TAIN TEAMS DOMINATE NORTH ALLIANCE THREE-BALL EVENT

By ROBIN WILSON 

Tain teams monopolised the North Golf Alliance three-ball team event at Brora, all ten of their members finishing  in the top four teams.

The first three Tain teams all tied on low scores of 49, seven under the par for the Brora 15-hole Winter course.  On a countback over the the inward eight holes and winning with a count of 25,  even after dropping a shot to par at the final hole but more than made up for with an net 1 at the 13^th hole, were Mark Brunton, Graeme Oliver and Alan Sangster. 

On the stiffer back eight holes into the wind in second place with the inward count of 27 for their 49 came Andrew Watt, Alec Gunn and Steve Holmes. They had just two net birdies on this stretch after a first seven holes of 22. 

Tain's dream team of Ferries siblings Billy and Munro and Alastair Melville shot to the head of the leaderboard with seven outward half 3s for 21 but their one and only bogey came at the 17th hole to take them home in the higher count of 28.

Tain's tenth member Richard Hamblin teamed up with Golspie's Alister Bell and Tim Featherstone  to end up in fourth place  with a score of 51 (24-27). 

FINAL SCORES

45 Mark Brunton, Graeme Oliver, Alan Sangster (Tain) (better inward eight holes of 25).

45 Andrew Watt, Alex Gunn, Steve Holmes (Tain) (inward holes count 27)

45 Bill Ferries, Munro Ferries, Alastair Melville (Tain) (inward holes count 28).

51 Richard Hamblin (Tain), Alister Bell (Golspie), Tim Featherstone (Golspie).

52 M Keay, H Skinner, D H Mackay (Tarbat).

52 J Meiklejohn, R Matheson, J Johnstone (Thurso). 

53 D Duncan, M Moran, J MacIver (Invergordon).

53 J Disbury, P McCartney, I Ross (Reay).

The North Golf Alliance fixtures resume at Tain on January 19.