Turnhouse win Edinburgh inter-club title again

FROM THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS WEBSITE
By MARTIN DEMPSTER
Turnhouse won the Edinburgh Inter-Club Tournament for the second time in five years by beating Bruntsfield Links by two holes in the final at Prestonfield.
In the double foursome event, the top Turnhouse pairing of Steven Armstrong and David Marshall finished all square with Keith MacKenzie and Charlie Simpson.
And, in an equally tight match at the back, Graham Robertson and Doug Imrie beat Ally Ritchie and Kevin Cattanach by two holes.
Two up with three to play, Armstrong and Marshall lost both the 16th and 17th following a couple of bad breaks before halving the last in par-4s.
That meant Bruntsfield were still in with a chance of forcing extra holes when Ritchie and Cattanach arrived at the last tee one down to their opponents.
But that ended in a concession to Turnhouse after a catalogue of errors around the green.
Earlier, Turnhouse had beaten Lothianburn 9 and 7 in the semi-finals, while Bruntsfield had progressed with a 5 and 3 success over Mortonhall.
Armstrong and Imrie were also in the side that lifted the title in 2006 at Lothianburn, while the former also won the event with Ratho Park.
Marshall, meanwhile, was appearing in his fourth final in a row. The previous ones were all with Dalmahoy and, like Imrie, this was his second success in the event after also being a winner in 2007.
For Robertson, it was his first triumph. His home club is Silverknowes and earlier this year he was part of their winning team in the Dispatch Trophy.
But he was included in the Turnhouse team after claiming the club championship this year.
"After winning our first three matches by big margins, myself and Davie didn't play as well in the final," said Armstrong, a former Lothians champion.
"But we are obviously delighted to have won this title again for the club."