H R SPENCE TROPHY TOURNAMENT AT TORVEAN

CAMERON FRANSSEN WINS NORTH 

BOYS TITLE IN INVERNESS

Cameron Franssen (Inverness) won the North of Scotland boys' golf championship for the H R Spence Trophy at Torvean Golf Club, Inverness today (Sunday) by the runaway margin of six strokes over two rounds.

Franssen had scores of 70 and 71 for a total of 141 against the CSS of 69 for the morning round and 68 for the afternoon.

Runner-up on 147 was Inverness clubmate David Grindell (72-75) with the long-distance traveller, Euan Munro (Reay) third on 148 (77-71)

Two more Inverness boys made the top six. Jamie Penwright (83-72) finished joint fourth on 155 with team-mate Euan Gill (78-77) and Michael Schinkell (Orkney) (79-76) who had an even longer return trip than Munro.

Andrew Moir (Elgin) had the lowest scratch aggregate by an Under-16 year-old. She shot 72 and 75 for 147 - five ahead of Finlay Asher (The Nairn) (76-76) with Hamish McColm (The Nairn) third on 158 (86-72)

The lowest net aggregate prize was won by Steven Pears (Nairn Dunbar) with a titak if 124 off 25. He won b y a shot from Kyle Pirie (Isle of Skye) who had 125 off 23 with Scott Lawrie (Fort William) third on 127 off 18.

BEST SCRATCH TOTALS
CSS 69 68
141 Cameron Franssen (Inverness) 70 71
147 David Grindell (Inverness) 72 75, Andrew Moir (Elgin) 72 75
148 Euan Munro (Reay) 77 71
152 Findlay Asher (The Nairn) 76 76
155 Jamie Penwright (Torvean) 83 72, Euan Gill (Inverness) 78 77, Michael Schinkell (Orkney) 79 76
158 Hamish McColm  (The Nairn) 86 72, Gregor Miller (Forres) 78 80, Shaun Hogg (Alness) 81 77, Jack Ross (Royal Dornoch) 78 80
160 Gregor Munro (Reay) 78 82 
161 James Hawes (Reay) 84 77, Sadaidh Ross (Inverness) 87 74
162 Padraig McNeill (Spean Bridge) 85 77
163 Scott Lawrie (Fort William) 81 82, Thomas Bell (Forres) 84 79 
164 Graeme Bethune (Moray) 85 79
165 Ryan Fraser (Inverness) 83 82
166 Jamie MacKintosh (The Nairn) 80 86
167 Reece Haspell (The Nairn) 87 80
168 Rory Cromarty (The Nairn) 84 84, Jake Carpenter (Forres) 84 84
169 Lee Findlay (Orkney)  83 86, Hamish Young (Loch Ness) 87 82, Euan Innes (Nairn Dunbar)  86 83

170 Logan Gillies (Loch Ness) 80 90