HUGH HUNTER'S CLACKMANNAN COUNTY NEWS
CLACKMANNAN COUNTY MATCH-PLAY UNDERWAY
The first two rounds of the 2011 Clackmannan County Match play Championship took place last week and, of course, the usual surprise results turned up.
In the eight first-round matches over Braehead, top wins were recorded by holder Michael Robertson (Alva) with an 8 and 6 win over Dollar’s Kevin Christie followed by a 7 and 6 win by Scott Moffat against John Maxwell. Closer matches came from County Team Captain who was pushed very strongly by Tillicoultry’s Scott Baird with Jamie winning on the last green and David Milloy winning by one hole against Darren Hulston.
John Gullen had a tough match against home favourite Ross Benvie who won with a deft pitch from the edge of the 15th green.
In the quarter finals at Alva, Ian Guthrie (Alloa), one up at the turn, made it through against Braehead’s Peter Macleod; David Milloy in an all Alloa match against Jamie Aitken held his three-hole lead after nine to win on the 16th and in the top match of the evening, home club and 2010 Champion Michael Robertson lost to long hitting Scott Moffat also on the 16th green.
Always an incident around: one of the quarter-finalists over hit the ninth green at Alva into the car park, and, with considerable skill, hit his own car TWICE.
QUARTER FINAL RESULTS
I Guthrie (Alloa) bt P Macleod (Braehead) 2 and 1.
S Moffat (Braehead) bt M Robertson (Alva) 3 and 2.
D Milloy (Alloa) bt J Aitken (Alloa) 3 and 2.
R Benvie (Braehead) bt I Ross (Alloa) 5 and 3.
Competitors were quick to praise the Braehead and Alva courses----while the Alva layout may not be to everyone’s liking, the greens were smooth, putted well and much better than the greens of some much more expensive Scottish courses.
Clackmannan boys team at Hayston on Sunday. Left to right: Rikky Alexander, Lawrence Allan, Reyner Kennedy and Kevin Ross.
BOYS AREA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
The performance of the Clackmannan team at the Scottish boys' area team Championships held at Hayston yesterday could best be described as moderate, with the team finishing in eleventh place from the 16 teams… incidentally beating many much larger Areas.
Star of the team had to be Alva’s Reyner Kennedy who recorded the best scratch score of the team in the afternoon singles with a 74 in cold and windy conditions and with tree lined fairways which proved difficult to hit.
Team Captain Bill Hatley was a little disappointed “ A few lapses in concentration resulted in higher scores with off line shots and some three putts. Shots could have been saved which would have resulted in a top ten finish--- that would have been pretty good for a team whose average handicap was above the handicaps of other teams. Clackmannanshire could do with keener boy golfers”
TEAM SCORES
(2 FOURSOMES PLUS 3 FROM FOUR SINGLES SCORES)
L Allan and R Kennedy 74; K Ross and R Alexander 81
Singles Allan 75; Kennedy 74, Ross 79.
TEAM TOTAL 383
Winning Team Lothians------ Team Total 360.
Alva’s Lawrence Allan will be in the field for the 72 hole Junior Tour event at Cardrona near Peebles this weekend when he will be hoping for a good performance to lift his 2011 boys ranking. Many congratulations to Lawrence on being appointed School Captain at Alva Academy… a well deserved honour.
CALLUM BACK TO SOME GOLFING FORM
After missing four cuts in a row on the European Challenge Tour, it was good to see Tulliallan’s Callum Macaulay earn some euros in Austria last weekend. With scores of 71,67,70,75, Callum finished 5th best Scot and hopefully gave him some confidence to face an intensive series of Challenge Tour events in 2011--- a couple in France during the next two weeks and then the Scottish Hydro Challenge….. he needs some good scoring to lift his Challenge Tour ranking from 92nd … preferably into the top twenty to return to the full European Tour
AND FINALLY
Clackmannan’s golf representative to the Scottish Golf Union enjoyed his own success last week when he won the Dollar Seniors Open with a net score of 62, a pleasant change from recording and announcing the success of others in golf.
