In the final of the scratch team knockout competition for the Wallace Thornton Trophy, Turnberry beat Kilmarnock Barassie by 3 ties to 1 to win the trophy for the first time.
In the Under 16 Knockout Trophy final, Prestwick St Nicholas beat Troon Welbeck by 2.5 - 1.5 to win the trophy for the first time in their sixth appearance in the final.
The A team match was a very closely fought affair, with every one of the six ties being decided on the 18th green.
Match details (Ayrshire names first):-
Harvey Broadfoot (Royal Troon) lost to Neil Macrae (Glasgow) by 1 hole
John Haggarty (Loudoun) beat Blair Dalgleish (Ralston) by 1 hole
Scott Brown (Prestwick St Cuthbert) halved with Chris Hogg (Bishopbriggs)
Craig Hamilton (Ballochmyle) beat Steven Rettie (Glasgow) by 2 holes
Gavin Chesney (Kilbirnie Place) & Blair Morton (Royal Troon) beat Fraser McNeil (Haggs castle) & Alan waugh (Cowglen) by 2 holes
Craig Telfer (Prestwick St Cuthbert) & Graeme Gimson (Prestwick St Cuthbert) beat John Mathers (Haggs Castle) & Greg Brown (Cathkin Braes) by 1 hole
AYRSHIRE A 4.5 GLASGOW A 1.5
Stirlingshire's hopes took a setback when they lost their third match in the series by 5-1 to Renfrewshire at Ranfurly Castle.
Match details (Renfrewshire names first):-
Paul Dorrian (Greenock) beat Stuart Murray (Falkirk) by 1 hole
Roddie McAuley (Fereneze) lost to Alex Marshall (Grangemouth) by 6&4
Michael Daily (Erskine) beat Richard Johnston (Glenbervie) by 5&4
Ryan McKenzie (Erskine) beat Calum Bauchop (Glenbervie) by 1 hole
Stewart Watt (Old Ranfurly) & Alexander Ferguson (Paisley) beat Lee Wilson (Stirling) & Mark Findlay (Glenbervie) by 3&2
Sam Binning (Bonnyton) & David Owens (Kilmacolm) beat Mark Hislop (Glenbervie) & Colin Mundie (Glenbervie) by 4&3
RENFREWSHIRE A 5 STIRLINGSHIRE A 1
In the other match played in the A league on Sunday the 29th of September, Lanarkshire had an away win by 4 - 2 over Dumbartonshire at Balmore GC.
With everything still to play for over the last two weeks of scheduled matches, present positions in the A League are:-
|
Area |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Diff |
Pts |
|
STIRLINGSHIRE |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
7 |
+4 |
8 |
|
AYRSHIRE |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
9.5 |
8.5 |
+1 |
8 |
|
LANARKSHIRE |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
9.5 |
8.5 |
+1 |
8 |
|
RENFREWSHIRE |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
8.5 |
9.5 |
-1 |
4 |
|
GLASGOW |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
10 |
-2 |
4 |
|
DUMBARTONSHIRE |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
7.5 |
10.5 |
-3 |
4 |
In the West of Scotland Youths league, Ayrshire maintained their unbeaten run with a 4 - 4 draw away to Glasgow at Cowglen.
Match details (Glasgow names first):-
John Hamilton (Cathkin Braes) lost to Jamie Hay (Ayr Belleisle) by 2&1
Matthew Provan (Glasgow) lost to Dylan Cairns (Prestwick St Nicholas) by 9&7
Philip McBrearty (Cowglen) lost to Scott Newman (West Kilbride) by 6&4
Chris McMillan (Dougalston) beat Liam Moran (Irvine) by 3&2
Johnny Robertson (Ralston) beat Patrick Smilley (Prestwick St Nicholas) by 2&1
Philip Devine (Cowglen) beat Sam Crozier (West Kilbride) by 574
Bobby Gray (Haggs Castle) lost to Rob Yorston (Loudoun) by 7&6
Joe Lynch (Ralston) beat Ryan Kennedy (Irvine) by 1 hole
GLASGOW YOUTHS 4 AYRSHIRE YOUTHS 4
Stirlingshire youths recorded their first win of the campaign with a 5-3 victory over renfrewshire at Stirling.
Match details (Stirlingshire names first):-
Liam McKinnon (Glenbervie) beat Kenan Ingram (Greenock) by 4&3
Scott Johnston (Falkirk Tryst) beat Drew Cleaver (Fereneze) by 3&2
Ross Hollis (Falkirk Tryst) beat Ewan Urquhart (Paisley) by 4&3
Isaac King (Dunblane new) beat Ben Cove (Old ranfurly) by 2&1
Tom Campbell (Callander) lost to Euan Watters (Gourock) by 5&3
Logan Waddell (Falkirk) lost to Chris James (Whitecraigs) by 6&5
Jack Murphy (Bonnybridge) lost to Jamie Ferguson (Williamwood) by 5&4
Jonathan McKendry (Falkirk) beat Calum Graham (Erskine) by 3&1
STIRLINGSHIRE YOUTHS 5 RENFREWSHIRE YOUTHS 3
In the other match played on Sunday the 29th of September, Lanarkshire maintained their 100% record with a 7.5-0.5 win over Dumbartonshire at Carnwath GC.
