JOEL HOPWOOD'S LONG DRIVE WINS HIM ALLIANCE AT BRAEMAR

Carnegie Club assistant professional Joel Hopwood made the long trip down from Skibo Castle, near Dornoch to Braemar and was rewarded by winning the top scratch prize in today's North-east Golfers' Alliance meeting at the Royal Deeside club.

Hopwood, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, shot a two-over-par 67 to win by one shot from two amateurs from the Auchmill club, John Nicolson with a 68 and his brother Brian with a 69 at the head of a field of 63.

Senior George Paterson (Northern) won the Class 1 handicap with a net 70 off one, while Tommy Collie (Kemnay) won Class 2 with a net 66 off 11.
LEADING SCRATCH
Par 65. SS 65. CSS 65
67 Joel Hopwood (Skibo Castle).
68 John Nicolson (Auchmill).
69 Brian Nicolson (Auchmill).
70 David Brown (Kemnay), John Duff (Newmachar).
71 Fraser Clark (Newmachar), George Paterson (Northern), Martin Lawrence (Newmachar).
73 Keil Beveridge (Inchmarlo), Colin Nelson (MacKenzie Club).
74 Craig Carnegie (Kemnay).
76 Phil Morrison (Oldmeldrum).

77 Tommy Collie (Kemnay).

78 Manson Merchant (Newmachar).

79 David Wilson (Duff House Royal), John Kinsella (Braemar), Keith Watson (Deeside), John Forrest (Murcar Links).

80 David Mackay (Caledonian), John Dalgarno (Hazlehead), Jim Duncan (Newburgh).

81 Brian Harper (Newburgh), Hamish McNaughton (Cruden Bay), Jackie Forrest (Northern).

82 John Hamilton (Murcar Links), Jim Scott (Peterculter).

83 Robert Lamb (Newmachar), Charlie Cassie (Nigg Bay), Mike Booth (Kemnay).

84 Gary Home (Northern), Mike Smith, Jim Murray.

85 Mike Brown, Raymond Brown.

87 Alister Graham.

89 Derek Randall, David Bisset.

90 Peter Cheyne, Leslie Roger.

94 Paul Cornfield, Colin Farquhar.

NRs Graham Allan, Colin Clark.

HANDICAP

Class 1 - George Paterson (Northern) (1) 70; Phil Morrison (Deeside) (5), Craig Carnegie (Kemnay) (3), John Dalgarno (Hazlehead) (9) 71; John Kinsella (Braemar) (7) 72.

Class 2 - Tommy Collie (Kemnay) (11) 66; Mike Smith (Inverurie) (16) 68; Hamish McNaughton (Cruden Bay) (11) 70; Mike Booth (Kemnay) (12), Jim Scott (Peterculter) (11) 71; Gary Homer (Northern) (12) 72.

