Ayrshire title hopes go up in smoke
AYRSHIRE’S hopes of retaining the Area Team Championship were shattered on Sunday when they crashed 8½-½ to north east at Largs in the second round of matches in the qualifying section.
Match details: Scott Brown (Tberry) & George Robertson (Rvnspk) lost to Anthony Bews & James Byrne 4&3; Tommy McInally (Loudoun) & Jamie Mackay (Barassie) lost to Mark Halliday & Adam Dunton 3&2; John Shanks (Irvine) & Stephen Murray (Welbeck) lost to Philip McLean & Lawrie Phillips 3&2.
Singles: Robertson lost to Byrne 7&6; McInally lost to McLean 3&2; Brown halved with Bews; Mackay lost to Dunton 3&2; Murray lost to Phillips 5&4; Shanks lost to Halliday 4&3.
lBARASSIE'S Euan Brown flew the local flag to the quarter-finals of the Scottish Amateur Championship at Royal Troon before losing by one hole to eventual winner David Law (Hazlehead).
Clubmate Jack McDonald reached the last 32 and then lost to 2006 championship runner-up Paul O'Hara (Colville Park).
Law, 18, beat O'Hara at the 38th hole of the final to become the first player to win both the Scottish Boys' Championship and the Scottish Amateur in the same year.
lJOHN PANTON, the grand old man of Scottish golf, has died aged 92.
In the 50s and 60s, he was, along with Eric Brown, the foremost figure among our country's professional golfers.
In 1967, he won the British Senior Professional Tournament at Ayr Belleisle, pipping great Belgian golfer Flory Van Donck in a thrilling finish.
He qualified for the final of the International Senior Professional Golf Championship - which he duly won a few weeks later at Wallasey when he beat Sam Snead by 3&2. So impressed were Britain's golf correspondents with John's achievements that they awarded him the Golf Writers' Trophy for 1967.
lTHE line up for the first semi final in the Ayrshire Fourball has been decided. Gary Jordan and Douglas Anderson (Annanhill) beat Stuart and David Brown (Doon Valley) by 2&1 to book an away clash against Kenneth Hankinson and Gibby Lamont (Welbeck).
The other semi will be between the winners of Maybole v Ardeer, who will be at home in the penultimate round against the winners of West Kilbride v Belleisle.
lALL matches in the Ayrshire Junior League Championship are scheduled to be completed this week.
In section 'A', Largs kept their hopes alive with a 5-1 win at home against Caprington recently while Welbeck drew 3-3 at Ardeer.
With three outstanding results to be posted, points are: Ardeer and Welbeck 12, Largs 10, Caprington 2.
In section 'B', Ravenspark snatched the semi place from Annanhill by virtue of a tie difference of +7 against +5 after the teams tied on 16 points.
With only the result of the Routenburn v St Nicholas tie outstanding, points are: Ravenspark and Annanhill 16, Routenburn 8, St Nicholas 6.
In section 'C', West Kilbride qualified with 22 points, ten ahead of Belleisle and Ballochmyle. Irvine finished on six.
In section 'D', St Cuthbert lost 5½-½ in their final match at Loudoun and now await the outcome of the two outstanding ties involving Loudoun and Kilbirnie to see if they reach the semis.
With only these two match results awaited, points are: St Cuthbert 16, Barassie 12, Loudoun 10, Kilbirnie 2.
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