SCOTLAND BOYS ARE CHAMPIONS!
BOYS’ HOME INTERNATIONALS
Moray Golf Club, Lossiemouth
Day 3
ENGLAND 9, WALES 6
England names first
Foursomes: A Hodkinson & N McCarthy lost to R Enoch & R Merchant 2 holes; S Hutsby & L Goddard bt Z Gould & J Williams 3 and 2; T Oliver & D Whitnell bt J Howie & J Vickery 3 and 1; A Johnston & J Hiluta bt M Lewis & A Runcie 1 hole; E Pepperell & B Fowles bt R Bentham & A Torrence 6 and 5 (4-1).
Singles: Goddard lost to Enoch 2 and 1, Hodkinson lost to Gould 1 hole, Whitnell bt Merchant 3 and 2, D Wright lost to Runcie 5 and 4, Hutsby bt Lewis 3 and 1, Pepperell lost to J Shufflebotham 5 and 4, McCarthy bt Torrence 2 and 1, Johnston bt Bentham 4 and 2, Fowles bt Vickery 6 and 4, Hiluta lost to Howie 1 hole (5-5).
IRELAND 7, SCOTLAND 8
Ireland names first
Foursomes: N Kearney & G McGrane lost to L Kirton & J Byrne 3 and 2; P Cutler & C Fairweather bt J Findlay & M Stewart 1 hole; B Keenan & D Ruddy lost to Z Saltman & S McAllister 3 and 2; P O’Kane & J Patterson halved with C Robinson & G Stevenson; A Hogan & L Lennox halved with R Kellett & J White (2-3).
Singles: Kearney halved with Kirton, Cutler bt Findlay 4 and 3, McGrane lost to Byrne 8 and 7, Fairweather lost to Robinson 1 hole, L Reilly lost to McAllister 4 and 3, Patterson bt C Gray 3 and 1, Keenan bt Stewart 1 hole, O’Kane bt Stevenson 2 and 1, Hogan halved with White, Lennox lost to Kellett 4 and 2(5-5).
HOW THEY FINISHED
1 Scotland 2 1/2pt
2 Ireland 2pt
3 England 1 1/2pt
4 Wales 0pt.
SCOTLAND BEAT IRELAND AND WIN THE TITLE
Scotland have won the Under-18 boys’ home international matches for the R&A Trophy for the first time since 1995 at Dunbar.
After nerve-tingling last hour or two of action over the gale-swept Lossiemouth links, the Scots did what they had to do … beat table leaders Ireland 8-7 and leapfrog past them to win the championship.
“These boys keep amazing me,” said team captain Barrie Douglas. “The heads never go down when things are going against them and they keep pulling through in the head. It’s a privilege to be their skipper.”
The Scots edged the foursomes 3-2 and that point was to prove crucial as the fortunes swayed first one way and then another through the 10 singles.
Newmachar’s Lewis Kirton, so near to winning all six ties over the three days, halved the top singles with Niall Kearney. Kirton, two down after nine, won three holes in a row from the 10 and was one up with three to play.
Kearney won the 16th, halved the 17th and got down in two from the side of the hill at the 18th for a half in par 4s to deny the Scots No 1 a 100 per cent record.
Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh) was always trailing to Paul Cutler and lost by 4 and 3 in the second singles.
Then James Byrne (Banchory) gave a majestic, wind-taming performance in winning by 8 and 7 against Gary McGrane. Byrne was five up after six holes. Like Kirton, Byrne finished with 5 1/2pt out of six.
Chris Robinson (Wigtown & Bladnoch) gave a gritty display to come back from three down after nine to Colin Fairweather to square the match at the 16th, win the 17th and halve the last for a brave one-hole victory.
That was arguably the turning point of the singles because Robinson, had looked like losing that match until the last few holes.
Shaun McAllister (Craigielaw) was always ahead in winning by 4 and 3 over Liam Reilly.
Ireland needed a point to keep their hopes of a strong finish alive and they got it when James Patterson beat Cameron Gray (West Kilbride) by 3 and 1 in a match that was all square at the turn.
At that stage Scotland were 2pt ahead overall at 6 ½-4 ½ and that looked a big enough cushion with the Scots up in two and down in two of the four ties still to finish.
And so it proved. Paul O’Kane and and Brian Keenan gained victories for Ireland over Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) and Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck).
But Ross Kellett (Colville Park) beat Luke Lennox by 4 and 2 and Scottish boys’ match-play champion James White (Lundin), three up with three to play, was held to a square match when his opponent Andrew Hogan birdied the last three holes.
White was Scotland’s third-best points winner with five points out of six.
England, champions for the past eight years, finished third by beating Wales 9-6. It was England’s only win of the three days while Wales lost all three outings.
England took the foursomes 4-1 but Wales did well for a spell in the afternoon, winning four of the first six singles before the English tail wagged to level the singles count at 5-5.
Welsh winners were Rhys Enoch, Zach Gould, Adam Runcie, Jason Shufflebotham and Jamie Howie. For England, Dale Whitnell, Sam Hutsby, Nick McCarthy, Andrew Johnston and Billy Fowles gained afternoon points.
English champion Darren Wright did not have a happy series. He was fielded in only four ties and was on the losing side each time.
Jack Hiluta was England’s biggest points-earner with five from six games. He lost his last tie to Jamie Howie after being two up on the 13th tee.
