BOYS HOME INTERNATIONALS - England take title with victory over Scotland

England regained the Boys Home International crown with a 11.5 - 3.5 win over Scotland in Wales on Thursday.

Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) suffered two defeats , both morning and afternoon, as Scotland lost their grip on the title won last year.

Partnered with Scott Fraser in the morning foursomes, Stewart lost by one hole to Matt haines & Tommy Fleetwood and in the afternoon lost his first sinlges tie of the week, going down by 2 & 1 against Jack Hiluta.

In the other match, Ireland beat Wales by 10.5 - 4.5.

AYRSHIRE JUNIOR GOLF LEAGUE - Final arrangements confirmed

Confirmation has been received that the finals of the four main Ayrshire Junior Golf League competitions will be held at KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE) on the undernoted dates

SUNDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER
at 1400 hrs

Under 16 and Wallace Thornton Trophy finals

(semi finals/fixtures to be completed by 2nd September 2007)

SUNDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER
at 1400 hrs

Champion Of Champions and
League Championship finals

(semi finals to be completed by 9th September 2007)

BOYS HOME INTERNATIONALS - Scotland crash to Ireland whilst England make it 2 from 2

Scotland lost 5.5 - 9.5 to Ireland on day 2 of the Boys Home Internationals in Wales on Wednesday 8th August, whilst England crushed the host nation Wales by 14.5 - 0.5 in the other match.

Ayrshire golfer Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) was again paired with Paul Shields in the morning foursomes and again tasted defeat, by 2 & 1, at the hands of Luke Lennox and Alan Dunbar.

Scotland trailed ireland by 3 - 2 after the morning foursomes.

In the afternoon singles, Stewart had a second successive singles win, this time by 5 & 3 over garth Boyd but could not prevent Scotland losing the singles by 3.5 - 6.5 to lose the match by 5.5 - 9.5.

On the final day, on Thursday 9th August, Scotland face England whilst Wales play Ireland.

BOYS HOME INTERNATIONALS - Stewart helps Scotland to opening day win

Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) helped Scotland overturn a morning foursomes defeat to beat Wales by 10.5 - 4.5 on the first day of the Boys Home Internationals at Machynys Peninsula, Wales on Tueday 7th August.

Trailing 3.5 - 1.5 in the morning, Scotland won the afternoon singles 9 - 1.

Stewart partnered Paul Shields in the morning foursomes and was defeated 3 & 1 by Rhodri Harston & Luke Jackson, but made amends in the afternoon with a crushing 7 & 6 victory over Joshua Green.

In the other match on day 1, England narrowly defeated Ireland by 8 - 7.

AYRSHIRE JUNIOR ORDER OF MERIT - Pennycott moves to the top after Tom Lehman event

Malcolm Pennycott (Whiting Bay) - pictured right - moved to the top of the Ayrshire Junior Order Of Merit table after his second place in the Tom Lehman Trophy competition at Troon Darley on Tuesday 7th August 2007.



With the only outstanding results still to be received being the Caprington Boys Open, Pennycott moved clear of Euan Brown (Kilmarnock Barassie) after Brown came in fourth in the same event.

Adam Foley (Ayr Belleisle) - pictured right - moved into third place after winning the Tom Lehman competition, for his second success in two weeks following on from his win at Prestwick St. Nicholas.

Leading totals are :-

465 - MALCOLM PENNYCOTT (Whiting Bay)
430 - EUAN BROWN (Kilmarnock Barassie)
360 - ADAM FOLEY (Ayr Belleisle)
295 - SCOTT BROWN (Turnberry)
275 - MICHAEL STEWART (Troon Welbeck)
210 - JAMIE ACHESON (Largs Routenburn)
125 - SCOTT CLARK (Ayr Belleisle)
120 - ANDREW WRIGHT (Kilmarnock Barassie)
115 - CALLUM STEWART (Ayr Belleisle)
100 - CRAIG TELFER (Prestwick St. Cuthbert), CHRIS BUTLER (Irvine Ravenspark), ANDREW ABERCROMBIE (Largs)

The remaining counting events to be played are :-



Ayrshire Boys Matchplay at Prestwick (9 - 11 August)
Ayr Belleisle Boys Open at Ayr Belleisle (9th August)
Kilbirnie Junior Open at Kilbirnie Place (12th August)
Ballochmyle Junior Open at Ballochmyle (13th August)
Irvine Boys Open at Irvine Ravenspark (14th August)
Beith Boys Open at Beith (26th August)

AYRSHIRE JUNIOR GOLF LEAGUE - Semi Final draws

The draws have been made for three of the Ayrshire Junior Golf League competitions which will signal the end of the season with their completion in September.

