By ALAN COWIE
One under par 69 was sufficient for Neil McWilliam (Elgin) to win Saturday's North Scottish Golfers' Alliance fixture at Spey Bay. Birdies at the sixth, 10th and 16th were partly offset by bogeys at the 12th and 17th. 
Professional Tom Dingwall (Nairn Dunbar), joint runner-up with Elgin's David Hector, was going well until a 6 at the 14th as was Stewart Wilson (Inverness) until he came a cropper with a 7 at the 12th.
Joint Handicap Class 2 winner Farquhar Thomson (Moray) shot less than his age with a gross 76, coming home in one under par 34 to tie with Liam Hutchison (Inverness) on net 65.
LEADING SCRATCH
69 N McWilliam (Elgin)
71 T Dingwall (Nairn Dunbar) (p), D Hector (Elgin)
72 S. Wilson (Inverness)
74 J A G Innes (Elgin), A J England (Moray)
75 K Thomson (Moray), G Hay (Grantown), J S D Campbell (Grantown), R Stewart (Nairn Dunbar), J A Grant (Grantown), R McKerron (Forres), R Harrower (Boat of Garten) (p), A Cowie (Moray), M McAllan (Elgin) (p), K Williamson (Fortrose and Rosemarkie);
76 G Mackenzie (Moray), B Fotheringham (Inverness), P Masson (Rothes), W F Thomson (Moray)
77 J Simpson (Forres), B Cruickshank (Spey Bay), I Murray (Boat of Garten), W J Donnelly (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), R H Stewart (Torvean), S Mullen (Elgin), S Chisholm (Fortrose and Rosemarkie);
78 S Mitchell (Moray), D Thom (Grantown), J K England (Moray),
79 J L Milne (Elgin), J R Ingram (Boat of Garten), A Waterson (Boat of Garten), L Hutchison (Inverness), G S Macdonald (Torvean);
80 D Johnston (Moray), M McDonald (Boat of Garten), L MacBean (Boat of Garten), A MacIntosh (Torvean), M Lyall (Torvean)
81 S Dingwall (Grantown), T Madden (Elgin), A Imrie (Muir of Ord), W Weatherall (Muir of Ord), V Tilman (Muir of Ord)
HANDICAP
Class 1 (7 and under)
68 D Hector (Elgin) (3), A Cowie (Moray) (7)
69 K Williamson (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) (6)
70 P Massdon (Rothes) (6)
71 J K England (Moray) (7), R Stewart (Nairn Dunbar) (4), I Murray (Boat of Garten) (6)  
Class 2 8 to 14)
65 W F Thomson (Moray) (11), L Hutchison (Inverness) (14)
69 W J Donnelly (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) (8)
70 A Fraser (Inverness) (14)
71 M Lyall (Torvean) (9), I Turner (Boat of Garten) (14), T Madden (Elgin) (10)