TOP 50 SCRATCH SCORES AT EDINBURGH AND

EAST ALLIANCE'S CRAIGIELAW FIXTURE
 
1 Gaughan Louis    Bathgate           Trainee          67
2 Morris    Chris    Kingsknowe    Professional    69
3 Oldcorn  Andrew     Kings Acre    Professional  69
4 Buckley Ryan    Royal Musselburgh    Professional  70
5 Fraser    Colin     Peebles                   Amateur    70
6 Saltman Elliot    Archerfield Links    Professional    70
7 Stewart Duncan J    Turnhouse    Professional    71
8 Erskine Andrew    Ratho Park    Professional    72
9 Fraser    Jamie    Renaissance Club    Trainee         72
10 Gordon Craig     Edinburgh Golf Cen    Professional    72
11 Munro    Ross     Duddingston    Trainee         72
12 Pennycott Malcolm Royal Burgess    Amateur                   72
13 Henderson Neil     Renaissance Club    Professional    73
14 Saltman Lloyd    Archerfield Links    Professional    73
15 Airens    Daniel    Falkirk Tryst    Amateur           74
16 Johnston Richard Glenbervie    Amateur                   74
17 Strachan Sandy    Deer Park                   Professional    74
18 Wither    George     Duddingston    Senior                   75
19 Wood    Daniel    The Hirsel                   Professional    75
20 Boyle    Ross     Ratho Park    Amateur        76
21 Free    Nathan    Longniddry    Trainee                   76
22 Law    Gordon     Uphall                   Professional    76
23 MacKay Graham Melville Golf Centre    Professional    76
24 Munro    Donny    Kingsknowe    Amateur       76
25 Rennie     Martin    Uphall                   Amateur        76
26 Stott    Richard     Prestonfield    Amateur         76
27 Grieve    Scott     Turnhouse    Professional    77
28 Smith    Calum    Royal Musselburgh    Professional    77
29 Brydon David    Torwoodlee    Amateur                  78
30 Dunsmore Steven Falkirk Tryst    Professional    78
31 Forsyth Norman     Peebles        Amateur                   78
32 Hillan    Graham     Stathaven    Amateur                   78
33 Boyle    Tony    Glenbervie    Amateur                   79
34 Bradbury Paul    Kingsknowe    Amateur                   79
35 Forsyth Walter     Peebles      Amateur                   79
36 Fyfe    Ian    Musselburgh    Senior                   79
37 Lamb    Joshua    Cardrona      Amateur                   79
38 Meldrum David    Uphal          Senior                   79
39 Murphy Kevin    Gifford         Amateur                   79
40 Neill    Ross     Drumpellier    Professionl    79
41 Nicolson David    Craigielaw    Amateur        79
42 Porteous Paul    Uphall            Amateur                   79
43 Allison    Liam    Bathgate        Amateur        80
44 Kerr    Mark    Dalmahoy    Professional    80
45 Rothney Andrew    Deer Park                   Amateur        80
46 Brown    Stuart     Dunbar                   Amateur       81
47 Louden Michael     Glencorse         Senior                   81
48 Love    Alastair    Mortonhall    Amateur                   81
49 MacMillan Peter    Uphall            Amateur                   81
50 Stewart Duncan     Craigielaw    Senior                   81

DANIEL AIRENS WINS EDINBURGH AND EAST 

ALLIANCE PATERSON MEDAL AT CRAIGIELAW

FROM ALAN GREENSHIELDS
Edinburgh and East of Scotland Alliance
On a day of much kinder weather with sunshine and blue sky as play got underway, 84 members of the East Alliance visited Craigielaw to try and get their name on the Paterson Medal.
On both the Scratch and Handicap fronts the winning scores were of high standard on the par 71 course.
Winner of the Paterson Medal with a superb net 64 (74 less 10) was Daniel Airens of Falkirk Tryst with an impressive level par back nine. 
Second handicap prize, six shots behind, was scratch man Colin Fraser (Peebles) with an impressive scratch and net score of 70. 
Third place was split on net 71 betweem Jimmy Rankeillor of Baberton (82 less 11) and Richard Stott of Prestonfield (76 less 5).
Top scratch score came from Bathgate assistant Louis Gaughan with an excellent, four-under- par 67, made up of a solid level par 35 on front nine but it was his four-under-par back nine of 32 that sealed the best score of the day. 
Two shots behind Louis on 69 were Chris Morris (Kingsknowe) and Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre).
Top Trainee prize was shared on 72 by Jamie Fraser (Renaissance Club) and Ross Munro (Duddingston).
On the Senior front top prize went to George Wither (Duddingston) with a net 73 (75 less 2).
The Scratch Order of Merit see no change in the top three with the points now -
1. Chris Morris (Kingsknowe) - 581.0
2. Ryan Buckley (Royal Musselburgh) - 498.5
3. Craig Gordon (Edinburgh Golf Centre) - 492.0
In the Handicap Order of Merit Daniel Airens built on his lead but there are some changes below him  -
1. Daniel Airens (Falkirk Tryst) - 159.5
2. Walter Forsyth (Peebles) - 145.5
3. Martin Rennie (Uphall) - 138.5
Next week the East head west to Falkirk Tryst for the penultimate outing before the annual championship at Gullane on March 25.