In the CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS TROPHY, the new Ayrshire Boys Champion, Euan Brown (Kilmarnock Barassie), will play host to Gary Paterson (Ballochmyle) in the first semi final.

In the second semi final, Largs will be the venue when Craig McLaughlin (Largs) meets Jared Williams (Troon St. Meddans) for a place in the final.

Ties are due for completion by 26th August 2007.

In the UNDER 16 KNOCKOUT TROPHY, Ardeer are at home to New Cumnock in one of the semi final matches whilst the other features Ayr Belleisle and Kilmarnock (Barassie) who will clash at Ayr to decide who goes through.

Ties are due for completion by 2nd September 2007.

In the AYRSHIRE JUNIOR GOLF LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP, Ballochmyle will be at home to Ardeer in the first leg of their semi final match, with the return at Ardeer thereafter.

In the other semi final, Largs are at home first against Prestwick St. Nicholas in their two leg match.

At this stage, matches are due for completion by 26th August 2007.

The finals are presently scheduled for Sunday 2nd and Sunday 16th September, although there mayb be slight alterations to these dates, which will be advise as soon as possible if this is the case. Should the dates change, there may be some alteration to the 'due by' dates for the semi final ties to be concluded.

SCOTTISH GOLF UNION - McKnight on SGU mission to the Netherlands

Robert McKnight (Kilmarnock Barassie) will join fellow Scotland youth cap Philip McLean (Peterhead) at Hilversum Golf Club on Thursday.

The two players have been chosen by the Scottish Golf Union to represent the national body in the Hilversum Open, which is a 72 hole event on the Netherlands PGA domestic circuit.

AYRSHIRE FOURBALL - NACCO win through to semi final derby clash

The NACCO team of Tom Mcfarlane & Tom McConnell beat A. Linwood & I. McKinlay (Drongan) by 3 & 1 in the quarter final of the 2007 Ayrshire Fourball championship this week, to set up a real local derby in the semi final.

NACCO are hosts to the Irvine Ravenspark pairing of Tom McFarlane and Joe Hobson in the last four. Brian Gibson works at NACCO whilst Joe Hobson is a former employee.

In the other semi final, Scott McCahill & David Wallace (Maybole) are hosts to Billy Andrew & James McMurdo (Ballochmyle).

Semi final ties are due to be played by 9th September 2007

AYR BELLEISLE BOYS OPEN - Still time to enter this weeks competition

Scott Mitchell, Junior Convenor at Ayr Belleisle Golf Club has advised that there are still places available in the Ayr Belleisle Junior Open on Thursday 9th August.

This competition is one of the remaining Ayrshire Junior Order Of Merit counting events this season.

As there have been a number of postal strikes in the area in recent days, any junior who has posted an entry to Belleisle or is looking for a late entry are asked to contact Scott Mitchell on 07894 636 743.

SCOTTISH AREA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - Ayrshire lose to Lanarkshire in rain shortened tie

In extremely wet weather on Sunday 5th August, Ayrshire lost their second Area Team match of the season, by 3 - 0 to lanarkshire at Ballochmyle.

With the three morning foursomes lost by 2&1, 2&1 & 3&2, after a major effort by officials to get the three ties completed, the 3 - 0 result stood as the course was closed at lunchtime due to the excessively wet underfoot conditions and flooded greens.

KILBIRNIE JUNIOR OPEN - places in order of merit event still available

David Allan, Junior Convenor at Kilbirnie Place Golf Club has advised that there are still places available in the Kilbirnie Place Junior Open on Sunday 12th August.

This competition is one of the few remaining Ayrshire Junior Order Of Merit counting events this season.

As there have been a number of postal strikes in the area in recent days, any junior who has posted an entry to Kilbirnie but has not yet heard from David Allan regarding tee times is asked to contact Kilbirnie Place Golf Club on 01505 684444

David J. Miller (Kilmarnock Barassie), pictured right, was again the best placed Ayrshire player in the latest event on the Scottish Seniors tour when he took the runners up spot in the East Of Scotland Seniors Open at Monifieth this week.

