Inverness v Murcar Links in Senior Northern Counties Cup Final at Cruden Bay
By GARY ABEL
By GARY ABEL
Royal Dornoch 2 progressed to the semi-finals of the Senior Northern Counties Cup at Cruden Bay with another
good win over Nairn Dunbar 1. The match went to the last hole, and every other match also went down to the wire to decide the outcome.
Royal Aberdeen 1 against Duff House Royal 1 was
a hard fought match and although Duncan Clark and Alan Kennedy of Duff House
Royal 1 were 3 under par at one point and finished 2 up it was not enough to
overcome the first pairing of Royal Aberdeen 1 of James Christie and
John Johnstone who finished 4 up.
Inverness came out on top of their semi-final with a 3 hole
win over Royal Dornoch 2 whilst in the other game Royal Aberdeen looked as if
they were going to be the runaway winners with a combined total of 7 up at the
half way stage against Murcar Links with Jim Christie and John Johnston 4 up, Ian Morrison and Nigel
Smith 3 up.
With only 5 holes to go the Murcar Links first pairing of Mike Lornie and
Alistair Fiddes were just one better at 3 down but fought back to get the game
even after 18 holes.
The other Murcar pairing of Brian Holbrook and Derek Allan
also fought back to be 1 up going down the last but did not get up and down
from the back to the green making the game all square. Murcar’s first pair won
the 19th with a par and the second pairing halved the hole in 5
giving them victory at the 19th.
RESULTS
QUARTER-FINALS
Inverness bt Royal
Aberdeen 2 by 1 hole (L Chancellor, P Sinclair 0, N Forster, A Laird 0; B Fraser,
J Elliot 1, R Haites, N Whitehead 0.
Royal Dornoch 2 bt Nairn
Dunbar 1 by 2 holes (P Lee, L Coben 3, C Duffy, D Lamb 0; D Pearson, J Seatter 0,
H Clunes, H Bunker 1).
Murcar Links 1 bt Cruden
Bay 1 by 2 holes (M Lornie, D Fiddes 0, J Cooper, J Reid 2; B Holbrook, D
Allan 4, W Livingston, A Gauld 0).
Royal Aberdeen 1 bt Duff
House Royal 1 by 2 holes (J Christie, J Johnston 4, A J Smith, I Angus 0; I Morrison,
N Smith 0, D C Clark, J Kennedy 2).
SEMI-FINALS
Inverness bt Royal
Dornoch 2 by 3 holes (L Chancellor, P Sinclair 2, P Lee, L Coben 0; B Fraser, J
Elliot 1, D Pearson, J Seatter 0).
Murcar Links 1 bt Royal
Aberdeen 1 at 19th (M Lornie, D Fiddes 0, J
Christie, J Johnston 0; B Holbrook, D Allan 0, I Morrison, N Smith 0).
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