Paul Porteous has best scratch and handicap scores at Longniddry
 
REPORT FROM ALAN GREENSHIELDS
Despite an overnight deluge of rain, play started on time at Longniddry where 77 members of the Edinburgh and East Alliance competed in the penultimate outing of the season to contest for their name on the T C Jordan Trophy.
There was no need for a countback this week as a one under par 67 saw Longniddry member Paul Porteous achieve the best scratch and best net score on the day. 
Paul's net 63 (67 less 4) earned his name on the trophy by a comfortable three shots from a net 66 by Peter Louden (Glencorse) (74 less 8).
 Third net prize was split two ways on 68 by Tony Boyle (Glenbervie) (71 less 3) and Andy Rothney (Deer Park) (70 less 2).
With Paul Porteous earning the top Handicap Prize, the top Scratch Prize went to Kieran Cantley (Liberton) on 68, which was nearly a 67 following a superb second shot from the dip below the 18th green, his ball ending up on the lip of the hole.
Second Scratch Prize was shared on 69 by Neil Henderson (Renaissance Club) and Marc Owenson (Gullane).
It was lucky 13 again for Deer Park pro Sandy Strachan with an ace at the 13th hole to replicate his efforts at the East Championships  last April at Gullane No.3 where he also secured an ace at the 13th.
Top Trainee was Scott Gillies (Craigmillar Park) on 76.
Top Senior was Ron Grant (Baberton) on net 69 (75 less 6)
The Order of Merits see the Scratch top two unchanged but the top two in Handicap swap places -
Scratch Order of Merit
1. Duncan Stewart (Turnhouse) - 509.0
2. Craig Gordon (Edinburgh Golf Centre) - 498.0
3. Ross Munro (Duddingston) - 478.5
Handicap Order of Merit
1. Paul Porteous (Longniddry) - 152.5
2. Robin Cockburn (Harburn) - 149.0
3. Ron Grant (Baberton) - 135.0

Next week see the last outing of the regular season, a re-scheduled visit to Goswick Links. The annual championships at Gullane No.2 and No.3 are the following week.

T C Jordan Trophy            Longniddry        09.03.16
                   
Overall Winner        Paul Porteous (Longniddry)            63 (net)
                   
Scratch    Prize    Surname    Forename    Club    Score
1    £100    Cantley    Kieran    Liberton    68
T2   £70    Henderson    Neil     Renaissance Club    69
T2   £70    Owenson    Marc    Gullane    69
T4    £20    McNicoll    Keir    Gullane    70
T4    £20    Munro    Ross     Duddingston    70
T4    £20    Oldcorn    Andrew     Kings Acre    70
                   
Handicap    Prize    Surname    Forename    Club    Net
1    £100    Porteous    Paul    Longniddry    63
2    £80    Louden    Peter    Glencorse    66
T3    £50    Boyle    Tony    Glenbervie    68
T3    £50    Rothney    Andrew    Deer Park    68
T5    £5    Cockburn    Robin    Harburn    69
T5    £5    Jeavons    Ian     Dunbar    69
T5    £5    Munro    Donny    Kingsknowe    69
T5    £5    Pelling    Robert     Craigielaw    69
                   
Trainee     Prize    Surname    Forename    Club    Score
Professional    £15    Gillies    Scott    Craigmillar Park    76
                   
Senior    Prize    Surname    Forename    Club    Net
    £30    Grant    Ronald    Baberton    69
    £15    Denham    John    Torwoodlee    70
    £15    Robertson    Ewan    Longniddry    70
                   
+The leading 50 scratch and handicap scores will be
displayed on this website tomorrow (Thursday)

Alan Greenshields
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Edinburgh and East of Scotland Golfers' Alliance
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McCreadie's five-under 66 wins AWGA

 competition at Prestwick

Jason McCreadie (Largs G.C.) won today's Ayrshire Winter Golf Association fixture at Old Prestwick with a five-under-par 66.

 After a bogey at the first Jason (pictured) went on to have seven birdies and an eagle to beat Paul O'Hara (Clydeway Golf) by one shot.

The J R Mackay Amateur Trophy was won by Harry Miller (Royal Troon)  with a net 72 off five, one shot ahead of four players: Joe Devlin, John Mathewman, Stuart Ross and Peter Thomson .

Peter's joint second place sealed his position at the top of the Order of Merit in the season's final counting fixture. Likewise, Harry's win meant he finished top of the Seniors' Order of Merit. 

