The Argyll and Bute Area Golf Team Championship took place on Saturday 30th June at Tobermory Golf Club. The format of teams of four (one from each handicap class) with the three best scores counting has traditional favoured the home sides since the inception of the Trophy, and this was to be no exception.

Teams arrived from Craignure, Cowal, Inellan, Taynuilt, Tarbert and Lochgilphead, last year's champions. The golf take place against a backdrop of cloud, with a difficult northwesterly wind and occasional showers, so it was little surprise that the home team of Graham Davidson, Donald Brown, Phil Higson and John Wilshire were better able to master the conditions than their opponents.

There were in fact only three sub-70 net scores all day, and two of them went to home players with Phil Higson returning a net 62, to give him the best net score for the second year in a row. His 76 net 62 saw his handicap reduced, as did John Wilshire's 86 net 64. The Tobermory total of 196 gave them a comfortable cushion over closest rivals Cowal in second.

The winning team are pictured left to right
Phil Higson, Capt.Gordon Chalmers, Graham Davidson, John Wilshire & Donald Brown 

The club Centenary Championship finished after 4 rounds with former captain Donald Brown triumphant for the second time in three seasons. Despite not being able to improve his score, his three round total of 203 was sufficient to see off the challenges of Graham Davidson and Tim Gardiner. In the handicap section, Peter MacCrone likewise clocked up his own second-in-three with a net 202 which just pipped John Wilshire and Phil Higson.

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Peter MacCrone (Left), Donald Brown (Right) with Club President Bill Clegg

The Jennifer Jack trophy for juniors was won by Grant Williams on Saturday. Andrew MacDonald was second, but in-form Angus Cowe was not to be upstaged and despite finishing in third place could boast of a mind-numbing 1-4-2 finish over the last 3 holes. For the second successive week each of the top three boys broke par and reduced their handicaps.

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Once again the MacCrone family have pipped everyone to the prize. This time it was Peter who came in with a tremendous score of 43 points leaving all behind him stunned. An excellent result. All the others played good rounds but had to bow to Peter's skill on the night. Let's see what the handicap cut does to him.

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18th June 2007

The first leg of the annual Old Mull Shield match between Tobermory and  Glencruitten Golf Clubs took place on Sunday 17th June. Although it's only half-time, Tobermory look to have a strong grip on the trophy, having won 4½ - 1½ with only Oban stalwarts Sandy Galbraith and Fraser MacInnes gaining a full point away from home turf.

Full match results (Oban players first)

F.MacInnes & S.Galbraith bt B.MacRae & J.S.MacPhail 4&3
D.Fraser & K.Summers v G.Davidson & P.Higson halved match
N.MacDougall & J. Anderson lost to G.Chalmers & M.Campbell 8&7
K.Munro & C.Munro lost to J.Weir & P.MacCrone 2&1
P.Murphy & C.MacKenzie lost to J.Wilshire & C.Russell 4&2
S.Holland & M.Tait lost to D.A.MacLean & I.McNaughton 3&1

On Saturday evening the Gents played for the Alistair Brown trophy, and despite a season's best of 66 for a total of 40 points, Graham Davidson was still second to Ewan MacCrone, whose lifetime best 68 gave him a total of 42. Both had their handicaps cut needless to say.

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10th & 11th
June 2007

What a weekend, glorious weather, great hosts and lots of fun. Vaul once again made us feel like celebrities, with old freindships being renewed yet again. The Western Approaches Cup was won by Iain Brown of Vaul with a magnificent 44 Stableford points, though we did have 3 of our players in the top 5. The Cadden cup was played on the Sunday with the home team getting a much deserved 4-3 win over the guests.

What an awful day, after getting soaked in the team match on Saturday, only six players turned out for the Medal and the weather was even worse. Never stopped raining for the entire game. Still it didn't stop Phil & Graham going round in net 68's with Phil just winning on countback. As this was also the Magner's qualifier then these two will represent the club at the regional finals.

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