In an event which was dominated from start to finish by former Scottish Amateur Champion Ian Hutcheon of the host club, there was only ever going to be one winner and with two rounds of 66 Hutcheon was a distant thirteen shots ahead of the field.

Whilst the championship was belonged to Ian Hutcheon, Miller could lay claim to winning the tournament for the remaining competitors in the field, his rounds of 70 and 75 for a 145 total puting him two strokes ahead of his nearest rival.

Fellow Ayrshire player, Ronnie McLellan (Turnberry), pictured right, was also well placed, with round of 76 and 72 for a 148 total and share of fourth place.

FINAL TOTALS

CSS 72/73

132 - I C Hutcheon (Monifieth) 66 66

145 - D.J. Miller (Kilmarnock) 70 75

147 - J Watt (Letham Grange) 70 77

148 - R Smethurst (Crewe) 76 72, R McLellan (Turnberry) 76 72

149 - S Pond (Worksop) 77 72, H Anderson (Callendar) 76 73

150 R Stewart (Tulliallan) 77 73, A K Pirie (Hazlehead) 77 73, D McCart (Castlerock) 76 74, J S Macdonald (Dunfermline) 74 76, G Rodaks (Moffat) 73 77, C Cairnie (Monifieth) 72 78

Other Ayrshire scores :-

155 - K Howie (West Kilbride) 80 75

156 - D McKinnon (Ballochmyle) 79 77

AYRSHIRE JUNIOR ORDER OF MERIT - Brown & Pennycott neck and neck at top

With the results of the Caprington Boys Open still to be added, and with seven further counting events to be completed, only five points separate Euan Brown (Kilmarnock Barassie), pictured right, and Malcolm Pennycott (Whiting Bay), pictured below, at the top of the Ayrshire Junior Order Of Merit table.

A win at Ardeer and second at Troon Welbeck boosted Pennycott's position whilst his win at the Ayrshire Boys Championship let Brown overtake Michael Stewart at the top of the table.

In third place at present is Scott Brown (Turnberry), pictured right, courtesy of his win at Kilmarnock Barassie and good placings at both Troon Welbeck and Ardeer.

Andrew Wright (Kilmarnock Barassie), pictured below, also moved well up the table after his win at Troon Welbeck, whilst top placing for Adam Foley (Ayr Belleisle) at Prestwick St. Nicholas boosted his chances of a top seven finish again this year.

Leading totals are :-

395 - EUAN BROWN (Kilmarnock Barassie)

390 - MALCOLM PENNYCOTT (Whiting Bay)

295 - SCOTT BROWN (Turnberry)

275 - MICHAEL STEWART (Troon Welbeck)

260 - ADAM FOLEY (Ayr Belleisle)

210 - JAMIE ACHISON (Largs Routenburn)

120 - SCOTT CLARK (Ayr Belleisle), ANDREW WRIGHT (Kilmarnock Barassie)

100 - CRAIG TELFER (Prestwick St. Cuthbert), CHRIS BUTLER (Irvine Ravenspark), ANDREW ABERCROMBIE (Largs)

SCOTTISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP - Thomson creates history as he bows out in semi finals

The last Ayrshire player in the 2007 Scottish Amateur Championship being played at Prestwick this week, bowed out of the championship on Friday afternoon in the semi finals.

Allan Thomson (Ayr Belleisle) lost to John Gallagher (Swanston New) at the 19th hole to end local interest, but created a bit of history by picking up his seventh Scottish Amateur Championship medal in the process to become the holder of the most championship medals in the 85 year history of the event.

Thomson (49), who is also a member of Prestwick and Western Gailes and still holds a handicap of + 2, beat Scott Borrowman (Dollar) by 3 & 2 in the morning quarter finals to ensure that he would add at least a bronze medal to his previous 6 championship awards.

Thomson, whose participation in the championship stretches over 30 years since his first appearance in 1977, won the championship, and a gold medal, in 1989 when he defeated fellow Ayrshireman Alan Tait (Irvine) by 1 hole in the final at Moray. This complemented his two silver medals as beaten finalist at Western Gailes in 1981 and Monifieth in 1986, and his three previous bronze medals, collected at Gullane in 1983, Kilmarnock (Barassie) in 1988 and at Prestwick, when the championship was last played there, in 1998.

Thomson's latest medal allowed him to overtake the tally of one bronze and five gold medals gathered by Ronnie Shade from 1962 to 1967.

