Edinburgh and East of Scotland Alliance

The Bernard Gallacher Trophy            Bathgate        21.09.16
Scratch Scores                        Surname    Forename    Club    Category    Gross
1    Hillson    Gordon     Winterfield    Professional    69
2    Oldcorn    Andrew     Kings Acre    Professional    69
3    Cantley    Kieran    Liberton    Amateur    70
4    Henderson    Neil     Renaissance Club    Professional    70
5    Law    Gordon     Uphall    Professional    70
6    McAllister    Shaun    Bruntsfield Links    Trainee    70
7    Curran    Chris    Bathgate    Trainee    71
8    Huguet    Norman    Musselburgh    Professional    72
9    Munro    Donny    Kingsknowe    Amateur    72
10    Munro    Ross     Duddingston    Trainee    72
11    Owenson    Marc    Gullane    Trainee    72
12    Colquhoun    Neil     Merchants    Professional    73
13    Crabbe    Alan     Kingsknowe    Amateur    73
14    Dunsmore    Steven     Falkirk Tryst    Professional    73
15    McNicoll    Keir    Gullane    Professional    73
16    Brydon    David    Torwoodlee    Amateur    74
17    Culverwell    Alexander    Dunbar    Professional    74
18    Imlah    Craig     Craigielaw    Professional    74
19    Rothney    Andrew    Deer Park    Amateur    74
20    Donaldson    Cameron    Craigielaw    Trainee    76
21    Forsyth    Walter     Peebles    Amateur    76
22    Fraser    Colin     Peebles    Amateur    76
23    Free    Nathan    Longniddry    Amateur    76
24    McAdam    Marc    Liberton    Amateur    76
25    Wilson    Tommy    Glenbervie    Amateur    76
26    Boyle    Ross     Ratho Park    Amateur    77
27    Bradbury    Paul    Kingsknowe    Amateur    77
28    Grant    Ron    Baberton    Senior    77
29    Lees    Steven     Dalmahoy    Amateur    77
30    Louden    Mike    Glencorse    Senior    77
31    Boyle    Tony    Glenbervie    Amateur    78
32    Erskine    Andrew    Ratho Park    Professional    78
33    Fyfe    Ian    Musselburgh    Senior    78
34    Porteous    Paul    Longniddry    Amateur    78
35    Gordon    Craig     Edinburgh Golf Cen    Professional    79
36    Keane    Craig     Bathgate    Amateur    79
37    Leggate    Philip    Musselburgh    Amateur    79
38    Laing    William     Prestonfield    Amateur    80
39    Nicolson    David    Craigielaw    Amateur    80
40    Allison    Calum    Glenbervie    Amateur    81
41    Brian    Richard     Bruntsfield Links    Professional    82
42    Cumming    Paul    West Lothian    Amateur    82
43    Mason    Andrew    Dalmahoy    Amateur    82
44    Meikle    Andy    Longniddry    Amateur    82
45    Johnston    Graeme D    Glenbervie    Amateur    83
46    Denham    John    Torwoodlee    Senior    84
47    Doyle    Steven     Dunbar    Amateur    84
48    Murray    Roy    West Lothian    Amateur    84
49    Pelling    Robert     Archerfield Links    Amateur    84
50    Rennie    Martin    Uphall    Amateur    84
51    Wyse    Ian    Falkirk Tryst    Amateur    85
52    Jervis    Derek    Prestonfield    Senior    86
53    Masterton    John     Mortonhall    Amateur    86
54    Silvestro    James    Dalmahoy    Amateur    86
55    Wilson    Gerry    Musselburgh    Amateur    87
56    Kay    Michael     Dalmahoy    Amateur    88
57    Louden    Peter    Glencorse    Amateur    88
58    Marr    Michael     Duddingston    Amateur    88
59    Wardlaw    Stuart     Harburn    Senior    88
60    McLean    William     Falkirk Tryst    Amateur    89
61    Anderson    John     Kingsknowe    Senior    90
62    Black    David    Bathgate    Amateur    90
63    Love    Gavin    Dunbar    Amateur    90
64    Fyfe    Derek    Duddingston    Senior    91
65    Miller    William     Falkirk Tryst    Senior    92
66    Watson    Jim    West Lothian    Senior    94
67    Stronach    Alan     Falkirk Tryst    Amateur    95
68    Carrigan    Michael     Greenburn    Amateur    97
69    Allison    Liam    Bathgate    Amateur    NR
70    Connachan    Kevin    Royal Musselburgh    Amateur    NR
71    Cooney    Kieran    Kingsfield Golf     Amateur    NR
72    Cowie    Keith    Dunbar    Senior    NR
73    Graham    James    Pitreavie    Amateur    NR
74    Johnston    Cameron    Royal Musselburgh    Amateur    NR
75    Kelly    Scott    Bathgate    Amateur    NR
76    Marshall    Robert     Gogarburn    Amateur    NR
77    Morris    Chris    Kingsknowe    Professional    NR
78    Scott    Jim    Minto    Senior    NR
79    Todd    Thomas    Musselburgh    ???    NR
80    Wither    George     Duddingston    Senior    NR






