Scots and Irish boys draw 7.5-7.5 in Home Internationals

Scotland and Ireland drew 7.5-7.5 on the opening day of the boys' home internationals at St Annes Old Links, Lancashire today.
In the other match, defending champions England thrashed Wales 11-4.
The Scots lost the foursomes 3-2 to the Irish but wins in the singles by Eric McIntosh, Callum Bruce, Greg Dalziel, Jack Broun and Lewis Irvine helped them draw level with the Irish.
Details:
SCOTLAND 7.5, IRELAND 7.5
Foursomes (2-3)
E McIntosh and D Howie lost to M Power and J Hearn 2 holes.'
M Watt and J Broun lost to R Black and R Moran 4 and 2.
C Scott and A O'Hagan bt J Brady and E Murphy 2 and 1.
J Paterson and C Gibson bt J Doherty and C Denvir 2 holes.
C Bruce and L Irvine lost to C Raymond and R Kelly 2 and 1.
Singles (5.5-4.5)
Howie lost to Power 1 hole.
McIntosh bt Hearn 5 and 4.
Watt lost to Black 4 and 2.
Bruce bt Brady 3 and 2.
Gibson lost to A Marshall 3 and 1.
G Dalziel bt Murphy 4 and 3
Scott lost to Moran 6 and 5.
Broun bt Doherty 1 hole.
Irvine bt Denvir 4 and 2.
Paterson halved with Raymond.

Geldenhuys and Hawksby leading qualifiers 

for Eden Trophy match-play

Henk Geldenhuys from South Africa and England's Jack Hawksby (Millbrook) shared the honour of being top qualifier for the match-play stages of the Eden Trophy tournament from a field of close on 250 for the qualifying rounds at the St Andrews venue.
Geldenhuys had rounds of 69 over the New Course and 67 at the Eden for five-under-par 136, an aggregate matched by Hawksby's 68s at both courses. 
LEADING QUALIFIERS
New Course scores first followed by Eden scores
Monday CSS: Eden 71, New 72.
Tuesday CSS: Eden 70, New 72
136 H Geldenhuys (SAf) 69 67, J Hawksby (Millbrook) 68 68.
138 C Carney (Morecambe) 71 67, D Jackson (Hadley Wood) 68 70.
139 R Hogg (Shetland) 71 68, I MacCalman (Clober) 71 68
140 J Showell (Telford) 68 72.
141 R James (Nuneaton) 75 66, C Smith (Clober) 71 70, T Rogers (Gog Magog) 70 71.
142 M Dornell (Swe) 73 69, R Law (Lenzie) 70 72.
143 R Craig (Merchants of Edinburgh) 75 68, I Murray (Leven Th) 71 72, D McEvoy (Woodhall Soa) 71 72, J Croshaw (Longcliffe) 68 74, N Lamond (Balmore) 66 77.
Qualifying score: 149 and better.
Eden Tankard (handicap) qualifying score: 144

West Linton 36-Hole OOM Challenge
August 14-15

Round 1: August 14

1   9:20   Alan Reid, Edinburgh
           Scott Henderson, Aberdeen
           Stewart Savage, Clydebank

1   9:30   Neil Fenwick, Edinburgh
           Andrew Oldcorn, Edinburgh
           Thomas Higson, Auchterarder, 

1   9:40   Stuart Morrison, Dornoch
           Paul McKechnie, Milton of Campsie
           Christopher McMaster, Kinross

1   9:50   James McGhee, Edinburgh
           Paul O'Hara, Motherwell
           Robert Arnott, Glasgow

1   10:00  Craig Matheson, Larbert
           Gareth Wright, West Linton
           Craig Sutherland, West Malling

1   10:10  Christopher Currie, Clydebank

           Craig Ronald, Glasgow
           Alan Welsh, Glasgow

1   10:20  Graham Fox, West Kilbride
           Jason McCreadie, Largs
           Chris Doak, Livingston

1   10:30  Alastair Forsyth, Glasgow
           Samuel Binning, Glasgow
           Greig Hutcheon, Banchory

1   10:40  Chris Kelly, Cupar
           Steven O'Hara, Motherwell
           David Stein, Bridge Of Weir

1   10:50  Stephen Gray, Glasgow
           Kenny Hutton, Dundee
           Gavin Hay, Newton Mearns

