Scottish Universities Golfing Society (est 1906)
Strathclyde University - Western Gailes - 1 March 2015
Results (SUGS names first)
1) Nicky Gold & Sandy Reid (Captain) halved with Craig Chalmers & Andy Cunningham
2) Stephen Carruthers & Simon Holt beat Craig Hughes & John Grant by 3 and 2
3) Charles Hammond & Andrew Biggart lost to Richard Johnson & Neil McConnechie by 6 and 5
4) Jamie Sharp & Richard Muckart beat Andrew Wright & Ross Findlay by 3 and 2
Result: SUGS 2½ - 1½ Strathclyde University
Aberdeen University - Royal Aberdeen - 1 March 2015
This was the first day of 2015 that Balgownie was back to "summer" conditions - playing without the need for mats. Four temporary greens were in use, but that did not overly detract from the day, with matches played in sunny conditions, albeit with a cool westerly breeze.
AMT
Results (SUGS names first)
1) Andy Keir & Grant Payne beat Rob Paterson & Lewis Kinnear by 1 hole
2) Noel Crilley & Sean Fotheringhame halved with John Drummond & Alastair McNaughton
3) Jim Christie & Lawrie Main lost to Michael Williams & Elliot Bayley by 1 hole
4) Lance Sloan & Andrew Thomson beat Michael Brodie & Mike Ewen by 7 and 6
5) Ross McNeill & John Johnston lost to Ali James & Jack Christie by 2 and 1
6) Steve Scott & Mike Donald beat Ian Christie & Michael Ridley by 2 holes
Result: SUGS 3½ - 2½ Aberdeen University
Glasgow University - Kilmarnock Barassie - 8 March 2015
A new venue for a SUGS fixture - Barassie now been the home course of the Glasgow students. Due to a late call off SUGS were a man down, and Nicky Gold narrowly missed out on contributing to the SUGS tally despite having 3 birdies on the back 9. Hammond and Reid were putted off the course by the students, but the rest of the team delivered, thus continuing the unbeaten start to 2015. The Captain noted that the Glasgow team have improved considerably in the last 12 months!
AMT
Results (SUGS names first)
1) Roland Leslie & Jonny Calder beat William Bamber & Tomas Dvorak by 1 hole
2) Nicky Gold lost to Maximillian Mayers & Michael Henderson by 1 hole
3) Charles Hammond & Sandy Reid lost to Graham Barr & Dara McGreevy by 2 and 1
4) Neil Gordon & Mark McMillan beat Greg Telfer & Ben Davis by 3 and 2
Result: SUGS 2 - 2 Glasgow University
London University GS - Royal St Georges - 13 March 2015
Another fine day in the SUGS annals with a resounding victory over the LUGS at Royal St George’s, Sandwich on Friday 13th March 2015 – unlucky for the LUGS as it turned out.
SUGS won all but one match in the morning and lunched well, faring even better in the afternoon. Whilst a whitewash was on the cards, Sandy Reid played a captain’s role in agreeing a honourable half in the afternoon to ensure an overall result of LUGS 1.5 to SUGS 10.5. Sadly our counterparts on the rugby pitch could not fair quite so well.
As usual we were royally entertained in the (newly refurbished) Royal St George’s dining room. The climax of the evening came after dinner when Roddy Forgie (our debutant) was paired against Ed Clutton in the umbrella game. Roddy’s swan dive across the finishing line as Ed struggled to find his feet on the RSG lawn was a site that already has him down as a legend in this game. Well played. See the photo of the shoe shiners in the "News" section.
ADJ
Morning foursomes (SUGS names first)
1) Douglas Hunter & Roddy Forgie beat Stuart Lloyd & Ed Clutton
2) Pete Neal & Anthony Shields beat Will Jefferies & James Bull
3) Fraser McCluskey & Andrew Jessop beat George Yeandle & Nick Kershaw
4) Ewan Cameron & Alex Leslie lost to Mike Kershaw & Gorm Nielsen
5) Sandy Reid & John King beat Jeremy Smith & Neil Falconer
6) Mike Morrison & Ally Fearnside beat John Dennis & Alastair Wells
Result: SUGS 5 - 1 LUGS
Afternoon foursomes (SUGS names first)
1) Anthony Shields & Roddy Forgie beat Mike Kershaw and Will Jeffries
2) Douglas Hunter & Andrew Jessop beat Alastair Wells & Ed Clutton
3) Sandy Reid & Fraser McCluskey halved with Gorm Nielsen & John Dennis
4) Pete Neal & Ewan Cameron beat Jeremy Smith & James Bull
5) Alex Leslie & Ally Fearnside beat George Yeandle & Stuart Lloyd
6) Mike Morrison & John King beat Nick Kershaw & Neil Falconer
Result: SUGS 5½ - ½ LUGS
Overall Result: SUGS 10½ - 1½ LUGS
Luffness New GC - Luffness - 15 March 2015
The match report writes itself - a most convivial lunch and 18 hole match with several SUGS in the Luffness side, and an amicable draw!
