Unfortunately the big boys were unable to emulate the youngsters away to Ayrshire at Prestwick St Nicholas, going down to a 7-3 defeat. Despite some fine individual performances round a testing but fair golf course, Ayrshire were the stronger team on the day and were worthy winners.

Results

Colin Mundie won 4/3 over G Robertson

Bobby Rushford won 1 up over J Shanks

Graham Robertson lost 5/3 to T McInally

Derek Fish lost 4/3 to M Smythe

Neil Cunningham lost 5/4 to S Spence

David Buchanan lost 5/3 to J Cairney

Kenny Anderson lost 2/1 to S Brown

Lindsay Blair lost 2/1 to E Brown

Mark Cox won 4/3 over D Mallinson

Scott McLauchlan lost 6/5 to G Bryden

Last chance to redeem ourselves next week against Glasgow at the Tryst.

Final Score

Stirlingshire 3 Ayrshire 7

Fantastic news, another convincing performance from our Youths leaves us in poll position in the West Youth League going into next Saturdays final match at Cathcart Castle against Glasgow.

It was looking so much like a 5-5 draw until Dariusz Kunecki changed things round winning the last 2 holes to win 1up, giving us a 6-4 victory. Individual scores as follows

Jamie Lynch won 4&3 V Gregor McIntosh

Ryan Campbell won 5&3 V Fraser Lawrie

Stephen Tillie won 3&2 V Scott Clark

Liam Haldane lost 6&5 V Marc Smith

Hugh Nelson lost 8&7 V Graeme Gimson

Doug Pender won 3&1 V Andrew Wright

Calum Bisset lost 3&2 V Malcolm Pennycott

Euan Douglas lost 3&1 V Craig McLaughlin

Dariusz Kunecki won 1up V Rory Acheson

Greg Nicoll won 5&4 V Stewart Henderson.

One more good performance next week to win the league.

Thanks to Alistair Jack and Keith Thompson for their help on the day and to team mascot Lex Thomson for his support.

Final Score

Stirlingshire 6 Ayrshire 4

Dunbartonshire 5 - Stirlingshire 5

Windyhills lived up to its name and reputation, tho they might consider adding rain into the name somewhere,

With all matches through the turn Stirlingshire were up in 5 losing 2 and halving the other 3 when the course became unplayable due to the rain and both sides agreed to a halved match.

Before the match, we would have settled for a half so we can’t be too disappointed with the result tho we were in a good position to go on and win the game.

Another good strong performance from the team in terrible conditions and it was testament to our commitment that we were the team that stayed out and wanted to continue while Dunbartonshire were happy to retire for refreshment.

The result keeps us in with a chance of the league with our next fixture away to Ayrshire next Saturday.

I will be in touch over the next couple of days with the team selection and travel arrangements.

Another solid performance from our youths now seeing them joint top of the league with Ayrshire who drew their match today.

Jamie Lynch beat John Henry 5&3

Ryan Campbell beat Gary Meechan 2&1

Stephen Tillie beat Michael Ayton 6&4

Liam Haldane beat Simon Barras 7&6

Hugh Nelson beat Cameron Tortalano 2&1

Doug Pender beat Angus Carrick 6&4

Calum Bissett beat Chris McKeown 4&2

Mark Carnegie lost to Daniel Muir 5&4

Dariusz Kunecki lost to Michael Geonvanetti 2&1

Jamie Auchinvole lost to Lee Milligan 3&1

Final Score

Stirlingshire 7 Dunbartonshire 3

A good performance away from home at Gourock Golf Club saw the youth team share the points with a 5-5 draw in the second league match of the season. Some steady performances have done us no harm at all in our quest for success in this highly competitive league.

Hugh Nelson lost 6/5 to A McLachlan
Jamie Lynch won 5/3 V A Johnstone
Ryan Campbell won 4/3 V J Caldwell
Stephen Tillie won 2/1 V J Bradley
Liam Haldane lost 4/3 to D Moore
Doug Pender won 4/2 V J Grant
Calum Bissett lost 4/2 to A Ferguson
Greg Nicoll lost 3/2 to G Forbes
Dariusz Kunecki won 5/4 V D Grant
Glenn Fotheringham lost 3/2 to A Lauder

Thanks to all the boys, keep up the good work.

Result of yesterdays match against Renfrew was a close fought 5.5 - 4.5 victory

We looked like coasting to a comfortable victory around the turn but Renfrew showed why they are Area Team champions with a great comeback which I thought out on the course was going to carry them to a win but with a couple of turnarounds in our favour over the last few holes, it shows how narrow the margins between winning and losing at this level can be.

Well done to all the team, it makes it so much easier from selection point of view when there are no late call-offs, Thanks

Individual Results
Colin Mundie lost 5/4 to M Clark
Chris Lawton lost 7/6 to M Dailly
Bobby Rushford won 2/1 over M Campbell
Fraser Moore won 1up over N Gold
Neil Cunningham halved with S Higgins
D Buchanan won 4/3 over D Anderson
Derek Fish won 7/6 over G Munro
Mark Cox won 3/1 over G Price
Ross Kane lost 1 down to D Miller
Scott McLauchlan lost 3/1 to W McMillan

Regards Ian

Good news, a superb victory at Callander on Saturday. Some excellent performances to give us a great start to the Youth League.

