NORTH-EAST ALLIANCE FOURSOMES FAVOURITES' EARLY EXIT

By COLIN FARQUHARSON Colin@scottishgolfview.com Title favourites Philip McLean (Peterhead) and Keith Watson (Deeside) were knocked out this morning in the quarter-finals of the North-east Alliance scratch foursomes for the Evening Express Shield at Murcar Links. The Peterhead rookie pro, who won the individual North-east Alliance championship, and his amateur partner lost by 2 and 1 to another rookie pro, Fraserburgh's Kris Nicol, and Banchory amateur Fergus Bisset. RESULTS SCRATCH (Evening Express Shield) QUARTER-FINALS K Nicol (Fraserburgh) and F Bisset (Banchory) bt P McLean (Peterhead) and K Watson (Deeside) 2 and 1. S Larkin (Royal Aberdeen) and E Kennedy (Newmachar) bt B Nicolson (Auchymill) and G Paterson (Northern) 5 and 4. J Duff (Newmachar) and D Leslie (Northern) bt K Beveridge (Inchmarlo) and R Lamb (Newmachar) at 21st. G Hutcheon (Banchory) and D Fleming (Portlethen) bt T Mathieson (Murcar Links) and C Carnegie (Kemnay) 4 and 3. HANDICAP (Press and Journal Shield) QUARTER-FINALS H Roulston (Stonehaven) (7) and A Petrie (Oldmeldrum) (10) bt M Booth (Kemnay) (11) and Claire Prouse (Hazlehead) (9) 1 hole. J Thomas (Newmachar) (3) and T Collie (Kemnay) (11) bt J Forrest (Northern) (9) and B Lumsden (Northern) (14) 3 and 2. J Borthwick (Craibstone) (6) and D Randall (Banchory) (13) bt D McKay (Caledonian) (7) and N Stewart (Northern) (14) 3 and 2. M Lawrie (Kemnay) (7) and P Cornfield (Auchmill) (15) bt M May (Cruden Bay) (6)  and J Dalgarno (Hazlehead) (10) 1 hole.