Ayrshire south take on Ayrshire north in counties semi

Jul 8 2011 by Mike WIlson, Ayrshire Post (main ed)

IT’S a derby to savour when Ayrshire south take on Ayrshire north in the quarter-finals of the national county championship at Irvine Park on Sunday at 1pm.

At stake is a place in the semis the following Sunday at Dalkeith against either Aberdeen & Kincardine or West Fife.

With the final at Townholm, there is an added incentive for the Ayrshire boys.

Ayrshire south team: Rink 1: Craig Cobbledick (Coylton), Hugh McCrindle (Cumnock), Garry Hood (Mauchline), Graeme Campbell (Newton Park); Rink 2: Lee McCulloch (Maybole), Joe McGinlay (Hawkhill), Allister Reid (Seafield), Garry Johnstone (Auchinleck); Rink 3: John Cuthbertson (Peter Boyle), Donnie McWhirter (Dailly), Craig Lindsay (Tarbolton), Colin Smith (Coylton); Rink 4: Billy Anderson (Glaisnock), Andrew Baillie (Coylton), Sandy Graham (Drongan), Dougie Watson (Mauchline); Rink 5: Murray Thomson (Glaisnock), Graham McKinlay (Northfield), James Gribben (Glaisnock), Derek McClue (Ochiltree); Rink 6: Scott McNeillie (Coylton), David Shields (Glaisnock), Willie McKenzie (Cumnock), Jim Hopkins (Galston LWM). Reserves: Andrew Marshall (Newton Park), Craig Collins (Northfield), Eddie Duncan (Cumnock).

Ayrshire north team: Rink 1: Andrew Anderson (Northwest), Scott Brown (West Kilbride), Colin Howie (Troon Port), Paul Foster (Troon Port); Rink 2: Jamie Campbell (Ardrossan), Graeme Hume (Springhill), Cameron Wilson (Portland Kilmarnock), Jim Hume (Springhill); Rink 3: Bob Morris (Girdle Toll), Joe Sammons (Saltcoats), Martin Williamson (Irvine Park), Ian Galloway (Dalry); Rink 4: Colin Doak (Troon Port), Willie Cairns (Troon Port), James Anderson (Northwest), Gerry King (Northwest); Rink 5: Garry Wells (Kilmaurs), Scott Wilson (Ardrossan), Steven Burns (Ardrossan), Darren O’Rourke (West Kilb); Rink 6: Graham Iley (Ardrossan), Craig Richmond (Northwest), Stephen Caldwell (Kay Park), Ewan Sloan (Ardrossan).

Reserve: Craig Adrain (Irvine Park).