Results (SUGS names first)
1) Sandy Reid (Captain) & Sean Fotheringhame lost to Chris Campbell (Captain) & Alan Cumming by 3 and 1
2) Stephen Carruthers and John Tully-Jackson beat Keith Yuille & Dennis Kerr by 1 hole
3) Alex Room & David McCall beat Hugh Harvie & Alastair Milne by 7 and 6
4) Neil Gordon & Robin Duncan beat Dougie Greenhalgh & Ian Bryson by 1 hole
5) Tim Pakenham & Andrew McCrone lost to Colin Wood & Andrew Limmer by 2 and 1
6) Andrew Thomson & Nigel Watt lost to Douglas May & Dougie Adams by 4 and 3
Result: SUGS 3 - 3 Luffness New GC
Dublin University GS - Prestwick - 20 March 2015
Results (SUGS names first)
Main Match - AM - Foursomes
1) Nicky Gold & Bobby Watson lost to Michael Brett & Jerome Counihan by 5 and 4
2) Graeme Belch & David Archibald lost to David Conway & R Knightly by 2 and 1
3) Sandy Reid & Jonny Calder beat M Fleury & Dougie Heather by 3 and 2
4) Stuart Farmer & Alastair Leggate halved with John Kenny & David Conway Jnr
5) Andrew Biggart & Charles Hammond lost to Nick Dillon & Huntly Lauder
6) Tim Pakenham & Hugh Harvie lost to Connor O'Brien & Aedan Jamieson by 1 hole
Result: SUGS 1½ - 4½ DUGS
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Main Match - PM - Foursomes
1) Nicky Gold & Graeme Belch lost to David Conway & Michael Brett by 1 hole
2) David Archibald & Alastair Leggate lost to M Fleury & R Knightley by 3 and 2
3) Sandy Reid & Jonny Calder beat Jerome Counihan & David Conway Jnr by 6 and 5
4) Bobby Watson & Hugh Harvie beat Dougie Heather & Nick Dillon by 4 and 3
5) Niall Farquharson & James Haggart lost to Connor O'Brien & John Kenny by 2 and 1
6) Tim Pakenham & Stuart Farmer lost to Huntly Lauder & Aedan Jameson by 2 and 1
Result: SUGS 2 - 4 DUGS
Overall Result: SUGS 3½ - 8½ DUGS
DUGS Seniors Match - Prestwick - 20 March 2015
AM - Foursomes
1) Mike Brown & James Haggart beat David Fleury & Gavin Caldwell by 2 and 1
2) Ian Smith & Niall Farquharson halved with Peter Lennon & Michael Black
Result: SUGS Seniors 1½ - ½ DUGS Seniors
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Seniors Match - PM - Foursomes
1) Andrew Biggart & Mike Brown lost to Peter Lennon & David Fleury by 4 and 3
2) Charles Hammond & Ian Smith lost to Michael Black & David by 3 and 2
Result: SUGS Seniors 0 - 2 DUGS Seniors
Overall Result: SUGS Seniors 1½ - 2½ DUGS Seniors
St Andrews University - St Andrews - 28 March 2015
AM Foursomes (Jubilee Course) - SUGS names first
1) Alex Main & David Greenshields beat Angus Roberts & Andrew New by 2 and 1
2) Nicky Gold & Fraser McCluskey beat Sam Edwards & Will Humphreys by 3 and 2
3) Colin Steele & Simon Holt halved with Ian Napier & Ben Proos
4) James Hetherington & Sandy Reid lost to Chris Goodship & Ed Cave by 1 hole
5) Duncan Lawrie & Tim Pakenham lost to Ross Davidson & Alex Hill by 2 and 1
6) John Davie & Andrew Thomson lost to James Braby & Ruari Keeley by 4 and 3
AM Result: SUGS 2½ - 3½ St Andrews University
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PM Fourball (Old Course) - SUGS names first
1) Nicky Gold & Colin Steele beat Angus Roberts & James Braby by 4 and 3
2) Simon Holt & David Greenshields beat Will Humphreys & Ruari Keeley by 3 and 1
3) Alex Main & Duncan Lawrie beat Chris Goodship & Sam Edwards by 4 and 3
4) Fraser McCluskey & Sandy Reid halved with Alex Hill & Andrew New
5) Tim Pakenham & Andrew Thomson beat Ross Davidson & Ian Napier by 4 and 3
6) James Hetherington & John Davie beat Ben Proos & Ed Cave by 5 and 4
PM Result: SUGS 5½ - ½ St Andrews University
Overall Result: SUGS 8 - 4 St Andrews University
Spring Meeting - Prestwick - 17 April 2015
