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Page 22 – Wednesday, April 19, 2006 The Forres Gazette Editorial/Advertising: (01309) 672615
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FORMER ScottishAmateur ChampionHugh Stuart returnedto his native Forreson Monday to unveilnew practice facilitieswhich will give Forresgolfers better oppor-tunities than ever todevelop their skills.
Mr Stuart was a ForresGolf Club junior member inthe 1950s. He turned pro-fessional at 18 beforereturning to the amateurranks two years later.
In 1971 he helped theGreat Britain and Irelandteam release the USA’sWalker Cup stranglehold.The home team beatAmerica 13-11 at StAndrews. A year later hecaptured the ScottishAmateur title.
Half a century on from Mr Stuart’s own junior days, a new genera-tion of young golfers in
Forres has never had it better.
“We have put a lot ofwork over the winter intodeveloping the new facili-ties,” said Forres profes-sional Sandy Aird. “Wenow have an eight bay dri-ving range, we are prepar-ing five short par 3 holes forthe junior development, andwe have an Arena Greenwhere you can practice yourbunker play and pitching.
“Except for the five shortholes everything is ready tobe used. They will probablyneed another year so theturf can knit in, or we maybe able to use them laterthis summer.”
The club has an impres-sive record for attractingand retaining junior mem-bers. The club boasts 120juniors and offers freemembership to the under12s.
The completion of the
A STRONG northerly windblowing straight across theKinloss to College ofRoseisle road, chilling raceofficials, spectators andcompetitors to the verybone in the Bill Stuart 10-mile time trial.
Thirty-three riders bravedthe conditions to compete inthe Forres Club’s first pro-motion of the year.
Six were from the pro-moting club with PeterEttles snr the most likely tosucceed after a great start tothe season winning over thesame distance the previousSunday.
But with Carlos Riise on aweekend foray from hishome in Shetland, and theform rider of the field, onlythe most loyal would haveput money on Ettles.
He had an early start atnumber 20 and, making lightof the conditions, passed thefinish timekeeper in a super-fast time of 22 minutes 43seconds.
Riise was last man off atnumber 40 and for nearly 20minutes hopes were raisedof a local victory. Ettles’time should have beenenough and it was a startlingtime given the bitter condi-tions.
But hopes were dashed asRiise streaked over the line50 seconds faster leaving abemused Ettles in secondplace. Third was VinceMaclennan ofClachnacuddin CC in 23m21s.
Other Forres finisherswere new member DavidHarter winning third handi-cap prize in 25m 30s; KevinLackie next in 25m 44s;Gordon Lawrie 26m 37s;Billy Gunn 26m 49s; and hisschoolboy son David 29m1s.
REDUCEDThe next day’s competi-
tion weather conditions wereworse. The temperature hov-ered around zero and a bliz-zard reduced visibility tojust a few feet.
Ettles powered away fromthe line wasting precious lit-tle time establishing a pow-erful rhythm.
Off at three and four werethe two Forres CC school-boys Ryan Kilmer (12), inonly his second race, andDavid Gunn, a pupil atForres Academy.
In between the boys andlast man off Riise was across section of some of thebest in Scotland includingfive more riders from Forres.
In the final analysis, theresult was very similar toSaturday’s event except thatPeter Ettles had reduced thegap between himself andRiise to a mere two seconds;1 C Riise 22m 43s; 2 PEttles 22m 45s.
Harter won the first handi-cap prize. Other Forres rid-ers were Billy Gunn 25m54s, Gordon Lawrie 27m28s, David Gunn 28m 59sand Ryan Kilmer 34m 35s.
■ Forres Academy pupilGraeme Laughton left ForresCC over the winter periodand now rides for TriChanging Gear, althoughstill locally based.
Graeme’s training overthe winter has been punctu-ated by periods of illness butnow he returning to form.
He has been training withthe Scottish squad inDundee and with the recov-ery powers only possessedby a 16-year-old competedin a senior road race inArbroath.
This is a big step up inboth distance and quality ofopposition as traditionallythe jump from youth tojunior is a difficult transi-tion, and he finished in touchwith the bunch.
