I hope you've all had a fantastic week on and off the golf course and welcome to another exciting edition of the Moray Pro Shop weekly newsletter, bringing you up to date with all the latest news and gossip from within the walls of MGC.
Well done to our junior team who recorded a 5.5 - 2.5 victory in their first leg of the Felicity Cup with the second leg at Cullen next week. Good luck!
Felicity Cup First Leg Moray V Cullen
Result: Moray 5 ½ Cullen 2 ½
Sunday Open
OLD CSS 76 R/O
Despite the weather we had a full field for the Sunday Open. It was great again to see players coming from far and wide with many of them complementing the course despite the weather. In all fairness it was probably a day you wouldn't leave the house, but you hardy souls managed to battle their way round the golf course. Scoring was high due to the weather which resulted in another reduction only competition, the second of the weekend.
The winner of the Scratch section and winner of the Tennant cup was Kevin Thomson with an unbelievable level par 71 winning by 5 shots from 3 players; Grant Carnie (Cruden Bay) Robbie Sheils and Malcolm Macleman all with 76.
In division 1 and winner of the Tulloch Tannard was Alex England on 73 one shot ahead of the early clubhouse leader for most of the day Les Crawford and Graeme Hamilton.
In division 2 Mark Main was victorious claiming the Plimbley trophy, the golfing trip to Turkey was obviously a great kick start to the season for him!
Scratch -Tennant Cup
1st - Kevin Thomson - 71
2nd = Grant Carnie - 76
2nd = Robbie Sheils - 76
2nd = Malcolm L Macleman - 76
5th - Kevin Duncan - 78
Mid-Week Stableford
Terry Scholefield was the runaway leader of the midweek Stableford returning a fine 39 points to win by 3 from Gareth Edwards.
1st - Terry Scholefield (5) 39 pts - £20
2nd - Gareth Edwards (11) 36 pts - £15
3rd = Michael Dixon (8) 35 pts - £10
3rd = Nat Simpson (2) 35 pts
5th - Bill Mackie (12) 34 pts
2's worth £5.33 accredited to the following accounts;
Jim Dennis, Nat Simpson, Paul Mulholland, Donald Fletcher, James Craig, Stephen Munro
Ball Raffle
5 Balls Kevin Taylor, 4 Ball Clarke Roberts, 3 Balls W Mackie, 2 Balls Paul Grant
Balls to be collected from the pro shop
Sam Smith Cup New CSS 73 - reduction only
Well done to Ian Campbell who returned a phenomenal score considering the weather conditions on Saturday to edge out Martin Regan by 1 shot.
1st - Iain C Campbell - 84 - 16 = 68
2nd - Martin Regan - 88 - 19 = 69
3rd = James Spoor - 85 - 14 = 71
3rd = Andrew Botley - 81 - 10 = 71
5th - Sean M Phillips - 88 - 16 = 72
2's were worth £6.35 accredited to accounts. Full list on message board
Ball Raffle
9 Balls S Little, 8 Balls J C Macgregor, 7 Ball D Smith, 6 Balls S Phillips, 9 Balls Callum Smith
Balls to be collected from the pro shop
Well Done to Lesley Docherty on winning division 2 in the Ladies Open at the weekend. There was some very challenging conditions on the day but Lesley used her local knowledge to win by 5 shots. Netta Forbes finished in 4th place. Ellie Docherty also did very well, continuing her fine form to finish in 3rd place in Division 1, 2 shots behind the eventual winners.
Ladies Coronation Foursomes
Well Done to Anne Main and Dee Crane for winning the Coronation Foursomes on Monday with 30pts, beating Frances Neish and Brabara Hendry (28) by 2 points.
1st - D. Crane & A. Main 30
2nd - F. Neish & B. Hendry 28
3rd - L. Docherty & B. Caie 22
4th - W. Devine & D. Madigan 20
Ladies Charity Stableford - New Course CSS 71
Congratulations to Ellie Docherty on winning the Ladies Charity Stableford with 35 points. Anne Main was 2nd on 34pts and Jennifer Campbell 3rd on 32pts.
1st - Ellie Docherty - 35
2nd - Anne Main - 34
3rd - Jennifer Campbell - 32
4th = Barbara Caie - 30
4th = Myra Smith - 30
Robbie Sheils Hole in one
Congratulations to Robbie Sheils who recorded a hole in one at the par 3 4th hole on Saturday using a 9 iron. It was a family affair as he was playing with his sons Greg and Chris, it was also his first competition of the year!
Not a bad start at all.
Well done Robbie
