WEST OF SCOTLAND INTER COUNTY LEAGUES - Ayrshire teams in victory double over Glasgow

The Ayrshire A and Youths teams both enjoyed victory over Glasgow in the second week of the five week series of matches in the 2015 West Of Scotland Inter County Leagues on Sunday 27th September.

Having beaten Dumbartonshire at home last week, the A team traveled to play Glasgow at cawder this week and returned a convincing 6 - 2 victory.

Jack McDonald, fresh from his expolits in the walker Cup, gave Ayrshire an early lead with victory over Jamie Savage but a defeat for Stuart Robin  leveled the scores. 

With the third and fourth ties close, Scott Brown lost heavily to Stephen Machin in the fifth tie to give Glasgow a brief 2 - 1 lead, but the home advantage was short lived.

Despite setting off in the morning for the match without his golf clubs in tow, Michael Smyth recovered from the experience to win 5 & 3 and level the match, and Ayrshire forged ahead again soon after with victories by Keith Hamilton and John Shanks in the anchor ties. With a 4 - 2 lead and two ties still on the course, Tommy McInally and Steven Wallace rounded off a fine result with victories in their respective ties at the seventeenth and eighteenth greens.

Match details (Glasgow names first) :-

Jamie Savage (Cawder) lost to Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) by 5 & 4
Callum Fyfe (Cawder) beat Stuart Robin (Prestwick St Cuthbert) by 6 & 5
Craig Chalmers (Cawder) lost to Steven Wallace (Prestwick St Cuthbert) by 1 hole
 Martin Lamb (Cawder) lost to Tommy McInally (Loudoun) by 2 & 1
Stephen Machin (Cowglen) beat Scott Brown (Turnberry) by 6 & 5
Gordon Black (Ralston) lost to Michael Smyth (Royal Troon) by 5 & 3
John McDonald (Cowglen) lost to Keith hamilton (Ayr Belleisle) by 4 & 3
Graham Fleming (Cowglen) lost to John Shanks (Irvine) by 5 & 4

GLASGOW A     2      AYRSHIRE A     6

In the corresponding youths match, played at Kilbirnie Place, the Ayrshire team bounced back from their narrow defeat to Dumbartonshire last week, going one better than the senior team with victory by 7 - 1.

In a match where none of the Ayrshire players tasted defeat, half matches in the ties involving Sean Hedger and Robbie Fitzpatrick contributed Glasgow's single point.

Match details (Ayrshire names first) :-

Greg Telfer (Prestwick St Cuthbert) beat Kiran McLaughlan (Cawder) by 5 & 4
Sean Hedger (West Kilbride) halved with Ross Douglas (Ralston)
Greg Vernon (Kilmarnock Barassie) beat Matt Hendrick (Pollock) by 1 hole
Robbie Fitzpatrick (Irvine) halved with Jack Savage (Cawder)
Ally Berry (Irvine Ravenspark) beat Peter Fee (Ralston) by 3 & 2
Sandy Walker (Ardeer) beat Matt Fender (Ralston) by 3 & 2
Sandy Buchanan (Prestwick St.Nicholas) beat Jack Crawford (Williamwood) by 5 & 4
Craig Telfer (Prestwick St Cuthbert) beat Stuart McLean (Ralston) by 8 & 6

AYRSHIRE   YOUTHS   7     GLASGOW   YOUTHS   1

Next Sunday, 4th October, Ayrshire face Stirlingshire, with the A team at Prestwick St Nicholas and the youths away from home at Callander.