■ THIRTY ladies took part in the ladies’ section ExtraMedal Day at Forres on a sunny but blustery day withthe odd shower.
Overall winner Rhona Cameron also wins the SLGABrooch for the best net score. CSS was 73, making thisthe first competition this year which has counted forhandicap.
Division 1 – Rhona Cameron 78 (89) 70, Mrs. IsobelTaylor 83 (12) 71, Mrs Ann Kinlin 95 (20) 75.
Division 2 – Catherine Urquhart 105 (31) 74, NicholaDalby 103 (27) 76, Carmel O’Brien 113 (35) 78.■ THERE was a good entry of 38 players when Forresgolf club Wednesday Seniors played the first round of theJim Macleod Trophy.
Results – Div 1: G Jenkins (6) 33 points; T R Fleetham(9) 30 points. Div 2: B Thomas (13) 35 points; E PLamsdell (14) 34 points. Div 3: R Walker (21) 32 points(BIH); I P McKenzie (22) 32 points.
UNDER a grey skyaccompanied by a coolwind which occasionallyreached 20 knots, 10boats came to the startingline for the Fitting OutBurgee – the FindhornYacht Club’s first race ofthe season.
It looked like Laserweather and StuartUrquhart was indeed firstround the windward markand looked set to win bya considerable margin.
There are dangers inleading, however, andwith no-one to follow hestarted the second leg inthe wrong directionallowing George Morrisin a Phantom to planepast lan Underwood’sNational 18 to take thelead.
lan Ellis, sailing hisnew Musto Skiff, tookthe lead from time totime but capsized at eachof the three marks whileBill Soudan in a Blaze
lost his chance when hehit a mark.
Meanwhile, StuartUrquhart had sorted outhis navigational problemsand was now working hisway through the fleet andseemed bound to retakethe lead if the race wenton for long enough.
In the event it was notquite long enough andGeorge Morris won by 10seconds.
The previous eveningsaw the clubhousepacked for a gamesevening, one of a seriesof social events sched-uled for the coming sea-son.
Sunday’s racing wascancelled due to strongwinds and low tempera-tures, although two boatsdid briefly put to sea.There is no racing nextweekend due to the lackof a suitable tide.
CYCLINGGOLF
new facilities comes at thepoint when Forres is prepar-ing to open its doors to thecommunity’s children. Theclub was the first inScotland to pilot the nation-al junior golf strategy, club-golf’s Level 3 Developmentcourse, and 16 local chil-dren are involved.
Next year, the club willcast its net wider and take
in children who are experi-encing clubgolf’s introduc-tory game, firstclubgolf, atschool.
Launched last year byformer Open ChampionPaul Lawrie, firstclubgolf isplayed with multi-colouredmodified clubs, rubberisedballs and Velcro targets, andtaught by teachers.
The age of nine has been
identified as the best stagefor children to learn andbecome involved with thesport.
Children who enjoy theexperience can learn thebasics of the game – includ-ing the fundamentals ofputting, chipping, fullswing, rules and etiquette –over a 20-week period onclubgolf’s Stage 1 course.
It is hosted by golf clubs,led by clubgolf Level 1 vol-unteer coaches and uses realequipment.
The new practice facili-ties at Forres Golf Club willprovide the perfect settingfor the clubgolf trainees tomake their first swings.
“The new facilities arethere for all the club mem-bers but promoting thegame to juniors is our prior-ity,” said club captain JamesDuncan.
“The young childrenwhich clubgolf is introduc-
ing from primary schools,who are just starting andaren’t ready to go onto thecourse straight away willbenefit the most.
“Hugh was a juniormember at Forres about 50years ago and as a greatfavourite at Forres. We felthe would be the perfect per-son to open the new prac-tice area.
“He is very keen on help-ing juniors and we are verygrateful that he came overto help us today.”
Monday’s opening of thenew Forres practice facili-ties coincided with club-golf ’s inclusion in theForres Pro-Am.
Six teams of three talent-ed junior players fromGrampian and Highlandwere invited to compete inthe event. A club assistantprofessional, who providedguidance and mentoring,accompanied each team.
