Nairn start Northern Counties Cup defence with big-margin win over Eriskay


Nairn, despite lacking two of last year's title-winning team,Sandy Scott and Bruce Thomson, made an impressive start to their defence of the Northern Counties Cup at Royal Dornoch Golf Club today.
The team of four chalked up the double foursomes match-play tournament's biggest winning margin in years, beating Eriskay by 15 holes.
Moray, on the other hand, had one of the toughest matches, against Murcar Links. The match went right down to the last pair on the last hole where Kyle Godsman holed a 10 foot putt to put the Lossiemouth men through. 
Nairn Dunbar, last year's beaten finalist,  advanced by beating a strong Duff House Royal team by three holes.

RESULTS

NORTHERN COUNTIES CUP

Royal Dornoch GC
FIRST ROUND
Royal Aberdeen 1 bt Wick by 4 holes
M Halliday, N Macandrew 3, N Klimas, A MacKay 0; D Macandrew, D Sim 1, A Larnach, E Larnach 0
Cruden Bay 1 bt Strathpeffer 2 by 8 holes
M Buchan, M Christie 4, A Forest, D Morrison 0; S McCulloch, G Evans 4, N Duff, L Manson 0.
Royal Dornoch 1 bt Peterhead 2 by 5 holes
D Pearson, B Urquhart 0, R Gordon, S Phillips 2; C MacKay, K Mathieson 7, S Anderson, G Addison 0.

SECOND ROUND
The Nairn bt Eriskay by 15 holes
S MacDonald, F Fotheringham 3, R Stewart, N MacDonald 0; R Smith, J Macintosh 12, A McGinn, T Hinde 0.
Royal Aberdeen 1 bt Brora by 6 holes
M Halliday, N Macandrew 2, E Polson, D Thorburn 0; D Macandrew, D Sim 4, J MacBeth, R Cameron 0.
Newmachar 1 bt Orkney 1 by 4 holes
C Cheyne, G Munro 2, A Bonner, G Flett 0; C Simpson, J Wilson 2, S Slater, P McKinnley 0.
Cruden Bay 1 bt Royal Aberdeen 2 by 1 hole
M Buchan, M Christie 0, S Buchan, E Laird 0; S McCulloch, G Evans 1, I Middleton, D Purdie 0.
Moray 1 bt Murcar Links by 1 hole
M L Macleman, S Tatters 2, B Innes, A Styles 0; K Godsman, G Murray 0, I Galbraith, A Bews 1.
Royal Dornoch 1 bt Strathpeffer 1 by 4 holes
D Pearson, B Urquhart 3, I MacBean, G Ross 0; C MacKay, K Mathieson 1, K Bartlett, M Bartlett 0.
Tain bt Fraserburgh by 4 holes
M Ferries, A Everett 3, J Duff, J Mitchell 0; D O’Brien, L McAlpine 1, A Hepburn, J Ross 0.
Cruden Bay 2 bt Orkney 2 by 8 holes
C Stephen, L Cruickshanks 6, B Reeve, P Kemp 0; S Buchan, D King 2, N Tait, E Donaldson 0.
Meldrum House bt Royal Dornoch 2 by 8 holes
D Morrison, S Green 4, N Munro, N Hampton 0; R Ord, C McCombie 4, N Thompson, K Sinclair 0.
Inverness  bt Moray 2 by 7 holes
J Forbes, D Joel 4, I Meggatt, J Edwards 0, J Keith, K MacKay 3, B Macleman, P McPherson 0.
Turriff bt Deeside by 7 holes
S Clarihew, I Ross 2, C Howe, J Pryde 0; A Ogg, M Singer 5, A Ross, K Ingram 0.
Banchory bt Elgin by 7 holes
A Lindsay, L Smart 6, A Moir, J Milne 0; J Harling, R Black 1, S Mullins, D Hector 0.
Nigg Bay bt Boat of Garten by 10 holes
T Ogston, L O’Connor 0, J Shaw, J Grant 0; G Grimmer, S Jamieson 10, G Hay, I Cormack 0.
Fortrose bt Peterhead 1 by 6 holes
A Cameron, L Reid 4, D Buchan, C Forman 0; M MacDonald, C Gaittens 2, C Thomson, G Cordiner 0.
Forres bt Newmachar 2 by 9 holes
J Wright, J Carpenter 6, A Chan, I Grimmer 0; B Fotheringham, R McKerron 3, M Barclay, M Dickie 0.
Nairn Dunbar bt Duff House Royal by 3 holes
G Burnett, W Barron 4, K Baptia, L West 0; F Brown, B Watson 0, C Bruce, P Gordon 1.