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SCOTTISH MEN'S AREA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND-UP OF SUNDAY'S MATCHES

North-east beat Fife 7-2 at Cruden Bay on Sunday to win the Group B qualifying section in the Scottish men’s area team golf championship.
North-east took a stranglehold on the tie when they won all three morning foursomes and singles victories by Laurie Phillips (Cruden Bay), Philip McLean (Peterhead) and the Murcar Links pair, Bryan Innes and Terry Mathieson boosted the pts total to seven.
Victory sends the North-east team on the long – and expensive - trip to Powfoot Golf Club on the shores of the Solway Firth for a semi-final meeting on Saturday, October 5 with the defending champions and record 12 times winners, Lothians.
North, who lost to Lothians 7 ½-1 ½ in their opening tie in Group C, completed their programme with a 4 ½-4 ½ draw against Glasgow at Lossiemouth.
Lothians suffered a very rare home defeat, going down 5-4 at Longniddry to Stirlingshire. But two wins and a draw was a good enough record to see Lothians head Group C.
The other semi-final will feature Group A winners (on a games won countback) South against Perth & Kinross who drew their final game against Dumb artonshire at Hayston but that was enough to clinch the Group D title and a place at Powfoot.
In the same section, Angus also drew 4 ½- 4 ½ with Borders at Hawick.

Results:
GROUP A – Ayrshire 6, Renfrewshire 3 (at Kilmarnock Barassie); South 5 ½, Lanarkshire 3 ½ ( at Southerness). Qualifier: South (on games won countback against Lanarkshire)
GROUP B
NORTH-EAST 7, FIFE 2
At Cruden Bay
Foursomes: L Phillips, P McLean bt B Soutar, J White 3 and 2; G Esson, B Edmond bt D Gould, G Sharp 1 hole; B Innes, T Marhieson bt S Michie, S Meiklejohn 2 and 1 (3-0).
Singles: Phillips bt Sharp 3 and 2, McLean bt Gould 3 and 1, Esson lost to Soutar 4 and 2, Edmond lot to White 4 and 2, Innes bt A Main 3 and 1, Mathieson bt Meiklejohn 3 and 1 (4-2).
ARGYLL & BUTE 5, CLACKMANNANSHIRE 4 (at Rothesay).
Qualifier: North-east.

GROUP C - Lothians 4. Stirlingshire 5 (at Longniddry); North 4 ½, Glasgow 4 ½ (at Lossiemouth). Qualifier: Lothians.

GROUP D - Borders 4 1/2, Angus 4 ½ (at Hawick); Dumbartonshire 4 ½, Perth & Kinross 4 ½ (at Hayston). Qualfier: Perth & Kinross .

SEMI-FINALS
(Powfoot GC, October 6)

Perth & Kinross v South
Lothians v North-east