Golf returns
BRIDGE OF ALLAN
Another busy weekend started off with the Senior Gents Nine Hole Stableford where the consistent Gordon Darlington won with his 20 point total just pipping Alastair Donald on a countback. Third place went to Brian Paterson with 19 points. Gordon Darlington is also leading the way in the early stages of the Senior Order of Merit with 20 points and is also joint leader of the Seniors Eclectic with Brian Paterson both players having 24 points.
In Saturday’s Monthly Medal James Inglis proved too good for the field winning with a fantastic net 59. James’s score was three better than Lewis Cowie who was second with a net 62 and third place went to Scott Mackenzie on net 64. The best gross score was this week returned by Kyle Mcclung who score an excellent one under par 65. Leading the way in the Saturday Eclectic on net 53 are Louis Dowley, Ian Houston, Roberto Zanelli and Scott Mackenzie.
In Sunday’s Gents White Tee Nine Hole Stableford, Graeme Bowden managed to win on a countback from Jim Black both scoring 17 points however Jim currently leads the Sunday Eclectic on 22 points.
DUNBLANE NEW
Another busy week once again saw large entries in each of the competitions.
On Sunday there was a 50 per cent increase from recent years in the entries for the 36-hole Ballantine Medal and on 143 (73/70), Alan Lockhart retained the medal he won last year.
In the Scratch Class, Craig Mcgann recovered from a mediocre first round to take first spot on 146 and best second round (76/70). Runner up was Harry Barton (75/71) and better second round than than Gavin Denham (73/73).. Fourth place went to Steven Aitken on 147 (75/72).
Euan Douglas (8) won the Handicap Class on 135 (67/68) ahead of Stephen Murray (5) on 138 (65/73). Stephen’s first round of 65 was the best net score on the day and was the leading scratch score after the first round. Third place went to Christopher Macdonald (10) on 139 (68/71) with Stuart Campbell (4) in fourth place on 140 (72/68) and better second round than Luke Hendren (9) (71/69).
On Friday and Saturday as a result of the late start to the season the competition included the Infirmary Trophy, the Old Club Trophy first round qualifying and the first round of the Handicap Stroke Play Championship.
Winner of the Infirmary Trophy with an eight under par 61 was Gary Thomson (25) despite finishing with a triple bogey eight but with eight pars and double bogeys at 6, 13 and 16. Best scratch score was a one under par 68 returned on Friday by Craig Mcgann with birdies at 1, 4, 14 and 18.
In the First Class the winner was Anthony Stanger (10) on 66 with birdies at 1 and 8 and a double bogey at 14. Runner up was Iain Christie (6) on 67. Ten players then returned 68 but third place went to Malcolm Scott (5) with a better inward half than Christopher Macdonald (11) who had a better inward half than the others.
Owen Hutchison (13) won the Second Class on 66 including birdies at 9 and 11. Runner up on 67 was Calum Ferguson (13) with Jim Sloan (14) third on 68. Five players then returned 69 but fourth place went to Stewart Taylor (13) with a better last six.
In the Third Class Joe Higgins (18) won on 64 with Iain Mccallum (19) second on 65. Third place went to Steve Birnie (25) on 67 and a better inward half than Stuart Reid (20).
There was the biggest entry ever in the Wednesday Stableford of 191 players. Winner of First Class was Ian Campbell (11) on 44 points which included a hole in one at the 3rd. Runner up was Allan Higgins (6) on 41 points and third spot went to Stuart Mcdonald (11) on 40 points. Five players then returned 39 points but fourth place went to James Mcintyre (10) with a best last six.
In the Second Class the winner was David Maclennan (13) on 42 points and best last six, including a birdie at 17 but a double bogey at 18, than Finlay Mason (15). Third place went to Hal Mills (16) on 41 points and better inward half than John Young (15).
Brian Abel (19) won the Third Class on 41 points and better inward half than John Douglas (19). Third place went to Scott Muir (17) on 40 points and better inward half than Lloyd Hardman (18).
As well as Ian Campbell’s hole in one, Ian Docherty had a hole in one at 14.
There will be a Yellow Tee Stableford today (Wednesday) and on Saturday there will be the Captain/pros Day when there will be a break from medal competition for a fun round of golf. Tee times in fourballs should be reserved on the On line Booking System.
