Finals played on fiery Reay greens
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LAST Friday night saw the climax of the ladies’ and gents’ club championships at Reay with five finals played.
A strong breeze from the east and fiery greens made conditions difficult.
Claiming victory in the gents’ scratch final was youngster Ross Munro with a hard-earned 3&1 win over Lee Parnell. With the tie all square at the turn, Munro claimed the 10th hole to go one up. Over the next four holes Parnell had a number of half-chances to the level the scores, but his failure to convert these was punished by a birdie two from Munro at the 15th which put him two up.
After halving the 16th, Munro finished the job in style with a fine birdie three at the 17th.
The ladies’ scratch final was also decided on the 17th green with Tricia Macdonald defeating the in-form Carole Cameron by 2&1. The closely-fought match seesawed back and forth, with neither player managing to lead by more than one until the decisive blow was struck on the penultimate green.
In the ladies’ handicap final, Su Hawes took the scalp of captain Morag Mackay with an excellent 5&4 victory.
The gents’ handicap final was the only tie to be decided on the last green, with Andy Bain just managing to edge out Murdoch Macdonald by two holes. With the tie all square after 16, Bain turned on the style to win the final two holes to secure the silverware.
In the senior gents’ final, club president Fred Groves claimed the glory in a keenly-contested battle with Andy Mackay.
Groves finished strongly to record a 3&1 victory in another tie which was closer than the final scoreline suggests.
On Saturday, players competed for the Parry Trophy.
Several excellent scores were recorded, with countback required to determine the outcome after Donald Mowat and Guy Owen both recorded nett scores of 66.
In the final analysis, Mowat got the nod following a tremendous round of gross 74.
The trio of Pete McCartney, Ian A. Mackay and Murray McGlasson finished a stroke further back after their respective nett 67s.
This weekend will see a strong field of players competing in the eagerly anticipated 36-hole Nuvia Reay Open. Late entries will be accepted until 7pm tonight by e-mailing colinfairmunro@googlemail.com
Open draw (second-round tee times are approximate) – 7.36am and 12.06pm: Lee Parnell (R), Euan Munro (R), Leslie Malcolm (R). 7.44am and 12.14pm: D. Thorburn (R), Ross Munro (R), Grant Maxwell (R). 7.52am and 12.22pm: Andy Bain (R), Gregor Munro (R), Stuart Blumfield (H). 8am and 12.30pm: Sandy Chisholm (R), Brent Munro (B), Robbie Swanson (R). 8.08am and 12.38pm: G. Sutherland (R), C. Maycock (I), Don A. Mackay (R). 8.16am and 12.46pm: Ian A. Mackay (R), Steven Spargo (T), Kenny Farmer (R). 8.24am and 12.54pm: 8.32am and 1.02pm: Alex Mackay (R), Alan Forbes (W), partner. 8.40am and 1.10pm: Sid Campbell (T), Garry Calder (T), Andy Mackay (R). 8.48am and 1.18pm: T. Hawes (R), Andrew Main (T), Ian D. Mackay (R). 8.56am and 1.26pm: J. Hawes (R), Stanley Ross (T), Bill Budding (R).
9.04am and 1.34pm: Ruari McCartney (R), J. Lynch (T), J.R. Mackenzie (R). 9.12am and 1.42pm: Pete McCartney (R), Jack Fidler (T), G. McEwen (T). 9.28am and 1.58pm: John Harper (W), Steven Fidler (T), A. Adamson (R). 9.36am and 2.06pm: Calum McLean (F), Murray McGlasson (R), Aly Mackay (W).
9.44am and 2.14pm: C. Ross (R), Hamish Boyd (T), Colin Paterson (R). 9.52am and 2.22pm: Tom Ross (R), Steven Williamson (T), A. Gunn (R). 10am and 2.30pm: D.C. Mowat (R), J. O’Brien (R), G. Gunn (R). 10.08am and 2.38pm: Colin Munro (R), Fred Groves (R), Jamie Morris (BL).
