The winning Moray Golf Club team with the trophy (image from the Moray & Nairn Golf League website).

Moray beat Nairn in Moray Firth League title decider

By ROBIN WILSON
The holders of the respective inter-club league competitions on either side of the Moray Firth retained their trophies at Moray Golf Club and Golspie Golf Club respectively today.
Moray Golf Club with home advantage at Lossiemouth enjoyed a 100 per cent success rate through their four-game weekend programme to hold onto the G R Thomson Shield.
They beat Nairn - also victorious in all their other games, 5 1/2-2 1/2 in the title decider.
In the eight-a-side match, where the order of play is determined by the higher handicap men going out first, it was Nairn who drew first blood, Moray's Scott Little losing to Graeme Asher. Moray's tail then wagged vigorously, Ian Allan, Chris Stuart and Robbie Shiels winning the next three games before John Matheson lost to Nairn's Neil Hampton.
It was just a tempory setback. Moray's Kevin Thomson and Malcolm Macleman won the next two points to keep the Shield at Lossiemouth. Gary Thomson for the home club shared the final game with Fraser Fotheringham.

TODAY'S RESULTS
MORAY 5½, NAIRN 2½
G. Thomson halved with F Fotheringham
M Macleman bt R Smith 1 hole
K Thomson beat R Forgan 2 and 1.
J Matheson lost to N D Hampton 3 and 2.
R Sheils beat G Burnett 1 hole
C Stuart beat S MacDonald 3 and 2.
I Allan beat A Scott 1 hole
S Little lost to G Asher 3 and 2.

FORRES 3, MORAY 5
B Fotheringham bt G Thomson 4 and 3.
R Proctor lost to M Macleman 4 and 2.
G Stuart bt K Thomson 1 hole
R McKerron lost to J Matheson 2 and 1.
J Simpson lost to R Sheils 4 and 2.
M Murdoch lost to C Stuart
J Boon lost to I Allan 5 and 4.
S MacLennan bt S Little 2 and 1.

NAIRN DUNBAR 4, ELGIN 4
W Barron lost to N McWilliam 1 hole
B Watson lost to K B Taylor 1 hole
K Donnelly halved with S H C Milne
R Johnstone bt G Ross 4 and 3.
F Brown halved with R Copland
M Howitt bt D Hector 5 and 4.
M Britovsek lost to S Johnston 6 and 5.
C Duffy bt B C Milne 4 and 3.

NAIRN 6, NAIRN DUNBAR 2
F Fotheringham bt N Howitt 5 and 4.
R Forgan bt R Johnstone 4 and 3.
G Burnett halved with W Barron
N D Hampton bt F Brown 3 and 2.
R Smith halved with K Donnelly
S Macdonald lost to B Watson 4 and 3.
A Scott bt M Howitt 3 and 2,
G Asher bt H Clunas 1 hole

HOW THEY FINISHED
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
1 Moray 4 4 0 0 25 7 8
2 Nairn 4 3 0 1 21 11 6
3 Nairn Dunbar 4 1 1 2 12 20 3
4 Elgin 4 1 1 2 10½ 21½ 3
5 Forres 4 0 0 4 11½ 20½ 0

Brora's Sunday best wins Dornoch Firth League

Brora golf Club, bolstered by the early return of junior international Calum Stewart, who failed to make the final day of the Scottish youths Championship at Monifieth, and exile Ian Grant, paying a weekend visit to his Brora mother, staged a Sunday Grandstand show to retain the Dornoch Firth League Targe at Golspie.
Trailing Tain after Saturday's games, Golspie did Brora a big favour when they beat Royal Dornoch 4-3 on Sunday morning. Brora then got their heads in front with a 5.5 to 1.5 point result over Tain.
Invergordon were the whipping boys of the league, having already lost 7-0 to Dornoch and on the final afternoon Stewart carried Brora to a league-winning points total of 21 when the team swept Invergordon aside 7-0.
FINAL POINTS TABLE
1 Brora 21.
2 Tain 16.5.
3 Golspie 13.5.
4 Royal Dornoch 13.
5 Invergordon 6.

