Elliot Saltman wins East of Scotland Alliance 

championship

Elliot Saltman (Archerfield Links) won the Edinburgh and East of Scotland Alliance championship for the Uniroyal Trophy (pictured receiving the trophy from East president Steven Doyle), and a £300 prize over the Gullane Nos 2 and 3 courses today (Wed)
Saltman had scores of 63 and 65 for an 11-under-par aggregate of 128 - two shots ahead of runner-up Duncan J Stewart (Turnhouse) who earned £250 for rounds of 68 and 62 for 130.
Lloyd Saltman (Archerfield Links) finished third on 132 with a pair of 66s. He earned £200.
Gullane's Keir McNicoll was fourth on 137 (69-68) and received a £150 pay-out.
Malcolm Pennycott (Royal Burgess) earned £100 for finishing fifth on 138 (71-67).
Duncan J Stewart (Turnhouse) posted a morning round of six-under 62 on No.3 to set the pace there followed by Gordon Law (Uphall)  on 64 with Sandy Strachan (Deer Park) and Ross Neill (Drumpellier) a shot further back on 65, writes Alan Greenshields
Strachan had a hole in one at the 186yd 13th with a five-iron.
Meanwhile on No.2 in the morning Elliot Saltman stole the show with an 8-under-par 63 (31-32) , while three shots better than brother Lloyd (36, 30). Lloyd's level par outward half of 36 included four penalty shots due to lost balls
The 33 amateurs playing had the opportunity to get their name on the Gavin Clark Trophy for the best net score over 36 holes. This proved to be a closely fought contest with three players having  lowest net aggregates of 135.
Danny Airens (Falkirk Tryst) (69-66), Donny Munro (Kingsknowe) (69-66) and David Nicolson (Craigielaw) (71-64).
The net 69s on No.2 by Airens and Munro resulted in them  sharing the trophy for the year.
The  championship also decided the final standings of the Scratch Order of Merit. 
 Final top three:
1 Chris Morris (Kingsknowe) 754.5
2 Ross Munro (Duddingston) 665
3 Ryan Buckley (Royal Musselburgh) 637.5

LEADING FINAL SCRATCH TOTALS
Gullane No 2 (par 71) scores before Gullane No 3 (par 68) Total par: 139
128 Elliot Saltman (Archerfield Links) 63 65
130 Duncan J Stewart (Turnhouse) 68 62
132 Lloyd Saltman (Archerfield Links) 66 66
137 Keir McNicoll (Gullane) 69 68
138 Malcolm Pennycott (Royal Burgess) 71 67

LEADING HANDICAP
 Winner of the Gavin Clark Trophy (Best net score)          
Daniel Airens (Falkirk Tryst) and Donny Munro (Kingsknowe)          
(Both with better score of 69 on No.2)          
          
Handicap    Prize    Name (Club)    Net
1st=    £125    Daniel Airens (Falkirk Tryst)    135
1st=    £125    Donny Munro (Kingsknowe)    135
1st=    £125    David Nicolson (Craigielaw)    135
4th        £75    Steven Lees (Dalmahoy)          138
5th        £50    Paul Bradbury (Kingsknowe)    139

