Speyside Golf Festival 2024

Congratulations to Karl Thorne (Hessle), winner of the 2024 Speyside Golf Festival, leading the field with an excellent 4-round total of 152 points.

Click here to see the full list of results (the password is caddie).

Day 5 – Elgin

Finally, to Elgin and the last day of the 2024 Speyside Golf Festival. Putting out on the 18th green are Derrick Pettit, Peter Uri and Paul Buck.

Daily winners:
    Gents 1 - Karl Thorne, 38 points
              2 - Roald Uri, 38
              3 - Kenny Alcroft, 37

    Ladies 1 - Rachel Thorne, 42 points
               2 - Jane Derrick, 37
               3 - Mandy McBain, 37

At the end of the 2024 Speyside Golf Festival, the leading cumulative scores are:
    1 - Karl Thorne, 152 points
    2 - Martin Derrick, 148
    3 - Rachel Thorne, 146
    4 - Roald Uri, 139
    5 - Glyn Stevens, 139

Click here to see the full list of results (the password is caddie).

Day 4 – Forres

At Forres, on the penultimate day of the 2024 Speyside Golf Festival. Ready to make battle are Peter Uri, Walter Forbes and Roald Uri.

Daily winners:
    Gents 1 - Mark Attwell, 41 points
              2 - Neil Moreland, 39
              3 - John McBride, 38

    Ladies 1 - Ronnaug Sandbrook, 39 points
               2 - Reshma Patel, 37
               3 - Liz Ruscoe, 37

After three roounds, the leading cumulative scores were:
    1 - Karl Thorne, 114
    2 - Martin Derrick, 113
    3 - Mark Attwell, 112
    4 - Mike Sandbrook, 108
    5 - Glyn Stevens, 107

Day 3 – Moray

And so, on to the third day of the 2024 Festival, and a visit to Moray Golf Club at Lossiemouth. Putters at the ready are Kenny MacMillan, Mark Hutchison and John Hay.

Daily winners:
    Gents 1 - Martin Derrick, 37 points
              2 - Karl Thorne, 37
              3 - Richard Newcombe, 37

    Ladies 1 - Anne Hanson, 38 points
               2 - Debbie Hudson, 37
               3 - Rachel Thorne, 35

After two roounds, the leading cumulative scores were:
    1 - Karl Thorne, 78 points
    2 - Martin Derrick, 76 
    3 - Glyn Stevens, 74
    4 - Mark Attwell, 71
    5 - John Hill, 71

Day 2 – Grantown-on-Spey

The second day and the Festival, a blessed sunny albeit breezy day, resumed at Grantown-on-Spey. Pictured opposite, on the first tee, are June Birr, Anne Hanson and Gail Hegarty with the starter Tony Cowan-Martin.

Daily winners:
    Gents 1 - Glyn Stevens, 42 points
              2 - Karl Thorn, 41
              3 - Stewart Moar, 40

    Ladies 1 - Ushma Patel, 41 points
               2 - Sarah Booth, 35
               3 - Reshma Patel, 35

Day 1 – Boat of Garten

Flooded greens at Boat of Garten left no choice but for abandonment of the first round of the 2024 Speyside Golf Festival.

The image opposite paints a picture a thousand words would fail to describe.

We have some good news from Boat of Garten Golf Club.

Any competitors who were at Boat of Garten on Monday and were unable to complete their round can return for a courtesy round by booking a tee time through the Boat of Garten Golf Club office (01479 831282, option1); rounds can be played any time before 31st May 2025.