LOTHIANS BOYS BEAT FIFE BOYS AT LIBERTON

FROM THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS WEBSITE

Lothians boys' team overcame the absence of four of their leading players to chalk up a 6½-3½ win over their Fife counterparts at Liberton in an annual friendly.
Neil Henderson, Paul Ferrier and Myles Cunningham - three of the players in the side that finished second in the recent Scottish boys' area team championship - were missing along with Mark Dickson.
But, showing the strength in depth in Lothians golf at this level, the home side still managed to record a comfortable victory.
Results:

LOTHIANS 6 1/2, FIFE 3 1//2
At Liberton GC
Lothians players named first
S Deegan (Craigielaw) halved with M Main (Thornton).
O Huish (Glen) halved with R Dziennik (Cowdenbeath).
G Currie (Gullane) bt I Finlay (St Andrews).
S Gordon (Glen) halved with B Jamieson (St Andrews).
J Ross (Royal Burgess) bt G Crawford (Burntisland) 3 and 2.
F McAndrew (Dalmahoy) lost to M Lindsay (Pitreavie) 4 and 2.
Tom Blennerhasset (Dalmahoy) bt N Beattie (St Andrews) 5 and 4.
S Boyle (Harburn) bt J Penman (Thornton) 4 and 3.
B Pelling (Prestonfield) bt J Thorburn (Forrester Park) 1 hole;.
S Young (Turnhouse) lost to C Spence (Balwearie) 2 and 1.