CRAW'S NEST TASSIE

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF WITH CHAMPION MANN TOP QUALIFIER AND BEATEN FINALIST MARSHALL
NO 7 SEED AT CARNOUSTIE

So far, history is repeating itself in the week-long Craw's Nest Tassie tournament over the Carnoustie Links championship course.
Last year Scott Mann, the +4 Carnoustie Caledonia player, was No 1 of the 64 qualifiers for the match-play stages - and he went on to win it. This time round, Scott, pictured right with the trophy last year, is again the leading qualifier with 75 and 66 for 141.
That's three shot ahead of Steve Adkins (Stock Brook Manor) (79-65) with Stephen Brooks (Blyth) earning the third seed berth with 73 and 72 for 145.
Graham Marshall, a one-handicapper from Birstall and beaten 2 and 1 in last year's final by Mann, qualified seventh of 64 - exactly his position last year.
LEADING SCRATCH QUALIFIERS
141 Scott Mann (Carnoustie Caledonia) 75 66.
144 Steve Adkins (Stock Brook Manor 79 65.
145 Stephen Brooks (Blyth) 73 72.
146 Andrew Webster (Blundells Hill) 75 71.
147 Nigel Hunter (Breightmet) 74 73, Warren Laverty (Breightmet) 77 70, Graham Marshall (Birstall) 78 69, William Bromilow (Chorley) 78 69.
148 Scott Robertson (Downfield) 78 70, Damian Scholes (Bromborough) 78 70, Gary Sales (Maylands) 78 70.
149 Aaron Sweeney (Carnoustie) 81 68.
150 Joe Restein (Eastern Shore) 80 70, Ken Sargent (Haydock Park) 73 77, James Pye (Preston) 81 69.
151 Stephen Bennett (Broadstone) 80 71, David Downie (Kirriemuir) 77 74, Stuart Norrie (Carnoustie) 75 76, Barry Galloway (Carnoustie) 79 72.
152 Michael Partridge (Chigwell) 77 75, Neil Self (Stand) 80 72, Garry Duncan (Carnoustie Caledonia) 85 67, Robert Drage (Hallamshire) 82 70, James Griffiths (North Manchester) 76 76, Kristopher Harper (Carnoustie) 80 72, Kevin Dyckman (Haninge) 82 70.
153 Graham Silver (Newmachar) 80 73, Leslie Vine (Wallasey) 78 75, Mark Gregory (Dunscar) 77 76, Jon Greenough (West Lancs) 80 783, Ian Watson (Swinton Park) 76 77, Ian Kearney (West Lancs) 83 70.
*The match-play in the scratch and handicap tournaments starts on Wednesday with the semi-finals and final on Saturday.