Lothians boys record eighth win

in boys' area team championship

Lothians won the Scottish boys' area team golf championship at Kingsknowe Golf Club today for a record eighth time and for the sixth in the past 12 years.

Their quartet of Oliver Huish, Mark Dickson, Tom Blennerhassett and Stuart Boyle totalled 354 in the format of two foursomes' morning play and four singles (three to count) in the afternoon.

They had three shots to spare from Renfrewshire's Darryn Grant, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Colin Thomson and Sam Binning with Perth & Kinross (Daniel Young, Paul McPhee, Angus Tester and Roddy Forgie) third on 358.

Defending champions Ayrshire (Scott Brown, Adam Foley, Andrew Abercromnbie and Colin Robinson) finished fourth on 363.

Fife's Josh Anderson, Sean Thompson, Neil Beattie and Jack Thorburn came fifth on 364.

North's Rodger Clarke, Ian Allan, Chjris Gaittens and Kyle Godsman came eight on 366, one shot ahead of North-east (Chris Robb, Tom Spencer, Adam Dunton and Jack Scott).

Angus (Matthew Reid, Ross Storriere, Mark Thomson and Reece Mitchell) finished 12th of 16 on 373.

Fraser Moore (Stirlingshire) won the Niagara Cup for the best individual score of two under par 67. Josh Anderson (Fife) also had a 67 but Moore won the presitigious individual cup with a better inward half, 33 to 34.

FINAL TOTALS

Singles par 69, CSS 69. Three from four to count

354 Lothians. Foursomes 140 (Oliver Huish & Mark Dickson 70, Tom Blennerhasset & Stuart Boyle 70). Singles 214 (Blennerhassett 70, Boyle 71, Huish 73, Dickson 74).

357 Renfrewshire. Foursomes 145 (Darryn Grant & Daniel Fitzpatrick 71, Colin Thomson & Sam Binning 74). Singles 212 (Binning 69, Grant 70, Fitzpatrick 73, Thomson 75).

358 Perth & Kinross. Foursomes 146 (Daniel Young & Paul McPhee 68, Angus Tester & Roddie Forgie 78). Singles 212 (Forgie 70, Young 71, Tester 71, McPhee 73).

363 Ayrshire. Foursomes 147 (Scott Brown & Adam Foley 72, Andrew Abercrombie & Colin Robinson 75). Singles 216 (Abercrombie 71, Foley 72, Brown 73, Robinson 76).

364 Fife. Foursomes 146 (Josh Anderson & Sean Thompson 71, Neil Beattie & Jack Thorburn 75). Singles 218 (Anderson 67, Beattie 74, Thompson 77, Thorburn 77).

365 Dunbartonshire. Foursomes 150 (Thomas Sharkey & John Henry 74, Fraser McKenna & Gary Meechan 76). Singles 215 (Sharkey 69, McKenna 71, Meechan 75, Henry 78); Stirlingshire. Foursomes 148 (Fraser Moore & Andrew Murray 73, Jamie Lynch & Ryan Campbell 75). Singles 217 (Moore 7, Lynch 75, Campbell 75, Murray 76).

366 North. Foursomes 151 (Chris Gaittens & Kyle Godsman 74, Rodger Clarke & Ian Allan 77). Singles 215 (Clarke 70, Gaittens 71, Godsman 74, Allan 76).

367 North-east. Foursomes 146 (Adam Dunton & Jack Scott 72, Chris Robb & Tom Spencer 74). Singles 221 (Dunton 69, Spencer 76, Scott 76, Robb 79).

371 South. Foursomes 151 (Euan McLaren & Kyle McClung 72, Chris Corbett & Craig Hill 79). Singles 220 (McLaren 72, McClung 72, Corbett 76, Hill 78).

372 Lanarkshire. Foursomes 157 (Ben Sloan & Mark Kelly 72, Ian Anderson & Colin Baird 85). Singles 215 (Baird 69, Kelly 71, Sloan 75, Anderson 75).

373 Angus. Foursomes 155 (Mark Thomson & Reece Mitchell 69, Matthew Reid & Ross Storrier 86). Singles 218 (Reid 71, Storrier 72, Thomson 75, Mitchell 76).

379 Glasgow. Foursomes 156 (Graeme McDougall & Paul Loughlin 73, James Hendrick & Conor O'Neil 83). Singles 223 (McDougall 74, O'Neil 74, Hendrick 75, Loughlin 76).

383 Borders. Foursomes 159 (Russell Gordon & Ben Herriot 78, Simon Fairbairn & Greg Swington 81). Singles 224 (Fairbairn 73, Gordon 75, Herriot 76, Swinton 80).

386 Clackmannanshire. Foursomes 159 (Gary Chalmers & Lawrence Allan 77, Grant Dowie & John McPherson 82). Singles 227 (McPherson 73, Allan 76, Chalmers 78, Dowie 81).

406 Argyll & Bute. Foursomes 163 (David Graham & Angus Cowe 81, Richard Dunn & Craig Pirie 82). Singles: 243 (Graham 78, Pirie 81, Dunn 84, Cowe 91).