HANDICAP SCORES ON VIEW TOMORROW

Gordon Hilson wins Bernard Gallacher 

Trophy at Bathgate with net 69 (best back 9)

By ALAN GREENSHIELDS

Edinburgh and East Alliance seretary

Our new season started at Bathgate today when the silverware contested was The Bernard Gallacher Trophy with 80 members enjoying a well groomed course on a dry day.

The winner of the trophy went down to the back nine of four  players on 69 nett with Gordon Hilson (Winterfield) edging ahead with a back nine of 34 to pip David Brydon (Torwoodlee)  34.5 (37 less 2.5) closely followed by Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre) 35 and Alan Crabbe (Kingsknowe) also 35 (37 less 2).

Best scratch score of the day was 69 was, by Gordon Hillson (Winterfield) and Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre). Three playes were a shot further back on 70 - Neil Henderson (Renaissance Club), Gordon Law (Uphall) and Shaun McAllister (Bruntsfield Links).

Top handicap score was also shared on 69 by David Brydon (Torwoodlee) (74 less 5) and new member - Alan Crabbe (Kingsknowe) (73 less 4)with another Kingsknowe member and stalwart Donny Munro on 70 (72 less 2).

Top Trainee was another new member - Chris Curran (Bathgate) on 71.

Top Senior was Ron Grant (Baberton) on 71 (77 less 6).

Next Wednesday we head to Dalmahoy (West).

 Full fixture list for the 2016-17 Alliance season is:

2016

21Sep - Bathgate

28Sep - Dalmahoy (West)

04-06Oct - Scottish Alliance Championship (Irvine Bogside)

12Oct - Ratho Park

19Oct - Royal Musselburgh

26Oct - Duddingston

16Nov - Musselburgh

23Nov - The Roxburghe Invitational

2017

11Jan - Gullane No.3 

25Jan - Goswick

08Feb - The Glen North Berwick

22Feb - Craigielaw

01Mar - Uphall

08Mar - Winterfield 

15Mar - Liberton

29Mar - East Championship (Gullane No.2 and No.3) 

