MACLEMAN AND STABLES JOINT ALLIANCE WINNERS AT ELGIN

By ALAN COWIE 
North Scottish Golfers' Alliance secretary
A four-over-par 8 at Elgin ’s 11^th hole in the end cost Malcolm Macleman from Moray an outright victory in Saturday’s North Scottish Golfers’ Alliance fixture. Birdies at the 5^th, 9^th, 12^th, 13^th, and 17^th and bogeys at the 1^st, and 7^th added up to a one over par 70 and a tie with host club professional Kevin Stables. The latter bogeyed the 1^st, 7^th, 8^th, 10^th and 15^th and birdied the 5^th, 11^th, 13^th and 17^th to register the tie.

The aggregate trophies were also decided in this fixture.

The scratch section was won by John Campbell from Grantown with an aggregate of 412 from his best six scores over the winter.

Handicap Class 1 was won by regular partner Gordon hay from the same club with an aggregate of 411 off one.

Handicap Class 2 winner was again Colin Small of Nairn with a total of 416, his seventh score being better than that of Louis Macbean of Boat of Garten.

LEADING SCORES

 Par 69

SCRATCH

70 K Stables (Elgin) p, M L Macleman (Moray).

71 J L Milne (Elgin), N McWilliam (Elgin).

72 J S D Campbell (Grantown), K Thomson (Moray), R McKerron (Forres), A J England (Moray).

73 R H Stewart (Torvean), D Stewart (Grantown) p, B Cruickshank (Garmouth and Kingston ), J A Grant (Grantown).

74 A W Mair (Moray), G Hay (Grantown).

75 B A Watson (Nairn Dunbar), S H C Milne ( Elgin ), D Thom (Grantown), R Harrower (Boat of Garten) p, F Hutchison ( Inverness ).

76 R Proctor (Forres), S G Milne (Elgin), S Wilson (Inverness), J Simpson (Forres), B Fotheringham (Inverness), A Henry (Inverness), J A G Innes (Elgin), G S Macdonald (Torvean), A Thomson (Moray) p.

77 J Wright (Forres), G J Abel ( Elgin ), D Hexley ( Inverness ), P Masson (Rothes).

78 F Brown (Nairn Dunbar), J C Milne (Moray), K Williamson (Torvean).

79 S Mitchell (Moray), I Macaulay (Elgin), L Macbean (Boat of Garten), S Rooney (Boat of Garten), M Windsor (Fortrose & Rosemarkie), R Mackay (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), L Duncan (Elgin), S Johnston (Elgin), J R Souter (Moray), K Barnett (Torvean).

80 R Laing (Grantown), D Johnston (Moray), R R Adams (Moray).

 HANDICAP

Class 1 (seven and under)

67 A J England (Moray) (5).

70 R H Stewart (Torvean) (3), A Henry (Inverness) (6), G J Abel ( Elgin) (7).

71 J A Grant (Grantown) (2), R McKerron (Forres) (1).

Class 2 (eight to 14)

66 F Hutchison ( Inverness) (9).

67 D Thom (Grantown) (8).

68 J Macdonald (Inverness) (14), M Windsor (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) (11).

69 R Barrett (Grantown) (14).

AGGREGATE FINAL TOTALS

SCRATCH (K M Cameron Trophy)

412 J S D Campbell (Grantown)  69, 68, 71, 71, 63, 70.

421 B Fotheringham (Inverness)  66, 69, 69, 73, 73, 71;  A Cameron ( Inverness) 71, 67, 74, 69, 68, 72.

HANDICAP CLASS 1 (Burnett Trophy)

411 G H Hay (Grantown)  68, 69, 70, 65, 69, 70.

412 S Wilson ( Inverness) 69, 70, 68, 65, 71, 69,

417 R Mackay (Fortrose and Rosemarkie)  68, 68, 73, 70, 70, 68.

HANDICAP CLASS 2 (Bill McQueen Trophy)

416 C Small (Nairn) 70, 66, 71, 71, 67, 71 (Tie-breaker: better seventh score).

416 L Macbean (Boat of Garten) 70, 72, 66, 66, 71, 71.

420 F Hutchison (Inverness) 71, 71, 71, 75, 66, 66;  A Cowie (Moray)  66, 69, 75, 68, 70, 72.