SCOREBOARD

Bridge of Allan

The club held its annual Seniors Gents Open last Friday which was once again kindly sponsored by Goldcrest Blinds.

The late summer sunshine returned for the day and led to some exceptional scores being returned. The winner of the Goldcrest Trophy for returning the lowest scratch score was William McRuvie (Shotts) who returned an impressive level par 66 to win by four shots from Bridge of Allan’s Garry Bowman. Third in the scratch section was Jim McArthur (St Andrews) who scored a 73.

In the handicap section Bridge of Allan’s Hugh Dent retuned a net 63 to win by two shots from Braehead’s Stephen Stuart. Third place went Bob Rattray (Gleneagles) with his net 67.

Winner of the longest drive was William McRuvie and the nearest the pin competition was won by Bridge of Allan player Stewart Cameron.

The penultimate Monthly Medal of the season was played on Saturday and again the excellent course conditions provided some good scoring. Winner with a net 60 was Alastair Smillie and second place went to Neil McGregor with a net 63. Stuart McLachlan was third on net 64. Neil had the consolation of returning the lowest cross score of the day with his 68.

With only one round to go Alastair Smillie leads the Pullar Cup and Garry Bowman leads the Richardson Quaich.

Earlier in the week a Wednesday nine-hole Stableford was held and winner was Robert Birrell with 18 points. Stirling

Last weekend was the September Medal and the weekend Medal Finals.

Good weather on Saturday was reflected with some excellent scoring with no more than six players in Class One all returning net 68s.

Craig Wilkie continued his recent run of good form to win Class 1 on the countback from Brian Cree, Colin Nicol, Ben Liddell, Campbell Leggat and Greg McLellan.

The latter was also unfortunate - returning an excellent scratch two under par 70 in a five birdie round - to lose out to Craig on the better inward half in the Class 1 Medal Final. The losing five however have the consolation of qualifying for the finals in 2018.

Craig recorded 14 pars, two birdies (6th and 10th) a double bogey at the 3rd and a bogey at the 4th in nines of 38 and 35. Brian Cree was second and Colin Nicol third.

Bruce Hunter won Class 2 and qualified for next year’s finals with a fine round of net 67. His score was built on an outward nine of one over par 37. James Brown was second and Jamie Tierney third. Donnie MacLeod won the Class 2 Medal Final with a net 73.

Murray Smith, playing on Friday, recorded 10 pars playing off 18 in nines of 44 and 40 to win Class 3 on net 66. Andrew Hislop was second but as a medal Qualifier won the Class 3 Medal Finals. Michael Willis was thuid on net 70.

Results: Class 1 - 1 Craig Wilkie 73 (5) 68 bih (medal qualifier 2018 and Medal Finals winner 2017); 2 Brian Cree 77 (9) 68 bih (medal qualfier 2018); 3 Colin Nicol 76 (8) 68 bih (medal qualifier 2018).

Class 2 - 1 Bruce Hunter 77 (10) 67 (medal qualifier 2018); 2 James Brown 79 (10) 69; 3 Jamie Tierney 82 (12) 70. Medal Final Winner 2017 - Donnie MacLeod 73/

Class 3 - 1 Murray Smith 84 (18) 66 (medal qualifier 2018); 2 Andrew Hislop 85 (17) 68 (medal finals winner 2017); 3 Michael Willis 90 (20) 70.

Club champion Liam Haldane and partner James S Todd beat three-times club champion and this year’s runner-up Allan Watson and Brendan Watt to win the club foursomes final.

In a low scoring match Liam and James were two under par against Allan and Brendan’s level par to take a three-hole lead at the turn, and held on to win 4&3.

On Sunday David Oates will play John (Fleck) Johnstone in the final of the Nimmo Cup. David is looking for a third trophy of the season and will face a tough challenge conceding eight shots to John.

In a closely contested Captain’s Prize final, Kevin Cunningham defeated Peter McGuigan at the 19th hole using his stroke allowance.

Colin Ferguson put the recent disappointment of losing the final of the Stirlingshire County Handicap Matchplay final at Glenbervie behind him by winning both the Autumn Meeting Handicap Prize and the Infirmary Cup. Colin returned an impressive net 65 to win the Autumn Meeting and his Spring meeting score of net 69 combined to give a winning 134 score for the Infirmary Cup.

Allan Watson won the Autumn Meeting scratch medal with a great three under par score of 69.