In the final of the 2007 championship, on Saturday 4th August, John Gallagher will play Kier McNicholl (Carnoustie) for the title.

AYRSHIRE BOYS MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP - Draw for 2007 competition

The competition for the 2007 Ayrshire Boys Matchplay Championship takes place next week over the historic links of Prestwick Golf Club, with the best 8 players in the Ayrshire Boys Championship playing off for the matchplay title from 9th to 11th August.

The draw for the opening round on Thursday 9th August is :-

1630 hrs - EUAN BROWN (Kilmarnock Barassie) Vs. SCOTT BROWN (Turnberry)

1640 hrs - ADAM FOLEY (Ayr Belleisle) Vs. CAMERON GRAY (West Kilbride)

1650 hrs - JAMIE ACHESON (Largs Routenburn) Vs. MALCOLM PENNYCOTT (Whiting Bay)

1700 hrs - COLIN ROBINSON (Millport) Vs. JACK McDONALD (Kilmarnock Barassie)


Reserves :- Rory Acheson (Largs Routenburn), Fraser Kerr (Kilmarnock Barassie), Alan Bruce (Kilmarnock Barassie)

AYRSHIRE CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS TROPHY - McLean Vs. Cairney in final

The final of the 2007 Ayrshire Champion Of Champions Trophy at Royal Troon on Friday 10th August will be between John Cairney (Irvine Ravenspark) and Alan McLean (Kilbirnie Place), after the two players won their respective semi finals at Royal Troon on Friday 3rd August.

In the first match, McLean beat Andrew Kent (Troon Welbeck) by 1 hole. The close match ended with a strange incident on the final hole when Kent's approach chip struck the end of a rake protruding from a greenside bunker, in mid air, and the ball came to rest in the bunker as a result. Kent was unable to get up and down from the bunker for his par and a four was good enough to give McLean the match by the narrowest of margins.

The other semi final was equally as close, with Cairney being all square with Billy Campbell (Ballochmyle) after 18 holes. In the gathering darkness, Cairney managed a par four at the first extra hole to win the hole and go through to the final.

The final next Friday has a scheduled start time of 5.00 p.m.

AYRSHIRE JUNIOR GOLF LEAGUE - Wallace Thornton latest

Matches in Section 2 of the Wallace Thornton Trophy are now under way.

With four matches played, Troon Welbeck lead the way with a 3-1 win at home to Ravenspark and a 2.5-1.5 win at Routenburn.

Kilmarnock (Barassie) opened in style with a 4-0 win at Ravenspark whilst the other match played so far resulted in a 2-2 draw between Ravenspark & Routenburn at Irvine.

AYRSHIRE JUNIOR GOLF LEAGUE - Win at Ravenspark puts Ballochmyle into last four.

A 4 - 2 win at Irvine Ravenspark last weekend was enough to see Ballochmyle through to the last four of the 2007 Ayrshire Junior Golf League Championship, as winners of section A.

Also through to the last four, from section D, are Largs after the North Ayrshire club won their three remaining home games, by 5-1 against Kilbirnie and 4.5-1.5 against Largs Routenburn and Ayr Belleisle respectively.

The last result was crucial, allowing Largs to snatch the semi final place from Belleisle.

Largs, Ballochmyle, Prestwick St. Nicholas & Ardeer now await the draw for the semi finals which will be made next week.

AYRSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATION - defending champions Ballochmyle into last four of Summer League

Defending Champions Ballochmyle eased into the last four of the 2007 Ayrshire Summer League competition with a 6 - 0 victory at home to Moorpark in their final qualifying section game.

Ballochmyle now play Irvine Ravenspark in the two leg semi final.

The other semi final features Troon Welbeck and Irvine (Bogside)

AYRSHIRE BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP - Brown bounces back to take boys title

Euan Brown (Kilmarnock Barassie) bounced back in spectacular style from the disappointment of losing in the last 32 of the Scottish Amateur Championship on Thursday morning, when he won the Ayrshire Boys Championship at Ballochmyle in the late evening, in a marathon effort which saw him play a total of 48 holes of golf on Thursday.

Brown, who was beaten by 7 & 6 at Prestwick in the national championship made a dash to Ballochmyle for the boys event and, with the help of competition organisers and other competitors who agreed to move to other groupings within the competition, a space in the last match out was made available to Brown, which he arrived for with only 10 minutes to spare.

