R&A AUTUMN MEETING

Persistent rainfall, overcast skies and cool temperatures were the ingredients for the weather as the second week of the R&A Autumn Meeting continued yesterday. Australian Gerald Rawson won his Round 3 Jubilee Vase match yesterday morning, beating Canadian Craig Thomas 4 and 3. On Tuesday, in his match against local Robert Tullis, Rawson’s ball was plucked from Granny Clark’s Wynd at the start of the match by a gull, who tossed it around before then flying off with it towards the beach. Rawson went on to win 5 and 4. Yesterday afternoon Rawson lost on the 18th green to American Rich McDonald – with no interference from the gulls. Through to Round 4 of the competition is club committee member David Christie, who won a tight match in the morning against David Stirling by 1 hole, and in the afternoon eased through by beating Brad Krey 6 and 4. The Royal Calcutta Millennium Plate continued at Kingsbarns yesterday. Successful in the continuing Round 1 matches was past captain Pierre Bechmann, who beat Angus GP Dr Graeme Sutherland 4 and 3. Fellow past captain Sandy Dawson lost to Charles Anderson, a past president of Atlanta Athletic Club, 2 and 1.

Results – Queen Victoria Jubilee Vase, Round 3 –

DI Pepper (12) beat TP Goodman (12) at the 20th; Professor AM Morris (16) beat JA Mottola (12) 2 holes; Dr HR McDonald (8) beat M Jackson (1) 2 and 1; GA Rawson (22) beat CD Thomas (16) 4 and 3; RD Wassenaar (12) beat K L Mould (5) 3 and 2; Dr M M Hantman (8) beat JK Dorrington (19) 5 and 4; Dr ART McFarlane (10) beat Distinguished Professor L Collinson (1) 2 and 1; PA Schuller (2) beat M McKenna (Scr) 3 and 2; JG Verity (4) beat B Stokoe (14) 2 and 1; Dr EJ Brodie (4) beat RJ Fates (11) at the 19th; Dr NJ Wilson (12) beat G S Keyden (12) 6 and 5; RW Bryden (13) beat Alastair G Scott (12) 5 and 4; N Steiner (3) walkover; KA Simpson (7) beat PT Wildridge (5) 3 and 2; GC Hendrie (12) beat JA Makinson (19) at the 19th; J Devlin (5) beat TJW Stobbs (12) 6 and 5;B R Krey (7) beat JF Martin (15) 3 and 2; D Christie (12) beat DA Stirling (7) 1 hole; DR Quinton (5) beat GD Gitsham (20) 4 and 3; RA Fairweather (10) beat Dr KC Perks (10) 7 and 6; DNR Philip (3) beat PY Reed (9) 3 and 2; MR Williams (20) beat RR Read (13) 5 and 4; PC Johnson (10) beat Dr JH Rigg (14) 6 and 5; JS McArthur (2) beat DM Lenagan (9) 2 and 1; Dr ADG Duncan (8) beat AJ M Carmichael (12) 2 and 1; DW Dorman (11) beat PW Martin (16) 3 and 2; JA Gibson (7) beat G B Waters (9) 4 and 3; A Dunkley (16) beat Dr RCG Robertson (3) 1 hole; DG Sezna (7) beat BL Howe (13) at the 19th; AE Cattanach (9) beat D B Grant (19) 6 and 5; GCF Howe (13) beat RD Patterson (5) at the 19th; SC Cox (12) beat SM Foehl (11) 5 and 4.

Queen Victoria Jubilee Vase, Round 4

– DI Pepper (12) beat Professor AM Morris (16) 2 and 1; Dr HR McDonald (8) beat GA Rawson (22) 1 hole; Dr MM Hantman (8) beat RD Wassenaar (12) 2 and 1; PA Schuller (2) beat Dr AR T McFarlane (10) 4 and 3; JG Verity (4) beat Dr EJ Brodie (4) 3 and 2; Dr NJ Wilson (12) beat RW Bryden (13) 2 and 1; KA Simpson (7) beat N Steiner (3) 5 and 4; J Devlin (5) beat GC Hendrie (12) 3 and 1; D Christie (12) beat BR Krey (7) 6 and 4; DR Quinton (5) beat R A Fairweather (10) 5 and 4;M R Williams (20) beat DNR Philip (3) at the 20th; PC Johnson (10) beat JS McArthur (2) 2 and 1; DW Dorman (11) beat Dr ADG Duncan (8) 3 and 2; JA Gibson (7) beat A Dunkley (16) 4 and 3; DG Sezna (7) beat AE Cattanach (9) 5 and 4; SC Cox (12) beat GCF Howe (13) 3 and 2.

Royal Calcutta Millennium Plate, Round 1 (continued from Monday)

– EL Holmes II (11) beat CJ Yash (14) at the 19th; PE Bechmann (8) beat Dr G Sutherland (7) 4 and 3; DrLE S Carrie (17) beat D Horton (8) 4 and 3; MF Beamish (5) walkover; CO Anderson (9) beat AS Dawson (9) 2 and 1; ML Campbell (9) beat DG Stewart (9) 2 and 1; RH Taylor (13) beat WG Hawes (20) 7 and 5; MT Dobell (10) beat C Kennedy (10) 2 and 1; DR Beamish (10) beat PF Stead (17) 1 hole; CR Gow III (4) beat WAJ Pollock (4) 3 and 1; Dr RD Keir (9) beat MR Wallman (3) 1 hole; RJ Douglas (7) beat JAE Fingland (12) 2 holes; NRJ Cathels (10) beat DM Keyden (15) 1 hole; Dr G M Burnett (17) beat RJP Smart (4) at the 20th; CJ B Clark (14) beat PA Cutfield (15) 1 hole.