Monday, July 31, 2023

SPORTSCOTLAND - Nominations sought for national awards

Sport Scotland are seeking nominations for their annual coaching, officiating, and volunteering awards for 2022 - 2023. 


All information for each category (apart from the lifetime contribution award) must relate to the year of July 2022 to July 2023.

The closing date for nominations is 12 noon on Wednesday 9 August 2023.

Details of nomination criteria are available via Sport Scotland.

Categories include:-

Coaching

Young Coach of the Year 

Community Coach of the Year 

Disability Sport Coach of the Year  - The Janice Eaglesham Award 

Performance Pathway Coach of the Year 

High Performance Coach of the Year 

Coach Developer of the Year 

Officials

Young Official of the Year 

Official of the Year 

Volunteers

Young Volunteer of the Year 

School Sport Volunteer of the Year 

Volunteer of the Year​​

Coach, Official or Volunteer​ Lifetime Contribution Award

Further information and on line nomination forms can be accessed via the Sport Scotland website at

Sport Scotland Coaching Officiating and Volunteers Awards 2022 - 2023


AYRSHIRE BOYS' CHAMPIONSHIP - updated draw for Largs

The 2023 Ayrshire Boys' Strokeplay Championship takes place at Largs GC on Thursday the 3rd of August.

The field for the 36 hole championship has been updated and published below.

There will be prizes on both a scratch and handicap basis, and entry is £10.

The players returning the best eight scratch scores in the tournament will go forward to contest the Ayrshire Boys' Matchplay Championship over the links at Prestwick Golf Club later in August.

The revised draw is:-



Sunday, July 30, 2023

AYRSHIRE SENIOR MEN'S MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP - 2023 semi finalists confirmed

The four semi finalist sin the 2023 Ayrshire Senior Men's Matchplay Championship have been confirmed with all the four quarter finals being completed recently. 

Brian Fisher (Largs) had a 4&2 win at home to George Robertson (Irvine) to set up a home semi final tie against Stuart Miller (Kilmarnock Barassie), who defeated clubmate Iain Macfarlane by 3&2 in their quarter final tie. 

The second semi final will be an all Prestwick St Nicholas affair, with Andrew Marshall having single hole away win against the new Senior Men's Strokeplay Champion James McIntyre (Redburn) to set up a semi final showdown with defending champion Alistair Belford, who continued his defence of the trophy with a  5&4 home win over Steven Capstick (Ballochmyle) in the quarter finals.

The two semi final matches are due to be completed by the 9th of August, with the final scheduled to take place at Royal Troon on the evening of Friday the 11th of August.


AYRSHIRE SCRATCH LEAGUES - Prestwick St Cuthbert win division 2 title

Prestwick St Cuthbert have won the Division 2 title in the Ayrshire Scratch leagues, and will return to Division 1 next season, at the first time of asking.


A 5-1 home win in their final fixture of the campaign, at home to Troon Portland, gave the St Cuthbert team an unassailable lead at the top of the table.

With just five fixtures remaining to be played in Division 2 Caprington, Ayr Belleisle and Turnberry can all still clinch a play off spot for promotion to Division 1. 

Present positions in Division 2 are:-

 

GP

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

PTS

PR. ST CUTHBERT

10

7

1

2

37.5

22.5

15.0

30

CAPRINGTON

8

4

1

3

30.0

18.0

12.0

18

AYR BELLEISLE

8

4

1

3

28.5

19.5

9.0

18

TURNBERRY

8

4

1

3

24.0

24.0

0.0

18

TROON PORTLAND

9

1

4

4

19.0

35.0

-16.0

12

WEST KILBRIDE

7

0

2

5

11.0

31.0

-20.0

4

In DIVISION 1, Royal Troon remain in pole position after a 3-3 draw in their recent home match against Loudoun, who themselves eased their relegation worries with a 5-1 home win over Ballochmyle in their latest fixture. Ballochmyle's hopes of avoiding automatic relegation with a 3-3 draw at home to Irvine recently, whilst Kilmarnock Barassie kept their title hopes afloat with a 4.5 - 1.5 win at home to largs, which ended any chances of winning the title for the North Ayrshire club, who slipped to second bottom in the table after the recent series of matches.

Royal Troon can secure the title with a win in their next fixture at Ballochmyle, whilst their hosts will be determined to secure the points to aid their survival fight. With just six fixtures remaining to be played, present positions in Division 1 are:-

 

GP

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

PTS

ROYAL TROON

8

6

1

1

32.0

16.0

16.0

26

IRVINE

9

3

3

3

30.0

24.0

6.0

17

KILMARNOCK BARASSIE

7

4

0

3

22.5

19.5

3.0

16

LOUDOUN

9

2

3

4

28.0

26.0

2.0

13

LARGS

7

3

0

4

16.5

25.5

-9.0

12

BALLOCHMYLE

8

2

1

5

15.0

33.0

-18.0

10

In DIVISION 3a, the only outstanding result is from the Troon St Meddans vs Irvine Ravenspark fixture, though Troon St Meddans have already secured their place in the title play off matches. Present positions in Division 3a are:-

 

GP

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

PTS

TROON ST MEDDANS

5

3

2

0

20.0

10.0

10.0

16

PR. ST NICHOLAS

6

3

1

2

17.5

18.5

-1.0

14

IRVINE RAVENSPARK

5

1

2

2

15.0

15.0

0.0

8

ROWALLAN CASTLE

6

1

1

4

13.5

22.5

-9.0

6

In Division 3b, Girvan finished their fixtures with a 4.5 - 1.5 home win over Redburn which moved Girvan to the top of the table with just the result of the Ardeer vs Troon Welbeck match remaining to be confirmed.

Present positions in Division 3b with one fixture outstanding are:- 

 

GP

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

PTS

GIRVAN

6

4

1

1

21.0

15.0

6.0

18

ARDEER

5

3

1

1

17.0

13.0

4.0

14

TROON WELBECK

5

1

1

3

15.0

15.0

0.0

6

REDBURN

6

1

1

4

13.0

23.0

-10.0

6