Haggs Castle trio finish ninth in Cyprus

Scottish club champions Haggs Castle finished ninth in the European Club Trophy Grand Final at Minthis Hills Golf Club, Cyprus today.
Their three-man team of Barry Hume, Paul Gault and Craig Morrison totalled  431 at the end of the three-day tournament
France's Racing Club de France made all the running to win with a total of 417, two ahead of the Italian club, Royal Park I Roveri.
The Scots finished well ahead of England's Birstall GC and Wales' Parc GC but behind Ireland's Maynooth University who finished sixth.
Hume made the top 10 with a level par total of 213 (72-67-74), finishing ninth, 13 shots behind the winner of the individual titlte by eight shots, Finland's Ilan Saulo (67-68-65).
Gault scored 72, 74 and 74 for 220 and a share of 22nd place,.Morrison finished joint 32nd on 222 with scores of 75, 75 and 72.

 FINAL CLUB TOTALS
417 France (Racing Club de France) 135 144 138
419 Italy (Royal Park I Roveri) 141 144 134
420 Germany (GC Hubbelrath) 144 142 134
422 Spain (RCB Castiello) 141 141 140, Finland (Keimola GC) 142 140 140
427 Ireland (Maynooth Univ) 141 149 138
OTHER TOTALS
430 Denmark (Furescoe GC), Portugal (Vilamoura GC)
431 Scotland (Haggs Castle GC) 144 141 146 (9th)
432 Austria (GC Fohrenwald)
437 Netherlands (Noordwijkse GC)
438 Iceland (Mosfellsbaer GC)
439 Slovakia (Lomnicky GC)
440 Belgium (Rinkven GC)
443 England (Birstall GC) 153 144 146 (15th)
444 Slovenia (GK Arboretum)
447 Pioland (Sobienie Krolewskie GC)
456 Wales (Parc GC, Newport) 145 158 153, Croatia (Zagreb GC) (T18th)
458 Luxembourg (Grand Ducal GC).
465 Greece (Glyfada GC), Estonia (Niitvalja GC).
488 Cyprus (Secret Valley GC).
524 Ukraine (Superior GC).
547 Kazakhstan (Nurtau GC)

LEADING INDIVIDUALS
Par 213 (3x71) CSS 69, 68, 70
200 Ilan Saulo (Finland) 67 68 65
208 Frederic Lacroix (France) 66 72 70 
209 Francisco Rosete Fabos (Spain) 70 70 69.

SCOTS' TOTALS
213 Barry Hume 72 67 74 (T9)
220 Paul Gault 72 74 74 (T22)
222 Craig Morrison 75 75 72 (T32)