Renfrewshire tasted double title success, in both the A and Youths West Of Scotland Inter County Leagues, following the last scheduled round of fixtures on Sunday 26 October.
For the
second successive week, all matches were played in wet and windy conditions.
Bidding
for their 13th successive A League title, Renfrewshire lined up against
Dumbartonshire at Erskine GC knowing that victory would see them secure the
title without having to play their final outstanding game against Lanarkshire,
which was postponed last week.
Renfrewshire
made no mistake, beating their visitors by 6 - 2 to ensure the title once
again.
Match details (Renfrewshire names first)
Matt Clark (Kilmacolm) beat Steven Stewart (Dalmuir) by 1 hole
Ronnie Clark (Erskine) beat Ian McCalman (Clober) by 5 & 3
Michael Daily (Erskine) beat Andy Campbell (Dumbarton) by 4 & 3
Andy farmer (Kilmacolm) beat Kevin Smith (Windyhill) by 5 & 3
Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) beat Chris Prior (Bearsden) by 5 & 4
David Dickson (Bonnyton) halved with Scott Moore (Clydebank & Discrict)
Craig Pirie (Renfrew) lost to Alistair Parlane (Helensburgh) by 1 hole
Stewart Watt (Old Ranfurly) halved with James McEwan (Clydebank & District)
RENFREWSHIRE 6 DUMBARTONSHIRE
2
Glasgow
secured second place in the table with a 4.5 - 3.5 home win over Stirlingshire
at Sandyhills, in a match played in terrible conditions with heavy rain and
strong winds, though both teams were commended by officials who played the
match in great spirits, with the result in doubt right to the last game.
Barry
Hume won by 2&1 over Ryan Campbell to put Glasgow ahead but Jamie
Savage was beaten 5&4 by David Buchanan to square the match. Gordon Miller
won by 3&2 and Fraser Grant won by 2&1 to put Glasgow 3 - 1 in
front but Stirlingshire won the next 2 games, Mark Hislop by 5&4 and
Lindsay Blair, the match was levelled at 3 - 3. John Laurie won 3&2 to put
Glasgow 4 - 3 ahead and a draw looked likely until Craig Morrison of
Haggs Castle fought back from two down with four holes remaining to gain an all
important half point to give Glasgow the match by 4.5 - 3.5.
GLASGOW 4.5
STIRLINGSHIRE 3.5
Ayrshire
finished the campaign with a 5 - 3 home win over Lanarkshire in their final
fixture, to ensure that they secured third place in the league table.
Match
details (Ayrshire names first) :-
John
Shanks (Irvine) beat Steven Rennie (Drumpellier) by 2&1
Stuart Robin (Prestwick St Cuthbert) halved with Ed Wood (Crow Wood)
Michael Smyth (Royal Troon) halved with Robert Jenkins (Crow Wood)
Tommy
McInally (Loudoun) beat Kenny Gallacher (East Kilbride) by 7&6
Steven
Wallace (Prestwick St Cuthbert) lost to Mark O'Donnell (Hamilton) by 2 holes
Scott
Brown (Turnberry) beat Jamie Lamb (Lanark) by 3&1
Stephen
Spence (Royal Troon) beat Scott Douglas (Strathclyde Park) by 2&1
Malcolm
Pennycott (Whiting Bay) lost to Graeme Cross (Hamilton) by 2 holes
AYRSHIRE
5 LANARKSHIRE 3
Present
positions, with only one outstanding match remaining, are :-
|
COUNTY
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
Diff.
|
Pts
|
|
RENFREWSHIRE
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
21
|
10
|
+10
|
8
|
|
GLASGOW
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
22.5
|
17.5
|
+5
|
7
|
|
AYRSHIRE
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
20
|
20
|
0
|
6
|
|
STIRLINGSHIRE
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
24.5
|
15.5
|
+9
|
5
|
|
LANARKSHIRE
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
14
|
18
|
-4
|
2
|
|
DUMBARTONSHIRE
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
10
|
30
|
-20
|
0
|
In
the Youths League, Renfrewshire pipped Ayrshire for the title, on the countback
of individual ties, after the league leaders lost out to Lanarkshire at Lanark
in their final match.
Needing a
draw in their last fixture of the season to retain the title, Ayrshire went
down by 5 - 3 to their hosts.
Match
details (Lanarkshire names first) :-
Andrew
Thomson (Lanark) beat James Johnstone (Ayr Belleisle) by 1 holeAndrew Steven (Easter Moffat) lost to Greg Telfer (Prestwick St Cuthbert) by 4&2
Callum Conacher (Wishaw) beat greg Vernon (Kilmarnock Barassie) by 6&4
Dominic Dougan (Airdrie) beat Robbie Fitzpatrick (Irvine) by 3&1
Fraser Kane (Kirkhill) beat Alasdair Berry (Irvine Ravenspark) by 7&5
David Fair (Strathaven) lost to Gary Morrison (Kilmarnock Barassie) by 3&1
Kieran McVicar (East Kilbride) beat Sandy Walker (Ardeer) by 3&1
Robbie Whelan (East Kilbride) lost to Craig Telfer (Prestwick St Cuthbert) by 3&1
LANARKSHIRE
5 AYRSHIRE 3
The result
left Renfrewshire needing a win by any margin to match Ayrshire on points and
take the title by tie difference, following the frankly unacceptable and
unsporting actions of the Lanarkshire players and officials the previous week,
who apparently refused to play on and conceded their match to Renfrewshire when
behind in six of the eight ties, citing 'overhead conditions'. This
resulted in an 8 - 0 score in favour of Renfrewshire which allowed them to
match Ayrshire in tie difference at +10, meaning, as it subsequently
transpired, that a win by any margin would give Renfrewshire the title in the
event that Ayrshire lost their final match.
To the
credit of the Renfrewshire team, they did not let the unsavoury situation,
which was not of their making, distract them from the task in hand and they
secured a convincing 6.5 - 1.5 away win against Dumbartonshire at Milngavie to
take the points and the trophy for 2014.
DUMBARTONSHIRE 1.5
RENFREWSHIRE 6.5
The other
match, between Stirlingshire and Glasgow at Buchanan Castle, was called off due
to the course being closed, and as the result had no bearing on the rest of the
league positions, the teams agreed to count the match as a 4 – 4 draw rather
than arrange a replay.
STIRLINGSHIRE 4
GLASGOW 4
Final
placings in the Youths League are :-|
COUNTY
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
Dif
|
Pts
|
|
RENFREWSHIRE
|
5
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
27.5
|
12.5
|
+15
|
8
|
|
AYRSHIRE
|
5
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
24
|
16
|
+8
|
8
|
|
LANARKSHIRE
|
5
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
18.5
|
21.5
|
-3
|
6
|
|
DUMBARTONSHIRE
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
21
|
19
|
+2
|
4
|
|
STIRLINGSHIRE
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
16.5
|
23.5
|
-7
|
3
|
|
GLASGOW
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
12.5
|
27.5
|
-15
|
1
|
For the integrity of the
competition it can only be hoped that there is no repeat of the actions of the
Lanarkshire team and officials which transpired last week in the
future, for the benefit of all teams competing in the competition.
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