Hugh tees off a new era
SAILING
A LEAGUE. . . . . . . . . . . . . P W L PtMosset C . . . . . 30 25 5 50Newmarket . . . 30 25 5 50Carisbrooke A . 30 20 10 40Carlton A . . . . . 30 20 10 40Abbey A. . . . . . 30 18 12 38Vic A . . . . . . . . 30 16 14 32Red Lion A . . . 30 13 17 26Carlton B . . . . . 50 8 22 16
B LEAGUEP W L Pt
Riverslea . . . . . 30 18 12 36Stables . . . . . . . 30 18 12 36Mosset B . . . . . 30 18 12 36Red Lion B . . . 30 14 16 26Castle . . . . . . . . 40 10 20 20Vic B . . . . . . . . 30 7 23 14Abbey B. . . . . . 30 6 24 12Cyber cafe . . . . 30 11 19 10
THE Forres and District PoolLeagues have finished andthere were exciting climaxesto both the A and B Leagues,with each going down to thefinal game and game differ-ence.
The Newmarket had led theA League for the last fourgames but an unexpected lossto the Vic A handed the leaguetitle to the Mosset C.
In the B League, a similarstory was told. Mosset B onlyhad to seal a win against theRed Lion B to win outright,but again the leaders falteredand went down 6-3.
With wins for the Riversleaand the Stables on the night,leaving all three teams on 36points, it went to games differ-ence, with the Riverslea takingthe title by a single game.
League president Ali Caldersaid: “A well fought title racetook place in both leagues andthe standard of play this yearhas been by far the best I haveseen in some time.”
This week sees the first ofthe competitions. The speed,
YOUNGSTERS from all overMoray are taking part in abadminton tournament onFriday hoping to be selected torepresent their area in thenational Badminton SportshallChallenge being held in Perthduring June.
The tournament will seeeight teams of primary school-children who have been part ofcluster events involving morethan 300 children from schoolsin Buckie, Elgin, Forres,Lossiemouth and Mosstodloch.
Devised byBadmintonscotland.
The format of theBadminton SportshallChallenge differs from a bad-minton tournament in thatthere is no match-playinvolved. Instead, the teamsmust complete a number ofchallenges such as obstaclecourses and target hitting, allwhich involve the use of bad-minton equipment or skills.
The event is being organisedby Moray Active Schools andwill have Scottish international
Jamie Neill overseeing theevents in conjunction withSportScotland’s SportingChampions scheme, which usessports stars and emerging tal-ent to inspire and motivateyoung people to become andremain involved in sport.
John McMulkin, MorayActive Schools manager, said,“It is hoped that by giving chil-dren this early introduction tobadminton they will be encour-aged to continue with the sportperhaps joining a club and par-ticipating in further competi-tions.
“Having Jamie here willprove inspirational and showthe children just how far theycan go.”
Anyone interested in volun-teering to help with futurephysical activity based eventsand activities can contact JohnMcMulkin on 01343 557145 ore-mail:
shoot and killer events will beheld at the Castle tomorrownight (Thursday) at 7.30pm.Registration at 7.30pm for8pm start.
The Forres Singles, due tobe played on Sunday, havebeen postponed until Sunday,May 14, in the Mosset Tavernat 12.30pm.
POOLBADMINTON
BOWLING
Prizewinners from the Victoria Indoor Bowing Club. Sitting, centre, are Jean McIntosh, ladies championwith George Marr – gents and overall club champion. From left are the other prizewinners: Ian Stewart,Anne McIntosh, Sheena Allan, Willie D MacPherson, Barry Dinnes, Ann Cockburn, Gordon Gray and Mrs
Margaret Litttlejohn, who also presented the prizes.
MEMBERS of the ForresVictoria Indoor Bowlingclub held their annual prize-giving dinner at the CarltonHotel in when more than 30members enjoyed a meal andsocial gathering with tro-phies being presented byMrs Margaret Littlejohn.
Receiving the AndersonTriples Trophy were the teamof Margaret Littlejohn, SheenaAlan and Willie D
MacPherson (skip). Prizes forthe rinks were given toMargaret Littlejohn, AnnCockburn, Ian Stewart andAnne McIntosh (captain)
Triples winners were ShenaAllan, Jean McIntosh, W DMacPherson (captain) andpairs – Barry Dinnes and W DMacPherson (captain).
