HUGH HUNTER'S CLACKMANNAN COUNTY NEWS
JUST A LITTLE JOY AT THE SCOTTISH AMATEUR
For the four Wee County golfers who played in the Scottish Amateur Golf Championship, there was a little joy, more disappointment and a number of golf lessons to be learned. With two golfers from the six Clubs in the last 32….. no mean achievement really…. County golfers can be proud of their representatives.
Top performance came from Dollar’s Scott Borrowman who reached the last 16 in Round 5. Starting with a 19th hole win against Leonard Grindrod (Crow Wood) where he came from 3 down to take the match at the first extra hole with a fine approach shot followed by a 5 ft putt. In the next two rounds he had good wins—6/5 against George Robertson (Irvine Ravenspark) and then 8/7 against Ewan Mackinnon. In round four he won narrowly by one hole against Brian Soutar (Leven GS) before losing to the 7th seed James White by 3/2.
Alva’s Lawrence Allan won his first three rounds before losing to Neil Henderson (Glen) by one hole. Braehead’s Scott Moffat beat Michael Main in the first round but was unlucky to meet Michael Stewart in round two, where he couldn’t match the number one seed’s outward figures. Alloa’s Jamie Aitken--- three down with three to play produced some class golf to win the last three holes and take the match to the 19th hole, but the County Team Captain lost when his opponent holed from 15ft.
All in all, a good learning experience for the four golfers—hopefully inspiring them to move on in their golf development.
LOCAL DERBY GOLF MATCH
The annual golf match against Stirlingshire… it’s been going for about 80 years now…. takes place this weekend at Dollar when the Clackmannan team will be in action.
Selected for the Clackmannan team are Scott Moffat, Alan Watson (Braehead), Steve McIvor, Michael Robertson (Alva), John Maxwell (Tulliallan), John Gullen, Kevin Ross, Scott Hunter (Tillicoultry).
SCOTTISH UNDER-14s CHAMPIONSHIPS
The only Clackmannan County representative is in the girls section where Beth Donoghue (Alloa) will be competing with just over 40 girls for the 2011 title.
TWO WEEK BREAK FOR CALLUM
At present, there is a two week break in the Challenge Tour schedule and Tulliallan’s Callum Macaulay will be using it to prepare for the final ten tournaments of 2011---- all the events are outwith the UK; the next one is the Norwegian Challenge and there is even one in Kazakhstan (it’s a £650 + return air fare and between a 13 and 45 hour trip from Scotland unless someone has organised a charter flight for the golfers)
For the four Wee County golfers who played in the Scottish Amateur Golf Championship, there was a little joy, more disappointment and a number of golf lessons to be learned. With two golfers from the six Clubs in the last 32….. no mean achievement really…. County golfers can be proud of their representatives.
Top performance came from Dollar’s Scott Borrowman who reached the last 16 in Round 5. Starting with a 19th hole win against Leonard Grindrod (Crow Wood) where he came from 3 down to take the match at the first extra hole with a fine approach shot followed by a 5 ft putt. In the next two rounds he had good wins—6/5 against George Robertson (Irvine Ravenspark) and then 8/7 against Ewan Mackinnon. In round four he won narrowly by one hole against Brian Soutar (Leven GS) before losing to the 7th seed James White by 3/2.
Alva’s Lawrence Allan won his first three rounds before losing to Neil Henderson (Glen) by one hole. Braehead’s Scott Moffat beat Michael Main in the first round but was unlucky to meet Michael Stewart in round two, where he couldn’t match the number one seed’s outward figures. Alloa’s Jamie Aitken--- three down with three to play produced some class golf to win the last three holes and take the match to the 19th hole, but the County Team Captain lost when his opponent holed from 15ft.
All in all, a good learning experience for the four golfers—hopefully inspiring them to move on in their golf development.
LOCAL DERBY GOLF MATCH
The annual golf match against Stirlingshire… it’s been going for about 80 years now…. takes place this weekend at Dollar when the Clackmannan team will be in action.
Selected for the Clackmannan team are Scott Moffat, Alan Watson (Braehead), Steve McIvor, Michael Robertson (Alva), John Maxwell (Tulliallan), John Gullen, Kevin Ross, Scott Hunter (Tillicoultry).
SCOTTISH UNDER-14s CHAMPIONSHIPS
The only Clackmannan County representative is in the girls section where Beth Donoghue (Alloa) will be competing with just over 40 girls for the 2011 title.
TWO WEEK BREAK FOR CALLUM
At present, there is a two week break in the Challenge Tour schedule and Tulliallan’s Callum Macaulay will be using it to prepare for the final ten tournaments of 2011---- all the events are outwith the UK; the next one is the Norwegian Challenge and there is even one in Kazakhstan (it’s a £650 + return air fare and between a 13 and 45 hour trip from Scotland unless someone has organised a charter flight for the golfers)
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