VANNET-ROBERTSON DOG FIGHT FOR THIRD PLACE 

IN BRIMMOND BISTRO NE ALLIANCE SCRATCH MERIT

Only three events to go in the Brimmond Bistro North-east Alliance Scratch Order of Merit - the Race to Craibstone, writes Colin Farquharson.

With a lead of close on 1,000pt, Newmachar amateur John Duff looks almost certain to be the winner of the first prize, worth about £150 - he would, of course, receive the award in the form of an amateur voucher prize from the sponsors, the open-to-the-public restaurant in the Craibstone Golf Club restaurant.
The top three points totals in the Scratch Order of Merit after the
second round of the championship at Craibstone GC on March 18 will earn prizes from the Brimmond Bistro
Alliance captain Joel Hopwood, the Senior Assistant Professional at Royal Aberdeen GC - the man who devised the points scheme and updates the points every week for Scottishgolfview.com - should make it over the winning line in second place.
But Craibstone Golf Academy teaching pro Lee Vannet and Wednesday's winner at Peterhead, Peterculter amateur Tony Robertson will have other thoughts about that as they engage
in a dog fight for third place, if not higher.
Vannet has a lead of only 79pt over the fast-fishing Robertson and it will be interesting to see how that duel progresses over the fixtures at Oldmeldrum next Wednesday and the 36-hole championship at Duff House Royal (March 11) and Craibstone Golf Club (March 18). 

The biggest climber within the top 20 this week was young pro Sam Kiloh (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) from Portlethen. He jumped up eight plaees to No 10 in the table. Sam is pictured on the left.
Another PLGC pro, Azerbaijan-born Kamran Zeynalov, and Portlethen amateur David Fleming both improved their position by
six places, Kamran to No 19 and David to No 27.
Hazlehead amateur Brian Nicolson went up five spots to No 11.
The "kangaroos" - big jumpers - outwith the top 20 were former Newburgh pro Ian Bratton (Bratton Golf) and Les Fowler (Royal Aberdeen). They both shot up 17 places on the back of their Peterhead performances to positions 87 and 88 in the table.
Well done, lads! Keep practising!

Points are awarded weekly to the players with the top 20 scratch scores from a 1-2-3 of 500-450-400 down to 20pt for 20th place.