06Apl - East v West Match at Bruntsfield Links

Alan Greenshields

Secretary/ Treasurer

Edinburgh and East of Scotland Golfers' Alliance

18 Woodfield Park

Edinburgh

EH13 0RB

Mobile: 07730 007100

Alliance Mobile: 07814 983582

E-mail: secretary.eesga@talktalk.net

North-east Alliance Scratch Order of Merit

                                                                         POINTS                   POSITION         NEW
POSITION    NAME    CLUB                           TOTAL                  LAST WEEK    POSITION
1    ROSS CAMERON    Saltire Energy                 1400                         1                     1
2    KEVIN DUNCAN    Paul Lawrie GC              1250                          2                     2
3    DAVID LAW    PLGC                                        862                           8                     3
4    JOHN DUFF    NEWMACHAR                         850                          5                      4
5    ADAM DUNTON    McDONALD ELLON      776                           3                      5
6    CAMERON GRANT    PORTLETHEN            700                          16                     6
7    PHIL MCLEAN    PLGC                                   513                            11                   7
7    JOEL HOPWOOD    ROYAL ABERDEEN      513                             7                     7
7    IAN STILL    CRAIBSTONE                             513                            4                     7
10    GORDON MUNRO    FRASERBURGH        488                            19                    10
11    SEAN LAWRIE    PLGC                                  475                             6                     11
11    ROSS KELLETT    PLGC                                 475                          NEW                11
13    SAM KILOH    PLGC                                       425                            9                     13
14    CRAIG LAWRIE    PLGC                                 388                          10                      14
15    DAVID BROWN    KEMNAY                           363                          25                     15
15    BRIAN RITCHIE    INVERALLOCHY            363                          11                     15
15    KAMRAN ZEYNALOV    PORTLETHEN       363                           11                   15
18    PATRICK MCKENNA    PLGC                         350                         NEW                18
18    GREG MCBAIN    NEWMACHAR                  350                         NEW                18
20    KEVIN DAGLISH    PORTLETHEN                325                          14                    20
21    CHRIS LAW    NORTHERN                             288                           24                    21
21    CRAIG DEMPSTER    PLGC                            288                           15                    21
23    MICHELE THOMSON McDONALD Ellon     275                           16                    23
23    IAN ESSLEMONT    CRUDEN BAY                275                          16                     23
25    GARY ESSON    PORTLETHEN                      238                         NEW                 25
25    JORDAN CALDER    NEWMACHAR             238                          NEW               25
27    KEIL BEVERIDGE    KIPPIE LODGE            250                             19                 27
28    FERGUS MILNE    BANCHORY                    163                               21               28
28    REESE MITCHELL    PLGC                            163                               21               28
28    ALFIE SMITH    TURRIFF                              163                                21              28
31    DON ADAM    KEMNAY                                 150                           NEW             31
32    GRAHAM McLAGGAN    NORTHERN         125                               25              32
32    LINDSAY SMART    PLGC                              125                                25             32
32    BILLY FYFE     PLGC                                       125                                 25           32
32    GAVIN CHALMERS    ALFORD                     125                                   25           32
32    COLIN NELSON    MACKENZIE CLUB       125                                    25          32
37    SCOTT MACKIE    KEMNAY                           88                                    31          37
37    ROBERT TULLOCH    KEMNAY                      88                                    31         37
39    PHIL MORRISON    OLDMELDRUM               63                                NEW       39
39    STEPHEN ROGER    CRUDEN BAY                 63                               NEW         39
41    NICK MACANDREW    ROYAL Aberdeen      13                                       33       41
41    SIMON HANSON    PLGC                                 13                                      33       41
41    BRIAN NICHOLSON    HAZLEHEAD              13                                      33       41
41    JOHN BORTHWICK    CRAIBSTONE              13                                       33      41
41    SAM GRIFFITHS    DUFF HOUSE ROYAL      13                                       33      41
                   

Louis Gaughan, Neil Fenwick T6 on 68 in

EuroPro event at Moor Allerton

NEWS RELEASE BY NICK TEALE

Nathan Kimsey and Alex Wrigley share the lead in the Clipper Logistics Championship on six under par 65 after the opening round of the HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour event at Moor Allerton Golf Club, Leeds.

Kimsey (Brocket Hall Golf Club) sits well outside the Race To Desert Springs Order of Merit top 60 and needs a big week to propel himself into position to earn an invite to the season-ending Tour Championship next month.

Wrigley (Hartlepool Golf Club) lies 17^th on the tour rankings, knowing a win could see him move to within the top five, a position which is rewarded with a Challenge Tour card for 2017 should he be there at the end of the season.

Nick Watson (Stoke Rochford Golf Club), Mike Bedford (Bramhall Park Golf Club) and Ryan O’Neill (Penwortham Golf Club) all shot 67 for their first round and share third on four under.
Louis Gaughan (Bathgate) and Dunbar's Neil Fenwick are the leading Scots with 68s to share sixth place

At the end of this week’s Clipper Logistics Championship the top 60 players on the tour’s rankings will be invited to play the big money Matchroom Sport Tour Championship in Spain.

Those still unsure of their invite to Desert Springs know that, should they get to the Tour Championship, not only will their hopes of a top-five Race To Desert Springs finish still be alive, but they will also earn a full exemption on next season’s EuroPro Tour.

