UHI's Riccardo Cellerino runner-up to champion Shepherd, Gemma Batty women's winner

STIRLING STUDENTS WIN BOTH TITLES AT LOSSIEMOUTH

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Stirling University students won both the men's and women's titles. at the 95th Scottish student golf championships over the Old and New Courses of Moray Golf Club's Lossiemouth links today (Tuesday).

Laird Shepherd, who hails from Sussex, finished with an eight-under-par total of 274 (67-66-73-68), and won the men's championship by six shots from Riccardo Cellerino of the University of the Highlands and Islands at Dornoch. Riccardo, an Italian, scored 67, 74, 68 and 71 for 280.

Third was Stirling's Chris Maclean with closing rounds of 74 and 74 for 283.

English-born Gemma Batty, who moved her home to Moffat so that she could qualify to play for Scotland by residence, made virtually all the running to win the women's crown by two strokes from Irish international Sinead Sexton, like Gemma, a Stirling student.

Batty had rounds of 71, 71, 70 and 74 for a six-under-par total of 286.

Sexton, the only other female under par for the 72 holes, shot 71, 71, 70 and 76.

Third was Alexa Hammer (St Andrews) who had her worst two scores over the final 36 holes, 75 and 74 for 293.

95th SCOTTISH STUDENT GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
Moray Golf Club, Lossiemouth.
Old and New Courses.
FINAL TOTALS
MEN
Par 282. CSS 72 71 74 73
274 L Shepherd (Stirling) 67 66 73 68.
280 R Cellerino (UHI) 67 74 68 71.
283 C Maclean (Stirling) 70 68 71 74.
284 C Low (Abertay Dundee) 72 69 72 71.
285 M Myers (St Andrews) 68 71 74 72.
286 J Wilson (Stirling) 72 69 71 74.
289 R Foley (Stirling) 70 73 72 74.
291 P Kerr (St Andrews) 71 72 76 72.
292 J Harling (UHI) 761 73 74 74, C Edgar (Stirling) 75 71 74 72, J Sundborg (Stirling) 73 68 78 73.
295 A Davidson (Stirling) 74 72 76 73, J Rogan (St Andrews) 74 74 75 72.
296 B Bojesen (St Andrews) 71 71 74 80.
298 N Young (RGU) 73 74 75 76, M Napier (Stirling) 73 71 78 76, A McDougall (Stirling) 78 71 74 75, R Paterson (Aberdeen) 68 71 82 77.
300 S Macgregor (St Andrews) 75 71 79 75, L Anderson (St Andrews) 73 71 81 75.
301 M Fitzsimmons (Stirling) 70 78 77 76, M Horvath (St Andrews) 74 75 78 74, L West (RGU) 74 74 79 74
303 C Franssen (St Andrews) 672 72 78 81, T Hein (St Andrews) 70 74 79 80.
304 J Stoddart (St Andrews) 80 72 76 76.
306 F Asher (St Andrews) 73 75 80 78.
307 R Finlay (Strathclyde) 76 75 81 75.
308 L Frean (St Andrews) 76 75 77 80.
310 P Hasson (Glasgow) 80 71 78 81.
311 R Asher (Strathclyde) 72 77 79 83, G Minton (UHI) 77 72 80 82, A Benson (Strathclyde) 75 77 78 81.
312 E Innes (St Andrews) 77 73 81 81.
313 M Schinkel (UHI) 77 74 80 82.
314 D McIntosh (Aberdeen) 74 76 80 84.
317 M McGrory (Dundee) 74 73 83 87.
316 W Walker (Stirling) 76 71 84 85.
319 J Parker (Stirling) 77 71 86 85.
NRs: G Joss (Aberdeen) 71 76 81 NR, B Bannerman (Glasgow) 74 75 80 NR.
Withdrew: K McCormick (UHI) 74 74 wd.


WOMEN
Par 292. CSS 76 71 71 76
286 G Batty (Stirling) 71 71 70 74.
288 S Sexton (Stirling) 71 71 70 76.
293 A Hammer (St Andrews) 72 72 75 74.
301 T Mactaggart (Stirling) 74 74 75 78.
302 L Van Veggel (St Andrews) 75 70 73 84.
305 J Saxton (Stirling) 73 77 77 78.
307 N Greville (Stirling) 85 71 72 79.
312 F Clark (St Andrews) 77 79 72 84.
319 C Boa (UHI) 77 80 80 82.