AYRSHIRE FOURBALL - Championship reaches semi final stage.

The 2014 Ayrshire Fourball Championship has reached the semi final stage, with Beith, Brunston Castle, Fenwick and Abbotsford fighting it out to win the title.

In the quarter finals, 2012 championship runners up Robert Marshall & Phil Rooney (Beith) beat William McMeikan & Robert Galloway (Turnberry Staff) at the 19th hole at Beith to set up an intriguing home tie in the semi final against the pairing of David & George McCulloch (Brunston Castle) who defeated the Beith pair in the final two years ago to take the title. The McCulloch brothers booked their place in the last four of this years event with a comprehensive 7 & 6 win away from home against Victor Sproat & David Lewis (Ayr Belleisle).

The other semi final is between Alistair McCall & David Moore (Fenwick) and Robert Adams & Ian Pirrie (Abbotsford).

The Fenwick duo beat Hugh Fyfe & Callum Weir (Muirkirk) by 2 & 1 at Muirkirk in the quarter finals whilst the Abbotsford pairing had a 3 & 2 home win over Blair Graham & Jamie Bryant (Ardeer).

Both semi finals are due to be completed by 24th August.