Club Championship & Monthly Medals - Season 2006-2007

May Medal - 05 May 06
Gavin keeps the 'Gunn' name going

Gavin Gunn

The May Medal was played in superb weather for most of the field with hardly a breath of wind for the early starters and a healthy breeze developing by the afternoon. The CSS was 69 and the stats showed up two Eagles and 17 Birdies with the 6^th as the hardest hole followed by the 18^th and the 13^th playing as the easiest.

Andy Whitelaw made a good attempt at defending the Medal he won last year and finished with 85-13-72 which saw him in 6^th position. Tom Sinclair had a birdie at the 13^th and the Old Salt Chris Hobson sneaked in a birdie two at the 15^th. Ian Ross got a great start with a birdie at the second and battled well with his 83-13-70 giving him fourth place.

A new member to the ranks this year is David J.Mowat the third D.Mowat in the club getting himself into third place with 95-26-69 and a nice steady par round. Alex Anderson was on good form shooting the lowest gross in the Division of 80 and with birdies at the 9^th and 15^th was looking good with 80-13-67 for the medal but had to settle for second spot. The Division Two Medal was won by Bill McIntosh playing late in the day and getting course management right for once with 84-18-66. It nearly slipped away with a very ugly 8 at the 14^th and a double bogey at the 17^th but a very good three at the 18^th made the difference.

In Division One David Dunbar was defending the Medal and made a great effort returning the best scratch score of the day with a 74 and threw in a pair of birdies at the 13^th and the 14^th. David finished 74-6-68 in a four way tie for second and lost out on the countback. Murdo MacDonald had a bit of excitement on the 8^th as he drilled in a 2 wood to the front of the green which hopped on and snaked straight into the hole for a wonderful eagle. Lee Parnell was another in the rarefied atmosphere in a great purple patch as he made eagle at the 13^th and followed up with a birdie at the 14^th in his second round of the day.

Out on the course meanwhile Alistair Gunn produced a brace of birdies going under par at the 9^th with a two and the 16^th for a birdie three. Jock Eunson was reminding everybody he was in the field with a fine birdie two on the 15^th. David Mowat out late in the day chipped in from off the green for a birdie two at the 5^th and Steve Efemey birdied the 8^th. Bruce Mackay was having an unusual off day but included birdies at the 5^th and the 17^th.

Alan Paul 80-12-68, John Nicolson 77-9-68, Bill Budding 77-9-68 and David Dunbar 74-6-68 all tied on the second best score of nett 68 and once the headache of sorting out the count back was done John Nicolson made third and Alan Paul was awarded second place. In a class of his own with a birdie at the 8^th was Gavin Gunn winning the May Medal with a great round of 76-11-65 and the reduction in handicap puts him one good round away from that elusive single figure handicap and a chance to reel in his fathers handicap of 6.

Alan Paul	John Nicolson
Bill Budding	David Dunbar
Bill McIntosh	Jock Eunson

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