IAIN Powell and his Brora team won their opening two games at the

Inverness Junior International yesterday. Powell beat Aberdeen's Neil

Joss 9-3 in the opening round and then defeated Forfar's Julia Ewart

8-4. Results:

First round -- I Powell (Brora) 9, N Joss (Aberdeen) 3; C Gruss

(Switzerland) 4, P Grandquist (Sweden) 3; G Cormack (Inverness) 7, J

McAskill (Inverness) 4; G Howard (Greenacres) 8, E MacDonald (Inverness)

7; C Hunter (Gogar Park) 12, S Tweedie (Gogar Park) 5; S Heilmann

(Switzerland) 5, C Hildrey (Forest Hills) 4; R Mackie (Gogar Park) 6, D

Herberg (Germany) 5; S Byers (Lockerbie) 8, Y Rengelli (Switzerland) 3.

Second round -- Powell 8, J Ewart (Forfar) 4; Cormack 6, G Barr (Gogar

Park) 4; Heilmann 9, S Stewart (Perth) 7; L Gillespie (Greenacres) 7,

Gruss 5; F Brown (Greenacres) 8, Howard 5; Mackie 6, R Bunyan

(Greenacres) 5; Hunter 8, C Wilson (Lockerbie) 6.

THE Edinburgh International championships commenced at Murrayfield

yesterday under a new mixed team format. Results:

First round: Section A -- J Black (Lockerbie) 7, C Hastings

(Murrayfield) 6; I Stewart (Perth) 7, I Groundwater (Gogar Park) 5.

Section B -- D Bertram (Letham Grange) 8, A Barr (Gogar Park) 5; K

Prentice (Kelso) 8, R Dick (Lockerbie) 4. Section C -- M Brown

(Murrayfield) 8, H McMillan (Stranraer) 6; C Cannon (Stranraer) 9, A

Westwood (Murrayfield) 3. Section D -- D Howie (Paisley) 7, G Paterson

(Kinross) 3; A Brown (Murrayfield) 4, J Dunn (Stirling) 3. Section E --

C Hamilton (Gogar Park) 6, B Henderson (Aberdeen) 5; T Loudon (Perth) 8,

L Pretsel (Murrayfield) 5. Section F -- R Kelly (Gogar Park) 13, G

Henderson (Aberdeen) 5; W Howat (Ayr) 8, R Keiller (Hamilton) 5.

Second round: Section A -- Black 9, Groundwater 3; Stewart 8, Hastings

6. Section B -- Barr 6, Dick 2; Prentice 9, Bertram 3. Section C -- M

Brown 7, Cannon 3; McMillan 6, Westwood 5. Section D -- Dunn 7, Paterson

4; Howie 9, A Brown 2. Section E -- Loudon 6, B Henderson 5; Hamilton 8,

Pretsel 5. Section F -- Keiller 6, G Henderson 5; Kelly 9, Howat 3.

SUMMIT CENTRE

St Mungo Pairs Trophy: Semi-finals -- J Cruickshank 6, C Marshall 3; D

Aitken 4, A Haddow 3. Final -- Aitken 7, Cruickshank 6.

STIRLING

Shareholders League. B League -- R Gallacher 11, A Galloway 9; R

Chapman 13, J Dunn 6; W Bell 7, R Mayes 6; A McGavin 8, D Button 4; N

Turnbull 8, J Rankin 7; J Stewart 13, J Muirhead 8. Henderson Bishop

Trophy -- E Gillanders 12, M Bain 3; M Scobie 10, H Urquhart 2.