A smaller number of participants (12) than in previous years, but the day was no less enjoyable, with good spells of sunshine, and a Prestwick course in fine condition. The course caught several people out as usual, and a special mention must go to Nicky Gold and Ewan Cameron, who both managed to break 80 despite a double figure score on their cards. (SSS 73 / CSS 74)
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Scratch Scores
1) Dougie Hunter - 74 (Winner of Baird / Purdie Trophy)
2) Pete Gossman - 75
3) Nicky Gold - 78
Net Scores
1) Robin Duncan - 75
Aberdeen SUGS - Royal Aberdeen - 24 May 2015
Morning Foursomes (SUGS names first)
1) Sandy Reid & Peter Burnett lost to Niall Farquharson & Neil Gordon by 1 hole
2) Willie Park & Iain Fulton beat Martin Duncan & Alastair Morgan by 3 and 2
3) Noel Crilley & Innes MacLennan beat Ross McNeill & David Rennie by 4 and 3
Afternoon Fourballs (SUGS name first)
1) Iain Fulton & Peter Burnett beat Neil Gordon & Martin Duncan by 1 hole
2) Noel Crilley & Sandy Reid lost to Alastair Morgan & Ross McNeill by 2 and 1
3) Innes MacLennan & Willie Park beat David Rennie & Niall Farquharson by 2 and 1
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Result: SUGS 4 - 2 Aberdeen SUGS
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Dispatch Trophy - Braids Hills - May 2015
Team names not recorded, lost in 3rd round
Midlothian Ladies - Gullane - 29 May 2015
The annual (foursomes) match was played a week earlier than usual, but the weather was more representative of a cool, blustery, and at times showery day in early spring rather than the summery conditions more typically associated with the fixture. The usual debate about handicaps / SSS adjustments ensued at the start, but when it came to business on the course, the ladies played well enough for a comfortable victory. Unfortunately, the Hon Sec had forgotten to ensure the trophy would be present - the excuse that he hadn't played in last year's match and didn't have the trophy in any case was as poor as the match result was for SUGS! In the absence of SUGS Captain Sandy Reid (playing poker in Macau!), Vice Captain Colin congratulated the ladies on their comprehensive win.
Results (Gullane 2)
1) Colin Steele & Tim Edward lost to Kate McIntosh & Wendy Nicholson by 6 and 4
2) David Anderson & Andrew Thomson lost to Karen Marshall & Hannah Scott by 2 and 1
3) Jim Barnet & Sandy Kirkwood lost to Kirsten Blackwood & Alison McBride by 2 and 1
4) Douglas May & Nigel Watt lost to Emily Dalgetty & Jessica Dalgetty by 4 and 3
Overall Result: SUGS 0 - 4 MCLGA
Rye GC - Rye - 8 August 2015
The inaugural match went well, with fantastic weather. We were 5-1 down at lunch (one of our opponents at four in the morning order was off scratch!) but we rallied in the afternoon and final result was Rye 6.5 SUGS 5.5.
JND
Morning Foursomes (SUGS names first)
1) Michael Choong & Jake Halliday lost
2) David Barclay & Jonny Calder lost
3) Robert Hutton & Tim Pakenham lost
4) Alasdair Leggate and John Davie lost
5) Alastair Fearnside & Scott Finlay won
6) Jonathan Palmer & Scott Beattie lost
Morning Result: SUGS 1 - 5 Rye GC
Afternoon Foursomes (SUGS names first)
1) Tim Pakenham & Jonny Calder won
2) Michael Choong & David Barclay won
3) Alasdair Leggate & Alastair Fearnside halved
4) Scott Finlay & Jake Halliday won
5) Scott Beattie & John Davie lost
6) Jonathan Palmer & Robert Hutton won
Afternoon Result: SUGS 4½ - 1½ Rye GC
Overall Result: SUGS 5½ - 6½ Rye GC
Cambridge University GC - Bruntsfield - 18 August 2015
A SUGS win by 3 matches to 2. Special mention to JTJ and debutant Joe Dilks who fought back to beat their lower handicap opponents on the last green.
