RENFREWSHIRE WIN SCOTTISH AREA TEAM TITLE

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By Don Bremner: e-mail- donbremner@ranfurly9.freeserve.co.uk
It was an exciting weekend for Renfrewshire Golf Union’s top golfers when they travelled to Crail Golf Course to compete in the finals of the Scottish Area Team Championship.
First, their Saturday morning semi final match against the North East was abandoned when gale force winds made play impossible as balls were blown off greens.

Then in the rescheduled match on Sunday, they found themselves struggling to survive with four matches evenly poised and current Scottish Mid-Amateur champion Andrew Farmer from Kilmacolm GC four down at the turn against Peterhead’s Philip McLean. Andrew amazed everyone when he recorded five consecutive 3s from the tenth and went on to win at the last hole to give his team a narrow 3-2 victory.
Their opponents in the final were Dumbartonshire and Bryan Adam (Paisley) and Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) set the pattern for the afternoon with a convincing 6 and 5 win. Not to be outdone, Craig Watson (East Renfrewshire) also won his singles match 6 and 5 and the title was clinched when Matt Clark (Kilmacolm) recorded a one up victory over Paul Betty. Ronnie Clark (Renfrew) and Andrew Farmer agreed with their opponents to call their games halved matches which allowed them to get back to the Crail clubhouse to join the celebrations.
Team Captain, Murdo Carmichael, was delighted with the victory especially with the spirit shown by the team in the semi final when all seemed lost.