ABERDEENSHIRE SCHOOLS BEAT THE RAIN AT OLDMELDRUM

Aberdeenshire Schools Golf Tournament held at Oldmeldrum Golf Club yesterday had 52 youngsters from 7 Aberdeenshire Academies (Aboyne, Alford, Banchory, Mackie, Mearns, Meldrum, Turriff) managing to play some good golf in very extreme weather conditions.
In the 5.5 hours that they were out on the course we saw light rain, hail, heavy rain, sunshine and heavy rain again.
After the first heavy downpour we received reports from club members out on the course that some of the greens were unplayable with standing water or streams of water running over them.
The club professional and organiser went out on the course after the first downpour to see if the course was playable. The rain had eased, the sun had come out and we observed most of the greens were playable and the worst ones were quickly improving. The young golfers as we went round clearly wanted to continue so the course was not closed but the decision was taken that because of the extreme weather to be fair to all the players for handicap purposes it should be reductions only.

Results:
Team Prize:
Banchory Academy 1
Individual Scratch Prize:
Winner: Daniel Thompsett (Aboyne Academy) – Gross 71
Runner-up: Stuart Rogie (Banchory Academy) – Gross 74

Section 1 (0-14 h/cap)
Winner: Stuart Rogie (Banchory Academy) – Gross 74 NET 64
Runner-up: Josh Dunbar (Meldrum Academy) – Gross 79 NET 65

Longest Drive (Hole 6) – Sean Guthrie (Meldrum Academy)

Nearest the Pin (Hole 11) – Cameron Giblin (Aboyne Academy)

Section 2 (15 – 28 h/cap)
Winner: Oliver Moore (Mearns Academy) – Gross 88 NET 62

Runner-up: Kieran MacDonald (Meldrum Academy) – Gross 90 NET 64