WEST OF SCOTLAND A LEAGUE - Glasgow and Stirling push leaders following match postponement

Title holders and league leaders Renfrewshire had their march to the 2014 title interrupted by the weather on Sunday 19th October when their match with Lanarkshire at Crow Wood was postponed due to the overnight rain closing the course. The fixture is now due to be rescheduled to Sunday 2 November.

The other two scheduled matches on Sunday were completed with Glasgow and Stirlingshire keeping the pressure on the defending champions, in the hope that the leaders will slip up over their remaining fixtures.

Stirlingshire played host to Ayrshire at Stirling and the visitors secured a point with their second successive 4 - 4 draw in the series this year.

Match details (Stirlingshire names first) :-

Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) halved with John Shanks (Irvine)
Ryan Campbell (Falkirk) beat Stuart Robin (Prestwick St Cuthbert) by 2 & 1
David Buchanan (Falkirk Tryst) lost to Michael Smyth (Royal Troon) by 2 holes
Stuart Irving (Falkirk) beat Scott Brown (Turnberry) by 2 & 1
Mark Hyslop (Glenbervie) lost to Steven Wallace (Prestwick St Cuthbert) by 1 hole
Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth) lost to Malcolm pennycott (Whiting bay) by 5 & 4
James Donaldson (Falkirk Tryst) halved with Stephen Spence (Royal Troon)
Iain Munro (Stirling) beat Gordon Boyle (Turnberry) by 1 hole

STIRLINGSHIRE   4   AYRSHIRE   4

Glasgow travelled to play Dumbartonshire at Douglas Park and kept their title hopes alive with a 6 - 2 win over their hosts, though the match was closer than the score line suggested, with five of the eight ties finishing on the final green, of which Glasgow won three and halved two.

Match details (Dumbartonshire names first) :-

Stephen Stewart (Dalmuir) lost to Barry Hume (Haggs Castle) by 1 hole
Chris Prior (Bearsden) lost to Gordon Miller (Cawder) by 1 hole
Kevin Smith (Windyhill) lost to Callum Fyfe (Cawder) by 2 holes
Scott Moore (Clydebank & District) halved with Gordon Sangster (Cathkin Braes)
Andy Campbell (Dumbarton) halved with Blair Dalgleish (Ralston)
Alistair Parlane (Helensburgh) lost to Glen Burrett (Haggs Castle) by 3 & 2
Stewart Shaw (Kirkintilloch) beat Andy Fairbairn (Cawder) by 4 & 3
Ian McCalman (Clober) lost to Stephen Machin (Cowglen) by 2 & 1

DUMBARTONSHIRE   2  GLASGOW   6

In the fixtures scheduled for week 5, on Sunday 26 October, Renfrewshire can secure their 13th successive league title with a win over their visitors Dumbartonshire at Erskine. Should the league leaders slip up in their fixture Glasgow or Stirlingshire, who meet at Sandyhills, could leapfrog Renfrewshire to the top of the table depending on thei result between them, which would leave Renfrewshire needing a result in their final rearranged fixture against Lanarkshire the following week.

Present positions in the league, going into the final scheduled week of fixtures are :-

COUNTY	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff.	Pts
RENFREWSHIRE	3	3	0	0	15	9	+6	6
STIRLINGSHIRE	4	2	1	1	21	11	+10	5
GLASGOW	4	2	1	1	18	14	+4	5
AYRSHIRE	4	1	2	1	15	17	-2	4
LANARKSHIRE	3	1	0	2	11	13	-2	2
DUMBARTONSHIRE	4	0	0	4	8	24	-16	0