TEE TIMES FOR TURRIFF NEXT WEDNESDAY

March number - Tee Time - Starting Tee - Player's Name - Handicap - Home Club.
1 08:15 1 Campbell, Andrew (1) Bratton, Ian (0) Esson, Gary (0)
Murcar Newburgh-on-Ythan Portlethen
2 08:22 1 Cassie, Charlie (5) Watson, Keith (5) Morrison, Phil (5)
Nigg Bay Deeside Oldmeldrum
3 08:29 1 Mackay, David (6) Mitchell, Graham (5) Kinsella, John (7)
Newmachar Braemar Braemar
4 08:36 1 Harper, Brian (5) Leslie, Grant (10) Forrest, John (7)
Newburgh-on-Ythan Newburgh-on-Ythan Murcar
5 08:43 1 Fitzpatrick, Ryan (0) Dempster, Craig (0) Duff, John (+2)
Inchmarlo Murcar Newmachar
6 08:50 1 Nelson, Colin (0) Dalgarno, John (9) Prouse, Lawrence (5)
Mackenzie Golf Hazlehead Hazlehead
7 08:57 1 Philip, Charlie (13) Lawrence, Martin (0) Clark, Fraser (0)
Newmachar Newmachar Newmachar
8 09:04 1 Paterson, George (1) Scott, Jim (11) Keith, Neil (5)
Northern Peterculter Newmachar
9 09:11 1 Roulston, Harry (7) Rendell, Michel (13) Booth, Mike (12)
Stonehaven Stonehaven Kemnay
10 09:18 1 Hamilton, John (6) Roger, Leslie (12) Kennedy, Steve (11)
Murcar Royal Aberdeen Craibstone
11 09:25 1 Grant, Ian (18) Smith, Mike (16) Forster, Martin (7)
Keith Inverurie Cruden Bay
12 09:32 1 Merchant, Manson (6) Lamb, Robert (3) Kennedy, Euan (1)
Newmachar Newmachar Newmachar
13 09:39 1 Lumsden, Jim (14) Cheyne, Peter (9) Farquhar, Colin (18)
Auchmill Northern Auchmill
14 09:46 1 Brown, Mike (18) Brown, Raymond (12) Davidson, S (13)
Newburgh-on-Ythan Newburgh-on-Ythan Northern
15 09:53 1 Duncan, Jim (4) McNaughton, Hamish (11) ............................
Newburgh-on-Ythan Cruden Bay ................
16 10:00 1 Chisholm, Neish (12) Forrest, Jackie (9) McIntosh, Paul (4)
Kemnay Northern Newburgh-on-Ythan
17 10:07 1 Jessiman, John (14) Petrie, Alister (10) ............................
Oldmeldrum Oldmeldrum
18 10:14 1 ............................ ............................ ............................
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19 10:21 1 ............................ ............................ ............................
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20 10:28 1 Homer, Gary (12) Lumsden, Ben (13) ............................
Northern Northern ................
21 10:35 1 Kinloch, Jim (2) Kinloch, Peter (6) Pirie, Alexander (2)
Glasgow Gailes Glasgow Gailes Hazlehead
22 10:42 1 Fowler, Les (6) ............................ ............................
Royal Aberdeen ................ ................
23 10:49 1 Brown, David (0) Collie, Tommy (11) Lawrie, Mark (7)
Kemnay Kemnay Kemnay
24 10:56 1 Wright, Dick (12) Stephen, Kenny (15) ............................
Northern Northern ................
25 11:03 1 Randall, Derek (12) Murray, Jim (10) Bisset, David (7)
Banchory Banchory Banchory
26 11:10 1 Smith, Ian D (8) Clark, Colin (0) Leslie, David (5)
North east of Scotland Golfing Mackenzie golf Northern
27 11:17 1 Turner, Joss (8) Guthrie, Peter (9) ............................
Kemnay Peterculter ................
28 11:24 1 ............................ ............................ ............................
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29 11:31 1 David Mackay (Caledonian) (7), Jim Gall (Caledonian) (15), Stewart  Finnie (Caledonian) (0).

30 11:38 1 Willie McKenzie (Berryhill Driving Range) (0), Martin May (Cruden Bay) (6).

31 11:45 1 ............................ ............................ ............................
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32 11:52 1 ............................ ............................ ............................................ ................ ................
33 11:59 1 ............................ ............................ ............................

34 12:06 1 ............................ ............................ ............................

35 12:13 1 Graham Allan (Newmachar) (12) ............................

36 12:20 1 David Wilson (Duff House Royal) (6), Paul Cornfield (Auchmill) (15), Brian Nicolson (Auchmill) (1)

37 12:27 1 .....


UNHAPPY HAT-TRICK FOR EDINBURGH AND EAST OF SCOTLAND

 ALLIANCE - MONSOON RAIN KOs WEST LOTHIAN MEETING

Bad weather struck us for the third week in a row with the outing at West Lothian being abandoned today with only 27 of the 64 strong field completing their round. Monsoon-type weather early afternoon flooded most of the greens in a matter of minutes.
With Bathgate and West Lothian having been victims of the difficult weather conditions we are currently looking at options of re-scheduling the competitions.
This side of 2012 our only options are November and with reduced daylight it is perhaps only practical to re-schedule one of the events. A suitable venue will also need to considered.
In the meantime we jave positive thoughts for a break in the weather for the next outing at Liberton next Wednesday.

Alan Greenshields
Secretary/Treasurer
Edinburgh and East of Scotland Golfers' Alliance