Lothians overpower Stirlingshire in singles after 2-2 in foursomes

The Lothians men's team opened their season's account with a strong performance in a friendly match at Longniddry on Saturday, defeating Stirlingshire 7.5 to 4.5.
The morning foursomes were shared 2-2 but an excellent performance in the afternoon singles from the Lothians team, in particular S McLaren (Bruntsfield Links) (beat M Hislop (Glenbervie) 6 and 5) and Benn McLeod (Musselburgh) (bt S Irvine (Falkirk) 9 and 7)  saw the home side run out winners by 3pt.
   
The full Lothians line-up was:

Michael Bacigalupo (Longniddry) 
Anthony Blaney (Liberton)
Stephen Buckley (Royal Burgess)                
Kieran Cantley (Liberton)
Gary Corrigan (Greenburn)                            
Alan Crawford (Deer Park)                
Benn MacLeod (Musselburgh)  
Craig Deerness (Harburn)