Kimsey opened up with consecutive birdies at the 1^st and 2^nd and moved to three under at the 6^th. He dropped a shot at the 8^th but made amends with a birdie at the next. Coming in he made four more birdies – at 12, 13, 16 and 17 – but sandwiched that run with a bogey at the 15^th.

Wrigley was unblemished for his opening 18. He went out in 33 for two under at the turn but made significant inroads on the back nine, including back-to-back birdies to finish.

The Clipper Logistics Championship continues with the second round on Thursday, September 22, after which a cut to the leading 50 players and ties will be made before the final round taking place on Friday.

Live scoring can be found at www.europrotour.com. Highlights will be broadcast on Sky Sports on Tuesday, October 4.

FIRST-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 71 Players from England unless otherwise stated
65 N Kimsey, A Wright.
67 N Watson, M Bedford, R O'Neill.

SCOTS' SCORES
68 L Gaughan, N Fenwick (T6)
69 R Campbell (T17)
70 P McKechnie, C O'Neil (T30)
71 F Moore (T43)
72 J McColl, C Lawrie, J Steven (T56)
73 J Henry, M Patterson (T71)
75 Z Saltman, K Nicol, M Stewart, J Hendrick (T102)
76 S Lawrie (T113)
79 S Borrowman (T127)

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NORTH-EAST ALLIANCE

KINTORE DRAW

Wednesday, September 28  

0800                 G ESSON                     A CAMPBELL             C CASSIE
0808                 P MORRISON              A J SMITH                   S ROGER
0816                 F MILNE                      P McKENNA               R MITCHELL
0824                 K DAGLISH                 M DOWNIE                 W CLARKE
0832                 R REID                          D BOOTH                    R BLACKMORE
0840                 R RUDDIMAN             W SKENE                    R DUNCAN
0848                 A CLARK                    D LANE                         J HOPWOOD
0856                 G CHALMERS             S HANSON                  C DEMPSTER

0904                 R BROWN                   S BROWN
0912                 D LAWRIE                  S DAVIDSON
0920                 H ROULSTON             G ADAMSON              H MACNAUGHTON
0928                 J HAMILTON              M RENDALL               B McPHERSON
0936                 M ALLAN                    C NELSON                  I D SMITH
0944                 S SCOTT                      D ROBERTSON           P STEWART
0952                 G PATERSON              J SCOTT                       N CHISHOLM

1000                 J EMSLIE                     L FOWLER                  S SHAND
1008                 G MOIR                        S MACKIE                   M DONALDSON
1016                 D ADAM                     D CRAIGIE                  P CHEYNE
1024                 D LESLIE                    G HOMER                   C LAW
1032                 E RILEY                     G RILEY                       D WRIGHT
1040                 M SMITH                     R MACRAE                 S MELVILLE
1048                 J DUFF                        F BISSET                     D BISSET
1056                 W BEATTIE                 J STEWART                 K McGILLIVARY

1104                 J HOSIE                        D NELSON                  A GRAHAM
1112                 B LUMSDEN               J FORREST                  I ESSLEMONT
1120                 R DAVIDSON              G MACKIE                  S ALLISON
1128                 S GRIFFITHS               N MACANDREW        J CALDER
1136                 L ROGER                     R DENNINGS              S CHRISTIE
1144                 M FORSTER                M ROGERS                  N K PARKER
1152                
1200                
1208                 M LAWRIE                  G COCHRANE
1216                
1224                 I STILL                          J BORTHWICK
1232                 P L OW                         D BUCHAN                 C DUFFUS
1240                 D BROWN                   R TULLOCH                D WILSON
1248                 C LAMB                        R LAMB                      M MERCHANT
1256                 K BEVERIDGE             P CRAIG                     M WINTON

WIND-TAMER CAMERON WINS N-EAST ALLIANCE WITH A 69 AT NEWMACHAR
 
    COLIN FARQUHARSON  REPORTS

Winner Ross Cameron (left) is congratulated by Joel Hopwood, the NE Alliance joint secretary. Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

