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Game of two halves for Caithness and Sutherland seniors


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A breeze helped on the way out but hindered on the way in.
A breeze helped on the way out but hindered on the way in.

FOR the majority of the members of the Caithness and Sutherland Seniors’ Golf Society their game at Wick last Thursday (July 18) was very much one of two halves, with a good breeze helping on the way out but very much hindering on the way in.

Perhaps predictably, the day’s best return belonged to Ian Hamilton who holds a handicap of three at Brora. Hamilton breezed to the turn in level par for 19 points and applied good damage limitation on the way in for 16 more points and a total of 35 to win the low handicap section by two points from club mate Ken Lorimer.

Lorimer had 18 points on the way out as did Thurso’s Ronnie Gray, who finished in third place on 32 points. Drew Robertson and Charlie Simpson from the host club and Billy Beaton, another Brora man, all scored 31 points, one better than Pat Valentine (Thurso) and Keith Gowens (Wick).

The top place in the middle handicap category also went south of the Ord as Golspie’s Walter Bremner scored 33 points to win by three from Thurso pair Bob Black and Jack Johnstone. Bremner was very steady with 17 points on the way out followed by 16 more on the way in.

Black bucked the trend with only 13 points going out but getting 17 more on his back nine. Johnstone had a fine front nine of 19 points but, in common with many, struggled to get 11 more points after the turn. Danny O’Hagan (Reay), Arnold Bevan (Golspie) and Sandy Reid (Thurso) finished a further point back.

It was left to Harry Cormack to strike a blow for the host club. He won the higher handicap category with 33 points, thanks mainly to a fine outward nine of 19 points.

His club mate George Johnson had the day’s best inward nine of 19 points, a superb effort, to snatch second place from Nigel Baird (Bonar

Gerald Klein, the intrepid traveller from the Durness club, shot the day’s top outward nine of 21 points but lost out to the others on 32 points after countback. Dave Lyall (Thurso) and Ian Miller (Wick) were next best in this category on 29 points.

The society stays in Caithness for its next meeting – at Thurso on Wednesday (July 27).


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