In the morning round it ws Rory Acheson (Largs Routenburn) who set the early pace with a 2 over par 72, with Andrew Wright (Kilmarnock Barassie) one further back on 73.

Acheson's score of 72 was soon matched by his brother, Jamie, and remained the best of the morning until Euan Brown, obviously unaffected by his dash to the course, returned a level par 70 to lead the field.

In the afternoon, the early target was set by Colin Robinson (Millport) with 76 - 70 for a 146 total,which was ultimately only bettered by two others in the field.

First to overtake Robinson was Jamie Acheson (Largs Routenburn) who added a tweo under par 68 to his morning 72 for a level par score of 140.

Despite good scoring, none of the other competitors could challenge Robnson's total until the last match where Euan Brown managed to better his morning effort by one stroke, returning a one under par 69 for a 139 total which gave him the 2007 Ayrshire Boys Championship by a single stroke.

The best nett return of the day belonged to 9 handicapper Michael Mullen, of the host club. a morning score of 71 nett was eclipsed in the afternoon when Mullen scored 65 for a 136 total.

LEADING SCORES
Scratch

EUAN BROWN (Kilmarnock Barassie) - 70/69 = 139
JAMIE ACHESON (Largs Routenburn) - 72/68 = 140
COLIN ROBINSON (Millport) - 76/70 = 146
ADAM FOLEY (Ayr Belleisle) - 74/75 = 149
CAMERON GRAY (West Kilbride) - 75/75 = 150

Nett

MICHAEL MULLEN (Ballochmyle) (9) - 71/65 = 136
MARTIN RONALD (Irvine Ravenspark) (8) - 72/66 = 138
JACK McDONALD (Kilmarnock Barassie) (6) - 69/70 = 139

Prizes were presented by Ayrshire Golf Association President, Ricky magee (Caprington).

The players returning the top eight scratch aggregate scores will contest the Ayrshire Boys Matchplay Championship at Prestwick next week. The draw for the matchplay will be published at the weekend.

SCOTTISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP - Thomson is lone Ayrshire representative in quarter finals

Former champion Allan Thomson (Ayr Belleisle) is the last remaining Ayrshire player in the 2007 Scottish Amateur Championship, being held at Prestwick this week.

Thomson beat 6th seed Jonathon King (Glasgow) by 2 & 1 in the morning 4th round match on Thursday and secured his place in the last eight with a win at the 21st hole in the afternoon against Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh).

The other four Ayrshire players through to the Thursday matches all lost in the morning.

Steven McEwan (Caprington) lost to Shaun McAllister (Craigielaw) by 6 & 4, Euan Brown (Kilmarnock Barassie) lost by 7 & 6 to Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie), Ross Dixon (Kilmarnock Barassie) was beaten 4 & 2 by Wilson Bryson (Drumpellier) and John Shanks (Irvine) went down by 4 & 3 to Chris Heslip (Monifieth).

Thomson tees of in his quarter final, againstScott Borrowman (Dollar) at 0830 on Friday morning.

SCOTTISH SENIORS TOUR - Miller lying joint second at Monifieth

David Miller (Kilmarnock Barassie) is joint second after the first round of the inaugural East of Scotland Seniors Open.

Scottish seniors champion Ian Hutcheon leads, over his home course at Monifieth, with an outstanding round of 5 under par 66, putting him four strokes ahesd of Miller, Brian Grieve (King James VI) & James Watt (Letham Grange)

LEADING SCORES

Par 71. CSS 72
66 - I C Hutcheon (Monifieth).
70 - B Grieve (King James VI), J Watt (Letham Grange), D Miller (Kilmarnock Barassie).
72 - C Cairney (Monifieth).
73 - G Rodaks (Moffat), W Brown (Strathaven), A William Wallace (Strathaven).
74 - J S Macdonald (Dunfermline), I Stewart (Curragh), D Murphy (Kinross), I Dickson (Lundin Links), G MacDonald (Callander).
75 - P Tomisson (Nairn), P Lamb (Biggar), P Kinloch (Cardross), D Millar (St Andrews New), A Fiddes (Murcar Links).
76 - D Sim (Moor Hall), B Griffiths (Llanynynech), R Gill (Gerards Cross), A Ferguson (Drumpellier), R Smethurst (Crewe), J W Johnston (Royal Aberdeen), D McCart (Castlerock), R McLellan (Turnberry), S Herd (Leven Thistle), D Mitchell (Monifieth), J Aman (Grangemouth).

