NORTH-EAST BLOOD JOHN DUFF IN AREA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP SQUAD OF SIX

North-east Alliance champion John Duff (Newmachar) will make his debut in the North-east District six-man team for the SGU area team golf championship over Crail Golfing Society's Balcomie and Craighead links on Saturday, May 18.
The full team is:
Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon), Graham Gordon (Newmachar), Bryan Innes (Murcar Links), Anthony Bews (Murcar Links), Barrie Edmond (Bon Accord), John Duff (Newmachar).
This is likely to be the last time the area team championship is played in the format which sees the four teams with the best stroke-play titles qualifying for the match-play stages on the Sunday.
The proposal is that it becomes a three-day tournament with the stroke-playing qualifying round on the Friday but with the number of qualifying teams doubled to eight who will go forward to sudden-death match-play on the Saturday and Sunday.