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Elgin's Andrew Moir wins North of Scotland boys' title at Fortrose and Rosemarkie

NORTH of SCOTLAND BOYS' CHAMPIONSHIP

(The Spence Trophy and Paterson Trophy)

At Fortrose and Rosemarkie GOLF CLUB

Sponsored by The Clubhouse Hotel, Nairn.

1^st        Andrew Moir (Elgin)   80+76=156                                CSS Rd 1   72

(Spence Trophy Winner)(In Champion of Champions)(Reduction Only)

                                                                                                    CSS Rd 2  

2^nd      Jake Carpenter (Forres) 83+80=163

                                                                                                        

3^rd      Logan Gillies (Nairn)         79+84=163

4^th      Finlay Asher (Nairn)          80+84=164

5^th      Jamie MacKintosh (Nairn) 84+81=165

6^th      Lorne Ross (Ft William)  88+83=171 BL6

Lowest Scratch Aggregate U16 (as at 00.00 on 1^st Jan 2016)

1^st      Jake Williamson (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 81+78=159

                   (Crystal Medal Winner)

2^nd     Michael Wilson (Forres) 77+88=165

3^rd      Calum Scott (Nairn) 84+85=169

Lowest Handicap Aggregate (Alister Paterson Trophy)

1^st      Fin Davidson (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) Net 139

          (Alister Paterson Trophy Winner)

2^nd     Calum Daun (Inverness) Net 144

3^rd      Ewan Docherty (Moray) Net 148


                                          ALL THE SCORES                      
         Player         Club           Gross    Gross    Gross             HCP    Net    Net    Net             
                                              1st Rd    2nd Rd    Total                  1st Rd  2nd Rd    Total
Gregor Paterson    Fortrose and Rosemarkie    94    85    179    13    81    72    153
Mathew Clark     Inverness    92    93    185    12    80    81    161 
Fraser Owenson    Fortrose and Rosemarkie    90    93    183    10    80    83    163
  Lewis Fraser    Inverness    87    86    173    6    81    80    161
Jake Williamson    Fortrose and Rosemarkie    81    78    159    7    74    71    145
   Steven Pears    Nairn Dunbar    90    92    182    8    82    84    166
 Hamish McColm    The Nairn    87    88    175    4    83    84    167
 Jamie Penwright    Inverness    94    81    175    5    89    76    165
  Jake Carpenter    Forres    83    80    163    4    79    76    155
  Craig Davidson    Inverness    96    84    180    11    85    73    158
Ben Patience    Fortrose and Rosemarkie    95    82    177    9    86    73    159
 Logan Gillies    The Nairn    79    84    163    5    74    79    153
 Jack Hart    Grantown on Spey    NR    96    NR    8    NR    88    NR
  Padraig McNeil    Fort William    90    82    172    7    83    75    158
 Grant Ross    Brora    97    91    188    12    85    79    164
Danny Doogan    Golspie    88    85    173    12    76    73    149
    Gino Stirrat    Forres    100    NR    NR    10    90    NR    NR
  Scott Lawrie    Ft William    89    88    177    8    81    80    161
Rory Cromarty    The Nairn    95    83    178    7    88    76    164
   Calum Scott    The Nairn    84    85    169    6    78    79    157
      Lorne Ross    Ft William    88    83    171    2    86    81    167 
 Thomas Bell    Forres    88    83    171    3    85    80    165                                   
   Andrew Moir    Elgin    80    76    156    2    78    74    152 
    Finlay Asher    The Nairn    80    84    164    2    78    82    160                        
 Lewis Bryce-Maynard    Moray    89    89    178    6    83    83    166 
   Jamie MacKintosh    The Nairn    84    81    165    3    81    78    159
   Mathew Wilson    Forres    77    88    165    4    73    84    157
    Finlay Wickenden    The Nairn    103    95    198    17    86    78    164  
Calum Daun    Inverness    88    84    172    14    74    70    144 
  Euan Neil    Loch Ness    103    103    206    15    88    88    176
      Euan Cuthbert    Inverness    103    98    201    17    86    81    167 
Rory Adams    Fortrose and Rosemarkie    97    95    192    20    77    75    152   
Ewan Docherty    Moray    93    95    188    20    73    75    148
    Jack Leil    Inverness    108    95    203    17    91    78    169 
    Brogan Thomson    Moray    NR    W/D    W/D    15    NR    W/D    NR
       Kian Taylor    Forres    110    93    203    11    99    82    181
      Jordon Orr    Hopeman    111    93    204    11    100    82    182 
   Lewis Pirie    Inverness    W/D    W/D    W/D            W/D    W/D
    Jack McNeilly    Moray    95    84    179    12    83    72    155
   Jack Ure    Moray    110    113    223    23    87    90    177 
  Raegan Main    Hopeman    104    96    200    21    83    75    158
                                
