A terrific team effort over the Championship and Burnside courses resulted in Dalhousie winning the Gary Player Salver for the second time in four seasons. Alan Baird, Derek Cavellini and Mike Sinclair took on the challenge of the "big" course ( Alan and Derek finishing with 53 Stableford points between them) while Lindsay Hood, Gordon Liddle and Steve Grant did the business on the Burnside, with a superb combined total of 72 points from Lindsay and Gordon lifting the club's total to 125. That was good enough - by four points - to win the trophy from Carnoustie Mercantile. Prior to the last victory in 2006, it had been many years since the club had the honour of seeing its name on the salver. Captain Graeme Paton, obviously delighted that his pre-match team talk had been JUST what the sextet needed to spur them to ultimate victory ( sadly details of the content have not been made available! ) reckons that "this is a sign of things to come from Dalhousie" as a busy - and increasingly successful - season unfolds. Carnoustie golfers will, no doubt, be holding their breath......