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Tain Golf Club
Senior Club Championship Qualifying (CSS 71)
Scratch — 1 D Vass 75; 2 R Clark 81; 3 C Finlayson 82 BIH; 4 D MacKay 82.
Handicap — 1 K Anderson (15) 72; 2 M Anderson (15) 74 BIH; 3. B McDougall (16) 74; 4 J Bradley (19) 75.
Box Tee Medal (CSS 71) — 1 S Martin (16) 67; 2 R Ross (21) 71 BIH; 3 B MacMillan (25) 71; 4 D Sutherland (17) 72.
Numbers for this week’s Tain Golf Club Lottery were 4, 15, 18 and 20 and as there was no winner this week the jackpot next week is £1,800. Draws from now on will be at 1pm on Sunday.
Alness Golf Club
Cattanach Greensomes — 1 K Dunnett and D Gripton (20) 69; 2 J Keith and H Macculloch (15) 77.
Whyte and Mackay Trophy — 1 C Taylor (3) 61; 2 M Reilly (14) 67.
Commercial Shield — 1 D Stevenson (6) 65; 2 J Henderson (8) 66.
Bonar Bridge Golf Club (picture above)
THERE was a good entry for the Senior Ladies Open at Bonar Bridge/Ardgay Golf Club on Monday 2nd June and it was very well supported by our local clubs and with entries from three of the more northern courses, Thurso, Lybster and Durness. We all depend on each other to keep these competitions going and sustain our clubs.
Scratch and the Simpson Trophy — Janey Borley, Invergordon (13) 82
Silver Division — 1 and winner of the Matheson Claret Jug, Maureen Wemyss, Bonar Bridge/ Ardgay (18) 71; 2 Linda Thompson, Tain (14) 72 BIH; 3 Angela Williamson, Thurso (20) 72
Bronze One — 1 and winner of the Luke Salver, Fioan Porter, Bonar Bridge/Ardgay (27) 66; 2 Bel Shepherd, Royal Dornoch (22) 69; 3 Elizabeth Henderson, Royal Dornoch (26) 70.
Bronze Two — 1 Donna Matheson, Royal Dornoch (24) 69; 2 Cecily Vass, Tarbat (32) 72; 3 Sylvia Bremner, Royal Dornoch (36) 74.
Jean Russell from Tain was nearest the pin.
Ladies April and May results:
Thistle Brooch — 1 Cheryl Hasson (26) 70; 2 Fiona Porter (29) 73; 3 Mary Hayden (21) 75.
Clic Sargent — 1 Jacqui Sutherland (20) 67; 2 Yvonne Lowe (26) 69; 3 Fiona Porter (29) 69.
Campbell Cup — 1 Caroline Munro (24) 34 points; 2 Maureen Wemyss (18) 32; 3 Jacqui Sutherland (19) 32.
Golf Foundation Brooch — 1 Vicki Burnett (26) 69; 2 Marjory Matheson (21) 72; 3 Jacqui Sutherland (19) 72.
Salver Round One — 1 Fiona Porter (29) 67; 2 Linda Fraser (28) 69; 3 Janice Steggles (23) 70.
Salver Round Two — 1 Janice Steggles (23) 64; 2 Fiona Porter (28) 67; 3 Maureen Wemyss (18) 70.
Salver result — 1 Janice Steggles; 2 Fiona Porter: 3 Maureen Wemyss.
Mussard Trophy — 1 Cheryl Hasson and Jinty Wright (29) 67; 2 Pat Webster and Fiona Porter (29) 68; 3 Joyce Elliott and Jeani Hunter (23) 70.
Strathpeffer Spa Golf Club
Gents
Spring Meeting — 1 J Pirie (8) 62; 2 S Lemmon (7) 64; 3 L Porter (28) 65.
Europcar Shield — 1 N Mackay (26) 61; 2 A MacBean (6) 63; 3 P Bannerman (6) 63.
Randale Jackson Medal — 1 P Bannerman (5) 64; 2 Barry MacKay (9) 65; 3 R H Stewart (2) 65.