ALL THE SCRATCH SCORES
128 Elliot Saltman (Archerfield Links)    63    65       
130 Duncan J Stewart (Turnhouse)          68    62      
132 Lloyd Saltman (Archerfield Links)    66    66      
137 Keir McNicoll (Gullane)                    69    68         
138 Malcolm Pennycott (Royal Burgess) 71    67    
139 Neil Henderson (Renaissance Club)   71    68      
140 Cameron Marr (Musselburgh)            72    68     
141 Donny Munro (Kingsknowe)               72    69   
141 Sandy Strachan (Deer Park)                76    65       
142 Mark Kerr (Dalmahoy)                       73    69     
142 Scott Grieve (Turnhouse)                    73    69     
142 Calum Smith (Royal Musselburgh)      74    68     
142 Steven Dunsmore (Falkirk Tryst)         74    68      
142 Nathan Free (Longniddry)                     75    67    
142 Ross Neill (Drumpellier)                       77    65       
142 Ross Munro (Duddingston)                   76    66     
143 Graham MacKay (Melville Golf)          72    71      
143 David Nicolson (Craigielaw)                 75    68    
143 Anthony Blaney (Liberton)                     76    67   
144 Ryan Buckley (Royal Musselburgh)       75    69       
144 Zander Culverwell (Dunbar)                   77    67    
144 Andrew Erskine (Ratho Park)                 77    67     
145 George Wither (Duddingston)                 74    71    
145 Stuart Callan (Bathgate)                          77    68       
145 Gordon Law (Uphall)                              81    64     
145 Daniel Wood (The Hirsel)                       75    70      
145 Andrew Marshall (Houston G R)            75    70     
147 Ian Taylor (Eyemouth)                             77    70  
147 James Dick (Duddingston)                       73    74     
147 Paul Bradbury (Kingsknowe)                   78    69    
147 Chris Morris (Kingsknowe)                      78    69    
148 Liam Allison (Bathgate)                            71    77   
148 Andrew Rothney (Deer Park)                    77    71  
149 Tony Boyle (Glenbervie)                            79    70    
149 Craig Gordon (Edinburgh Golf Centre)      80    69     
150 Kieran Cooney (Kingsfield Golf)                75    75       
150 Joshua Lamb (Peebles)                               78    72   
150 Martin Rennie (Uphall)                               77    73    
150 Jamie Fraser (Renaissance Club)                75    75       
150 Colin Fraser (Peebles)                                 77    73   
151 Daniel Airens (Falkirk Tryst)                      77    74   
151 Kevin Murphy (Gifford)                             78    73  
151 David Meldrum (Uphall)                            74    77   
152 Robin Cockburn (Harburn)                         82    70    
152 Ian Fyfe (Musselburgh)                              79    73  
153 Neil Bain (Duddingston)                             79    74 
153 Graham Hillan (Strathaven)                         83    70   
154 Ewan Robertson (Longniddry)                     82    72   
155 Steve Dand (Pumpherston)                           77    78  
156 Philip Leggate (Musselburgh)                       79    77   
157 Paul Porteous (Uphall)                                  75    82   
158 William Laing (Prestonfield)                         77    81    
158 Steven Lees (Dalmahoy)                               80    78   
159 David Brydon (Torwoodlee)                          81    78  
162 Thomas Cordery (Musselburgh)                    87    75   
164 Michael Louden (Glencorse)                          83    81   
165 Bob Allan (Cardrona)                                     83    82    
NR John Denham (Torwoodlee)                            87    NR   
NR Louis Gauhan (Bathgate)                                69    NR  
NR Steven Doyle (Liberton)                                  NR

Gary Tough leads team to Midland Alliance Texas Scramble win
 
Edzell +2 amateur Gary Tough and the team of Ian Butchart (Strathmore), Euan Rae (Arbroath) and William Taylor) won the Midland Golfers' Alliance Eddie Sherry Texas Scramble at Burntisland Golf House Club, Fife today.
The Fife course was in fantastic condition and that was reflected in the low scoring. Tough's team won by less than a stroke with a net 56.2 to the 57 scored by the runners-up.

LEADING TEAM SCORES
56.2 G. Tough (Edzell) (+2), I Butchart (Strathmore) (5), E Rae (Arbroath) (5), W Taylor (Edzell) (scr).
57 S McKendrick (Dunkeld and Birnam) (scr), M Williamson (Pitlochry) (3), R Bell (Pitlochry) (7), D Spaven (Pitlochry) (10).
57.6 C Armstrong (Burntisland) ap, A Maxwell (Burntisland (6), D West (Burntisland (4), J Edmiston (Burntisland (14)



Next Meeting
SAS Ltd Team Competition
Thursday, April 2:
The Duke's, St Andrews
Tee reserved: 8.30-12.30

Lee Sutherland

SAM KILOH LEADS WAY AT ELLON FOR FIRST WIN

OF ALLIANCE SEASON - AT FINAL COMPETITION

Paul Lawrie Golf Centre professionals, headed by first-time winner Sam Kiloh (20)  from Portlethen, produced four of the eight sub-70 scores at today's  North-east Golfers' Alliance competition, the last of the 2014-2015 season, at McDonald Ellon Golf Club, writes Colin Farquharson.