St Andrews SUGS - St Andrews (Jubilee) - 23 August 2015
Match preceded by excellent dinner for the second year in Ham's Hame where the draw for the four balls was made in time honoured fashion. This year however St ASUGS insisted on negotiating for strokes and it was agreed that each game would take 1/2 difference from the low player. This did not work out as planned and in glorious weather on the Jubilee course SUGS achieved a white wash 5 - 0 victory, the first in match history!
FHM
Results (SUGS names first)
1) Alex Room & Andrew Limmer beat Sandy Reid & Hamish Phillips by 2 and 1
2) Keith Macintosh & Graham Clarke beat Ian Kerr & Peter Burnett by 2 holes
3) Andy Keir & Mike Mullins beat Murray Drummond & Lawrie Jamieson by 3 and 2
4) Robin Duncan & Scott Finlay beat Alastair Russell & Craig Fotheringham by 6 and 5
5) Fraser McCluskey & Graeme Murray beat Hamish McNaughton & Colin Steele by 1 hole
Result: SUGS 5 - 0 St Andrews SUGS
Gullane GC - Gullane No. 1 - 6 September 2015
With 7 SUGS members playing for Gullane, and 1 Gullane member playing for SUGS, there was no shortage of familiar faces at this year's encounter. Both sides were delighted to be joined for lunch by Archie Baird, who has done much to further the cause of both Gullane and SUGS in the last 30+ years. Called into the Gullane side at the last minute, he subsequently elected not to play, but can still be seen on a regular basis playing Gullane dinner matches with the aid of his buggy. The match itself was played in sunny conditions, and the result, an amicable draw, was a suitable reflection on matches of this ilk, where the result is immaterial.
AMT (playing for GGC on this occasion)
Results (SUGS names first)
1) Alex Room & Scott Finlay lost to Ewan Fairweather & Colin Sinclair
2) Stephen Govenlock & Andrew Limmer lost to Sarinder Singh & Colin Steele
3) Sandy Reid & Nigel Watt halved with Andrew Thomson & Gerry Seydak
4) David Connolly & Phil Pritchett beat Lance Sloan & John Tully-Jackson
5) Pete Gossman & Jim Barnet beat Andrew McCrone
Result: SUGS 2½ - 2½ Gullane GC
Queens University GS - Muirfield & Gullane - 17-18 September 2015
Day 1 - AM results from Muirfield - SUGS names first
1) Fraser McCluskey & Sandy Reid lost to Keith McGarry & Peter Greene by 3 and 2
2) David Hutchison & Ewan Cameron beat Barry Clements & Alistair Dick by 2 holes
3) Alex Leslie & Jonny Calder halved with Brendan Cashell & Dan McCrea
4) Keith McCall & Simon Holt beat Andy Dick & Eddie Bill by 2 and 1
5) Iain Jones & Keith MacIntosh beat David Cameron & Michael Curran by 2 and 1
6) James Bryce & Jake Halliday lost to Gregg Sterritt & Rab Brady by 5 and 4
7) Richard Inglis & Colin Steele beat Arthur Bell & Tim Browne by 3 and 2
8) Tim Edward & Robin Duncan beat Stuart Gough & Alan Irwin by 6 and 5
AM Result: SUGS 5½ - 2½ QUGS
Day 1 - PM results from Muirfield - SUGS names first
1) Fraser McCluskey & David Hutchison beat Keith McGarry & Barry Clements by 7 and 6
2) Keith McCall & Ewan Cameron lost to Peter Greene & Dan McCrea by 1 hole
3) Jake Halliday & Jonny Calder lost to Alistair Dick & Michael Curran by 3 and 2
4) Iain Jones & Sandy Reid lost to Gregg Sterritt & Brendan Cashell by 3 and 2
5) Alex Leslie & Colin Steele beat Andy Dick & Alan Irwin by 6 and 5
6) James Bryce & Keith MacIntosh beat Tim Browne & David Cameron by 3 and 2
7) Tim Edward & Simon Holt lost to Rab Brady & Eddie Bill by 7 and 6
8) Richard Inglis & Robin Duncan halved with Stuart Gough & Arthur Bell
PM Result: SUGS 3½ - 4½ QUGS
Day 1 Result: SUGS 9 - 7 QUGS
Day 2 - AM results from Gullane No 1 - SUGS names first
1) Sandy Reid & Nicky Gold lost to Keith McGarry & Dan McCrea by 1 hole
2) Graeme Belch & Simon Holt beat Peter Greene & Barry Clements by 2 holes
