Giant-killers Duff House Royal 2 KO'd by Cruden Bay in Senior Northern Counties Cup at Elgin

 

Defending champions Murcar Links beat Nairn Dunbar 2 by four holes to reach the quarter-finals of the Senior Northern Counties Cup men's double foursomes tournament in glorious weather and a course in great condition at Elgin Golf Club today.

Duff House Royal 2 had a great victory against Royal Dornoch 1 by 2 holes in the morning but could not sustain the good form and were beaten by Cruden Bay in the afternoon.

 SENIOR NORTHERN COUNTIES CUP
Elgin Golf Club

FIRST ROUND

Nairn Dunbar 1 bt Elgin 2 by 11 holes
H Clunas, C Duffy 9, L Stewart, J Morrison 0; I Duncan, D Bunker 2, I Hamilton, G Paterson 0.

Duff House Royal 2 bt Royal Dornoch 1 by 2 holes

A Smith, A Cruickshank 2, D Pearson, D MacDougall 0; G Kelly, A Alexander 0, J Seater, K Fraser 0.

Cruden Bay bt Forres by 4 holes

J Cooper, G Reid 3, N Parsons, K Farquhar 0; S Hutcheon, D Milne 1, D Thorne, A More 0.

 SECOND ROUND

 

Murcar Links bt Nairn Dunbar 2 by 4 holes

A Fiddes, M Lornie 2, K Campbell, D Lamb 0; B Holbrook, B Smith 2, G Robbins, B Ford 0.

Deeside bt Brora by 4 holes

K Ingram, A Ross 0, C Tulloch, N Elliott 0; D Rennie, T McAllister 4, T Gill, A Sutherland 0.

Elgin 1 bt Nairn Dunbar 1 by 2 holes

B Milne, A McGregor 3, H Clunas, C Duffy 0; B Inch, J Porter 0, I Duncan, D Bunker 1.

Cruden Bay bt Duff House Royal 2 by 10 holes

J Cooper, G Reid 4, A Smith, A Cruickshank 0; S Hutcheon, D Milne 6, G Kelly, A Alexander 0.

Royal Aberdeen bt Boat of Garten by 2 holes

J Christie, J Johnston 2, J Grant, P Downs 0; N Forster, A Laird 0, G Bell, G Hay 0.

Duff House Royal 1 bt Eriskay Whisky Galore by 14 holes

I Angus, M Jenkins 6, E Morrison, E Donaldson 0; J Kennedy, D Clark 8, W Rusk, P Bannerman 0.

Nairn bt Royal Dornoch 2  by 12 holes

R Smith, P Saggers 7, P Lee, R Murray 0; W Morris, P Tomisson 5, H MacKay, I McAuley 0.

Inverness bt Moray by 7 holes

L Chanceller, P Sinclair 0, M MacLeman, W MacLeman 0; B Boardman, J MacAuley 7. J McPherson, J Young 0.