Both semi finals finished as 2 - 2 draws, with the finalists being decided by a countback over the scores of the individual ties in each match.
Irvine travelled to face Prestwick St Nicholas in their semi final and had a countback score of 15 - 8 in their favour to progress, whilst The countback score was 9 - 2 in favour of Troon Welbeck on their visit to West Kilbride in their semi final tie.
The final of the competition will be held in September at Prestwick St Cuthbert golf club.
Moorpark took a 5 - 1 advantage, from the first leg against near neighbours Auchenharvie 88, into the second leg, but had some nervy moments in the second leg, which they eventually lost by 4 - 2, to go through to the final with a 7 - 5 aggregate win.
In the other semi final, Rowallan Castle lost their home leg by 4 - 2 against Irvine Ravenspark but in the return fixture away from home overturned the deficit, winning by 4.5 - 1.5 to edge through to the final with a 6.5 - 5.5 overall victory in the tie.
The final of the championship will take place during Finals Day, on Sunday the 4th of September, at largs Golf Club.
After the first leg was drawn 3 - 3 at Ardeer, the return leg at Ayr Belleisle also finished 3 - 3 giving a final aggregate score of 6 - 6 over the two legs, meaning that the destination of the trophy, and automatic promotion spot, was decided by a countback over the results of the 12 individual ties in the final.
Ayr Belleisle were declared the championship winners by a countback score of 35 - 34.
As a result Ardeer will now play West Kilbride, who finished second bottom in Division 2, in the two leg play off match to decide which club will play in division 2 and division 3 next season.
In the other play off match, Kilmarnock Barassie, by virtue of their second bottom place in Division 1, will play off with Division 2 runners up Turnberry, do decided which of the two clubs will take their place in divisions 1 and 2 next season.
The two legs of the play off matches are due to be completed by Sunday the 11th of September.
In their semi final held recently West Kilbride visited Kilbirnie Place and booked their place in the final with a 2 - 1 victory.
As Moorpark, who West Kilbride face in the final, have qualified for another final which was also due to be played at Largs on Sunday the 4th of September, the final of the President's Putter has been postponed, and provisionally will take place on Sunday the 11th of September, at a venue still to be confirmed.
On their visit to St Cuthbert in the semi final, the Largs team secured a 2 - 1 victory to line up against Ballochmyle in the final, which will be played over the Largs Kelburn course on Sunday the 4th of September.
A fourth place in the Belleisle Junior Open and top spot in
the Prestwick St Cuthbert Junior Open moved him further ahead of Ryan Kennedy
(Irvine) in second spot, who had two third place finishes in the same two
counting events.
Second place at the Prestwick St Cuthbert Junior Open for
Jamie Hay (Ayr Belleisle) consolidated his third place position, ahead of
Ayrshire Boys Champion Harvey Broadfoot (Royal Troon)
With just the Prestwick St Nicholas Junior Open and the Irvine
Junior Open remaining to be played, in September, the present positions in the
Ayrshire Junior Order of Merit are:-
|
625 |
JACK
BROADFOOT |
Troon Welbeck |
|
|
470 |
RYAN KENNEDY |
Irvine |
|
|
330 |
JAMIE HAY |
Ayr Belleisle |
|
|
225 |
HARVEY
BROADFOOT |
Royal Troon |
|
|
192.5 |
HARRIS
FLEMING |
Royal Troon |
|
|
187.5 |
CAITLYN
BILHAM |
Irvine |
|
|
161.67 |
CAMPBELL KERR |
Loudoun |
|
|
160 |
QUINTIN
DUNLOP |
Royal Troon |
|
|
132.5 |
NOAH O'BRIEN |
Royal Troon |
|
|
125 |
DREW CLEAVER |
Ayr Belleisle |
|
|
100 |
MAX BARCLAY |
Ayr Belleisle |
|
|
100 |
RUBEN LINDSAY |
Turnberry |
|
|
100 |
AIDAN HAY |
Irvine |
|
|
88.33 |
JACK RAMSAY |
Kilmarnock
Barassie |
|
|
85 |
CONNOR
McMILLAN |
Ayr Belleisle |
|
|
75 |
FINLAY WATT |
West Kilbride |
|
|
53.33 |
CONNOR WILLS |
Royal Troon |
|
|
52.5 |
EUAN STIRLING |
Troon Welbeck |
|
|
52.5 |
OLIVER KANE |
West Kilbride |
|
|
50 |
FREYA RUSSELL |
Royal Troon |
|
|
44.17 |
OLIVER LONG |
Royal Troon |
|
|
42.5 |
LEWIS TRUNDLE |
Irvine |
|
|
35 |
JAKE
McLAUGHLAN |
Troon Welbeck |
|
|
32.5 |
ADAM COWAN |
Loudoun |
|
|
27.5 |
ADAM McNALLY |
Prestwick St
Cuthbert |
|
|
20 |
EUAN FORREST |
West Kilbride |
|
|
11.67 |
SAM CROZIER |
West Kilbride |
|
|
10 |
JACK LAMMIE |
Royal Troon |
|
|
10 |
SEAN HILLIS |
Kilmarnock
Barassie |
|
|
7.5 |
CALLUM
McFADZEAN |
Troon Welbeck |
|
|
7.5 |
TAYLOR ELLIOT |
Troon Welbeck |
|
|
5 |
AARON WILSON |
Loudoun |
|
|
5 |
JAKE HENDRY |
West Kilbride |
The Ayrshire team who will defend the Scottish Boys' Area Team Championship title in 2022 has been announced.
