The Ayrshire team knew that they needed to win their final match of the season by 6 – 2 or better to overturn Dumbartonshire’s tie advantage over all five league fixtures and, despite the result of the match and margin of victory for Ayrshire being in doubt until the closing few holes, it was the Dumbatonshire team that secured sufficient ties to ensure their first league title since 2014.
Despite losing the first two under 16 ties, Ayrshire still retained holes of overall victory by the required margin as the Ayrshire players were ahead in all the remaining ties on the course at that stage, except one, but ultimately a couple of brave performances over the closing holes by the Dumbartonshire team to secure a crucial half point and a final green win were enough to get them over the line in their championship bid.
Match details (Dumbartonshire names first):-
Sam Somerville (Windyhill) beat Rory Inglis (Royal Troon) by 1 hole
Fergus Allan (Windyhill) beat Ryan
Kennedy (Irvine) by 3 & 2
Anthony Sheridan (Windyhill)
halved with Jack Broadfoot (Troon Welbeck)
Chris Clark (Windyhill) lost to
Dylan Cairns (Prestwick St Nicholas) by 1 hole
Stewart Forrest (Lenzie) lost to
Jack Allan (Ballochmyle) by 3 & 2
Callum Rutherford (Clober) lost to
Kerr Brooks (Loudoun) by 4 & 3
Jamie McQuillan (Dullatur) beat
Max Barclay (Ayr Belleisle) by 1 hole
Jack Clark (Dullatur) lost to
Harvey Broadfoot (Troon Welbeck) by 6 & 5
DUMBARTONSHIRE 3.5
AYRSHIRE 4.5
Sunday the 19th of
September also saw the start of the five week fixtures in the West of Scotland Inter
County Youths and A team leagues, which provided mixed fortunes for the
Ayrshire teams.
The Youths team were at home to Glasgow on week one, but slipped to a 5 – 3 defeat at Largs.
Match details (Ayrshire names first):-
Shaun Hedger (West Kilbride lost to Charlie Greaves (Glasgow) by 2 & 1
Ross Caddis (Kilmarnock Barassie)
beat A. MacNally (Pollok) by 6 & 4
Aiden Long (Ayr Belleisle) halved
with M. Hughes (Ralston)
Stewart Russell (Royal Troon) lost
to B Gray (Haggs Castle) by 1 hole
Harvey McDonald (Ayr Belleisle)
lost to T. Rankin (Haggs castle) by 3 & 1
Callum Irvine (Ayr Belleisle) lost
to A. Forbes (Haggs Castle) by 4 & 3
Scott Wilson (Kilmarnock Barassie)
halved with J. Lynch (Ralston)
Jack Thomas (Irvine) beat T Dunn
(Cowglen) by 3 & 2
AYRSHIRE YOUTHS 3
GLASGOW YOUTHS 5
In the corresponding A Team match,
played at Glasgow Gailes, Ayrshire ran out comfortable winners by 6.5 – 1.5,
with both team debutants Daniel Forbes (Irvine) and Adam Sweeney (Prestwick St
Cuthbert) recording wins in their first representative outing.
Match details (Glasgow names first) :-
Scott Wearing (Bishopbriggs) lost to John Shanks (Irvine) by 5 & 4
Blair Dalglish (Ralston) lost to
Robbie Muir (Kilmarnock Barassie) by 3 & 2
Ryan Woods (Cowglen) lost to
Daniel Forbes (Irvine) by 7 & 5
John Laurie (Glasgow) lost to Adam
Sweeney (Prestwick St Cuthbert) by 4 & 3
Fraser McNeill (Haggs Castle) lost
to Steven Stamper (Turnberry) by 2 & 1
Allan Waugh (Cowglen) halved with
Blair Morton (Royal Troon)
Craig Morrison (Haggs Castle) beat
Barry O’Rourke (Loudoun) by 3 & 1
Stephen Machin (Cowglen) lost to
John Haggarty (Loudoun) by 1 hole
GLASGOW A 1.5
AYRSHIRE A 6.5
In the other A team fixtures played on week 1, Renfrewshire won by 4.5 - 3.5 away to Stirlingshire and Lanarkshire beat Dumbartonshire 6.5 - 1.5 at Wishaw.
Next Sunday, the 26th of September, the A team entertain Stirlingshire at Irvine Ravenspark whilst the youths team travel to play the corresponding fixture against Stirlingshire youths at Dunblane New GC.
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