NARROW WIN FOR WEST KILLS
OFF EAST HOPES OF SEVEN
IN A ROW RECORD

By DUNCAN IRELAND
Secretary, Edinburgh & East of Scotland Alliance

Please see below for the results of today's match against the West Alliance at Bruntsfield Links.
We couldn't have a picked a better day but we might have picked a better result as the West's narrow victory (12 1/2-11 1/2) prevented us from winning our seventh match in a row, which would have been a record for the most number of consecutive wins .
Nevertheless, Bruntsfield, as always, did us proud and everyone enjoyed their day.
Can I ask any of you that have decided to resign from the Edinburgh & East Alliance to advise me as soon as possible and not wait for the subscription notices to be sent out.
Last year was a nightmare tryng to find out who was joining and who wasn't. It was a bit unfair on those on the waiting list as some of them didn't get invited until after quite a few events had already been played. Additionally, it will save me some time and more importantly, the Alliance some money.
I'll see you all in October if not before.

Results of today's match:

EDINBURGH ALLIANCE 11 1/2, WEST ALLIANCE 12 1/2
Foursomes (5-3)
Edinburgh names first
Andrew Dunsmore (Deer Park) & Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar) bt S Gray (Hastings) & N Brown (Vale of Leven) 2 and 1.
Scott Grieve (King's Acre) & Steven Doyle (Liberton) lost to W Lockie (North Gailes) & J McDonald (Cowglen) 3 and 2.
Stevie Lamb (unatt) & Andrew Wight (Glencorse) bt D Orr (East Renfrewshire) & C Wedgeworth (Cowglen) 4 and 3.
Neil Colquhoun (Merchants) & G Wither (Lothianburn) bt S Savage (Clydebank Municipal) & J Currie (East Kilbride) 1 hole.
Craig Imlah (Peebles) & Colin Fraser (Peebles) bt C Everett (Caldwell & J Kinloch (Cardross) 2 holes.
Andrew Marshall (Houston DR) & Andrew Rothney (Deer Park) bt B Campbell (Vale of Leven) & A Kent (Troon Welbeck) 2 and 1.
Tom Buchanan (Duddingston) & Scott Walker (Ratho Park) lost to I Robertson (Ayr Belleisle) & P Kinloch (Cardross) 2 and 1.
Craig Lee (All Golf Swing Centre) & John Kerr (Deer Park) lost to to F McLaughlan (Bothwell Castle) & D Houghton (Largs) 1 hole.

PROFESSIONAL SINGLES (3 1/2-4 1/2)
Dunsmore lost to Gray 2 and 1.
Grieve bt Lockie 3 and 1.
Lamb lost to Orr 2 holes.
Colquhoun lost to Savage 2 and 1.
Imlah halved with Everett.
Marshall bt Campbell 3 and 2.
Buchanan lost to Robertson 1 hole.
Lee bt McLaughlan 5 and 4

AMATEUR SINGLES (3-5)
Culverwell lost to Brown 1 hole.
Doyle lost to McDonald 2 and 1.
Wight lost to Wedgeworth 2 and 1.
Wither lost to Currie 4 and 3.
Fraser bt J Kinloch 4 and 2.
Rothney bt Kent 4 and 3.
Walker lost to P Kinloch 4 and 2.
Kerr bt Houghton 2 and 1.