be non-qualifying for handicap purposes. However, this did not stop some fine scoring with Steve McIvor (Alva) 70-1=69, George Kay (Alloa) 75-6=69, and R Birrell (Alva) 80-10=70 being among the top scorers. In the second division at Alloa Golf Club, the home players took the leading three places -Jim B Miller 82-14=68, Martin Jones 81-13=68 and Jim Kerr 83-14=69.
FORTH VALLEY SCHOOLS GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
Top golfers with handicaps 10 or better from schools in Clackmannanshire, Stirlingshire and Falkirk competed for the 2010 title in chilly conditions at Alloa Golf Club. The winner from the field of 42 was Jamie Lynch (Larbert HS) with a two-round total of 151. He did have a great start, driving the first hole and holing a short putt for an eagle 2!
Runner-up was Euan Douglas (Dunblane HS) with 152, followed by Lawrence Allan (Alva Acad) with 153. Dunblane High School took the team trophy with Alva Academy (Lawrence Allan, Scott Baird) taking the runner up spot.
In the girls' event, played over one round, best scratch was Eilidh Watson (Dollar Acad) with 84. She won by four shots. Echoes of her dad, Bobby Watson, winning the Scottish boys' title back in the 1970!
The leading players will now go forward to the Scottish schools championships to be held at Murrayshall, Perth at the beginning of June.
WORLD AMATEUR GOLF RANKINGS
You had to be sharp-eyed to notice this. Thanks to a quarter-final appearance at the Scottish boys' championship, Alva’s Lawrence Allan was awarded one world ranking point for amateur golf. That was enough to propel him to 3,976th position in the rankings! However even although he will keep his point for 12 months, his position has dropped below 4000, meaning it no longer appears on the list. The answer is, of course, to try to win more points. Putting the rankings in a Clackmannan and Scottish context gives the following positions:
25th Scott Borrowman (Dollar).
81 Jamie Aitken (Alloa).
104 Lawrence Allan (Alva), meaning half the Wee County Golf Clubs are represented.
In the boys’ rankings, Lawrence is well established in 13th position. Pity he missed the SGU Junior Tour event at Newmachar due to the flight groundings.
MIDLAND ALLIANCE
The 2009-2010 season of competitions came to an end with the Scotscraig pro-am last week. It was the turn of the local golf professionals to show their golfing skills.
Alloa’s David Herd took third place with a one-over-par 72 with Gregor Abel two shots behind. Gregor’s Alloa team of Niven, Glass and Hunter just missed out on a prize when they were pipped by the Paul Brookes (Pitreavie) team containing Kenny Thomson also Alloa
CALLUM ON TURKEY TRAVELS
Tulliallan’s Callum Macaulay was disappointed to miss the Moroccan Open recently, another casualty of the Icelandic volcanic ash. This week he will be at the Turkish Airlines Challenge to be held over the 7178 yard par 72 Carya Golf course near Antalya.
Ten Scots are in the field for the event. The course is described as a heathland lay-out with an extra one million heather plants planted on the course.
EDWARD TROPHY
Dollar's Scott Borrowman finished a creditable 17th equal in the 72 hole Order of Merit event played over Glasgow Gailes. Scott totalled five-over-par par 293 ( 71-74-73-75) to finish 11 shots behind the winner, Philip McLean (Peterhead).
The early wet conditions slowly gave way to much drier weather in the late morning for the 24 competitors—a much smaller entry than usual - for the Clackamman boys' championship.
In the senior boys' division (15-17yrs) lowest handicap John Salmond (Alloa) led the way with a one over par 69 to take the 2010 title.
Home player Scott Baird was four shots behind in the runner up spot. Top handicap prize went to Alva player Martin Hall with a four under par net 64.
In the 14 and under section, it was Braehead all the way in the scratch prizes, taking all three. The 2010 junior champion, Rikky Alexander (Braehead), had a comfortable six-shot win over Scott Beattie with Grant Murray in third place. There was some comfort for the home players with Calum Reid scoring a net 60 to take the first handicap prize ahead of Brian McAdam (Alloa), Jordan Struthers(Braehead) and Angus Boyd (Alloa).
LEADING RESULTS
SENIOR BOYS
69 John Salmond (Alloa)
72 Scott Baird (Tillicoultry)
74 Gary Chalmers (Dollar)
76 Grant Carmichael (Tillicoultry)
77 Ryan Millar (Alloa), Lawrence Allan (Alva). Martin Hall (Alva).
MATCH-PLAY DRAW
Miller v Chalmers, Allan v Hall, Carmichael v Ross, Salmond v Baird.