Jamie Lynch lost V Alan Welsh 7&5
Ryan Campbell won V Jamie Lamb 2&1
Stephen Tillie won V Peter Scanlon 3&2
Liam Haldane won V Graeme Duncan 1 up
Greg Nicoll lost V Craig Ross 2 up
Jamie Auchinvole lost V Martin Scott 3&2
Mark Carnegie won V Ian Anderson 2up
Doug Pender won V Jordan Gallacher 4&3
Grant Carnegie lost V Ross Gillan 9&8
Dariusz Kunecki won V Scott Costello 4&3

Final Result Stirlingshire 6 Lanarkshire 4

On a golf course that was in the middle of some severe remedial work that didnt do either team any favours we looked like the team were going to get a good away victory, but a combination of a few bad breaks and a couple of slips saw us slide from a dominant position to a final 6.5 to 3.5 defeat.

While it was a good showing, failing to get over the winning line was a blow but shows that we are making progress when we are disappointed to come away with a narrow defeat.

Congratulations to all the players for their efforts and if things even out we are due a few breaks in games to come.

Colin Mundie lost by 1 hole to Ed Wood
Bobby Rushford halved with S Rennie
Chris Lawton won I up against A Fairbairn
Graeme Robertson lost 3/2 to M Moir
Lindsay Blair lost by 1 hole to G Beaton
M Hislop lost 6/5 to S Douglas
Scott McLauchlan won 4/3 against S Gillespie
Mark Cox halved with JJ Smith
Kenny Anderson halved with D Loudon
Tommy Wilson lost 2/1 to K Turnbull

Congratulations to the 2009 Matchplay Champion!

The 2009 Matchplay Finalists Colin Mundie and Mark Hislop with County President Jim Black

Congratulations to Colin Mundie of Falkirk Golf Club who is the Stirlingshire Matchplay Champion for 2009

Stirlingshire Golf Union and Stirling and Clackmannan County Ladies Golf Association joined forces on 6th September to hold their 2nd AM/AM golf tournament to raise funds for budding young golfers in the Stirlingshire/Clackmannanshire area. The event was held at Glenbervie by kind permission of Glenbervie Golf Club and funds in excess of £3000 were raised on the day. We would like to extend sincere thanks for all of the support received from Golf clubs and others in the area who provided sponsorship, donated Fourballs and prizes for the competition. Many sincere thanks also to all "behind the scene helpers" and the catering staff.

Thirty teams took part on what was an autumn like day with the course in excellent condition despite the adverse weather conditions over the past few weeks. With two out of four scores counting the winning team with an excellent Stableford score of 86 was the one captained by the Stirlingshire County, President, Jim Black and his team from Bridge of Allan Golf Club, Tommy Davidson, Kenny Smith and Ian Taylor. 2nd with 82 points were last years winners led by Sandy Gowans from Stirling Golf Club and 3rd were Lex’s Lot from Falkirk Tryst Golf Club with a score of 81

The Ladies Prize was won by The Bervie Girls from the home Club Glenbervie Golf Club pipping Grangemouth Ladies for the top prize

The "Yellow Ball" winners with 38 points were Jim Black, Tommy Davidson, Kenny Smith and Ian Taylor completing a clean sweep of the prize list. In 2nd place with 34 points were the team from Kilsyth Lennox.

Nearest the pin for Ladies was Elaine Allison (Stirling) and for the Men was Walter Smith (Stirling). Nearest the Rope on the 15th was Alan Wright (Kilsyth Lennox). George Mathewson, Chairman, Glenbervie Golf Club rounded off a very enjoyable day by presenting the prizes to the various winners.

An excellent performance and result when we defeated Renfrewshire 6-2 in our away fixture at Paisley.

Individual Results

Andrew Tillie lost 2&1

Glenn Fotheringham lost 2&1

Blair Carnegie won 1up

Dariusz Kunecki won 2up

Greg Nicol won 2&1

Jamie Lynch won 4&2

Jamie Auchenvole won 1up

Calum Bissett won 4&3.

Congratulations to the whole team on this performance.

Thanks to Alistair Jack, Keith Thompson and Alan Tillie for their assistance on the day.

Congratulations also to Blair Carnegie for finishing in 4th place in the Scottish Boys u14 at Largs. Well done Blair.

Gordon Campbell

Congratulations to the 2009 Junior Matchplay Champions!

The 2009 Junior Scratch Matchplay Champion

Congratulations to Greg Nicoll of Bonnybridge Golf Club

The 2009 Junior Handicap Matchplay Champion

Congratulations to Andrew Wood of Glenbervie Golf Club

Congratulations to Polmont Golf Club!

Their team was successful in the final of the Stirlingshire Team Championship where they defeated Falkirk Golf Club 4 up on Thursday 28th May at Dunblane New Golf Club.

The Polmont team was:

Des Irwin - Captain
Mark Rae
Darren Murray
Alan McIntosh
Campbell McIntosh Jnr
John McIntosh

The team is pictured here being presented with the trophy by Stirlingshire County President Jim Black.

The 2009 Golf Season has now begun. On Sunday Stirlingshire A Team played the Annual pre-season friendly against a much fancied Lothian's side. New Stirlingshire Team Manager Mr. Ian Smillie was over the moon when the Stirlingshire Lads played some excellent golf to win a hard fought match by 6 half to 3 half. With one more friendly away to Clackmannanshire on Sunday April 12th before the important Area Team Match against current Scottish Champions Ayrshire on Sunday May 17th, this result will help to spread confidence throughout the squad.

Both Counties would like to thank Stirling Golf Club who hosted the match, for their excellent hospitality and a course which was in great early season condition.

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