NORTH-EAST ALLIANCE REPORT, SCORES

LEE VANNET'S PAR 65 WINS £100 PRIZE

AT A VERY WINDY INVERALLOCHY

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Former British boys champion Lee Vannet from Carnoustie, now a teaching pro at Craibstone, scored his first success of the North-east Golfers' Alliance season with a wind-taming par round of 65 over the winter course at  Inverallochy, near Fraserburgh today.
Vannet, pictured left, was the only player in a field of 65 to match the par of 65, thanks to birdies at the ninth, short 10th and 15th, offsetting bogeys at the first, eighth and 13th in halves of 34-31.
He won the £100 first prize by a single shot from Peterculter assistant pro Ross McConnachie who was five over par with 38 for the outward half. Then he came  home in four-under 28 for a 66 with an eagle 2 at the 16th and birdies at the 12th and 15th.
Joel Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen) and young Sam Kiloh (Paul Lawrie GC) completed an all-pro 1-2-3-4 with scores of 67 and 68 respectively.
A dry but very windy day saw 11 No Returns.

The amateur star of the day was senior Nigel Parker (Murcar Links), pictured right, making his Alliance comeback after a lengthy absence during which he had a new hip operation. Nigel won Class 2 by 10 strokes with a net 57 off 18 of a handicap and it cut to 16 on the spot by joint secretary David Wilson.
 
SCRATCH SCORES
Par 65 (33-32)
65 L Vannet (Craibstone) 34-31
66 R McConnachie (Peterculter) 38-28.
67 J Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen) 33-34
68 S Kiloh (Paul Lawrie GC) 37-31
69 T Robertson (Peterculter), S Finnie (Royal Aberdeen) 36-33
70 K Duncan (Cruden Bay)
71 D Mackay (Newmachar), J Duff (Newmachar)
72 Miss L Murray (Paul Lawrie GC).
73 A Campbell (Murcar Links), A J Smith (Turriff), J Duncan (Newburgh), G Milne (Newburgh), J Nicolson (Hazlehead)
74 R Stewart (Newburgh), A Graham (Aboyne)
75 N K Parker (Murcar Links), D Leslie (Northern), S Allison (Northern).
76 P Morrison (Oldmeldrum), B Murray (Portlethen), C Duffus (Kemnay)
77 P Walker (Cruden Bay)
78 Miss K Beveridge (Aboyne), J Borthwick (Craibstone)
79 D Lane (Deeside), W Shaw (Banchory), R Davidson (Caledonian)
80 C Cassie (Nigg Bay), A Gall (Deeside), M Winton (Caledonian)
81 B Harper (Newburgh), L Roger (Royal Aberdeen), M Smith (Newmachar), J Scott (Peterculter)
82 L Duncan (Craibstone), D Craigie (Peterculter, D Fleming (Portlethen)
83 G Leslie (Northern), K Zeynalov (Paul Lawrie GC)
84  R Masson (Auchmill), R Brown (Kemnay), S Davidson (Northern), A Benton (Kemnay)
85 M Rendall (Stonehaven)
86 B Lumsden (Northern), G Allan (Newmachar)
87 M Brown (Kemnay), W Beattie (Craibstone), B Skene (Peterculter), R Duncan (Deeside)
88 M Booth (Kemnay)
89 D Lawrie (Aboyne)
+There were 11 No Returns
HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS
Class 1 - D Mackay (7) 64; T Boertson (3) 66; G Milne (6) 657; S Allison (7) 68; A Smith (4) 69.
Class 2 - N K Parker (18) 57; M Smith (14) 67; L Duncan (14), M Winton (12) 68; M Brown (18) 69.

TODAY'S BEST SCORECARDS (Par 65)

LEE VANNET 65
OUT: 4-3-4-4-3-4-4-5-3: 34
    IN: 2-4-4-4-4-3-4-3-3: 31 

ROSS McCONNACHIE
OUT: 3-3-4-5-3-5-4-6-5: 38
    IN: 3-4-3-3-4-3-2-3-3: 28.

JOEL HOPWOOD 67
OUT: 3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-3: 33
   IN: 2-5-4-4-4-3-3-6-3:  34

SAM KILOH 68
OUT: 3-3-4-5-4-6-4-5-3: 37
   IN: 3-4-3-4-4-3-4-3-3: 31

STEWART FINNIE 69
OUT: 3-4-4-5-4-5-4-4-3: 36
    IN: 3-6-3-4-4-3-3-4-3: 33

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