Ladies champion was JeanMcIntosh and gents Championand overall club champion wasGeorge Marr.
■ THE Fornighty pairing ofChrissie Grigor and ScottMacLean beat Heather andBrian Paxton of Nairn RoyalBritish Legion in the final ofthe McKenna Cup charitypairs competition held at theNairn Legion at the weekend.
Results: Quarter finals –C.J. McKay and G. Stephen(RBL Nairn) 10 C. and S.Black (Nairn) 13; C. Stephenand A. McInnes (RBL Nairn)5 C. Grigor and S. MacLean
(Fornighty) 13; B. and H.Paxton (RBL Nairn) 11 R.Wilkinson and A. Brown(Nairn) 10; J. Convery and F.Milne (RBL Nairn) 9 A. and J.McInotsh (Forres Victoria) 11.
Semi-finals – C. and S.Black 8 C. Grigor and S.MacLean 12; B. and H. Paxton12 A. and J. McIntosh 9.
Final – Chrissie Grigor andScott MacLean 10 Heatherand Brian Paxton 8.
Celebrating success at a karate and kickboxingcompetition held in Elgin are members of the De-Vry Korean Martial Arts Academy are DominiqueSutherland (14), from Forres Academy and
instructor Warren De-Vry.TWO competitors from the De-Vry Korean Martial ArtsAcademy twon medals in the 2006 World Karate/kickboxingAssociation Scottish national championships which were held inElgin.
There was a great turnout of competitors, representing manydifferent styles of the martial arts, all competing for nationaltitles and Scottish team selection for the world championshipsthat will take place in Spain later on this year.
Instructor Warren De-Vry won gold in the men’s over 80kgsemi contact division and a bronze in the over 35 years semicontact division.
Dominique Sutherland (14), won silver for junior forms and abronze in the girls’ semi contact plus 165cm division.
MARTIAL ARTS
Editorial/Advertising: (01309) 672615 The Forres Gazette Wednesday, April 19, 2006 – Page 3
Supporters and members of the local EarthShare organic farming group reinforce the Say no to GM Foods message during theirannual spring festival. Far left is Pam Bochel, a director of the scheme.
Festival presseshome the GM
foods messageA GROUP of localorganic farmers gath-ered near Forres toenjoy a special springfestival and celebra-tion of their success-ful boxed vegetablescheme.
The event at WesterLawrenceton Farm also sawthe local organic EarthSharegroup lighting a beacon aspart of a national GM-freechain of beacons being litaround the country aimed atreinforcing the Say no toGenetically Modified Foodsmessage.
Local EarthSharespokesperson Pam Bochelsaid that despite the unsea-sonal weather, EarthSharesubscribers who pay toreceive a box of organicvegetables every month,enjoyed the picnic.
The group then took partin a short tattie howkingdemonstration done in thetraditional way by usingTommy and Morgan, whoare two Clydesdale horsesbelonging to Nick Molnar,
the EarthShare farmer.During the afternoon
EarthShare subscribers alsoenjoyed a bit of spring funby helping to make scare-crows which are aimed atacting as a deterrent for thehungry Moray pigeons whoenjoy nibbling the organicvegetables.
“At 4pm we joinedtogether with other groupsaround the UK to light abeacon as part of a GlobalDay of Action against GMcrops,” said Ms Bochel.
“The beacon was both acelebration that no GMcrops are currently beinggrown in Britain, and also areminder to the ScottishExecutive, Westminstergovernment and biotechcorporations around theworld that the British publicdo not want GM crops andfood.”
She explained that morethan 30 beacons were lit
around the country, fromDorset to Moray. AHighland beacon was alsolit at Laikenbuie outsideNairn.
Ms Bochel, who is also adirector of EarthShare, saidthey were pleased with howthe event went and delight-ed with the success of thescheme.
EarthShare is a Moray-based community supportedagriculture scheme whichwas established in 1994. Itsupplies organic soft fruitand vegetables for up to 200local families.
