Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Duddingston want to turn winter into a glorious summer

FROM THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS WEBSITE
By MARTIN DEMPSTER
Duddingston are hoping their successful campaign in the South East Edinburgh Winter League will augur well for this season's Edinburgh Summer League.
Steve Gilhooley's side suffered just one defeat in lifting the title in the four-team event that also involves Craigmillar Park, Liberton and Prestonfield.
Duddingston also claimed the team trophy in the Individual Championship over their own course, with Derrick Williams making it a clean sweep for the club as he won that event with a superb five-under-par 67.
"It was disappointing to lose our final game (to Prestonfeld], especially at home, but local derbies are unpredictable," said Gilhooley.
"The positive side of winning the Winter League is that we used 19 players and a few new young pretenders were bloodied and responded very well."
With five wins from six games, Duddingston finished on ten points, three ahead of second-placed Prestonfield with Craigmillar Park, last year's winners, third this time around on four points and Liberton (3pts) propping up the table.
However, the signs for the future look good for Liberton after they lifted the Junior title in style, Robert Ross' side recording a 100 per cent record in finishing six points clear of second-placed Duddingston at the top of that table.
"We used 14 different juniors in the matches, trying to play at least three of our younger, higher handicapped juniors alongside three of the boys who did so well last summer to help bring them on," said Ross.
"This has proved quite successful, especially with one of our big hopes for the future, Kieran Cantley, who has come on leaps and bounds."
Craigmillar Park finished third in the Junior League, with Prestonfield, the defending champions, dropping to bottom spot in a real turnaround of fortunes.
In the individual event, Williams won by two shots from clubmate David Miller with Colin McNeill making it a 1-2-3 for the host club as he shot a 70.
With the best scores counting, Duddingston's eight-under-par aggregate earned them a comfortable win in the team event.
The Junior individual title was won by Prestonfield's Lewis Blyth with a gross 78, while the Handicap Trophy went to Jonathan Brown of Liberton with a net 65 playing off 18.
+The above article appears in today's Edinburgh Evening News.

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