TRIPLE TIE IN NORTH ALLIANCE OPENER

John Campbell (Grantown on Spey), Bryan Fotheringham (Inverness) and Moray Golf Club assistant professional Andrew Rollo shared first place with one-under-par 66s in Saturday's opening fixtures of the North Scottish Golfers' Alliance season at Garmouth and Kingston.Campbell birdied the first and 14th but dropped a shot at the sixth. Fotheringham birdied the second, ninth and 14th but bogeyed the first and seventh. Rollo, last man out, had just one birdie, at the 12th, but no bogeys as he parred the 17 other holes.    NORTH SCOTTISH ALLIANCE - Garmouth and Kingston GC Leading scratch Par 67 66 J S D Campbell (Grantown), B R Fotheringham (Inverness), A G Rollo (Moray). 68 K Thomson (Moray), S Wilson (Inverness) 69 N McWilliam (Elgin), G H Hay (Grantown), R H Stewart (Torvean) 70 C Dixon (Moray), R Harrower (Boat of Garten) 71 D Ramsay (Elgin) 72 I Murray (Boat of Garten), P Masson (Rothes), G S Macdonald (Torvean) 73 R McKerron (Forres), W J Donnelly (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 74 J Simpson (Forres), R Stewart (Nairn Dunbar), D F Sharp (Boat of Garten), S Johnston (Elgin) 75 C Helik (Boat of Garten), A J England (Moray), J R Ingram (Boat of Garten), I Hamilton (Elgin), K Barnett (Torvean) 76 J L Milne (Elgin), W Donnelly (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), Brian Mellis (Rothes), A W Mair (Moray), A Thomson (Moray) 77 S Mitchell (Moray), A Imrie (Muir of Ord), S Duncan (Moray), M Mitchell (Rothes), W Hutchison (Inverness), A Macintosh (Torvean) 78 J K England (Moray), R Mackie (Rothes), A Jackson (Rothes), R R Adams (Moray), A Hutchison (Torvean), G Leonard (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), D Spence (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 79 A Boxx (Boat of Garten), L Hutchison (Inverness), F Mackellar (Grantown)   LEADING HANDICAP Class 1 - P Masson (Rothes) (7), I Murray (Boat of Garten (7), C Dixon (Moray) (5), R H Stewart (Torvean) (4), S Wilson (Inverness) (3) 65 Class 2 - D Spence (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) (14) 64; L Hutchison (Inverness) (14), W.J. Donnelly (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) (8) 65; G Leonard (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) (12), J Macdonald  (Inverness) (14) 66 ends