  Fin Davidson    Fortrose and Rosemarkie    97    90    187    24    73    66    139 
    Alan Currie    Moray    95    99    194    20    75    79    154
                                 
                                      

McGHEE OUT OF THE MONEY IN LANCASHIRE

Paul McGhee (Royal Burgess) finished joint 23rd in a field of 38 players for today's 1836 Pro Golf Tour 18-hole competition at St Anne's Old Links Golf Club, Lancashire.

McGhee shot a five-over-par 77 - 11 shots behind the winner by three, Jack Senior (Heysham) who earned £1,000.

Only the top 10 finishers on this mini-tour receive prizemoney.
Nick McCarthy (Moortown) and Matthew Cort (Beedles Lake) tied for second place with 69s and each earned £500.

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Scots beaten by Dutch, finish 3rd in U16 table

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Scotland, well beaten 9.5-2.5 by Netherlands in their final match,
finished third with 2pt in the Under-16 boys' quadrangular golf international at Hilton Templepatrick Golf Club, Northern Ireland today.
The writing was on the wall for the Scots when they lost the foursomes 3.5 to 0.5. 
The Dutch lads clinched the title with three wins out of three by taking the final set of singles 6-2.
The only Scottish winners on the final day were Lewis Irvine and Cameron Dunn.
Ireland beat Wales 7.5 to 4.5 in the other Day 3 match.
The final table read:
6pt Netherlands
4pt Ireland
2pt Scotland
0pt Wales 

DAY 3 RESULTS
SCOTLAND 2.5, NETHERLANDS 9.5
Foursomes: 0.5-3.5
J Broun and L Irvine lost to J B Jurriens and K Van Der Weele 2 holes.
C Black and C Dunn halved with B Van Zandvoort and P H Bakkenes
C Johnstone and A O'Hagan lost to T Thans and F Van Dijk 8 and 7.
R Carey and A Simpson lost to T Hoetmer and J Ji 4 and 2. 
SINGLES: 2-6
Broun lost to Jurriens 2 holes
Irvine bt Van der Weele 2 and 1.
Dunn bt Bakkenes 2 holes.
Black lost to Van Zandvoort 7 and 7
Johnstone lost to Thans 3 and 1.
O'Hagan lost to Van Dijk 5 and 4
Carey lost to Huetmer 2 and 1.
Simpson lost to Ji 4 and 3 

OTHER RESULT: 
IRELAND 7.5, WALES 4.5
Foursomes: 3-1
Singles: 4.5-3.5 

FINAL TABLE
1 Netherlands 6pt; 2 Ireland 4pt, 3 Scotland 2pt; 4 Wales 0pt. 

Scottish student championships' Men's Team Final at Moray GC

Stirling retain Charles McNeill Trophy after

dominant foursomes performance

         WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS - AGAIN!   Stirling's victorious line-up after the 2016 final.

By BEN PHILIP
The University of Stirling retained the men’s team match-play title on the last day of the  Scottish student golf championships at Moray Golf Club, Lossiemouth.
They beat the University of Strathclyde by 9.5 to 2.5pts in the final.

Late was the buzzword of the morning as line-up changes and comebacks bookended the morning foursomes.

Strathclyde's James Johnston was not able to shake off a troublesome wrist injury (aggravated during the first round of the stroke-play) and so Callum Connachie, originally rested from the foursomes due to his own injury, was recalled to play in Match 4.