Seniors
Seniors Medal — 1 J Marshall (16) 59; 2 F Copely (11) 61; 3 C Anderson (12) 62.
Ladies
Telecom Vases — Silver Winner, K Grainger 69.
MacMillan Cancer Spoon — 1 K Bartlett (15) 36; 2 E Coupland (17) 33.
Ladies Open sponsored by Francis and Margaret Blair, Achterneed.
Scratch — 1 N Bartlett (Strath) 77; 2 M Smith (Tain) 78.
Silver Handicap — 1 P Bethune (M/ord) 63; 2 G Anderson (Strath) 67 BIH; 3 E Coupland (Strath) 67.
Bronze Handicap — 1 R Stallard (F&R) 69; 2 A MacKay (Tarbat) 73; 3 J Powell (Gairloch) 78.
Isle of Skye Texas Scramble — 1 J Garrow, S MacKenzie, J Marshall and F Byrne 53.1; 2 A Mitchell, N Ross, K Kellow and I Bartlett 54.1; 3 S Duff ,J Gordon, M MacKenzie and A MacBean 54.6.
Muir of Ord Golf Club
Ladies Kalinka Cup (CSS 73 RO) — 1 W Spencer (21) 28 points; 2 P Bethune (18) 27.
Midweek Stableford (CSS 68) — 1 D Gray (14) 41; 2 B Syms (8) 39; 3 R Moir (4) 39; 4 D Sutherland (12) 39.
Davy Ross Memorial (CSS 68)
Scratch — 1 J Whittet 69; 2 D Bethune 73.
Handicap — 1 G Ross (10) 65; 2 P MacLaren (15) 65; 3 J Wylie (22) 65; 4 M Sharples (12) 65.
Open Texas Scramble — 1 J Whittet, S Forbes, S Johnson and P Brindle (1.7) 53.3; 2 M Gray, M Gray, D Gray and J Grant (4.1) 54.9.
Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Club
THE club are hosting an Open Texas Scramble on Sunday, June 15. Players go out in teams of four at ten minute intervals. If there are any withdrawals or late entries please telephone the golf shop on (01381) 620733. Players from the home club unless otherwise stated. Abbreviations: C Carrbridge; D Deeside; E Eriskay; ED Edzell; H Hopeman; I Inverness; M Muir of Ord; N Nairn; R Royal County Down; RD Royal Dornoch; S Servanes; T Torvean.
7.30am — G Keith, I Keith, A Cameron, R Keith.
8am — M MacDonald, C Young, N MacDonald (E), Partner; Partners; M M Brown, L Reid, B Hunter, A Brown.
9am — J A Smith, Partner, Partner, Partner; J Hearmon, Partner, Partner, Partner; D Joel (I), J Treasurer (I), S McCallum (I), B Gunn (I).
9.30am — K Fowler, E Skinner, P Schnier, B Kerr (RD); P Green (M), M Mertram (M), L Reid (M), N Telford (M); I Fraser (D), C Taylor (E), Mrs H Hepburn (H), Mrs M Taylor (H).
10am — D Gallacher (D), D Taylor (E), Mrs H Hepburn (H), Mrs M Taylor (H); G Harrison, C Harrison, Partner, Partner; S Lindsay, J Price, A Plampton, I Lewis.
10.30am — J Stewart, C McLean (I), P Fraser (I), D Campbell (I); T Bonnin (N), Mrs R Bonnin (N), F Leymarie (S), Mrs B Leymarie (S); R McPhee, G Ross (I), P Nairn (I), R MacGillvary (I).
11am — J A Thow, M Galloway, B MacKintosh (M), N Hallam (T); J Lackie, G Cameron, Partner, Partner.
12pm — W Gardiner, G Walker (T), K MacKintosh (T), B Stewart (T); A Tait, L Patience, P L Taylor, D Chisholm.
1pm — K Green, R Carr, D Gruber, Partner.
1.30pm — J Gill, Mrs J Gill, J York (N), Mrs C York (N); T Lloyd, Mrs D Lloyd (RD), N Wallace (C), J Nelson (R).