1   11:00  Mark Loftus, Glasgow
           Ian Anderson, Motherwell
           Greg Paxton, Paisley

1   11:10  David Lee, Glasgow
           Sam Griffiths, Fraserburgh
           Patrick McKenna, Aberdeen

1   11:20  Scott Ross, Glasgow
           Christopher Curran, Bathgate
           Fraser McKenna, Glasgow

1   11:30  Jordan Brown, Dumfries
           Ross McConnachie, Peterculter
           Rory Tinker, Dundee

1   11:40  James Erskine, Dumfries
           Andrew Hutchison, Glasgow
           Daniel Flannery, North Berwick

1   11:50  Craig Goodwin, Buckie
           Graham Forbes, Glasgow
           Cameron Adam, West Calder

1   12:00  James Dick, Edinburgh
           Ross Harrower, Boat Of Garten
           Jordan Lamb, Dunfermline

1   12:10  Kamran Zeynalov, Aberdeen
           Michael Patterson, Johnstone
           Gary Foley, Troon

1   12:20  Paul Jamieson, Dunblane
           Jonathan Lomas, Ayr
           Michael Mackenzie, Brechin

Complete information is available at Tournament Information Page (TIP)

Scotland boys trail 3-2 to Ireland boys 

FROM THE R AND A WEBSITE

England got their defence of the Boys' Home Internationals Title off to a winning start when they won three and halved one of the five foursomes on a bright and breezy first morning at St Annes Old Links.

In the other match, Ireland edged ahead against Scotland, winning the foursomes 3-2, with all but one of the keenly contested matches going as far at the 17th hole.

After the first four matches had been shared, Reece Black from Hilton Templepatrick and Castle's Robert Moran clinched the vital fifth point for Ireland with a 4 and 2 victory over Inverallochy's Marc Watt and Jack Broun from Ayr Belleisle.

English title defence starts strongly

Northamptonshire's Ben Jones and Florida-based Joe Pagdin, who plays out of the Lake Nona club, got England off to a flyer with a 6 and 5 victory over Tom Peet and James Ashfield.

Wales levelled when Tenby's Luke Harries and George Bryant from Staddon Heights beat Ham Manor's Charlie Strickland and Toby Briggs from Dunston Hall 2 & 1 in the top match.

Stoke Park 14-year-old Conor Gough and Robin Williams put England in front with a one hole victory over Ben Hicks from Parc and Nefyn's Tom Froom, while Sherborne's Thomas Plumb and Harry Goddard from Hanbury Manor had a 2 & 1 victory over Ashburnham's Aled Greville and Harry Frazer from Pennard to extend the lead.

Pwllheli's Sean Davies and Thomas Matthews from Oswestry stopped the rot when they halved their match with Jack Cope from The Players Club and Danny Daniels from Essendon.

Ireland edge ahead of Scotland

Nairn's Callum Scott and Aidan O'Hagan from Ranfurly got the first point on the board for Scotland with a 2 and 1 win over John Brady from Rosslare and Dundalk's Eoin Murphy, only for Cameron Raymond of Newlands and Tuam's Ross Kelly to level things minutes later with victory by the same margin over Callum Bruce of Duff House Royal and Kirkhill's Lewis Irvine.

Kilkenny's Mark Power and Jack Hearn of Tramore edged Ireland ahead with another 2 and 1 win over Eric McIntosh from Bruntsfield Old Links and Peebles' Darren Howie, only for John Paterson from the New Course in St Andrews and Campbell Gibson from Blairgowrie to level things again when they beat John Doherty from Carlton House and Chartie Denvir  of Elm Park by two holes

The teams contest ten singles in the afternoon matches. Follow live scoring on our Championships Site.

Angus U18s beat North-east U18s 6-3 but NE

U16s and U14s produce wins for overall victory

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
North-east District won the Under-16s and Under-14s six-a-side boys' matches at Peterculter Golf club but Angus District won the Under-18s.
On Tuesday, the district boys' golf spotlight moves up to Elgin where the North play host to North-east in the three age group contests.
Scroll down now for details of the Tuesday matches at Peterculter:

North-east U14s. Back row (left to right): Jamie Gibb, Fraser Laird, Sam Allan. Front row: Rhys Sim, Michael Black, Ethan Main. Pictures by Cal Carson Golf Agency

