Buckpool boy wins NE U14s' title and there's a double whammy by Aboyne's Jamie Gibb

Left to right: Ruari Mair (Buckpool), David Fleming (NE District SGU president), Jamie Gibb (Aboyne). Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

By COLIN FARQUHARSON 
Fourteen-year-old Buckpool GC member Ruari Mairi won the Paul Lawrie North-east U14 boys' championship over 18 holes at Oldmeldrum Golf Club today.
He shot a six-over-par 76 - the CSS was 68 - to win by two strokes from Owen Walker (Royal Aberdeen) with Ruaridh Fenwick (Hazlehead) and Evan Orr tied for third place with 81s.
Mair, a six-handicapper,  would have won by a wider margin but for a double bogey 6 at the last hole. He had earlier birdied the eighth and 12th in halves of 38. 
Jamie Gibb (Aboyne), who has 15 of a handicap, won the Under-12s' scratch prize with an 84 and he also had the best overall net score of 69, having a better inward half than Ruaridh Fenwick, who plays off 12 . 
Ethan Main (Murcar Links), who has a handicap of 20, won the third handicap prize with a net 71.


PAUL LAWRIE NORTH-EAST U14s CHAMPIONSHIP
Oldmeldrum GC
PAR 70  CSS 68
76    R Mair (Buckpool)
78   O Walker (Royal Aberdeen)
81   R Fenwick (Hazlehead), E Orr (Kemnay)
84   J Gibb (Aboyne)
86   L Ross (Royal Aberdeen)
88   K Steel (Kintore), M Black (Deeside)
91   E Main (Murcar Links)
92   J Mitchell (Fraserburgh)
93   F McKay (Cullen)
94   S Allan (Deeside)
101 R Bothwell (Royal Aberdeen)
106 C Sim (Murcar Links), F Black (Royal Aberdeen), P McPherson (Deeside)
HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS
69 J Gibb (Aboyne) (15) bih, R Fenwick (Hazlehead) (12).
71 E Main (Murcar Links) (20) 71.
UNDER-12 SCRATCH
84 J Gibb (Aboyne)