 SCORES

Par 72
PROFESSIONALS/TRAINEES    CLUB SCORE JASON McCREADIE Largs G C 66 PAUL O'HARA Clydeway Golf 67 STEPHEN McALLISTER The Renaissance 68 JOHN HENRY Clydebank and District   69 CAMPBELL ELLIOTT Haggs Castle G C 70 STEPHEN GRAY Kingsfield G C 70 JONNY MULLANEY Unattached 70 PAUL ROBINSON Largs G C 70 GRAHAM FOX Clydeway Golf 73 JONATHAN LOMAS Caprington G C 73 STEVEN MAXWELL Eastwood G C 74 CIAR PORCIANI Trump Turnberry 75 NICK WALTON Glasgow G C 75 ANTHONY O'DONNELL Largs G C 75 DAVID  FLEMING Prestwick G C 76 IAN REDFORD St Andrews New  79 ALISTAIR BROWN Whitecraigs G C NR MICHAEL PATTERSON Kilmacolm G C NR J.R. MACKAY TROPHY AMATEURS CLUB GROSS HCAP  NET HARRY MILLER Royal Troon G C 77 5 72 JOE DEVLIN West Kilbride G C 77 4 73 JOHN MATTHEWMAN Kilmarnock (Barassie) 86 13 73 STUART ROSS Glasgow G C 77 4 73 PETER THOMSON Kilmarnock (Barassie) 82 9 73 JOHN FREESTONE Belleisle G C 80 6 74 JOHN RUSHBURY Royal Troon G C 78 4 74 JACK THOMAS Irvine G C 75 1 74 ROBERT KERR Torrance House G C 83 8 75 TOM McGILL Glasgow G C 82 7 75 IAN McLARTY Royal Troon G C 83 8 75
FULL RESULTS AT ayrshirewintergolfassociation.webs.com

NE Alliance Championship Round 2: Tee
times for Craibstone next Wednesday

First-round scratch scores listed where available
08:00 Charlie Cassie 76, Tom Boyle 79,  Brian Harper 68
08:10  
08:20 Albert Smith 69, Gary Esson 67, Andrew Campbell 65
08:30 Richard Blackmore 72, Raymond Reid 72, Doug Booth
08:40 Mike Brown 85, Raymond Brown 77, Sandy Davidson 80.
08:50 David Mackay 78, Kris Nicol 64 , Greg McBain 65, Terry Mathieson 68

09:00 Michael Rendall 86, Leslie Roger 79, Colin Nelson 70, Lee Vannet.  
09:10 Gavin Chalmers 73, Simon Hanson 71, Allan Stuart  
09:20 Joel Hopwood 68, Keil Beveridge, Laura Murray, Sam Macneil  72.
09:30 Phil McLean, Brian Ritchie 71, John Duff 64
09:40 Stewart Finnie 70, David McKay NR, Neish Chisholm, Steve Shand 75.
09:50 Steve Scott 78, Scott Mackie 71, John Hosie 82, Graeme Moir 79.
 
10:00 Hamish Macnaughton 81, Jim Scott 80, Bob Skene NR, Martin Forster 75.
10:10 Willie Beattie 79, Jim Stewart 83, Lenny Duncan, Keith McGillivary 75.
10:20 Jackie Forrest 80, Norman Stewart 81, Ben Lumsden 83, Mike Duncan 
10:30 Les Fowler, Alan Gall 75, Steve Roger 70, Nigel Parker 78
10:40 Stewart Allison 79, Ritchie Davidson 79, Graham Mackie 84, Mike Winton 76
10:50  David Leslie 69, Gary Homer 77, Richard Wright NR, Peter Cheyne 73.
 
11:00 David Brown 69, Tommy Collie 77, Mark Lawrie NR, Glen Cochrane  81
11:10 Fergus Bisset 66, Jim Murray 81, David Nelson 78, Mike Rogers 82.  
11:20 , David Lane 80, Duncan Clark 75, I D Smith, R Duncan .
11:30 Richard Ruddiman 83, Graeme Thom 81, Derek Townsley 80. 
11:40 Craig Lawrie 66, Sean Lawrie 64, Kamran Zeynalov, P Lawrie.  
11:50 Ewan Riley 77, Graeme Riley 75, Jim Morris NR, Alistair

12:00  Steve Lawrie 77, Cameron Grant NR, Derek Craigie 70.  
12:10 Kevin Duncan 66, Ross McKen 68, J Borthwick, S Kiloh.
12:20  
12:30  
12:40 Christopher Lamb 64, Robert Lamb 71, Manson Merchant 75. 
12:50 Brian Nicolson 69, John Nicolson 66, S Melvin, S Faskin.

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