NORTH-EAST U14s 5.5, ANGUS U14s 3.5
FOURSOMES (2-1)
Jamie Gibb and Rhys Sim (Aboyne) bt Liam Gall (Carnoustie) and Philip Brown (Monifieth) 2 and 1.
Ethan Main (Murcar Links) and Fraser Laird (Alford) bt Adam Clark and Gregor Dakers (Kirriemuir) 7 and 6.
Michael Black and Sam Allan (Deeside) lost to Finn Coull (Montrose) and Joel Thomson (Edzell) 4 and 2.
SINGLES (3.5-2.5)
Gibb lost to Gall 1 hole.
Allan bt Brown 2 and 1.
Black lost to Clark 3 and 2.
Main bt Dakers 5 and 4
Sim bt Coull 4 and 2
Laird halved with Thomson  

 North-east U16s. Back row (left to right): Cameron Black, Liam Waldron, Ruari Mair. Front: Liam Strath, Evan Orr, Owen Walker. 

NORTH-EAST U16s 7.5, ANGUS U16s 1.5
FOURSOMES (3-0)
Cameron Black and Liam Waldron (Royal Aberdeen) bt Sam Black (Kirriemuir) and Ewan Wheat (Montrose) 6 and 5.
Ruari Mair (Buckpool) and Owen Walker (Royal Aberdeen) bt Rory Bain (Edzell) and Glen Maxwell (Monifieth) 3 and 1.
Liam Strath (Hazlehead) and Evan Orr (Kemnay) bt Joe Black (Kirriemuir) and Ross Crosbie (Carnoustie) 7 and 6.

SINGLES (4.5-1.5)
C Black bt S Black 8 and 6.
Waldron halved with Wheat
Strath bt Maxwell 5 and 4.
Orr bt Bain 3 and 2.
Mair lost to  J Black 3 and 1.
Walker bt Crosbie 5 and 4.

North-east U18s. Back row (left to right): Cameron Gray, Jonathan Bell, Cameron Carnegie. Front row: Calvin Duffton, Jack Pirie, Brad Murray

NORTH-EAST U18s 3, ANGUS U18s 6
FOURSOMES (1-2)
Calvin Dufftown (Aboyne) and Jack Pirie (Hazlehead) bt Scott Swayne and Ciaran Boyle (Downfield) 3 and 2.
Cameron Carnegie (Kemnay) and Cameron Gray (Cruden Bay) lost to Sean Logue (Montrose) and Jordan Hally (Carnoustie) 2 holes.
Jonathan Bell (Royal Aberdeen) and Brad Murray (Inverallochy) lost to Correy Marshall (Montrose) and Jamie Miller (Panmure) 2 and 1.
SINGLES (2-4)
Duffton lost to Swayne 4 and 3.
Pirie bt Boyle 3 and 2.
Gray lost to Logue 4 and 3.
Carnegie lost to Marshall  4 and 3
Bell bt Hally 3 and 2
Murray lost to Miller 4 and 2

English amateur finalists both in Home Internationals team

New English amateur champion Todd Clements and runner-up, Jack Gaunt, are among the 11 players selected for the England team for next week’s Home Internationals at Moortown, Yorkshire.

Clements, from Essex, and Gaunt, from Staffordshire, will be joined by: Jake Burnage of Devon, pictured; Dan Brown, David Hague and Will Whiteoak of Yorkshire; Josh Hilleard and Tom Sloman of Somerset; Matthew Jordan of Cheshire; Bradley Moore of Derbyshire and Gian-Marco Petrozzi of Staffordshire.

The team will take on the challenge of Ireland, Scotland and Wales as they bid to regain the Raymond Trophy, which they last won at Ganton, Yorkshire, in 2013. Since then, Ireland have been the champions.

The round robin matches will be played from Wednesday to Friday, 16-18 August. On the first day Ireland will take on Wales while England will play Scotland.

Moortown has a world world-wide reputation as a championship course. The club hosted the first Ryder Cup tournament on British soil in 1929 and over the following decades has hosted over fifty professional and major amateur events.

The players:

Jake Burnage, 22 (Saunton, Devon), won the South of England amateur and the Hampshire Hog, on the way to taking second place in the Hampshire Salver. He was joint runner-up in the Brabazon Trophy and third in the Lytham Trophy and had top tens in the Biarritz Cup, the Grand Prix de Chiberta and the Berkshire Trophy. (Image copyright Leaderboard Photography).

