Duo head up North District team
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NORTH District champion Bryan Fotheringham and namesake Fraser will spearhead the North District team in the forthcoming Scottish Golf Union’s Inter-Area Team Championship at Blairgowrie later this month.
Inverness member Bryan and Nairn’s Fraser both took part in the event last year, although it was touch and go for the latter as to whether or not he would be playing again so early in the season.
An seemingly innocuos splinter in the index finger of Fraser’s right-hand turned septic and at one point he was in danger of having it removed.
Fortunately, the infection cleared sufficiently and the former Scotland youth cap was back in action last weekend with a solid level par 70 over the Tain links where in two week’s time the Scottish Women’s Championship will be staged.
Bruce Thomson, who this season has switched his home club to Nairn, is the only other survivor of the six who last year finished eighth of the the 16 areas participating at Prestwick St. Nicholas.
Into this year’s team has been called three first-timers to the competition — Elgin’s Jordan Milne, Fortrose and Rosemarkie’s Chris Gaittens and Thurso’s Dougie Thorburn — which takes place between 19th and 20th May.
