HUGH HUNTER'S CLACKMANNAN COUNTY NEWS

TOP COUNTY JUNIOR GOLFERS IN ACTION

  Clackmannanshire has four representatives in the Scottish Junior Champion of Champions to be held over the Duke’s course St Andrews this weekend.  Entry is by invitation and is restricted to elite Scottish boys and girls plus Champions from Areas and Counties.  Representing Clackmannanshire will be Lawrence Allan (Alva), County Boys Stroke Play Champion Rikky Alexander (Braehead) and County Boys Match Play Champion Grant Murray (also Braehead). Dollar’s Eilidh Watson playing out of Muckhart will be trying to improve on her 4th place finish in 2011  It will be a challenging test over the long course and against 63 of the best boys and girls in Scotland so best of luck to all!

          CALLUM CZECHS OUT A GOOD SCORE

    Tulliallan’s Callum Macaulay has been having a tough time on the Challenge Tour---- after some missed cuts in the middle of the summer, he has fought back in August and then last week in the Czech Challenge Open he finished the leading Scot. Four well compiled sub par rounds (69, 70, 67, 69) gave a 13 under par score and a share of 11th place.  With only two events left--- he competes in Denmark this week--- it’s a very tall order (but not impossible) to reach the top twenty and move to the European Tour.  However he must be considerably encouraged by his last performance.  Best of luck as well!

LANARKSHIRE WIN AT CARDROSS

Lanarkshire A Team beat Dumbartonshire A Team six and a half to three and a half at Cardross in a West of Scotland Inter County League Match.

Results:

1. Robert Jenkins           beat        Craig Checkley     2/1

2. Ross Hinshelwood     lost to     Fraser McKenna   2/1

3. Craig Ross                 beat       Richard Docherty   2up

4. James Steven          halved with  Cameron Farrell

5. David Brown             beat        Liam Halliday   retired hurt

6. Steven Rennie            beat       John Fowler          1up

7. Kevin Loughrie          beat        Jim Paton            5/4

8. Alistair Read              lost to     Ian Ross              2/1

9. Colin Kerr                 lost to     Alan Colsh           3/2

10. Mark Lutton            beat       Jack McKenna     4/3   

 Willie Sharpe  
LGA

TOM DINGWALL WINS NORTH ALLIANCE AT KINLOSS

FROM ALAN COWIE

Tom Dingwall Assistant Pro at Nairn Dunbar won Saturday’s North Scottish Golfers’ Alliance fixture at his “local” course Kinloss. His familiarity with the course – staying adjacent to the 6^th fairway paid off handsomely when he recorded a four under par 64 to win by three strokes. Starting at the 10^th he recorded birdies at the 12^th, 13^th, 16^th, 17^th 8^th and 9^th against bogeys at the 15^th and 5^th. Although the course was generally wet after a day and a half of rain, the greens especially defied these conditions being quick with some tricky flags.

 

Lowest Handicap score was recorded by Ian Murray from Boat of Garten who scored a nett 63 off 7.

 

Leading Scratch scores:

64 T. Dingwall (Pro)(Nairn Dunbar);

67 K. Thomson (Moray);

68 D. Hector ( Elgin ), B. Cruickshank ( Spey Bay );

69 J.S.D. Campbell (Grantown), A.W. Mair (Moray), B. Molloy (Moray), B.R. Fotheringham (Inverness), A.G. Rollo (Pro)(Moray);

70 D.F. Sharp (Boat of Garten), I. Murray (Boat of Garten), G.S. Macdonald (Torvean);

71 D. Thom (Grantown), R.H. Stewart (Torvean);

72 R. Mckerron (Forres);

73 S. Mitchell (Moray), G. Hay (Grantown), S. Wilson (Inverness), S. Johnston (Elgin), W.J. Donnelly (Fortrose & Rosemarkie), W. Donnelly (Fortrose & Rosemarkie), D. Bunker (Nairn Dunbar), K. Barnett (Torvean);

74 M. Macdonald (Boat of Garten), A. Hutchison (Torvean);

75 G. Mackenzie (Moray), N. Mcwilliam ( Elgin ), J. Simpson (Forres), G. Donaldson (Elgin), A. Jackson (Rothes);

76 J.A. Grant (Grantown), A. Henry ( Inverness ), A.J. England (Moray), A. Imrie (Muir of Ord);

77 N. Shanks ( Elgin ), L. Macbean (Boat of Garten),  W.R. Duncan (Moray), M. Lyall (Torvean), A. Cowie (Moray), A. Waterson (Boat of Garten)

78 J.R. Ingram (Boat of Garten), F. Hutchison ( Inverness ), R. Mackie (Rothes), M. Mitchell (Rothes), L.F. Grant (Grantown), F. Mackellar (Grantown), C. Falconer (Forres);

 

Handicap Section One (7 and under)

63 I. Murray (Boat of Garten)(7);

65 G.S. Macdonald (Torvean)(5), D. Thom (Grantown)(6), D.F. Sharp (Boat of Garten)(5);

66 B. Molloy (Moray)(3);

 

Handicap Section Two (8 to 14)

64 M. Lyall (Torvean)(13), A. Jackson (Rothes)(11);

65 W.J. Donnelly (Fortrose & Rosemarkie)(8);

68 M. Mitchell (Rothes)(10), L. Hutchison ( Inverness )(14), L. Macbean (Boat of Garten)(9), T. Loynes (Boat of Garten)(14), A. Imrie (Muir of Ord)(8);