BOAT OF GARTEN CAPTAIN GRANT WINS NORTH SENIORS' GOLF TITLE OVER HOME COURSE

By ROBIN WILSON
James Grant, the host club captain and in his first season as a senior, won the North District seniors' championship for the Macallan Trophy at Boat of Garten Golf Club today (Friday).

He headed a field of 50 with a scratch round of 72 to win by two strokes from Laurie Chancellor (Inverness), twice the winner in the past three years, with Alistair Adam (Nairn) third with a 79.

Two other players had 79s - David Sharp (Boat of Garten) and Patrick Tomisson (Nairn) - but Adam won the countback on the best last six holes.

Despite the wind and rain, Grant bogeyed only three holes while partnering Chancellor. One over par with a first nine of 35, having bogeyed the fourth, Grant's lead disappeared when Chancellor birdied the ninth, but Grant’s birdie on the first inward hole cancelled it out.

Chancellor’s  three-putt bogey six three holes later allowed the local man some breathing space and the comfort of a bogey on the final hole when the rain was at it’s worst to sign off for an inward 37 and 72.

 Grant's wife Debbie was invited to present  her husband with the Macallan Trophy.

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Other prizewinners:

Category A (55 to 64)

Scratch –  John Martin (Moray) 80.

Handicap -  Peter Sinclair (Inverness) (7) 75; Rennie Spence (Newtonmore) (4) (bih), Raymond Taylor (Reay) (5) 77.                                     

Cat B (65 to 70)

Scratch – David Sharp (Boat of Garten) 79.

                     

Handicap - Alan Boxx (Boat of Garten) (13) 71; Philip Bannerman (Strathpeffer) (6) 74; Patrick Tomisson (Nairn) (4) 75.         
          

Category C (71 +)

Scratch – James Young (Moray) 82.

Handicap - Alan Lees (Moray) (10) (better last 6), Robert Little (Elgin) (11) 83; Adrian Baggot (Royal Dornoch) (12) 85.

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left to right – Rennie Spence (Newtonmore), Peter Abbott (vice- President of North District), James Grant, Debbie Grant, Alan Boxx (Boat of Garten).

picture by Robin Wilson

ALL THE SCORES

 Match Time Player Club Gross H/C Nett
No.
Alan Boxx Boat of Garten 84 13 71
1 9.00 Robert Little Elgin                 94 11 83
Iain Nicolson The Nairn         NR   9 NR
John Martin Moray                 80 5 75
2 9.10 Paul Jackson Nairn Dunbar         NR 6 NR
Patrick Tomisson The Nairn 79 4 75
James Young Moray                 82 6 76
3 9.20 John Westwood Nairn Dunbar 92 6 86
Philip Bannerman Strathpeffer 80 6 74
Donald Krzyzanowski Strathpeffer  NR 8 NR
4 9.30 Stewart Robertson Fortrose and Rosemarkie 91 9 82
John Thomson Inverness   97 9 88
James MacKay Inverness         93 14 79
5 9.40 Len Latham                               102 105 14 91
Ian Rae The Nairn               103 17 86
Iain Forbes Elgin               102 16 86
6 9.50 Philip Andrews The Nairn      104 15 89
William MacDonald Muir of Ord 97 16 81
Edward Grant Elgin                 99 15 84
7 10.00 Donald Cormack Inverness         97 13 84
Hamish Milne Muir of Ord         97 13 84
Jim Thompson Boat of Garten NR 13 NR
8 10.10 Patrick Smith Moray          86 7 79
David Sharp Boat of Garten 79 7 72
Alan Lees Moray                 93 10 83
9 10.20 Alistair Adam The Nairn 79 7 72
John Meichan Elgin                 86 9 77
Ian Tasker Moray               WD WD WD
10 10.30 Bruce Casburn Moray            WD WD WD
Adrian Bagott Royal Dornoch 97 12 85
John Sutherland Elgin         84 5 79
11 10.40 Hamish Bunker Nairn Dunbar NR 6 NR
Raymond Taylor Reay         82 5 77
Michael Moran Invergordon 91 10 81
12 10.50 Robin Wilson Brora         94 8 86
James Ingram Boat of Garten Ret Inj 8 Ret Inj
Peter Sinclair Inverness                 82 7 75
13 11.00 Norman MacWilliam Kingussie NR 4 NR
Willie Rusk Nairn                 NR 8 NR
Laurie Chancellor Inverness      74 0 74
14 11.10 James Grant Boat of Garten 72 2 70
Hugh Clunas Nairn Dunbar        NR 0 NR
Paul Downs Boat of Garten Ret Inj 3 Ret Inj
15 11.20 Rennie Spence Newtonmore 81 4 77
John Campbell Grantown on Spey 87 0 87
Peter Lee Royal Dornoch         NR 5 NR
16 11.30 William Stewart Moray 89 11 78
Stuart Taylor Boat of Garten NR 6 NR
David Oates Inverness                 95 18 77
17 11.40 John Disbury Reay        113 22 91