PRIZEWINNERS

Overall Winner		Daniel Airens (Falkirk Tryst)			64net
Scratch	Prize	Surname	Forename	Club	Score
1st	£100	Gaughan	Louis	Bathgate	67
2nd	£70	Morris	Chris	Kingsknowe	69
3rd	£70	Oldcorn	Andrew	Kings Acre	69
4th	£30	Buckley	Ryan	Royal Musselburgh	70
5th	£30	Saltman	Elliot	Archerfield Links	70
Handicap	Prize	Surname	Forename	Club	Net
1st	£100	Airens	Daniel	Falkirk Tryst	64
2nd	£80	Fraser	Colin	Peebles	70
3rd=	£50	Rankeillor	James	Baberton	71
3rd=	£50	Stott	Richard	Prestonfield	71
4th=	£10	Forsyth	Walter	Peebles	72
4th=	£10	Rennie	Martin	Uphall	72
4th=	£10	Stronach	Alan	Falkirk Tryst	72
Trainee  Pro	Prize	Surname	Forename	Club	Score
1st=	£15	Fraser	Jamie	Renaissance Club	72
1st=	£15	Munro	Ross	Duddingston	72
Senior	Prize	Surname	Forename	Club	Net
	£30	Wither	George	Duddingston	73
	£20	Stewart	Duncan	Craigielaw	74
	£10	Cowie	Keith	Dunbar	75

Hard to see the logic in Duddingston's 

no-support move for SGU/SLGA merger

FROM AILEEN HUNTER
I saw The Scotsman article you published about Duddingston withdrawing support for the SGU/SLGA amalgamation. 
They may be having a lady captain next year but I see they failed to mention the ladies' county associations who also have a vote. 
I don't understand why the larger men's areas, such as the Lothians, should feel hard done by here.

 Every club gets a vote - and therefore, by default the golfing area of Lothian would have a far bigger say than somewhere like Clackmannanshire where there are fewer clubs and therefore fewer members.
I don't hear them saying that Duddingston Golf Club should have fewer votes than a club that has double their membership! 

EDITOR: Anyone else like to comment on this topic? It seems strange to me that Duddingston ARE in favour of the SGU-SLGA merger but feel strongly enough on a completely different topic, i.e.
area votes, to withdraw their support.

Peterculter amateur prevails at Peterhead

TONY ROBERTSON WINS FOR THIRD TIME 

ON N.E. ALLIANCE CIRCUIT THIS SEASON

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Peterculter amateur Tony Robertson chalked up his third win on this season's North-east Golfers' Alliance service with a four-under-par 66 (33-33) at Peterhead today 

Robertson, pictured, reinstated since his days as an assistant when Alan White was club professional at Murcar, shot seven birdies in halves of 33, the vital ones coming at the 17th and 18th.
That ensured he headed a field of 70  by a shot from Newmachar amateur John Duff (33-34), who also birdied the last two holes, and Sam Kiloh 33-34) , an improving young pro from the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre stable.
Craibstone teaching pro Lee Vannet had the best inward half of three-under 32 and that enabled him to tie for fourth place with Azerbaijan-born pro Kamran Zeynalov (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) and Hazlehead amateur Brian Nicolson.
Royal Aberdeen amateur Stewart Finnie, a past Aberdeen Links champion, had the best outward half of three-under 32 but took 39 blows to get back to the clubhouse and tied for 10th place.
 +SEE TOMORROW'S SCOTTISH GOLFVIEW FOR
THE REVISED BRIMMOND BISTRO N E ALLIANCE
SCRATCH ORDER OF MERIT POINTS TALLIES

 SCRATCH SCORES AT PETERHEAD
Par 70
66 T Robertson (Peterculter) 33-33
67 J Duff (Newmachar) 33-34, S Kiloh (Paul Lawrie GC) 33-34
68 L Vannet (Craibstone) 36-32, K Zeynalov (Paul Lawrie GC) 33-38, B Nicolson (Hazlehead) 34-34.
69 P McLean (Peterhead) 35-34,
70 R McConnachie (Peterculter) 35-35, Laura Murray (Paul Lawrie GC) 34-36
71 D Fleming (Portlethen), J Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen) 36-35, S Finnie (Royal Aberdeen) 32-39, J Nicolson (Hazlehead)

72 L Fowler (Royal Aberdeen), K Nicol (Paul Lawrie GC) 38-34, J Scott (Peterculter), I Bratton (Bratton Golf) 36-36
73 S Mackie (Hazlehead), J Borthwick (Craibstone)
74 C Nelson (Mackenzie Shop), M Forster (Cruden Bay)
75 D Buchan (Kemnay), C Cassie (Nigg Bay), A Gall (Deeside), J Emslie (Royal Aberdeen), J Duncan (Newburgh)
76 W Skene (Deeside), A Campbell (Murcar Links), B Skene (Peterculter), S Allison (Caledonian)
77 D Lane (Deeside), L Cameron (Peterhead), F Bisset (Banchory).