“We have been growingorganic vegetables for localpeople for over 12 yearsnow,” she said.
Subscribers make a com-mitment to the scheme for ayear at a time and duringthat year they receive anequal share of everythingthat is harvested.
They are encouraged to
come to the field to help outwith workshifts and to takepart in social events.
The scheme works handin hand with the SoilAssociation who describe itas a partnership betweenfarmers and consumerswhere the responsibilitiesand rewards of farming areshared.
“If GM crops are growncommercially in this coun-try we will lose our right tochoose to eat organic food –contamination will becomeinevitable, and this willaffect conventional crops,not just organic crops,” saidMs Bochel.
“There has been no inde-pendent research carried outinto the safety of foodderived from these crops.So, to consider growingthem in the open seemsnothing short of ludicrous.
“EarthShare is proof thatsmall-scale local growingschemes are viable, and thecorporate take-over andindustrialisation of farmingis not the way forward.”
New group to defend the dunesA MEETING which was held to discuss the future of thedunes and the woodland near Findhorn has resulted inthe formation of new community group.
The group came about following a packed and livelypublic meeting held at the James Milne Institute, at whichfeelings ran high about the future of woodland andduneland belonging to Duneland Ltd.
A small committee was formed from members of thewider community who have a shared goal to becomeinvolved in the future of land to the east of the village.
The group represent a broad spectrum of interests in thearea and have already met three times since January.
At the last meeting of the Findhorn and KinlossCommunity Council, member Rob Shand said that thingsseemed to be progressing well with all members of thecommunity from around Findhorn, Kinloss and theFindhorn Foundation working well together.
The group who have been named The FindhornHinterland Group are working with landowners, includingDuneland Ltd, in the management of holdings in the area.
Spokesman Ray Taylor said the name Hinterland waschosen to emphasis the widening of the group’s focus toinclude the larger area that could be affected by anychanges in land use in the locality.
This would include the village, the FindhornFoundation, the MOD boundary and the Moray Firthshoreline which roughly bound the area of variedlandscape.
“The land includes various different zones,” he said,
“including the pine plantation known as Wilkie’s Wood,other landowners’ interests and designated conservationareas.”
He explained that the basis of the group’s objectives, asstated in their constitution are for “ongoing liaison and co-operation with the area’s landowners, notably in mattersrelating to conservation, woodland management,enhancement of the area’s environmental and bio-diversityvalues, recreation and heritage.”
A number of goals have already been identified. Theseinclude the expert assessment of the flora and fauna of thewhole hinterland area, the gradual transformation of theWilkie’s Wood plantation into more mixed and informalwoodland and the development of educationalopportunities and materials.
“It is hoped to encourage the involvement of localgroups and individuals in the practical work ofmanagement and conservation for the mutual benefit of thewider community and the landowners,” Mr Taylor said.
“Local membership of the group will be encouraged andpublicised at some point in the future.”
Meanwhile, the group has formed a working committeethat will report to the wider community including localresidents at regular intervals to ensure that they are kept intouch with plans for the management of this specialenvironmental resource.
Anyone interested in finding out more can sign up toreceive e-mails by e-mailing [email protected] or call Ray Taylor on 0845 058 0537.
By TANYA McLAREN
THE Moray Comm-unity Planning Part-
nership, which has 13members, such as GrampianFire and Rescue Service,Grampian Police, HIEMoray, Joint CommunityCouncils, NHS Grampian,the RAF and Moray Coun-cil, has identified seventhemes to be addressed byNeighbourhood Forums.
These themes are achiev-ing a safer community;improving travel facilities,choices and safety; invest-ing in children and youngpeople; achieving a healthyand caring community;
planning and working forincreased prosperity; build-ing stronger communities;protecting and enhancingthe environment.
Five local people weretrained to work with Com-munity Learning and Devel-opment and Neigh-bourhood Forum supportworkers, to carry out a con-sultation on the themes andestablish the feeling of thepeople in the Forres area.
The forum will coverForres, Rafford, Dallas,Kinloss, Findhorn, Dyke,Kintessack, Brodie, Logie,Alves and Darnaway.
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