Renfrewshire
had a comfortable 7-1 win over league leaders Lanarkshire at Bonnyton Golf Club
on Sunday 13 October 2013 in week 5 of the 2013 West Of Scotland Inter County A
League, denting Lanarkshire hopes of wrestling the title from Renfrewshire
after 11 years
With both
teams at virtual full strength, the defending champions Renfrewshire recorded a
seemingly convincing result by 7-1, although the match was much closer that it
appeared, with all eight matches being decided at the 17th or 18th
holes.
Scottish
International Matthew Clark of Kilmacolm set Renfrewshire on the way to victory
with a 3 & 1 win in the top match against Craig Ross of Kirkhill.
Co-incidentally the two players were tied joint 4th in the 2013 SGU
Order of Merit. Clark was around 5 under par when he finished the tie with a
birdie at the 17th.
Match details
(Renfrewshire names first):-
Matt Clark (Kilmacolm)
beat Craig Ross (Kirkhill) by 3 & 1
Gordon
Stephenson (Whitecraigs) beat Steven Rennie (Drumpellier) by 1 hole
Ronnie Clark (Erskine)
beat Stuart Henderson (Hamilton) by 3 & 1
Michael Daily
(Erskine) beat Colin Baird (Bothwell Castle) by 1 hole
Sam Binning (Ranfurly
Castle) beat Scott Douglas (Strathclyde Park) by 1 hole
David Dickson
(Eastwood) beat Jamie Lamb (Lanark) by 2 & 1
Andrew Farmer
(Kilmacolm) lost to Ross Hinshelwood (East Kilbride) by 2 & 1
Craig Watson (East
Renfrewshire) beat Kenny Gallacher (East Kilbriide) by 2 & 1
RENFREWSHIRE 7
LANARKSHIRE 1
Renfrewshire’s
last match is away to Dumbartonshire on Sunday 20th October where they simply need to avoid defeat in
order to win the West A League title for the 12th successive season.
In an absorbing match at West Kilbride, where four out of the eight
ties finished all square, Ayrshire ran out narrow winners against
Stirlingshire by 5 – 3, to finish their five matches this season with two
successive wins. In three out of the four shared ties, Ayrshire came from
behind to secure a half point.
Match details (Ayrshire names first):-
Scott
Brown (Turnberry) halved with Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie)
Stuart
Robin (Prestwick St Nicholas) beat Ryan Campbell (Falkirk) by 1 hole
Euan
McKinnon (Corrie) halved with Mark Hyslop (Glenbervie)
Michael
Smyth (Royal Troon) beat Chris Lawton (Falkirk Tryst) by 4 & 3
Gary
Bryden (Girvan) lost to Colin Mundie (Glenbervie) by 3 & 2
Malcolm
Pennycott (Whiting Bay) halved with Ross Kane (Grangemouth)
Gordon
Boyle (Turnberry) beat Steven Aitken (Falkirk Tryst) by 2 & 1
Steven
Stamper (Turnberry) halved with Stuart Haddow (Falkirk)
AYRSHIRE 5
STIRLINGSHIRE 3
Next
week, Stirlingshire complete the 2013 campaign at home with a re-arranged fixture
at Falkirk Tryst against Glasgow.
In
the other match played on Sunday, Glasgow beat Dumbartonshire by 5.5 – 2.5 at
Ralston. The match was played in windy conditions and the home side fought back
for a win after Dumbartonshire won 2.5 points out of the first 3 ties with
Glasgow winning the next five ties for a great fight back in the match which
was played in great spirit.
The
present positions in the A League are :-
|
|
P
|
F
|
A
|
Pts
|
|
LANARKSHIRE
|
5
|
20.5
|
19.5
|
8
|
|
RENFREWSHIRE
|
4
|
22.0
|
10.0
|
7
|
|
GLASGOW
|
4
|
16.0
|
16.0
|
4
|
|
AYRSHIRE
|
5
|
19.5
|
20.5
|
4
|
|
STIRLINGSHIRE
|
4
|
15.5
|
16.5
|
3
|
|
DUMBARTONSHIRE
|
4
|
10.5
|
21.5
|
0
|
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