The rejigged Strathclyde line-up struggled to cope with the strength of the Stirling team and the top and bottom matches were quickly resolved, Stirling winning Match 1 by 6 and 4 and Match r by 4 and 3. 
Match 3 was also over before the the 16th hole, Stirling securing a 5 and 3 victory.

The only Strathclyde resistance came from Cameron Graham and Richard Johnston who had a back-and-forth match against Stirling’s Sean Walter and Colin Edgar. 
The Strathclyde pair edged ahead on the 17th before Howie and Edgar managed a birdie on the last to secure the hole and take a half point.

After a brief stop in the clubhouse to refuel, the teams went out for the afternoon singles matches sporting two changes – Andrew Davidson coming in for Colin Edgar on the Stirling team and James Johnston replacing Callum Connacher for Strathclyde.

The early singles matches carried on in the same vein as the foursomes with Stirling’s players working to make sure there was no rally from the Strathclyde team.

Henry Tomlinson was three under through 12 as he defeated Neil McConnachie 8 and 6 while both James Wilson and Chris Maclean wrapped up their matches on the 12th with 7 and 6 wins over Richard Johnston and Cameron Graham respectively. 
 John Grant battled to keep his match alive but finally succumbed to Andrew Davidson on the 13th, going down 6 and 5. 
With Chris Maclean also an early winner by 7 and 6 over Cameron Graham, Stirling had secured the Charles McNeill Trophy.

Strathclyde were still battling in the remaining matches as Andrew Wright and Sean Walter were all square through 15, and Craig Hughes (one up on  Laird Shepherd) and James Johnston (two up againsr Mathias Eggenberger) led through 12 and 13 holes respectively. 
Craig Howie, demonstrating his fondness for the Lossiemouth links as the 2016 stroke-play champion, and new course record holder, was three up through 12 over Craig Chalmers in the top singles match.

Walter eventually prevailed by one hole, while James Johnston got Strathclyde’s first full point of the day with a 4 and 3 victory over  Eggenberger. 
Hughes followed Johnston's lead, taking a one-hole victory after a seesaw battle with Shepherd. The final match on the course went to the 17th green, where Howie won 3 and 1

Men's team Final
STIRLING 9.5, STRATHCLYDE 2.5
Foursomes: 3.5-0.5
Chris Maclean and Laird Shepherd bt Neil McConnachie and John Grant 6 and 4.
Sean Walter and Colin Edgar halved with Cameron Graham and Richard Johnston
James Wilson and Henry Tomlinson bt Andrew Wright and Craig Chalmers (Strathclyde) 5 and 3
Craig Howie and Mathias Eggenberger bt Craig Hughes and Callum Connachie 4 and 3.
SINGLES: 6-2
Andrew Davidson bt Grant 6 and 5.
Walter bt Wright 1 hole.
Tomlinson bt McConnachie 8 and 6.
Wilson bt R Johnston 7 and 6.
Maclean bt Graham 7 and 6
Shepherd lost to Hughes 1 hole
Eggenberger lost to James Johnston 4 and 3. 
Howie bt Chalmers 3 and 1.

Police plea after ram raid on Deeside Golf 

Club  pro's shop late Thursday night

Scene of the crime. The thieves got in through the lower panel of glass they forced in and which is boarded up with lighter-coloured wood panelling in the picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

A car was used by thieves to break through a golf club shop window on the western outskirts of Aberdeen.

Police officers were alerted to the incident at Deeside Golf Club in Bieldside at about 11:25pm on Thursday.

