AYRSHIRE SCRATCH LEAGUES - Turnberry snatch Division 2 title with last gasp win do deny Ayr Belleisle

Turnberry made it three successive league title on Sunday, 13th September, when they defeated West Kilbride at Turnberry by 5 - 1 to snatch the title from Ayr Belleisle by the narrowest of margins of tie difference, after both teams finished on 28 points.

Having won the Division 4 title in 2013 and the third division crown last year, the Turnberry team went into the match knowing that only a win by a large margin would give them the title, and comfortable wins in five of the six ties gave them a 5 - 1 victory to match Ayr belleisle at the top of the table on 28 points but crucially giving them a +13 tie difference against Belleisle's +12.

Match details (Turnberry names first):-

P Ferguson beat J Shearer by 4 & 2
W McCulloch beat G Higgins by 4 & 2
I Walker beat G Vogwell by 5 & 3
G Boyle beat G McKay by 7 & 6
S Brown beat C McLean by 5 & 3
A Connor lost to S bell by 5 & 4

TURNBERRY   5    WEST KILBRIDE   1

The current positions in Division 2 are :-

	Played	For	Against	Points
Turnberry	10	36.5	23.5	28
Ayr Belleisle	10	36	24	28
Troon Welbeck	10	28	32	14
West Kilbride	9	26	28	20
Girvan	9	26.5	27.5	18
Ardeer	10	21	39	8