ALL THE NORTHERN COUNTIES CUP RESULTS FROM BALGOWNIE

Newmachar, represented by the four players who have won the Northern Counties Cup in 2010 and again last year, made a winning start to their bid for the treble at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club today FIRST ROUND Deeside bt Newmachar 2 by two holes A Ross and S Cruickshank 3, E Kennedy and R Lamb 0 J Pryde and A Gall 0, A N Other and B Robson 1 Cruden Bay 2 lost to Banchory 2 by three holes D Milne & D King 0, D Brand & S Strachan 4 R Willox & N Metcalf 1, A Lindsay & L Morrice 0. Duff House Royal w.o. Peterhead scr Royal Dornoch 1 lost to Forres by three holes D McIntosh & M Munro 0, G Stuart & J Wright 2 A Macdonald & D Pearson lost to C MacKay & R McKerron 1 Nairn bt Tain at the 20th F Fotheringham & R Burgess 3, M Ferries & F Mackle 0 B Thomson & R Smith 0, B Ferries & R Jack 3 Nairn Dunbar 1 lost to Fraserburgh by four holes G Burnett & R Johnston 0, J Duff & J Mitchell 2 F Brown & B Watson 0, G Munro & M Thomson 2 Murcar Links 1 bt Banchory 1 by 10 holes A Bews & C Brechin 6, L Smart & J Harling 0 D Raitt & B Innes 4, D Read & I Miller 0   Orkney 2 lost to Meldrum House 2 by 11 holes A Milne & P Kemp 0, K Riley & G Cooper 6 E Donaldson & J Thomson 0, G Brodie & S Green 5 SECOND ROUND Newmachar 1 bt Nigg Bay 1 by two holes C Simpson & M McKechnie 1, R Nielsen & R Wood 0 J Duff & R Barr 1, J Duff & P Burnett 0 Meldrum House 1 scr, Fortrose & Rosemarkie 2 w.o. McDonald Ellon bt Inverness 2 by 15 holes R McKen & K Duncan 4, C Black & J Keith 0 A Dunton & C Gilbert 11, J Treasurer & G Forsyth 0 Royal Aberdeen 1 bt Elgin by nine holes D MacAndrew & W Park 3, J Milne & D Ramsay 0 B Barclay & A Reith 6, S Johnston & D Hector 0 Moray 1 bt Murcar Links 2 by four holes M L MacLemam & K Thomson 6, A Campbell 0 A W Mair & R J Shiels 0, N McKinnon & L Vettese 2 Royal Dornoch 2 lost to Cruden Bay 1 by six holes B Urquhart & D O'Brien 0, L L Phillips & M Buchan 2 B Nicholson & P Lee 0, J Godward & A Duff 4  Orkney 1 bt Turriff by three holes M Fleet & G Fleet 0, S Reid & C Clarihew 2 E Rendall & P McKinlay 5, J Robertson & J Williamson 0 Nigg Bay 2 w.o. Torvean scr Inverness1 bt Deeside by two holes B Fotheringham & E Forbes 2, A Ross & S Cruickshank 0 J Forbes & B Fraser 0, J Pryde & A Gall 0 Royal Aberdeen 2 lost to Banchory 2 at the 21st M Wilson & L Watson 0, D Brand & S Strachan 0 J Johnston & A Buchan 0, L Morrice & A Lindsay 0 Moray 2 lost to Duff House Royal at 19th P McPherson & I Geddes 1, D Morrison & G Wilson 0 B Harris & M MacLeman 0, G Mitch & A J Smith  1 Nairn Dunbar 2 lost to Forres by seven holes M Britovsek & G Robins 0, G Stuart & J Wright 2 D Lamb & B Ford 0, C MacKay & R McKerron 5