Match details (Lanarkshire names first):-
Scott Thomson (Drumpellier) beat Max McCluskey (Lenzie) by 4&3
Euan Bogle (Lanark) beat Sam Somerville (Bearsden) by 6&5
Lewis Russell (Drumpellier) beat David Hood (Cardross) by 5&3
Gabriel Burns (Bothwell Castle) halved with Jack Clark (Dullatur)
Alastair Riddell (Lanark) beat Ronnie Craig (Lenzie) by 2&1
Cameron Meldrum (East Kilbride) beat Grant Wilson (Balmore) by 5&4
Ben Paterson (Bellshill) W/O Anthony Sheridan (Windyhill) Scr.
Connor Galloway (Langlands) beat david Gilmour (Cardross) by 3&2
LANARKSHIRE YOUTHS 7.5 DUMBARTONSHIRE YOUTHS 0.5
Present positions in the West of Scotland inter county youths league are:-
|
Area |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Diff |
Pts |
|
LANARKSHIRE |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
5 |
+14 |
12 |
|
AYRSHIRE |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
10 |
+4 |
10 |
|
RENFREWSHIRE |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
12.5 |
11.5 |
+1 |
4 |
|
STIRLINGSHIRE |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
10.5 |
13.5 |
-3 |
4 |
|
DUMBARTONSHIRE |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
16 |
-8 |
4 |
|
GLASGOW |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
16 |
-8 |
2 |
The Annual General Meeting of the Ayrshire Golf Association will be held this year in Loudoun Gowf Club, Newmilns Road, Galston, KA4 8PA, on Tuesday the 22nd of October 2024 at 7.30pm.
The provisional agenda for the AGM is :-
1. Apologies
2. Minutes of AGM of 17.10.2023
3. Matters Arising
4. Presidents report – to be forwarded in due course
5. Financial report – to be forwarded in due course
6. Ayrshire Junior League / Coaching Report – to be forwarded in due course
7. Election of Secretary/Treasurer
8. Election of General Committee
9. Area Subscriptions
10. AOCB
In accordance with the constitution, there will be five executive places available for three years at the AGM. There are also one vacancy for 1 year and one vacancy for 2 years available on the Executive committee.
Under the constitution, Nominees must be a member of a club affiliated to The Ayrshire Golf Association and be proposed and seconded by members of affiliated clubs also.
The work of The Association Executive is varied and encompasses, amongst other things, Competitions, handicapping, team administration at all age groups, rules and working with the National body and local agencies in the promotion of golf in the county.
All matters for the AGM, any proposals from member clubs and nominations for above positions and Executive posts require to be in the hands of The Secretary, in writing, by Friday the 4th of October 2024 at the latest.
The final Agenda of the meeting, various reports, previous AGM minutes, annual balance sheet and budget proposals will be forwarded to club secretaries prior to the AGM and at this time clubs will be requested to advise if they will be represented at the AGM. All documentation will be forwarded by email in due course.
In the A team match at Clydebank & District Ayrshire lost the first three singles ties and one of the two foursomes ties to go down by 4.5-1.5 to the hosts from Dumbartonshire.
Match details (Dumbartonshire names first):-
Scott Moore (Clydebank & District) beat Harvey Broadfoot (Troon Welbeck) by 4&3
Kiaran Quinn (Clydebank & District) beat Steven Stamper (Turnberry)by 3&2
Ian McCalman (Clober) beat Steven McEwan (Caprington) by 2&1
Stuart Brown (Clydebank & District) lost to Scott Brown (Prestwick St Cuthbert) by 2&1
David McComish Clydebank &District) & Craig Bissett (Dumbarton) halved with Gavin Chesney (Kilbirnie Place) & Alan McLean (Largs)
Kevin Logan (Clydebank & District) & James McKechnie (Carrick) beat Calum nairn (Prestwick St Cuthbert) & Cameron Aitken (Largs) by 2 holes
DUMBARTONSHIRE A 4.5 AYRSHIRE A 1.5
Stirlingshire moved to the top of the A League with a 5-1 victory over Lanarkshire at Buchanan Castle.
