That was the story at Stonehaven Golf Club at the weekend when a team called Still Game topped the leader board with a score of 52.6, just beating two teams on 53.1.
The winners, Ally Still, Brian Ewen, Gary Graham and Craig Irvine, started with eight 3s in a row on their way to two halves of 28, finishing in rain and wind.
Texas Scramble: 52.6 Still Game (3.4) (A Still, B Ewen, G Graham, C Irvine); 53.1 Bean Counters (4.9) (B Droy, G Brown, R Leggate, H Kakebeeke), SHAGS + One (1.9) (N Irvine, H Roulston, G Melvin, S Dempster); 53.3 Fiona Not Required (2.7) (A Duncan, B Hunter, G Lamont, Gr Adamson); 53.6 Smiths 'n Athing (4.4) (Adam Smith, Ally Smith, I Harrison, J Hollyhead); 54 Unnamed (6) (K Duncan, K Duguid, I Wood, S Lloyd); 54.9 Graham Garden Fan Club (5.1) (F Urquhart, A Murray, S McGhie, M Rollo); 56.75 Unnamed (2.3) (N Robertson, S MacKenzie, A F Smith); 58 Credit Crunchers (6) (G McHardy, G Deans, S Henderson, D Henderson); 58.1 Unnamed (5.9) (D Daun, D Morrison, J Cowling, B Thain); 58.4 All Stars (5.6) (J Starrs, D Hamilton, W Donald, C Starrs); 58.4 Last of the Summer Wine (5.6) (I Smith, H Davidson, J Moderate, D Wainwright); 59.4 Unnamed (5.6) (C Mitchell, N Walker, D Turner, M Griffin); 60 Unnamed (6) (R Ballantyne, W Allan, I Crothers, A Johnson), 3 Putts and a Slice (6) (A Barnett, T Simpson, D Henderson, D MacFarlane); 60.4 (Fairway Woods (4.6) (A Wood, K Taylor, R Smith, R Tindall); 61 Unnamed (6) (J Lawson, D Anderson, S Campbell, J Stephen); 61.5 Four Musketeers (4.5) (J Lonie, A Geddes, T Middleton, M Dick); 61.6 Recycled Teenagers (5.4) (G Reid, B Reid, J Forbes), the Dons (4.4) (E Innes, J Hepburn, C Innes); 62 Unnamed (6) (D Cursiter, B Duncan, D McRae, D McRae); 65.3 Unnamed (5.7); D Hepburn, G Garden, M McCoy, P Langdon); 65.6 Unnamed (5.4) (D Mitchell, G Forrester, D Houston).

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Only two of the club's major knock-out competitions are still to be decided.
In the Royal Bank, Pennant team youngsters Iain Taylor and Stuart Soutar face two grizzled veterans in Bob Leggate and Malcolm MacEwen.
Both couples were involved in needle semi finals, Taylor and Soutar beating Selbie Scramble winners Jacek Nowak and Dave Cusiter, while Leggate and MacEwen saw off that sticky pair of Eric Dickie and Bruce Arthur.
Dickie will be seeking consolation in the final of the Willie Watt singles when he takes on Dave Summers. Both had good semi final wins, Dickie beating club champion Neil Irvine with Summers seeing off Eric Innes.
In the J M Low, Adam Smith topped a fine season's play by winning the final against Bob Hutcheon. He beat John Cowling in the semi final while Hutcheon beat Terry Middleton.
In the Petrolite mixed fours final, Dave Cruickshank and Irene Mearns defeated Callum and Ruth Mitchell and in the Freeland Family Foursomes final, Ally Reid and Ross McAllan beat Neil and Scott Murray.

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Adult/Junior Greensomes: Girls (scratch): 1st E Bicker/F Lamont; 2nd S Moir/W Lawrence; (handicap): 1st K Walton/M Crothers, 2nd K Nellany/F Currie
Boys (scratch): 1st S Duncan/K Duncan; 2nd R McAllan/R Riddell; (handicap): 1st S Murray/N Murray; 2nd K Riddell/J Riddell; 3rd J Halliday/M Halliday. Beginners (36+): 1st R Adamson/G Adamson; 2nd A MacArthur/N MacArthur.

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All last season's winners are asked to return their trophies to Willie Donald as soon as possible so that they can be engraved in the time for the annual prize giving.



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