SAM STRACHAN and NORTH-EAST YOUTHS ARE THE WINNERS at OLDMELDRUM

Sam Strachan (Murcar Links) won the individual first prize in the inter-district youths' stroke-play tournament tournament at Oldmeldrum Golf Club yesterday.

Sam, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, had rounds of 67 and 69 for 136 - five strokes ahead of three players: Downfield's Reece Mitchell (70-71), Cullen's Nick MacAndrew (69-72) and, another Downfield player, Matthew Reid (68-73). On a comparison of their second rounds, Mitchell was placed second, MacAndrew third and Reid fourth.

The CSS was 70 in the morning and 72 in the afternoon.

North-east retained the Templeton Trophy for the team event with a combined score of 1019, against 1048 of Angus. North only had seven players and when one was later disqualified for having playing from out of bounds, they could not return the required number of scores.

TEAM TOTALS
1019 NORTH-EAST 504 515
1048 ANGUS 527 521
No Return: NORTH 507 NR

INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
CSS 70 72
136 Sam Strachan (Inverallochy) 67 69.
141 Reece Mitchell (Downfield) 70 71 (placed 2nd with better 2nd round), Nick MacAndrew (Cullen) 69 72 (placed third with better second round), Matthew Reid (Downfield) 68 73.
143 Kyle Godsman (Hopeman) 69 74.
144 Rodger Clark (Moray) 75 69, Stuart Connell (Inverness) 74 70.
146 Scott Robertson (Hazlehead) 71 75.
147 Tom Dingwall (Nairn Dunbar) 66 81, Sean Lawrie (Portlethen) 72 75.
149 Daniel Thompsett (Aboyne) 75 74.
150 Mark Thomson (Grange) 76 74, Grant Bowman (Monifieth) 75 75.
151 Dan Lawrence (Ballumbie Castle) 77 74, Ryan Bain (Strathlene) 75 76.
152 Jamie Treasurer (Inverness) 74 78.
154 Jamie Reid (Cruden Bay) 80 74.
155 Kyle McAlpine (Invergordon) 74 81.
156 Gordon Munro (Fraserburgh) 75 81.
157 Connor Cook (Caird Park) 81 76.
158 Andy Todd (Grange) 80 78.
165 Callum McKay (Grange) 86 79.
Disq - Cameron Nelson (Inverness) 75 DQ