SCOTTISH AREA TEAM
CHAMPIONSHIP
GROUPS, FIXTURES

The Scottish men’s area team golf championship will again be contested on the usual lines of four groups of four, with the four league table winners going forward to the semi-finals at Powfoot Golf Club, on the Solway Firth on October 6. The final will be played at the same venue the following day.
Lothians will be defending the title they won for the 12th time at Glasgow Gailes last year when they beat Angus 5 ½-3 ½ in the final.
In the semi-finals, Lothians beat defending champions Renfrewshire 6-3 while Angus beat Perth & Kinross 5 ½-3 1/2.
Most districts have difficulty in getting their leading players available to play in all the Sunday sectional ties. There has been talk of the tournament being streamlined to just one long weekend when all 16 district teams would take part in a straight knock-out format.
But talking is as far as that idea has advanced and it’s the status quo for 2007 when the groups are:

GROUP A
May 20 – South v Ayrshire, Lanarkshire v Renfrewshire.
August 5 – Ayrshire v Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire v South.
September 23 – Ayrshire v Renfrewshire, South v Lanarkshire.

GROUP B
May 20 – North-east v Argyll & Bute, Fife v Clackmannanshire.
August 5 – Argyll & Bute v Fife, Clackmannanshire v North-east.
September 23 – Argyll & Bute v Clackmannanshire, North-east v Fife.

GROUP C
May 20 – Lothians v North, Stirlingshire v Glasgow.
August 5 – North v Stirlingshire, Glasgow v Lothians.
September 23 – North v Glasgow, Lothians v Stirlingshire.

GROUP D
May 20 – Dumbartonshire v Borders, Perth & Kinross v Angus.
August 5 – Borders v Perth & Kinross, Angus v Dumbartonshire.
September 23 – Borders v Angus, Dumbartonshire v Perth & Kinross.