Newmachar have regained the Northern Counties Cup, one of the oldest golf tournaments on the Scottish amateur golf calendar.
In the double foursomes match-play competition at Nairn Golf Club, the Newmachar 1 team beat Inverness by a combined three holes in the final.
In the morning semi-finals, Newmachar 1 beat Grantown on Spey by three holes while Inverness 2 beat Nairn 1 by four holes.
DETAILS
SEMI-FNALS
SEMI-FNALS
Newmachar 1 bt Grantown by three holes
(M McKechnie, C Simpson 2, S Dingwall, G A Hay 0; R Barr, J Duff 1, J Campbell, G H Hay 0)
Inverness 2 bt Nairn 1 by four holes
(L Chancellor, D Joel 0, F Fotheringham, B Watson 1; C Franssen, K MacKay 5, B Thomson, R Smith 0)
FINAL
Newmachar 1 bt Inverness 2 by three holes(McKechnie, Simpson 4, Chancellor, Joel 0; Barr, Duff 0, Franssen, MacKay 1 )
NOTES FROM ORGANISER GARY ABEL
Newmachar's first pairing of Mark McKechnie and Chris Simpson were too strong for Inverness, winning by four holes, which made all the difference to the match.
In the semi-finals Newmachar's Richard Barr and John Duff had three birdies and an eagle but only managed to beat Grantown on Spey's John Campbell and Gordon Hay by one hole.
Inverness's Laurie Chancellor has not played in this tournament since 1973 when they were beaten by Nairn in the final. He has now got his revenge by beating them in this year's semi final, mainly due to the two young brave hearts Cameron Franssen and Kieran MacKay who showed no fear against the experienced Robert Smith and Bruce Thomson whom they beat by five holes.
Published by scottishgolfview.com
