Gallacher T105 at Maybank Championship

Stephen Gallacher is in T105 position overnight in a field of 156 players at the Asian Tour's Maybank Championship.
Nacho Elvira (Spain) and Marcus Fraser (Australia) share the lead on the 65 mark.

North-east Alliance Championship Winners @ Portlethen GC

By ALAN GALL
Following on from today's North-east Alliance Pro-Am Event at a very welcoming Portlethen Golf Club, presentations were made to the 2018-19 Championship prizewinners. 

First round was held at Duff House Royal golf course and the second round at Portlethen Golf Club.   Both courses were set up well to challenge strong fields, thanks to the efforts of course managers at both locations.

Overall Winner of the Uniroyal Quaich - 136 Sam Kiloh (Portlethen) 70 66 (Sam is pictured on right.

Lead Scratch Amateur, Winner of J K Hall Quaich
- 142  Stewart Finnie (Caledonian) 70 72. Pictured above with Alan Gall.

Class 1  Winner of Chapper's Pot
 - 138 Ian Esslemont (PLGC) (3) 70 68

Class 2 Handicap Winner of Major's Pot
 - 140 Ritchie Smith (Portlethen) (11) 70 70. Pictured below on left with Alan Gall   on     right

Winner of Veteran's Pot - 144 Raymond Brown (Kemnay) (16) 69 75

Points of interest
The Uniroyal Quaich was first played for in 1935 which was not long after the North-east Alliance was formed, some 80 plus years ago and still going strong.

J K Hall was a staunch supporter of the Alliance and a member of Royal Aberdeen Golf Club.

"Chapper" Thomson was the father of Muriel, erstwhile professional at Portlethen Golf Club, and secretary of the North-east Alliance.

Major Bill Graham was a real major (retired) in the army and secretary to the North-east Alliance for some time and he was mainly responsible for an increase in the number of competitions from one a month to one every week.  
History suggests that the Major asked to be referred to as "Major" when playing in Alliance matches to which Chapper retorted:  "Are you here to play golf or play (sojers) soldiers?" 

The Veteran's Pot should be self-evident but perhaps the age criteria need to be reconsidered, thanks to all of our members, thankfully, living ever longer.

Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for this interesting insight to the history of our Alliance which is still going strong today.  Any variation from reality is entirely down to Colin!

 SCOTT HENRY WINS OVER JUBILEE COURSE WITH A THREE-UNDER 69

 

By JOHN HENRY

A great day at the home of golf playing the Jubilee course, St Andrews had by all. Mild temperatures and a stiff breeze made some testing conditions for play. 

Having two former British amateur champions in the field, Bradley Neil and Garrick Porteous, was great but to have them play with SGU invitee Connor Wilson was even better for the development of his game to pick the brains of these now Challenge Tour players!

The course was in fantastic condition and the hospitality before and after the round was excellent in the clubhouse and at starters' hut.

  The winner with a score of 69 (3 under par) was Scott Henry who has just came back from a long stint in the Middle East playing on the Mena Tour gearing up to start his Challenge Tour season at the end of April .

Massive thanks as always to our sponsors Ellmoll Builders and Golf Finance Ltd.

Next event is on Tuesday, March 26 at Longniddry. First tee time is a noon. ALL welcome .

Jubilee Course, St Andrews

Thursday 21st March

Sponsored by Golf Finance and Ellmoll Builders

Par 72

Prize fund £1,000

1st £400 Scott Henry         69

T2 £200 each Jamie McLeary, Alan Sutherland, Michael Stewart 70

T5 Fraser McKenna, Garrick Porteous 71

T7 Connor Wilson, Ryan Campbell 72

T9 Greg Dalziel, Danny Young 73

11th Conor O'Neil, Peter Whiteford 74

13th Bradley Neil 75

14th John Henry 80

15th Euan Bowden 81

Kevin Duncan, centre, with red shirt and his winning team at today's NE Alliance pro-am championship at Portlethen GC. Alliance secretary Alan Gall is on extreme right.  From left to right: Derek Townsley, Mike Duncan, Kevin Duncan, Dave McLean, Alan Gall.
 Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

KEVIN DUNCAN LEADS TEAM TO VICTORY BY THREE STROKES AT PORTLETHEN
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Cruden Bay tour pro Kevin Duncan led his team to victory by a clear-cut margin of three strokes in today's North-east Alliance pro-am championship at Portlethen.
Duncan and team members Dave McLean (Kemnay), handicap 5, Mike Duncan (Murcar Links), handicap 7, and Derek Townsley (Peterculter) (handicap 11), were the last men to finish in the field of eight teams and their score of 19-under-par 125 toppled clubhouse leaders professional Keil Beveridge (Kippie Lodge), former Aberdeen Links champion Stewart Finnie (Caledonian) (scratch), Richard Ruddiman (Royal Aberdeen) (8) and Ritchie Smith (Portlethen) (11) who had a better inward half  than the other team to finish on 16-under-par, professional Kamran Zeynalov (Portlethen), Graham Somers (Bon Accord) (3), Steve Shand (Kemnay) (6) and Brian Munro (Newmachar) (15).