Dan Brown, 22, (Masham, Yorkshire) was the 2016 English amateur champion and has been on good form all season, tying third in the South African stroke play, taking sixth place in the Brabazon Trophy and 13th in the European amateur. He was in the England team which beat Spain in the biennial international.

Todd Clements, 20, (Braintree, Essex) became the new English amateur championship on Sunday. He set a course record seven-under 66 on the Hotchkin course at Woodhall Spa during the 2017 Brabazon Trophy and has had good results in the Lytham Trophy, St Andrews Links Trophy and the European Amateur.

Jack Gaunt, 25, (Drayton Park, Staffordshire) was runner up in the English amateur and also in the Welsh open amateur. He has had consistently high finishes in 2017 events including the South of England amateur, the Scottish men’s open, the Hampshire Salver and the Brabazon Trophy.

David Hague, 21, (Malton & Norton, Yorkshire) won the Lagonda Trophy, was runner-up in the West of England championship, third in the Berkshire Trophy and eighth in the Brabazon Trophy. Earlier in the season he tied sixth in the Hampshire Salver. He reached the last 32 in the English amateur.

Josh Hilleard, 22, (Farrington Park, Somerset), won the French Open in a play-off, and tied fourth in the Irish men’s open and had high finishes in the Lytham Trophy, Hampshire Salver and African amateur. He was in England’s silver medal-winning side at the European team championship.

Matthew Jordan, 21, (Royal Liverpool, Cheshire) won the St Andrews Links Trophy, and was runner-up in the Scottish open and in the qualifying rounds of the European team championship, where England went on to win the silver medal. He also had top ten finishes in the Irish open, Brabazon Trophy, Lytham Trophy and European amateur.

Gian-Marco Petrozzi, 20, (Trentham, Staffordshire) won the Welsh open by nine shots and has had top tens in the Portuguese amateur and the St Andrews Links Trophy. He was in the England side which won the silver medal at the European team championships and reached the last 16 in the English amateur.

Tom Sloman, 20, (Taunton & Pickeridge, Somerset) won the U21 Dutch Junior Open. He was runner up in the Irish stroke play, 10th in the Welsh and third in the Bernard Darwin Salver. He reached the last 32 in the Amateur Championship and was a semi-finalist in the English amateur.

Will Whiteoak, 23, (Shipley, Yorkshire) was England’s top scorer in the Costa Ballena match against Italy, Germany and Spain, winning all six of his matches. He was runner-up in the Tillman Trophy and has had a string of top tens in events including the Welsh stroke play, the Lytham Trophy and the Hampshire Salver.

Bradley Moore, 19, (Kedleston Park, Derbyshire) reached the last 16 in the English amateur and was in England’s winning team in this year’s international against Spain. Individual results include top tens in the French Open and the prestigious Avondale Amateur in Australia.

‎ Lyndsey Hewison
‎ Press Officer
‎ England Golf
‎ pr@englandgolf.org
‎ 07590 878349

        Fraser Grant wins Ralston Rosebowl

 

 Fraser Grant receives the trophy from Ralston Lady Captain , Jackie Mitchell.

 On Saturday at Ralston Golf Club, after a couple of near-misses in previous years, home player Fraser Grant finally captured the coveted Ralston Rosebowl title with a magnificent display of golf.

After shooting a fine one-under-par round of 69 in the morning round, he blew the rest of the field away in the afternoon with a stunning, seven-under-par round of 63 in windy conditions.

Grant won by a clear eight shots from his nearest rival, Gordon Miller (Cawder).

Results

Scratch

1 Fraser Grant (Ralston)             132 (69, 63)

2 Gordon Miller (Cawder)          140 (68, 72)

3 Blair Dalgleish (Ralston)         141 (69, 72)

4 Andy Fairbairn (Cawder)         142 (72, 70)

5 Willie MacMillan (Bonnyton) 143 (70, 73)

6 Craig Chalmers (Cawder)        144 (71, 73)

Handicap

1 Stuart McLean (Ralston)          141 (bih)
2 Callum Connacher (Wishaw)   141 (bih)

3 Adam Anderson (Pollok)          141

4 Louis Fleming (Haggs Castle)  142

 

Muir Jamison - Best U23 Player

Blair Dalgleish (Ralston)