3) Ewan Cameron & Colin Steele beat Brendan Cashell & Michael Curran by 3 and 2
4) Colin Dempster & Matt Bentley beat Alistair Dick & Eddie Bill by 4 and 3
5) Andrew Biggart & Keith McCall lost to Andy Dick & Gregg Sterritt by 2 and 1
6) Robin Duncan & Charles Hammond halved with David Cameron & Tim Browne
7) Jonny Calder & John Tully Jackson beat Arthur Bell & Alan Irwin by 6 and 5
8) Andrew McCrone & Andrew Thomson beat Rab Brady & Stuart Gough by 3 and 2
AM Result: SUGS 5½ - 2½ QUGS
Day 2 - PM results from Gullane No 1 - SUGS names first
1) Simon Holt & Nicky Gold beat Keith McGarry & Gregg Sterritt by 2 and 1
2) Ewan Cameron & Keith McCall lost to Brendan Cashell & Peter Greene by 2 and 1
3) Sandy Reid & Graeme Belch halved with Dan McCrea & Eddie Bill
4) Colin Dempster & Charles Hammond beat Barry Clements & Michael Curran by 1 hole
5) Colin Steele & John Tully Jackson beat Alistair Dick & Andy Dick by 4 and 3
6) Matt Bentley & Jonny Calder beat David Cameron & Rab Brady by 4 and 3
7) Andrew Thomson & Andrew Biggart lost to Arthur Bell & Tim Browne by 3 and 2
8) Andrew McCrone & Robin Duncan beat Stuart Gough & Alan Irwin by 5 and 4
PM Result: SUGS 5½ - 2½ QUGS
Day 2 Result: SUGS 11 - 5 QUGS
Match Result: SUGS 20 - 12 QUGS
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QUGS Seniors - Gullane & Muirfield - 17-18 September 2015
Thursday - Gullane No 1 - fourballs
1) Lindsay Gordon & Hamish MacNaughtan beat Craig Cameron & John McLean
2) Iain Currie & Ken Chrystie beat Peter Dick & Edward Carson
3) David Anderson & Jim Barnet beat Ian Dick & Ian Sanderson
Friday - Muirfield - foursomes
1) Bobby White & Hamish MacNaughtan beat Craig Cameron & John Neill
2) Clifford Hastings & Jim Barnet lost to Peter Dick & John McLean
3) David Anderson & Ken Chrystie beat Edward Carson & Ian Sanderson
Friday - Gullane - single
4) Iain Currie lost to Ian Dick.
Summer Meeting - Worplesdon GC - 17 October 2015
Following cancellation in July due to a flooded course, the Summer Meeting was rearranged for October, only one week before the Autumn Meeting! For various reasons there were only 3 participants, but the golf was of a very high standard. Local member Ian Attoe (69, -2), who won the English Seniors Championship over his home course in June, capped off a superb season to edge Sandy Phillips (70, -1) by a shot. Jonny Calder played well but was up against 2 in-form golfers.
Autumn Meeting - Gullane - 24 October 2015
W N Boase Putter:
1) David Greenshields (63 scratch stableford points)
2) Duncan Martin (59 scratch stableford points)
R S Sloan Trophy:
1) John Tully-Jackson (31 scratch stableford points)
2) David Connolly (30 scratch stableford points)
C R Duncan Leeds Trophy:
1) Kenneth McKay (35 net stableford points)
2) Iain Crawford (34 net stableford points)
Seniors Salver:
1) Iain Crawford (34 net stableford points)
2) James Haggart (29 net stableford points)
Edinburgh University - Gullane 2 - 31 October 2015
A win for the students who played some excellent golf, not least Conor Rankin (son of QUG Simon Rankin) who had a hole in one en route to breezing round Gullane No 2 in 64!
Results (SUGS names first)
1) David Greenshields & Alex Room beat Rohit Gupta & Lindey Stevenson by 4 and 3
2) Alex Main & Colin Steele lost to Conor Rankin & Jack McAlpine by 3 and 2
3) Fergus Niven & Scott Finlay lost to Alex Cheung & Keith Steward by 1 hole
4) Lawrie Main & Tim Pakenham beat Andrew Campbell & Cameron Creamer by 3 and 2
5) Andrew Limmer & Andrew McCrone lost to Charlie Carre & Tom Ellis by 1 hole
Result: SUGS 2 - 3 Edinburgh University
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Matches Not Played
Dundee University
Heriot Watt University
Stirling University
Oxford & Cambridge GS
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