AYRSHIRE JUNIOR GOLF LEAGUE - two more League Championship semi finalists decided

Two more semi fialists in the 2006 Ayrshire Junior Golf League Championship have been decided after the recent series of matches, with Ayr Belleisle and Loudoun joining Ballochmyle in the last four.

In Section A, with Ballochmyle already through, Ardeer signed off with a 5 - 1 home win over Annanhill.

With only the Ballochmyle Vs. Beith tie remaining to be played, present positions are :-

TEAM/P/W/D/L/F/A/Dif/Pts

BALLOCHMYLE/7/4/3/0/26/16/+10/22
ANNANHILL/8/3/2/3/23/25/-2/16
TROON WELBECK/8/2/1/5/18/30/-12/10
ARDEER/8/3/1/4/25.5/22.5/+3/14
BEITH/7/3/1/3/21.5/20.5/+1/14

In Section B, Kilbirnie's hopes were dented with a 5.5 - 0.5 defeat at Prestwick St. Nicholas, but the Kilbirnie side bounced back with a 4.5 - 1.5 win at home against Caprington.

Troon St. Meddans, beitng the only side who can overtake Caprington at the top, now hold the key to the section with three away matches remaining, including ties against both Kilbirnie and Caprington as well as Prestwick St. Nicholas.

Present positions in the section are :-

TEAM/P/W/D/L/F/A/Dif/Pts

CAPRINGTON/7/3/3/1/25.5/16.5/+9/18
PRESTWICK ST. CUTHBERT/8/3/3/2/24/24/0/18
KILBIRNIE PLACE/7/4/0/3/18/24/-6/16
PRESTWICK ST. NICHOLAS/7/1/3/3/21/21/0/10
TROON ST. MEDDANS/5/0/3/2/13.5/16.5/-3/6

In Section C, Ayr Belleisle completed the section with home wins by 5.5 - 0.5 and 4.5 - 1.5 against Largs Routenburn and Largs respectively to establish themselves at the top of the table and take the semi final spot.

Final positions in section C were :-

TEAM/P/W/D/L/F/A/Dif/Pts

AYR BELLEISLE/6/5/0/1/24/12/+12/20
LARGS/6/3/1/2/17.5/18.5/-1/14
KILMARNOCK BARASSIE/6/2/1/3/19/17/+2/10
LARGS ROUTENBURN/6/1/0/5/11.5/24.5/-13/4

In Section D, West Kilbride were the only team able to deny Loudoun a place in the semi final, but defeat by 4 - 2 at Ravenspark and a 3 - 3 draw at New Cumnock ended WestKIlbride's hopes of defending their title and handed the semi final spot to Loudoun.

With only the tie between West Kilbride and Ravenspark to be played, the present positions in Section D are :-

TEAM/P/W/D/L/F/A/Dif/Pts

LOUDOUN/6/4/1/1/22.5/13.5/+9/18
IRVINE RAVENSPARK/5/3/0/2/17/13/+4/12
WEST KILBRIDE/5/2/1/2/18.5/11.5/+7/10
NEW CUMNOCK/6/0/2/4/10/26/-16/4