John Cairney, John Shanks, Stephen McBlain, David Addison, George Robertson, Cameron GrayAyrshire made it two wins from two in the 2008 SGU Area Team Championships, on Sunday 3rd August, when they defeated the North East Area at Prestwick St. Nicholas.
The morning foursomes were shared 1.5 – 1.5 with George Robertson and David Addison being defeated by Anthony Bews and Scottish Internationalist James Byrne, Steven McBlain and John Cairney winning against Glenn Taylor and Alan Reith whilst John Shanks and Cameron Gray shared the spoils with Mark Halliday and Philip McLean.
In the afternoon singles, the North East took the early lead, James Byrne defeating Stephen McBlain in the lead match by 3 & 2 and Philip McLean beating David Addison by 4 & 3.
The morning foursomes were shared 1.5 – 1.5 with George Robertson and David Addison being defeated by Anthony Bews and Scottish Internationalist James Byrne, Steven McBlain and John Cairney winning against Glenn Taylor and Alan Reith whilst John Shanks and Cameron Gray shared the spoils with Mark Halliday and Philip McLean.
In the afternoon singles, the North East took the early lead, James Byrne defeating Stephen McBlain in the lead match by 3 & 2 and Philip McLean beating David Addison by 4 & 3.
George Robertson, with a 2 & 1 win over Anthony Bews which was undoubtedly assisted by his luminous green trousers, and Cameron Gray who beat Mark Halliday 4 & 2 brought the match back to level.
John Cairney, playing in the final tie, had a 3 & 2 win over Glenn Taylor to give Ayrshire a 4.5 – 3.5 lead overall, and the result of the match rested with the final tie on the course between John Shanks and Alan Reith.
Reith held a one hole lead at the 16th and Shanks had the opportunity to square the match with a short put, but failed in his attempt, leaving him one down with two to play.Shanks then produced the perfect finish, driving the 17th green to set up an eagle two to square the match and then hitting his tee shot at the last to 15 feet and holing the put for a winning birdie two, to give Ayrshire a match win of 5.5 – 3.5
Ayrshire now face Argyll & Bute in the last match of the series, at Troon Portland on Sunday 21st September where they will be hoping to secure enough to progress to the semi finals of the competition in October.
Ayrshire now face Argyll & Bute in the last match of the series, at Troon Portland on Sunday 21st September where they will be hoping to secure enough to progress to the semi finals of the competition in October.
MATCH DETAILS
FOURSOMES
George Robertson (Irvine Ravenspark) & David Addison (Kilmarnock Barassie) lost to James Byrne & Anthony Bews by 7 & 6
John Shanks (Irvine) & Cameron Gray (West Kilbride) halved with Mark Halliday & Philip Mclean
John Cairney (Irvine Ravenspark) & Stephen McBlain (Prestwick St. Cuthbert) beat Glenn Taylor & Alan Reith by 2 & 1
AYRSHIRE 1.5 NORTH EAST 1.5
SINGLES
Stephen McBlain lost to James Byrne by 3 & 2
George Robertson beat Anthony Bews by 2 & 1
David Addison lost to Philip Mclean by 4 & 3
Cameron Gray beat Mark Halliday by 4 & 2
John Shanks beat Alan Reith by 1 hole
John Cairney beat Glenn Taylor by 3 & 2
AYRSHIRE 4 NORTH EAST 2
MATCH RESULT
AYRSHIRE 5.5 NORTH EAST 3.5
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