DUFF STILL No. 1 IN N-E ALLIANCE SCRATCH ORDER 

OF MERIT, SPONSORED BY BRIMMOND BISTRO

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Newmachar amateur John Duff continues to lead in the North-east Alliance's Scratch Order of Merit, sponsored by Craibstone Golf Club's Brimmond Bistro clubhouse restaurant (that's the famous Brimmond Burger and chips pictured below). The Brimmond Bistro is not restricted to Craibstone GC members. Anyone can call in for a cup of tea and a scone or something more substantial).

John Duff has a 4,523pt tally with a handy lead over Royal Aberdeen pro Joel Hopwood (4,935) - the man who devised this format for the
orders of merit and also calculates the updated tables every week.
Craibstone teaching pro Lee Vannet is in third place with Peterculter amateur Tony Robertson in fourth spot.
Biggest movers following Wednesday's competition at Murcar Links were Phil Morrison (Oldmeldrum), up 14 places to 40th position and Cameron Grant (Portlethen), up 17 places to 41st.
Paul Lawrie Golf Centre teaching pro Billy Fyfe also had a good day on Wednesday, coming home in 31, the best of the day. Billy has gone up eight places to No. 34.
Another teaching pro, Keil Beveridge (Kippie Lodge) went up five places to No 25. His girl friend, Laura Murray (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) went up three places to No. 16
The Orders of Merit tables will end after the second round of the NE Alliance championship at Craibstone next month. The final fixture of
the season - at Newburgh - will not count for points.
The top three in the Scratch Order of Merit will divide the best part of £250 in cash or amateur vouchers, donated by the Brimmond Bistro.
On Friday, we will display the Class 1 Handicap Order of Merit and on Saturday you will be able to view the Class 2 Handicap table.
The Handicap Orders of Merit are sponsored by self-employed teaching pro Willie McKenzie's WLM Golf company.

2014 - 15		Position After	Position After	Changed
	POINTS			0=no move
PLAYER	TOTAL	Montrose	Murcar	UP (+) DOWN (-)
John Duff	4523.83	1	1	0
Joel Hopwood	4395	2	2	0
Lee Vannet	3480.41	3	3	0
Tony Robertson	3151.1	4	4	0
Kevin Duncan	2840	7	5	+2
Paul Lawrie	2575	5	6	-1
Stuart Finnie	2499.58	6	7	-1
Andy Campbell	2159.55	8	8	0
Nick Macandrew	1702.5	9	9	0
David Law	1636.25	10	10	0
John Nicolson	1598.5	12	11	+1
Ross McConnachie	1562.5	11	12	-1
Laura Murray	1553.41	16	13	+3
David Leslie	1518.33	13	14	-1
Chris Law	1455.5	14	15	-1
Sam Kiloh	1385.55	15	16	-1
Brian Nicolson	1328	17	17	0
Clark Brechin	1300	18	18	0
Fergus Bisset	1184	19	19	0
Craig Lawrie	1165	20	20	0
Keith Shanks	1150	21	21	0
Colin Nelson	1024	23	22	1
Kris Nicol	950	24	23	1
Jim Emslie	949	22	24	-2
Keil Beveridge	897.88	30	25	5
Chris Lamb	800	25	26	-1
Gary Esson	762.5	26	27	-1
Albert Smith	741.5	27	28	-1
Drew Buchan	741.5	27	28	-1
Jim Duncan	705.33	34	30	4
David Fleming	684.83	29	31	-2
Patrick McKenna	658.33	31	32	-1
Phil McLean	654.25	32	33	-1
Billy Fyfe	647.44	42	34	8
Iain Taylor	637.5	37	35	2
Kamran Zeynalov	630.75	33	36	-3
Greg McBain	625	35	37	-2
Greig Hutcheon	625	35	37	-2
Dave Mackay (Haz)	515.83	38	39	-1
Phil Morrison	491.66	54	40	14
Cameron Grant	480.66	58	41	17
Brian Ritchie	464	39	42	-3
Murray Patterson	445.83	40	43	-3
Robbie Stewart	445	41	44	-3
Brian Harper	405	43	45	-2
Brian Robson	400	44	46	-2
Terry Mathieson	371.25	45	47	-2
Craig Carnegie	365	46	48	-2
Alistair Graham	346.5	47	49	-2
Ben Lumsden	339.5	48	50	-2
Steve Lawrie	332.5	49	51	-2
Kim Beveridge	328.88	50	52	-2
Manson Merchant	325	51	53	-2
Justin Duff	300	52	54	-2
Charles Cassie	282.5	53	55	-2
Harry Roulston	274.83	55	56	-1
Tom Dingwall	265	56	57	-1
Alan Gall	265	56	57	-1
John Borthwick	258	59	59	0
Jim Douglas	252.5	60	60	0
Chris Campbell	250	61	61	0
Greg Ingram	243.76	62	62	0
Gordon Milne	219.33	63	63	0
Scott Henderson	212.5	64	64	8
Craig Goodwin	200	65	65	0
David Nelson	175	66	66	0
Norman Forster	160	67	67	0
Derek McDougall	160	67	67	0
Sam McNeil	152.5	69	69	0
C.Angus	150	78	70	8
Gaton Dillon	150	70	70	0
Robert O'Donnell	150	70	70	0
ColinDuffus	137.5	72	73	-1
Sam Griffiths	137.5	72	73	-1
C.Cheyne	137.5	72	73	-1
R.McKinnon	137.5	72	73	-1
Steve Shand	135	76	77	-1
Gary Craig	132.33	77	78	-1
G.Allan	115	82	79	3
Keith McGilllivary	105	79	80	-1
Graeme Nethercott	90	80	81	-1
Zander Roger	85	81	82	-1
J.Murray	80	82	83	-1
Ryan Macrae	80	82	83	-1
David Brown	65	85	85	0
Gary Homer	60	86	86	0
Don Gray	60	86	86	0
B.Skene	55	88	88	0
Charlie Tawse	55	88	88	0
Les Rogers	45	90	90	0
Stewart Allison	45	90	90	0
Sammy Leslie	45	90	90	0
David McKay (Caley)	45	90	90	0
N.Duncan	40	94	94	0
B.Murray	35	NEW	95	NEW
J.Scott	35	95	95	0
Graham Thom	33.33	96	97	-1
Nigel Parker	30	97	98	-1
Scott Mackie	29	98	99	-1
Josh Turner	25	99	100	-1
Steven Murray	25	99	100	-1
John Hamilton	16.66	101	102	-1
Martin Foster	16.66	101	102	-1
Ian Bratton	10	103	104	-1
Grant Leslie	10	103	104	-1
Derek Craigie	8.33	105	106	-1
Richie Davidson	8.33	105	106	-1
Peter Walker	7.33	107	108	-1
Dick Wright	5	108	109	-1
Les Fowler	4	109	110	-1
John Sunley	2.5	110	111	-1
Mike Duncan	2.5	110	111	-1