Start of North-east Alliance 2010-2011 season

Brown and Clark share victory at Kemnay

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Home course professional David Brown marked his debut on the North-east Golfers’ Alliance circuit by sharing first place with fellow pro Colin Clark (Mackenzie Club) at bright and breezy Kemnay today (W
Both returned three-over-par 74s to head a field of 100 for the first fixture of the 2010-2011 Alliance season.
Brown and Clark both let chances to win the top prize outright slip away over the closing holes. Brown, who had a double bogey 6 at the seventh, bogeyed the 16th and 17th after birdies at the fifth, 13th and 15th in halves of 38 (two over par) and 36 (one over).
Clark had birdies at the 12th,13th and 15th but had a double bogey 6 at the 17th in halves of 39 and 35.
Hazlehead’s David Law was the leading amateur in third place on 75.
SCOREBOARD
Leading scratch
Par 71
74 Colin Clark (Mackenzie Club), David Brown (Kemnay).
75 David Law (Hazlehead).
76 George Paterson (Northern), Stewart Pert (Huntly), Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh).
78 Colin Nelson (Mackenzie Club), Steve Chalmers (Banchory), Craig Stewart (Kippie Lodge).
79 Craig Carnegie (Kemnay), Sean Lawrie (Portlethen), Euan McIntosh (Newmachar).
80 Philip Morrison (Oldmeldrum), Paul Pugh (Oldmeldrum), Gary Geddes (Auchmill), Jordan Calder (Murcar Links), Bryan Nicolson (Auchmill).
Leading handicap
Class 1 – S Pert (Huntly( (2) 74; C Carnegie (Kemnay) (4), P Morrison (Oldmeldrum) (5), C Duffus (Kemnay) (6), P Pugh (Oldmeldrum) (5), G Geddes (Auchmill) (5) 75.
Class 2 – T Collie (Kemnay) (10) 77; P Anderson (Deeside) (9), M Brown (Inverurie) (18), I Mundie (Newburgh) (4) 78.