What the columns on the right mean. 
Position in table after Spey Bay (Feb 18)
Position in table after Peterhead (Feb 25)
Movement up or down in table this week
                                                 AFTER        AFTER   
                                                 SPEY BAY   PETERHEAD   
    PLAYER             TOTAL                                            UP /DOWN
1    John Duff           5448.83    1    1    0........................ no change
2    Joel Hopwood    4518.58    2    2    0
3    Lee Vannet          4180.41    3    3    0
4    Tony Robertson   4101.1    4    4      0
5    Stewart Finnie     2865.84    6    5    1......................... up 1 place
6    Kevin Duncan     2840         5    6    -1......................down 1 place
7    Paul Lawrie        2575         7    7    0
8    Andy Campbell  2384.55     8    8    0
9    Ross McConnachie 1887.5 10    9    1........................ up 1 place
10    Sam Kiloh       1810.55     18    10    8..................... up 8 places
11    Brian Nicolson 1765.5       16    11    5.................... up 5 places
12    Laura Murray  1740.91      15    12    3 ...................up 3 places
13    John Nicolson  1714.75     13    13    0
14    Nick Macandrew 1702.5     9    14    -5................down 5 places
15    David Law       1636.25     11    15    -4...............down 4 places
16    Clark Brechin   1625         12    16    -4
17    David Leslie     1593.33    14    17    -3
18    Chris Law        1455.5       17    18    -1
19    Kamran Zeynalov 1255.75  25    19    6
20    Fergus Bisset    1224          19    20    -1
21    Craig Lawrie    1165           20    21    -1
22    Keith Shanks    1150           21    22    -1
23    Keil Beveridge 1072.88      22    23    -1
24    Jim Emslie       1049           23    24    -1
25    Colin Nelson    1034           24    25    -1
26    Kris Nicol        1015           26    26    0
27    David Fleming   801.08      33    27    6
28    Chris Lamb       800            27    28    -1
29    Gary Esson       762.5          28    29    -1
30    Jim Duncan      745.33        29    30    -1
31    Albert Smith    741.5          30    31    -1
31    Drew Buchan    741.5        30    31    -1
33    Billy Fyfe         722.44       32    33    -1
34    Patrick McKenna 658.33    34    34    0
35    Phil McLean       654.25      35    35    0
36    Iain Taylor         637.5        36    36    0
37    Greg McBain    625           37    37    0
37    Greig Hutcheon 625          37    37    0
39    Murray Patterson  520.83  39    39    0
40    Davy Mackay     515.83    40    40    0
41    Phil Morrison      491.66    41    41    0
42    Robbie Stewart    485        42    42    0
43    Cameron Grant    480.66    43    43    0
44    Brian Ritchie       464        44    44    0
45    Bryan Robson      407.33    46    45    1
46    Brian Harper        405        45    46    -1
47    Terry Mathieson   371.25    47    47    0
48    Craig Carnegie    365         48    48    0
49    Harry Roulston    349.83    49    49    0
50    Alistair Graham    346.5    50    50    0
51    Ben Lumsden       339.5    51    51    0
52    Steve Lawrie        332.5    52    52    0
53    Kim Beveridge     328.88    53    53    0
54    Reverend Manson 325        54    54    0
55    Justin Duff            300        55    55    0
56    John Borthwick    293        59    56    3
57    Charles Cassie      282.5     56    57    -1
58    Tom Dingwall       265        57    58    -1
58    Alan Gall               265       57    58    -1
60    Jim Douglas          252.5    60    60    0
61    Chris Campbell     250       61    61    0
62    Greg Ingram         243.76    62    62    0
63    B.Main                 225         63    63    0
64    Gordon Milne       219.33    64    64    0
65    Scott Henderson   212.5     65    65    -1
66    Craig Goodwin     200        66    66    0
67    David Nelson       175         67    67    0
68    Norman Forster    160        68    68    0
68    Derek McDougall 160       68    68    0
70    Sam Macneil         152.5    70    70    0
71    C.Angus                150       71    71    0
71    Gaton Dillon          150       71    71    0
71    Robert O'Donnell    150      71    71    0
74    Colin Duffus           137.5    74    74    0
74    Sam Griffiths          137.5    74    74    0
74    C.Cheyne                137.5    74    74    0
74    R.McKinnon           137.5    74    74    0
78    Steve Shand            135      77    78    -1
79    Gary Craig               132.33  78    79    -1
80    G.Allan                    115       79    80    -1
81    Keith McGillivray   105       80    81    -1
82    J.Scott                     100       95    82    13
83    Graeme Nethercott    90       81    83    -2
84    Zander Roger             85      82    84    -2
85    J.Murray                    80       83    85    -2
85    Ryan MacRae            80       83    85    -2
87    Les Fowler                76.33 104    87    17
88    Ian Bratton                 75      105    88    17
89    David Brown              65       85    89    -4
90    Scott Mackie              64       99    90    9
91    Gary Homer               60       86    91    -5
91    Don Gray                   60       86    91    -5
93    B.Skene                     55       88    93    -5
93    Charlie Tawse            55      88    93    -5
95    Les Roger                  45      90    95    -5
95    Stewart Allison          45      90    95    -5
95    Sammy Leslie            45      90    95    -5
95    David McKay            45      90    95    -5
99    N.Duncan                  40       94    99    -5
100    B.Murray                 35       95    100    -5
101    Graham Thom         33.33   97    101    -4
102    Nigel Parker            30       98    102    -4
103    Martin Foster          26.66  102    103    -1
104    Josh Turner             25       100    104    -4
104    Steven Murray        25       100    104    -4
106    John Hamilton        16.66   102    106    -4
107    Grant Leslie            10       105    107    -2
108    Derek Craigie            8.33  107    108    -1
108    Richie Davidson         8.33  107    108    -1
110    Peter Walker               7.33  109    110    -1
111    Dick Wright                5       111    111    0
112    John Sunley                 2.5    112    112    0
112    Mike Duncan               2.5    112    112    0