STIRLING OVERPOWER ST ANDREWS IN UNIVERSITIES' LOSSIE FINAL

Stirling's No 1 squad proved to be just that when they retained the Scottish Universities men's team match-play championship for the Mitchell Trophy over the bright and breezy Moray Old Course links at Lossiemouth today. Having beaten their No 2 squad in the semi-finals, Stirling triumphed over the No 2 seeds, St Andrews, 10-5 in the final. It was never really close. Stirling took the morning foursomes 3 1/2-1 1 1/2 and the writing was on the wall for St Andrews when they lost the top three singles. In the end Stirling took the singles 6 1/2-3 1/2 for a 5pt overall win.   SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES TEAM MATCH-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL Moray Golf Club Old Course, Lossiemouth   STIRLING 10, ST ANDREWS 5 Foursomes (3 1/2-1 1/2) Angus Carrick and Zander Culverwell lost to Blair Pelling and Conor Gask 1 hole. Ollie Roberts and Mike Howard bt Paul Campbell and Bryn Rocke 6 and 5. Kit Holmes and Patrick Spraggs bt Elliott Dodds and Cole Sedgwick 2 and 1. David Booth and Jack McDonald halved with Freddie Edmunds and Joe Marchbank. Dewi Merckx and Mathias Eggenberger bt Matt Wheeler and Vincent Blom 1 hole.   Singles (6 1/2-3 1/2) Carrick bt Campbell 4 and 3. Howard bt Marchbank 4 and 3. Holmes bt Blom 1 hole. Roberts lost to Dodds 1 hole. Spraggs bt Pelling 4 and 2. Eggenberger bt Edmunds 2 and 1. McDonald halved with Samir Nanji. Merckx lost to Sedgwick 2 and 1 Culverwell lost to Wheeler 4 and 3. Booth bt Rocke 4 and 3.