KirkwoodGolf: STIRLING GIRLS ARE UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONS OF SCOTLAND

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

STIRLING GIRLS ARE UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONS OF SCOTLAND

The Stirling girls who won the Scottish universities women's team match-play championship at Lossiemouth today. Back row (left to right): Hannah McCook, Eilidh Briggs Front row: Jordana Graham, Harriet Beasley, Mhairi McKay.
Picture by courtesy of Dr Rob McPherson.

EDINBURGH ONLY SEEDED MEN'S TEAM TO FAIL

Edinburgh were the only seeded team to fail to get past the quarter-finals in the Scottish universities men's match-play team championship at windy Moray Golf Club. Lossiemouth.
Edinburgh were beaten 8 1/2-6 1/2 by the Stirling 2nd Team who now play the Stirling 1st team in the semi-finals on Thursday morning.
Stirling 1st team thrashed Strathclyde 13-2.
The other semi-final will feature Aberdeen, 9-6 winners over Highlands and Islands University, against St Andrews, who beat Glasgow 11-4.
The Scottish universities women's match-play team championship was won by Stirling who beat St Andrews 5 1/2-1 1/2.
Details (Stirling names first):
FOURSOMES (2-0)
Hannah McCook and Harriet Beasley bt Gemma Bradbury and Ashley Smith 3 and 2.
Jordana Graham and Eilidh Briggs bt Franzi Benze and Zhana Tarasko 1 hole. SINGLES (3 1/2-1 1/2)
Mhairi McKay halved with Mikaela Nordblad
Beasley lost to Alisa Theunis 1 hole.
Graham bt Benze 4 and 3.
McCook bt Smith 4 and 3.
Briggs bt Bradbury 4 and 3.

MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
QUARTER-FINALS

ST ANDREWS 11, GLASGOW 4
Foursomes 5-0
Blair Pelling and Conor Gask bt Scott Liddle and Scott Clarke 5 and 4.
Bryn Rocke and Paul Campbell bt George Campbell and Johnny Crawford 2 and 1.
Cole Sedgewick and Elliott Dodds bt Bertie Alison and Dave Curtis 1 hole.
Freddie edmunds and Joe Marchbank bt Ally Leith and Andy wright 4 and 3.
Matt Wheeler and Vicent Blom bt Dave Russell and Ryan Cole 6 and 5.
Singles (6-4)
Peter Green lost to Liddle 3 and 2.
Samir Nanji bt Campbell 3 and 2.
Gask lost to Clarke 3 and 2.
Pelling bt Crawford 2 and 1.
Campbell bt Crawford 2 and 1.
Blom bt Ryan Coll 2 and 1.
Marchbank lost to Leith 1 hole.
Rocke lost to Russell 4 and 3.
Sedgewick bt Wright 1 hole.
Edmunds bt Curtis 6 and 4.

ABERDEEN 9, UHI 6
Foursomes (3 1/2-1 1/2)
Peter Grant and Chris Maycock bt John Mackinnon and Callum Greenhill 1 hole.
Gavin Bissett and Douglas Ibbotson bt Charlie Hickling and Martin McDonagh 3 and 2.
Keith Shanks and John Drummond lost to Keith Sturton and Alexander Snedden 2 and 1.
Ross Crummey and Duncan Arthur bt Gareth Hay and Shaun Johnson 1 hole.
Nick Macandrew and Douglas Maxwell halved with Steven Kinnaird and Callum McNeill.
Singles (5 1/2-4 1/2)
Grant halved with Martin McDonnagh
Maycock lost to Hickling 3 and 2.
Ibbotson lost to Greenhill 5 and 4.
Arthujr lost to Mackinnon 2 holes.
Crummey bt Johnson 4 and 3.
Drummond bt Sturton 3 and 2.
Bissett halved with Hay
Msaxwell bt Snedden 2 and 1.
Shanks bt Kinnaird 4 and 3.
Macandrew halved with McNeill.

EDINBURGH 6 1/2, STIRLING (2) 8 1/2
Foursomes (2 1/2-2 1/2)
Eirik Christiensen and Oliver Fowler bt Mike McNally and Richie Tidman 2 holes.
Fraser Grant and Doug Imrie lost to James Morrison and Craig Boyd 5 and 4.
Johnny Calder and James Mabbutt halved with Phil Neil and Malko Schraner.
James Hendry and Colin Swan lost to Duncan Douglas and Finlay White 3 and 2.
John Innes and Rodney Forgie bt Mike Jones and Chris Long 6 and 5.
Singles (4-6)
Christiensen bt Tidman 4 and 2.
Imrie bt McNally 2 holes,
Fowler lost to Craig Boyd 5 and 4.
Grant lost to Schraner 6 and 5.
Swan lost to Morrison 4 and 3.
Calder lost to Neil 1 hole.
Hendry lost to White 5 and 3.
Innes lost to Dougras 3 and 1.
Mabbutt bt Jones 6 and 5.
Forgie bt Long 2 and 1.

STIRLING (1) 13, STRATHCLYDE 2
Foursomes (3 1/2-1 1/2)
Ollie Roberts and Jack MacDonald halved with David Young and Stuart Montrgomery.
Dewi Merckz and Angus Carrick bt Andrew Cunningham and Andrew Dempster 7 and 6.
Kit Holmes and Mike Howard bt Niall Fagan and Scott Low 7 and 6.
Zander Culverwell and Mathais Eggenberger bt Michael Manson and James Fraser 6 and 4.
David Booth and Patrick Spraggs lost to Philip Schnier and Ben Gibson 2 and 1.
Singles (9 1/2-1/2)
MacDonald halved with Montgomery.
Roberts bt Cunningham 4 and 3.
Merckx bt Dempster 5 and 3.
Howard bt Fagan 8 and 7.
Carrick bt Low 5 and 3.
Holmes bt Young 4 and 2.
Eggenberger bt Fraser 6 and 4.
Spraggs bt Schnier 6 and 5.
Culverwell bt Manson 5 and 4.
Booth bt Gibson 6 and 5.

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