AYRSHIRE WIN SCOTTISH BOYS' AREA TEAM
CHAMPIONSHIP AT FORRES

Ayrshire’s Michael Stewart, Cameron Gray, David Currie and Euan Brown won the Scottish Golf Union boys’ area team championship at Forres Golf Club today for only the second time in the tournament’s 30-year history.
The previous Ayrshire triumph came at Cowglen in 1998.
Ayrshire totalled 339, two strokes ahead of the favourites and seven-times winners Lothians 341. North took third place on 353.
The Ayrshire quartet were five strokes behind lunchtime leaders Lothians after the morning foursomes but made up the leeway with some brilliant individual scoring in the singles.
Cameron Gray won the Niagara Cup for the lowest score on the day – a 65 – and he was only one shot ahead of Michael Stewart. Euan Brown had the third counting score of 67.
The Ayrshire singles total (best three from four scores to count) of 198 was seven strokes better than that achieved by Lothians’ Paul Ferrier, Myles Cunningham, Neil Henderson and Oliver Huish. Ferrier, winner of the Scottish boys’ match-play championship at Dunbar a few weeks ago, did have a 66, the joint second best score of the day alongside Ayrshire’s Michael Stewart.

FINAL TOTALS

339 AYRSHIRE (C Gray & E Brown 67, M Stewart & D Currie 75). Gray 65, Stewart 66, Brown 67, Currie 75).
341 LOTHIANS (P Ferrier & M Cunningham 65, N Henderson& O Huish 71; Ferrier 66, Henderson 67, Huish 72, Cunningham 80).
353 NORTH (F Fotheringham & K Godsman 69, C Gaittens & R Elder 71; Fotheringham 69, Elder 71, Godsman 73, Gaittens 74).
354 GLASGOW (M Bookless & J Hendrick 68, T Martin & G McDougall 72; Bookless 68, McDougall 71, Hendrick 75, Martin 75).
355 DUNBARTONSHIRE (A Campbell & S Barras 71, F McKenna & D Parlane 73; Barras 69, Campbell 67, McKenna 75, Parlane 77).
356 FIFE (M Main & B Jamieson 75, J Anderson & N Beattie 75; Main 67, Anderson 68, Jamieson 71, Beattie 76).
357 NORTH-EAST (T Spencer & S Fraser 68, A Dunton & D Law 75; Law 68, Dunton 72, Fraser 74, Spencer 79).
358 RENFREWSHIRE (M Daily & C Thompson 73, J Caldwell & D Grant 74; Daily 69, Thompson 71, Grant 71, Caldwell 73).
362 PERTH & KINROSS (S McLaren & P McPhee 74, M Bell & R Forgie 75; McLaren 68, Forgie 69, Bell 76, McPhee 80).
364 LANARKSHIRE (P Shields & C Baird 71, A Graham & B Sloan 81; Shields 69, Sloan 71, Baird 72, Graham retired); ANGUS (K Harper & A Sweeney 73, W Bremner & M Reid 75; Reid 69, Harper 73, Bremner 74, Sweeney 75).
368 STIRLINGSHIRE (A Wallace & F Moore 76, H Nelson & C Cox 77; Cox 70, Moore 71, Wallace 74, Nelson 85).
370 SOUTH (E McLaren & K McClung 73, A Murdoch & C Hill 80; Hill 71, McLaren 73, McClung 73, Murdoch 74).
374 ARGYLL & BUTE (C Robinson & M Fraser 75, I McNab & S Turnbull 80; Fraser 71, Robinson 73, McNab 75, Turnbull 77).
388 CLACKMANNANSHIRE (G Dowie & A Scotland 76, A Borek & J McPherson 82; Borek 73, Scotland 78, Dowie 79, McPherson 82).
392 BORDERS (R Gordon & B Herriot 81, S Fairbairn & B Walker 82; Walker 76, Herriot 76, Gordon 77, Fairbairn 79).