HUGH HUNTER'S CLACKMANNAN COUNTY NEWS

 TOP PERFORMANCE BY COUNTY GOLF TEAM.

In the six-man Scottish area team championship played at Crail recently,  Clackmannanshire finished a highly credible fifth out of the 16 teams in the qualifying round.  

Team captain Darren Hulston was delighted with the performance  “The team were gutted to lose a semi-final spot by one shot to Glasgow. Nevertheless it was a very good performance and shows that the Wee County elite golfers can compete against the top golfers in Scotland.”  

Under different qualifying rules, Clackmannanshire  did make the final of the event some years ago. With bad weather, the event was cut to one qualifying round and Fife took the 2013 title.

  L to R: Grant Murray, Rikky Alexander, Tom Carroll, Jamie McEwan, Cameron McGorgray.

  BOYS' MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP.

 The finals of the Clackmannan county boys' match play championships were held at Braehead last week. In the senior event, Rikky Alexander  (Braehead) reversed the stroke play result when he beat Grant Murray  ( Braehead).  

 In the Junior final, Alloa's Jamie McEwan did the double when he beat Calum McGorgray (Tillicoultry).