SPORT BRIEFS

GOLF

GRANGE AND BROUGHTY – Mar 20, Medal Course Stableford – Div 1: T Bullock (5) 35pts, B Cuthill (6) 34, G Mcginnis (3) 33. Div 2: I Logan (15) 40, V Mcguire (14) 36, M Mackinnon (10) 35. Div 3: L Malloy (21) 34. Mar 23 – Medal Course Stableford – Div 1: J Speid (6) 37, G Imrie (6) 37, A Rogers (3) 36. Div 2: E Manderson (18) 35, G Jack (17) 35, E Strachan (17) 35. Div 3: B Maclachlan (22) 39. Mar 24 – Medal Course Stableford – Div 1: A Gibson (5) 38, A Turner (9) 34. Div 2: I Meldrum (14) 34, G Irvine (10) 34. Div 3: C Gill (28) 43. Ashludie Course Stableford, All in One Division: S Gall (11) 41, I Logan (12) 37. MIDLAND GOLFERS ALLIANCE – Arbroath Golf Links hosted the Scott Arbuthnott Team Competition. Bill Taylor (Edzell, Scr) won the top scratch prize with a one over par in windy conditions. In the handicap Jack Cree (St. Andrews-new, 14) won with a 67. Jack also helped his team of Jim Ward (Cathkin Braes, 14) and a selected reserve score to the top team prize with a score of 60 Scr – 71 Bill Taylor Edzell, Scr; 72 Gary Tough, Edzell, +1; Gary Smith, Arbroath Artisan, Scr; Stewart Mcintosh, Blairgowrie, 4; George Finlay, Carnoustie, +3; 73 Jeff Strachan, Royal Montrose Mercantile, 2; Paul Brookes, P, Pitreavie; 74 Scott Robertson, Carnoustie, +2; Gordon Stevens, Edzell, 6; Allan Crerar, Panmure, Scr. Hcp – 67 Jack Cree, St Andrews – New, 14; 68 Gordon Stevens, Edzell, 6; Stewart Mcintosh, Blairgowrie, 4; 70 Derek Hendren, Dunblane New, 9; Michael Lang, Dunkeld and Birnam, 6; Alan Henderson, Pitlochry, 10. Team scores – 60 Jack Cree, St Andrews - New, 14; Jim Ward, Cathkin Braes, 14; 61 Michael Mcgovern, Dunblane New, 7; Jim Crawford, Dunblane New, 10; Derek Hendren, Dunblane New, 9. MONIFIETH – Wednesday Winter League – overall winners for the aggregate eight best scores this season – D Smart 316pts, C Goodall 315, M Hickson 311, D Lorimer 310, S Hills and I Muir 308. LEADING DP WORLD TOUR RACE TO DUBAI STANDINGS after the Porsche Singapore Classic (Gbr & Irl unless stated): 1 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 1596.00pts, 2 Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn) 1258.10, 3 Jesper Svensson (Swe) 1160.34, 4 Adrian Meronk (Pol) 1023.40, 5 Joaquin Niemann (Chi) 966.73, 6 Thriston Lawrence (Rsa) 790.21, 7 Zander Lombard (Rsa) 777.51, 8 Darius van Driel (Ned) 762.09, 9 Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den) 709.25, 10 Min-woo Lee (Aus) 688.00, 11 Thorbjoern Olesen (Den) 663.40, 12 Dylan Frittelli (Rsa) 652.64, 13 Matteo Manassero (Ita) 642.90, 14 Tommy Fleetwood (Gbr) 625.60, 15 Aaron Cockerill (Can) 609.00, 16 Ugo Coussaud (Fra) 562.70, 17 Jordan Gumberg (USA) 523.70, 18 Andy Sullivan (Gbr) 480.02, 19 Laurie Canter (Gbr) 479.15, 20 Frederic Lacroix (Fra) 477.42. ROLEX WORLD RANKINGS: 1 Nelly Korda (USA) 8.09pts, 2 Lilia (Vut) (USA) 6.63, 3 Celine Boutier (Fra) 6.45, 4 Ruoning Yin (Chn) 5.82, 5 Min-jee Lee (Aus) 5.25, 6 Jin-young Ko (Kor) 4.98, 7 Charley Hull (Gbr) 4.88, 8 Lydia Ko (Nzl) 4.73, 9 Hyo-joo Kim (Kor) 4.60, 10 Xiyu Lin (Chn) 4.29, 11 Atthaya Thitikul (Tha) 4.26, 12 Brooke Henderson (Can) 4.13, 13 Megan Khang (USA) 4.10, 14 Amy Yang (Kor) 3.75, 15 Allisen Corpuz (USA) 3.75, 16 Ji-yai Shin (Kor) 3.66, 17 Alison Lee (USA) 3.65, 18 Nasa Hataoka (Jpn) 3.62, 19 Hannah Green (Aus) 3.57, 20 Angel Yin (USA) 3.26, 21 Ayaka Furue (Jpn) 3.22, 22 Rose Zhang (USA) 3.09, 23 Miyu Yamashita (Jpn) 3.04, 24 Paphangkorn Tavatanakit (Tha) 3.03, 25 Linn Grant (Swe) 2.97. OFFICIAL WORLD RANKINGS: 1 Scottie Scheffler (USA) 11.8798pts, 2 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 7.5248, 3 Jon Rahm (Spa) 6.7087, 4 Wyndham Clark (USA) 6.2819, 5 Xander Schauffele (USA) 6.1443, 6 Viktor Hovland (Nor) 5.8003, 7 Patrick Cantlay (USA) 4.8075, 8 Brian Harman (USA) 4.3732, 9 Ludvig Aaberg (Swe) 4.0949, 10 Max Homa (USA) 3.9748, 11 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Gbr) 3.9398, 12 Tommy Fleetwood (Gbr) 3.5555, 13 Cameron Young (USA) 3.5427, 14 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 3.5154, 15 Sahith Theegala (USA) 3.4433, 16 Tyrrell Hatton (Gbr) 3.3605, 17 Collin Morikawa (USA) 3.3565, 18 Keegan Bradley (USA) 3.3313, 19 Jordan Spieth (USA) 3.2313, 20 Jason Day (Aus) 3.2089.

POOLS

EAST FIFE WEEKLY GOLDMINE LOTTO –3,6,9. No winners. Jackpot £400.

TABLE TENNIS

Perth table tennis player Pat Duffy made the last four in the Scottish Veterans Championships at Bathgate. It was an even more remarkable feat considering Pat, 71 next month, had a stroke on January 29. He said: “Despite the stroke I was back playing within two months. I have been left with pins and needles in my right hand but that is all I have been left with.” On his way to the semis, Pat won his group and beat No 2 seed Gordon Shaw (Cheltenham) with the match going to a deciding fifth set. In his semi, he lost to Glasgow’s Peter Shaw. As well as playing and coaching, Pat takes charge of the Parkinson’s sufferers table tennis group at Perth Tennis Club every Monday.

WEIGHTLIFTING

Pitlochry Weightlifting Club member Alex Phillips won his 42nd Scottish title at the Scottish Masters Championships in Glasgow on Saturday. Competing in the 73kg (60 to 64 years) class, Alex snatched 48kg and clean and jerked 62kg for a 110kg total. This total has qualified Alex to be able to compete at the British Masters in Birmingham in July.