Of the 10 Ayrshire players in action on the first day of the 2006 Scottish Amateur Championship at Nairn on Monday, six survived the first test to progress to the second round.
In the early matches, John Cairney (Irvine Ravenspark) lost to Chris Lawton (Stirling) at the 20th whilst David McCaig (Kilmarnock Barassie) lost out to Lee Vettese (Nigg Bay) by 5 & 3
Michael Smyth (Royal Troon) also crashed out at the first hurdle, losing 2 & 1 to Clark Riddick (Dumfries & Galloway).
The first Ayrshire player to progress to round 2 was David Addison (Kilmarnock Barassie). The former boys internationalist beat Richard Hyland (Newmacher) by 3 & 2 and now faces Stephen Clark (Haggs Castle) in round 2.
Andrew Brown (West Kilbride) beat Alasdair McDonald (Craigie Hill) by 3 & 2 in round 1 and now faces a stiff test against the defending champion, GlennCampbell (Blairgowrie), in the second round.
The Kilmarnock Barassie contingent performed well in the other first round matches on Monday.
Steven McEwan beat Blair Paterson (Stirling) by 3 & 2 and now plays Chris Baron (Oldmeldrum), Robert McKnight beat Barrie Edmond (Bonn Accord) at the 20th to secure a second round match against Michael Buchan (Cruden Bay) and Ross Dixon won by 2 & 1 against Joe Lockie (Tantallon) to set up a second round tie against Andrew Weir (Montrose Merchantile).
The remaining Ayrshire player who won through to the second round was David Strachan (Turnberry) who beat Phil Dempsey (Alloa) at the 20th. Strachan now plays Steven Robertson (Sandyhills) in round 2.
The final Ayrshire player featuring in the first days play was George Robertson (Irvine Ravenspark) who went down by 3 & 2 to rising star Zack Saltman (Craigielaw).
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