Bain Trophy prizewinning line-up at Inverness. L to R: Connor Moran , Finlay Wickenden, North District secretary Peter Abbott, Steven Pears, Fraser Owenson, William Nicol, Jack MacLean.  Pictures by Robin Wilson

Steven Pears wins Bain Trophy by 

five shots at Inverness

Steven Pears (Nairn) won the North District boys' championship for the R P B Bain Trophy by five strokes over 36 holes at Inverness Golf Club today (Friday).

Pears (pictured on right with the trophy) had rounds of 74 and 68 for a four-over-par total of 142, gaining him the Bain Trophy, a silver medal and a £65 voucher.

No surprise that Nairn Golf Club won the Emslie Shield team competition with a total of 438 as their junior members filled the first three scratch places. Their team members were: Fraser Owenson, Steven Pears, Ewan Cuthbert and Finlay Wickenden.

Owenson gained a bronze medal and a £50 voucher for a second-place finish  on 147 (73-74). Wickenden finished third on 149 (75-74).

The Under-16 scratch competition was won by Danny Doogan (Golspie) with a pair of 74s for 148, four ahead of William Nicol (Nairn Dunbar) (73-79).

Connor Moran (Inverness), pictured left with the trophy, won the handicap section with a net total of 126 (63-63) off a handicap of 21. He finished 12 strokes ahead of runner-up Danny

Doogan (Golspie) who had two net scores of 69, playing off five.

LEADING SCORES
Par 138 (2x69) CSS 69 for both rounds

SCRATCH

142 S Pears (Nairn) 74 68.

147 F Owenson (Nairn) 73 74.
148 D Doogan (Golspie) 74 74.

149 F Wickenden (Nairn) 75 74

151 J Williamson (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 74 77.
152 W Nicol (Nairn Dunbar) 73 79.

153 E Cuthbert (Nairn) 76 77.
154 L Gillies (Nairn) 78 76.

156 C Daun (Nairn) 75 81.
159 D MacDonald (Isle of Skye) 85 74, J MacLean (Fortrose and Rosemarkie)76 83.
160 L Bryce-Maynard (Moray) 76 84, N MacKenzie (Muir of Ord) 80 80.
161 S Lawrie (Nairn) 80 81, R Cromarty (Nairn) 82 79
163 A McGillivray (Nairn) 84 79.
167 B Devine (Elgin) 81 86.
168 C Moran (Inverness) 84 84.
170 S Christie (Rothes) 91 79.
172 R MacAskill (Isle of Skye) 87 85.
174 J Mann (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 84 90, F Davidson (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 79 95.
175 O Marples (Nairn Dunbar) 89 86.
176 D Oddy (Inverness) 93 83
178 S MacKenzie (Muir of Ord) 86 92
180 D Wilson (Dragons Tooth) 95 85.
188 R Donnachie (Nairn) 96 92.
Disqualified: L Young (Inverness) 90 88, L Cameron (Inverness) 95 86.

UNDER-16 SCRATCH

148 D Doogan (Goslpie) 74 74

152 W Nicol (Nairn Dunbar) 73 79.

154 L Gillies (Nairn) 78 76.

HANDICAP

126 C Moran (Inverness) (21) 63 63
138 D Doogan (Golspie) (5) 69 69.

139 D MacDonald (Isle of Skye) (10) 75 64, F Wickenden (Nairn) (5) 70 69.

141 J MacLean (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) (9) 67 74
142 W Nicol (Nairn Dunbar) (5) 68 74, S Pears (Nairn) (scr) 74 68.
143 J Williamson (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) (4)70 73, F Owenson (Nairn) (2) 71 72.
144 S MacKenzie (Muir of Ord) (17) 69 75, D Oddy (Inverness) (16) 77 67.
145 E Cuthbert (Nairn) (4) 72 73.

146 N MacKenzie (Muir of Ord) (7) 73 73, D Wilson (Dragons Tooth) (17) 78 68
150 C Daun (Nairn) (3)  72 78.
151 S Lawrie (Nairn) (5) 75 76.
152 L Gillies (Nairn) (1) 77 75, S Christie (Rothes) (9) 82 70.
154 R MacAskill (Isle of Skye) (9)78 76, J Mann (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) (10) 74 80.
155 B Devine (Elgin) (6) 75 80.
156 F Davidson (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) (9) 70 86.
159 R Cromarty (Nairn) 81 78.
160 L Bryce-Maynard (Moray) (scr) 76 84.
162 R Donachie (Nairn) (13) 83 79.
Disqualified
L Young (Inverness) (23) 67 65
L Cameron (Inverness) (26) 69 60.

North District Boys Championship

RPB Bain Trophy

Inverness GC 

Prize List

CSS 69  both rounds

SCRATCH ,

1^st        Steven Pears (Nairn) 74 68 142                                  Bain Trophy, Silver Medal, £65 voucher

2^nd       Fraser Owenson (Nairn) 73 74 147                            Bronze Medal & £50  

3^rd        Finlay Wickenden (Nairn) 75 74 149                                                       £40

4^th        Jake Williamson (F & R) 74 77 151                                                        £30

5^th        Ewan Cuthbert (Nairn) 76 77 153                                                            £25

6^th        Calum Daun (Nairn) 75 81 156                                                                £20             

Under 16 Scratch

1^st        Danny Doogan (Golspie) 74 74 148                           Crystal Medal & £45

2^nd        William Nicol (Nairn Dunbar) 73 79 152                                              £35 

3^rd         Logan Gillies (Nairn) 78 76 154                                                             £23

HANDICAP

1^st  Connor Moran (Inverness) 126 Nett                      ND Handicap Trophy & £45  

2^nd  Daniel MacDonald (Isle of Skye) 139 Nett                                                  £35

3^rd  Jack MacLean (F and R) 141 Nett                                                                   £23

     

EMSLIE SHIELD TEAM EVENT

438 Nairn (F Owenson, S Pears, E Cuthbert and F Wickenden

486 Fortrose and Rosemarkie.