Gemma Batty wins Scottish student women's 

title by nine strokes at Lossiemouth

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

English-born Stirling student Gemma Batty, whose ambition is to play for Scotland, ran away with the Scottish student women's championship at Lossieouth today. She was the defending champion.

A five-under-par total of 292 gave her victory by nine strokes from runner-up, Muckhart Golf Club member Jen Saxton (Stirling), with a tie for third place on 297 between Nastja Banovec (Abertay-Dundee) and Lieve Van Veggel (St Andrews).

FINAL TOTALS 

par 292

287 Gemma Batty (Stirling) 77 67 67 76

296 Jen Saxton (Stirling) 76 73 69 78

297 Nastja Banovec (Abertay Dundee) 79 73 73 72, Lieve Van Veggel (St Andrews) 78 70 69 80

298 Chloe Goadby (Stirling) 79 69 74 76

301 Marie Danielsson (St Andrews) 75 73 72 81

302 Sinead Sexton (Stirling) 77 72 74 79, Alexa Hammer (St Andrews) 75 71 71 85

312 Amy Chambers (St Andrews) 84 75 74 79

314 Tara Mactaggar (Stirling) 79 75 78 82 

322 Katie Reid (Abertay Dundee) 84 77 76 85 

Craig Howie wins Scottish student men's 

title after brilliant third-round 62

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Stirling's Craig Howie, winner of the Scottish U18 boys' match play title at Murcar Links in 2012, has scored another national win - again in the North/North-east of Scotland.

The Peebles man scored a seven-stroke victory in the Scottish student men's championship over 72 holes at the Moray Golf Club, Lossiemouth.

Highlight of Howie's performance for a 10-under-par aggregate of 272 was a brilliant third-round 62.

Runner-up on 279 was Lukas Michel (St Andrews) with Laird Shepherd (Stirling) third on 282.

Students from the Highlands and Islands University gave their best ever performance in the championships with Jack Harling from Banchory fifth on 286, Sebastiano Galeppini sixth on 289 and Riccardo Cellerino ninth on 291.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 282

272 Craig Howie (Stirling) 69 70 62 71

279 Lukas Michael (St Andrews) 69 68 70 72

282 Laird Shepherd (Stirling) 72 68 70 72

286 Greg Telfer (Glasgow) 71 67 75 73 

288 Jack Harling (Highlands and Islands) 73 72 68 75

289 Sebastiano Galeppini (H and I) 74 74 73 68

290 Chris MacLean (Stirling) 72 74 72 72

291 Chris Low (Abertay Dundee) 68 71 79 73, Riccardo Cellerino (H and I) 71 74 73 73, Craig Chalmers (Strathclyde) 75 73 70 73, Mathias Eggenberger (Stirling) 71 71 73 76 

292 Henry Tomlinson (Stirling) 76 70 75 71, Rob Paterson (Aberdeen) 74 77 70 71

293 Scott Macgregor (St Andrews) 76 71 72 74, James Wilson (Stirling) 74 70 75 74

294 Andrew Mulholland (Aberdeen) 80 68 72 74, Tom Beasley (St Andrews) 74 73 71 76

295 Andrew Davidson (Stirling) 75 72 74 74, Sean Walter (Strling) 74 73 73 75

297 Neil McConnochie (Strathclyde) 75 77 75 70

298 Craig Hughes (Strathclyde) 76 73 74 75, Peter Hasson (Glasgow) 73 71 78 76, Lewys Anderson (St Andrews) 74 71 76 77, Angus Carrick (Stirling) 74 72 74 78, Lewis West (Robert Gordon's) 72 69 84 73

299 Colin Edgar (Stirling) 73 74 76 76, Ross Brydon (Stirling) 73 77 72 77

300 Adam Mulhall (Stirling) 74 72 76 78, Mark Napier (Stirling) 73 69 79 79, Jack Forgan (Stirlign) 77 73 71 79.