Golf clubs and clothing were stolen from the clubhouse shop of director of golf Frank Coutts (pictured). No estimated value has yet been put on the haul.
Inspector Kenny McGeough said: "I would ask anyone who saw anything suspicious to contact the force as soon as possible."
He added: "It is possible the car used could have been spotted in the car park from houses overlooking the area.
"Likewise, if you noticed anyone or anything unusual or suspicious in the shop or golf club in the days before, I would urge you to get in touch.
"I would also ask the public to look out for any suspicious golf clothes or clubs for sale in the coming days - it could well be the stolen goods."
Frank Coutts said: "The thieves would have been in an out of the shop within a matter of minutes. They would have known where to get the goods they were going to steal and the "job" would have been over in next to no time.
"The golf clubs are probably down in somewhere like Manchester by now, being sold for peanuts. The way we fold the sweaters on the shop shelves, the thieves might not have been aware that they had the Deeside Golf Club logo on their sleeves.
"When they find that out, they will probably dump them somewhere."
Frank is philosophical about the burglary: "It's not a nice thing to happen but nobody's dead as a result of it and we just have to accept that these things happen, and move on."
Wonder if Deeside Golf Club's insurance company will regard it in quite the same light! Higher premium coming up when it's up for renewal? 
 +The Deeside incident is a timely warning to ALL golf clubs to instal some sort of construction or barrier that would prevent ram raiders from breaking into their pro's shop. 

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The tyre tracks of the vehicle used by the thieves to break in through the lowest panel of glass into the Deeside Golf Club pro shop. Pictures by Cal Carson Golf Agency.  

R and A Scholars Tournament, St Andrews, Monday April 4

1	07:05	12:10	Moon, Dominic	Sheffield Hallam
			Ross, Jessica	Queens
			Maclean, Christopher	Stirling
2	07:15	12:20	Bacon, Matthew	Birmingham
			Gleeson, Alex	UCD
			Goadby, Chloe	Stirling
3	07:25	12:30	Low, Christopher	Abertay
			Reidy , Declan	Sligo
			Morris, Bethan	Cardiff
4	07:35	12:40	Herbaut, Anyssia	France
			Briggs, Eilidh	Stirling
			Hood , Jordan	NUI Maynooth
5	07:45	12:50	Davies, Bronwyn	Myerscough
			Saxton, Jennifer	Stirling
			Pastor, Victor	Spain
6	07:55	13:00	Howard, Mike	Edinburgh
			Cunniffe, Eoin	Bournemouth
			Brain, Miranda	St Andrews
7	08:05	13:10	Mullarney, Ronan	NUI Maynooth
			Grehan, Stuart	NUI Maynooth
			Glenn, James	Durham
8	08:15	13:20	Neil, Connor	Abertay
			O'Connor, Kieron	Loughborough
			Eggenberger, Mathias	Stirling
9	08:25	13:30	Hau, Delon	South Wales
			Gobbato, Andrea	Spain
			Leon, Gonzalo	St Andrews
10	08:35	13:40	Lockett, Megan	Birmingham
			Greville, Nia	Stirling
			Thompson, Robbie	Bournemouth
11	08:45	13:50	Batty, Gemma	Stirling
			Howie, Craig	Stirling
			Edgar, Colin	Stirling
12	08:55	14:00	Dawson, Robin	NUI Maynooth
			Johnston, James	Strathclyde
			Thursby, Chris	UCLAN
13	09:05	14:10	Burns, George	St Andrews
			Davidson, Andrew	Stirling
			Carrick, Angus	Stirling
14	09:15	14:20	Flanagan, Sean	NUI Maynooth
			Ryan, Chloe	Dublin
			McCarron, Kyle	NUI Maynooth
15	09:25	14:30	Sexton, Sinéad	Stirling
			Smith, Eugene	NUI Maynooth
			Beasley, Thomas	St Andrews
16	09:35	14:40	Konig, Harry	Cornwall
			Tomlinson, Henry	Stirling
			Steedman, Ross	NUI Maynooth
17	09:45	14:50	Holden, Hannah	Sheffield
			Shelley, Jack	Liverpool John Moores
			Byers, Conor	Southampton
18	09:55	15:00	Chalmers, Craig	Strathclyde
			Wilson, James A	Stirling
			Heredia, Juan Miguel	Durham
19	10:05	15:10	Stone, Sophie	Exeter
			Lowry, Alan	NUI Maynooth
			Michel, Lukas	Australia
20	10:15	15:20	Rooney, James	Edge Hill
			Wilson, Andrew	Northumbria
			Sutherland, Jamie	Queens