Scotttish students' match-play starts at Lossiemouth

UHI WIN OVER STRATHCLYDE EARNS THEM A 

CRACK AT FAVOURITES STIRLING

  

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

The University of Highlands and Islands reached the semi-finals of the 96th Scottish student golf championships' men's team play tournament with an 8-4 win over Strathclyde University.

  But waiting for them in the last four are the red-hot favourites, Stirling University's No 1 team who thrashed Glasgow University 11.5-0.5 in their quarter-final.

UHI lost the foursomes 3-1 to Strathclyde but got their act together big time in the singles, winning seven of the eight afternoon ties to more than make up their morning deficit.

The second semi-final will feature St Andrews University No 1 team against

Stirling University's No 3 team.

St Andrews whipped the Stirling No 3 team 9-3 but in the other quarter-final Stirling No 2 squad beat St Andrews No 2 6.5-5.5

In the women's individual match-play tournament, hot favourite Hazel MacGarvie (Stirling) swept into the semi-finals with a 5 and 3 win over Fern Clark (St Andrews).

TODAY'S RESULTS

MEN'S QUARTER-FINALS
STIRLING (1) 11.5, GLASGOW 0.5
FOURSOMES (4-0)
Stirling names first
R Nelson and S McCaw bt P Hasson and B Bannerman 1 hole.
M Lawrie and J Sundborg bt B Gibson and R Winning 4 and 3.
C Edgar and M Napier bt B Davies and F Le Bouille 2 and 1.
R Foley and D Nagiev bt D McGreevy and A Johnston 7 and 6.
SINGLES (7.5-0.5)
L Shepherd bt Bannerman 6 and 4.
Sundborg bt Hasson 3 and 2.
McCaw bt Gibson 4 and 3.
Nelson bt Davies 1 hole.
Edgar bt Winning 5 and 4.
Napier bt Le Bouille 4 and 2.
Lawrie bt Johnston 5 and 3.
Nagiev halved with McGreevy

UNIVERSITY OF HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS 8, STRATHCLYDE 4
UHI names first
FOURSOMES (1-3)
K McCormick and M Schinkel lost to D Fair and R Johnston 1 hole.
G Minton and A McNaughton bt A Benson and A Crusher 5 and 4.
E Ferguson and J Oster lost to M Friel and R Asher 3 and 2.
R Callerino and K Brown lost to R Watson and A Wright 1 hole.
SINGLES (7-1)
Brown lost to Fair 5 and 4.
Minton bt Johnston 4 and 3.
Oster bt Crusher 4 and 3.
McCormick bt Wright 2 and 1.
Ferguson bt Frield 4 and 3.
J Mackintosh bt Asher 3 and 2.#
McNaughton bt Benson 3 and 2.
Cellerino bt Watson 3 and 2.

STIRLING (2) 6.5, ST ANDREWS (2) 5.5
Stirling names first
FOURSOMES (3-1)
J Malone and A Mulhall won (walk-over)
S Macpherson and J Forgan lost to R A Castillo and E Innes 3 and 2.
R Brydon and S Davidson bt C Rochon and T Cochrane 1 hole
J Kempster and R Johnston bt C Hansen and C Franssen 3 and 2 
SINGLES (3.5-4.5)
Macpherson won (walk-over)
Kempster won (walk-over)
Malone halved with Rochon.
Mulhall lost to E Innes 4 and 3.
M Stuart lost to Hansen 3 and 2.
Johnston lost to Cochrane 2 holes.
Forgan bt Castillo 2 and 1.
Davidson lost to Franssen 4 and 3.

ST ANDREWS (1) 9, STIRLING (3) 3
St Andrews names first
FOURSOMES (3-1)
M Myers and T Hein lost to M Fitzsimons and J Parker 1 hole.
P Kerr and J Rogan bt A Wallace and D Logan 6 and 5.
B Bojesen and C Kulukundis bt D Morris and L Fraser 2 and 1.
G Burns and L Frean bt C Kerr and F Bannon 5 and 4
SINGLES (6-2)
Myers lost to Parker 5 and 4.
Hein lost to Fitzsimons 3 and 2.
Kerr bt Bannon 3 and 2.
Rogan bt E Davies 1 hole.
Kulukundis bt Logan 7 and 5.
Bojesen bt Fraser 6 and 5.
Frean bt Wallace 6 and 5.
Burns bt Morris 6 and 5.

THURSDAY SEMI-FINALS
Stirling (1) v University of Highlands and Islands.
St Andrews (2) v St Andrews (1)

WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP

FIRST ROUND
G Hirst (St Andrews) bt C Boa (UHI) at 21st
F Clark (St Andrews) bt J Saxton (Stirling) 2 and 1.
P Brown (Stirling) bt E Johnson 6 and 5.
S Woodhouse (Strathclyde) bt M Roth (Glasgow) 1 hole.
E Laws (Stirling) w.o. A Hammer (St Andrews) scr (injured)

QUARTER-FINALS
H MacGarvie (Stirling) bt F Clark (St Andrews) 5 and 3.
P Brown (Stirling) bt S Woodhouse (Strathclyde) 3 and 2
E Laws (Stirling) bt K K Brown (St Andrews) 4 and 3.
G Hirst (St Andrews) bt M Fraser (Stirling) 1 hole.


THURSDAY SEMI-FINALS
MacGarvie v P Brown
Laws v Hirst