To be fair, sojourns by second-year pro Kiloh (pictured),  to Morocco and Egypt to play on the German PGA Development Tour have restricted his Alliance appearances.
Kiloh, struggling, like would-be pro John Duff, to gain sponsorship to help meet the costs of being a tour player based in the North-east of Scotland,  is gaining experience all the time and his future looks bright, judged on a five-under-par 65 which headed a field of 74 and earned him the £100 first prize.
Sam's six birdies came at the fifth, sixth, ninth, 12th, 13th and 14th in halves of 34 (three under par) and 31 (two under). A bogey at the last was the only blemish on his card.
Craig Lawrie, another promising young PLGC player, looked like finishing second with a 67 (36-31), including an eagle 2 at the 255yd 14th, until local amateur, Scotland cap Adam Dunton, one of the last men to finish, posted a 66 to snatch the runner-up amateur voucher.
Dunton, who will not turn pro and sees his future in the oil industry, birdied four of the last six holes but a bogey at the 17th cost him a share of first place.
In all eight players broke the par of 70, the others being amateurs NE Alliance champion John Duff, who came back in 29, Tony Robertson (Peterculter) and Nick Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen) and Jordan Findlay (Paul Lawrie GC), the quartet joint fourth on 68, and yet another PLGC player on 69, Kamran Zeynalov from Azerbaijan.
Challenge Tour player David Law (PLGC), the pre-tournament favourite, saddled himself with 6-5 start against the par of 4-4 and he had to come home in 31 to salvage a 71.
David had birdies at the 10h, 11th, 13th, 14th and 16th with bogeys at the 15th and 17th.

HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS
Class 1 - C Cassie (7) 66; D Mackay (7) bih, A Gall (4) 70; D Bisset (9) bih, D Lane (9) 71.
Class 2 -  D Lawrie (16) 66; J Sunley (10) 71; L Roger (10) 72; D Townsley (14) bih, R Masson (11) 73

SCRATCH SCOREBOARD
Par 70 (37-33)
65 S Kiloh (Paul Lawrie GC) p 34-31
66 A Dunton (McDonald Ellon) am 35-31
67 C Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC) p 36-31
68 J Duff (Newmachar) am 39-29, T Robertson (Peterculter) am 36-32, J Findlay (Paul Lawrie GC) p 35-33, N Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen) am 38-30
69 K Zeynalov (Paul Lawrie GC) p 37-32
70 K Nicol (Paul Lawrie GC) p
71 D Law (Paul Lawrie GC) p, K Duncan (Cruden Bay) am, B Nicolson (Hazlehead) am.
73 C Cassie (Nigg Bay) am, R McConnachie (Peterculter) p
74 C Nelson (Mackenzie Shop) p, A Gall (Deeside) am, D Leslie (Northern) am
75 G Paterson (Northern), D Fanthorp (Dungannon)
76 J Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen)
77 D Fleming (Portlethen), D Mackay (Hazlehead), S Finnie (Royal Aberdeen), J Duncan (Oldmeldrum), J Borthwick (Craibstone)
78 H Roulston (Stonehaven), A J Smith (Turriff)
79 W Skene (Deeside), I Taylor (Hazlehead)
80 D Bisset (Banchory), D Lane (Deeside)
81 B Harper (Newburgh), I Clark (Deeside), J Sunley (Northern)
82 L Roger (Royal Aberdeen), D Lawrie (Aboyne), W Shaw (Banchory). G Milne (Newburgh), D Nelson (Aboyne), S Griffiths (Duff House Royal)
83 Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne)
84 G Leslie (Northern), R Masson (Auchmill), F Bisset (Banchory), S Mackie (Hazlehead)
85 S Shand (Kemnay)
86 W Beattie (Craibstone)
87 D Townsley (Peterculter), P Low (Craibstone), G Allan (Newmachar)
88 M Forster (Cruden Bay), L Duncan (Craibstone), J Forrest (Northern), J Scott (Peterculter), D Wright (Northern), H McNaughton (Cruden Bay), D McKay (Caledonian), N Chisholm (Kemnay)
89 A Benton (Kemnay), M Smith (Newmachar), L Fowler (Royal Aberdeen)
90 S Davidson (Northern), G Homer (Northern), N Stewart (Northern), M Duncan (Murcar Links)
91 M Rendall (Stonehaven), R Brown (Kemnay), J Jessiman (Oldmeldrum), G Thom (Kemnay)
93 M Brown (Kemnay)
94 M Rogers (Kemnay)
 95 J Murray (Banchory)

BEST SCORECARDS
Par 37 out, 33 in. 

