HUGH HUNTER'S CLACKMANNAN COUNTY NEWS

BUSY WEEKEND FOR CLACKMANNAN GOLFERS

The first main Clackmannan county golf competition takes place on Saturday when the Spring Meeting is contested at Alloa (Division 1) and Braehead (Division2).

Although the entry sheets are pretty full in the morning, there is still a chance of a late entry on the day at the Golf Clubs.
In the Division 1 event, the first group of eight qualifiers for the County Match Play Championship will be obtained--- the remaining eight will qualify from the Summer Meeting.
These events are good opportunities for new Golf Club members to meet up with other local golfers and maybe even win a prize.


CLACKMANNAN COUNTY BOYS' CHAMPIONSHIP


The Clackmannan County Boys' Championship is being held this Sunday at Alloa Golf Club in the morning. Again, County Junior Convenor Sam Kinnaird would welcome late entries and said “ It’s a good chance for County Juniors to test their skills on a good golf course, with the best scores qualifying for the Match Play events as well as winning prizes.”
Using the results, Sam will pick a team to represent Clackmannanshire in the Scottish Area Boys Team championship to be held at the beginning of June at Hayston Golf Club.


LAST PROVAN SALVER MATCH


Also on Sunday is the last match for the Provan Salver. So far Clackmannanshire have recorded two draws and will be hoping for a good win when they take on Fife over Thornton golf course.
Selectors will be picking the county team to represent Clackmannanshire in the Area Team Championship which is being played over the Prestwick courses on the 14th and 15th May. Teams of six players will be competing and representing the 16 golfing Areas in Scotland.


SCOTTISH BOYS' CHAMPIONSHIP

In last week's Scottish boys' championship at Dunbar, Alva’s Lawrence Allan was unable to match his fine performance of 2010. Lawrence started well with two comfortable wins. In Round 1 he defeated Ross Anderson (Stonehaven) by 4 and 3 and followed that with a 5 and 4 win over Andrew Kerr (Greenmount). However in the third round he could not come back from a two-hole deficit after 14 holes and lost to Eamon Bradley (Mount Ellon) by 4 and 2.

Braehead’s Rikki Alexander put up a brave fight in his first appearance in the event but lost in the first round to Conor Marsland (Lincoln).

SOUTH OF SCOTLAND SENIORS

In the first main event of the Seniors' calendar at Powfoot, Clackmannan has two representatives, Bob Stewart and Phil Dempsey, both Tulliallan.