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Monday, September 11, 2006

AYRSHIRE JUNIOR GOLF LEAGUE - Kilmarnock (Barassie) retain Under 16 and Wallace Thornton trophies

Kilmarnock (Barassie) retained both the Under 16 and Wallace Thornton titles on Sunday 10th September 2006, when the first two finals of the major Ayrshire Junior golf League competitions were held at Troon Darley.

The Barassie side, who won both titles on the same day in 2005 at Caprington, repeated the feat this year, beating teams from Largs Routenburn in both finals.

Barassie started as favourites in both finals, against their higher handicapped opponents, buth the holders did not have everything their own way.

In the Under 16 Knockout Trophy final, Scott Davis crushed Alan Bruce 7 & 6 in the lead tie to give Routenburn the lead, but the match swung in Barassie’s favour when Liam McLeod and Duncan Hamilton won by 3 & 2 and 4 & 2 against Ryan McCartney and Alan Miller respectively.

The destination of the title lay with the third tie, the final one on the course, and it was Andrew Bolster of Barassie who edged a win against Morgan Reid, taking a one hole vixctory on the final green to give a match score of 3 – 1 in favour of Kilmarnock (Barassie).

Match details for the Under 16 final (Barassie names first)

Alan Bruce (5) lost to Scott Davis (12) by 7 & 6
Liam McLeod (8) beat Ryan McCartney (15) by 3 & 2
Andrew Bolster (11) beat Morgan Reid (16) by 1 hole
Duncan Hamilton (16) beat Alan Miller (16) by 4 & 2

KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE) 3 LARGS ROUTENBURN 1

In the scratch event, the Wallace Thornton Trophy, a very strong Kilmarnock (Barassie) team included an Ayrshire Boys Champion and two Ayrshire Boys Matchplay Champions, but in the event the match was a close one, with Routenburn maintaining a challenge well into the latter stages of the match.

2005 Ayrshire Boys Champion Jamie Mackay led barassie by example, beating Jamie Achison by 5 & 3 in the lead match.

2005 Boys Matchplay Champion Euan Brown added a further half point to the barassie total in his match with Rory Achison, whilsy the present Boys Matchplay title holder, Kyle Smith edged through by 1 holes against Adam Sweeney to give Barassie a 2.5 – 0.5 lead.

In the final match, Stuart Henderson extended barassie’s winning margin with a 2 & 1 win over Kevin Leahy, to give a final resoult of Kilmarnock (Barassie) 3.5 Largs Routenburn 0.5

Match details for the Wallace Thornton Trophy final (Barassie names first)

Jamie Mackay (0) beat Jamie Achison (4) by 5 & 3
Euan Brown (1) halved with Rory Achison (4)
Kyle Smith (0) beat Adam Sweeney (5) by 1 hole
Stuart Henderson (2) beat Kevin Leahy (9) by 2 & 1

KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE) 3.5 LARGS ROUTENBURN 0.5

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