Ayrshire began their bid for the 2006 West Of Scotland Inter County league title with a narrow 5.5 - 4.5 win over Renfrewshire at Prestwick St. Cuthbert on Saturday 14th October.
In the first tie out, Club Champion of the host club, David Glass gave Ayrshire a point with a 1 hole victory, to offset Alex Gourlay's heavy defeat in his tie.
Single hole wins by Steven McBlain and George Robertson, along with wins from Brian Moore and Robert McKnight left Ayrshire on the brink of victory, and the crucial half point to ensure a win came from Fraser McCall.
Match Details (Ayrshire names first) were :-
David Glass (St. Cuthbert) beat Iain Colquhoun by 1 hole
George Robertson (Ravenspark) beat David Miller by 1 hole
Alex Gourlay (Irvine) lost to Matthew Clark by 7 & 5
Gary Bryden (Girvan) lost to Gregor Munro by 4 & 3
Steven McBlain (St. Cuthbert) beat Nicky Gold by 1 hole
Robert McKnight (Barassie) beat David Walker by 2 & 1
Steven Murray (Welbeck) lost to Richard Elrick by 5 & 4
Fraser McCall (Portland) halved with David McFarlane
Stuart Pennington (St. Meddans) lost to Keith Hamilton by 3 & 2
Brian Moore (Largs) beat Gary Price by 4 & 3
AYRSHIRE 5.5 RENFREWSHIRE 4.5
In the corresponding youth match, played at Caldwell the same day, Ayrshire fought out a 5 - 5 draw with their hosts.
Match results (Ayrshire names first) were :-
Craig Hamilton (Ballochmyle) beat Scott herald by 3 & 2
John Shanks (Ardeer) beat Steven Higgins by 3 & 2
Alastair Leggate (Barassie) lost to Michael Daly by 1 hole
Jamie Mackay (Barassie) beat Chris Rossi by 1 hole
Euan Brown (Barassie) lost to Ricardo Ribbechie by 1 hole
Lee Hughes (Belleisle) beat Gary Shepherd by 5 & 4
Graeme Gebbie (Loudoun) lost to Ricardo Scarafile by 3 & 2
Gary Neil (Caprington) lost to Callum Morrison by 1 hole
David Currie (Barassie) beat Thomas Lawton by 5 & 4
Graeme Gimson (St. Cuthbert) lost to Michael Campbell by 2 holes
RENFREWSHIRE YOUTHS 5 AYRSHIRE YOUTHS 5
Next Saturday (21st October) Ayrshire Face Stirlingshire, with the A Team travelling to Dunblane New whilst the Youths are at Ardeer.
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