The rain was continuous from start to end of play and only a few who teed off very early got perhaps six or seven of the first nine holes played in the dry.

In the lucky few were Tain club-mates Raymond Lockie and Andrew Watt and they were the only other two in the entry of 49 who broke 80, twelve of the 49 entries not returning scores or completing 18 holes.

Seven handicapper Watt was a creditable 79 to take second scratch and Lockie a nett 71, off eight for first handicap in Class 1.

Local Mike Moran grossed 84, but with the conditions even his nett 75 took a second handicap place and was followed on to the prize list by two members from Tarbat, Mike Keay (7) 76 and Hamish Skinner (9) 77.

With the best nett score of the competition, a nett 70 from his handicap of 12, C Stewart from Reay was a seven shot winner in Class 2.

Making a reappearance in Alliance golf Francis Keith (Durness) fought and won with a count of 43 an inward nine hole countback with Graham Macleod (Thurso) for second place. Gavin Gunn (Reay) was fourth with 78.

The next fixture takes place this weekend at Royal Dornoch.

Results:

Scratch – M Ferries (Tain) 75; A Watt (Tain), R Lockie (Tain) 79; B Ronald (Thurso ) 81; M Keay (Tarbat), R Matheson (Thurso) 83; M Moran (Invergordon), A Gunn (Tain) 84.

Handicap Class 1 – R Lockie (Tain) (8) 71; M Moran (Invergordon) (9) 75; M Keay (Tarbat) (7) 76; H Skinner (Tarbat) (9) 77.

Handicap Class 2 – C Stewart (Reay) (12) 70; F R M Keith (Durness) (12), G McLeod (Thurso) (18) 77; G Gunn (Reay) (10) 78.

* Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Club have landed a highlight fixture onto their card for season 2010 when their Chanonry Point course designed by James Braid was chosen to host the Scottish senior women's amateur championship from Tuesday to Friday, June 29 to July 2 next year.

The 36-hole strokeplay championship is played over the first two days and the winner is crowned Scottish senior women's amateur strokeplay champion for the year. The top 16 qualify automatically for the matchplay championship and played at the same venue over the next two days.

Fiona Hunter (Baberton) from Edinburgh won the stroke play title at Kinross this year and two of her biggest threats in Fortrose will come from the Tain sisters Anne Ryan and Mary Smith, Mary the winner of the strokeplay championship at Deeside in 2008 and Anne just passing the qualifying age of fifty last August.

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