Match details (Stirlingshire names first) :-
Alex Marshall (Grangemouth) beat Connor Neil (Easter Moffat) by 3&1
Calum Davidson (Dunblane New) beat Gregg watson (Hamilton) by 4&3
Calum Bauchop (Glenbervie) beat david fair (Hamilton) by 1 hole
Lanarkshire W/O
Eion Brown (Kilsyth) & Thomas Morrison (Kilsyth) beat mark O'Donnel (Hamilton) & David Henderson (Hamilton) by 7&6
Mark Hyslop (Glenbervie) & Colin Mundie (Glenbervie) beat Scott McPherson (Bothwell Castle) & Stephen Cunningham (Larkhall) by 5&4
STIRLINGSHIRE A 5 LANARKSHIRE A 1
In the other match played on Sunday, Glasgow recorded their first win of the campaign with a 5-1 victory over Renfrewshire at Glasgow Gailes links.
Match details (Glasgow names first) :-
Blair Dalgleish beat Paul Dorrian (Greenock) by 3&2
Greg Telfer halved with Roddy McAuley (Fereneze)
Steven Rettie beat Ryan Brown (Kilmacolm) by 2&1
Jonny McLeish beat Martyn Paton (Gleddoch) by 574
Fraser McNeil & Alan Waugh beat Alex Ferguson (Paisley) & Sam Binning (Bonnyton) by 2&1
Gordon Sangster & John Laurie halved with Ethan Lang (Elderslie) & David Miller (Fereneze)
GLASGOW A 5 RENFREWSHIRE A 1
Current positions in the West of Scotland A League after week 2 are:-
|
Area |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Diff |
Pts |
|
STIRLINGSHIRE |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
+8 |
8 |
|
GLASGOW |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
6.5 |
5.5 |
+1 |
4 |
|
LANARKSHIRE |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5.5 |
6.5 |
-1 |
4 |
|
DUMBARTONSHIRE |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5.5 |
6.5 |
-1 |
4 |
|
AYRSHIRE |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
-2 |
4 |
|
RENFREWSHIRE |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3.5 |
8.5 |
-5 |
0 |
In the Youths League Ayrshire made it two wins from two with a 5-3 victory at home to Dumbartonshire at Loudoun Gowf Club.
Match details (Ayrshire names first):-
Jamie Hay (Ayr Belleisle) beat Sam Somerville (Bearsden) by 3&1
Dylan Cairns (Prestwick St Nicholas) beat David Hood (Cardross) by 472
Scott Newman (West Kilbride) beat Grant Wilson (Balmore) by 5&4
Jamie Robertson (Loudoun) lost to Oli Renton (Dullatur) by 1 hole
Jack Broadfoot (Royal Troon) lost to Jack Clark (Dullatur) by 4&3
Patrick Smiley (Prestwick St Nicholas) lost to Stewart Forrest (Lenzie) by 1 hole
Rob Yorston (Loudoun) beat Alex Victor (Clydebank & District) by 3&2
Ryan Kennedy (Irvine) beat David Gilmour (Cardross) by 3&2
AYRSHIRE YOUTHS 5 DUMBARTONSHIRE YOUTHS 3
Lanarkshire moved to the top of the youths league table on tie difference following a second successive victory in the 2024 championship, beating Stirlingshire 6 - 2 at Carluke.
In the other match played on Sunday the 22nd of September Renfrewshire youths bounced back from defeat on week one to record a 6.5 - 1.5 victory over Glasgow youths at paisley.
Match details (Renfrewshire names first):-
Ewan Urquhart (Paisley) beat Josh Whyte (Bishopbriggs) by 3&2
Kenan Ingram (Greenock) beat Rory Bogle (Cowglen) by 3&2
Drew Cleaver (Fereneze) beat Sean Falconer (Cowglen) by 6&5
Callum McLelland (Fereneze) beat Chris McMillan (Dougalston) by 4&3
Hugh Shiels Jr (East renfrewshire) lost to Jonny Robertson (Ralston) by 6&5
Ross Anderson (Williamwood) beat Blair Stewart (Cowglen) by 4&3
Ben Love (Ranfurly Castle) beat Max Welsh (Cathkin Braes) by 5&4
Neil Rainey (Erskine) halved with Joe Lynch (Ralston)
RENFREWSHIRE YOUTHS 6.5 GLASGOW YOUTHS 1.5
Present positions after week two in the West of scotland Inter County Youths league are:-
|
Area |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Diff |
Pts |
|
LANARKSHIRE |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
11.5 |
4.5 |
+7 |
8 |
|
AYRSHIRE |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
+4 |
8 |
|
RENFREWSHIRE |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
9.5 |
6.5 |
+3 |
4 |
|
DUMBARTONSHIRE |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
7.5 |
8.5 |
-1 |
4 |
|
STIRLINGSHIRE |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5.5 |
10.5 |
-5 |
0 |
|
GLASGOW |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
12 |
-8 |
0 |