Moray Golf Club, Lossiemouth
Day 3
ENGLAND 9, WALES 6
England names first
Foursomes: A Hodkinson & N McCarthy lost to R Enoch & R Merchant 2 holes; S Hutsby & L Goddard bt Z Gould & J Williams 3 and 2; T Oliver & D Whitnell bt J Howie & J Vickery 3 and 1; A Johnston & J Hiluta bt M Lewis & A Runcie 1 hole; E Pepperell & B Fowles bt R Bentham & A Torrence 6 and 5 (4-1).
Singles: Goddard lost to Enoch 2 and 1, Hodkinson lost to Gould 1 hole, Whitnell bt Merchant 3 and 2, D Wright lost to Runcie 5 and 4, Hutsby bt Lewis 3 and 1, Pepperell lost to J Shufflebotham 5 and 4, McCarthy bt Torrence 2 and 1, Johnston bt Bentham 4 and 2, Fowles bt Vickery 6 and 4, Hiluta lost to Howie 1 hole (5-5).
IRELAND 7, SCOTLAND 8
Ireland names first
Foursomes: N Kearney & G McGrane lost to L Kirton & J Byrne 3 and 2; P Cutler & C Fairweather bt J Findlay & M Stewart 1 hole; B Keenan & D Ruddy lost to Z Saltman & S McAllister 3 and 2; P O’Kane & J Patterson halved with C Robinson & G Stevenson; A Hogan & L Lennox halved with R Kellett & J White (2-3).
Singles: Kearney halved with Kirton, Cutler bt Findlay 4 and 3, McGrane lost to Byrne 8 and 7, Fairweather lost to Robinson 1 hole, L Reilly lost to McAllister 4 and 3, Patterson bt C Gray 3 and 1, Keenan bt Stewart 1 hole, O’Kane bt Stevenson 2 and 1, Hogan halved with White, Lennox lost to Kellett 4 and 2(5-5).
HOW THEY FINISHED
1 Scotland 2 1/2pt
2 Ireland 2pt
3 England 1 1/2pt
4 Wales 0pt.
SCOTLAND BEAT IRELAND AND WIN THE TITLE
Scotland have won the Under-18 boys’ home international matches for the R&A Trophy for the first time since 1995 at Dunbar.
After nerve-tingling last hour or two of action over the gale-swept Lossiemouth links, the Scots did what they had to do … beat table leaders Ireland 8-7 and leapfrog past them to win the championship.
“These boys keep amazing me,” said team captain Barrie Douglas. “The heads never go down when things are going against them and they keep pulling through in the head. It’s a privilege to be their skipper.”
The Scots edged the foursomes 3-2 and that point was to prove crucial as the fortunes swayed first one way and then another through the 10 singles.
Newmachar’s Lewis Kirton, so near to winning all six ties over the three days, halved the top singles with Niall Kearney. Kirton, two down after nine, won three holes in a row from the 10 and was one up with three to play.
Kearney won the 16th, halved the 17th and got down in two from the side of the hill at the 18th for a half in par 4s to deny the Scots No 1 a 100 per cent record.
Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh) was always trailing to Paul Cutler and lost by 4 and 3 in the second singles.
Then James Byrne (Banchory) gave a majestic, wind-taming performance in winning by 8 and 7 against Gary McGrane. Byrne was five up after six holes. Like Kirton, Byrne finished with 5 1/2pt out of six.
Chris Robinson (Wigtown & Bladnoch) gave a gritty display to come back from three down after nine to Colin Fairweather to square the match at the 16th, win the 17th and halve the last for a brave one-hole victory.
That was arguably the turning point of the singles because Robinson, had looked like losing that match until the last few holes.
Shaun McAllister (Craigielaw) was always ahead in winning by 4 and 3 over Liam Reilly.
Ireland needed a point to keep their hopes of a strong finish alive and they got it when James Patterson beat Cameron Gray (West Kilbride) by 3 and 1 in a match that was all square at the turn.
At that stage Scotland were 2pt ahead overall at 6 ½-4 ½ and that looked a big enough cushion with the Scots up in two and down in two of the four ties still to finish.
And so it proved. Paul O’Kane and and Brian Keenan gained victories for Ireland over Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) and Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck).
But Ross Kellett (Colville Park) beat Luke Lennox by 4 and 2 and Scottish boys’ match-play champion James White (Lundin), three up with three to play, was held to a square match when his opponent Andrew Hogan birdied the last three holes.
White was Scotland’s third-best points winner with five points out of six.
England, champions for the past eight years, finished third by beating Wales 9-6. It was England’s only win of the three days while Wales lost all three outings.
England took the foursomes 4-1 but Wales did well for a spell in the afternoon, winning four of the first six singles before the English tail wagged to level the singles count at 5-5.
Welsh winners were Rhys Enoch, Zach Gould, Adam Runcie, Jason Shufflebotham and Jamie Howie. For England, Dale Whitnell, Sam Hutsby, Nick McCarthy, Andrew Johnston and Billy Fowles gained afternoon points.
English champion Darren Wright did not have a happy series. He was fielded in only four ties and was on the losing side each time.
Jack Hiluta was England’s biggest points-earner with five from six games. He lost his last tie to Jamie Howie after being two up on the 13th tee.
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