Maitland Shield foursomes hosts win the tournament

NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR MURCAR LINKS

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Murcar Links made the most of home advantage to regain the City of Aberdeen Foursomes title by a comfortable margin this evening.
They beat Hazlehead by a combined eight holes in the final of the Maitland Shield they last won at Craibstone two years ago.
Anthony Bews, who works in the Murcar pro’s shop and was a member of the North-east District team who won the Scottish championship earlier this month, combined with Ian Galbraith to win the first-string tie by holes against Kevin Duthie and Scott Robertson.
Duncan Raitt and Gregor Stewart finished three holes up on Hazlehead’s second pairing of Sandy Pirie, who played in the Walker Cup match of 1967, and Alan Macklin.
Results:
SEMI-FINALS
Hazlehead bt Auchmill by 1 hole
K Duthie and S Robertson 0, G Geddes and S Scott 0
A K Pirie and A Macklin 1, A Allan and J Nicolson 0

Murcar Links bt Newmachar by 4 holes
A Bews and I Galbraith 6, C Simpson and M McKechnie 0
D Raitt and G Stewart 0, J Duff and C Lamb 2.

FINAL
Murcar Links bt Hazlehead by eight holes.
Bews and Galbraith 5, Duthie and Robertson 0.
Raitt and Stewart 3, Pirie and Macklin 0.