Royal Dornoch pair win Craigielaw qualifier and


earn a trip to Portugal for Lombard Trophy Final


By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Royal Dornoch Golf Club professional Andrew Skinner and his amateur partner, Gary Gruber, from the same club won the Lombard Trophy Grand Final qualifying 18-hole competition at Craigielaw Golf Club, East Lothian today.
They shot a six-under-par round of 65 to head the field and be the only qualifiers from this event, one of 15 regional eliminators, for the £41,450 Grand Final at the Vila Sol course, Vilamoura on September 21-22.
Skinner earned £450.
The Royal Dornoch pair finished a shot ahead of three pairs - David Orr and Neil Carruthers (Eastwood), Gary Vickers and David Carruthers (Tyneside) and Alan Reid and Reevie Thomson (West Lothian). Orr, Vickers and Reid each earned £325.
Kippie Lodge, Milltimber pro Keil Beveridge and his amateur partner Alister Dornan tied for seventh place with a three-under-par 68. Beveridge earned £118.


SCOREBOARD


LOMBARD TROPHY QUALIFIER
Craigielaw Golf Club
par 71. Pros' names first, followed by amateur partners.
Qualifiers
65 A Skinner (Royal Dornoch) (£450) and Gary Gruber
Did not qualify
66 D Orr (Eastwood) (£325) and Neil Carruthers; G Vickers (Tyneside) (£325) and D Carruthers; A Reid (West Lothian) (£325) and R Thomson.
67 C Haugh (Fereneze) (£200) and M Hughes; M Huish (North Berwick (£200) and S Rowell.
68 K Beveridge (Kippie Lodge Sports Club) (£117.50) and A Dornan; A Crerar (Panmure) (£117.50) and D Clark.
70 M McAllan (Elgin) and A Fyvie.
71 S McGrenaghan (Elderslie) and D McGregor; N Huguet (Musselburgh) and M O'Donnel; G Robertson (Pumpherston) and R Anderson.
72 R Walker (Lundin) and K Renton.
73 G McFarlane (clobber) and D Wright.


No Return: D Murchie (Crieff) and M Fitzgerald.