Peterhead born and based Ross Cameron (Saltire Energy) learned to play golf in the "Buchan breeze" so no problem for him to cop
 cope well with a strong wind to post a three-under-par 69 and win the North-east Alliance by two strokes at the head of a field of 94 over the Newmachar Golf Club's Hawkshill course today (WED).
With the £150 sponsorship of Mike Smith, proprietor of the Banks of Ury hotel in Inverurie adding £10 to all the prizewinners' cash (pros) or vouchers (amateurs), Cameron collected a first prize of £160  with halves of 36 and 33 which included birdies at the eighth, 14th, 16th and 17th. He had one bogey, at the fifth.
"It's not easy to hold it all together when it's as windy as that," said Ross, "so I was quite pleased to get it round in three under par. I drove well, hit my irons well and my short game was good."
Cameron heads off to Germany for his next event but, more important for his future activities, is the upcoming European Tour Qualifying School Stage 2 competition.
Motherwell's Ross Kellett (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) was the only other player to return a sub-par round. He shot a one-under 71 with halves of 34 and 37.
Three under par on the 12th tee, having birdied the second, fifth, seventh and 11th with only one bogey, at the third, Kellett had the chance to register a winning score but he bogeyed the 12th, 14th and 15th before closing with a birdie at the 18th.
David Law (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre), two-handicap amateur Cameron Grant (Portlethen) and Kevin Duncan (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) tied for third place with 72s.
There were 21 no returns - a sure sign that the wind made life difficult for the average player. 

SCROLL DOWN PAST THE SCORES TO 
FIND OUT THE HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS

Newmachar GC, Hawkshill course
SCRATCH SCORES
Par 72
69 R Cameron (Saltire Energy).
71 R Kellett (Paul Lawrie GC).
72 D Law (Paul Lawrie GC), C Grant (Portlethen), K Duncan (Paul Lawrie GC).
73 P McKenna (Paul Lawrie GC), J Duff (Newmachar), G McBain (Newmachar)
74 G Munro (Fraserburgh), G Esson (Portlethen), D Brown (Kemnay), J Calder (Newmachar)
75 C Law (Northern), P McLean (Paul Lawrie GC), D Adam (Oldmeldrum)
76 P Morrison (Oldmeldrum), J Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen), A Dunton (McDonald Ellon), S Roger (Cruden Bay).
77 I Still (Craibstone)
78 C Nelson (Mackenzie Shop), B Fyfe (Paul Lawrie GC)
79 S Griffiths (Duff House Royal), F Milne (Banchory), C Dempster (Paul Lawrie GC), I Esslemont (Cruden Bay)
80 S Kiloh (Paul Lawrie GC), C Duffus (Royal Aberdeen)
81 R Davidson (Caledonian)
82 C Cassie (Nigg Bay), K Zeynalov (Portlethen), P Stewart (McDonald Ellon)
83 S Hanson (Paul Lawrie GC), M Merchant (Newmachar), K Beveridge (Kippie Lodge).
84 G McLaggan (Bon Accord), S Mackie (Kemnay), P Cheyne (Northern), J Borthwick (Craibstone)
85 R Reid (Tarland), G Cochrane (Kemnay)
86 S Scott (Hazlehead), M Lawrie (Kemnay)
87 M Downie (Portlethen), G Chalmers (Alford), D Fleming (Portlethen), J Emslie (Royal Aberdeen), S Allison (Caledonian), D Nelson (Aboyne)
88 R Macrae (Newmachar), J Forrest (Northern), J Stewart (Banchory),
89 H Roulston (Stonehaven), R Lamb (Newmachar)
90 M Allan (Hazlehead), J Barclay (Hazlehead), D Lane (Hazlehead), P Craig (Kintore), M Forster (Cruden Bay)
92 S Shand (Kemnay), R Duncan (Deeside).
93 D Booth (Tarland), L Fowler (Royal Aberdeen)
94 B Lumsden (Northern)
95 R Brown (Kemnay), S Davidson (Northern), R Denning (Inverurie).
96 J Howie (Kemnay), L Duncan (Northern)
97 R Ruddiman (Royal Aberdeen)
98 D Wright (Portlethen), S Christie (Aboyne)
100 G Moir (Oldmeldrum)
101 H Macnaughtan (Cruden Bay)
109 D Lawrie (Inchmarlo)

