KEVIN THOMSON WINS NORTH SCOTTISH ALLIANCE TITLE

By ALAN COWIE
North Scottish Golfers' Alliance secretary
Saturday’s North Scottish Golfers’ Alliance Championship fixture was decided early when the third group out produced the only two sub-par rounds of the day. The honours went to Kevin Thomson of Moray who fired a five under par 64 to head a field of 108 by four shots.
He birdied four of the first five - first, second, third and fifth and turned in 31. Two more birdies came at the 11th and 13th before bogeys at the 14th and 16th stalled progress. His last birdie at the 17th and a par to finish equalled 64.
Alex Mair, also of Moray, who won the low handicap trophy, eagled the third, birdied the first, sixth, seventh, 16th and 17th. However, bogeys at the second, fourth, ninth, 12th, and a double at the 15th made for a mixed bag equalling one under 68.
Immediate past Alliance secretary Farquhar Thomson (Moray), playing in the second last group, won Section 2 with a net 69 off nine.
Leading Scratch scores:
64 K Thomson (Moray)
68 A W Mair (Moray)
70 N McWilliam (Elgin)
71 M MacDonald (Fortrose and Rosemarkie)
73 R Harrower (Boat of Garten) p, J L Milne (Elgin).
74 J Wright (Forres), J D Forbes ( Inverness)
75 F Brown (Nairn Dunbar), B A Watson (Nairn Dunbar)
76 G Mackenzie (Hopeman), S H C Milne (Elgin), A Thomson (Moray) p. 
77 R H Stewart (Torvean), J A Grant (Grantown), D Hector (Elgin)
78 R McKerron (Forres), R Proctor (Forres), B Cruickshank (Garmouth and Kingston), D Johnston (Moray), W F Thomson (Moray)
79 M Douglas (Inverness) p, R Stewart (Nairn Dunbar)
80 S G Milne (Elgin), R Mackay (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), D Hexley (Inverness), J A G Innes (Elgin), J C Milne (Moray), I Hamilton (Elgin), G Hay (Grantown)
81 W Weatherall (Muir of Ord), J S D Campbell (Grantown), W B Johnston (Moray)
83 N D Hampton (Loch Ness), P Masson (Rothes), W Donnelly (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), M McDonald (Grantown)
84 D R Mackellar (Grantown), S Duncan (Moray), L Macbean (Boat of Garten), L Duncan (Elgin), S Rooney (Boat of Garten), J R Ingram (Boat of Garten), G S Macdonald (Torvean)
HANDICAP
Class 1 (seven and under)
66 A W Mair (Moray) (2)
71 G Mackenzie (Hopeman) (5)
72 J L Milne (Elgin) (1)
73 S H C Milne (Elgin) (3), A Cameron (Inverness) (1), D Johnston (Moray) (5)
Class 2 (eight to 14)
69 W F Thomson (Moray) (9)
72 W B Johnston (Moray) (9), I Hamilton (Elgin) (8)
73 I Turner (Boat of Garten) (13)
75 S Rooney (Boat of Garten) (9), S Duncan (Moray) (9), R Barrett (Grantown)(14), M Lyall (Torvean)(10)
Trophy winners:
Scratch (Sir Hugh Mackenzie Trophy) – K Thomson (Moray).
Handicap Class 1 (Bank of Scotland Quaich) – A W Mair (Moray).
Handicap Class 2 (Jim Thom Quaich) – W F Thomson (Moray).
Seniors: Scratch (J A B Little trophy) – R Mackay (Fortrose and Rosemarkie). Handicap (J M C Gourlay Salver) – W B Johnston (Moray).