JUSTIN DUFF LEADS NE ALLIANCE WITH THREE-UNDER 67 AT TURRIFF

It was the Day of the Duffs in the North-east Golfers Alliance meeting at Turriff Golf Club today.
Fraserburgh member Justin had the lowest scratch score of three-under-par 67 and Newmachar member John Duff was joint second on the 70 mark with Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh and Gary Esson (Portlethen).
A total of 83 played including notable visitors from the West of Scotland Alliance, the Kinloch twins Peter and Jim. They are both members of Glasgow Gailes and, as you would expect from twins, they both had the same score of 78!
Colin Ord, who plays off six at Auchmill, had the best net score of 69 in Class 1 of the handicap section.
Jim Scott (Peterculter), playing off 11, had the lowest score of net 67 in Class 2.

LEADING SCRATCH SCORES
Par 70. SS 70. CSS 70
67 Justin Duff (Fraserburgh).
70 John Duff (Newmachar), Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh), Gary Esson (Portlethen).
72 Ryan Fitzpatrick (Inchmarlo).
73 Brian Nicolson (Auchmill), Craig Dempster (Inchmarlo), Euan Kennedy (Newmachar), Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh).
74 Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead), Stewart Finnie (Caledonian).
75 Colin Ord (Auchmill).
76 Graeme Nethercott (Deeside), David Mackay (Newmachar), Allan Ross (Deeside).
77 Keith Watson (Deeside), Robert Lamb (Newmachar), Ian Esslemont (Cruden Bay), Colin Nelson (Mackenzie Golf).
78 Charlie Cassie (Nigg Bay), Peter Kinloch (Glasgow Gailes), Jim Kinloch (Glasgow Gailes), Jim Scott (Peterculter).
80 Neil Keith (Newmachar), Paul McIntosh (Newburgh), Lawence Prouse (Hazlehead)
81 John Hamilton (Murcar Links), Jackie Forrest (Northern), Peter Guthrie (Peterculter).
82 Les Fowler (Royal Aberdeen), Jim Murray (Banchory), Chris Adam (Aboyne).
83 Jim Duncan (Newburgh), Mike Booth (Kemnay), David Leslie (Northern), Grant Leslie (Newburgh), John Forrest (Murcar Links).
84 George Paterson (Northern), Colin Clark (Mackenzie Golf), Harry Roulston (Stonehaven), David Bisset (Banchory), Sandy Youngson (Turriff).
85 John Dalgarno (Hazlehead), Leslie Roger (Royal Aberdeen).
86 Alan Gall (Deeside), Gary Ross (Meldrum House), Phil Morrison (Oldmeldrum).
87 Manson Merchant (Newmachar).
88 Neish Chisholm (Kemnay), David Nelson (Aboyne).
89 David McKay (Caledonian).
90 Raymond Brown (Newburgh)
91 Mike Brown (Newburgh).
92 Ben Lumsden (Northern), Graham Mitchell (Braemar).
93 John Jessiman (Oldmeldrum), John Kinsella (Braemar), Jim Gall (Caledonian), Michael Rendall (Stonehaven).
94 Colin Farquhar (Auchmill), Ian Grant (Keith), Hamish McNaughton (Cruden Bay)
95 Peter Cheyne (Northern).
96 S Davidson (Northern)
LEADING HANDICAP
Class 1 - Colin Ord (Auchmill) (6) 69; David Mackay (Newmachar) (6) 70; Keith Watson (Deeside) (5), Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead) (2), Petere Kinloch (Glasgow Gailes) (6) 72.
Class 2 - Jim Scott (Peterculter) (11) 67; Chris Adam (Aboyne) (14) 68; Sandy Yongston (Turriff) (15) 69; Mike Booth (KJemnay) (12), Jackie Forrest (Northern) (10).

LEADING RESULTS FROM EDINBURGH AND EAST OF
SCOTLAND ALLIANCE MEETING AT LIBERTON
Finally, the EESGA have managed to complete their first outing of the new season and even better with the 89 players basking in sunshine at Liberton Golf Club.
Winner of the Bernard Gallacher Trophy with a net 66 (72 less 6) was Alan Young (Lochend), closely followed by Wilson Morton (Dunbar) with a net 67 (71 less 4) and third place shared with net 68's by Tony Boyle (Glenbervie) 72 less 4, Steven Dand (Pumpherston) 74 less 6 and Andrew Wight (Glencorse) 71 less 3.
Scratch score was closely fought with three tied for 1st place - Andrew Erskine (Ratho Park), Colin Fraser (Peebles) and Gordon Law (Uphall) with level par scores of 67. Fourth spot was also shared three ways - Scott Latlin (Greenburn), Stephen Lamb (Cardrona) and Jamie Morris (Peebles) with 68s.
Senior prize goes to David Jeffrey (Whitekirk) with a net 69 (76 less 7).

Scottish Alliance Championships are held next week at Buchanan Castle.
Next Edinburgh and East of Scotland outing is on Wednesday, October 12 at Royal Musselburgh.