NRs D Cassie (Nigg Bay), K Daglish (Portlethen), G Paterson (Northern), M Rendall (Stonehaven), G Adamson (Stonehaven), N Chisholm (Kemnay), M Brown (Kemnay), M Donaldson  (Inverurie), D Craigie (Portlethen), D Leslie (Bon Accord), G Homer (Bon Accord), M Smith (Inverurie), G Mackie (Caledonian), W Beattie (Craibstone), J Crawford (Craibstone), K McGillivary (Craibstone), A Graham (Aboyne), R Tulloch (Kemnay), L Roger (Royal Aberdeen), M Rogers (Kemnay), P Low (Craibstone)

HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS
Class 1 - D Adam (Kemnay) (5) 70; P Morrison (Oldmeldrum) (5) 71; C Law (Northern) (3) 72; I Still (Craibstone) (3) bih, G Esson (Portlethen) (scr) 74.
Class 2 - G Cochrane (Kemnay) (10) 75; N K Parker (Murcar Links) (14) 76; J Forrest (Northern) (11) 77; R Brown (Kemnay) (17) 78; M Allan (Hazlehead) (10) 80 bih.

 

Balmaseda wins Dubai play-off with eagle at 

third extra hole

Spaniard Carlos Balmaseda eagled the par-5 third extra hole to beat England's Luke Joy and win the MENA Tour's Golf Citizen Classic at the Els Club, Dubai today (Wed).
They had tied on six-under-par 210, Balmaseda had rounds of 68, 72 and 70; Joy 68, 71 and 71.
Dubai-based amateur teenager Rayhan Thomas from India, tied for third place on 211 with rounds of 67, 73 and 71. Thomas won the Scottish U18 boys' open stroke-play title earlier this year.
Aberdeen's Daniel Henry tied for 14th place with rounds of 68, 75 and 71 for a two-under-par total fo 214.
Paul Doherty, the leading Scot after 36 holes, sagged to a third-round 76 and finished tied 29th on 217.
Aberdeen-born tour pro Clarke Lutton and Dunbar's Daniel Kay tied for 40th place on 220. Lutton scored 69, 77 and 74, Kay 73, 72 and 75.


LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Els Club, Dubai
Par 216 (3x72)
210 C Balmaseda (Spa) 68 72 70, L Joy (Eng) 68 71 71 (Balmaseda won play-off at third extra hole)
211 M Williams (Eng) 71 69 71, R Thomas (India) (am) 67 73 71, F Lindblom (swe) 70 71 70, P Barth (Swe) 68 71 72, A Costa (Chile) 73 68 70
212 L Corfield (Eng) 71 66 75, C Hinton (Eng) 67 74 71, J White (Eng) 74 71 67, A Marshall (Eng) 71 71 70

SCOTS' FINAL TOTALS
214 D Hendry (am) 68 75 71 (T14)
217 P Doherty 70 71 76 (T29)
220 C Lutton 69 77 74, D Kay 73 72 75.

Senior Men's Home Internationals at Machynys, South Wales

Scotland go down 5-4 to Wales after leading

 3-0 from the foursomes

It cannot get much worse for European senior men's amateur team champions Scotland.
After the 7-2 defeat by England on Day of the Senior Men's Home Internatonals at Machynys Peninsula, South Wales, the Scots looked to be back in form when they led Wales 3-0 after the morning foursomes today.
But it was pride before another big fall. Wales won five of the six singles (Downfield's Graham Bell was the only Scottish winner) and took the match 5-4 to set themselves up for a title decider with England who beat Ireland 6-3.
 Scotland and Ireland will play each other in the "wooden spoon" match.
Day 2 results:

WALES 5, SCOTLAND 4
FOURSOMES (0-3)
N Evans and N Grimmitt lost to R Clark and G Bell 4 and 2.
C Jones and G Rees lost to J Fraser and I Brotherston 5 and 4.
A Williams and P Bloomfield lost to M Reid and D Gardner 1 hole.

SINGLES (5-1)
Evans bt Clark 3 and 2.
Rees lost to Bell 3 and 2.
Grimmitt bt Fraser 4 and 3.
Bloomfield bt Brotherston 3 and 2.
M Gwyther bt D Shields 1 hole.
Williams bt Reid1 hole.