Ayrshire Boys Champion Harvey Broadfoot (Royal Troon) and Connor Wills (Royal Troon), who formed half of the successful Ayrshire team who won the title in 2021 at Dullatur, return this year to defend the title and are joined in the team this year by Ayrshire Boys Matchplay finalist Jack Broadfoot (Troon Welbeck) and established county team member Ryan Kennedy (Irvine), who presently occupy first and second places respectively in the Ayrshire Junior Order of Merit table.
The selected team is a strong and experienced side with the selection being just reward for the four team members performances both locally and further afield during the current season.
The 2022 championship takes place at Gleddoch golf course in Renfrewshire on Sunday the 12th of September, with a practice round scheduled on the course the day before, on Saturday the 10th.
With the Dumbartonshire side short handed by one, due to a late call off, Ayrshire started with a one point advantage, with Ryan Kennedy (Irvine) sitting out the match as a result.
Oliver Long (Kilmarnock Barassie) and Liam Moran (Irvine) got the team off to a great start with victory in the first two Under 16 ties, and a 5 & 4 win by Quintin Dunlop (Troon Welbeck) on his debut for the county side ensured at least a 4 - 4 draw at worst for the home team.
Finlay Watt (West Kilbride), who was also representing the county side for the first time, took a decisive one hole lead at the sixteenth in his tie and showed great spirit to half the remaining two holes of his tie for a single hole victory to ensure a win in the match for Ayrshire.
Ayrshire Boys Champion Harvey Broadfoot (Royal Troon) won his tie whilst Jamie Hay (Turnberry) lost by 3 & 2 and jack broadfoot (Troon Welbeck) was unfortunate to lose the final hole of his tie to end all square, as the Ayrshire team recorded a 6.5 - 1.5 victory over their visitors from Dumbartonshire.
Match details (Ayrshire names first):-
Oliver Long (Kilmarnock Barassie) beat Alex Viktor (Clober) by 4 & 3
Liam Moran (Irvine) beat Cameron Pike (Lenzie) by 3 & 2
Finlay Watt (West Kilbride) beat Craig Fortune (Clober) by 1 hole
Quintin Dunlop (Troon Welbeck) beat Mathew Viktor (Clober) by 5 & 4
Harvey Broadfoot (Royal Troon) beat Stiart Forrest (Lenzie) by 4 & 3
Jack Broadfoot (Troon Welbeck) halved with Chris Clark (Windyhill)
Jamie Hay (Turnberry) lost to Fergus Allan (Windyhill) by 3 & 2
Ryan Kennedy (Irvine) received a walkover
AYRSHIRE 6.5 DUMBARTONSHIRE 1.5
There are three fixtures remaining in the championship, with Renfrewshire hosting Glasgow at Fereneze on Sunday the 28th of August before Glasgow play host to Ayrshire at Sandyhills on the 4th of September and Lanarkshire entertain Dumbartonshire at Kirkhill on the 18th of September.
Present positions in the championship table are:-
|
|
GP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
PTS |
|
LANARKSHIRE |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
16.5 |
7.5 |
9 |
12 |
|
AYRSHIRE |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
14.5 |
9.5 |
5 |
8 |
|
GLASGOW |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
7.5 |
8.5 |
-1 |
4 |
|
RENFREWSHIRE |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
14 |
-4 |
2 |
|
DUMBARTONSHIRE |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
7.5 |
16.5 |
-9 |
2 |
In Section A, a win by 4 – 2 for West Kilbride against East
Ayrshire saw them top the section ahead of Prestwick St Nicholas, who signed
off the season with a 5 – 1 home win over Ayr Belleisle.
Final placings in Section A were:-
|
|
GP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
PTS |
|
West
Kilbride |
6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
22 |
14 |
8 |
20 |
|
Prestwick
St Nicholas |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
22.5 |
13.5 |
9 |
16 |
|
East
Ayrshire |
6 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
17.5 |
18.5 |
-1 |
12 |
|
Ayr
Belleisle |
6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
10 |
26 |
-16 |
0 |
Although Prestwick S Cuthbert have several fixtures still to complete in Section B, a recent 6 – 0 home win by Irvine over St Cuthbert confirmed the Irvine team as winners of the section.
Present positions in Section B are:-
|
|
GP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
PTS |
|
Irvine |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
8 |
20 |
24 |
|
Troon
Welbeck |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
12.5 |
11.5 |
1 |
6 |
|
Kilmarnock
Barassie |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5.5 |
18.5 |
-13 |
2 |
|
Prestwick
St Cuthbert |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
-8 |
0 |
In the UNDER 16 KNOCKOUT TROPHY competition, Troon Welbeck
won 3 – 1 on their visit to Loudoun and now face a trip to West Kilbride in the
semi final.
