Sean Burgess lowers record in winning North District boys' championship

Nairn''s winning team in the Emslie Shield at Kinloss GC. Images by courtesy of Peter Abbott Nairn's Sean Burgess lowered the Kinloss Golf Club course record to 65 - two holes were altered recently - in winning the North District boys' golf championship for the R P B Bain Trophy on Sunday. Burgess added a second-round 68 for a total of 133, which gave him a three-stroke victory over runnerup Mark Dingwall (Forres) (68-68) and third-placed Jordan Milne (Elgin) (69-69) on 138. The Under-16 scratch prize went to Lewis Davis (Forres) with scores of 69 and 71 for 140 Runner-up on 142 was Craig Black (Inverness) (72-70).   Michael Schinkel (Kirkwall) won the leading handicap award with a net two-round total of 121 (61-60) off 17. He won by two shots from Aaron Stewart (Moray) (18) (63-60) and Gregor Miller (Forres) (23) (62-61). Stewart's lower second round earned him second place. The team event for the Emslie Shield produced a tied for the first time. Nairn and Inverness both had a total of 586. Nairn's lower second round of 285 to Inverness's 294 was the tie-breaker. Forres finished only one shot behind on 587. The winning Nairn team was S Burgess, R Asher, A Burgess and S Scott. NORTH DISTRICT BOYS' CHAMPIONSHIP Kinloss GC. CSS 65 64 Leading scores Scratch 133 Sean Burgess (Nairn) 65 68. 136 Mark Dingwall (Forresd) 68 68. 138 Jordan Milne (Elgin) 69 69. 139 Freddi9e Brown (Nairn Dunbar) (69 70, Ross Proctor (Forres) 656 73. 141 Craig Oram (Nairn Dunbar) 69 72. Under-16  Scratch 140 Lewis Daley (Forres) 69 71. 142 Craig Black (Invernss) 72 70. 145 Cameron Franssen (Inverness) (73 72. Handicap Michael Schinkel (Kirkwall) (17) 121 (61-60); Aaron Stewart (oray) (18) (63-60), Gregor Milne (Forres) (23) (62-61) 123. Team 586 Nairn (better second-round total), Inverness. 587 Forres.