Well done to Kenneth Ellacott!
The first two rounds of the 2011 Clackmannan County Match play Championship took place last week and, of course, the usual surprise results turned up.
In the eight first-round matches over Braehead, top wins were recorded by holder Michael Robertson (Alva) with an 8 and 6 win over Dollar’s Kevin Christie followed by a 7 and 6 win by Scott Moffat against John Maxwell. Closer matches came from County Team Captain who was pushed very strongly by Tillicoultry’s Scott Baird with Jamie winning on the last green and David Milloy winning by one hole against Darren Hulston.
John Gullen had a tough match against home favourite Ross Benvie who won with a deft pitch from the edge of the 15th green.
In the quarter finals at Alva, Ian Guthrie (Alloa), one up at the turn, made it through against Braehead’s Peter Macleod; David Milloy in an all Alloa match against Jamie Aitken held his three-hole lead after nine to win on the 16th and in the top match of the evening, home club and 2010 Champion Michael Robertson lost to long hitting Scott Moffat also on the 16th green.
Always an incident around: one of the quarter-finalists over hit the ninth green at Alva into the car park, and, with considerable skill, hit his own car TWICE.
QUARTER FINAL RESULTS
I Guthrie (Alloa) bt P Macleod (Braehead) 2 and 1.
S Moffat (Braehead) bt M Robertson (Alva) 3 and 2.
D Milloy (Alloa) bt J Aitken (Alloa) 3 and 2.
R Benvie (Braehead) bt I Ross (Alloa) 5 and 3.
Competitors were quick to praise the Braehead and Alva courses----while the Alva layout may not be to everyone’s liking, the greens were smooth, putted well and much better than the greens of some much more expensive Scottish courses.
Clackmannan boys team at Hayston on Sunday. Left to right: Rikky Alexander, Lawrence Allan, Reyner Kennedy and Kevin Ross.
BOYS AREA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
The performance of the Clackmannan team at the Scottish boys' area team Championships held at Hayston yesterday could best be described as moderate, with the team finishing in eleventh place from the 16 teams… incidentally beating many much larger Areas.
Star of the team had to be Alva’s Reyner Kennedy who recorded the best scratch score of the team in the afternoon singles with a 74 in cold and windy conditions and with tree lined fairways which proved difficult to hit.
Team Captain Bill Hatley was a little disappointed “ A few lapses in concentration resulted in higher scores with off line shots and some three putts. Shots could have been saved which would have resulted in a top ten finish--- that would have been pretty good for a team whose average handicap was above the handicaps of other teams. Clackmannanshire could do with keener boy golfers”
TEAM SCORES
(2 FOURSOMES PLUS 3 FROM FOUR SINGLES SCORES)
L Allan and R Kennedy 74; K Ross and R Alexander 81
Singles Allan 75; Kennedy 74, Ross 79.
TEAM TOTAL 383
Winning Team Lothians------ Team Total 360.
Alva’s Lawrence Allan will be in the field for the 72 hole Junior Tour event at Cardrona near Peebles this weekend when he will be hoping for a good performance to lift his 2011 boys ranking. Many congratulations to Lawrence on being appointed School Captain at Alva Academy… a well deserved honour.
CALLUM BACK TO SOME GOLFING FORM
After missing four cuts in a row on the European Challenge Tour, it was good to see Tulliallan’s Callum Macaulay earn some euros in Austria last weekend. With scores of 71,67,70,75, Callum finished 5th best Scot and hopefully gave him some confidence to face an intensive series of Challenge Tour events in 2011--- a couple in France during the next two weeks and then the Scottish Hydro Challenge….. he needs some good scoring to lift his Challenge Tour ranking from 92nd … preferably into the top twenty to return to the full European Tour
AND FINALLY
Clackmannan’s golf representative to the Scottish Golf Union enjoyed his own success last week when he won the Dollar Seniors Open with a net score of 62, a pleasant change from recording and announcing the success of others in golf.
Well done to Kenneth Ellacott!
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