Ayrshire concluded their 2026 Scottish Men's Area Team Championship qualifying section matches on Sunday the 12th of July with a victory over Glasgow at Ayr Seafield golf course.
Despite both teams looking for their first win of the campaign, and neither having the chance to qualify for the finals weekend in September, both area associations fielded strong teams for the fixture, which was played in warm and sunny conditions.
The Ayrshire team was Calum Nairn (Prestwick St Cuthbert), Harvey Broadfoot (Royal Troon), Cameron Aitken (Largs), Matt Allen (Western Gailes), Alan McLean (Largs),l and Steven Stamper (Turnberry).
In the morning foursomes Calum and Harvey got the home side off to a great start with a 6&4 win over Steven Rettie and Dan Forbes, and Ayrshire were soon 2-0 ahead when Cameron and Matt edged out Greg Brown and Blair Dalgleish by 3&2.
In the last foursomes tie Alan and Steven were all square against Neil McCrae and Gordon Sangster playing the last but unfortunately went down by one hole to leave the match score 2-1 in Ayrshire's favour after the morning foursomes.
Harvey Broadfoot led the way for Ayrshire in the afternoon singles in a very tight match againast Dan Forbes, eventually winning the final hole for a single hole victory.
In the second tie Calum Nairn was three up after twelve holes and despite covering the remaining holes in one under par he lost out by a single hole to Neil ,McCrae who covered the last six holes in six under par figures, which included successive twos, a birdie and an eagle, at the fifteenth and sixteenth.
Matt Allen was up against Blair Dalgleish in the singles and held a two hole lead at the fifteenth before Blair fought back, winning the fifteenth and sixteenth to square the match. Despite this, Matt showed his fighting spirit, taking the final two holes for a two hole victory in his tie.
With Cameron Aitken one up against Greg Brown playing the last, a half point from the other two ties on the course was required for an overall Ayrshire victory. Cameron lost the final hole to half his tie with Greg Brown and it left Steven Stamper in the anchor tie against Gordon Sangster to secure the overall victory when he won the sixteenth hole for a 3&2 victory.
In the last tie on the course, Alan Mclean fell three behind on several occasions against Steven Rettie but a strong finish saw Alan win successive holes from the fifteenth to square the match playing the last, and was unlucky not to fully complete a remarkable comeback when he saw his putt for victory on the final hol stop agonisingly on the right edge of the hole. Alan's ultimate half match gave Ayrshire a 4-2 victory in the singles and a 6-3 winning margin in the overall match.
Match details (Ayrshire names first):-
Foursomes
Calum Nairn & Harvey Broadfoot beat Steven Rettie & Dan Forbes by 6&4
Cameron Aitken & Matt Allen beat Greg Brown & Blair Dalgleish by 3&2
Alan McLean & Steven Stamper lost to Neil McCrae & Gordon sangster by 1 hole
Singles
Harvey Broadfoot beat Dan Forbes by 1 hole
Calum Nairn lost to Neil McCrae by 1 hole
Matt Allen beat Blair Dalgleish by 2 holes
Cameron Aitken halved with Greg Brown
Alan McLean halved with Steven Rettie
Steven Stamper beat Gordon Sangster by 3&2
AYRSHIRE 6 GLASGOW 3
In the other match in the section at Easter Moffat, the hosts from Lanarkshire took a 2-1 lead from the morning foursomes into the afternooin singles, but it was the Lothians team that prevailed in the afternooin, taking the single 5-1 for an overall 6-3 match score in their favour to secure their place in the finals weekend at Largs in September.
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