Scottish area team championship Scoreboard

The 2009 Scottish men's area team championship began today with the first of the sectional ties. Results:

GROUP A
North-east 6, Borders 3
(at Newburgh on Ythan).
Foursomes (2-1)
M Halliday & D Law halved with D Gillie & A Ballantyne.
A Bews & A Styles halved with A Turnbull & C Fraser.
P McLean & L Phillips bt W Renwick & D Martin 4 and 3.
Singles (4-2)
Halliday lost to Gillie 1 hole.
Law bt Turnbull 1 hole.
Bews bt Ballantyne 3 and 2.
Styles bt Martin 5 and 4.
McLean bt Fraser 6 and 5.
Phillips lost to Renwick 3 and 2.

Stirlingshire 4, Ayrshire 5
(at Falkirk Tryst)
Foursomes (1-2)
B Sushford & C Lawton bt S Brown & G Robertson 2 and 1.
K Anderson & J Lynch lost to T McInally & J MacKay 3 and 2.
J Donaldson & S McLauchlin lost to J Shanks & S Murray 3 and 1.
Singles (3-3)
Anderson bt McInally 2 holes.
Ruishford lost to Shanks 4 and 3.
Lawton lost to MacKay 6 and 5.
Lynch lost to Brown 3 and 2.
McLauchlin bt Murray 1 hole.
Donaldson bt Robertson 1 hole.

GROUP B
Angus 6 1/2, Lothians 2 1/2.
(at Forfar).
Foursomes (1 1/2-1 1/2)
R Coull & S Smith halved with S Armstrong & D Millar.
R Bell & W Bremner bt M Cunningham & S Smith 2 and 1.
M Lindsay & G Finlay lost to K Young & K Reilly 3 and 2.
Singles (5-1)
Coull lost to Armstrong 2 and 1.
Bell bt Cunningham 3 and 2.
Smith bt Millar 2 holes.
Bremner bt Smith 3 and 2.
Finlay bt Young 1 hole.
Lindsay bt Reilly 2 and 1.

Lanarkshire 7, Perth & Kinross 2
(at East Kilbride).
Foursomes (2-1)
C Orr (Lanark) & P Shields (Kirkhill) bt S Graham (Blairgowrie) & S McKendrick (Dunkeld) 1 hole.
Grant Beaton (Kirkhill) & Andy Fairbairn (Kirkhill) lost to Mark Rose (Pitlochry) & M Cameron (Alyth) 1 hole.
Steven Rennie (Drumpellier) & Stuart Henderson (Hamilton) bt Nicky Barr (Craigie Hill) & Danny Young (Craigie Hill) 2 and 1.
Singles (5-1).
Shields bt Graham 4 and 3.
Henderson bt Rose 2 and 1.
Fairbairn bt Barr 1 hole.
Beaton bt McKendrick 2 and 1.
K Lochrie lost to D Young 4 and 3.
Rennie beat Cameron 3 and 2.

GROUP C
Clackmannanshire 5 1/2, Fife 3 1/2
at Braehead
Foursomes (2-1)
Scott Moffat (Alloa) & Ross Benvie (Braehea) lost to Scott Michie & Michael Main (Thornton) 1 hole.
John Maxwell & Seven Horne (Tulliallan) bt Colin Martin (Balbirnie Park) & Scott Stewart-Cation (Ladybank) 3 and 2.
Ian Ross & Jamie Aitken (Alloa) bt Alex Main (Thornton) & Jordan McColl (Scotscraig) 4 and 3.
Singles (3 1/2-2 1/2)
Benvie bt Michie 1 hole.
Moffat lost to M Main 3 and 1.
Horne bt A Main 3 and 2.
Maxwell bt Gary Page (Balbirnie Park) 3 and 1.
Aitken lost to Martin 2 and 1.
Ross halved with Stewart-Cation.

Renfrewshire 6 1/2, Argyll & Bute 2 1/2
(at Renfrew).

GROUP D
North 3 1/2, Dumbartonshire 5 1/2
(at Moray GC, Lossiemouth).
Foursomes (1 1/2-1 1/2)
B Fotheringham & K Godsman lost to K Smyth & P Betty 2 and 1.
F Fotheringham & M Macdonald bt C Checkley & A Campbell 5 and 4.
G Thomson & K Thomson halved with C Peddie & R Graham.
Singles (2-4)
F Fotheringham lost to Betty 3 and 2.
K Thomson lost to Smyth 3 and 2.
Godsman lost to A Law 3 and 1.
B Fotheringham bt G Minnes 1 hole.
Macdonald bt Graham 2 and 1.
G Thomson lost to Checkley 2 and 1.

South 7 1/2, Glasgow 1 1/2.
(at Southerness).