SAM KILOH 65
OUT: 4-4-4 5-3-3 3-3-5: 34
   IN: 4-3-2 3-3-3 4-4-5:  31

ADAM DUNTON 66
OUT: 4-4-4 4-3-5 3-4-4: 35
   IN: 4-4-3 3-3-3 3-5-3:  31 

CRAIG LAWRIE 67 
OUT: 4-4-4 5-4-4 3-3-5: 36
    IN: 5-3-3 3-2-3 4-4-4: 31 
+Craig's 2 at the 14th was an eagle 
 

Nigel Parker with Major's Pot as Class 2 championship   winner
 
 
Nigel K Parker (Murcar Links) was not in the field at Ellon today but he turned up in the clubhouse at the finish to have his picture taken with the Major's Pot (the late Major Graham was a past secretary of the Alliance), as the leading Class 2 player at last week's North-east Alliance championship.
Here is how Nigel looked in the afternoon sunshine outside the McDonald Ellon clubhouse. 

NEW SEASON STARTS AT CRAIBSTONE ON SEPTEMBER 2

The 2015-2016 North-east Alliance season will tee off at Craibstone Golf Club on Wednesday, September 2. The annual meeting will be held in the Craibstone clubhouse on the Monday evening (August 31) that week.

                                        

Double whammy by Graham Fox at Glasgow Gailes in Ayrshire WGA season finale

                                   Graham Fox (first left) and the winning team.

Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) had a double victory in Tuesday's final fixture of the Ayrshire Winter Golf Association season.
In the pro-am at Glasgow Gailes GC, Fox, along with Steve Forrest, John Rushberry and John Watt, won the team prize with a score of 55.
Individually, Graham shared first place with a  six-under-par 65 with Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills). Highlight of Fox's round was an eagle 2 at the par 4 11th hole (419yd).
It has been a very successful couple of days for the Clydeway player. On Monday he scored his fifth win on the PGA in Scotland Winter Series four-ball better ball with Ross Dixon (Renaissance Club) at Panmure.
PRO-AM LEADING SCORES
55 Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf), Steve Forrest, John Rushbury, John Watt.
56 Campbell Elliott (Haggs Castle), Gordon Cree, Alex Fallis,k Scott Ritchie.
57 John Henry (Clydebank and Dist), Craig Ross, Ed McCosh, Kevin McCann; Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), Thomas McGill, Keith Ross, Bill McMahon; DavidFleming (Prestwick), Steven Shaw, David Robertson, Colin McLatchie.
57 Adam Rolfe (Royal Troon), Peter Thomson, Alistair Kerr, Cameron Glennie
59 Mike Patteerson (Kilmacolm), Graham Forbes, Reg Short, James McPherson; Jason McCreadie (Largs), Blair Anderson, Harry Miller, Ian Wallace; Alastair Forrow (Whitecraigs), Thomas Rogers, Ian McConnochie, George Jenkinson; Nick Walton (Glasgow GC), Peter Mackie, Ian McLarty, Gerard Smith.
 LEADING INDIVIDUAL PROS
par 71 
65 Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf), Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills)
66 Mike Patterson (Kilmacolm)
68 Graham Forbes (unatt)
69 John Henry (Clydebank and Dist)
70 Stephen Gray (Hayston), Jason McCreadie (Largs), Craig Ronald (Carluke)
71 Paul Robinson (Largs), Jonny Mullaney (unatt), Steven Maxwell (Eastwood)
72 Ian Redford (St Andrews New(), David Fleming (Prestwick)
73 Nick Walton (Glasgow GC)
74 Derek Watters (Gourock).

Full results at www.ayrshirewintergolfassociation.webs.com