The Championship was won by Hugh Nelson(Kilsyth Lennox) beating Mark Cox Glenbervie) by his lower second round of 72. Both Players scored 144 over the 36 holes with Mark having a better first round 70 and 74 in the second round, Hugh returned 72 for both rounds

1st Hugh Nelson (Kilsyth Lennox) 72 – 72 = 144 Better 2nd Round

2nd Mark Cox (Glenbervie) 70 – 74 = 144

3rd Colin Mundie (Glenbervie) 76 – 69 = 145

The Competition Standard Scratch for round 1 = 74

The competition Standard Scratch For Round 2 = 73

The leading 16 players qualify for the County Matchplay Championship which will be held at Glenbervie Golf Club on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th June

Gary Shepherd (Glenbervie) wins the Matchplay Championship

The final of the Matchplay Championship was between Eric Gall (Falkirk Tryst) and Gary Shepherd (Glenbervie) with Gary winning 3 and 2

Full Results

County Matchplay Draw

A record number of sixteen Stirlingshire players have secured an entry into the Amateur Matchplay Championship over the Lansdowne course at Blairgowrie starting on Monday 29th of July 2013.

This I believe reflects the growing strength in depth of our players within the County.

The players , drawn from five clubs are :

From Glenbervie : Graeme Robertson ; Andrew Wallace ; Mark Cox; Tommy Wilson; Fraser Moore ; Colin Mundie; Cameron Buist and Blair Carnegie.

From Falkirk Tryst : Steven Aitken ; Stuart McMehen ; Chris Lawton and Eric Gall.

From Falkirk : Ryan Campbell and Stuart Haddow.

From Grangemouth : Ross Kane  and From Dunblane : Andrew Grant.

Unfortunately the draw has matched up a total of eight Stirlingshire players as follows :

1.  Mark Cox plays Stuart McMehen.

2. Graeme Robertson  plays fellow Glenbervie member Cameron Buist .

3. Blair Carnegie plays Chris Lawton.

4. Eric Gall plays Ryan Campbell.

Best wishes to all sixteen players from the County Executive.

Two Stirlingshire club members have qualified for the final Open Championship Qualifying

 Very best of luck to both players in the final qualifying at Gullane No, 1 on Tuesday 2nd July

Stirlingshire Qualify for the Match Play stage for second year in a row

The Championship is being played at Crail Golf Club in the East Neuk of Fife.  The competition normally played over 36 holes was reduced to 18 holes due to the very heavy rain.  Stirlingshire qualified in 3rd place and will play the Lothians in the semi final on Sunday morning. The other semi final is between Fife and Glasgow.

The six man team for this years Scottish Area Team Championships at Crail on Saturday 18th May has been selected and is :

1. Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie).

2. Fraser Moore (Glenbervie).

3. Ryan Campbell (Falkirk).

4. Stuart McMehen (Falkirk Tryst).

5. David Buchanan (Falkirk Tryst).

6. Mark Hislop (Glenbervie).

After a practice round on the Craighead course on the Friday , each player plays 36 holes stroke-play on the Saturday ( 1 round on the Craighead and the other on Balcomie Links). Each of the sixteen Scottish areas compete , with the best four teams progressing to the Sunday matchplay stages.

Last year at Blairgowrie , Stirlingshire qualified as in fourth position , competing in the matchplay stages for the first time. They were beaten by the eventual winners , Perth and Kinross but beat Renfrewshire in the third place play off to win the Bronze medal.

Best wishes to the selected players.

Graeme receiving the Battle Trophy from Scottish Golf Union Vice President Ian Howarth

Scottish Internationalist , Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie)  secured a one stroke victory after 72 holes in last weekend’s prestigious Battle Trophy over the Craighead Links at Crail Golfing Society.

He made it difficult by opening with a first round of 81 , dropping four shots over the last three holes in blustery conditions. On the Saturday afternoon , he put together a superb 69 to make the cut.

On Sunday morning he carded a solid 72,but a final round 69 which was the best score of the afternoon in windy conditions proved good enough to give him victory by a single stroke.

Congratulations to Graeme.

Stirlingshire played their annual friendly match against the Lothians at Glenbervie Golf Club on Sunday 7th April.

