Hugh Hunter's Clackmanan County news

Glenbervie Golf Club's winning team in the Alexander Trophy (image by courtesy of Hugh Hunter). See report below. Left to right: Mark Findlay, Henry Anderson, Derek Fish and Mark Hislop.

Braehead Golf Club boys' team who had a very good win at Alva (image courtesy of Hugh Hunter).

MIXED FOURS TITLE GOES TO ALLOA
Plying over their home course, the Alloa mixed fours team scored an emphatic victory by 12 shots (on a handicap basis) from the Braehead team.

FULL RESULTS
1. ALLOA (I Ross & S McKeracher 70, A Whitelaw & T Whitelaw 66½, J Aitken & J McIntosh 75, D Milloy & I Rhind 77 1/2).
2. BRAEHEAD 224
3. TILLICOULTRY 227
4. DOLLAR 2341/2

GLENBERVIE GLORY IN ALEXANDER TROPHY
First played for in 1917, the Alexander Trophy is an inter-club tournament played for by clubs in Stirling and Clackmannan counties.
The competition is a four-man team event (best three score to count) played over 18 holes, and it was Clackmannanshire’s turn to host the event at Alloa Golf Club.
Competitors from 13 clubs enjoyed fine weather on the testing lay-out which players found to be in very good condition. Glenbervie Golf Club took the trophy thanks to two sub par rounds by Derek Fish (67: best of the day) and Henry Anderson (69), backed up by Mark Hislop (72), giving them a team total of 208, four shots ahead of Clackmannanshire’s Braehead.
FULL RESULTS (Best three scores)
1. Glenbervie 208; 2 Braehead 212; 3Grangemouth 217; 4 Alva 220; 5 Tulliallan 221; 6. Falkirk 223; 7 Stirling 227; 8 Alloa 228; 9 Bonnybridge 229; 10 Dollar 234; 11 Falkirk Tryst 236; 12 Earlsgate 246; 13 Tillicoultry 261

SHOCK DEFEAT FOR ALVA IN BOYS' LEAGUE

The Braehead boys pulled off a surprise win at Alva where they won by 3 matches to 2 with one half, giving them their first win in the league. Meanwhile at Tillicoultry, the home side had a comfortable win over the Alloa boys by 4 matches to 1 with one half. These results put Tillicoultry in a strong position in the League, and their match against Alva this weekend could prove crucial, so both sides will be looking to field their strongest team.

SCOTT IN THE TOP TEN
Dollar’s Scott Borrowman is keeping in touch with the top Scottish Amateurs with his golf. His latest performance in the Cameron Corbett Vase over Haggs Castle Golf Club gave him an 11th placing with a five under par score of 283 (71, 69, 74 and 69) and should keep him well up the rankings.
At present he is the ninth best Scot in the R&A WAGR where his ranking is moving steadily upwards. He is currently at 284th position. The next big event will be the Scottish Amateur at Royal Troon and he will be joined by Alloa golfers Jamie Aitken and Scott Moffat, making three Wee County Golfers in the 256 strong field.
All three County golfers are on action on the first day---- Jamie plays Chris Harkins (Ayr) at 9.53; Scott plays David Brown (Carluke) at 10.33 and Scott plays Kristofer Harper (Carnoustie) at 13.45.
The holder of the Scottish Amateur is of course Callum Macaulay who makes his second appearance in the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond this week. Kast year he was an invited amateur, this year he has received an invitation as a professional.