Highland
Junior Golf Championships winning team, Nair Academy
(l-r): Willie MacKay, clubgolf regional manager; Sandy
Park, Convenor Highland Council; Ryan Elder, Kelsey MacDonald,
Christian MacLeod from Nairn Academy; Alan Clark Active
School Manager, Highland
Spey
Valley Highland Junior Golf Championships
A total of 60 young golfers
took part in the fifth Highland Junior Golf Championships
held at Spey Valley Golf Course, Aviemore, this month.
Nairn
Academy and Lossiemouth High School won the team events.
Nairn Academy won the Highland team event for the Bruce
Robertson Trophy with a score of 238 - Kelsey MacDonald
(77), Ryan Elder (80) and Christian MacLeod (81). This
was eight shots ahead of the UHI Dornoch team of Peter
Renwick (78), Ross Mackenzie (84) and Liam MacDonald
(84).
Rodger
Clarke (79), Ewan Thomson (80) and Kyle Godsman (81)
of Lossiemouth High won the Brian Anderson Shield for
the best Moray school team, 13 strokes ahead of John
Drummond (82), Shaun Thomson (83) and Owen Coull (88)
of Buckie High School.
Ian
Allan from Hopeman won the Duncan Allan Quaich for recording
the lowest boys' scratch score of 73. Runner-up
was Lewis Reid, Fortrose Academy (74) and third was Peter
Renwick, UHI, Dornoch (78). Sammy Vass, Tain Royal
Academy, won the Grant Trophy for the best girls' scratch
score. Her 73 pipped Kelsey MacDonald, Nairn Academy
by four strokes. Third was Rebecca Meiklejohn, Thurso
High School on 96.
The
event was hosted and sponsored by Macdonald Aviemore
Highland Resort and the prizes were presented by Councillor
Sandy Park, Convener of The Highland Council. Willie
MacKay, Highland Golf Manager, said: “We were delighted
to again have the courtesy of this wonderful new course
for the fifth year of this event. It proved a
stern challenge but it was a fantastic opportunity for
young golfers.
The
leading scores were: -
- Girls'
Scratch (The Grant Trophy): 1. Sammy
Vass, Tain Royal Academy, 73; Kelsey MacDonald,
Nairn Academy, 77; Rebecca Meiklejohn, Thurso High,
96 (better inward half).
- Girls'
Handicap (The Sutherland Trophy): 1. Hannah MacKay,
Tain Royal Academy (17), 83; 2. Julie Vass, Tain
Royal Academy (11), 85; 3. Donna Mackinnon, Kinlochbervie
High (12), 86.
- Boys
Scratch (The Duncan Allan Quaich): 1. Ian Allan,
Hopeman, 73; 2. Lewis Reid, Fortrose Academy, 74;
3. Peter Renwick, UHI Dornoch, 78.
- Boys
Handicap (Skibo Trophy): (0-8) 1. Ewan Thomson, Lossiemouth High
(6), 74; 2. Ryan Copland, Milnes High, Fochabers
(5), 75 (better inward half); 3. Shaun Thomson Buckie
High (8), 75.
- Boys’ Handicap
(Highland clubgolf Trophy) (9+): 1. Greg Forsyth,
Inverness Royal Academy (11), 73 (better inward half);
2. John McCook, Grantown Grammar (10), 73 (better
inward half); 3. Callum Reid, Elgin High, (11) 73.