The Evening Express Scratch Shield was won by Kevin Duncan (Cruden Bay) and Dave McLean (Kemnay). The Press and Journal  Handicap Shield won by Mike Duncan (Murcar Links) (7) and Derek Townsley (Peterculter) (11).

KEVIN DUNCAN'S TEAM WIN NE ALLIANCE PRO-AM BY THREE

NORTH-EAST ALLIANCE PRO-AM CHAMPIONSHIP
@Portlethen
 best two net scores per team of four to count

par 144 (2x72)
125 K Duncan (Cruden Bay) p, D McLean (Kemnay) (5), M Duncan (Murcar Links) (7), D Townsley (Peterculter) (11) 61-64

128 Keil Beveridge (Kippie Lodge) p, S Finnie (Caledonian) (scr), R Ruddiman (Royal Aberdeen) (8), R Smith (Portlethen) (11) 65-63 (bih); K Zeynalov (Portlethen) p, G Somers (Bon Accord) (3), S Shand (Kemnay) (6), B Munro (Newmachar) (15) 64-64

131 S Kiloh (Portlethen) p, C Morrison (Inverurie) (3), W Middler (Inverurie) (4), K Mathieson (Kintore) (13) 65-66

133 C Robb (Meldrum House) p, J Borthwick (Craibstone) (3), D Booth (Tarland) (7), G Thom (Murcar Links) (11) 68-65; J Duff (Newmachar) p, D Buchan (Peterhead) (scr), R Davidson (Caledonian) (7), J Scott (Peterculter) (9) 66-67

134 R McConnachie (Peterculter) p, C Duffus (Royal Aberdeen) (6), P Cheyne (Northern) (8), I Birnie (Deeside) (9) 65-69  

138 K Nicol (Dunes GC) p, J Nicolson (Hazlehead) (2), L Fowler (Royal Aberdeen) (8), P Cornfield (Hazlehead) (11) 67-71

North-east Golfers' Alliance
Pro-Am Championship tee times
 Thursday, March 21, 2019
@Portlethen

1 09:00 1 Kris Nicol (0) Dunes Golf Centre, John Nicolson (2) Hazlehead, Les Fowler (8) Royal Aberdeen, Paul Cornfield (11) Hazlehead

2 09:09 1 Chris Robb (0) Meldrum House, John Borthwick (3) Craibstone, Doug Booth (7) Tarland, Graham Thom (11) Murcar Links

3 09:18 1 Sam Kiloh (0) Portlethen, Calum Morrison (3) Inverurie, William Middler (4) Peterhead, Ken Mathieson (13) Kintore

4 09:27 1 Ross McConnachie (0) Peterculter, Colin Duffus (6) Royal Aberdeen, Peter Cheyne (8) Northern, Ian Birnie (9) Deeside

5 09:36 1 Kamran Zeynalov (0) Portlethen, Graham Somers (3) Bon-Accord, Steve Shand (6) Kemnay, Brian Munro (15) Newmachar

6 09:45 1 Keil Beveridge (0) Kippie Lodge, Stewart Finnie (0) Caledonian, Richard Ruddiman (8) Royal Aberdeen, Ritchie Smith (11) Portlethen

7 09:54 1 John Duff (0) Newmachar, Drew Buchan (0) Peterhead, Ritchie Davidson (7) Caledonian Jim Scott (9) Peterculter

8 10:03 1 Kevin Duncan (0) Cruden Bay Dave McLean (5) Kemnay, Mike Duncan (7) Murcar Links, Derek Townsley (11) Peterculter

Edinburgh and East of Scotland Alliance

By ALAN GREENSHIELDS

Last outing of the season was enjoyed on the superb Goswick Links to where 54 members made the trip over the border to see if they could get their name on The Pitreavie Trophy at the par 72 (36-36) Northumberland course.
Joe Bryce (Bathgate) narrowly missed out in getting his name on a trophy this season but for the fifth time this season managed to gain the top scratch score with a 4 under par 68 (34-34).
Trophy winner was professional Danny Kay of Renaissance Club on 69 (36-33) to earn his second trophy of the season.
While Joe missed out on silverware, he secured top handicap prize with his net 71 ( 68 +3 hdp) and Danny secured top scratch prize.


The Handicap Order of Merit was decided and George Wither (Liberton) jumped
 ahead of Willie Laing (Prestonfield) to claim top spot for the season in a very close 
race.
 Final results were -
1. George Wither (Liberton) - 180.00
2. Willie Laing (Prestonfield) - 177.5
3. Brian Thomson (Kilspindie  -177.0

Scratch Order of Merit will be decided next week at the Annual 
Championship at Gullane where double points will be up for grabs at the
 36-hole event.
The top six remain in the same order so an exciting conclusion awaits.
 The position is - 
1. Ross Munro (Golf Clubs 4 Cash) - 622.0
2. Joe Bryce (Bathgate) - 599.5
3. Craig Surgeon (Newbattle) - 586.0
4 Simon Lockhart (Bathgate) - 554.0
5=. Danny Crolla (Kingsknowe) - 546.5
5=. Colin Fraser (Peebles) - 546.5

Alan Greenshields

Secretary/Treasurer

Edinburgh and East of Scotland Golfers' Alliance

18 Woodfield Park

Edinburgh

EH13 0RB

Mobile: 07730 007100

E-mail: secretary.eesga@talktalk.ne