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Good front nine helps Gisbey secure May Medal at Reay





Winners of the recent Ronnie Wallace Open at Reay, sponsored by Norbloc Construction. From left: Steve Efemey (handicap winner), Gavin Sinclair (Norbloc), Trish Bremner (Norbloc) and Nicky Klimas (scratch winner).
Winners of the recent Ronnie Wallace Open at Reay, sponsored by Norbloc Construction. From left: Steve Efemey (handicap winner), Gavin Sinclair (Norbloc), Trish Bremner (Norbloc) and Nicky Klimas (scratch winner).

The ladies and gents were in monthly medal action at Reay Golf Club this week, with some fierce winds and squally showers meaning good scores were at a premium.

In the women’s MacDonald Landscaping and Groundcare May Medal, a good front nine provided the foundation for Helen Gisbey to take the silverware on a score of nett 68.

A solid round of 89 made up of halves of 44 and 45 resulted in new member Emily Currie taking second on nett 70. Halves of 40 and 42 saw Pam Bain take third place after a fine round of 82 for nett 71.

Division One of the men’s May Medal was won by Andy Bain, who used his new clubs to great effect with halves of 40 and an inward 37 which included a birdie at the 16th – giving him a score of 77 for nett 71.

Matching halves of 39 saw Lee Malcolm finish second after a round of 78 for nett 72. John Nicolson finished third on countback after he also finished on nett 72, with a birdie at the seventh providing the highlight of his round.

In Division Two a steady performance on the back nine helped David Gisbey to victory on nett 70. A pair of solid nett 71s from Stuart Greig and Willie Paton allowed them to take second and third places respectively.

In the latest North Point Distillery Senior Stableford action, nine pars helped Ian Farquhar to victory on 39 points. A steady round saw Jack Johnstone take second place on 36 points, with Colin Struthers, Donald Mowat and Stuart Greig next best after they all finished on 35.

A birdie at the sixth from Mowat and one on the ninth from Greig helped them to their tallies.

There was some exceptional scoring in round one of the Abbott Risk Consulting Summer Cup, with Cammie Ross finishing at the top of the tree on 41 points – helped by a brace of birdies at the ninth and 14th.

Lee Parnell fired a five-birdie blitz to finish on 40 points alongside Ian Ross and Willie Paton.

The Split Stane Texas Pairs competition was also a birdie-fest with Carol and Colin Paterson leading the way. Birdies at the fourth, seventh, 13th, 14th and 16th saw them take victory after a round of 65 for nett 61.

Kenny Farmer Snr and Kenny Farmer Jnr birdied the 15th on their way to a round of 74 for nett 64 and second place. A steady round made up of 14 pars and four bogeys saw Jacqui and Stuart Greig complete the podium places after a round of 73 for nett 65.

This Saturday will see the women playing in round two of their Summer Stableford competition.


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