WRIGHT, GODSMAN RENEW ALLIANCE BATTLE ON 

JANUARY 31 AT SPEY BAY

 

By ROBIN WILSON

The River Spey is the dividing line between the North District and the North East and it was on the West bank of the Spey at Garmouth and Kingston last October that the first North Scottish Golfers Alliance fixture of the season was played.

The resumption, after a two-month break, will be on the east bank of the river at the Spey Bay golf course on Saturday^, January 31, where Jeff Wright (Forres) and Kyle Godsman (Moray) will renew their challenge for scratch supremacy in the race to win the K M Cameron Trophy for the season's best six scratch score aggregate.

Both golfers have each won three individual fixtures in the first half and with his superb round of 60 on his last outing at Kinloss, Wight leads by four shots, 406 to Godsman's 410. 

They are both carrying mid-70 scores in their totals but these should easily be replaced over the shorter Spey Bay lay-out next weekend.

Other members with six qualifying totals who cannot be ruled out are David Joel (Inverness), 416,  and the trophy holder Bryan Fotheringham (Inverness) with 423

Two nett aggregate trophies will also be decided upon over the remaining fixtures. In the low section playing for the Burnett Trophy scratch handicapper Joel is out in front with his 416 nett figure and holds a three shot lead over P Matheson (Grantown on Spey) 

The Bill MacQueen Trophy is the silverware for winning the high handicap section where currently only three members have recorded mandatory six scores. The leading six score nett aggregates are- J MacDonald (Inverness) 426, I Turner (Boat of Garten) 447 and I Hamilton (Elgin) 463.