Results: Ballantine Medal (Sunday, July 19): Winner - Alan Lockhart 143 (73/70). Scratch - 1 Craig Mcgann 146 bsr (76/70); 2 Harry Barton 146 bsr (75/71); 3 Gavin Denham 146 (73/73); 4 Steven Aitken 147 (75/72).
Handicap - 1 Euan Douglas (8) 135 (67/68); 2 Stephen Murray (5) 138 (65/73); 3 Christopher Macdonald (10) 139 (68/71); 4 Stuart Campbell (4) 140 bsr (72/68) 140Bsr
Infirmary Trophy and Oct first round (July 17-18): Winner - Gary Thomson 86 (25) 61. Scratch - Craig Mcgann 68.
First Class - 1 Anthony Stanger 76 (10) 66; 2 Iain Christie 73 (6) 67; 3 Malcolm Scott 73 (5) 68 bih; 4 Christopher Macdonald 79 (11) 68 bih.
Second Class - 1 Owen Hutchison 79 (13) 66; 2 Calum Ferguson 80 (13) 67; 3 Jim Sloan 82 (14) 68; 4 Stewart Taylor 82 (13) 69 bl6.
Third Class - 1 Joe Higgins 82 (18) 64; 2 Iain Mccallum 84 (19) 65; 3 Steve Birnie 92 (25) 67 bih; 4 Stuart Reid 87 (20) 67.
Midweek Stableford (July 15): First Class - 1 Ian Campbell (11) 44 pts; 2 Allan Higgins (6) 41 pts; 3 Stuart Mcdonald (11) 40 pts; 4 James Mcintyre (10) 39 pts bl6.
Second Class - 1 David Maclennan (13) 42 pts bl6; 2 Finlay Mason (15) 42 pts; 3 Hal Mills (16) 41 pts bih; 4 John Young (15) 41 pts.
Third Class - 1 Brian Abel (19) 41 pts bih; 2 John Douglas (19) 41 pts; 3 Scott Muir (17) 40 pts bih; 4 Lloyd Hardman (18) 40 pts.
DUNBLANE NEW LADIES
Craig Cup Qualifying second round and medal (July 14 - CSS 71, Par 71). 1 Carolyn Smith 97 (30) 67; 2 Lorna Brown 87 (15) 72; 3 Heather Bell 109 (37) 72.
BRAEHEAD
Senior section competitions continued last week with some 63 players vying to win the rescheduled Rae Mcfarlane Trophy on Wednesday, July 15. Congratulations go to Kevin Preston who won the trophy after countback with a score of net 65.
Results: Division One (Scratch to 17 handicap) - 1 Mark Waddell 83 (17) 66; 2 equal Stuart Matchett 75 (8) 67, Peter Martin 83 (16) 67, Rick Spencer 81 (14) 67 and Peter Johnston 74 (7) 67. Division Two (18 and over) - 1 equal Kevin Preston 84 (19) 65 and Bill Ross 84 (19) 65; 2 equal Tom Breen 84 (18) 66 and Mike Tetlow 84 (18) 66.
STIRLING
It has been busy at Stirling with 302 players playing over the weekend in the Club Championship Strokeplay, Club Championship second round qualifier, Victory Cup and King James V matchplay qualifier. The CSS was 71 on both days.
Players enjoyed an excellent presented course with fast true putting surfaces.
Jas Donaldson added a one over par 73 to his first round 69 for a winning score of 142 to win the Club Championship Strokeplay. He had birdies at 1, 4, 9 and 18 in halfs of 35/38 and is Number 1 seed in the Club Championship Matchplay Qualifiers (16)
Joint first round leader Sean Mcauley struggled to an 83 however still managed to secure a place in the Top 16.
Former Stirling Albion player and boss now driving instructor John Philliben easily navigated his way round on Saturday to win the Victory Cup. John, out first at 7am enjoyed the best of the weekend weather and capitalised with a haul of four birdies - at 2, 13,16 and 18 and holed an nine-iron at the 11th for an eagle two in a career best score of three under par 69 (net 63) in halfs of 36/33. John returned to Class 1 with a lowest ever handicap of 5.1.