Considering that the match was played in bitterly cold conditions with an easterly wind , the golf generally was of a high standard. The result was always in doubt and was only decided by the final putt of the last game  from 6 feet on the 18th green.  Eric Gall of Falkirk Tryst narrowly missing for birdie to lose by 1 hole to Gary Corrigan of Greenburn which left the result tied at five points each.

Stirlingshire finished strongly in a number of tight matches , including David Buchanan (Falkirk Tryst) , winning each of the last three holes to finish all square ; Mark Cox (Glenbervie) birdying the last two holes to win one up and Tommy Morrison (KIlsyth Lennox) birdying the last to win 1 up . Special mention should also be made of Glenbervie Champion , Colin Mundie who managed a half match playing at number two ; recent Scottish boys semi finalist , Ben Craggs (Glenbervie) , making his “A” Team debut who won by 4+3 and Iain Munro (Stirling) who won by 4+3 playing at number 9.

Many thanks to all the Stirlingshire players , win lose or draw. The Lothians side always provide a tough test and today was no exception.

RESULTS  (STIRLINGSHIRE NAMES FIRST) :

1. Ryan Campbell  (Falkirk GC)  Lost To   Graham Robertson   3+2.

2. Colin Mundie (Glenbervie)     Halved With      Benn McLeod

3. David Buchanan ( Falkirk Tryst ) Halved With  Ross Noon

4. Hugh Nelson (Kilsyth Lennox)   Lost To   Anthony Blaney  4+3.

5. Mark Cox ( Glenbervie )    Beat     Ollie Roberts  1 Hole.

6. Ross Kane (Grangemouth )    Lost To    Calum Hill 3+1.

7. Tommy Morrison ( Kilsyth Lennox) Beat  Steven Armstrong 1 Hole.

8. Ben Craggs ( Glenbervie ) Beat     George Thomson  4+3.

9. Iain Munro  ( Stirling )   Beat   Jordyn Rhund    3+2.

10. Eric Gall (Falkirk Tryst) Lost To   Gary Corrigan  1 Hole.

OVERALL RESULT 5 MATCHES EACH.

Thanks also to the supporters and officials from both sides and to Glenbervie Golf Club for the course , presented in good condition for the time of year.

The Scottish Boys Championship is taking place this week at Monifieth Golf Links. 3 of Stirlingshires finest youngsters have progressed to the last 32 taking place on Thursday morning.

Congratulations go to Stuart Irving (Falkirk G.C.), Ben Craggs and Blair Carnegie both (Glenbervie G.C.)

Unfortunately Stuart Lost his match but both Ben and Blair have moved through to the last 8

Ben will play No.3 seed Ewan Ferguson with Blair playing No. 2 seed Bradley Neil

To reach the last 8 from a field of 256 is a significant acheivement for both boys

Sunday 17th of March 2013 saw the conclusion of the Winter Series take place at Falkirk Tryst Golf Club.

Thanks to all the players who took part who all enjoyed the event. The event took in some prestigeous venues this year with Round 1 played at Lundin Links Golf Club, Round 2 at Monifieth Golf Links, Round 3 at Crail Craighead Links, Round 4 at Scotscraig Golf Club and the final round and prizegiving at Falkirk Tryst Golf Club. Thank you to all the Golf Clubs who allowed us the use of their facilities. Thanks also to past president Ian Howarth and his wife Audrey for the kind donation to the fund. Thanks also to local professionals Greg McFarlane (Grangemouth), Stewart Craig (Falkirk) and Steven Dunsmore (Falkirk Tryst) for kindly donating prizes and to Titliest who also donated prizes.

As was the past summer, weather conditions this year were particularly tough and at times players were playing in galeforce winds, rain, hail and even snow, but much to their credit some fine performances were produced.

For the first time this year there were 4 members of our current gents “A” team squad playing, and the knowledge and understanding of the game they passed on to the younger players will be invaluable as they progress through golf. So thanks to David Buchannan (Falkirk Tryst), Chris Lawton (Falkirk Tryst), Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth) and Ryan Campbell (Falkirk) for the commitment to the series.

