NIGG BAY'S NARROW WIN OVER
BANCHORY AT STONEHAVEN
Nigg
Bay, host club Stonehaven and Newmachar took their places in the
quarter finals of the City of Aberdeen men's double foursomes match-play
golf tournament for the Maitland Shield tonight with
differing degrees of
comfort.
While the Balnagask quartet squeezed through against Banchory by one hole and Newmachar had
an advantage of only two holes over Hazlehead, Stonehaven didn’t even have to turn up
to see off Auchmill.
The Aberdeen side were ten holes down when fog disrupted the play on
Tuesday night and, understandably, decided to concede this evening.
The competition provides a difficult
format for major fightbacks, particularly when against a host team who know
their course.
Thankfully clear blue skies greeted the players last night but a cold
north-east wind made conditions tricky on the fast-running course.
Banchory first pair, Adam Lindsay and Alasdair Ramage, would
certainly have welcomed a thick mist descending to cover their
embarrassment.
They restarted their interrupted match one down on the 13th tee and lost
every hole thereafter to par, except for the par five 16th, which was halved in
birdies.
Steve Jamieson and Ian Welsh, steadiness personified, couldn’t believe
their luck to finish six up.
Meanwhile Jack Harling and Roy Black were doing their level best to turn
the tide for Banchory but even winning 16, 17 and 18 against Nicky Slater and
Ryan Forbes left them one hole short.
Newmachar, on the other hand, had their second pair to thank for their win
over Hazlehead.
Euan Kennedy, a former Stonehaven Club champion and joint course record
holder, put his local knowledge to the best of use and he and partner Chris
Simpson, three up from the night before, increased their
advantage to five holes over Brian Nicolson, who brought in his big brother
John as a substitute for the unavailable Scott Mackie.
That lead proved crucial as Newmachar’s first pair, Mike Lynch and
Calvin Cheyne, faded badly, losing 15, 17 and 18 to pars against the steady
Greig Kennedy and Scott Robertson.
RESULTS
Second round
Nigg Bay beat Banchory by 1 hole (S
Jamieson and I Welsh 6, A Lindsay and A Ramage 0; N Slater and R Forbes 0, J
Harling and R Black 5).
Stonehaven beat Auchmill by 10 holes (N Irvine and J Barbour 6, C Ord and C
Polson 0; C Brown and K Riddell 4, P Benson and G Hay 0).
Newmachar beat Hazlehead by two holes (M Lynch and C Cheyne 0, G Kennedy
and S Robertson 3; E Kennedy and C Simpson 5, B Nicolson and J Nicolson
0).
THURSDAY TIES
5pm Northern v Bon Accord
5.15 Caledonian v Murcar Links
5.30 Peterculter v Nigg Bay
5.45 Stonehaven v Newmachar
Labels: Amateur Men