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Sunday 15^th August – The McKelvie Cup Rd1

30 played in this first round of our club championship qualifying rounds and found the course greening up nicely after the hot July weather. The greens are responding well to the recent rain which came just in time to wash in a light dose of fertiliser; they are in great shape just now. Conditions were still tricky though attested perhaps by the fact that for the second round in succession there was only one 2 scored – Neil McKechnie at the second. Gavin Mainds came out on top this time round with both the best net and the lowest gross score

1st Gavin Mainds (7) – 62 and lowest gross

2nd Sean Higgins (26) – 63

3rd Graeme Crichton (11) – 63

4th Duncan Heenan (13) – 63

Wednesday 11^th August – The Betty Black Cup

Throughout the day heavy rain suggested this competition might be postponed but a late afternoon improvement in the weather enabled a field of 16 to play. Scoring was decent and Gavin Mainds returned a fine scratch 68 to pip David Morrison on a countback on the net scores

1st Gavin Mainds (7) – 61 and lowest gross

2nd David Morrison (9) – 61

3rd Cameron Bruce (29) – 62

4th Graeme Crichton (11) – 64

Stan Rainey scored the only 2 of the day at the 2nd.

Sunday 8^th August – The Lifeboat

Despite a torrential morning downpour that drove some of the earlier starters off the course, 20 brave souls endured the elements to play in “The Lifeboat”, our final open Stableford of the summer. Scoring was remarkably good considering the conditions, with 14 cards returned on 30 points or more. Cameron Bruce topped the lot however with 43 points to ease home 4 points ahead of his nearest challenger.

1st Cameron Bruce (31) – 43 points

2nd Douglas Graham (15) – 39 acb

3rd Fraser McKenzie (15) – 39

4th Ronnie Mann (14) – 36

Douglas Graham and Jamie Macpherson each bagged 2s at the 4th while John Rankin did likewise at the 7th.