JUNIOR BOYS
82 Rikky Alexander (Braehead)
88 Scott Beattie (Braehead), Calum Reid (Tillicoultry)
89 Grant Murray (Braehead).
MATCH-PLAY DRAW
Boyd (bye), Murray v McAdam, Alexander v Reid, Beattie v Struthers.
BOYS' ORDER OF MERIT
Clackmannan Junior Convenor Sam Kinnaird was very pleased to accept a new trophy for the County Boys--- the Grant Dowie Memorial Quaich presented by his father. Said Sam: “This is a magnificent trophy which will be a fitting memorial to Grant. Points will be awarded for Clackmannan county boys' events and also the boys' open competitions held at the six clubs in the county. We are obviously very grateful to Kenny for a very kind and thoughtful gesture”
CLACKMANNAN GOLF SPRING MEETINGS
In good weather conditions, the county meetings attracted an entry of around 200 competitors in the first big event of the Clackmannan county golf calendar. The A Division was contested over the Tulliallan Golf course, and there cas some controversy and some disappointment at the cored and sanded greens which caused some difficulty with short putts.
Sensibly, the Clackmannan County Golf Union declared the event to be non-qualifying for handicap purposes. However, this did not stop some fine scoring with Steve McIvor (Alva) 70-1=69, George Kay (Alloa) 75-6=69, and R Birrell (Alva) 80-10=70 being among the top scorers. In the second division at Alloa Golf Club, the home players took the leading three places -Jim B Miller 82-14=68, Martin Jones 81-13=68 and Jim Kerr 83-14=69.
FORTH VALLEY SCHOOLS GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
Top golfers with handicaps 10 or better from schools in Clackmannanshire, Stirlingshire and Falkirk competed for the 2010 title in chilly conditions at Alloa Golf Club. The winner from the field of 42 was Jamie Lynch (Larbert HS) with a two-round total of 151. He did have a great start, driving the first hole and holing a short putt for an eagle 2!
Runner-up was Euan Douglas (Dunblane HS) with 152, followed by Lawrence Allan (Alva Acad) with 153. Dunblane High School took the team trophy with Alva Academy (Lawrence Allan, Scott Baird) taking the runner up spot.
In the girls' event, played over one round, best scratch was Eilidh Watson (Dollar Acad) with 84. She won by four shots. Echoes of her dad, Bobby Watson, winning the Scottish boys' title back in the 1970!
The leading players will now go forward to the Scottish schools championships to be held at Murrayshall, Perth at the beginning of June.
WORLD AMATEUR GOLF RANKINGS
You had to be sharp-eyed to notice this. Thanks to a quarter-final appearance at the Scottish boys' championship, Alva’s Lawrence Allan was awarded one world ranking point for amateur golf. That was enough to propel him to 3,976th position in the rankings! However even although he will keep his point for 12 months, his position has dropped below 4000, meaning it no longer appears on the list. The answer is, of course, to try to win more points. Putting the rankings in a Clackmannan and Scottish context gives the following positions:
25th Scott Borrowman (Dollar).
81 Jamie Aitken (Alloa).
104 Lawrence Allan (Alva), meaning half the Wee County Golf Clubs are represented.
In the boys’ rankings, Lawrence is well established in 13th position. Pity he missed the SGU Junior Tour event at Newmachar due to the flight groundings.
MIDLAND ALLIANCE
The 2009-2010 season of competitions came to an end with the Scotscraig pro-am last week. It was the turn of the local golf professionals to show their golfing skills.
Alloa’s David Herd took third place with a one-over-par 72 with Gregor Abel two shots behind. Gregor’s Alloa team of Niven, Glass and Hunter just missed out on a prize when they were pipped by the Paul Brookes (Pitreavie) team containing Kenny Thomson also Alloa
CALLUM ON TURKEY TRAVELS
Tulliallan’s Callum Macaulay was disappointed to miss the Moroccan Open recently, another casualty of the Icelandic volcanic ash. This week he will be at the Turkish Airlines Challenge to be held over the 7178 yard par 72 Carya Golf course near Antalya.
Ten Scots are in the field for the event. The course is described as a heathland lay-out with an extra one million heather plants planted on the course.
EDWARD TROPHY
Dollar's Scott Borrowman finished a creditable 17th equal in the 72 hole Order of Merit event played over Glasgow Gailes. Scott totalled five-over-par par 293 ( 71-74-73-75) to finish 11 shots behind the winner, Philip McLean (Peterhead).
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