Everett secures second Tain club championship
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CHAMPIONS Week ended at Tain Golf Club last Saturday afternoon after frantic efforts from the greens staff to get the course back in order after morning flooding.
The two leading men’s qualifiers from the previous weekend’s qualifying rounds met in the final, each chasing a second championship title.
Billy Ferries was hoping to end a 17-year wait following his only success in 1998 while a much younger Alan Everett was bidding to add to his 2010 success.
After putting out defending champion Lyle McAlpine in the semi-finals it was Ferries who went into the final as favourite, but Everett won the championship by 2&1.
The men’s handicap championship was won by teenager Daryn Jack (18).
In the women’s scratch championship, Claire Ross added to her 2012 and 2014 titles by winning with a two-hole margin.
The handicaps of the finalists in the women’s handicap final were both 22 and the scratch tie was ended after 16 holes when Deirdre Wlodarczyk beat Angela Ross 4&2.
The junior scratch champion is Scott MacDougall (15) who beat his older brother Callum in the final, while the other trophy went to Sean Kennedy after a win over Connor Keay in the handicap final.
The club would like to thank sponsors The Mortgage Shop and Ewan Forrest for supporting the tournament they hosted on Sunday. There was a huge field of 140 players.
The format for the day was an Open Pairs Texas Scramble and the winners were:
Scratch — 1 65 B Campbell, Tain and S Buchan, Invergordon.
Handicap — 1 A Sangster and G Oliver, Tain 63; 2 S Sutherland, Tain and J Sutherland, Bonar Bridge
Tain Golf Club lottery numbers on July 5 were 2, 9, 18 and 20 and as there was no winner, next week’s jackpot is £1,000.
North of Scotland Women’s Golf Championship
This year’s North of Scotland women’s golf championship got under way over the Fortrose and Rosemarkie golf course on Monday.
Defending champion Ailsa Summers (Angus
Summers had an easy 5&4 first round win over Sheila Bradley (Kirriemuir) while the second qualifier, for Nairn member Laura Walker (Muckhart), chipped in for a birdie at the 17th and then won the last with par three to get through against Nicola Robertson (Stirling).
Four Northern Counties members made it through to the scratch matchplay stages and 11 into the handicap rounds.
The scratch qualifiers were home club member Lynne Fraser, Inverness’s Gillian Dowling, Nairn’s Annabelle Brown and Royal Dornoch’s Alison Bartlett.
Fraser, an eight-time club champion, won through to round two where she came up against Summers. Also through went Nairn’s Annabelle Brown who beat Bartlett while Dowling lost to Lauren Watson (Deeside).
In the handicap draw the North qualifiers numbered 11 and giving the home county every chance of success were: Sarah Irvine (Dornoch), Anne Mackay (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), Iona Roska (Inverness), Sally Rowan (Inverness), Linda Offin (Bonar-Bridge
First round results — Val McMurdo beat Susan Ogg (Dunkeld) 6
Invergordon Golf Club
Club championship runner-up David MacCormack continued his good form by winning the 36-hole Macgregor Rose Bowl.
An excellent second round 66 for a total of 139 was good enough to beat Leigh Simpson into second place by four shots.
Cameron Morrison was the sole scorer with a birdie at hole 13 in the Mairi Russell Challenge.
The North District Boys Championship for the Bain Trophy will be played over the Invergordon course today (Friday) with some promising young players taking part.
Alness Golf Club
Men’s section
June Medal — 1 Doug Mackintosh (12) 64; 2 Willie Hart (17) 67.
Dalmore Cup Round 4 — 1 Doug Stevenson (5) 66; 2 Gerry Hart (13) 68.
Women’s section
July Medal
Silver Division — 1 Rhoda Patterson (9) 69; 2 Isabel Ross (14) 75.
Bronze Division — 1 Kate Whythe (22) 75; 2 Heather Gill (26) 77.
Bonar Bridge(with pic) Golf Club
The club held a Greensomes competition to remember late member Mollie Mansfield.
Results — 1 and winners of the Mollie Mansfield Trophy, Yvonne Lowe and Janice Steggles (Bonar Bridge) 62; 2 Angela Ford and Erika Richards (Ullapool) 63.8; 3 Rona Smith and Dot MacDonald (Abernethy) 65.8; 4 Fiona Porter and Vicki Burnett (Bonar Bridge) 66.
Nearest the pin — Jeani Hunter (Bonar Bridge).
Longest drive — silver division — Angela Ford (Ullapool); bronze division — Jo Powell (Gairloch).
Muir of Ord Golf Club
Women’s Club Championship third round (CSS 71 ) — F Graham (24) 72; Y Martin (26) 72.
Midweek Strokeplay (CSS 68) — K Gillanders (10) 64; G Mellis (4) 64; B Creighton (13) 65; C Bell (15) 65.
Seniors Open (CSS 69): Scratch — R Mackay 74.
Handicap 0-15 — J Ross (13) 66; K MacGruer (9) 66; D Fulton (7) 67; A Neish (11) 68.
Handicap 16-28 — P MacMillian (17) 67; M Morrison (24) 67; J Alford (17) 67; R Blake (19) 69.
Men’s Club Championship second round and July Monthly Medal (CSS 70)
Scratch — J Whittet 73.
Handicap 0-9 — S Rose (9) 68; G T Sutherland (6) 68.
Handicap 10-18 — N Telford (13) 67; P MacKenzie (16) 69.
Handicap 19-28 — J Shields (20) 76; D Ritchie (22) 76.
