Prize winners at Wick : left to right – Robert MacDonald
(Brora), Hamish MacLean (Wick Golf Club captain), John Forbes (Muir of Ord),
Darren Hexley (Golspie) and Alliance Secretary Tony Gill (Brora)
By ROBIN WILSON
Alan Cameron, Fortrose and Rosemarkie club champion
travelled from the Eastern side of the Black Isle to its Western boundary at
Muir of Ord last Saturday where his two
under par score of 66 gave him his second win this winter on the North Scottish
Golfers' Alliance circuit.
His final effort still left him outside the aggregate
prizes for season's best six rounds.
Cameron rarely strayed from par golf during his round and
over the 18 holes he bogied only once, the 4th hole, but birdied the 3rd, 6th
and fifteenth holes to head the scratch scoring by four shots from Neil
McWilliam (Elgin).
Bryan Fotheringham emerged winner for a second year of the K
M Cameron Trophy for best six scratch scores, a total of 413. Other totals were
John Campbell (Grantown on Spey) 416, Kevin Thomson (Moray) 417 and Cameron
418.
In the high handicap aggregate totals W J Donnelly (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) finished third on 410, nine behind the winner M
Lyall (Torvean) 401 and second placed L Hutchison (Inverness) 404.
Muir of Ord Results
LEADING SCRATCH
66 R A L Cameron
(Fortrose and Rosemarkie).
70 N. McWilliam
(Elgin).
71 R.H. Stewart
(Torvean), G.S. MacDonald (Torvean).
72 K Barnett
(Torvean), A.J. England (Moray).
73 J S D
Campbell (Grantown).
74 G H Hay
(Grantown), S Wilson (Inverness), B. Fotheringham (Inverness), A Macintosh
(Torvean), W. Donnelly (Fortrose and Rosemarkie).
75 R Stewart
(Nairn Dunbar), I. Murray (Boat of Garten), W. Hutchison (Inverness), P. Masson
(Rothes).
76 A Henry
(Inverness), A. Hutchison (Torvean), A. Cowie (Moray);
77 W Weatherall
(Muir of Ord).
78 B Cruickshank
(Spey Bay)
79 L. Stewart
(Grantown), N MacAskill (Forres), V. Tilman (Muir of Ord), J.A.G. Innes
(Elgin), M Lyall (Torvean).
Class 2
66 G S MacDonald
(Torvean) (5).
67 A
Macintosh(Torvean) (7).
69 I Murray
(Boat of Garten) (6), W. Hutchison (Inverness) (6), P Masson (Rothes) (6), W
Donnelly (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) (5), A Cowie (Moray) (7).
Class 2
69 T Loynes
(Boat of Garten) (14).
70 L Hutchison
(Inverness) (14), M Lyall (Torvean) (9), A McWilliam (Moray) (14).
71 I Ross
(Grantown) (9), N. MacAskill (Forres) (8).
North Alliance at Wick.
Dougie Thorburn (Reay), with a par-matching 69, edged Darren
Hexley (Golspie) and John Forbes (Muir of Ord) into second place two strokes
behind in the final fixture of the North Golf Alliance at Wick last Sunday.
The cold weather kept the entry down to only 26 and
so few were the cards returned by each club that no club could provide the
requisite four scores to complete in the team competition so the Alliance
Shield was not awarded.
Despite the difficult conditions Thorburn was in superb form
and went to the turn in two under par 33 after birdies at the second and third holes. After getting to three under par with a starting home birdie
he then went off the boil and bogied the next three holes before completing his
remaining five holes in par for an inward 36.
The Thurso player's 69 enabled him to complete a four-score
aggregate of 281 to win the Alliance Quaich for a second year with Hexley
runner-up on 285.
Hexley had the
consolation of winning the MacKintosh Salver with his net aggregate total of
278. Brora's Robert MacDonald finished second on 284.
Hexley and Forbes had almost inseparable 71s , Hexley
halves of 35 and 36 and Forbes the same
order with Hexley given the second scratch position on a last six-hole
count.
Forbes,
even with his +1 handicap, ended up with first handicap prize in Category
1, ahead of two local members, greenkeeper James Taylor and Gordon Steven junior.
The trip over The Ord for Invergordon's Davie Duncan was rewarded with first place in Class 2,
a net 72 off 13, beating off the challenge from Thurso pair Pat Valentine (10)
76 and Stanley Ross (13) 77.
Wick Results
Scratch
69 D Thorburn ( Reay) 33-36.
71 D
Hexley (Golspie) 35-36, J Forbes (Muir of Ord) 35-36.
74 G Steven (Wick) 34-40.
76 T Gill( Brora) 36-40.
77 R W Taylor (Wick) 36-41, B Ferries
(Tain) 38-39.
79 J Taylor (Wick) 39-40.
80 R MacDonald (Brora) 37-43.
Handicap
Class 1 – J Forbes (Muir of Ord) (+1), J Taylor
(Wick) (7), G Steven (Wick) (2) 72.
Class 2 – D Duncan (Invergordon) (13) 72. P Valentine (Thurso) (10) 76.
S Ross (Thurso) (13) 77.
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