BOYS HOME INTERNATIONALS - Stewart named in Scottish side

Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) -pictured right -is the sole Ayrshire player in the recently announced Scottish Boys team for the boys' home internationals at Machynys Peninsula from August 7 to 9

The Scotland team is:

Non-playing captain: Barrie Douglas

James Byrne, Banchory

Andrew Campbell, Dumbarton

Paul Ferrier, Baberton

Fraser Fotheringham, Nairn

Scott Fraser, Royal Aberdeen

Christopher Gaittens, Fortrose & Rosemarkie

Neil Henderson, Glen

Sam McLaren, King James VI

Paul Shields, Kirkhill

Michael Stewart, Troon Welbeck

Andrew Wallace, Glenbervie

AYRSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATION - Ballochmyle through to fourball semi finals.

The Ballochmyle team of Billy Andrew & James McMurdo are through to meet maybole in the semi finals of the 2007 Ayrshire Fourball competition.

The Ballochmyle pair beat Alan Poole & Gary Tierney (Prestwick St. Nicholas) by 6 & 5 to book a trip to Maybole to face Scott McCahill and David Wallace in the semi finals

SCOTTISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP - 5 Ayrshire players in last 32 of national championship

Ayrshire have five representatives remaining in the last 32 of the 2007 Scottish Amateur Championship, being played at Prestwick this week.

In the first quarter matches played on Wednesday, James Bunch (Prestwick) bowed out in round 3, beaten at the 19th by Paul O'Hara (Colville Park).

Steven McEwan (Caprington) - pictured right - is the sole surviving Ayrshire representative in the first quarter, after an exciting victory over Wallace Booth (Comrie). McEwan was two holes behind with two to play before he produced a birdie 3, eagle 2 finish to take the match into extra holes and ultimately winning a tthe 20th. McEwan now plays Shaun McAllister (Craigielaw) in the last 32 on Thursday.

In the second quarter, Euan Brown (Kilmarnock Barassie) - pictured left - won the all Ayrshire third round tie against Kevin Fergusson (Prestwick St. Cuthbert) by 2 & 1 and will now play one of the seeds, Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie), in the last 32.

Also through to the final 32 is Brown's clubmate, Ross Dixon who defeated another Prestwick St. Cuthbert member, Graeme Gimson, by 4 & 3 in round 3. Gimson had earlier beaten Craig Haugh (Cathkin Braes) by 2& 1 whilst Dixon beat Matthew Burt (Helensburgh) by one hole. Dixon now plays Wilson Bryson (Drumpellier) in the last 32.

The third Ayrshire player remaining in the second quarter is Ayrshire Strokeplay Champion John Shanks (Irvine) - pictured right - whose morning victory by 3 & 1 over Allan Johnston (Bonnyton) was followed with a 3 & 2 win over Fraser McKenna (Balmore) in round 3.

Shanks now faces Chris Heslip (Monifieth) for a place in the last 16.

In the third quarter Robert McKnight (Kilmarnock Barassie) was overwhelmed by Jonathan King (Glasgow) by 5 & 4 in round 2 to end his hopes. McKnight had earlier beaten Greg Paterson (St. Andrews New) by 3 & 1 in round 2.

Also out in the third quarter went Warren Blair (Troon Portland). After a morning win over Stuart Roberts (Gullane), Blair was defeated 3 & 2 in the afternoon in round 3 by Robert Carson (Dalmahoy).

Steven McBlain (Prestwick St. Cuthbert) won his morning second round match against Barry Scott (Dumfries & Galloway) but in the afternoon he was overwhelmed by Scott Borrowman (Dollar). The Ayrshire player turned after 9 on level par but found himself five down. McBlain delayed the end for a few holes before losing by 6 & 5.

The remaining Ayrshire interest in the third quarter comes from former champion Allan Thomson (Ayr Belleisle) who defeated fellow Ayrshireman Paul Moultrie (Troon Portland) by 3 & 2 to book a place in the las 32 against Jonathan King (Glasgow).

Thomson beat Lewis Kirkton (Newmacher) by 1 hole in the morning whilst Moultrie beat Steven Maxwell (Cardross) by 4 & 3 to set up the all Ayrshire third round match.

The third and fourth round matches will be played on Thursday.