SATURDAY RESULTS:
GOLSPIE 2½, BRORA 4½
Darren Hexley lost to Ronald Sutherland 4 and 2.
Alex MacDonald lost to James MacBeath 1 hole
Robert Bremner halved with Roddy Cameron
Chris Somerville bt Ross I. Mackenzie 4 and 2.
Alistair MacDougall lost to Tony Gill 5 and 4.
Michael Bonner bt Graham Grant 3 and 1.
Larry Stewart lost to John Sutherland 2 and 1.

ROYAL DORNOCH 7, INVERGORDON 0
Chris Mailley bt Ally McDonald 1 hole.
Kevin Matheson bt Lee. Simpson 3 and 2.
Daniel Holden bt Kenny Hearton 1 hole
John Shepherd bt Jock MacIver 3 and 2.
Brian Urquhart bt Robert Benson 1 hole
Bert Nicholson bt Liam Hogg 6 and 5.
Craig Sutherland bt Craig MacLean 3 and 2.

INVERGORDON 4, GOLSPIE 3
McDonald lost to Hexley 2 holes
Simpson bt Alec MacDonald 2&1.
Hearton bt Bremner 2&1
MacIver lost to MacDougall 2 holes
Hogg bt Bonner 1 hole
MacLean bt Stewart 1 hole.

TAIN 7, ROYAL DORNOCH 0
Munro Ferries beat Mailley 4&2.
Billy Ferries beat Matheson 2&1.
Mike Sangster beat Holden 1 hole
James Cameron beat Shepherd 2 holes
Graham MacKintosh beat Urquhart 2 holes
Jason Innes beat Nicholson 7 & 6.
Steve Holmes beat Sutherland 2&1.

SUNDAY
BRORA 4, ROYAL DORNOCH 3
Calum Stewart bt Holden 3&2.
MacBeath bt Mailley 2&1
R. Sutherland lost to Matheson 3&2.
Ian D Grant bt Shepherd 2 holes
Gill lost to Nicholson 4&3
J. Sutherland bt Urquhart 2&1
Mike MacKintosh lost to Kristian Sinclair 7&6.

GOLSPIE 4, TAIN 3
Hexley bt M. Ferries 4&2.
Alan Ferguson lost to Sangster 1 hole
MacDonald bt Cameron 4&3.
Bremner bt MacKintosh 3&2.
MacDougall lost to Jason Innes 1 hole
Bonner lost to Holmes 5&4,
Stewart bt Andrew Bell 3&2

GOLSPIE 4, ROYAL DORNOCH 3
Hexley halved with Mailley
Ferguson bt Matheson 2&1
MacDonald lost to Holden 4&2.
Bremner bt Sinclair 2&1.
MacDougall lost to shepherd 5&3.
Bonner bt Sutherland 2&1
Stewart halved with Urquhart

TAIN 1 1/2, BRORA 5 ½
Ferries lost to Stewart 4&2
Sangster lost to R. Sutherland 1 hole
Cameron lost to MacBeath 5&4
MacKintosh lost to Gill 3&2
Innes bt Mackenzie 3&2
Holmes lost to G. Grant 2&1.
Bell halved with J. Sutherland

TAIN 5, INVERGORDON 2
Ferries bt John Fraser 1 hole
Sangster bt Simpson 6&4
Cameron lost to McDonald 1 hole
MacKintosh lost to MacLean 1 up
Innes bt MacIver 8&7
Holmes bt Hogg 5&4
Bell bt Moran 4&3.

BRORA 7, INVERGORDON 0
Stewart bt Fraser 6&4
R. Sutherland bt Simpson 7&6
MacBeath bt McDonald 4&3
Gill bt MacLean 4&2
Mackenzie bt MacIver 5&3
G. Grant bt Hogg 6&5
J Sutherland bt Moran 5&4.