Liam Haldane won the KG Patrick Medal with scratch scores of 70 and 74 (144) in the Spring and Autumn meetings respectively. Dollar

Swanston Trophy (Saturday, September 2): Div 1 - 1 Darren Hulston 61 (+3) 64; 2 Kenneth Christie 73 (8) 65; 3 Robert Smith 75 (9) 66. Div 2 - 1 Andrew Rourke 79 (15) 64; 2 Tom Millar 81 (14) 67; 3 Jerry Cant 82 (13) 69.

36-holes strokeplay (Sunday, September 3): Scratch - 1 Darren Hulston 124 (63, 61); 2 Andrew Anderson 144 (71,73); 3 Gary Dunbar 126 (74, 72).

Current Caledonian League champions Dollar ended the season top of Division D, some 13½ points ahead of runnersup King James and now go forward to the semi-final of the Championship play-off against Kirkcaldy. Dollar Ladies

Extra Medal (Wednesday, August 30): Silver -1 Moragh Dunning 93 (16) 77; 2 Ashley Leitch 95 (18) 77; 3 Elan Borrowman 95 (15) 80. Bronze -1 Janette McMillan 91 (28) 63: 2 Barbara Malcolm 102 (23) 79; 3 Christine Hogg 108 (24) 84. Dunblane New

Having honed his game over the Trump course on Friday, Neil Panton returned to Dunblane New to win the scratch class in the Monthly Medal on Saturday with a one over par 70 and better inward half than Allan Cowie on a day when the CSS rose to 71.

With birdies at the 7th and 11th and bogeys at 2, 8 and 17, Neil edged out Allan who had one more bogey on the back nine.

First Class was won by Vinny O’Holloran (5) on 66 and BIH than Duncan Morrison (8). Vinny birdied 11 and 13 with dropped shots at 2, 5 and 10 whilst Duncan birdied 9, 13 and 14 but dropped shots at six holes. Third place went to Paul Anderson (10) on 67 and BIH than Tommy Green (6).

Cliff Gordon (13) won Second Class on 69 and BIH, including birdies at 15 and 18 than Brian Hunter (14) while third spot went to Bob Wales (14) on 70 and BIH than Gavin Brown (14).

In Third Class there was success for William Don (22) with a 66. Runner up was Lachlan MacGregor (17) on 70 and BIH than Alistair Pringle (25). Fourth place went to Stuart Whelan (19) who played on Friday and returned a 70 which was one over the CSS but BIH than Brendon Connolly (19) who returned a 72 on Saturday.

All the class winners now qualify for the Medal Finals this weekend.

On Sunday the A team narrowly lost by 4½-3½ to Glenbervie in the semi-final of the Stirlingshire Golf Union League play offs at Falkirk. The team are to be congratulated on reaching this stage for the first time since the leagues were reorganised.

Dunblane New have won the Central and Lothians Retired Members League for 2017, their first success for many years although they have been second on a number of occasions. Again congratulations to all the players who participated during the season.

The final Midweek Medal of the season is today (Wednesday).

This weekend is the Autumn Meeting and a final opportunity to qualify for the Medal Finals.

The Observer Trophy Open Mixed Foursomes which had to be cancelled on August 26 will now be played on Saturday, September 23. Tee times can be booked on line or through the office. Results

Monthly Medal (September 1 and 2): Scratch - 1 NA Panton 70 bih. First Class =- 1 V O’Holloran 71 (5) 66 bih; 2 D Morrison 74 (8) 66; 3 P Anderson 77 (10) 67 bih; 4 TM Green 73 (6) 67.

Second Class: 1 CT Gordon 82 (13) 69 bih; 2 BJ Hunter 83 (14) 69; 3 R Wales 84 (14) 70 bih; 4 G Brown 84 (14) 70. Third Class: 1 W Don 88 (22) 66 bih; 2 L MacGregor 87 (17) 70 bih; 3 A Pringle 95 (25) 70; 4 S Whelan 89 (1) 70 bih. Dunblane New Ladies

Captains Prize: Div 1 -1 Sheila Durward 89 (18) 71; 2 Helen Wynd 89 (13) 76; 3 Laura Lee 94 (18) 76. Div 2 - 1 Maggie Gardner 105 (26) 79; 2 Michele Abel 103 (23) 80; 3 Audrey Wilkie 109 (28) 81.

Stableford Trophy: Div 1 -1 Irene Higgins 34pts, 2 Nan Morrison 34pts, 3 Val Purdie 31pts. Div 2 - 1 Jill Montgomery 33pts, 2 Jane MacLennan 31pts, 3 Maggie Gardner 31pts.