Final Results

Under 14

Winner               Jamie Hunter (Falkirk Tryst)

2nd                     Calum Bauchop (Glenbervie)

3rd                      Craig Jackman (Dunblane New)

4th                      Thomas Craig (Falkirk)

Under 16

Winner                 Stuart Irving (Falkirk)

2nd                       Stuart Murray (Falkirk)

3rd                        James Yarnell (Glenbervie)

4th                        Lee Gordon (Stirling)

Under 18

Winner                  Ben Craggs (Glenbervie)

2nd                        Blair Carnegie (Dunblane New)

3rd                         Jamie Simpson (Falkirk)

4th                         Peter Maxwell (Glenbervie)

Youths

Winner                   Liam Haldane (Stirling)

2nd                         Greg Nicoll (Glenbervie)

3rd                          Andrew Grant (Dunblane New)

4th                           Calum Bissett (Glenbervie)

Gents

Winner                     David Buchannan (Falkirk Tryst)

2nd                           Chris Lawton (Falkirk Tryst)

3rd                           Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth)

4th                            Ryan Campbell (Falkirk)

The Winners Trophy which was donated in 2010 by Only One Properties in Larbert was won by Ben Craggs (Glenbervie)

The curtain opener of the 2013 golf season for Stirlingshire took place at Falkirk Tryst Golf Clubon Saturday 2nd of March.

A combination of twenty four Youths and “A” Team Gents players competed over 18 holes of strokeplay for the R C CHALMERS trophy.

Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) the winner for the previous two years was unable to defend his title as he was away on international duties in South Africa.

Overhead conditions were good and the course was in remarkably good condition after the very wet winter weather.

The RC CHALMERS Trophy was won by Tony Whitelaw , a recent Falkirk Tryst member playing in his first county event , with a fine level par score of 70. Congratulations to Tony and welcome to Stirlingshire.

Runner up was Graeme Roughead (Glenbervie) on 72 and in third position , Stuart McMehen Falkirk Tryst Club Champion and County Matchplay Champion on 73 , just beating David Buchanan (Falkirk Tryst) on better inward half.

The best Youth prize went to Ben Craggs (Glenbervie) with a round of 75 on better inward half.

For information the scores are listed below.

Thanks to all the players for their participation and best wishes for the season ahead.

STIRLINGSHIRE GOLF UNION

PRESIDENTS CHALLENGE

FALKIRK TRYST  2^ND MARCH 2013.

GROUP 1

 GROUP 2

 GROUP 3

GROUP 4

 GROUP 5

GROUP 6

 GROUP 7

 GROUP 8

After 2 events of this years Winter Series, at Lundin Links and Monifieth, where we have had some fantastic scores and perfomances. Event 3 will take place on Sunday 27th January 2013 at Crail on Craighead Links. Please see below the current league positions for each age group.

Gents

David Buchannan (Falkirk Tryst)             75 points from 2 events

Chris Lawton (Falkirk tryst)                      68 points from 2 events

Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth)                  59 points from 2 events

Ryan Campbell (Falkirk)                           34 points from 1 event

Aidan Grounds (Falkirk Tryst)                 31 points from 1 event

Youths

Liam Haldane (Stirling)                            61 points from 2 events

Greg Nicoll (Glenbervie)                         52 points from 2 events

Andrew Grant (Dunblane New)               50 points from 2 events

Dariusz Kunecki (Stirling)                       35 points from 1 event

Calum Bissett (Glenbervie)                    22 points from 1 event

U18′s all 2 events

Blair Carnegie (Dunblane New)              66 points

Ben Craggs (Glenbervie0                        65 points

Jamie Simpson (Falkirk)                            59 points

Peter Maxwell (Glenbervie)                     54 points

U 16′s all 2 events

Stuart Irving (Falkirk)                               64 points

Lee Gordon (Brucefield)                         45 points

Stuart Murray (Falkirk)                             44 points

James Yarnell (Falkirk)                            39 points

U 14′s all 2 events

Calum Bauchop (Glenbervie)                41 points

Jamie Hunter (Falkirk Tryst)                   40 points

Thomas Craig (Falkirk)                           38 points

Craig Jackman (Falkirk)                          36 points