HARRY ROULSTON IS N E ALLIANCE CLASS 1 CLIMBER OF WEEK

    Jack Nicklaus gives Harry Roulston a few tips on how to win the

    North-east Alliance Class 1 Order of Merit. That's Nicklaus on the  left.

 
Portlethen' five-handicapper David Fleming continues to make the running in the North-east Golfers' Alliance Handicap Class 1 Order of Merit, sponsored by teaching pro Willie McKenzie's WLM Golf Company, writes Colin Farquharson.
Points are awarded weekly to the first five in the Class 1 returns (1-250; 2-200; 3-150; 4-100; 5-50).
Fleming's tally of 850 gives him a 75pt lead over Alliance joint secretary David Mackay who plays off seven at Hazlehead.
But the two Davids had better look out because Goliath is now n their tail.  Stonehaven's Harry Roulston has shot up to third place with 750pt. He is the big climber of the week.

Harry, a past Scottish tennis champion in the days before Andy Murray and retired Editor of the "Press and Journal," has gone up seven places on the back of his Class 1 winning performance at Spey Bay - a net 70 off seven of a handicap. A very good effort by the senior player.
Another big mover this week was Craibstone's Keith McGillivray who went up nine places from 28th to 19th. He plays off eight and had a net 72 at Spey Bay.
WLM Golf will give £50 vouchers to the winners of Class 1 and Class 2 categories after the final counting competition, which will be the second round of the championship at Craibstone on March 18
The Class 2 standings will be displayed tomorrow (Saturday)
Many thanks again to NE Alliance captain Joel Hopwood, the Senior Assistant Professional at Royal Aberdeen GC, for devising the Orders of Merit points format and for calculating the weekly tables.
+Remember next week's fixture has been switched from Inverurie to Peterhead

                               POSITION         AFTER         AFTER        POSITION CHANGE   
                                      POINTS      MURCAR    SPEY BAY     
PLAYER                        TOTAL               
DAVID FLEMING             850           1    1    0                                  No change
DAVID MACKAY  (Haz)   775           2    2    0   
HARRY ROULSTON        750          10    3    7                                 Up 7 places
PHIL MORRISON             725            3    4    -1                                Down 1 place
MARTIN FORSTER           675           4    5    -1   
FERGUS BISSET                650           5    6    -1   
CHARLIE CASSIE             600            7    7    0   
JIM EMSLIE                       600            6    7    -1   
STEVE SHAND                  550            7    9    -2   
DAVID LESLIE                  525            9   10    -1   
JOHN NICOLSON             500            10    11    -1   
GARY ESSON                    475            12    12    0   
TONY ROBERTSON         400             13    13    0   
ALBERT SMITH                400             13    13    0   
ANDY CAMPBELL           375             20    15    5   
STEVE LAWRIE                 375             15    15    0   
JOHN BORTHWICK           375             15    15    0   
ALISTAIR GRAHAM          350             17    18    -1   
KEITH McGILLIVRAY        325            28    19    9   
DAVE McKAY  (Caley)       300             18    20    -2   
STEWART ALLISON           300            18    20    -2   
DAVID NELSON                  250            20    21    -1   
GARY CRAIG                      250            20    21    -1   
RYAN MACRAE                  250           20    21    -1   
WILLIE SHAW                     250           20    21    -1   
MIKE DUNCAN                   250           20    21    -1   
BRIAN HARPER                  250           20    21    -1   
ZANDER ROGER                225            27    27    0   
B.MAIN                                200    NEW    28    NEW   
C.DUFFUS                            200    28    28    0   
CRAIG CARNEGIE             175    30    30    0   
GATON DILLON                  175    30    30    0   
NORMAN DUNCAN            175    30    30    0   
ROBERT O'DONNELL        150    34    34    0   
NORMAN FORSTER           150    34    34    0   
DREW BUCHAN                  150    34    34    0   
GORDON MILNE                 150    34    34    0   
C.ANGUS                               100    38    38    0   
J.SCOTT                                 100    38    38    0   
J.DOUGLAS                          100    38    38    0   
DEREK McDOUGALL       75    41    41    0   
JOSH TURNER                        75    41    41    0   
JIM DUNCAN                          75    41    41    0   
RICHIE DAVIDSON                75    41    41    0   
IAIN TAYLOR                         75    41    41    0   
K.STEWART                            50    45    46    -1   
JOHN HAMILTON                  50    45    46    -1   
JACKIE FORREST                  50    45    46    -1   
ALAN GALL                           50    45    46    -1