On another damp evening, our team performed better than usual at Downfield to gain a half, 3-3.

This is a hopeful sign for the second leg which is on Tuesday 3rd August at 5pm.

We have had one or two late call-offs recently so it would be helpful if those who indicated a desire to play could confirm their availability asp after the notice goes up on Saturday (10/7).

Just when it looked like we were going to pull back the 1 - 5 deficit from the first leg, we were pulled off the course for a lightening warning.

There then was no lightening, only sunshine, but my claim that this should give us an overall half was dismissed out of hand.

As a result, Scotscraig have regained the Tanner Quaich.

This match was played on the Championship course on Saturday 27th March 2010.

The match ended with a win for the Juniors by 6½ - 3½.

Thanks to all members who participated.

Snr v Jnr 10.pdf (8.96 kb)

The weather was kind to the Seniors' for the annual match against Forfar. The Championship Course was in excellent condition and highly praised by our visitors on this occasion who all  thoroughly enjoyed their rounds. The result reflected the convivial atmosphere of the event with the match being drawn 3.1/2 each. Details of the individual games can be seen by clicking the link below.

Microsoft Word - Forfar 2008 Results.pdf (542.77 kb)

Dalhousie Seniors enjoyed an amazing triumph over their Dunbar counterparts by six matches to nil in the return fixture on the Championship Course for the 'Dundal Trophy' on August 12th. Bill Stewart and Norman Howie, Lindsay Hood and Earle Smith, Munro Davidson and Donald Ford, Stuart Gearty and Bob Wilson, Ian Cowie and Adrian Arthur, George Henderson and Dennis Young were all victorious on an epic afternoon which had all present stuggling afterwards to recall any previous outcome of similar magnitude. (See 'Senior Golfers' section for further details).

After a promising halfway situation which found Dalhousie either square or ahead in all six matches in Tuesday evening's encounter with Downfield on the Championship Course, the Club once again snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, going down 4-2 in the gathering gloom of the August night. It was, in truth, a great disappointment, since the Dalhousie tail wagged enthusiastically but the unexpected losses of the top three pairings gave them a mountain which was just too high to climb. In fairness, two of these early matches could have gone either way. A fluke rebound from the fence around the tenth tee on the Burnside gave Downfield's Colin Brough a huge reprieve after he hooked his drive at the fifteenth into apparent oblivion. With the match all square, he took full advantage of that to put his side ahead and despite a brave finish by Doug Mitchell and Donald Ford, the one-hole deficit remained to the end. Aidan McColgan and John Smith also lost at the last. "The Downfield lad was nearly on Buddon Links when he hit his putt at the eighteenth" said the distraught Dalhousie Treasurer afterwards - " and he HOLED it!" The despair was tangible.....

It WAS very dark when the final match came down the eighteenth, a creditable half from Alan Baird and Campbell Ford ( playing for Dalhousie for the very first time ) matching that of Frank Swan and David Forman, while Peter Field and Mike Swanston performed with much aplomb to record the sole Dalhousie victory of the evening. Questions are now being asked about the eligibility of the satellite navigation device ( GPS to give it its better known title) which Downfield's second group had at their disposal in their defeat of Ian Wilson and Jim Wallace. Questions may yet be asked. ( Alan Baird's, of course, was PURELY used for finding a way back in the descending darkness.)

"We'll get them next year", were Lindsay Hood's parting words. Having also lost the previous week at Downfield, we desperately need to!

Dalhousie Seniors were narrowly beaten at Panmure on July 31st in the return fixture between the clubs ( Panmure having also collected the spoils at Carnoustie in June). While captain for the day, Graeme Paton, blamed neither the lavish pre-match hospitality offered by the hosts nor the serious deterioration in the weather for the defeat by four matches to three, he WAS quick to lay much of the responsibility on his own partner ( no names, no pack drill!). Observing that the latter had perhaps arrived a week early for the Girls' Championship and, by inference therefore, performed like one for much of their match against a determined Roger Leslie and Jim Brown, Graeme was probably spot-on with his assessment of that particular encounter!

There were, nevertheless, sterling performances from Norman Howie and John McDougall, Lindsay Hood and Gordon Ellis as well as Ian Whyte and Ron Fawkes. The course was in excellent condition with the greens fast and true - as was to be expected, with the Girls' Championship now imminent. Panmure captain Sinclair Aitken's sporting pre-match advice for Dalhousie members to keep out of the VERY difficult rough ( in places much too adjacent to fairways!) was a warning which a few visitors and, in particular, the writer, ignored at great cost......

It was, nevertheless, a hugely enjoyable outing, played - as always - in the true spirit of the game. Graeme Paton's words of thanks and appreciation to the hosts for their splendid welcome, lavish hospitality and the stern competition which followed were echoed by the entire Dalhousie team before it headed for home. Thoughts must now turn to vengeance in 2009!