78 L Duncan (Craibstone), N Stewart (Northern), S Shand (Kemnay), I Clark (Deeside)
79 H Roulston (Stonehaven), D McKay (Caledonian)
80 N K Parker (Murcar Links), D Wright (Northern), M Duncan (Murcar Links)
81 D Nelson (Aboyne), G Allan (Newmachar)
83 A Clark (Deeside), G Mackie (Caledonian), C Duffus (Kemnay), D Bisset (Banchory)
84 J Forrest (Northern), B Harper (Newburgh)
85 B Lumsden (Northern)
86 R Duncan (Deeside), J Murray (Banchory), R Masson (Auchmill)
87 H McNaughton (Cruden Bay), R Brown (Kemnay), A Benton (Kemnay), S Davidson (Northern)
88 M Smith (Newmachar), S Dillon (Kemnay)
91 M Brown (Kemnay)
93 D Townsley (Peterculter)
95 G Moir (Hazlehead), M Rendall (Stonehaven)
97 G McDonald (Craibstone)

HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS
Class 1 - J Scott (8) 64; L Fowler (6) bih, M Forster (8) bih, D Fleming (5) 66; J Borthwick (6) 67.
Class 2 - N Stewart (14) 63; L Duncan (14) 64; I Cameron (12) 665; N K Parker (14) bih, B Skene (10) 66.

Peterhead par: 434 443 454 - 35
                           344 444 345 - 35
 
T. Robertson. 443-452-443-33--334-544-334-33
J. Duff.          434-433-444-33--444-444-334-34
S. Kiloh.        534-342-345-33--344-444-344-34  
L. Vannet.      435-353-454-36--344-434-235-32
K. Zeynalov.  423-462-444-33--345-453-335-35
B. Nicolson.  434-353-354-34--344-533-444--34

HENRY'S T33 FINISH ON ALPS TOUR IN EGYPT

John Henry (Clydebank and District) earned 323 euros for a joint 33rd place finish in the Alps Tour's Red Sea Little Venice Open which ended in Egypt today (Wed)/
Henry's form tapered off after a bright start. His rounds were 65, 73 and 76 for 215, 15 strokes behind the four-stroke French winner, Alexandre Widemann who had scores of 67, 67 and 65.
England's Tom Shadbolt finished runner-up on 203 (69-65-69) with another Englishman, first-round leader Matt Wallace (62-74-69) tieing for third place on 205 with France's Leo Lespinasse  (66-71-68).

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Monifieth GC elect Jackie Brown as first lady club captain

Monifieth Golf Club has elected Jackie Brown as its first lady club captain in 157 years.
Picture can be viewed on www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk

NEXT WEDNESDAY'S TEE TIMES FOR OLDMELDRUM

8-15 A. Campbell G. Esson C. Campbell
8-23 C. Cassie B. Harper B. Mason
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8-47 M. Rendall H. Roulston L. Roger
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9-03 S. Davidson M. Brown D. Lawrie
9-11 A. Benton R. Brown I. Bratton
9-19 B. Nicolson G. Allan
9-27 J. Forrest N. Stewart C. Nelson
9-35 D Mackay L. Duncan W. Beattie
9-43 J. Duff M. Smith S. Melvin
9-51 N. Forster D. Townsley S. Dillon
9-59 A. Gall L. Vannet I. Clark
10-07 J. Scott B. Skene R. McConnachie
10-15 D. Fleming J. Emslie L. Fowler
10-23 J Sunlie D. Leslie W. Shaw
10-31 D. Wright B. Lumsden T. Robertson
10-39 S. Shand C. Angus K. Stewart
10-47 J. Hopwood L. Murray M. Duncan
10-55 K. Beveridge K. Beveridge H. Mcnaughton
11-03 J. Murray F. Bisset D. Bisset
11-11 S. Finnie D. Mackay
11-19 S. Allison G. Mackie G. Mcdonald
11-27 G. Milne J. Duncan J. Jessman
11-35 D. Nelson N. Parker A. Graham
11-43 W. Skene R. Duncan
11-51 C. Duffus N. Chisholm
11-59 M. Winton S. Thompson D. Mcdougall
12-07 J. Borthwick P. Low D. Buchan
12-15 B. Nicolson J. Nicolson G. Allan
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Duddingston withdraw support for SGU-SLGA merger
 
Top Edinburgh golf club Duddingston has withdrawn its support for the proposed merger between the Scottish Golf Union and the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association .
Switch over to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk, to read Martin Dempster's story from The Scotsman website.