ENGLAND 6, IRELAND 3
FOURSOMES (2-1) 
S East and R Latham bt A Egan and L Halpin 4 and 3.
A Mew and D Niven lost to J Mitchell and M Quirke 5 and 4
I  Crowther and D Nelson bt B O'Leary and B Conlon 3 and 2.

SINGLES (5-1)
Niven lost to Mitchell 1 hole.
East bt O'Leary 5 and 4.
Latham lost to Kelly 3 and 2.
Mew bt Halpin 6 and 5.
Stones bt Egan 5 and 4
Crowther bt Quirke 4 and 3

HOW THEY STAND 

England ...............  2   2   0   0   13   5   2
Wales ...................  2   2   0   0   11   7   2
Ireland .................  2   0    0   0    6  12   0
Scotland ..............  2    0   0    0    6  12   0

FINAL MATCHES
 Ireland v Scotland
 England v Wales 

Recalling the late, great Finlay Morris and 

introducing another Finlay (11) in N Z

  FROM ANDREW McKECHNIE

I am writing to you very late on from when Scottishgolfview.com posted an article on the late  Finlay Morris (pictured below). However, I have just stumbled across this now on the internet. 

My Name is Andrew McKechnie.  My father Andrew McKechnie (snr),  has always spoken about Finlay Morris being an outstanding golfer who was undoubtedly on course to take the golfing world by storm before he was tragically taken at such a very young age. 

My Father Andrew is from Glasgow and also played at Cawder.  You may already know Andrew or heard of him; who in his own right was also, and still is a fantastic golfer.  At the age now of 64 - he still plays to a +1 and represents New Zealand regularly at an international seniors level.   

Our family immigrated to New Zealand back in 1978, but have regularly visited Scotland to see family and friends over the past 30 years.  In fact dad was back in Glasgow with my mother Jackie just the other month and had the privilege of playing back at Cawder for a couple of rounds, which dad immensely enjoyed!

More to my point of contacting you… My son Finlay McKechnie (11yrs) is showing an amazing future in golf himself here in Auckland New Zealand.  He’s still learning his craft but has an amazing talent and love for the game and we are doing our best to further develop and nurture this talent.   Maybe there’s some DNA there that by-passed me from my father and landed with my sonJJJ

Even though I never knew about Finlay Morris in any great detail, I have always been intrigued with the stories shared by my father and of course now reading your wonderful article.  What he may have been - we will never know, but like you have so correctly mentioned, no doubt he would’ve been one of the best!!!

I now tell my son Finlay about a young boy who he shares a name with from Scotland and what an amazing golfer he was.  I hope by doing this, it keeps Finlay Morris’s spirit alive.  Again, someone I never knew, but feel very connected to through the stories shared and the golfing connection through my dad and now my son.

My son Finlay (pictured left) has said that if he ever makes it on the golfing scene (and I believe he will), he will dedicate his first national championship to the memory of Finlay Morris.  Someone he never knew, but something that both my father and I think is very special and I couldn’t help but share that with you.

After reading your very well written article on Finlay Morris, I couldn’t help but write to you and share my story in an attempt to keep this very special lads spirit and name alive!  I do hope this has done that!

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Kind regards,

Andrew McKechnie

 

Kimberley  Beveridge wins deep in the heart of 

Texas - her first win in America

Aboyne Golf Club member Kimberley Beveridge, a 21-year-old second-year student at Tyler Junior College, Texas, won the TJC Fall Intercollegiate by two strokes at Pine Springs Golf Club yesterday. It was her first victory in America.

Kimberley, pictured, who led by five shots after a one-under-par first round of 71, added a second-round 77 for a four-over-par total of 148.
Runner-up on 150 was Bethany Acey (Murray state) with scores of 76 and 74 for 150.
One of Kimberley's team-mates, BoYoung Park finished third on 151 (79-72).
The course was a par 72 of 6,149yd. 
Beveridge's success comes a day or two after Aberdeenshire were beaten 5-4 by Dumfriesshire in the title decider at the Scottish women's county finals at Aboyne golf course.
Kimberley had to return to America for the start of the 2016-2017 term and so was not available for the Aberdeenshire team. 
Would there have been a different result in the county finals if Kimberley had been able to play? 
We shall never know!