Barry Paterson added an impressive net 66 to an opening 70 to win the Watson Cameron Rosebowl with a score of 133. He had an amazing finish of 3, 2, 6 (birdie, eagle, bogey) for a four over par 76 and leads the qualfiers for Club Championship Handicap Matchplay.
Ever steady John Colquhoun carded a tidy one under par 71 with birdies at 2,10,11 and 17 and only three dropped shots at 6, 7 and 9 for second place in Class 1. Stuart Cunningham beat club champion David Oates on the bih for third place - both players on 69.
Scott Monteith playing on Friday won Class 2 on the bih with a tidy card of 14 pars and a birdie at 18 for a four over par 76 (net 66). Barry Paterson was second and Euan Mclean third.
Rory Mackenzie won Class 3 and lost out on a shot to John Philliben for the Victory Cup with a net 64. Three double bogeys at 1, 4 and 5 were offset with birdies at 11 and 16. Dominic Mcnally was second on net 66 and Mark Kennedy was third on net 70.
Club Championship qualifiers (142 to 154): J Donaldson, D Oates (defending champion), J Colquhoun, D Kunecki, C Forsyth, G Mclellan, S Mclellan, T Moore, B Liddell, S Mcauley, J Philliben, A Wilson, C Brown, R Moore, D Todd and N Ramage. First round is on Monday, July 27.
Seniors Championship Qualifiers (155-164): A Taylor, K Brunton (defending champion) I Matthewson, M Ferguson, K Stewart, D Dryland, G Wilson snr and S Peebles.
Handicap Championship Qualifiers (136-143): B Paterson, M Tortolano, J Kilgannon, R Kerr, J Tierney, D Mcnally,
C Sneddon and A Morrison.
Seniors Handicap Championship (141148): L Davidson, D Gavin, I Wallace, H Waters, M Willis, A Ferguson, G Robertson and D Macleod.
Draw for King James V Trophy - Kilgannon v Mcnally, Paterson v Philliben, Mckenzie v Colquhoun, Mclean v Monteith.
Draw for Nimmo Cup has also been posted in locker room all players in both competitions should append contact telephone numbers and contact opponents for completion of ties by due dates (August 8). No extensions will be granted.
Results: Class 1 - 1 John Philliben 69 (3) 66 and Victory Cup Winner; 2 John Colquhoun 71 (3) 68; 3 Stuart Cunnningham 77 (8) 69 bih. Class 2 - 1 Scott Monteith 76 (10) 66 bih; 2 Barry Paterson 76 (10) 66 and Watson Cameron Rosebowl Winner; 3 Euan Mclean 79 (12) 67. Class 3 - 1 Rory Mckenzie 81 (17) 64; 2 Dominic Mcnally 85 (19) 66; 3 Mark Kennedy 87 (17) 70.
Wednesday Medal: Class 1 - 1 Dariuz Kunecki 72 (5) 67 finals qualifier; 2 David Kernohan 72 (4) 68 bih; 3 John Colquhoun 71 (3) 68. Class 2 - 1 Gregor Mcgown 80 (11) 69 bih finals qualifier; 2 John Cattigan 83 (14) 68 finals qualifier; 3 Barry Paterson 80 (10) 70. Class 3 - 1 Les Davidson 83 (16) 67 finals qualifier; 2 Stephen Henderson 89 (21) 68 bih; 3 Murray Smith 86 (18) 68.
This weekend players will compete in the re-scheduled John Duncan Trophy and Queen Victoria Jubilee Vase (for players over age 55 at 1/11/2019).
Congratulations to Steven Lee who had a hole in one at the 14th on Sunday.
Finally, all players are reminded to top up Competition Purse for competitons entry. See recent email for details to process.
STIRLING JUNIORS
Junior Club Championship: Strokeplay Champion Adam Smith 150 (75,75). Qualifers - Adam Smith, Cameron Hendrson, Euan Davidson, Wallace Mcinnes. Draw - Smith v Mcinnes, Henderson v Davidson. Handicap Championship Qualifiers - Ben Wilson, Thomas Kelly, Lorne Mcculloch, Josh Mciiwaine. Draw - Wilson v Mcillwaine, Kelly v Mcculloch.