ANDREW OLDCORN RETAINS EAST OF SCOTLAND ALLIANCE TITLE

By ALAN GREENSHIELDS
Edinburgh and East of Scotland Alliance secretary
A fantastic day's weather produced some fantastic scores in the championship meeting at Gullane and the morning round scoring suggested some low scoring was to feature throughout the day.
The Gavin Clark Trophy for the best aggregate net score was firmly in the hands of William Laing (Prestonfield) after a net 61 (68 less 7) after his morning round over Gullane No 3.
Willie followed this great score with a net 70 (77 less 7) over Gullane No 2 in the afternoon. His aggregate of net 131 secured the trophy by four shots from Derek Fish (Glenbervie) and Wilson Morton (Dunbar), both on an aggregate net of 135.
The main event to find the East Alliance Champion for the year and secure The Uni Royal Trophy saw things hotting up in the morning.
On Gullane No 2 Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre) posted a seven-under-par 64. Shortly after this Gordon Law (Uphall) posted a 66 and last man in the morning, Allyn Dick (Kingsknowe), returned a 68.
Over on Gullane No 3 the low scores came in late in the morning with 64s from Scott Catlin (Greenburn) and Andrew Marshall (Houston GR) but a fantastic eight-under-par 60 from David Patrick saw him four shots ahead on No 3.
These morning scores saw a foundation for the outcome -
Following a 68 on Gullane No 2 Allyn Dick secured thrd place with an aggregate of 132. David Patrick added a 69 on Gullane No.2 to his 60 to fill second place on 129.
The clear winner and defending champion (joint with Jamie Morris in 2011) was Andrew Oldcorn who added a 61 on No 3 to his 64 to finished four shots ahead of the field with a total of 125.
The day also saw the Scratch Order of Merit concluded with the top three from the previous week swapping places.
1st and overall winner - Andrew Marshall (Houston GR) - 696.5 points
2nd - Jamie Morris (Peebles) - 675.5 points
3rd - Stephen Lamb (Cardrona) - 667.5 points

The season is almost over but on April 2 the annual match, East v West Alliance takes place at Lanark where the East will be defending the trophy.

Leading Championship scores


Gullane No.2 /Gullane No.3/ Totals / Handicap

                                     Score Net Score Net Score Net

Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre) 64 64 61 61 125 125
David Patrick (Elie) 69 69 60 60 129 129
Allyn Dick (Kingsknowe) 68 70 64 66 132 136 -2
Andrew Marshall (Houston G R) 69 69 64 64 133 133
Gordon Law (Uphall) 66 66 67 67 133 133
Andrew Erskine (Ratho Park) 69 69 65 65 134 134
Daniel Wood (The Hirsel) 71 71 64 64 135 135
Derek Fish (Glenbervie) 71 71 64 64 135 135 0
Scott Catlin (Greenburn) 71 71 64 64 135 135
Sean McGarvey (Glencorse) 72 72 67 67 139 139 0
Ian Taylor (Royal Burgess) 71 69 69 67 140 136 2
Colin Fraser (Peebles) 74 74 67 67 141 141 0
Craig Gordon (Edinburgh Golf Cen) 74 74 67 67 141 141
Jamie Morris (Peebles) 72 73 69 70 141 143 -1
Keir McNicoll (Gullane) 70 70 71 71 141 141
Stuart Callan (Bathgate) 73 73 68 68 141 141
Thomas Wilson (Glenbervie) 75 73 68 66 143 139 2
Wilson Morton (Dunbar) 75 71 68 64 143 135 4
George Wither (Lothianburn) 76 75 68 67 144 142 1
Richard Johnston (Glenbervie) 72 72 72 72 144 144 0
Ross Neill (Drumpelier) 75 75 69 69 144 144
Hugh Fraser (Niddry Castle) 74 72 71 69 145 141 2
Stephen Lamb (Cardrona) 77 77 68 68 145 145
William Laing (Prestonfield) 77 70 68 61 145 131 7
Richard Stott (Prestonfield) 75 70 71 66 146 136 5
Robert Denholm (Duddingston) 77 73 70 66 147 139 4
Jordan Lamb (Peebles) 77 71 71 65 148 136 6
Andrew Rothney (Deer Park) 77 75 72 70 149 145 2
Andrew Wight (Glencorse) 78 75 71 68 149 143 3
George Black (Torwoodlee) 75 72 74 71 149 143 3
Tony Boyle (Glenbervie) 77 73 72 68 149 141 4
Chris Morris (Kingsknowe) 76 76 74 74 150 150
Donny Munro (Kingsknowe) 77 75 73 71 150 146 2
Grant Skinner (Glencorse) 76 73 74 71 150 144 3