Blackford’s annual match -V- Murrayfield Council was played on a warm but wet Tuesday evening on May 23, 2017.
This match has been a regular event since 1906 and has lost none of it’s sparkle. Blackford Captain, Paul Murray Smith was unavailable due to injury although he manfully dragged himself along to enjoy both the pre-match tea and sandwiches and the apres-match dinner. The culinary fare provided by Murrayfield was exceptionally good and Blackford contributed some fine wine.
The match format was Foursomes golf. Martin Bryden, David Thomson, Alf Cattanach, Miles Morrison, Ken Lewandowski, Chris Hardie, Frank Robson, Ian Starkey, David Armitage, George Geary, John Stevenson and Hugh Lees, represented Blackford and although the individual matches were very tight, the home side triumphed by 5 matches to 1.