PORTLETHEN v BON ACCORD IN MAITLAND SHIELD FINAL AT LINKS

Friday evening's final in the City of Aberdeen foursomes for the Maitland Shield, sponsored by the Cults Hotel, at the Kings Links will be contested by home club Bon Accord, winners in 2011, and Portlethen, through to the last stage for the first time.
Having knocked out the title-holders, Murcar Links on Wednesday night, Portlethen followed up that by beating last year's beaten finalists, Royal Aberdeen by two holes.
Both Portlethen pairs, Clark Brechin and Sam Kiloh, and Graham Innes and Keith Horne, finished one up.
Brechin and Kiloh were two down after four holes to Steve Buchan and Donald Macandrew but had squared it by the eighth and were two up after 11. 
Buchan and Macandrew kept alive Balgownie hopes of an overall victory by winning the 16th, halving the 17th and then winning the last to be only one down at the finish.
But Innes and Horne doubled Portlethen's margin of victory by finisheding one up on Ian Middleton and Grant Joss.  
Bon Accord overpowered Banchory in the cold, windy conditions with Barrie Edmond and Graeme Mitchell laying the foundations for a six-hole overall win by winning the first tie by four holes against David Brand and Sam Strachan.
Edmong and Mitchell were four up after seven and five up at the turn.
Matt Greig and Matt Dunn, the Bon Accord second string were also four up after seven on Adam Lindsay and Jack Harling.

SEMI-FINAL RESULTS
Portlethen bt Royal Aberdeen by two holes
(C Brechin, S Kiloh 1, S Buchan, D Macandrew 0; G Innes, K Horne 1, I Middleton, G Joss 0).
Bon Accord bt Banchory by six holes
(B Edmond, G Michell 4, D Brand, S Strachan 0; M Greig, M Dunn 2, A Lindsay, J Harling 0).

+ Friday's final tees off at 4.47pm.